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Chapter 166 - 146 The Pinnacle Battle

Chapter 166: Chapter 146 The Pinnacle Battle

"Damn!" Iceberg was bound inside the cage, and now, watching the five bomb arrows quickly approaching him, his expression slightly changed. The witch tool ring on his left hand glowed again, and under the influence of witchcraft, his body "flickered" once more.

Whoosh—his body escaped from the cage, and at this moment, the five bomb arrows hit, blasting a deep hole in the ground.

Boom, boom, boom...

Iceberg started to move quickly, but this time he interspersed his movements with a "Z" shaped dodging pattern, staying alert for Carly’s next sudden move, and swiftly vanished into a dense forest.

"Good, good, he’s not panicking..." Outside the secret realm, Lucien watched Carly and the hunter Iceberg quickly leaving the battlefield, and he couldn’t help but sigh with relief.

When that Melee Wizard approached earlier, he was genuinely worried Carly might panic and reveal some flaws, but fortunately, she remained relatively calm during the combat and did not give the enemy a chance to strike her fatally.

"However, Carly is still somewhat rash in handling some details..." Lucien evaluated inwardly, while continuing to monitor Carly’s operations.

At this moment, Carly drew her bow again, but her targets now were two Second-level Wizard Apprentices from the Forest School.

Whizz, whizz—

Two arrows, entwined with electric currents, flew out, striking the two Wizard Apprentices in the back hearts as if the arrows had eyes, causing them to fall to the ground while attempting to flee.

During this process, Carly behaved very calmly, showing none of the strain she had when she first started learning witchcraft, where killing even a single experimental subject seemed overwhelming for her.

This brought Lucien some relief, but more so, it filled him with a sense of poignancy.

He then switched his perspective to check on two other students.

Within a large tree, a face faintly revealed itself, but under the enhancement of Shadow Magic Essence, the face was blurred, and the aura was also extremely suppressed.

This was Gagarin, an experienced Wizard Apprentice who knew his strength was only above average among Third-level Wizard Apprentices.

His strategy was simple: to "play safe" in a region he was familiar with.

A Second-level Wizard Apprentice passed by, and a flash of sharpness appeared in Gagarin’s eyes.

The next moment, the unguarded Second-level Wizard Apprentice was pierced through the chest by Gagarin.

"Not bad, not bad," Lucien nodded in satisfaction. He appreciated Gagarin’s steady style.

He then shifted the view on the observation lens to Edison.

However, when he saw Edison in the projection, Lucien’s mouth twitched slightly.

At that moment, Edison was lying in a cave within the secret realm, leisurely drinking a physical potion.

Combined with his elementary Body Refinement Wizard techniques, Edison’s aura was suppressed to an extreme. To other Wizard Apprentices using spiritual power to detect, Edison would hardly differ from a humanoid rock.

But watching Edison’s expression as if he were enjoying a vacation picnic, Lucien felt slightly vexed.

After all, while other Wizard Apprentices were fighting to death outside, Edison was in the cave, nonchalantly having afternoon tea...

That seemed a bit too lax, didn’t it? Moreover, such natural caves were likely coveted temporary bases for other Wizard Apprentices. Although Edison suppressed his aura, over time, he was likely to be discovered by other Wizard Apprentices, who could even trap him inside the cave without an escape route.

Lucien criticized internally, while also worrying deeply about Edison’s carefree attitude.

Perhaps it was a case of fearing the worst, just when Lucien was about to switch his view, he saw that five Wizard Apprentices were cautiously exploring the cave where Edison was located. The leader of this Wizard squad was even a Third-level Wizard Apprentice.

"Go, go... hurry up..." Lucien mumbled, though he knew Edison couldn’t hear him. Still, he couldn’t help but quietly urge Edison to detect the danger and leave before the explorers ventured deeper.

However, at that moment, Edison was paying no attention to those Wizard Apprentices, instead engaging in a battle of wits with the few drops of residual liquid in his test tube.

Hiss—just as Edison satisfyingly sucked the last of the liquid from the test tube into his mouth, he came face-to-face with the five Wizard Apprentices who had ventured into the cave from the tower.

The group clearly hadn’t expected to find a living person inside the cave since their spiritual power detection hadn’t registered any wizard’s spiritual power fluctuations.

So, when they caught their first glimpse of Edison, they subconsciously assumed there was an ambush from another wizard squad in the cave, because, as they hastily retreated, they also employed various methods to create all sorts of defensive witchcraft.

However, what left these few Wizard Apprentices somewhat bewildered was that, after waiting a while, the anticipated stealth attack did not occur. Instead, the burly Wizard Apprentice they had presumed was "bait" now put away his empty test tube and slowly stood up.

"Sorry to disturb," Edison said with a naive grin. He then took out a physical potion from his Space Ring, sipping it slowly as he walked towards the cave exit.

Yet, it was his Greybone Academy badge on his chest that thoroughly captured the attention of several people from the high tower. After all, within the tower, there were additional rewards offered for Wizard Apprentices from Greybone Academy—a badge of a Wizard Apprentice from Greybone Academy was even more valuable than two badges from other academies!

After observing for a short moment, the team leader, who was at the level of a Third-level Wizard Apprentice, took the initiative to attack.

With a faint sound of mechanical gears, his right hand had already transformed into a metal blade flashing with electrical currents. With a pivot step, he fiercely slashed towards Edison’s head!

His move seemed like a signal, and as he attacked, the four Second-level Wizard Apprentices following him also made their moves. Various attacks and restraining methods were launched towards Edison, who was then handling a test tube.

Edison instinctively turned his head, and the test tube in his hand, still containing about a third of the potion, was directly shattered by the Third-level Wizard Apprentice.

The metallic blade’s momentum did not diminish, striking heavily on Edison’s Wizard Robe.

The surging airflow completely ripped apart the robe, which was just ordinary cloth, and this revealed a ferocious look in the eyes of the mechanical stream Third-level Wizard Apprentice. However, the feeling transmitted through his arm soon left him somewhat bewildered.

His mechanical blade seemed to have hit something hard.

Edison slightly lowered his head and looked at the blade teeth now lodged into the surface of his skin, falling silent.

However, when he saw the potion spilled on the ground, his eyes suddenly reddened.

With a roar, Edison, who was already quite robust, began to swell further. His bulging muscles were now stretching his skin slightly out of shape, as if at any moment, the tough skin on the surface of his body would burst open under the terrifying pressure of his muscles!

He directly reached out his hand and grabbed the metal blade in the frightened eyes of the Third-level Wizard Apprentice, then gently twisted it.

The metal blade, mixed with special alloys, started to disintegrate under the terrifying twisting force, and after reaching its breaking point, the long blade suddenly shattered, sending numerous small and sharp fragments flying toward the group like hidden weapons, with two unfortunate Second-level Wizard Apprentices being instantly riddled with holes.

Yet those fragments that struck Edison were simply unable to penetrate his skin, now in an explosive state.

"Monster! What kind of monster is this! It couldn’t possibly be one of those creatures like Beckett, could it?" the high tower’s Third-level Wizard Apprentice said, pale-faced, witnessing how easily his Witch Tool was destroyed by such a brutal manner. A hint of despair appeared in his eyes.

By now, his field of vision was quickly being filled by an enlarging fist.

...

"Electromagnetic Heart and Shadow have clashed!" declared Lucien, observing as an enraged Edison obliterated the small squad shortly after. Meanwhile, the Formal Wizards nearby exclaimed in shock.

Lucien was slightly taken aback, then quickly switched the view on his observing scope.

Soon, the image on the observing scope changed, showing Electromagnetic Heart confronting a Wizard Apprentice hidden within shadows.

At this moment, several other Wizard Apprentices were fleeing in disarray, with one from Winter Fort particularly severely wounded, clutching his chest as he ran away in distress.

However, both Electromagnetic Heart and Shadow paid no attention to those weaker apprentices, instead sizing each other up, with a fight almost about to break out.

"Shadow," Hunter’s List NO.05 from Greybone Academy, can be said to be the publicly acknowledged top contender among the wizard apprentices of Greybone Academy, with his family even having myriad connections with Greybone wizards.

Electromagnetic Heart, on the other hand, was the top apprentice from the high tower. Now, the top contestants from two rival forces were about to collide, and the feeling of tension, even without any contact, was extraordinarily clear.

"Hahaha, old man, is this the strength of your so-called top person? That’s all there is to it!" chortled Luotu, the Wizard loudly, seemingly disdainful of the Shadow who was currently facing off against Electromagnetic Heart.

"Hmph," snorted the Grey Bone Wizard, but said no more.

The other Formal Wizards were holding their breath in anticipation, and even some from the Forest School and Winter Fort were interested in this battle, promptly pulling up this confrontation on their observing scopes to watch from afar.

At this moment, in the mysterious realm, the two top apprentices under the distant observation of the Formal Wizards, unleashed their full combat power.

However, as they burst into combat, Lucien’s expression subtly changed because he vaguely remembered that the location where these two apprentices began their fight was not too far from Carly’s position.