Apocalypse Magician

"This contestant, where is your formation carving?" One of the judges couldn't help but ask.

"My formation is called the 'invisible' formation." Li Xingkong smiled with a sense of accomplishment. This was exactly the effect he wanted to achieve.

"'Invisible' formation? Ah, that's it." As the head of the judges, the principal finally saw some clues. He stretched out his hand and sent out a ball of light to hit Li Xingkong's work. Under the illumination of light magic, A formation loomed, "It's very interesting. Since this illusory formation can be hidden from the eyes of the judges, I will give it full marks."

Since the principal gave full marks, the judges who couldn't even see the magic array carved by a first-year student had any reason not to give full marks. As a result, Li Xingkong surpassed the others with an unprecedented full score.

Li Xingkong himself was even more proud. It seemed that the torturous time spent by Mei Haishuang to understand "Illusion" was not completely fruitless.

The semi-finals came next, and Li Xingkong's opponent was Fan Jian, who looked like he didn't deserve a beating. It could be said that they were enemies.

Fan Jian naturally wanted to take revenge for the humiliation caused by the private fight, and Li Xingkong wanted to humiliate him again this time.

But objectively speaking, Fan Jian is still somewhat capable. In the third game, he was only one level weaker than Luo Yingxue. If Luo Yingxue met him in this game, she might not be able to advance smoothly.

But Li Xingkong didn't take it seriously at all. He thought that if he was more serious in the last game and came up with a great magician-level formation, it would not be impossible to tie the record set by Su Wanli back then. The magician-level formation would not be impossible. The law is simply a piece of cake.

The topic of the fourth game was very simple. The judges gave each contestant a sword and a shield, and asked them to carve a formation to enhance their attack and defense power.

Such a topic made Li Xingkong ecstatic. The use of fine carving techniques and the nesting and layering of formations were the basic skills of the chariot plan. In this regard, Li Xingkong believed that his level was not inferior to that of the Twelfth Factory.

Soon, Li Xingkong carved a formation that was only the size of a thumb on the shield. Looking at the time, it was only half past. His opponent was sweating profusely while carving some random thing. Li Xingkong felt that it was too boring. , just lie down and take a nap.

Unfortunately, when I woke up, it was not time yet. I suddenly felt that there was only a small formation on such a big shield, which was a waste of space, so I engraved the four characters "The Church is Invincible" and then wrote "Pope" on the sword. Long live", and then clapped his hands, the time was just right.

"Hahaha, do you call this a formation?" Fan Jian looked at Li Xingkong's work and laughed. He immediately felt that he had a chance to win. He didn't even bother to draft a draft, "Dear judges, one of my two formations is 'Indestructible' allows this sword to break through all defenses, while the other is 'copper and iron wall', which can withstand all attacks."

"Really? Then I really want to know what will happen if I use your sword to cut your shield." Li Xingkong stretched helplessly. It is really insulting to his IQ to compete on the same stage with such a guy who makes low-level logical errors. .

"You... just talk without practicing, what can you do with your thumb-sized formation-breaking technique?" Fan Jian made a slip of the tongue and was caught by Li Xingkong. He was very unhappy and directly attacked with his sword.

Li Xingkong raised his shield to meet him and activated the formation. Fan Jian felt a huge force coming from where the shield and sword met. It made his whole body hurt, and he had no choice but to let go of his sword.

"It's still 'indestructible'. I don't think it's a big deal." Li Xingkong got an advantage and behaved, looking like he was so angry that he didn't pay for it with his life.

"Hmph, that only means that your defensive formation is very good, no, it's just barely acceptable." Fan Jian was still unconvinced, "What about your offensive formation? Don't tell me just based on the few words you carved on the sword. It’s really hilarious.”

"What, do you think there's something wrong with the words I carved on the sword?" Li Xingkong spread his hands, making his appearance even more irritating.

"You..." No matter how much Fan Jian claimed to be a relative of the emperor, he would not dare to have the slightest objection to this, not to mention that the church under the leadership of the Pope has indeed made a huge contribution to the entire Fantasy Continent.

"Ahem, cough, then, this contestant, what's the point of your formation?" The judges who had been ignored finally began to ask.

"My formation is called, well, that..." Li Xingkong was only focused on sleeping, and he really forgot to give the formation a powerful and domineering name. "It's called the 'Shiquan Dabu' formation, which comprehensively improves magic defense speed." Various attributes.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xingkong struck out with his horizontal shield, using the edge of the shield as an offensive weapon. Fan Jian instinctively raised the shield to block, and only heard a "bang" sound. The shield engraved with the so-called "copper wall and iron wall" formation seemed vulnerable. It split into two pieces and fell to the ground.

"Okay, wonderful!" Using defensive equipment to attack and achieving such an effect, even the principal also spoke highly of it, "Condensing attack and defense into such a small formation, the craftsmanship alone is already impressive. Breathtaking.”

The outcome of Li Xingkong's side is self-evident, and Luo Yingxue has also successfully advanced. The finals will be held between Li Xingkong and Luo Yingxue the next day.

Due to the perfect score in the third game and the principal's evaluation in the semi-finals, Li Xingkong, who had never been optimistic before, actually surpassed Luo Yingxue and became the favorite to win this competition.

When Li Xingkong saw Mei Haishuang, the latter was counting the magic crystals he had won one by one.

"If you don't make progress, you will only know how to gamble." Thinking of this, Li Xingkong hated the fact that iron cannot become steel, so he strode to Mei Haishuang and sat down. He looked at the sparkling magic crystal on the table and immediately lowered his head. "What's the secret to winning in gambling? Please teach me."

"It's simple. You select someone who is not favored by everyone in advance but is actually very capable. Just bet on him to advance." Mei Haishuang still counted the magic crystals as if she could never finish them. "The odds, It’s really…”

"It's insidious enough." Li Xingkong naturally knew that the person Mei Haishuang chose was himself. "So I have contributed too. How much do you plan to share with me?"

"What a beautiful thought!" Mei Haishuang immediately put away the magic crystal, for fear that Li Xingkong would have any wrong ideas.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if we don't divide." Li Xingkong looked at Mei Haishuang's appearance and knew that he couldn't get any advantage. It didn't matter if he used my achievements to win money, but if you still want to keep it all after winning so much, you are not kind. So Li Xingkong decided to blackmail her once, "In this competition, I am the winner."

"Then you have to work hard, I'll bet the whole family on it." Mei Haishuang smiled and waved goodbye to Li Xingkong.

The next day, the finals.

Just before the competition started, the organizing committee received news that even the principal found ridiculous. Li Xingkong, a well-known dark horse in this competition who unexpectedly made it all the way to the finals, had diarrhea and was bedridden due to poor diet and hygiene. Abandoning the final, Luo Yingxue won the championship directly.

When the game ended like this, not only did the audience boo, but even the organizing committee felt deeply regretful. They originally thought it would be a wonderful showdown between the new generation of formation geniuses, but unexpectedly it ended in silence.

When he saw Mei Haishuang again, Li Xingkong had a smirk on his face and an expression that said, "I'll lose everything."

"Oh, I really want to thank you," Mei Haishuang was still smiling, "Due to your outstanding performance before, the odds were reversed yesterday, and I won another big sum."

"You..." Li Xingkong was dumbfounded and extremely disappointed at the same time, "Isn't it right? Are you so unsure of my level?"

"Of course there is no problem with your formation skills." Mei Haishuang began to count the magic crystals she had just won. "But your opponent is Luo Yingxue. I guess you didn't even think about winning."

"Okay, you can be cruel." Li Xingkong was completely helpless.

"Actually, you also made a lot of money." Mei Haishuang suddenly turned to look at Li Xingkong with interest, "I heard that someone took advantage of the crowd and confusion yesterday to cover their face and spend a large sum of money to buy you a loss. I guess that’s who you are.”

Li Xingkong pretended to be surprised, then smiled and said nothing.

Alas, she can see through everything, what a complete failure...

At this point, the competition part of the competition is all over, and of course the last part is the distribution of prizes.

As the champion, Luo Yingxue received high-quality magic equipment exclusively sponsored by the Twelfth Factory, while as the runner-up, Li Xingkong unexpectedly received a set of first-class formation carving tools, the value of which even vaguely exceeded Luo Yingxue's prize.

In fact, the prize for the runner-up was far from that generous, but the principal really felt that Li Xingkong's defeat was a pity, so he wrote a letter to the Twelfth Factory in person, explaining the exquisite craftsmanship of the "Shiquan Dabu" array, and made an exception. Apply for a set of high-level engraving tools even if placed in the 12th Factory.