The Necromancer in the Wizarding World

The next morning, Matthews stepped into the apprentice hall again after many days. Standing in front of the points wall, he felt helpless. Just as old Ward said, he had fallen back to last place.

Matthews began to look for a challenge target, and now he was only targeting the top 100 apprentices on the points list. However, he had too much time, and there were still about ten days before the end of the points battle, which meant that after he succeeded in the challenge, he would still have to face challenges from other apprentices.

The top 100 were all powerful masters, regardless of which branch they were in. Elemental apprentices at this level became extremely difficult to deal with, and other weak branches, such as illusion and puppet branches, all had powerful weapons.

Relatively speaking, the Shadow Apprentice became easier to deal with. Especially after Matthews mastered stronger perception magic, the threat of the Shadow Apprentice to him was minimal.

Whether it was the sneak attack skills - Shadow Stealth and Shadow Assault, or the terrifying Shadow Fight, he already had a plan to deal with them. As for Shadow Drift, he had not yet considered it, because that was the unique skill of Wizard Tres, and other apprentices could not get it at all.

Although he is still unable to fight against the powerful shadow head-on, he has already purchased a defensive magic item - enchanted arm guard, so he doesn't have to resist with his body.

In fact, enchanted weapons are a kind of magic props specially used for combat, with special runes and magic arrays engraved on them, which can play a corresponding combat effect. For example, Dosen's shield can resist powerful attacks and absorb witchcraft.

However, the pair of arm guards that Matthews possessed were just low-level enchanted weapons made by the unscrupulous businessman Old Ward. The runes and magic arrays carved on them had absolutely no aesthetic appeal. Even a layman like him could see that they would definitely not be very powerful.

Of course, the best enchanted weapons were extremely powerful, but also extremely expensive, and were not affordable for ordinary apprentices. If an apprentice could own one, it would definitely be considered a trump card and would not be easily exposed or used.

Matthews has decided to challenge the Shadow Apprentice who is ranked 76th, because he must find an opponent with a high basic score to make up for his disadvantage in battle points.

Because his battle points had somehow turned negative, he had to make sure his basic points were within the top 80 in order to offset this disadvantage.

What made Matthews feel helpless and speechless was that the Apprentice Hall and the Competition Hall were really timid. In less than half a day, the news of his challenge had spread to everyone. Acquaintances kept sending him messages to ask about the situation, which made him very annoyed. In desperation, he could only block the message reception again.

Matthews could guess without thinking that tomorrow's live broadcast would be very popular. However, he continued to focus on his own experimental planning. The problem of the experimental subject had been solved, and he had to hurry up to plan the experimental steps and possible results and response plans.

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Matthews arrived at the competition hall on time. He was determined to win today and vowed to be among the "Top 100 Apprentices".

His opponent, Shadow Apprentice Finson, had been waiting in the hall. Obviously, Finson was not someone who underestimated his opponent, but had made full preparations.

As soon as he stepped into the arena, Matthews immediately built a magic barrier. He would not make those low-level mistakes again.

Finson originally planned to launch a surprise attack right at the start, but when he saw that Matthews had completed his defense in the first place, he realized that his chances were slim, so he honestly released the shadow mist and sneaked at high speed.

In fact, Finson already knew that Matthews's close combat ability was extremely strong, and he had already developed a detailed combat strategy for it.

He planned to retreat immediately after each Shadow Fight to ensure sufficient room for maneuver. If he really couldn't win, he would choose to use rapid stealth to kill time. After all, as the challenged, he only needed to remain undefeated.

However, doing so would certainly lead to ridicule by the spectators. After all, Shadow Magic is the strongest magic in the Cave of Eternal Night. If he directly avoided the battle, it would really damage the reputation of the strongest magic.

Therefore, he still needs to make certain offensive attempts, and the rogue style of play will be his last resort.

After cautious sneaking and feinting, Finson finally launched a surprise attack. After breaking through the barrier, he launched a powerful shadow fight, and the first blow broke Matthews' death stun.

However, Matthews was no longer in the panic and confusion he had when he first encountered it. The ignited strong light bomb exploded right after the witchcraft.

The burst of strong light will inevitably cause temporary blindness to the opponent. Although the opponent will immediately switch to the mental perspective, the flaw must have been exposed, and this is his opportunity.

Opportunities are rare and never come back. Knowing that he had the strong light bomb, Finson would not attack easily again. Therefore, there was only one chance. The moment the strong light bomb was thrown, Matthews had already pounced on Finson.

Based on Clark's shadow fight, it is expected that Finson's fight will only burst out with full force once more. In other words, he only needs to withstand one blow to entangle his opponent. The enchanted arm guard is the confidence that allows him to withstand the opponent's full force attack.

It happened so quickly that Matthews made a big turn and hooked Finson's leg with his foot, then used his arms to actively meet Finson's full-strength attack.

His original intention was to defeat the enemy with one move, but he was afraid that he would be too late or that the opponent would react too quickly, so he chose a safer tactic, entangled the opponent by surprise and did not give him a chance to retreat or sneak.

Finson's shadow fighting was indeed powerful. Even with the support of the arm guards, Matthews' arms still felt the violent impact and vibration, and even his body was thrown out by this force.

Despite being thrown away, Matthews' feet remained tightly entangled with the opponent, making it impossible for the two to separate.

Finson tried his best to get rid of the restraints on his legs, because if they were locked, his strength would be greatly reduced.

But Matthews obviously would not give him any chance, and close combat between the two was inevitable.

The outcome was decided. Matthews simply abandoned his staff, used one arm guard to block Finson's staff, and used the other hand to strike directly at the opponent's vital points.

Finson had never encountered such a fighting style, not even the bloodline apprentices had such a fighting style. With one leg entangled, he couldn't even stand steadily, so how could he fight with all his strength?

He had no choice but to use his staff to hit the opponent randomly, but it was in vain. The scene of beating the master to death with random punches did not happen. Instead, his arm was directly blocked and his staff was taken away.

Matthews held the opponent's staff in his hand and examined it carefully. The design of this staff was quite unique, and the head of the staff was obviously too large, looking like a drumstick.

At this time, a judgment voice came from the sky: the challenge was successful, the basic points were swapped, the winner's battle points increased by one, and the loser's battle points decreased by one.

Matthews returned the staff to Finson and left the arena in style.