Magic!

A lot of discussion arose among students on the playground and on the official website.

"Why is Russell a fourth grader?"

"Don't you know? Russell skipped a grade. The blood-red beam of light that rushed into the sky at the Academy of Higher Education some time ago was the anomaly caused by Russell absorbing the fourth-grade knowledge scroll."

"What? Was that caused by contestant Russell?"

"Can you skip a grade when you are a third grader? Wait, that Clara seems to have skipped a grade too. They are all freshmen who have just entered the academy!"

"Wait a minute, the team in the Academy Star Competition is a fourth-year student with two third-year students. If Russell skips a grade, won't Clara's team have two fourth-year students?"

"I checked the rules, and it seems that there are grade restrictions only when registering and confirming the team. Now it is not against the rules to skip a grade after the competition starts."

"Two fourth-year students on one team! Even if they have just been promoted and their level is not as good as that of Clown, Hui Yao and Arctic Wolf, they are still two fourth-year students. This is so scary!"

"..."

Of course Russell couldn't hear the discussions on the playground or on the official website. He just took the parchment with more than a dozen supernatural materials written on it and flew deep into the jungle with his two teammates.

"The invisible hell grass, the rhizome of the ancient ogre flower, the dragon crystal born in the dragon's nest, the horn donated by the unicorn and blessed... There are quite a lot of things to collect..."

They flew over large tracts of emerald green forest, passed ancient trees that blocked the sky, and went deep into the dangerous jungle depths.

As the three of them go deeper, the extraordinary monsters they encounter along the way become more and more powerful. From giant pythons that are hundreds of meters long to rocs that stir up storms when they flap their wings, many monsters pass under or around them.

However, no monster attempted to attack, as if the three of them did not exist at all.

Clara imposed abnormal memes on the three of them in advance, and their perceptions of various powerful and ferocious monsters were distorted, and they were simply regarded as unnoticeable things like flying insects.

"Most of the materials recorded on the parchment are herbal medicines. For me, a herbalist, it can be regarded as the simplest task." Russell, who was flying at high speed, looked at the names of various materials recorded on the paper and felt quite confident. .

After arriving deep in the jungle, the three of them fell back to the ground. Russell took out his magic phone, opened the Bixian APP, entered the names of various materials, and asked Bixian to help provide clues to the materials.

Thousands of ghosts were flying in the depths of the jungle, searching every inch of hundreds of square kilometers of land, gathering all the information into Russell's mind. Subway also drew many creatures to assist in the search.

The three people walked through the depths of the jungle at an alarming speed, approaching those extremely rare herbs.

Occasionally, some extraordinary monsters with special abilities were not affected by the mental suggestion meme and launched an attack on Russell and the three of them. Russell just waved his hand slightly, and the monster died violently and turned into a large blood mist.

The appearance of many herbs here is not much different from ordinary weed flowers, or they are extremely secretive. Some herbs will even automatically become invisible or sneak into the ground, and cannot be found without careful inspection through special methods.

But Russell, as the best herbalist among the current college students, knew the properties of these herbs very well and collected them easily. .

Moreover, after learning blood magic, Russell's supersensory perception has become more acute in the perception of living things. It seems that every plant and tree is emitting brilliance of different colors and brightness, and it is not difficult to find them at all.

Some herbs themselves are supernatural plants with fighting power - when the giant piranha weighing more than 50 tons opened its bloody mouth towards Russell and the other three, a black death ray flashed across the huge piranha. He suddenly fell to the ground.

In just a few hours, the three people collected seven or eight kinds of herbs, almost equaling the progress of the previous three teams!

In the live broadcast room of the college's official website, surprising comments flashed from time to time.

"I read that right. It's only been a few hours, and Clara Russell's team has already collected half of the materials. If this continues, they won't be the first team to collect all the materials."

"The amount of materials they collected has already caught up with Hui Yao's team. Wait, is it already the 8th material? That's more than Hui Yao's team!"

"This is too exaggerated!"

Even Professor Black Amber, who was watching the live broadcast in his office, was shocked by the efficiency of Russell's team.

She knew that Russell had become a fourth-year student, but the performance of Russell's first team was still far beyond her expectations!

What Professor Black Amber doesn't know is that Russell is not a newly promoted fourth-year student, but a being who is close to the peak in the late fourth-year period and can be regarded as the top big shot in the entire supernatural world.

Today, Russell's supersensory perception, the search efficiency of the Bixian APP, and the number of ghost scouts that can be driven at the same time are far greater than when he was just promoted to fourth grade. This is why he has such an amazing performance.

…

While Russell's team was searching for herbs, Arctic Wolf's team was also traveling through the dense forest to collect materials.

Bai felt that his brother was not in a good state today.

When searching for materials, I basically relied on Duncan's divination to guide me throughout the process. Sweat broke out on my forehead from time to time, and I almost misidentified the wrong herbs several times. And there was no flying during the whole process. He relied solely on his legs to shuttle through the dense forest, and the speed was quite slow.

"Brother, why are we walking like this? Wouldn't it be faster to fly directly to the next location where the materials needed to divine existence are obtained?" After pushing aside a branch, Bai finally couldn't help but ask.

"This...this is because..." Arctic Wolf shuddered.

You can't say that your talent is limited and you haven't learned the magic of flying yet!

Duncan came up slowly from behind and lectured Bai:

"What nonsense are you suggesting?

"In the depths of the jungle, there are too many powerful monsters. We don't have psychic or illusion supers among us, who can impose abnormal memes that distort our cognition, allowing us to act boldly without attracting the attention of other monsters. .

"Flying directly in the air will only become a target for the monsters, wasting strength and time in battle!"

It turned out that this was the case, or my brother had thought it over carefully... Bai nodded lightly, and suddenly understood, but still gave Duncan a fierce look.

Bai felt very displeased to be taught a lesson by this unfamiliar high school freshman. If it weren't for the fact that he was a teammate specially invited by his brother, Bai would have been angry given his character.

"Yes, yes, that's it." Arctic Wolf breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.

Suddenly, a deafening roar of a dragon sounded in front, instantly sweeping through a large area of ​​dense forest, causing the land and trees to tremble slightly.

"It's the roar of a dragon. We are almost approaching the dragon's lair!" Bai's eyes suddenly lit up, and his speed increased a bit.

One of the materials to be collected in Round 2 is the "Dragon Crystal" that can only be found in the lair of a powerful dragon!

"It's over, it's over, I have to challenge the dragon later. I can't stand still. Why don't I just show my cards to Bai..." The Arctic Wolf's thoughts were churning, cold sweat broke out, and he tried his best to speed up and push aside the branches and trees. Shrub just caught up with Bai, who was in the early stages of third grade.

"Brother, let me tell you something, actually..."

Before the Arctic Wolf finished speaking, there was a click, his foot was knocked out, and his whole body fell into the pit—apparently he stepped on a natural trap covered with vines.

"oops!"

"Brother, are you okay?" Bai quickly turned his head and saw the Arctic wolf falling into the pit, so he rushed forward to help.

After taking just two steps, Bai felt something was wrong.

They were senior supernatural beings who were flying in the sky and escaping from the earth. With the extra-sensory perception, reaction speed and physical coordination of fourth-year supernatural beings, how could they still fall into a trap?

The Arctic Wolf, who was disgraced from the fall, wiped the dust off his face. When he saw Bai walking to the edge of the pit, he immediately realized his gaffe.

The Arctic Wolf took a deep breath, swallowed suddenly, and finally mustered up the courage to say to his brother:

"Actually, Bai, listen to me, some things... are different from what you imagined."

"Brother, what's under your butt?" Bai interrupted the Arctic Wolf.

The Arctic Wolf quickly moved away, only to see a crystal clear pure white crystal underneath, nearly the size of his head, half embedded in the ground.

"That crystal is..."

Bai's eyes widened suddenly, and he quickly took out the parchment that recorded the materials to be collected, and compared it with the illustrations drawn on it:

"The Dragon Crystal! It's actually in this location! Not in the dragon's lair?"

Duncan, who was walking slowly, cast his gaze on the crystal under the pit and explained:

"Dragon Crystal is a crystal that the dragon's magic has spent hundreds or thousands of years condensing into. It usually only appears in the dragon's lair. But in extremely rare cases, the dragon's magic power escaping from the lair can also It may condense elsewhere near the lair, allowing the Dragon Crystal to appear outside the lair."

The Arctic wolf under the pit nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, there is such a saying. This way...this way we don't have to collide with the dragon head-on."

As he spoke, he pulled the pure white crystal out of the soil and put it into the storage bracelet.

——Extraordinary storage items are so common that even if they are not made by the players themselves, they are still allowed to be used in the competition.

Bai then suddenly realized:

It turns out that my brother just sensed the Dragon Crystal hidden in a natural cave and went to look for it instead of falling.

Let’s just say, how could a dignified fourth-year expert fall into a trap!

No one noticed that more than ten seconds ago, Duncan, who was walking at the end of the team, turned his head and whispered in a tone of stating the eternal objective facts:

"Arctic Wolf is very lucky. He came across a needed precious material just while walking."

…

Near the dragon's lair ahead.

Russell, Subway, and Clara were suspended in the air and set their sights on their target, the Dragon's Lair embedded in the mountain.

Before them, the teams of Huiyao, Starfire and Crescent had arrived and were fighting fiercely with the golden dragon.

It was as if a giant dragon made of gold looked up to the sky and howled. The terrifying power of the dragon swept through the surrounding dense forest for several kilometers, frightening countless monsters away.

Compared to the Mr. Dragon tamed by the academy, this giant dragon seems to have undergone some kind of mutation due to the influence of the magical energy permeating the dense forest. It is crazy and violent, has low intelligence, and cannot communicate, but its strength is higher than that of the Mr. Dragon in the academy. Much more powerful!

Starfire and Xinyue summoned one summoned creature after another from the magic circle, but these weaker creatures were all below the third grade. They were affected by the power of the dragon and fled in a hurry.

Hui Yao, who has light blond hair and a handsome face, is swirling in the air, dodging the dragon's breath. As soon as he raises his hand, thousands of silver-white force field missiles fall from the sky, like a force field. A storm of missiles.

Missile storm!

The missiles hit the dragon's scales one after another, shattering into dots of light and dissipating. Apart from arousing more roars from the dragon, they seemed to fail to cause any significant damage.

Hui Yao once again moved in the air, avoiding the golden light breathed out by the dragon, but his left arm was still slightly stained by the dragon's breath, dripping with blood.

"The scales of this giant dragon have strong magic resistance. It seems difficult for external magic attacks to harm him." Huiyao frowned slightly. At this moment, he saw Russell's two tentacles flying towards them. Come.

Russell flew in front of Huiyao, his expression indifferent but kind. He glanced in the direction of the new moon and said:

"Classmate Huiyao, your cousin had a lot of objections to me before. Thanks to you for helping me out."

With that said, Russell took out a bottle of healing potion brewed two days ago and threw it to Huiyao:

"You seem to be in some trouble. Do you need help?"

The genius of the Academy with short light blond hair wiped his sweat, nodded, looked at the golden dragon that was tearing several summoned beasts apart, and warned cautiously:

"The strength of this giant dragon is amazing. In particular, the dragon scales are very resistant to magic. External spell attacks are difficult to have an effect. Xinghuo and my cousin wanted to summon monsters to carry out physical attacks, but the summoned creatures were under the power of the dragon. Everyone fell into fear and trembling, and it was difficult to exert any fighting power..."

If the two teams join forces, they will have no problem dealing with this giant dragon! Huiyao clenched his fists.

Russell's expression remained indifferent, and he turned his head to Saibaiwei next to him:

"Release that blood."

Subway smiled slyly, already knowing what Russell was going to do, he gently rubbed the storage ring on his finger.

This ring, handmade by Subway, has a larger storage capacity than a Dimensional fanny pack!

In the pure white light emitted by the ring, a giant scarlet sphere with a radius of dozens of meters appeared in the sky.

This is a sphere made of tumbling blood!

At this time, the audience who were watching the competition were either discussing it on the playground or asking questions in the official live broadcast room.

"A sphere made of blood? Condensed and formed under the control of blood magic?"

"Where did so much blood come from? How many people or monsters did it take to kill to create it?"

"It should have been made by the jungle monsters Russell and the others killed along the way, right? I saw the blood of those supernatural monsters being drained after they were killed, and they flew towards Subway."

"No, the blood of those dozen monsters alone is far from enough! The ball of blood must be at least tens of thousands of tons!"

Russell couldn't hear these discussions, his eyes were fixed on the huge ball of blood.

Before the competition started, he went to the cafeteria of the junior college and drew tens of thousands of tons of blood from the trolls! Together with some supernatural monsters killed along the way, such a ball of blood was gathered together.

Relying on the induction of blood magic, Russell can sense the life energy contained in the blood ball, and this energy is at his disposal.

Russell flipped his palm, and tens of thousands of tons of balls of blood condensed into a huge scarlet sword. All the life energy contained in every drop of blood burst out, and the sword's will was enough to illuminate the entire sky. Bright scarlet light.

Russell held his palm empty and pulled it down suddenly.

Hoo ho ho.

The scarlet giant sword fell from the sky and slashed head-on at the golden dragon that was rushing towards them.

Just as Huiyao was about to react, he saw the golden dragon's eyes suddenly losing focus, as if falling into a brief trance.

Rumble.

The scarlet giant sword slashed down from the front and penetrated into the earth. The earth trembled, dust and smoke filled the sky, and the earth cracked into cracks.

The golden dragon's head fell to the ground.

Blood spurted out from the dragon's severed neck.

Kill the dragon with one sword!

Russell waved his hand, and the scarlet giant sword spread out again and turned back into a huge blood sphere, but it was slightly smaller than before.

On the giant dragon's huge corpse, precious dragon blood gushes out like a fountain under Russell's control and gathers into the ball of blood.

In the blink of an eye, the dragon's corpse, which was as huge as a hill, shriveled up, and the ball of blood, which was larger than before and had more magic power, returned to Subway's ring.

At this moment, whether it was Hui Yao who was just preparing to assist Russell's attack, or Xing Huo and Xinyue who were sending away the summoned beasts, or the spectators watching the competition, they were all stunned at the same time.

Lines of barrage slid past the live broadcast room on the official website.

"Killed instantly with one hit?"

"Is it over like this? I thought it would last a little longer."

“Is this something I can watch for free?”