To control the trajectory of one's attacks effectively, strong mental strength and focus are essentially needed, as only then can the attacks be manipulated with precision.Asher, who is attempting to flaunt his mental prowess, pushed himself to guide ten fireballs simultaneously using his limited mental power, which eventually caused the sweat to pour down from his forehead. Even he had never expected the battle to reach this point, his plan was simple: cast [Exploding Fire Balls], allow them to get close to his opponent, then detonate one to trigger a chain reaction that would force Katie off the stage in a fiery blast.But things hadn’t gone as planned. Katie not only evaded every attack with surprising agility, she had also destroyed two of the fireballs while maintaining her distance, Asher was left straining to direct the remaining ones, as his mental energy was rapidly draining. With the pressure mounting on him, and a pulsing headache beginning to take hold, it was almost li

“My turn!” Agnes declared as her wand shifted once more into its staff form. She slammed it against the ground, and Kylian’s expression darkened as glowing lights flared beneath his feet.“Shit!” he cursed, realizing too late that he was standing in the middle of five rune circles, he hadn’t even noticed when they were set, all the while Agnes had been retreating, she had been inscribing her summoning runes with each mana-laced step.What made it unknown was the subtle trick at the start of the battle: Agnes had cast a thin, spreading stream of water across the arena floor, Kylian had dismissed it as harmless, failing to realize it was meant to mask the summoning patterns beneath.Now, the very element he ignored had been used to camouflage a battlefield trap and he had walked straight into it. All this time, he believed he was the one planning ahead, scheming and staying a step in front, but now it dawned on him, he had been overconfident, just like Asher.And though he would neve

While the flood dragon struggled to push Kylian off the stage, its body was slowly freezing over, because the sheer amount of ice mana Kylian was releasing had already turned the dragon’s entire head into what looked like a detailed ice sculpture.As the cracking sounds of spreading ice continued to echo through the arena, Agnes made her final move. Though she had used most of her mana to conjure the lifelike demonic beast in water form, it was her infusion of mental energy that had given the spell its complexity and purpose. Without it, the flood dragon would’ve been just another predictable spell, with the option of being read and counter.Thanks to that mental energy, she’d managed to conserve a small reserve of mana, though she looked completely spent, however she could still cast one last spell, and with Kylian still locked in his desperate struggle against the dragon’s water body, the opportunity was too good to pass up. She raised her hands with the right hand still gripp

“How…!” Kylian choked out, barely able to form the words. He couldn’t understand how Brandon had emerged from the tide of frozen blades without so much as a scratch, or even looking slightly flustered.Even though Kylian had exhausted a large chunk of his mana from the previous battle, he had still poured everything he had left into that last attack. He’d expected it to at least rattle Brandon a little, but instead, the result crushed what remained of his confidence. He tried to fight the feeling, but the weight of despair was slowly dragging him under.“Simple,” Brandon replied calmly. “I cast my Stone Skin spell alongside activating my Spirit Equipment Set. So all the damage was absorbed externally by the stone skin spell, the few that pierced through were taken care of by my spirit armour, so here I am, completely unaffected by that little cold storm you threw my way.”He paused, then added with a tilt of his head, “So, I wanted to ask—are you done now?”Kylian’s mouth twitch

“And the win goes to the War God Mage Academy.”A heavy silence fell over the Arena, not out of celebration, but from the sudden tension that came with the scoreboard levelling out again, with both academies now having only two fighters left, everyone knew the next few rounds would decide everything—victory or bitter defeat of their respective academy funny enough only the Dean seems worried at the War God Academy zone.The atmosphere around the Royal Mage Academy’s seating area was especially grim. Their side wasn’t taking the outcome well, when they had arrived, they believed the War God Mage Academy would be easy prey. After all, they had all grown tremendously since the last inter-academy competition. Many of them didn’t even consider the possibility that the War God mages could keep up.Their arrogance wasn’t unfounded. The Royal Academy students had backing from ancient-ranked clans, vast resources, and the support of the royal family itself. Meanwhile, the War God Mage Acad