Right now, the only battle left was Alec’s clash with Roderic, who still had Serena Marq backing him up.“I never expected your team to be such a wild horse. I have to say, you’ve all surprised me greatly,” Roderic said, raising his sword to face Alec again, with his gun steady in his left hand.Not too far behind him, Serena kept flinging rune scrolls across the space like she was laying down a defensive perimeter, tightening their zone so they wouldn’t be attacked from every angle, and forcing any pressure to come one wave at a time.Alec watched all of this without rushing forward. Behind him, the black smoke had deepened, no longer a dull grey but something heavier—something alive. To the low-rank mages in the stands watching, staring into it felt like they were staring into a beast with too many faces, the shapes in the smoke kept changing and overlapping. One moment, it looked like a furious wolf, the next, a grotesque bat, and then a drake-like monster, looming and half-forme

After a few minutes of rest, the next match was about to begin, and with the War God Mage Academy’s victory still fresh, the northern fans cheered at the top of their voices directly to the face of the fans of the other Kingdoms.For the moment, the fans from the other four kingdoms barely matched that energy, they were waiting for at least one win on their side before they could earn the right to banter with the northern crowd, who were clearly now acting like they’d grown wings.Just yesterday, it had been the other kingdoms laughing at them, because the northern academies were getting eliminated so easily, but now that a northern academy had taken the first match victory, the momentum had clearly shifted.“Just you wait. There are still four matches left, and out of that four there are two of them which have northern academies in them, let’s see how they 'll both fall,” many of the stubborn fans shouted back at the rowdy northern crowd.“You’re in for a surprise if you think the Bl

Immediately Damien pointed him toward his next target, Connor turned and what he saw was Caelum’s massive halberd already twisting through the air toward him, with nowhere to hide, Connor dashed forward to meet the attack. But just before the blade could bite into him, he kicked off the ground with his powerful legs and lunged into the air, barely evading it in the last split second.He jumped so high that he landed on all fours, fully embracing the beastial stance, he didn’t even seem to care at all as moving like that felt natural to him, he surged closer, driving himself forward with both hands.Seeing his attack miss, Caelum stretched out his right hand, and as if an invisible pull had been activated, the halberd which was still rotating in midair froze for a heartbeat, then snapped into a new spin and started coming back like it had been recalled.“Raaaarrr!” Connor roared as he finally entered striking range, his glowing claws slicing forward.Caelum, realising his weapon would

It was a complete merge unlike any other, it was not the usual copying of attack motions, but Akagami's spirit truly entering Hoshino Ren's body, the moment it happened, something extraordinary occurred.A worn-out red battle armor, identical to the one Akagami wore, materialized around Ren's body, not only that, but his weapon also transformed as well, nearly matching Akagami's exact battle sword, in that instant, Ren looked as though he had been possessed by his own spirit even if he wasn't as there was now a striking semblance between him and Akagami. The only differences were that he wore no helmet to conceal his face—like Akagami typically does, and his hair had shifted to a darker shade of red not like Akagami’s own but it just helped people match their matching features more. His eyes now gleamed with sparkling lights that radiated outward to the edges, as his realm surged past the Peak Tier 6 mage level, though he couldn't quite break into Low Tier 7 Mage realm, but the shee

Not long after he cursed at his teammates, Kaelus began to realize something was wrong with his environment.Any mage who steps into the Tier 6 realm has a certain level of control over their mental power, at that stage, the more talented ones can project their mental energy outward, forming a kind of field, especially a sensory layer that lets them read threats and detect attacks before they land. It’s also one of the foundations needed to break into the high ranks, which is why true geniuses rely heavily on that sensory perception, so the moment his team left him behind, Kaelus finally noticed something, and that was the fact that his mental power wasn’t being suppressed, but not entirely, it was mostly the sensory part of it that was being steadily chipped away at.The closer the smoke crept in towards him, the worse his perception became, he thrust his left hand forward, and a weapon materialized above his palm.It didn’t come from his back or a space ring, it was conjured, the b