Chapter 131: Element
Chapter 131: Element
Lin Heyan was slightly stunned.
Hosting the Glory Battle Platform up to now, this was the first time he had encountered such a commotion!
The clamor of voices, the hazy aura of mana, coalesced into seven-colored radiance stretching across the vast sky. Clouds transformed and shimmered.
“A mere challenge duel, why so many people?” Lin Heyan’s gaze swept across and landed on a figure, instantly understanding. “It’s him… no wonder.”
He didn’t know that those who came to watch this fight actually had little interest in the duel itself. They were just tired of being constantly disturbed.
To them, which side won didn’t really matter. As long as they could meditate in peace after this battle, that was enough.
Of course, as members of Dawn Cliff, they disliked Divine Capital Secret Hall even more.
On the battle platform, both sides stood ready.
“You’re really not very lucky,” Li Yi pronounced, his presence as solid as a mountain, a cold glint flickering in his eyes. “Right now, I am filled with anger.”
“Oh? Show me then?” Wei Wei sneered, his expression disdainful.
“Begin!”
His expression turning solemn, Wei Wei’s hands began rapidly twisting. Gold light shimmered at his fingertips, blooming like a peony, resonating with the mana waves, extremely dazzling.
“Spell Proficiency?”
Li Yi’s eyes sharpened with caution. The flecks of gold light at Wei Wei’s fingertips were exactly the Metamagic Specialty – Spell Proficiency.
This specialty enhanced magic gestures, reduced casting time, and amplified spell power.
To awaken a metamagic specialty so early indicated this person must have undergone rigorous training and was quite formidable in combat.
“Try this…”
Wei Wei raised his hand lightly. A dozen pale blue energy missiles shot out, tracing countless complex paths like falling stars, continuously blasting towards Li Yi.
“Superior Grade Sage Secret Art – Falling Blossom Missiles!”
Someone exclaimed.
This spell resembled Mana Missile, just more numerous and powerful. Its trajectory was impossible to track, making it incredibly troublesome.
Li Yi’s expression remained aloof. After a few magic gestures, arcs of lightning crackled and leaped from his palm, coalescing into a whip of pure thunder!
“Thunderlash? Is he out of his mind? Trying to knock down missiles with that?” Below the platform, Hu Xuanhai scoffed and shook his head.
“Hah!”
With a sharp cry, Li Yi flicked his wrist. Lightning whipped wildly, seemingly chaotic but forming an impenetrable defense. He shattered one elusive missile after another.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Missiles detonating mid-air were like fireworks, illuminating Li Yi’s impassive face.
“What?”
Wei Wei’s expression was one of sheer astonishment. This secret art was famous for its bizarre trajectories. Even warriors usually could only dodge; how could a mage destroy them using a whip?
Li Yi was also momentarily surprised.
“What was that…”
After the Great Soft-Shelled Turtle Aura mended his soul, the Soul Origin seemed to integrate more seamlessly with the surrounding world.
Just now, he felt like he was communicating with the world itself. For no particular reason, he sensed the missiles’ paths. Of course, without the supreme control forged by Siren Splits the Tide, he wouldn’t have controlled the Thunderlash so easily.
A shadow transformed into sticky darkness, morphing into a pitch-black spider web that fell straight towards him.
“Shadow Net?” Li Yi remained calm, expression unchanging. He stepped aside with practiced ease, like walking through the Void.
Wei Wei pressed forward, closing the distance rapidly. With a cold cry, he unleashed: “Color Spray!”
A dazzling burst of colorful brilliant light surged from his palm like a neon rainbow!
Li Yi’s vision blurred.
“Die!” Wei Wei flicked his sleeve. A dark thorny vine, bearing a horrifying maw lined with deadly blue teeth and radiating poisonous malevolence, shot out like lightning. It stabbed straight towards Li Yi’s heart!
“Got him!” Wei Wei’s triumphant grin froze as it formed.
Their gazes met again. Li Yi stared calmly back, his eyes shimmering with a light like pale dawn which dispelled the disorienting colorful brilliance.
And what frightened Wei Wei far more: held loosely in Li Yi’s hand was a blazingly white orb of fire, exuding pure annihilation!
This spell… it definitely wasn’t just Chain Fireball!
“Blazing Fireball!” he shrieked, his voice unnaturally high-pitched like a woman’s scream!
“You recognize it…”
The blazing white fire snaked through the air, striking Wei Wei. It engulfed both him and the thorny vine in stark, lethal white flames.
“Didn’t you want to see my anger?” Amidst Wei Wei’s agonized screams, Li Yi’s voice remained flat and cold. “Well, this is it!”
“Hah!”
Lin Heyan leapt into action instantly. Several Frost-Condensed Snowballs plummeted, shattering into a flurry of ice and snow that extinguished the flames consuming Wei Wei. However, his injuries were severe. Charred all over, he had already lost consciousness.
“Blazing Fireball! That spell… that was definitely Blazing Fireball!”
“He cast a spell above his rank?!”
“I once trained alongside Li Yi as Outer Courtyard disciples! Even back at Half-Step rank, he was casting the Water Bullet Spell!”
“But casting a Rank 1 spell at Half-Step rank is completely different from a Lower-Rank Spell Disciple unleashing a Rank 2 spell! The gap is enormous!”
“Is it a Bloodline Ability? Or an innate talent? Whatever it is… it must be overwhelmingly potent!”
The audience buzzed with confusion and excited whispers.
The group of Mages from Divine Capital Secret Hall, however, felt as if their faces were stinging with humiliation.
“Next!” Li Yi commanded, pointing towards the platform stairs with one hand while settling into a cross-legged position on the center of the platform.
“According to the rules, you have half an hour to rest,” Lin Heyan reminded him.
“Thank you for your concern, Senior,” Li Yi smiled faintly, but his gaze sweeping the platform steps remained frosty. “But honestly, I’m very busy. I don’t have that much time to play games with these people… Next one!”
“Wei Qun, take this…” Hu Xuanhai’s voice was cold as he passed a blood-red ring. “That kid’s being too cocky. Teach him a lesson.”
“Hmph!” Wei Qun nodded fiercely, his eyes blazing with malice.
Stepping onto the platform and facing Li Yi.
“You fought so viciously! I’ll avenge my brother!” Wei Qun spat the words with venom.
“Your brother has only external wounds…” Li Yi returned Wei Qun’s glare without flinching. “If that ‘Heart-Piercing Blue Thorn’ had hit me, what then?”
Wei Qun choked momentarily on his retort, then snapped coldly, “Enough talk! Let strength decide this!”
“Ah… so logical, you people…” A cold smirk tugged at Li Yi’s lips.
Wei Qun didn’t waste words. His hands twisted rapidly, golden light flaring. The blood-red ring he wore pulsed, and the phantom image of a Fire Lord coalesced around it.
Towering tongues of fire surged violently. From the roaring conflagration, a massive, roaring figure constructed entirely of boiling flames rose. It beat its fiery arms. Waves of scorching heat rippled outward in fiery rings.
“A Fire Elemental?”
“It definitely is a Fire Elemental!”
“He cast a spell beyond his rank… again?”
Cries of fear and disbelief echoed across the battlegrounds.
Fire Elemental — the evolution of the Flame Servant. While lacking complex magic spells, it possessed both “Magma Skin” and “Searing Aura.” Among Elemental Lives of the same rank, its power was immense, surpassed only by violent creatures like the Star Element or Thunder Element. Its combat prowess was extreme.
“Elemental Summoning? What a coincidence… I can use that too.”
Li Yi smiled softly. His own fingers began a flowing, intricate dance. Water surged at his fingertips. A deep azure aura coursed powerfully within his own body. Above him, a swirling vortex formed, radiating potent energy.
Water churned. Blue light flashed brilliantly. A massive, majestic Water Elemental took shape, settling its formidable presence like a majestic mountain peak.
“Th-this… what…” Lin Heyan felt dizzy, his mind barely keeping up.
Moments ago, he could have potentially stopped that Blazing Fireball. But due to sheer shock, he had hesitated for a critical moment.
Since when did casting beyond one’s rank become so common?
Especially for Li Yi! Not only did he lack enhancing equipment, but even more incredibly, these two spells – far exceeding his rank – manifested completely opposing elemental attributes!
If it were just one element surpassing his level, one could attribute it to a Bloodline Ability like “Elemental Amplification”…
But Water and Fire were fundamentally opposing forces!
Could it be… Omni-Element Amplification?
If such a Bloodline Ability truly existed… then Li Yi’s surname “Li” deserved the top spot in the Hundred Family Names!
“Hmm?”
As the Water Elemental solidified, a faint, majestic dragon’s roar resonated deep within Li Yi’s core.
Instantly, the Water Elemental swelled dramatically in size beyond its intended form. Its once blue form took on an intensely dark, near-black hue. Its surface rippled and formed a layer of scales eerily reminiscent of draconic hide. An aura of chilling, ancient darkness radiated outwards, silent and pervasive like morning mist.
“Is that… still a Water Elemental?”
“It’s a whole head taller than a normal Water Elemental! And what are those dragon-like scales?”
“Is that another Bloodline Ability? If it is… that power breaches magical Rule/Law!”
Another wave of stunned confusion washed over the spectators.
“Looks like our ‘friends’ from Divine Capital Secret Hall lost another duel…”
One watcher, finally catching on, murmured softly.
This immediately triggered a ripple of knowing, low chuckles.
They naturally wouldn’t dare provoke that group openly. But seeing them eat humble pie? That was deeply satisfying.
Water Elementals, while not the most powerful elementals, were universally acknowledged for one thing: their nature inherently countered Fire Elementals, a fundamental imbalance.
“KILL!” Wei Qun’s face darkened further. He shouted the command furiously.
“Let him.” Li Yi remembered an old saying, replying with a faintly amused smirk.
Accompanied by a massive, earth-shaking step like an elephant’s footfall, the dark Water Elemental surged forward. Its huge fist crashed down violently onto the Fire Elemental’s skull.
HISSSSSSSH! A massive plume of scalding steam erupted instantly!
“This thing… is it really a Water Elemental?”
Unison. Every single person present was completely stunned.