“Humph ↗↘”
Facing the attacks of 5 Tier 3 intermediate Grand Mages, Ian let out a very cool “humph.”
There was no chanting, and no complex spellcasting magic circles.
“With platinum fire, burn this body to ashes!”
Boom—!
With him as the center, a spherical barrier of platinum color, carrying countless minute streams of stardust light, instantly expanded outward!
The moment all the attacks came into contact with the barrier, they were ruthlessly crushed directly by pure power.
The surface of the barrier even only rippled with a few circles of imperceptible waves.
The pupils of the 5 genius students shrank violently, their faces written full of disbelief.
“The attacks of small fry, is that all?”
Ian’s disdainful voice traveled out from beneath the mask.
Following the disappearance of the barrier, Ian appeared once again, having already changed his original appearance.
Under the full operation of the [Heart of the Platinum Dragon God], the dense magic power condensed a pair of massive dragon wings, dragon horns, and a dragon tail upon his body.
Although Margarita did not act like a human, when it came to things, she really did teach them.
Using water magic, what she was best at was the control of magic power.
Under Margarita’s teaching, Ian completely learned to control the infinite magic power of the [Heart of the Platinum Dragon God].
When Ian controlled all the leaking magic power and used it to reinforce himself, it formed his current state.
To put it in human terms, he was no longer leaking electricity.
Under this state, Ian’s strength and speed, along with all physical attributes, would increase by a large margin.
But the only shortcoming was that his body could not withstand the reinforcement of a massive amount of magic power for a long time, but using it to resolve these 5 people in front of him was also enough.
In the next instant, Ian’s figure flashed, using no fancy magic whatsoever, it was purely a crushing of speed and strength.
His figure seemed to blend into the flowing starlight, so fast that he only left behind a faint afterimage in place.
Bang! The heavily armored warrior did not even see the movement clearly, only feeling an irresistible, massive force blast into his tower shield.
Together with the shield, the man was like being struck by a battering ram, his feet plowing the ground as he retreated violently, crashing heavily into the protective boundary at the edge of the arena, his eyes turning black as his internal organs churned.
“What?!”
The half-elf girl’s wind sharpness allowed her to capture a sliver of a trajectory, and she wanted to evade filled with sheer horror, but a palm entwined with a faint silver flow of magic power had already pressed down light as a feather upon her shoulder.
A strange force instantly pierced through her body-protecting magic power, paralyzing half of her body, causing her to let out a muffled groan and slump to the ground.
The red-haired mage and the ice mage reacted the fastest, attempting to pull open a distance to display more powerful magic.
But Ian only cast a glance in their direction, his right claw rapidly condensing magic power to become large and long.
The massive dragon claw swung toward the direction of the two mages, and a terrifying magic power hurricane directly blew their weak bodies flying outward.
The two mages did not even have time to speak a word before crashing into the barrier and falling into a coma.
As for that hidden shadow assassin, Ian did not even go to look for him specially.
He poured magic power into his feet and stamped down fiercely.
Crack!
The massive arena unexpectedly could not withstand Ian’s powerful strength, beginning to shake and shatter apart.
Consequently, the shadow in a certain corner of the arena twisted violently for a moment, and the assassin student was forced to manifest, staggering a step as he clutched his chest and knelt on one knee, his face full of horror.
Between electric light and flint, the 5 genius students who had high hopes pinned on them were either injured or retreated, and unexpectedly not a single person could force out Ian’s second move!
On the stands, there was a patch of dead silence, followed immediately by the eruption of even more fanatical cheers and exclamations!
Crushing! Absolute crushing! The disciple of the ‘Stargazer’ was actually formidable to such an extent!
In the VIP seats, the faces of the 5 elder mentors were already as black as the bottom of a pot, their mouths twitching, no wonder this old woman actually came over to see them this year.
Turns out she was prepared long ago!
As for Margarita, that curvature at the corner of her mouth could not be pressed down no matter what, if she hadn’t cared a bit about the face of a Legendary Mage, she would have burst into wild laughter long ago.
“Oh my, this student of mine just has an impatient nature, making his moves without any restraint.”
She picked up the crystal cup by her hand, taking an elegant sip, her voice was not loud, yet it clearly traveled into the ears of the 5 old friends beside her.
“But then again, young people just need to have a bit of sharp energy, it is always better than some showy but useless embroidery pillows taught by certain people, don’t you all say so?”
The 5 elders: “……”
Angry, trembling, and cold!
But looking at the pathetic appearance of their own disciples on the stage, for a moment they unexpectedly could not refute, and could only hold it in to the point of internal injury.
On the arena, Ian did not relax.
He knew that according to Margarita’s request of “crushing,” this was still not enough.
His gaze swept past the heavily armored warrior who was struggling to crawl up and the ice mage who was barely maintaining a standing posture, preparing to add the final blow to completely conclude this farce.
However, just at the crack of time when he mobilized his magic power and a platinum glimmer lit up once again at his fingertips—
Rip!
An incomparably tricky ice spike, with an extremely insidious angle, attacked from the shadows!
“Hmm?!”
Ian’s gaze froze, his reaction rapid as he caught the attacking ice spike beside his face.
The ice spike was not a solid object, but was instead composed of highly condensed ice magic power, its edges incomparably sharp.
After Ian caught the ice spike, the assassin student completely collapsed. Collapsing along with him was also the final breath of the ice mage.
“Ho~ not bad, to still understand combination magic.”
With a bit of force, Ian simply crushed the ice spike easily.
After crushing the ice spike, a scratch appeared on the part of Ian’s facial corner that was not protected by the mask, and a fresh red bead of blood seeped out from within.
They were the genius students of the Imperial Royal Magic Academy after all, to actually still be able to injure Ian.
According to Margarita’s estimation, although Ian was currently on the surface at the level of a Tier 3 intermediate Grand Mage, under a full-power outburst, he was no different from a Tier 4 advanced Grand Mage.
Separated tiers are like separated seas; the higher the tier, the more difficult it is to cross.
For 5 Tier 3 students to be able to injure a Tier 4 Grand Mage was also considered a pretty good level.
“Not bad, I recognize your strength…”
Having said that, Ian just wanted to heal the wound, yet he suddenly perceived a dangerous line of sight pinning him dead.
That surge of bad chill inside his heart emerged once again, and this time the feeling was incomparably intense.
It was as if the danger causing his alertness was right nearby!
At the same time that Ian suddenly stiffened, Otilia in the audience seats was so excited that her entire body was trembling.
For this blonde girl who had been staring fixedly at Ian from the moment he entered the stage, pouring almost her entire mind and soul onto his body…
Otilia Philimons, in the next second after that bead of blood seeped out, her azure eyes widened abruptly!
It was him!
It was exactly him!
He was her Ian!
The aura traveling out from within that drop of blood was exactly that incomparably familiar aura engraved into the deepest depths of her soul!
In the span of over 10 years, Otilia did not know how many times she had tasted Ian’s blood, or how many times she had bitten and shattered Ian’s bones.
Every time she woke up, it was inside his embrace covered all over with bloodstains.
Only the taste of his blood was something Otilia could absolutely never forget!!
“Ian!!!!”