Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 604

Chapter 601: Tao Qi Ji Ya’s Power! Winning Six Games in a Row!

Ten peach-shaped white clouds appeared in the sky.

These are the ten arenas of the Magic Fighting Competition. During the first three days of the competition, the ten arenas will operate simultaneously in this vast cloud arena and will collapse after three days.

By the time of the finals, only one of the ten arenas will remain.

By then, many games had already started.

When Locke heard the referee standing on the Cloud Whale announce that he would go on stage, he summoned the Big Green Leaf Dragon Bird to fly onto the stage.

Another contestant also flew up on a big bird.

A first-ring crystal wizard referee looked at both competitors and quickly announced, “The Spell Combat Competition has officially begun. Each victory earns one point. Losing will result in a three-point deduction. Once all points are deducted, the contestant will be removed from the competition!”

“In the competition system, the one with the highest total points will become the champion.”

“During the Spell Combat Competition, the use of permanent defense force fields is prohibited.”

“It has officially begun. Wizard Locke Augustine of Jinman Mountain Shinchi Temple versus Wizard Pedro Bennett of Liulu Gallery.”

The Pedro Bennett in front of him was a wizard wearing a blue-gray wizard robe. The robe was gorgeously decorated with many scenes painted on it.

Pedro Bennett respectfully gave Locke a combat salute. “Mr. Augustine, thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience the difference between myself and Golden Crown Mountain.”

“This is extremely important for wizards from a small wizarding organization like ours,” Pedro Bennett said with a hint of bitterness. “I know that a wizard like me would never be able to compete with you if it weren’t for this kind of occasion.”

The bird he stepped on began to have a lot of ink on its body. It turned out that he was a magic painter.

The magical bird that helped him fly up before was just a drawing he made. Because of this, Locke and other wizards did not recognize what kind of magical creature it was.

Locke nodded slightly.

The opponent’s magic pressure was only 9000, and he was obviously a wizard who had just entered the first ring crystallization stage. Judging from his soul breath, his age was probably over a hundred years old.

But to be honest, this level of demonic pressure is far too different from my current state.

Locke began to release his own demonic pressure, which was transformed into dragon power. In just a moment, he completely suppressed the opponent.

The magical bird creature under Pedro Bennett’s feet suddenly exploded and turned into colorful paint.

Pedro Bennett’s expression changed slightly. “So strong.”

“Is this the power of a wizard from Golden Crown Mountain? Just by using magical pressure, he can make me unable to move…”

The magic ring on his left finger flashed with magical light, and he was able to regain the ability to move freely. At the same time, he took out five tiger magic paintings from the ring on his right hand.

Five lifelike tiger-like magical creatures walked out of the magic painting, with their fangs and claws bared, like savage beasts, huge in size, and pounced towards Locke.

But the next moment, the dragon power on Locke was released again, the five tigers let out a wail, and exploded again, and a large amount of paint was spilled on the ground.

Pedro Bennett’s face was pale. It was obvious that Locke had destroyed six magic paintings in a row, causing him to suffer serious backlash from the magic.

Pedro Bennett placed his palm on the ring, and suddenly the paint splashed on the ground combined together and turned into a huge tiger. The tiger raised its front paws and slapped Locke.

Locke looked at the ground of the ring and noticed that at the moment when the six magic paintings were detonated by his dragon power, the wizard Pedro Bennett guided the splashed paint and temporarily drew a new magic painting on the ground in the form of ink splashing.

This method is indeed powerful.

As an illusion magic, it is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

It can be said to be a real illusion. He is worthy of being a wizard from Yunze Wetland. Even if he is just a wizard from a small wizard organization, he can use such powerful magic.

No wonder he was so confident that he signed up for the magic fighting competition.

But just as the huge tiger’s claws were about to touch Locke’s head, they suddenly stopped.

Wizard Pedro Bennett was stunned by this scene and muttered to himself. “How is that possible? Judging from the six exchanges just now, my magic painting clearly cast an illusion on you. Even if you possess dragon power… but the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain possess dragon power. I anticipated this. That’s why I needed these first six illusions to gradually strengthen your ability to enter my illusion.”

“Why…you never entered my illusion.”

Locke snapped his fingers, and the massive tiger before him suddenly disintegrated, transforming into a pool of paint. “The magic of the School of Illusion is very special. Once a wizard is truly affected by its illusion, regardless of their level, they will be at a relative disadvantage. But if they’re not affected from the start, then you’ll be at a complete disadvantage.”

“Pedro Bennett… your idea of gradually hypnotizing me is indeed ingenious, but in a competition like this, hypnotizing other wizards is simply unrealistic. You speed painters are naturally at a disadvantage in this kind of situation.”

“Besides, the difference in demonic pressure between you and me is huge.”

A natural magic eye appeared on Locke’s forehead. It was the eye of a three-eyed tiger-eyed cat, which had the power of insight.

It was this natural magic eye that saw through the opponent’s magic painting.

Pedro Bennett smiled wryly. “So, my Five Tigers Technique actually failed right from the start.”

“You didn’t even really attack.” Pedro Bennett’s face showed a look of despair and awe. “Is this the absolute gap between our small wizard organization and you, Golden Crown Mountain?”

“The gap is really huge.”

Locke glanced at him. “Don’t be so self-deprecating. I’m from the southeastern region…”

“There, you are already much more powerful than wizards of the same level.”

After all, the biggest problem of this wizard who came from the Willow Green Gallery Small Wizard Organization compared to himself is that his panel is too weak.

It’s just that the magic pressure is too low.

Without a panel, all the tricks are meaningless.

As long as his magic pressure reaches around 9600, there may be some chances to hypnotize himself.

Of course, it wasn’t in vain that he took so many Eye Demon potions.

My mental sensitivity is already very high.

Ordinary illusions are difficult to deceive oneself.

If he were to fight against the wizards in the first crystallization stage in the southeast corner of the region that he knew, such as the female leader of the Ghost Holy Church and the Blood Lord of the Blood Curse Court, he would probably be very powerful and beat the two of them to the point that they would doubt their lives.

After all, once you are deceived by the magic painter’s illusion, you will be at an absolute disadvantage.

Pedro Bennett was stunned for a moment, then said in disbelief, “Southeast Corner? Isn’t that a low-level wizard’s land? Impossible, absolutely impossible. You are such a powerful wizard, how could you be from that low-level wizard’s land?”

“That’s impossible!”

Locke glanced at him and said, “Nothing is impossible. Nothing is impossible in front of a wizard.”

He summoned two luxurious magic plants, one was the Golden Palace Branch and the other was the Small Vajra Jujube Hanging. The magic pressure on his body increased, and then it was as if he had hit a barrier. Even so, he was still raising the magic pressure and constantly impacting the barrier.

In the Cloud Arena, nearby wizards were attracted by the powerful magical pressure.

Locke held the remaining branch of the Golden Palace in his left hand, and the branch automatically deformed and shrank, turning into a jujube tree bow. At the same time, he picked a fast-growing branch from the small Vajra Jujube with his right hand.

Then, Locke drew his bow and shot an arrow towards the wizard Pedro Bennett. The powerful magic pressure turned into a scorching golden sun. In an instant, the game was shrouded in a golden sun.

Just this one arrow, no matter how the wizard Pedro Bennett activated his magic weapons, it was useless. He even felt that even if he activated his permanent defense field, it would be very powerless.

The next moment, Pedro Bennett was teleported out of the ring and fell to the ground, gasping for breath.

Wizard Pedro Bennett smiled wryly as Locke stepped off the stage. “The gap is truly too great.”

“However, he’s right. A low status for a while isn’t a big deal, but I can’t give up trying. Since Mr. Augustine can come from the southeast corner to the Golden Crown Mountain in the Yunze Wetland, then I can also reach a higher level through hard work!”

On the other side, Locke noticed that many people were looking at him.

He had no intention of hiding his strength, not to mention that the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow was originally an ancient ritual magic of the Yunze Wetland.

Locke prepared that in this competition, no matter what kind of opponent he met, he would just shoot the bow. If the opponent could hold on, he would shoot again.

There is no need to change spells until a wizard breaks his Peach Arc Thorn Arrow.

In the magic fighting competition, because the use of permanent defensive force fields is prohibited, the damage of the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow is enough to knock a wizard in the first crystallization stage out of the ring with just one blow.

Beside the ring, Mason, Witch and the other two were already waiting there.

Witch Mason applauded and said, “Locke, you’re amazing. I didn’t expect you to learn the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow. Even among wizards at the first crystallization stage, not many can perform this magic because it’s quite difficult.”

“Teacher Ekaterina wanted to arrange for me to study before, but I studied for a long time and didn’t learn it.”

Locke was stunned for a moment, then thought that if there were too many distracting thoughts, it would be really troublesome to learn the Peach Blossom Arc Thorn Arrow.

Therefore, not every wizard can learn it.

But thinking about it the other way around, if that were the case, the current Mason witches wouldn’t even be suitable to learn advanced meditation methods.

Witch Freya gave Locke a thumbs-up. “Team leader, you’re really great.”

Locke looked at the three of them in confusion. “Didn’t you three sign up for the competition?”

Witch Freya shook her head. “Of course not. We were all busy with experiments before. If we sign up for a competition, we’ll have to spend time preparing. If we spend half a day preparing and still don’t even get a ranking in the competition, that would be a complete waste of time.”

Wizard Barrett scratched his head and added, “In short, our confidence is not very high.”

Locke nodded to show that he understood.

The four of them returned to their seats together. Many colleagues from the Institute of True Knowledge congratulated Locke and said that they had never imagined that Locke’s combat power was so strong, and that he had even learned the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow magic.

Locke exchanged a few polite words with them. In the Academy of True Knowledge, his best relationships were with Mason Witch and others. As for the others, he had only spoken a few words and met them a few times.

but……

Locke frowned when he saw that Daniel was not found, and he didn’t know what happened to Daniel.

As my neighbor and the first friend I met in Jinmian Mountain, I hope he can cheer up.

On the corridor on his way to his seat, Locke saw Griffin, a wizard who was also from the Academy of Advanced Knowledge. He was stunned for a moment, and before he could say hello, Griffin made a “huh” sound and turned away.

Locke frowned at this, but said nothing.

Because another old acquaintance of his, Witch Diana, came over. “Locke, you’ve grown again. The magic pressure is even stronger than when we fought half a year ago.”

“My current magic pressure is only 9600, and yours can actually reach 9999.”

Witch Diana looked confused, as if she was trying to figure out why Locke’s magic pressure was growing so fast.

Witch Diana shook her head slightly. “Never mind. I won’t ask anymore. It’s nothing more than a combination of luck, hard work, and talent.”

“If I were to participate in this competition now, I probably wouldn’t be your opponent.”

Diana the Witch is very self-aware.

She paid close attention to Locke, so she watched Locke’s first match in the magic fighting competition carefully.

To be honest, Locke’s previous performance was nothing special. Although the magic pressure of 9999 was high, it couldn’t make her give up competing with Locke.

But Diana realized from Locke’s last arrow that Locke’s Peach Arc Thorn Arrow magic had far surpassed the instantaneous output capabilities of all her current normal magic.

This should have been her biggest advantage when fighting Locke.

But unexpectedly, after a few months, Locke had grown to surpass her in the area she was best at.

For the first time, Witch Diana felt what frustration was.

She rarely loses.

But at this moment, she had an illusion that she seemed unable to keep up with Locke’s growth rate.

Locke looked at Witch Diana strangely and said, “Didn’t you sign up for any competition, Diana?”

Witch Diana shook her head. “I was simply trained jointly. I don’t belong to your Academy of True Knowledge.”

“It’s good enough to be able to watch the game, but I definitely can’t participate.”

Witch Mason and others greeted Witch Diana.

But Witch Diana just nodded to them indifferently and at a distance.

Witch Diana continued to speak enthusiastically to Locke, “I’m watching the competition. The holding of the Spell Fighting Competition is closely related to the Great Magic.”

Locke looked at her in surprise. “Oh? I’m not sure about that.”

Witch Diana smiled. “According to the information I’ve looked up, the focus of the Spell Combat Competition is the first-ring crystallization stage. The subsequent higher-ring competitions were added as the competition grew in scale to commercialize it.”

“The core of this competition is to help wizards understand various offensive magics. The creator of this competition is a wizard from the Star Sea. He noticed that many First Ring wizards are very keen on studying defensive magic.”

“And neglected the study of offensive magic. Therefore, he held the first spell combat competition at his university. Who knew that this competition would become so popular later.”

“Wizards from all over the world are vying to join his magic combat competition.”

“However, there are indeed objective reasons for fire. Maximum magic must be based on offensive magic. And because of the permanent defensive force field of first-ring wizards, many wizards do not focus on understanding offensive magic.”

“So, even if they were just watching the first and second ring magic combat competition, it could be considered a form of learning.”

Locke nodded slightly.

After Diana said this, she also agreed with it.

I just witnessed the Five Tigers Technique of that magic painter.

No wonder wizards are prohibited from using permanent defensive force fields in spell combat competitions.

It turns out that this was done to allow the contestants to focus more on various offensive magics.

As long as the permanent defensive force field is gone, the battle logic between first-level wizards will change completely.

A more powerful attack is more important than a more powerful defensive magic. No other defensive magic can cover a wizard like a permanent tortoise shell.

Then, the participants of the spell fighting competition will certainly pursue more and more powerful offensive magic.

This competition is indeed based on reality, and it is a supplement to the ecological niche of the wizarding world.

Locke passed by a witch and suddenly looked at the witch who was wearing a black wizard robe and holding a wizard sword in her hand.

At the same time, Witch Sera also glanced at Locke, her eyes subconsciously sharp, and then she noticed the badge on Locke’s body. She immediately showed a kind look and then passed by him.

Witch Sera licked the corner of her mouth. “That wizard just now… well… I almost thought he was a dark wizard.”

“Only a Dark wizard can be legally killed. However, he is indeed a dangerous character.”

“He has a life on his hands!”

At the same time, Locke attracted the attention of many wizards participating in the magic fighting competition as well as Tao Qu Thorn Arrow on the field.

Wizard Nelson, who had just stepped off the stage, scratched his bald head. “Peach Arc Thorn Arrow? Such an old spell is still being used. But his magic pressure is very strong. It seems he is also a match for me in this competition.”

Julian, the witch from the patrol deacon team, was followed by a thundercloud, which defeated a breeder cleanly and neatly.

She gave the defeated breeder a duel salute and then stepped off the stage. “Momoko Jishiya? Without unwavering conviction and absolute self-confidence, ordinary wizards wouldn’t choose to learn this kind of magic. He’s also a formidable opponent, just like those two third-generations.”

“As expected of a magic combat competition! There are so many formidable opponents.”

At the same time, in Arena No. 1, Antoine Fischer clapped his hands, and his opponent was blasted down by him with more than a dozen magic weapons in an instant.

“Momokojiya? Tsk, what era is it now? There are still people using such outdated magic. What a piece of garbage.”

“When can I meet those two third-generations? Let’s finish the fight quickly.”

At the same time, wizards of all kinds were silently remembering who their enemies and opponents were, and constantly analyzing them.

Next, throughout the day, Locke went on the field four more times and used peach-bowed thorn arrows four times, using peach bows and jujube arrows to defeat the opponent with one blow.

This is the last match of the day. Locke is facing a wizard mentor from a medium-sized wizard organization in the Weather Tower, a weather master in the first ring crystallization stage, with a magic pressure of 9700 and an age of about three hundred years.

At this time, both sides performed the duel ceremony.

The weatherman’s eyes flashed with eagerness. “They say your Golden Crown Mountain is a prestigious school with a thousand-year history, while our Weather Tower is only a second-rate, or even third-rate, wizard organization in the Yunze Wetlands.”

“But I refuse to accept it. As a fellow first-ring wizard, let me experience your magic as a wizard from a prestigious thousand-year-old school!”

After he finished speaking, he summoned six thunderclouds from behind him. The six thunderclouds floated behind him, forming six instruments shaped like taiko drums. The six fireballs turned into hammer drums, and at the same time, the six fireballs hit the six thunder drums behind him.

Suddenly, six lightning bolts wrapped in flames burst out from the six thunder drums.

Locke frowned. He immediately recognized this as a mainstream magic used by the weather shamans of the Yunze Wetlands, a technique he had read about in books. It was difficult to learn and incredibly powerful—Thunderfire Taiko!
Also known as Flame Thunder!
Once struck, the electric current would instantly carry a massive amount of fire energy into a living organism, causing an explosion in a fraction of a second.

Locke frowned, raised the peach bow made from the remnant branch of the Golden Palace in his hand, and lightly drew it on the ground. Suddenly, a ray of sunlight fell, forming a simple barrier around him.

Suddenly, the six flame lightning arrows were blocked by this barrier.

The weather master showed a look of surprise on his face. He obviously didn’t expect that his confident attack would be easily blocked by Locke.

He obviously did not calculate clearly the difference in magic pressure between Locke and him, nor did he calculate clearly how high the conversion rate of the ancient yet new magic, Peach Arc Thorn Arrow, was in converting Locke’s magic pressure into actual spell damage.

It was not until this moment, after fighting six consecutive battles with the small and medium-sized wizard organizations in Yunze Wetland, that Locke realized how powerful the education he received in Yunze Wetland was.

Just a single Peach Arc Thorn Arrow spell was a mountain standing in the way of these wizards!
The weather wizard twirled his left thumb, and instantly his magic ring flashed with magical brilliance, and then his figure suddenly disappeared from the arena.

Locke watched him disappear. “Invisibility? Transfiguration? Space movement? Hmm… Space movement.”

The next moment, the weather master appeared from behind Locke, and the Thunder and Fire Taiko behind him released six arcs of electricity at Locke.

Locke looked at him indifferently, raised the peach wood bow made from the remaining branch of the Golden Palace in his hand, and immediately the six flames of lightning fell on the peach wood bow.

But they were all blocked by the power of the barrier wrapped around the peach wood bow.

Locke said, “It’s just a trifle.”

He summoned the Little Diamond Jujube Hanger, and in front of the weather master’s astonished eyes, he picked up a fast-growing branch, then drew his bow and arrow, and shot directly at the man’s face at close range.

“Bang~”

A huge sun seemed to be shot out by Locke.

The next moment, the weather master was teleported out of the arena. Because of the protection of magic, he was unharmed.

He seemed still immersed in the terrifying power of Locke’s arrow. “This… even if I were to encounter another First Ring wizard from Golden Crown Mountain, even if I were to lose, it would take a long time. They can’t use permanent defense fields, so the gap between us wouldn’t be that great.”

“That wizard… is so powerful.”

“He’s almost as powerful as the last disciple of the Throne Wizard.”

The weatherman shook his head slightly. “I see the gap between Jinmanshan and me. I’d better stay honest and teach diligently.”

“This way, there might still be a little hope of becoming a second-ring wizard.”

Among a hundred first-ring wizards, not necessarily one can become a second-ring wizard in the end.

The gap between a second-ring wizard and a first-ring wizard is no longer a gap between major levels, it is the shackles of the limits of the racial soul!

(End of this chapter)