111: Chapter 111 Luo Zhongheng
Time flew by, and the academy selection trials continued.
After three rounds, only twenty students remained.
Today was the semi-finals, which would determine the five people who could represent the academy in next month's grand tournament.
Tomorrow would be the final day, where the remaining ten students would compete for the five spots.
There were only ten matches today, and those left were all the top experts from each class.
In the eyes of the other students, their combat power was extremely formidable.
The arena soon filled with people, and two teachers stepped onto the stage to begin calling names by number.
"Contestant Number One, Contestant Number Seventeen, please come to the stage."
The teacher's voice rang out.
Two students quickly walked onto the stage and stood facing each other, fifteen meters apart.
The first match was Su Linlin against another fourth-year student.
Lin Fan looked at Su Linlin's opponent.
It was a youth of a similar age to them, handsome with short white hair, wearing a neat and brand-new school uniform with a light blue cloak draped over his shoulders.
For some reason...
Even though his opponent was Su Linlin, who was now recognized as the strongest in the entire academy and had reached Tier 2...
This student still wore a gentle smile on his face.
He clearly wasn't afraid of Su Linlin at all.
Lin Fan raised an eyebrow slightly.
Anyone else facing Su Linlin would have been shaking with fear or surrendered immediately.
But this person just smiled at Su Linlin, his demeanor exceptionally calm.
Lin Fan didn't have a very deep impression of this student.
Even in the original owner's memories, the two had little interaction.
Lin Fan watched with interest.
He wanted to know if this person truly had the skills to make him look at him in a new light.
Or if he was about to be taught a harsh lesson by Su Linlin.
"What? Goddess Su Linlin's opponent is Luo Zhongheng? How can this be!"
"No, my Ice Prince is going up against Goddess Su Linlin, this is too tragic!"
"They should be swapped out; they shouldn't be opponents!"
Seeing the two of them take the stage, the students immediately burst into a commotion.
Lin Fan understood why they were so excited...
He had been watching since the beginning of the competition.
Although he wasn't particularly interested in fights between First-Order Mages...
He had to admit that this student named Luo Zhongheng was quite strong for his Rank.
Lin Fan felt that...
Luo Zhongheng originally had a great chance of taking one of the five competition spots.
But as luck would have it, he ran into Su Linlin.
Both were Genius students; it would have been a good thing for them to participate in the grand tournament together.
Unfortunately, one of them was now destined to be eliminated.
In the eyes of all the students, the outcome was already decided...
After all, Su Linlin was a Tier 2.
But Lin Fan didn't think so.
He felt that this student was going to give everyone a surprise.
"Let the match begin!"
The teacher's voice rang out, announcing the start of the battle.
Luo Zhongheng and Su Linlin didn't move immediately, just stood there looking at each other.
Su Linlin's expression was cold, while Luo Zhongheng wore a gentle smile, drawing infatuated screams from many girls.
"Surrender, you are no match for me."
After a few seconds, Su Linlin spoke.
"How will we know without trying?"
Luo Zhongheng continued to smile.
The corner of Su Linlin's eye twitched slightly.
This person's smile made her inexplicably irritated; it was just like a certain annoying fellow.
"Don't blame me for not warning you; now you won't even have the chance to surrender."
As Su Linlin's voice fell, the mana around her body erupted.
Boom!
The Aura of a Tier 2 Mage exploded like a small blast, and her red cloak fluttered violently.
The spectating students cheered excitedly, and many girls shouted for Luo Zhongheng to surrender quickly to avoid getting hurt.
To this, Luo Zhongheng only said softly:
"It seems I can't hide it any longer."
The next moment.
A powerful surge of mana also erupted from within his body.
A Tier 2 Mage!
Everyone was stunned, and even Lin Fan was surprised by this reversal.
He hadn't specifically checked Luo Zhongheng's Rank before, thinking he was only Tier 1.
Who would have thought that he had also stepped into Tier 2 long ago!
The teacher on the stage was also startled, and then his expression turned peculiar as he looked at Su Linlin and Luo Zhongheng.
These two were likely the two strongest students in the academy.
Now they had to eliminate each other, and one was destined to be unable to represent the academy in the tournament—it was truly a pity.
After learning that Luo Zhongheng was also Tier 2...
The students who were worried about him just now instantly broke into excited cheers.
Su Linlin looked at Luo Zhongheng's smiling face and frowned slightly.
Learning that someone had reached Tier 2 like her but had been hiding it made her feel very uncomfortable.
The next moment.
Red stars appeared around her, quickly condensing into a Star Pattern.
"Fireball Technique!"
Su Linlin gave a low shout, and a massive fireball surged out from the Star Pattern, heading straight for Luo Zhongheng.
The fireball's speed wasn't particularly fast.
But at this distance, it would be difficult for a weaker mage to dodge.
But Luo Zhongheng was also a Tier 2!
He still carried a faint smile on his face.
His figure flashed on the stage, instantly appearing ten meters away.
Boom!
The fireball slammed into the ground, exploding like fireworks; the ground was instantly charred, and concrete fragments flew everywhere.
"Decent power."
Luo Zhongheng looked at the charred ground in the distance and nodded slightly.
"Shut up!"
Su Linlin barked coldly, her figure rushing toward Luo Zhongheng with the stars following behind her.
Luo Zhongheng's gaze was calm.
Light blue stars appeared around him, condensing into a Star Pattern in an instant.
Two seconds!
His casting speed was not a bit slower than Su Linlin's!
"Fireball Technique!"
"Ice Fang Rush!"
The two of them shouted their Spell names almost simultaneously.
Su Linlin stopped a few meters away from Luo Zhongheng, and a fireball surged out from her Star Pattern;
Meanwhile, from Luo Zhongheng's light blue Star Pattern, a meter-long ice spike shot out with a whistle.
The two Spells collided violently in mid-air.
Boom!
A shockwave carrying a biting chill swept across the stage.
The white mist and thick smoke generated by the explosion instantly enveloped half the stage.
Both Luo Zhongheng and Su Linlin had already moved.
Su Linlin crossed the stage.
Closing in on Luo Zhongheng, the fire element stars behind her floated and followed like a ribbon of light.
She suddenly stopped and began connecting the Star Pattern.
Red mana threads linked the stars at an incredible speed, instantly forming a complete Star Map.
"Flame Tide!"
Tongues of fire suddenly erupted around Su Linlin, sweeping toward Luo Zhongheng.
Luo Zhongheng still didn't dodge.
He also summoned light blue stars, which quickly condensed into a shining Star Pattern, and the temperature on the stage plummeted.
"Frozen Wave!"
Luo Zhongheng gave a low shout.
A bone-chilling cold surged out from the Star Pattern, freezing the surroundings, and winter-like frost instantly appeared in the air.
At the same time.
Su Linlin controlled the tongues of fire to explode violently around Luo Zhongheng.
Boom!
A series of explosions erupted around Luo Zhongheng.
The newly formed ice layer shattered instantly, and thick smoke once again enveloped the entire area.
The entire arena fell silent.
Everyone stared into the thick mist, not knowing Luo Zhongheng's condition.
Only the teachers and Lin Fan could see clearly...
Even though he was at the center of the explosion, Luo Zhongheng was not injured.
He had frozen the surrounding air before the explosion.
With the sudden drop in temperature, the power of the explosion was significantly weakened, failing to hurt him at all.