166: Chapter 166 I'm sorry, I lost again.

Finally, there was a chance to properly teach this girl a lesson.

He turned his head to look at Yang Yong, who happened to be looking at him as well.

The two exchanged an ambiguous glance before looking away.

Yang Yong snorted coldly to himself, while Lin Fan smiled with deep meaning.

It was as if he were saying:

"Just wait and watch how I crush your most prized student."

After another moment, the match-up table disappeared, and a new list appeared... today's match order.

[Longwei Magic Academy VS Qingyun Magic Academy] was the fifth match of the day.

Only twenty-two academies remained in this tournament, making for a total of only eleven matches.

Three minutes later, the competition officially began, and the first two teams stepped onto the arena.

In the second round of the tournament, the referees on the field were no longer Tier 2 Mages, but had been replaced by two Tier 3 Mages.

As time passed, more and more teams took to the field to battle.

The matches in the second round took longer than the previous round.

Most teams were closely matched in strength.

Everyone did their utmost to protect their teammates to avoid affecting their points.

Qing Yu watched the matches on the field.

She completely failed to understand the excitement of the surrounding humans, who cheered incessantly and discussed the students non-stop.

She only found it utterly boring.

In her eyes,

these people were pitifully weak; their Spells were, to her, not even as strong as a gentle massage while sleeping.

She turned her head to look at Lin Duo, who was watching intently beside her, and asked when Lin Fan would be taking the stage.

Lin Duo was fully focused on the arena and told Qing Yu without turning her head,

that Lin Fan didn't have a match today; his individual match was on Wednesday.

"Really? Then why did we come here?"

Qing Yu was puzzled; since Lin Fan wasn't fighting, there was no need for them to come.

This time, Lin Duo finally turned her head and looked at Qing Yu.

"Because his academy's team is competing today, we have to come and cheer for them."

She pointed toward the arena.

Qing Yu looked up and saw the names of the two academies projected in the air above the arena.

[Longwei Magic Academy VS Qingyun Magic Academy!]

The four members of Longwei nervously stepped into the arena.

Their opponents stood on the other side of the field, looking at them with calm expressions.

On the Qingyun Magic Academy side, all four students were Tier 2 Mages.

Whereas on the Longwei side, only Luo Zhongheng had reached Tier 2; the rest were all Tier 1.

The referee had just announced the start of the match.

The Qingyun students immediately launched a full-scale offensive, showing none of the laziness from the previous round...

In the last round, some people had slacked off and just watched, but this time, everyone attacked.

The four simultaneously condensed various colored Star Maps, and Spells blasted toward Luo Zhongheng's group.

Luo Zhongheng and his teammates naturally wouldn't just sit and wait for death.

They immediately counterattacked, also summoning their own Star Maps.

Qiao Liya summoned vines.

They lunged toward the Qingyun students like venomous snakes, moving as fast as a speeding car.

Feng Zheng and Liu Yingjun also cast Tier 1 Spells to fight back.

Luo Zhongheng summoned two Ice Chains that spiraled in the center of the arena.

Unfortunately,

the gap in strength was right there; it wasn't something that could be made up for by courage alone.

Moreover, their opponents were Genius mages from a top academy.

Luo Zhongheng could barely stall one person, but Qiao Liya and the other two were in a dire situation.

The opponents repeatedly used Tier 2 Spells to suppress them.

Their Tier 1 Spells simply couldn't hold them back.

Only a few minutes after the match began,

Liu Yingjun was blasted away, slamming hard against the arena barrier and passing out immediately upon hitting the ground.

Qiao Liya was trapped by two Tier 2 Spells.

There was nowhere to hide; no matter how she moved, she would be caught in the blast.

Her vines had long since been destroyed by Spells, leaving her powerless to protect herself.

Fortunately, a referee stepped in just in time to block the attack for her.

But with that, Qiao Liya was automatically eliminated and could no longer participate.

Feng Zheng was also knocked flying by a Spell.

Luckily, the referee caught him in time, preventing him from hitting the barrier and getting injured.

Less than three minutes into the match,

only Luo Zhongheng remained on the Longwei team, while the opponents were still at full strength.

The spectators shook their heads in pity one after another.

They felt that Luo Zhongheng's teammates were simply too unreliable.

As is often said in online games, noob teammates are scarier than strong enemies!

The teachers and students of Longwei all covered their faces in embarrassment.

On the field, Luo Zhongheng was being surrounded by four Tier 2 Mages.

The Vice Principal shook her head.

In her heart, she only hoped Luo Zhongheng would hurry up and surrender so he wouldn't get hurt.

In the arena, Luo Zhongheng squinted as he looked around.

Seeing that he was the only one left and surrounded, he gritted his teeth, filled with unwillingness.

Was he going to lose again?

He knew the best choice right now was to surrender.

But he didn't want to admit defeat, and he didn't want to rely on Lin Fan again.

He wanted to make some contribution!

A pale blue light lit up in his eyes.

The aura of a Tier 2 Mage within him erupted violently.

The temperature plummeted as Luo Zhongheng pushed all the magic power in his body to the limit.

He couldn't let Lin Fan be the only one to steal the spotlight.

He was going to give it his all and achieve a Heaven-Defying comeback!

"Ice Thorns!"

Luo Zhongheng roared like a maddened beast.

However,

a few seconds later,

Luo Zhongheng was carried off the field by the referees. He was already unconscious, and his school uniform had been torn to shreds by Tier 2 Spells.

Lin Fan sat in his seat, covering his face and trying desperately to stifle his laughter.

Fortunately, the current referees were Tier 3 Mages with extremely fast reactions.

Otherwise, given the opponents' relentless fighting style, Luo Zhongheng would have suffered much more than just a ruined uniform.

"It would've been better to surrender early. He just had to hold out. For a moment there, I actually thought he was going to pull off a miracle."

Lin Fan laughed inwardly, still suppressing his amusement.

How could he fail to understand Luo Zhongheng's expression just now?

That was the classic look of a protagonist in anime or novels right before a Heaven-Defying comeback.

Lin Fan had seen too many of these tropes.

When he saw Luo Zhongheng's magic power erupting earlier, he really did have a tiny bit of expectation.

As it turned out, he was ganged up on in the very next second.

It was simply too funny.

After Luo Zhongheng was carried away, a Tier 2 Plant-type Mage was brought to the arena to treat him.

Subsequently, the next match continued.

The top four magic academies continued to crush the competition.

However, they were clearly putting in more effort than in the previous round.

More and more teams began to use Magic Item in their matches.

This was not against the rules.

The referees didn't say much either, merely staying ready to rescue students at any moment.

At four in the afternoon, all eleven matches for the day ended, and everyone began to leave for home.

Just as Lin Fan got up to leave, someone called out to him from behind.

He thought the Vice Principal was looking for him because the team had lost their first match, but to his surprise, the person who came was Luo Zhongheng.

"Something the matter?"

Lin Fan asked with a raised eyebrow.

In all their years at the academy,

he and Luo Zhongheng had always minded their own business.

He didn't bully Lin Fan like the others, but he had never helped him either.

It could be said that Luo Zhongheng had always been a person who "only looked out for himself."

The youth looked at Lin Fan with a conflicted expression, while the other surrounding teachers and students also looked over.

The Vice Principal stood behind them, remaining silent and not interfering.

After a moment of silence, Luo Zhongheng suddenly bowed deeply to Lin Fan.

"I'm sorry, we lost again."

"Our next opponent is Golden Magic Academy. It's basically impossible for us to win, and even if we did, our points wouldn't be enough."