56: Chapter 56 Dissatisfaction

However, before the two could make a move, the two Referee Teachers had already rushed up in an instant.

One stood in front of Lin Fan, while the other quickly walked to the boy and grabbed his shoulder.

"Stop messing around, you have already lost."

The teacher said coldly to the boy.

He felt very disappointed with the boy's attitude.

The boy was stunned by the teacher's words, opened his mouth as if to say something more, but was dragged off the arena by the teacher.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Lin Fan slowly lowered his hand and walked back to his seat without saying a word.

Watching Lin Fan's back, the teacher who had just stood in front of him breathed a sigh of relief.

His forehead was covered with cold sweat, though he didn't know when it had appeared.

"Did I just... get scared by a student?"

The teacher muttered to himself in disbelief.

At the moment Lin Fan raised his hand, he actually felt a sensation that one only experiences when facing a powerful expert.

It was a kind of danger... that went deep into the bone marrow!

He shook his head, trying to dispel this absurd feeling, and then continued to preside over the upcoming matches.

The next group of contestants was called to the stage.

However, the audience's enthusiasm was no longer as high as before.

The shock brought by Lin Fan's move just now still echoed in everyone's hearts.

The students discussed it animatedly while occasionally stealing glances at Lin Fan.

As for Su Linlin, throughout the rest of the competition, her gaze remained glued to Lin Fan.

The Thunder-element Boy who had been defeated by Lin Fan was the same.

Both of them stared at Lin Fan with resentful eyes, as if they wished they could rush up immediately and tear him to pieces.

Lin Fan naturally noticed these two gazes.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, curling into a provocative smile.

This smile instantly made the two students turn pale with rage.

Lin Fan could already guess that after leaving the academy, one, or even both of them, would definitely come to seek revenge.

He was very much looking forward to it.

The competition lasted until about five in the evening.

All registered contestants had completed the first round of trials, and half of them were eliminated.

The advancing contestants would continue to compete tomorrow, eliminating another half.

This cycle would repeat until only five people were left in the end.

After the last match ended, the Vice Principal went on stage to say a few words and announced that the students could disperse and go home.

Students swarmed out of the arena like a tide, and the topic they discussed along the way was, without exception, Lin Fan's victory.

Everyone was still immersed in shock, talking about this matter with great relish.

The Thunder-element Boy who lost to Lin Fan was long gone.

Students wanted to ask him what had happened at that time, but discovered he had snuck out of the arena at some point.

However, no one would blame him for sneaking away.

After all, losing to the academy's recognized "trash," anyone would feel like they had lost all face and had no shame to show their face.

And Lin Fan also left quietly, without anyone noticing.

Anyway, no one would take the initiative to come up and talk to him.

In a secluded corner of the academy.

Su Linlin leaned against the wall, her thumb pressed against her lips, biting her finger gently, her eyes somewhat dazed.

In her mind, she kept replaying the scene from the arena during the day.

She had been staring closely at Lin Fan just now and had seen the whole process clearly.

Lin Fan had not cheated as others had guessed at all.

He even specifically waited for his opponent to start condensing a Star Pattern before making his move. His casting speed was just that fast.

Just two seconds!

This speed was something even Su Linlin had only managed to reach after years of hard training.

And how long had it been since Lin Fan promoted to a First-Order Mage?

"Can I still regain my face?"

Su Linlin muttered in a low voice, her father's words echoing in her mind, making her increasingly anxious.

Could it be that she really had to ask her father for help to deal with Lin Fan?

After leaving the academy, Lin Fan headed straight home.

The match had taken up quite a bit of time, but fortunately, he had notified Lin Duo early on not to wait for him after school and to go home on her own... after all, he couldn't pick her up today.

Walking on the way home, Lin Fan's pace was neither fast nor slow.

He had left the arena quietly earlier, and he hadn't bumped into any other academy students on the way, or at least that's what he thought.

But just as he had walked not far past Lin Duo's school.

Three figures wearing academy uniforms suddenly blocked his path from an alley.

Blocking the way were three boys; one was a Purple-Cloaked Boy, and the other two were Red-Cloaked Boys.

Lin Fan recognized at a glance that these three were all third-year students.

When he saw the face of the Purple-Cloaked Boy, a flash of intrigued surprise crossed his eyes.

"As expected."

Lin Fan chuckled in his heart, his gaze falling on the opponent... this person was his opponent in the competition today.

He guessed that the other two Red-Cloaked Boys were likely this guy's lackeys.

"Oh? I thought you weren't stupid enough to come looking for revenge, but I didn't expect you would actually dare to come."

The corners of Lin Fan's mouth curled into a faint smile, and he spoke in a relaxed tone.

He had never liked to bully others, but since they had come looking for him, he would not hold back.

Especially this group, who had bullied the former "Lin Fan" quite a bit over the years.

"You just used some petty tricks to ambush me once, and you dare to be so arrogant?"

"You ignorant piece of trash! Once we finish dealing with you, let's see if you can still crawl to the academy tomorrow!"

The Purple-Cloaked Boy roared through gritted teeth.

The two lackeys beside him also showed ferocious expressions.

Lin Fan glanced at them calmly, holding back his laughter.

If these brats knew that he was actually already a Tier 3 Mage, they would probably be scared enough to run away on the spot, right?

"I know you still want to taste being thrown around again, but what about these two guys?"

Lin Fan's gaze swept over the two lackeys beside him, his tone full of mockery.

"Shut up, you trash! Do you really think that with your meager skills, you can beat the three of us? You must have been kicked in the head by a magical beast!"

One of the Red-Cloaked Boys cursed angrily and launched the first attack.

He stepped forward violently, summoned elemental star points, and began to condense a Star Pattern.

Five crimson star points erupted with magical threads as thick as red snakes; the threads extended and intertwined, forming a red Star Pattern behind the boy, and his cloak fluttered loudly in the wind.

"Fireball Technique!"

The boy grinned triumphantly and shouted.

It took him a full five seconds to complete the condensation of the Star Pattern.

Lin Fan: "..."

This speed is just too slow, isn't it?

He almost fell asleep while waiting for the opponent to cast the spell.

A fireball the size of an ostrich egg appeared in the boy's palm and then shot towards Lin Fan at a decent speed.