Chapter 77: A Blood Case Caused by a Toad

“I~” Little Loli was obviously no match for Old Xie when it came to bickering. After all, her environment meant she never encountered such sharp and mean sarcasm. So, after just a few sentences, her eyes turned red from Old Xie’s provocation, and she almost cried from anger.

Rui Li, standing to the side, saw her student suffer a loss and was immediately unhappy. However, with the Old Mage present, she couldn’t just bully someone’s grandson, could she? So, she could only suppress her anger and said indifferently, “Little Stephen, a Mage wins respect not by mouth and demeanor, but by strength. You are two years older than Little Xue, so winning is expected. But if you lose, hum, that would be a huge loss of face!”

“Don’t you worry!” Old Xie said proudly. “I definitely won’t lose. Against someone with neither manners nor brains, I can handle her with one hand!”

“Arrogant!” Rui Li finally couldn’t stand Old Xie’s arrogance and shouted angrily, “I want to see just how capable you are. Everyone get ready. I’ll count to three and we start! One, two, three, start!”

The scene was exactly the same as last time. The Little Princess couldn’t help but start chanting the Incantation before Rui Li said ‘start’, blatantly cheating again. Rui Li turned a blind eye to this, and the Old Mage, apart from a wry smile, did not intervene at all, as if cheating was perfectly natural.

This made Old Xie extremely annoyed. He thought, “Fine, since you are this shameless, if I still follow the rules, how can I live up to my title of Demon Lord of ten thousand years?”

Thinking of this, Old Xie waved his right hand and threw out a black object. With Old Xie’s strength and aim, he naturally wouldn’t miss. The object landed right on Little Loli’s exposed chest.

You see, female Magic Robes are different from male ones. Especially since most Ice Element Mages are beauties, their Magic Robes often have a half-open neckline. And the thing Old Xie threw happened to hit the snowy white skin revealed on Little Loli’s chest.

To be honest, this thing had absolutely no killing power. Old Xie wasn’t throwing a hidden weapon; that would be a foul. But after being hit, Little Loli felt a sticky, cold thing moving around on her chest. She naturally looked down subconsciously. As a result, she saw a black, disgusting little toad crawling on her chest, sliding down her neckline into her clothes. She felt that cold sensation slide all the way down to her lower abdomen.

As a noble lady of the Royal Family, Little Loli had a noble status and had lived a life of luxury. How could she have ever seen such a disgusting thing? And it slid into her clothes! For the Little Princess, who was a natural clean freak, the feeling was like swallowing a fly. In this situation, she instantly forgot she was in a Duel. She screamed repeatedly while jumping up and down, trying to get the disgusting thing out.

Seeing his scheme succeed, Old Xie didn’t care about anything else. He directly sent the Lightning Arrow he had prepared fiercely striking towards her.

Because Old Xie was well-prepared and started chanting the Incantation right after throwing the prepared frog, he was ready just as Little Loli started jumping. So, the poor Little Loli had only screamed twice before she was shocked to the ground by Old Xie again.

Because of this, everything happened too suddenly. Even the two Magic Saints on the side didn’t react in time, otherwise they would have definitely saved Little Loli. Unfortunately, it was too late. Looking at the charred and unconscious Little Loli, the two old fellows were completely dumbfounded.

Rui Li reacted first, hurriedly shouting and rushing over to treat her student. But this time, Old Xie had obviously struck a bit harder. Rui Li worked for a long time but only healed Little Loli’s external injuries; she still hadn’t woken up.

Of course, while treating her, Rui Li discovered the frog that had been almost electrocuted into charcoal. She was so angry she almost lost control on the spot. She slammed the remains of the frog in front of the Old Mage and roared in extreme anger, “Old fellow, the direct heir of your Stephen Family actually used such shameless means to win. What do you have to say for yourself?”

The Old Mage also blushed and hummed and hawed, unable to speak. But Old Xie still didn’t care as he said, “Oh, Magic Saint Rui Li, you say I used shameless means? Then I’m confused. Which Duel rule did I actually violate? Please enlighten me so I can learn something!”

“You~” Rui Li just said one word and then froze. Indeed, the Duel rules for Mages forbade using bows, Hand Crossbows, and other lethal items, but they didn’t say anything about forbidding toads! So strictly speaking, Old Xie didn’t break the rules. If it were another Mage, let alone one toad, even a hundred, they wouldn’t care and would still cast their Spells. The fact that Little Loli was defeated by a toad could only be blamed on her own lack of calmness; it really couldn’t be said that Old Xie violated the rules.

“Cough, cough. Rui Li, although Little Stephen’s method was a bit… unscrupulous, he didn’t violate any Duel rules. Besides, you know that if it were any other Mage, this method probably wouldn’t have any effect at all. It can be said that this was a dirty trick specifically to counter the Little Princess. I think Little Stephen’s victory should be valid. You should also train the Little Princess more in this area in the future!” the Old Mage finally spoke.

“What?” Rui Li was furious when she heard this and shouted, “You cheat and then blame me for not teaching my student well? You’re going too far!” As she spoke, a biting cold aura suddenly erupted from Rui Li’s body. Everything around her was instantly covered with a layer of thin ice.

Seeing the situation was bad, the Old Mage hurriedly cast a powerful Binding Spell to temporarily trap Rui Li, then quickly protected Old Xie as they fled. They hadn’t run far from the Dean’s office when Rui Li regained her freedom. First her student was bullied, then she was trapped; the anger in Rui Li’s heart was indescribable. But since the Old Mage had hidden himself, she knew from past experience she wouldn’t find him. So, she vented all her anger on the Dean’s office.

So, the Old Mage stared at his office from a distance, watching Ice Dragons flying around inside, completely turning the luxurious office into rubble. The depression in his heart was unspeakable. The office had just been repaired, and now it was ruined again.

Seeing this, the Old Mage couldn’t help but complain, “Little Stephen, can’t you just win a match properly? Why do you have to play such dirty tricks? Look at how angry you’ve made the Ice Magic Saint?”

“Didn’t you tell me to conserve my strength? Why are you blaming me now?” Old Xie immediately retorted, unhappy.

“Conserving strength is certainly right, but the problem is, you threw a toad into a girl’s neckline. My god, what kind of tactic is this? It’s simply filthy,” the Old Mage complained. “If this gets out, won’t our Stephen Family lose all face?”