Chapter 78: A Blessing in Disgu

“Only those lying down are the most disgraceful. The ones standing are always the dazzling victors!” Old Xie said indifferently. “You wouldn’t not understand this logic, would you?”

“Bullshit theory!” The Old Mage weakly glared at Old Xie. “This was a spar, not a life-and-death Duel!”

“In the eyes of an Expert, there is no sparring. Every fight is a life-and-death Duel!” Old Xie said pretentiously.

“You’re just talking nonsense. If that were true, you could have knocked her out with one punch. Why bother with this?” the Old Mage said angrily.

“Hehe, wasn’t I just teasing her?” Old Xie said with a laugh. Then he looked at the Old Mage, whose face was full of heartache, and couldn’t help but say, “By the way, why didn’t you take care of Magic Saint Rui Li? As far as I know, your strength is greater than hers? And you are her Teacher, so why do you always let her bully you? Even having to flee in panic when your office is smashed, that doesn’t seem like your style?”

“A good man doesn’t fight a woman. Don’t you understand that?” the Old Mage said hatefully.

“Hehe, is that so? I’m afraid it’s not that simple?” Old Xie smiled playfully. “Is there some kind of illicit affair between you two?”

“Stop talking crap!” the Old Mage immediately said in a flustered rage. “Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense. Let’s go back quickly. If she sees us later, I’m afraid more than just an office will be destroyed!” Obviously, he didn’t want to dwell on this topic. As he spoke, he pulled Old Xie and ran toward his Mage Tower.

Who was Old Xie? Seeing this posture, he knew he was probably right. He couldn’t help but laugh loudly, “Idiot, your behavior now is basically trying to hide it! Isn’t this a confession? Haha!”

“Bastard!” The Old Mage immediately jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and then couldn’t help but curse, “What kind of monster are you? How do you have so many tricks up your sleeve? Is there any way for people to live?”

“Haha!” And Old Xie laughed happily.

…

Anyway, after Rui Li vented her anger, she calmed down a little, picked up Little Loli, and flew directly back to her Mage Tower. Only after this witch left did the others dare to appear again and start cleaning up the wreckage she left behind. However, judging by the skilled and orderly movements of these staff, this was obviously not the first time; similar things must have happened many times before.

After returning to her Mage Tower, Rui Li carefully gave the unconscious Little Princess a bath, washed away the dirt on her body, and then changed her into new clothes. At this moment, Rui Li looked nothing like the ferocious person from earlier; she was just like a gentle mother, careful and considerate.

After doing this, Rui Li put the Little Princess back on the bed. She stroked the Little Princess’s forehead with pity while looking at her precious disciple with heartache. Just then, the Little Princess seemed to be stimulated by something in her mind. She suddenly screamed and sat up. Then, something happened that shocked even the Ice Magic Saint Rui Li. With the Little Princess’s scream, waves of pale blue Magic Shields suddenly appeared around the Little Princess, completely protecting her.

“Instant Magic Shield!” Ice Magic Saint Rui Li cried out involuntarily, almost unable to believe her eyes.

At this time, the Little Princess also regained consciousness. However, her mind seemed not very clear, so she directly said, “Teacher, I just had a very strange dream. I dreamed that Little Stephen, that bastard, actually threw a disgusting toad into my clothes. It was so disgusting! Teacher, what’s wrong with you?” The Little Princess only then noticed that Rui Li’s expression was not quite right.

“Dear, look around you!” Rui Li said suddenly with surprise.

“Around!” The Little Princess then noticed the pale blue Magic Shield around her and immediately exclaimed, “Teacher, why did you put this on me?”

“You cast this yourself!” Rui Li said, both angry and amused. “You just screamed and woke up, and then this appeared! This is definitely an instant Magic Shield!”

“Ah!” The Little Princess immediately said in surprise, “I instant-cast a Magic Shield? No way? That requires at least a Level 3 Mage or above. I’m still far from that!”

“No, no, that’s not right!” Rui Li hurriedly said. “That is the general situation. In fact, in the long history of the Human Race, there have been many unexpected examples. Generally speaking, when a Mage is under huge stimulation, such as a life-or-death crisis, they might suddenly burst out with a mysterious power hidden in their body, causing Spells that originally required chanting to form instantly. Sometimes, they even cast high-level Spells they couldn’t cast before. People think they are protected by the Gods, so they call them God-blessed Ones. Although this situation is rare, it really exists. Obviously, you are such an example!”

“Really?” The Little Princess touched her head and asked puzzledly, “Have I been under huge stimulation?”

“Oh, let’s not talk about this for now!” Rui Li hurriedly changed the topic. “Generally speaking, once stimulated into a God-blessed One, this ability to instant-cast Spells will be retained, greatly increasing their combat power. Now, cast a Magic Shield again immediately. Don’t chant. Let me see if you have really become a God-blessed One!”

“Okay!” The Little Princess agreed, then tried to cast the Spell. But she hemmed and hawed for a long time, her face turning red, yet there was no effect at all.

Ice Magic Saint Rui Li watched anxiously from the side. She didn’t care about anything else and just said straightforwardly, “Little Xue, I’ll tell you the truth. What you just dreamed wasn’t a dream. It was real. In today’s Duel, that despicable Little Stephen indeed threw a disgusting toad into your clothes~”

“Ah~” When the Little Princess heard this, she immediately let out a scream again. Then, the pale blue Magic Shield appeared again, completely protecting her.

“Teacher, you, you’re telling the truth? I was really touched by a disgusting toad?” As the Little Princess spoke, tears came down, and she was completely unaware of her own Magic Shield.

“Hehe, silly child!” Rui Li immediately said excitedly. “It’s just a toad, it’s nothing. Back when I, your master, was fighting Magical Beasts, I was even sprayed all over with the feces of a dead Magical Beast!”

“Really?” The Little Princess immediately asked in surprise.

“Of course it’s true. Why would I lie to you about that?” Rui Li then laughed. “Actually, dirt on the body is easy to wash off. There’s no need to care so much. The key is strength! Although you failed again today and even made a fool of yourself, you have become the youngest God-blessed One in history. That is the most worth being happy about. Compared to that, what does a toad count for? If you let Mages choose, even if they had to eat a hundred toads to become a God-blessed One, they would definitely fight to do it.”