Chapter 89: Coincidence or Strength

“Hmm?” The Old Mage immediately pulled a long face: “No way? Can this happen?”

“You dare not believe me?” Rui Li glared and said angrily: “Such a big thing, how could I lie to you?”

“Yes, yes!” The Old Mage hurriedly said: “I believe you, okay? But since the Little Princess is already a God-blessed One, what’s the point of competing? How about I admit defeat, I’m willing to give you the refined Imp, you lend me the Blueprint to look at, how about that?” Actually, the Old Mage wasn’t afraid of Old Xie losing, he was just worried Old Xie would expose his strength, which would easily blow his cover, so he compromised.

But before Rui Li could speak, the Little Loli over there shouted, “No way, dream on! This hateful guy bullied me several times, I must take revenge today! Damn ugly freak, take this!” Saying that, she began chanting a long Incantation.

Honestly, Old Xie didn’t care much about winning or losing. With his status, why would he bicker with a child? So he didn’t object to the Old Mage’s proposal, but he didn’t expect this Little Loli to press her advantage and even dare to call him the word he hated most. This really pissed Old Xie off, and he couldn’t help sneering: “Don’t think wearing a turtle shell makes you amazing. In my eyes, even if you become a God-blessed One, you’re still an idiot!”

Rui Li originally just wanted to win once to vent, and didn’t intend to really hurt Old Xie, after all she had feelings for the Old Mage, and loving the house meant loving the crow, so how could she bear to hurt his direct heir? But unexpectedly, just as she was about to agree to the Old Mage’s truce, Old Xie popped out with this sentence. It made her face turn green with anger, and she said directly to the Old Mage: “Fine, fine, fine, since your kid isn’t an idiot, then let’s see how he wins!”

The Old Mage looked completely helpless, praying in his heart, ‘Kid, I’m begging you, take it easy, don’t beat the Princess too badly!’

At this time, the Little Princess was still unaware of the trouble she had caused, steadily chanting the Incantation. From her calm and skilled technique, one could see this child had put in a lot of hard work. Finally, after more than ten seconds of long chanting, the Little Princess’s Incantation was completed. She waved her hand and shouted: “Ice Dragon Break!” Then, an Ice Dragon as thick as a bowl appeared in her hand, its head flying straight towards Old Xie.

The Old Mage couldn’t help exclaiming from the side: “Level 3 Spell? This is too exaggerated!” Obviously, although he knew a God-blessed One’s strength would increase greatly, he didn’t expect the Little Princess to improve so much, so fast. A Level 3 Ice Dragon Break required at least near Level 3 Mage strength to cast. One had to know, just days ago, the Little Princess was only a Level 1 Mage!

However, Old Xie was not afraid at all. He stood steadily, motionless, even showing a look of disdain. Only after the Little Princess’s Ice Dragon appeared did he suddenly reach out and sneer: “Lie down for me!”

As he spoke, a Lightning bolt directly hit the Ice Dragon’s head. At this moment, the Ice Dragon’s body several meters long hadn’t fully appeared yet. Although the head extended outside the Magic Shield, the tail was still condensing in the Little Princess’s hand.

One had to know, the Ice Dragon’s body was ice condensed from water droplets, containing active magic particles, which made this Ice Dragon an excellent conductor. The Lightning could travel along the Ice Dragon directly to the Little Princess’s hand, completely bypassing the Magic Shield’s protection.

Thus, a dramatic scene occurred. Old Xie, with just one instant Lightning Spell, knocked the Little Princess, protected by the Magic Shield, to the ground again. The poor Little Loli was even worse off this time. Old Xie was afraid of energy loss during conduction, so he struck heavily, causing the Little Loli’s hair to stand up, her body Charred, and a faint smell of roasted meat drifting in the air.

Such a bizarre scene immediately stunned the two Referees present. Especially Rui Li, she simply couldn’t believe it was real. Actually, she knew that Ice Element Spells, especially Ice Dragon Break, had this flaw during release. A Lightning Element Mage could directly harm the Ice Mage’s body by electrocuting the Ice Dragon the moment the head extended outside the Magic Shield while the tail was still in the Mage’s hand. But the problem was, when the Ice Dragon shot out, its speed was almost like a bullet, so the flaw existed for a pitifully short time, probably less than 0.1 seconds.

With such a short time, what Lightning Mage could catch it? Unless by luck. But the problem was, Old Xie right in front of them really caught this flaw and defeated the Little Princess in one move. This situation was simply too incredible. If it was luck, they might not succeed once in ten thousand tries, so why did this kid succeed on the first try? In short, Rui Li couldn’t figure out the reason even if she broke her head.

Fortunately, Rui Li quickly reacted and hurried over to treat the Little Princess. After releasing several powerful Water Element Healing Spells, the Little Princess’s injuries healed, but she was still unconscious. Seeing the charred marks on her student’s tender face, Rui Li’s heart ached indescribably.

Rui Li turned around furiously and said to Old Xie: “Little Stephen, you, you can actually instant-cast Lightning Spell? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

“You didn’t ask!” Old Xie shrugged.

“You, then why did you chant the Incantation in the previous Duels?” Rui Li asked angrily.

“Habit, just a habit!” Old Xie said pretendingly.

“You, stop pretending.” Rui Li suddenly exclaimed: “Ah, I understand! You were just pretending to be weak before, winning every time with tricks, just to give me the illusion that Little Xue could beat you, so I would foolishly come to bet with you again and again, right?”

“This~” Old Xie naturally had this plan. After being pointed out, he and the Old Mage, his accomplice, were both a bit embarrassed.

“Fine, so it is true!” Rui Li was so angry that her anger turned into falling ice. Then, two Ice Dragons as thick as water tanks shot from her hands, curling towards the Old Mage and Old Xie, while she cursed: “Both of you go to hell!”

“No, I was wrong!” The Old Mage was the first to admit defeat, while hurriedly casting Magic Shield to protect himself. When he wanted to protect Old Xie, he found that guy was like a monkey, jumping around the hall and disappearing in a flash, obviously leaving him to the furious Ice Magic Saint and running away.

Seeing this, the Old Mage couldn’t help cursing: “Bastard kid, how can you run by yourself?”

“Bullshit, you’re meeting an old lover, why would I be a third wheel!” Old Xie replied from afar.

“Hmm? Old lover?” Rui Li heard this and immediately said in a rage: “You Old Bastard, old pervert, how could you tell a child about what happened back then? How can I show my face now? Die, die!” In her rage, Rui Li’s strength multiplied several times. She fired Ice Dragon after Ice Dragon, beating the Old Mage until he was in a wretched state, huddled in a corner holding his Magic Shield. Although the Old Mage’s Magic Power was much stronger than Rui Li’s, defending without attacking was also quite strenuous!

The Old Mage naturally couldn’t bear to hurt Rui Li. Helplessly, he kept explaining. No one knew how much saliva he wasted that day to finally calm Rui Li down, but one thing Old Xie knew: during the battle that day, the place where the Old Mage stood was almost turned into a honeycomb by the Ice Dragons, full of pits. Only because it was inside the Mage Tower, where the buildings were specially reinforced by magic, did it not turn into pits dozens of meters deep.

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In Rui Li’s Mage Tower, the Little Loli, who had just woken up, saw her Teacher and couldn’t help pouncing over, tears streaming down: “Teacher, why did I lose again?”

“Sigh!” Rui Li said with a headache: “This, the situation is complicated!”

“Wuwu, I want to hear!” The Little Loli immediately demanded.

“Okay, okay!” Rui Li had to explain: “Simply put, there is a flaw the moment your Ice Dragon is released! That is the time when the head extends outside the Magic Shield while the tail is still in your hand.”

“What kind of flaw is this?” The Little Loli asked puzzled.

“Silly child, the Ice Dragon conducts electricity. As long as Little Stephen’s Lightning hits the head, it will travel along the Ice Dragon to your body and injure you!” Rui Li said helplessly: “That’s how you were defeated.”

“Ah!” The Little Princess immediately exclaimed: “That time is so short, how could Little Stephen catch that opportunity?”

“I don’t know either!” Rui Li shrugged: “Although he can instant-cast Lightning Arrow, the timing is too hard to grasp, even the Stephen Family’s Lightning Magic Saint couldn’t catch it. Maybe Little Stephen just got lucky?”