Chapter 071: Challenge 6

The big knife cut through the air and slashed towards Louisfa with great swiftness. Louisfa barely dodged it, but his heart almost jumped out of his chest with fear.

The protective shield he released was quickly split by the knife, and it fell apart like broken glass, emitting a dazzling and colorful light in the sunlight.

Louisfa was completely dumbfounded.

Is Ankang Town sick?!

He pursed his lips and his whole face turned red.

The moment he lost all his advantage, he was in a panic and panicked.

His protective shield... is broken!

How strong is Russell's swordsmanship? It's terrifying!

The most crucial thing is that, originally in order to restrain Russell's space magic, the Royal Capital deliberately set the venue to be very small, but now for Russell, the small venue has completely become an advantage!

He wanted to cry but had no tears, and he wanted to run but had nowhere to run.

Off the field, the situation was equally tense.

"Master Lin Muqiu, how can you use a swordsman?" Louis gritted his teeth and said, "Throwing a folding knife from a staff, isn't that against the rules?"

"The staff has a special design. Wasn't that your idea first?" Lin Muqiu retorted. "And I have to correct you. Russell is a mage. He majors in space magic and fire magic, and minors in swordsmanship. He's a triple-specialization mage. Is that a problem?"

Louis: "..."

He watched Russell chasing Louis all over the court with a distorted expression, and couldn't help closing his eyes.

Does this look like poor qualifications?!

But on second thought, it was mainly because everyone in Ankang Town was a soldier, and Russell usually hunted himself, so his swordsmanship was naturally no problem.

It was his fault. He had never expected that Ankang Town had also improved its weapons and made preparations for both scenarios.

"Father, save me!"

Hearing his son's cries, Louis felt a splitting headache and rubbed his temples. "Son, you have grown up and you must learn to face these difficulties!"

Even though his brain was working rapidly, he couldn't think of any solution.

After all, the rules stipulate that the mage can use any method as long as he wins.

It turns out this opening was meant for his son to use the Gold-level [Soul-Breaking Bone Whip]. Who would have thought it would backfire?!

Damn it, who knows why Lin Muqiu is better at following the rules than him?

More importantly, in terms of flexibility and spell application, Russell is indeed better.

Whenever Louis casts a wind spell, Russell will teleport away;

When Louis cast a fire spell, Russell followed suit, even more powerfully than him;

When Louis cast an electrical spell, Russell touched him with his staff to conduct electricity, forcing him to not dare to use it.

After a long time, Russell managed to drain all of Louisfa's magic power, and then he took out his machete and chopped at him. His movements were natural and his face was full of the aura of a fierce bandit, even forcing Louisfa to not have time to swing out the Soul-Breaking Bone Whip.

In other words, Louisfa didn't dare to gamble on the chance of being hit. Just dodging had exhausted all his strength.

"Father! Let's give in!" Louisfa had never seen such a scene before. He was so frightened that he dodged and wailed, "I don't know who planned this. It's so terrifying!"

"Shut up!" Louis' forehead veins bulged.

Only now did he realize that he had spoiled his son. Normally, because he was the dean, everyone else would give him a wide berth. His son was known for his talent, but when it came to the real deal, he was nothing.

I originally wanted my son to be in the spotlight, but what happened? Ha!

Even though he hated his son's stupidity, he had to consider his son.

Swords and guns are blind, and getting hurt is no joke.

"The Imperial Capital Academy is no match for your swordsmanship." Louis chuckled at Lin Muqiu and said, "Just consider it the Imperial Capital's defeat."

Lin Muqiu tutted, "What do you mean by 'just treat it as'? Did Ankang Town wrong you? Or do you think you can only win in a magic match alone?"

Louis didn't dare to respond easily, as he had already witnessed Lin Muqiu's power.

Russell stopped when he heard the voice and said to Louis, "Since your father is not convinced, why don't you and I cast a spell together to see who is more powerful?"

Louisfa's body was shaking, but he still maintained his stubbornness. "Okay! But I have a request..."

Louisfa deliberately took his time and before he could finish his words, he suddenly swung his staff and released a fast and fierce lightning, which struck Russell's head.

Everything happened too suddenly.

Everyone in the audience gasped, thinking that the Imperial Capital Academy really liked to plot against others.

Louis thought to himself that something was wrong and wanted to stop his son from talking nonsense, but it was too late.

In a flash, his son was standing in Russell's position, was struck by lightning, and fainted.

Russell raised his staff in victory.

At that moment, he used teleportation to move himself away, and at the same time used space magic to forcibly teleport Louisfa to his location.

The victory was so instantaneous that no one could see clearly, but the extent of its magical power was self-evident.

Louis' face turned pale and he took three steps back.

Damn it, he's really lost his mind! Lin Muqiu is a mage himself, so how could the students he taught be so bad?

Maybe Lin Muqiu deliberately lured him into the trap!

Now that's good, the Civilian Academy won by playing within the rules. It was a normal competition, and the Civilian Academy still won. The Emperor was humiliated in this competition!

It’s amazing, the Civilian Academy is really amazing!

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The last item is the return to forging.

By the time the two competitions were over, it was already getting dark, and everything was hazy and dark. Some fireflies that traveled at night were flying around.

The candlelight was deep, illuminating the way forward. The people of Ankang Town brought their own candles and torches to illuminate Su Li, while the people of the Imperial Capital also stared at Su Li, their eyes never moving.

This was the first time in the history of the continent that a person with barely qualified qualifications had barely touched the edge of gold-level forging.

On this day, whether it was Vera, Russell, or the professors of the Civilian College, they all gave their hearts a sufficient shock.

But Su Li is particularly different because she is the person who best represents the spirit of Ankang Town.

Ordinary, tough, mediocre but moving forward.

Ding ding, clang clang, the sound is no longer as crisp and clear as at the beginning, but dull and difficult.

It is conceivable that after hammering for a whole day, Su Li's arms were filled with blood, and even her eyeballs were burned bloodshot by the fire of forging.

The dim, trembling light of the forge fire, reflected in her eyes, looked like a bunch of thorny flowers. Tears mixed with the stench of sweat, and fell to the ground, wetting the stone slabs again and again.

But she still hit the center with the hammer again and again.

Just like she had learned countless times, swinging her arms, falling, just like that, again and again.

Even so, her arms were shaking violently.

It seems... I can't hold on any longer.

"Go find the Archmage Otto Hunter." Lin Muqiu suddenly said, "Didn't he say before that as long as Su Li could get purple equipment, he would wash his hair upside down. Now Su Li is about to get gold-level equipment, tell him to come quickly."

Everyone in Ankang Town was stunned and responded quickly. Yun Yi stood up and teleported to find it for her.

Hearing the familiar name, Lidya Su was startled.

Isn't that the loser who competed with Lord Lin for the lordship?!

She still remembered the day when Lord Lin built a sunshade for them. Just like today, when she was criticized by Otto Hunter, Lord Lin told her that people without talent could also become the best blacksmiths.

It was this sentence that kept her going until now.

Even if someone with excellent talent could reach the gold level in half an hour, she needed more than twenty times that time.

Even if, no matter how much hardship and criticism you suffer.

Her nose felt sore, she gritted her teeth, and a spirit of not giving up surged into her mind.

"Come on, sister~"

“Lily Su, if you can win, take my share with you and kill the imperial capital!”

"Su Li, you are the best student I have ever taught! Think about the bonus Ankang Town has set for you. You can use it to rent a small forging shop, and you can take care of your sister for the rest of her life without having to worry about being displaced!"

“…”

The voices of her sister, her friend Nana, her mentor Cesare, and the townspeople cheering for her all flooded into her mind. She cursed softly, "Fuck!" and decided that she could do it, then she swung the hammer again.

One hammer, two hammers, three hammers, hitting the bull's eye.

Countless people were looking at her, their eyes filled with shock, astonishment, and doubt, but not contempt.

She understood that the moment the footage was broadcast live across the continent, she was not just fighting for herself.

She is speaking for the millions of people with mediocre qualifications.

Hammer after hammer, the night was deep, she looked at the dim silhouettes of everyone, only Lin Muqiu was particularly real in her eyes. The man just stood there, neither adding nor subtracting, without saying anything, but it made her blood burn in her lungs, giving her enough courage to take one step at a time.

"Gold level!" someone nearby exclaimed, "Quickly finalize the weapon! Your refined iron content is higher than the Imperial Capital students', you'll definitely win!"

Su Li looked at the iron in the furnace, her mouth full of the smell of blood. She swallowed it all and continued to hammer it.

The building effect of the Imperial Capital Academy has a forging bonus, and she also drank the best potion in Ankang Town. The opportunity is now and will never come again.

The townspeople felt sorry for her and thought that she would be fine if she could just win, but she couldn't.

She has to do her best.

Thinking of this, she even increased the speed of pounding.

Everyone in Ankang Town: "..."

Why did this kid's stubborn nature come out again?

Compared to the helplessness of the residents of Ankang Town, the people of the imperial capital were extremely shocked.

Compared with other competitions, Su Li had a particularly great impact on them. No one could understand their shock and horror.

They stared at Su Li until Su Li herself felt she had reached her limit and finally stopped.

Then Su Li slowly outlined the shape of the staff, condensed and refined it, and matched it with an emerald green gem as an emerald green gemstone as an ornament. She also used the hard white quills of a porcupine as the base of the staff, and slowly polished it.

She was meticulous in every step, taking into account the smoothness and usability of the weapon, as if this weapon would really be used by someone, not just for competition.

The finished staff gleamed and sparkled in the candlelight.

It was like her sweat drops, shining brightly under the candlelight, like bright stars, extremely dazzling, like flashing fireflies, emitting a few rays of light.

The corners of Lidya Su's mouth curled up slightly, and she looked up at Lin Muqiu.

“Oh my god!”

Everyone was fascinated by the weapon and wanted to get closer to take a closer look.

It is hard to imagine that such a shining weapon came from the hands of a student.

"What are you so happy about?" The Imperial Capital student who was fighting against Su Li gritted his teeth, "It hasn't been evaluated yet! Both are gold level, there's no difference!"