Time flies, like a white horse galloping past a crack in the wall.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, all the participating high school students were confined to the training base.

Through intensive closed training, the abilities of all students can be improved most quickly.

After all, coming to the capital to compete is one aspect, but the core is to improve the skills of these future stars who are qualified to enter the final.

Finally, after all preparations were completed at the venue, the National Magic High School Tournament officially began.

Sixty-four elite student teams from all over the country competed for the team and individual championships.

The individual competitions will begin first.

Among the 64 participants, there was an outlier.

That's Zhang Qinglan, the representative from J City.

He was the only intermediate-level mage.

Everyone else has at least one lineage that is high-ranking.

Zhang Qinglan's background also aroused people's curiosity. After hearing the story of his incredibly lucky cousin, everyone sighed that in the capital, he was definitely destined to be eliminated in the first round.

Before the match, Lu Shi went to the casino to place bets once again.

She bet one million on Zhang Qinglan to win the championship.

This moved Zhang Qinglan to tears, who thought that Teacher Lu was going to help him cheat again.

Unfortunately, Lu Shi told him that he only wanted to gamble on the million because the odds were so incredible, and he shouldn't think too much about it.

When Zhang Qinglan learned that Lu Shi had placed an additional ten million bet on Chen Yuanqing, the top favorite to win the championship and the representative of the Capital Magic High School, he burst into tears. Teacher Lu had truly given up on him this time.

Chen Yuanqing comes from the Chen family, a family of magicians, and is Chen Youliang's cousin. However, compared to that spoiled brat, Chen Yuanqing is far more outstanding. At the age of senior high school, he has already reached the advanced level in three magic systems, and his awakened magic systems are the rare sound, summoning, and wind systems.

Their strength is definitely among the best in this competition.

The matchups for the first round of the individual competition have been announced after a draw.

Zhang Qinglan's opponent in the first round was actually an acquaintance, Fei Zheng.

Unexpectedly, after quietly leaving J City, he went to the distant M City. Fei Zheng, with his own strong abilities and the help of Zheng Wuren and Zhu Zhu, actually squeezed out the original M City individual champion.

Fei Zheng was matched up against Zhang Qinglan in the first round, and it's hard to say whether there was some behind-the-scenes manipulation in the group assignments.

However, Zhang Qinglan was unsure of himself when facing Fei Zheng again, so he could only ask Teacher Lu for help once more.

With the thought that Fei Zheng should not be allowed to win, Lu Shi considered it for a long time and finally gave Zhang Qinglan a secret weapon.

The individual competition officially began the following day.

All the chosen ones displayed formidable magical prowess, making for a truly spectacular show. The clashes between high-level mages, in particular, were so intense that the audience felt their trip was well worth it.

However, the students in the battle were not holding back, and they were all fighting with all their might in order to advance to the next round, resulting in many of them suffering serious injuries.

This also kept Lu Shi very busy.

Fortunately, her healing magic at level 10 was at the third tier, and the healing effect was excellent.

With her beautiful appearance and powerful healing skills, Lu Shi was known as the "Goddess of Miracle Healing" by all the students in the competition.

It was finally Zhang Qinglan's turn to face Fei Zheng.

Lu Shi also made a special trip to the audience to watch the game.

Zheng Wuren and Zhu Zhu, who were watching from below the stage, immediately hid far away from Lu Shi as if they had seen a demon.

Lu Shi paid no attention to these clowns, focusing instead on Zhang Qinglan's battle on stage.

A protective barrier was erected, and the battle between the two sides began.

Having experienced the crushing defeat in J City, Fei Zheng appeared much more mature, lacking his previous arrogance. However, the occasional flash of ruthlessness in his eyes indicated that he had simply learned to conceal it.

Fei Zheng started with the water-based magic, Wild Waves.

A waterfall cascaded down towards Zhang Qinglan.

Zhang Qinglan did not sit idly by and wait for death; she knew that only by getting close could she have a fighting chance.

Shadow Cloak activated.

He dodged the crashing waves and reappeared very close to Fei Zheng.

Fairbank gave a sinister smile and raised one hand.

【Thunder Spear】

Accurately pinpointing the location of the Shadow Cloak, the lightning spear struck, triggering an electric shock that caused Zhang Qinglan's entire body to tremble uncontrollably.

Just as Zhang Qinglan was paralyzed in place, Fei Zheng waved his hands and together they drew a purple star map.

[Divine Retribution Thunder]

A purple star map unfolded in the sky.

Although Fei Zheng's high-level lightning magic is not as powerful as Lu Shi's Yin-Yang Lightning with level 10 proficiency, Zhang Qinglan will surely die if she is hit by the Heavenly Punishment Lightning alone!

Fei Zheng's lips curled up, and he no longer tried to hide his smile.

Lu Shi watched intently from below the stage, not worried at all about Zhang Qinglan's safety.

Because the balance of power is about to shift between the two sides.

Awooo...

A small, jet-black cheetah suddenly appeared from the void and bit Fei Zheng's right hand.

The nearly completed Heavenly Punishment Thunder Star Chart was abruptly interrupted.

Fei Zheng couldn't help but let out a cry of pain. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed Xiao Ya away.

Xiaoya disappeared into the air once again.

Fei Zheng clutched his bleeding hand, staring intently at the spot where the plane had disappeared into the sky.

However, a fist suddenly struck Fei Zheng in the abdomen. Zhang Qinglan's paralysis wore off, and he used the wind rails to close the distance with Fei Zheng.

Immediately, the two sides engaged in close combat.

This time, although Fei Zheng was able to use the defensive magic artifact, Zhang Qinglan, with the help of the elusive Xiao Ya, shattered it.

Then, Zhang Qinglan beat Fei Zheng up again, this time with the help of a little leopard.

After Fei Zheng collapsed to the ground with a bruised and swollen face, Zhang Qinglan stepped on his head and excitedly hugged Xiao Ya.

The man and the leopard looked very excited.

The referee stepped forward, ready to announce Zhang Qinglan's victory.

From below the stage, Zheng Wuren suddenly shouted.

"We protest! He's clearly not a summoning mage, so why does he have such a powerful summon? We're not having it!"

Upon hearing this, the referee hesitated, as if he had never encountered this situation before.

"What a joke! Xiaoya is a living attack magic weapon. What does that have to do with the summoning system?" Lu Shi sneered and shouted back.

Upon hearing this, the referee's face lit up with joy, and he quickly nodded and loudly announced that Zhang Qinglan had won.

Fei Zheng suffered another humiliating defeat at the hands of Zhang Qinglan.

Zhang Qinglan carried Xiaoya off the stage and repeatedly thanked Lu Shi. Xiaoya even jumped into Lu Shi's arms, acting all cute and affectionate.

Xiaoya was taken back by the Dark King and trained for more than a month. It can truly be described as a complete transformation. Its body is more solid and agile, and its use of spatial and shadow magic is extremely skillful. It can even hold its own against high-level mages when fighting alone.

Xiaoya is already a Tier 5 magical beast.

Seeing that the argument was futile, Zheng Wuren and Zhu Zhu went up on stage to help Fei Zheng up, and then slunk away.

Zhu Zhu's gaze towards Lu Shi grew even colder. As she helped Fei Zheng up, a black light flashed from her right hand, and she quietly patted Fei Zheng's back, a wisp of black energy darting in.

Zhu Zhu smiled contentedly, pretending nothing had happened, and together with Zheng Wuren, escorted Fei Zheng back to the athletes' dormitory camp.

The first day of individual competitions has ended, leaving some happy and others disappointed.

Ultimately, all the participants returned to the training base to rest.

However, an anomaly occurred.

That night, a riot broke out at the training base.

For some unknown reason, some students suddenly went berserk and began indiscriminate killing, primarily targeting ordinary people working in the base, almost all of whom were wiped out. Then, the students began killing each other.

Upon hearing the news, the Magic Association hurriedly dispatched people to the base.

However, anyone who enters the base area, whether a mage or an ordinary person, will soon go berserk and launch indiscriminate attacks.

Left with no other option, the military district and the magic association had to isolate the base area, prohibiting people from entering or leaving.

But this is not a long-term solution, as those trapped inside are the nation's most promising talents!

Therefore, the military region and the Magic Association decided to establish a special operations team.

As a powerful white mage and the vice president of the Magic Association, Lu Shi undoubtedly formed a special operations team with her master Li Cuiling, three senior judges of the Inquisition Council, and three military mages.

They need to enter the base area, identify and resolve the root causes of the problem, and rescue as many students as possible.

Standing in front of the base gate, looking at the area completely shrouded in black mist, Lu Shi felt a sudden panic. The feeling inside was just like when she first met the Eighth Demon Shadow Society on the rooftop.