Chapter 97 She pulled down hard.
Edith weighed the options for a second before raising her arms decisively. Her hands drew circles in the air, clockwise and counterclockwise.
A huge ice shield slowly appeared above her head.
The protective shield cannot be moved and is a bit cumbersome when dealing with such high-density attacks. The flames can easily burn through the ground. Using ice as a shield is the best solution she can think of at this time.
Unexpectedly, before the meteorite fell, Edith suddenly felt unstable under her feet. With a crack, the solid ice cracked and instantly swallowed Edith into the water.
The lightning bird guarding the ice surface turned into a thin lightning and quickly drilled through the gap. Edith gasped and tightened her arms to keep her body warm while trying her best to fight the paralysis of her limbs after being entangled by the electricity.
"The fire from the falling meteorite was reflected onto the ice surface by the ice in Edith's hand." Joyce said with a subtle expression, pulling over the microphone.
Under normal circumstances, the fire wrapped around the meteorite array will gradually extinguish during the descent, and only the impact force of the stone will remain when it falls to the ground, so this spell is called "meteorite landing" rather than "meteorite fire landing".
But the fire that was a byproduct was unexpectedly gathered by Edith. A point on the ice surface was irradiated, the ice melted, Edith fell into the water, and was attacked by the lightning bird just now. Everything was too smooth, so smooth that Joyce began to doubt the rationality of this coincidence.
Could anyone really be this unlucky?
Edith finally got rid of the electric shock and struggled to climb onto a piece of floating ice. Meteorites were still falling one by one. She had no time to dry the icy water on her body, nor did she dare to put up a shield again, and controlled the wind to dodge around.
Hiding was a good reason. Although Edith was in a mess, she touched the edge several times while fleeing back and forth, and set up the points one by one.
Palmer's face turned pale. The meteorite formation consumed a huge amount of magic power. She had thought that with this large-scale attack, she would definitely be able to hit it once or twice if she was lucky - this was also the attack method she always used.
But I didn't expect Edith to be so agile. Apart from failing to dodge and falling into the water at the beginning, and narrowly avoiding rocks a few times afterwards, she didn't suffer any other substantial injuries.
Damn, is it that the luck potion is not working, or is it that her strength and luck are still no match for Edith's?
Palmer stopped. The stones on the ground were so dense that they almost filled the entire venue. Edith was no longer floating in the water, but running, jumping, and floating alternately, running back and forth in the elevated venue, dazzling the audience.
"Why is Edith always on the defensive?" Some people began to question the game. "She didn't do any damage to her opponent today, and she didn't have any intention of attacking."
What he wanted to see was a thrilling game, not this kind of childish game.
"And his defense was quite unsuccessful... He was always on defense and always getting hurt." A third-year student muttered, "It's weird, when did Palmer become so strong?"
Competition venue.
Edith took the time to glance at the clock tower next to her, confirmed the time, and continued to run forward with gritted teeth.
Seven minutes had already passed. In the worst case, she would have to hold on for another eight minutes. If she was lucky, it would be shorter.
......But today, she really didn't dare to bet on "good luck".
Just as she was about to touch the wall again, a meteorite suddenly shattered beside her, and the falling pebbles blocked her feet and got stuck in the gap of the sole of her shoe.
Edith didn't notice the problem, and when she raised her legs again, the extra thickness rubbed against other protruding stones. After the collision, she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
The broken stones pierced her skin, but Edith said nothing. She stood up against the wall and quickly released another wave of magic.
A flash of white light appeared, and another point was set.
She stood up and ran towards Palmer. The other party stopped the meteorite attack and now has recovered a little magic power. He should use a new attack method soon -
"——Golden dice." A crisp chanting sound was heard.
Joyce was stunned for a moment, watching Palmer put his hands together, and a six-sided golden dice the size of a human head appeared in front of his chest. She searched her mind quickly and was surprised to find that she didn't recognize this spell - Palmer knew a spell he didn't recognize?
"Palmer used the golden dice!" On the contrary, No. 1 was very familiar with this spell. He covered the microphone and briefly explained it to Joyce, "It's a spell commonly used in casinos, mainly for entertainment."
No wonder it is so difficult to collect all of these folk-adapted versions of spells.
Joyce calmed down and listened to No. 1 explain the effect of the spell: "It is hard to imagine that such a pure casino game would be brought to the competition venue by Miss Smith!"
"Golden dice, adapted from the Blinding Spell. Both can temporarily blind a person, but the latter requires the spell to hit the target, and the spell is slow and very easy to dodge. The former is a range attack that can directly lock onto people within a certain range without the need for self-calibration, and without fear of the enemy moving." Number One changed the subject, "But! As a casino game that has not been widely spread, it naturally has its own flaws, which is that it requires enough luck! The dice will only take effect if a 6 is rolled. Once the first five numbers are rolled, the effect will affect the user himself, which is quite dangerous."
Palmer actually dared to use this in the game - did she think she would definitely roll a 6?
Palmer could feel her limbs trembling. She knew that she was too high-profile today, and if she rolled the golden dice again, it would be easy to be discovered.
But she wanted to win too badly.
"It's okay. I'll only use it this time. I won't need it again." She comforted herself, gritted her teeth, and threw the dice hard in Edith's direction.
...Tsk, it's over.
Edith sank into the darkness without any suspense.
She could hear the exclamations and almost fanatical howls around her, as well as the incredulous voice of Number One: "She did it! Palmer Smith successfully threw the number six. Her amazing courage and luck complemented each other and brought us a thrilling journey comparable to falling!"
It is obviously impossible to determine the location by listening to the sound.
Edith sighed and slowly manipulated the wind to blow towards her from the front. The uneven rocks blocked the wind, allowing her to construct a map of the ground under her feet in her mind and jump carefully between the rocks.
Palmer is in front of her to the left.
Edith could sense that the other party was holding a wand, but she couldn't predict what she was going to do. But it was obvious that the other party made her lose her eyesight in order to kill her in one go.
The duration of blindness is three minutes.
This time Edith did not flood the cracks in the rocks with water. She put on a protective shield for herself, lay down, and filled the cracks with fine soil.
While blind, testing the stability of stone consumes much more magic power than creating soil.
She stood up again, waved her hand to remove the protective shield, and walked towards Palmer firmly. The wind that spread the news suddenly changed direction under Edith's control, cutting towards Palmer's face horizontally. Palmer jumped up quickly, but did not forget to put down a stone as high as a person to disrupt Edith's judgment.
By the time Edith realized something was wrong, it was too late. A scorching heat came from the side of her face, and she subconsciously raised her wand and erected a high wall in the direction of the heat wave.
"It's a smart choice." Joyce nodded approvingly. "When life safety cannot be guaranteed, consuming magic power in exchange for a chance of survival is the most correct choice. Although the double-layer ice wall will consume a lot of physical strength, it is wide and strong enough. Unless it touches the only condensation point, it should be able to isolate the two people for at least five minutes."
These five minutes may be a bit short on the battlefield, but in the academy competition, it is enough for Edith to recover her eyesight.
As soon as Joyce finished speaking, the musket that had brought Edith enthusiasm fell in a parabola. It seemed that Palmer did not use enough force when throwing it, and the thing fell before it hit the high wall, and in the end only the tip touched the part where the ice surface and the ground were in contact.
The entire ice wall shattered.
Number One was stunned: "Ah?"
How come this gun just happened to hit the core position?
Countless pieces of ice fell to the ground, interlaced in a mess, barely helping Edith slow down Palmer's speed. She groped to the edge of the practice field, holding on to the wall with her hands, and used this to find her direction.
At the same time, her hands tirelessly released magic power, and countless points penetrated deep into the wall, finally weaving a big net in the corners invisible to everyone.
At this moment, Palmer came to her.
A gust of wind lifted Edith up. Edith quickly waved her wand, causing the plants to grow out from the ground and support her as she fell. A fireball quickly shot out from Palmer's hand. Edith felt the vines swaying and put out the embers before the fire completely burned them, but it could no longer support the weight of a person - Edith fell from above.
Another wave of heat came, and Edith had no time to stand up, so she could only roll to avoid it. The fireball she avoided hit the shaky tree behind her. A big hole was burned in the middle of the trunk, and it fell forward, pressing down on Edith's left leg.
Edith: “…”
This is a damn chain reaction.
After the pain, she finally saw some color in front of her eyes. The blindness faded, and she regained her sight. As soon as she looked up, she saw a ball of white light expanding in front of her eyes.
"It's almost over," Palmer murmured. The luck potion was indeed right. Even she could beat Edith when the timing was right.
......Anyway, the game is about to end. In order to prevent the opponent from being judged to still have the ability to fight, I will use all my magic power to create a scorching beam of light to penetrate Edith's body.
“Ding-ling-ling——”
The pleasant sound of bells suddenly rang around her. The sound was dense and orderly, like a huge army marching forward, making Palmer's heart beat violently for no reason.
What is that sound!
She turned around in panic, but couldn't tell the exact direction the sound came from. It was like the moisture in a thatched cottage after the rain, silently seeping in from every crack, invisible but always lingering around.
Behind him, a blurry figure slowly stood up.
Palmer turned his head sharply and saw that Edith had removed the tree trunk from her calves at some point and was standing straight in the wind.
The girl smiled faintly and raised her hand, revealing a piece of shining silk thread.
She pulled downwards with force.
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