At the J City Magic Association's training ground.
The clashes between the strongest teams in the upper bracket have ended.
Fei Zheng was more skilled and defeated Jiang Xue.
Besides wind magic, Jiang Xue was also a violent elemental mage specializing in lightning and fire, but in the end, she still couldn't defeat Fei Zheng in a direct confrontation.
Fairbank lived up to his reputation as a genius, demonstrating even greater strength.
The second water system.
Combined with powerful lightning.
Water conducts electricity.
The two systems merge, multiplying their power.
The water flow extends, inducing an electric shock, triggering paralysis, and the final blow wins.
If Jiang Xue hadn't possessed a life-saving magical artifact, she might have already perished.
After his victory, Fei Zheng became even more overjoyed.
Unable to find Lu Shi offstage, he could only make a throat-slitting gesture towards Zhang Qinglan on another stage.
Zhang Qinglan kept her eyes down, ignoring him.
As time went by, Zhou Renqing did not appear.
The onlookers began to discuss it.
"I heard that the Zhou family was attacked yesterday, and many people were injured."
"Was Zhou Renqing also injured?"
"It's hard to say! Look, the Zhou family head seems quite anxious too!"
"Oh my god! My cousin is so lucky, is he going to make it to the finals by default?"
"No, this time we absolutely cannot let him make it into the finals so easily."
"Yes! Let's protest together."
"protest."
"protest."
Outside the competition venue, the crowd was in high spirits, all protesting against Zhang Qinglan's easy qualification for the finals.
A large portion of the gamblers placed bets on Zhou Renqing, making an even more ferocious commotion.
"Look, it's Zhou Renqing."
Suddenly, screams erupted from the perimeter of the Magic Association.
Outside the gate, Zhou Renqing, looking travel-worn, walked along the windmill towards the training ground.
The crowd erupted in thunderous cheers.
But Zhou Renqing made no move to stop. He flew straight over the training ground and headed towards the area where the leaders were sitting.
Upon seeing this, the referee's expression changed, and he vanished from his spot in a flash, then stood in front of Zhou Renqing.
"Zhou Renqing, now that you're here, why aren't you playing?"
"Get out of the way. What time is it? Don't stop me from going to the patriarch." Zhou Renqing anxiously tried to pull the referee away.
"Are you trying to give up the match? You know, this is the semi-finals! It hasn't been easy to get this far," the referee earnestly advised.
Zhou Renqing looked around and saw enthusiastic eyes from the audience everywhere he looked.
Finally, his gaze fell on Zhang Qinglan on the stage. He licked his dry lips, which had been parched from staying up all night, and calmly said, "In the individual competition, I... concede."
The wind magic carried the sound throughout the entire arena.
Instantly, an uproar erupted.
"What did he say?"
"Zhou Renqing actually admitted defeat?"
"Did I hear that right?"
"He's gone mad."
But Zhou Renqing didn't stop. He pulled the referee aside and walked towards the leadership area. At that moment, his mind was completely focused on the fact that there was a traitor within the Zhou family.
He rushed to the area designated for leaders' seats, refusing to visit any other leaders.
He was looking for his father, Zhou Ming, the current head of the Zhou family.
"Renqing, are you just going to admit defeat like this?"
As soon as Zhou Renqing walked up to Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming asked him in surprise.
"Father, I have something important to tell you. Let's go back to the Zhou family first."
Zhou Renqing's expression was very serious.
Zhou Ming didn't dare to be negligent. He greeted the other principals and leaders of J City and left first with Zhou Renqing.
...
On the training ground.
The referee reluctantly declared Zhang Qinglan the winner.
Zhang Qinglan, who successfully advanced to the finals, remained calm.
Although he didn't know why Zhou Renqing conceded defeat, he was certain it was related to the all-powerful Teacher Lu. Teacher Lu had mysteriously disappeared and hadn't appeared at the martial arts arena during the day, causing some concern among the teachers and students of Nirvana High School. Only Zhang Qinglan firmly believed that Teacher Lu had gone to deal with Zhou Renqing.
As it turns out.
Teacher Lu is amazing; he actually managed to get Zhou Renqing to admit defeat.
Now, only one match remains, and it all depends on Zhang Qinglan herself.
Zhang Qinglan secretly made a vow.
We will use these fists to make Nirvana High School famous.
At the entrance of the Magic Association, Lu Shi reverted to her original appearance and walked into the Nirvana High School area, joining the group of cheering students.
Just now, at the very last moment before Zhou Renqing entered the training ground.
Lu Shi caught up and stopped the person.
She didn't make things difficult for Zhou Renqing; she only made one request: that Zhou Renqing voluntarily admit defeat.
In this way, he not only repaid the debt of saving his life.
As an additional condition, Lu Shi will help the Zhou family eliminate traitors and the Shadow Society.
Zhou Renqing hesitated for a long time.
In the end, he... agreed.
And that's how the scene just now happened.
The dust has settled.
Three days later, the championship battle of the J City Division Individual Selection Tournament of the Magic High School Tournament will take place.
During the three-day rest period.
Zhang Qinglan rubbed her hands together, strengthened her body, practiced her boxing techniques, and earnestly prepared for her battle with Fei Zheng.
Lu Shi wasn't idle either; she worked hard to change the weight of her soul and finally piled it up to the super-level.
Current soul weight: 3000G
[Current remaining unabsorbed soul weight: 567G]
[Current remaining monster soul weight: 371G]
When the weight of his soul reached 3000G, Lu Shi felt the barrier to the super-level being broken, and his consciousness space was sublimated once again, allowing various magic systems to be upgraded to higher levels.
However, Lu Shi vaguely sensed that in order to become a true super-level mage and learn super-level magic, he must first upgrade all his current magic systems to a higher level.
From this perspective, the existing weight of the soul is barely enough.
However, Lu Shi didn't have time to process it all. She was caught up in the Zhou family's internal purge, spending two consecutive nights helping the Zhou family to eliminate traitors.
During the three-day break before the finals, undercurrents were swirling within J City.
The Zhou family announced earth-shattering news.
Four Zhou family families were expelled from the organization for allegedly colluding with the cult Shadow Society, betraying their own people, threatening human safety, and implying that the other three magical families in J City were also corrupt.
This move caused chaos among the other three magical families.
The Wang family suffered the most tragic fate.
After the two heirs mysteriously disappeared, the head of the Wang family also mysteriously vanished.
Overnight, the Wang family found themselves leaderless.
Finally, the elders summoned the hidden patriarch of the Wang family, a super-level mage, to quell the restless members of the Wang family. Only after the patriarch appointed a family head was the impending internal strife within the Wang family quelled.
The Chiang family was also not at peace.
The head of the Jiang family also mysteriously disappeared.
Fortunately, the Chiang family had other pillars of support.
Ultimately, Jiang Xue's father, Jiang Long, temporarily assumed the position of family head and quelled the internal strife.
The Jiang family was relatively the least affected.
Under the strong suppression of the Zhou family head, Jiang Yingxue, there was no disturbance; they even accused the Zhou family of spreading alarmist rumors. The two sides engaged in heated verbal exchanges, creating a very unpleasant situation.
The internal strife among the four great families has inadvertently drawn the First and Third Middle Schools, which are affiliated with them, into the turmoil.
Other magic schools and training institutions were also affected to some extent by the chaos of the four great families. However, they all chose to protect themselves and not get involved in the disputes between the magic families.
It was under these turbulent circumstances that things began to turn out this way.
The individual finals have begun.
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