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"Self-destruction?" Lin Yuan's eyes were stern: "So there is an accomplice!"
Being able to control the demon to self-destruct in front of the five of them, the existence that could do this was either stronger than the others - which was obviously impossible. Or, he had planted a mark in the demon's body, triggering a key action or keyword, which would force the demon to self-destruct.
The evil demon is a soul, as ethereal as fog, without substance. As long as the magic power in the body does not dissipate, it is entirely possible to re-condense even if the body is broken up. There are only two ways to completely destroy the soul. One is the "karma fire" of the demon clan, which is recognized as the only natural enemy of the soul. The second is to use more powerful magic to directly crush or devour the magic power in the soul. The existence that can do this must be stronger than the evil demon fragment just now.
The opponent's true form is at the "Grand Mage Level" level, which means that the one who controls the evil demon's fragments to self-destruct is either the true form of this evil demon, or his strength is also at the "Grand Mage" level, or even higher.
This is really strange. Parnaki has been fighting against demons for thousands of years and has never encountered so many "grand magician" demons. How come they happened to encounter them on Earth, which was originally an insulator of magic power? Could it be that they are the same as the "five-clawed golden dragon", and they all escaped from Parnaki to Earth thousands of years ago?
But at that time, the "Twenty-Four Gods" were still alive. Would the evil spirits really be able to find this gap?
However, just like the students who returned to Earth, they were affected by the lack of magic power on Earth and had to practice again. Although the evil demons would not necessarily lose all their strength like the twenty-five of them, they would certainly be affected by the magic vacuum environment and fall into a state of power exhaustion. It was also because of this that these evil demons did not finally reveal their existence until magic power emerged on Earth.
I originally thought that the only conflict in the "end of the world" was between the Earth and Parnaki, but I didn't expect that the evil demons would interfere and make the muddy water even more turbid.
Fortunately, there are still people who have returned to Earth like the demons, as well as Class 9 of Grade 2, which is full of experts.
"Your Majesty, we only had time to capture a small soul fragment." Lin Lang was quick-witted and quick-handed. As soon as he noticed the evil demon's fragments self-destructing, he activated his magic power and forcibly peeled off a soul fragment from the evil demon. Unfortunately, the evil demon's overall consciousness had disappeared, and Lin Lang could not guarantee how much information was left in it.
Rui Hang placed his hand on Lin Lang's wrist, and magic power continued to flow into her body.
"Seal it in the 'Tower of Babel' first." Rui Hang said, and then switched to the private channel: "Don't try to decipher it before your strength is fully restored, be careful of being contaminated by memory."
"I understand." Lin Lang said obediently.
How to deal with the names on the member list is the official job. After taking the remaining soul of the evil spirit to the "Tower of Babel" to complete the seal, the mission about the "Hall of Art" has finally come to an end.
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With the capture of the Art Hall, the outside world was in an uproar over the news. The atmosphere of tension and anxiety was carried to the South Island by the sea breeze and the ocean current.
——The "Autumn and Winter Training Camp" that was originally planned for a month and was finally extended for seven days is about to end. After studying magic, interning at the "Tower of Babel", and going on field missions, the students have finally come to the last assessment: the final exam.
Since the internship at Babel, the assessment of students has never stopped. The internship score accounts for 50%, the regular grades account for 30%, and the final exam score accounts for 20%. Finally, based on the overall ranking of the scores, the top 100 students will have the qualifications to be directly submitted to Babel and become formal employees.
As an institution jointly established by Lin Yuan and the government, the formal employees of "Babel Tower" are equivalent to civil servants. Not to mention that the props and potions that can be exchanged for points in the tower have repeatedly raised the value of this quota. Not to mention that Lin Yuan and others did not know what method they used in "Babel Tower", but the concentration of magic power was several times richer than that in the outside world, and the speed of cultivation in it was twice as fast with half the effort. During this period, more than 600 students, including those who were initially eliminated and assigned to other teachers, also had the qualifications to intern and cultivate in "Babel Tower".
However, the number of mutants currently housed in the Tower of Babel is limited, and the actual number of employees needed is not large. There are also staff sent by the government to fill the vacancies, and the government also needs to leave behind the first batch of teachers for the future universal magic, so there are only one hundred places left for students.
In the future, if students want to enter the "Tower of Babel", they can only wait for the next open interview and assessment of the "Tower of Babel". Perhaps by then the number of people who need to compete will no longer be 750.
They are all poor students who are going to take the college entrance examination. The students of Class 9 originally had some complaints about this test method, but after a little thought they understood why the government set it as an "examination".
Unlike ordinary civil servants, the members of the Tower of Babel have to face a large number of terrifying and aggressive mutants. If they are not careful, they will be injured or even lose their lives. Therefore, the members who enter the Tower of Babel must be absolute elites, at least they must have the power to protect themselves when facing mutants.
After all, reality is not like works like "XXX Foundation". It is not so bad that everyone needs to sacrifice their lives to contain mutants in order to protect the world.
But even though they knew the dangers they would face after entering the "Tower of Babel", no student backed down. Instead, they all gathered their strength and prepared for the upcoming final exam.
Of course, after the final exams, it does not mean that students will not receive further training. Since Xiao Shichuan showed up with a cloak, "space magic" has been openly displayed by the authorities. Modeled after the ID cards used by the "Special Events Management Bureau" in the past, the authorities also issued each student an ID card made to look like a watch. It not only records personal information, course schedules, assessment scores, internship tasks, etc., but also Lin Lang and Xiao Shichuan have jointly implanted space magic into it. As long as students infuse magic power into it, they can be directly teleported back to the training base, and the IP address of the students before the teleportation can be located at any time. When returning, students can freely choose whether to teleport to the original IP location or the IP location before this teleportation. It can be said to be very smart and considerate.
In order to protect the ID card from being damaged and to provide more safety facilities for the students, the students of Class 9 have implanted various small magics in the ID card that can be activated with the students' current magic power, such as the simplest attack magic, defense magic and healing magic, and monitor the students' heartbeat and brain waves at any time. Once they fall into a serious state, they will be forced to teleport immediately and take the students back to the island.
When magic is combined with modern science, both convenience and practicality have improved by leaps and bounds. This has given the government and Lin Yuan and others hope - the possibility that Earth and Parnaqui will abandon old ideas and work together through each other's strengths.
There are many factors that can lead to war, but the most critical ones are the greed of those in power and the lack of resources.
When the resources and benefits obtained through plunder are far less than the benefits brought about by mutual benefit and win-win, war is the option that only fools would choose.
As for the foolish rulers, Parnaki has advanced through 20,000 years of blood and gore. The foolish rulers have no way and are not qualified to sit on the throne for too long. The fear that the emerging ideas of the Earth will flow into Parnaki and cause changes in the class structure does not need to wait for the appearance of the Earth. The students of Class 9 alone have already implanted such emerging ideas into Parnaki in a subtle way and triggered several rounds of reforms, but five hundred years still cannot shake this world full of feudalism. Even if there are emerging ideas from the Earth flowing in, it is impossible to cause fundamental changes to Parnaki within a few decades.
A few decades later, a whole new generation that received new education became the backbone of society, and the old antiques like Parnaki could no longer consolidate the feudal system.
——No civilization can resist the erosion of Earth civilization and the convenience of science, especially the Parnacians who are accustomed to the ascetic life of the Middle Ages.
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The final exam was finally chosen as a "1v1 battle", similar to the "sect competition" or "college league" often written in various immortal cultivation and western fantasy novels. Each time you advance to a round, you will get corresponding points, which will eventually be converted into corresponding exam scores.
Liu Xiaoyun sat in the waiting area, carefully wiping the staff in her hand.
Although Liu Xiaoyun was already very good at learning magic and had been on several missions to contain mutants, she was not a complete beginner in combat, but this was her first time actually fighting a human. There were too many factors to consider when fighting a human: whether the opponent would be injured, whether you would be injured... It was not like facing those very aggressive mutants, where you could attack with all your strength without any scruples, you just had to make sure it was able to survive and be contained.
"Next, Magic Department Liu Xiaoyun versus Immortal Cultivation Department Wanfeng."
Liu Xiaoyun took a deep breath, not letting herself show her cowardice before the battle. She held the staff tightly in her hand, cheered herself up, and walked onto the ring.
The arena has been blessed with magic by Lin Lang and others. No matter how it is damaged, it will be quickly repaired to its original state, and the magic power inside will never overflow outside the arena and harm other students waiting or watching the fight.
As Liu Xiaoyun and Wan Feng stood on the stage, Su Mu, one of the referees, stood between them and cast a one-time magic spell for their ID cards.
"Each of you has 1,000 points. If you are attacked in different parts of your body, corresponding points will be deducted. If the points are reset to zero, you will lose." Su Mu explained to the two: "Once the damage you take exceeds the maximum damage limit each time, the system in the ID card will determine that you may cause real damage to the opponent. This magic will immediately forcefully stop the fight between you and deploy protection for you. So don't worry about your personal safety. Feel free to use all your strength."
Su Mu's voice has its own magic, and just a few simple words make Liu Xiaoyun and Wan Feng full of confidence.
Especially Liu Xiaoyun. Ever since she watched Lin Lang and others perform magic, her fighting spirit has never declined. She has practiced harder and harder, and has become more and more excited day by day.
As the most outstanding student among all the students, Liu Xiaoyun's strength is beyond doubt. But her opponent, Wan Feng, who was once Liu Xiaoyun's classmate, did not feel timid because of this, but instead seemed to be full of fighting spirit.
Wan Feng's eyes were blazing: "I have wanted to fight you for a long time. Although I am not as talented as you in magic, I will not necessarily lose when it comes to cultivation and close combat!"
Liu Xiaoyun was not afraid either, and slammed the end of the staff heavily on the ring: "Then let's compete and see who is better."
"The game begins." Su Mu announced.
Wan Feng shouted, "Sword!"
The one-handed sword on his back hummed, and it was pulled out of the scabbard without his hands touching it, making a clanging sound. Under the control of Wanfeng's "Sword Control Technique", the sharpened sword rushed straight towards Liu Xiaoyun.
——In fact, the real purpose of the initial assessment was to select the 100 students with the most talent in "magic", and leave them to Lin Lang and the other two to be trained according to the standards of "magicians".
The remaining 600-odd students experienced contact with and assessment of the new courses in a very short period of time, and eventually all the students were divided into "Knight Department", "Warrior Department", "Priest Department" and so on, as well as Chinese-style sword cultivators according to their talents.
However, due to the shortage of teachers, Chinese immortal cultivation could not be like Western fantasy immortal cultivation, where "travelers" prepared detailed cultivation in advance and taught the students. Chinese immortal cultivation was almost entirely taught by the senior mathematics teacher, who only taught it in general terms at first, and then further subdivided it according to the students' grades after the training was over.
The so-called sword cultivators naturally cultivate not only magic, but also swordsmanship.
The authorities specially invited the ancient martial arts family to personally instruct the students at a high price. Regardless of how magic is used, at least in terms of combat, a sword cultivator who can have high attack power without chanting as long as he inputs magic power is more flexible and convenient than a magician who needs to chant for a long time.
Facing Wanfeng's attack, Liu Xiaoyun was not afraid at all. She tapped the ground lightly with her staff. The surging magic power allowed her to quickly release a huge barrier in front of her, blocking the flying sword's attack.
Liu Xiaoyun herself knew that warlocks were weak in mobility, so after witnessing the fighting style of Lin Lang and others, she specifically asked Lin Lang how to cast magic instantly, and has been practicing hard ever since.
Taking into account the limited time and energy, after repeated consideration, Liu Xiaoyun chose a total of two magics.
The first magic is the "magic barrier" to protect oneself from attack.
Seeing that Liu Xiaoyun had completed the casting of the "Magic Barrier" without using any chanting, Wanfeng's eyes showed astonishment.
In addition to the basic training and study of swordsmanship and fighting techniques, the only technique these sword practitioners learned was the "sword-controlling technique" which was improved from the "floating magic".
Magic is about quality rather than quantity. How to complete the seemingly simple "sword-controlling technique" without chanting magic, and complete sword-controlling flying, fighting and a series of more complicated operations is already very difficult for students who are new to cultivating immortals.
Wanfeng knew very well how much blood and sweat he had spent to master the art of wielding the sword, but he never imagined that Liu Xiaoyun's magical talent was so strong.
But Wan Feng did not retreat. As the flying sword attacked Liu Xiaoyun according to Wan Feng's thoughts, Wan Feng himself rushed directly towards Liu Xiaoyun.
The attack from both sides caught Liu Xiaoyun, who could only use a single-sided barrier, off guard.
Due to her lack of combat experience, Liu Xiaoyun had no choice but to use the "magic barrier" to resist the attack of the flying sword first, and then she rolled on the ground the moment Wanfeng attacked to avoid Wanfeng's attack.
But being disrupted in rhythm and losing position is very fatal to the magician. Once the rhythm is controlled by the opponent, it will be very difficult for the magician to find the opportunity to counterattack.
And at the moment when Liu Xiaoyun dodged, Wan Feng grabbed the hilt of the sword and slashed it hard in the direction of Liu Xiaoyun. The silver-white sword energy flew towards Liu Xiaoyun with severe wind pressure.
Fortunately, Liu Xiaoyun was flexible enough and barely avoided several attacks, but she also retreated step by step under Wan Feng's attack until she was close to the edge of the ring. However, Wan Feng, as her opponent, attacked faster and faster.
Seeing that Liu Xiaoyun had lost the space to dodge and tried to fight back several times but was interrupted by his sword energy, Wan Feng's eyes finally flashed with a hint of pride.
The magic power was running wildly and concentrated on the flying sword. Flashes of lightning could be seen faintly, accompanied by a "sizzling" sound.
Wan Feng let out a low roar and slashed at Liu Xiaoyun with his sword - Wan Feng did not intend to deduct points from Liu Xiaoyun's victory, but chose to concentrate his magic power to maximize the attack, directly triggering the ID card's defense mechanism and causing Liu Xiaoyun to lose.
Liu Xiaoyun specializes in spiritual magic, which is mainly auxiliary. Apart from commonly used basic magic such as "Fireball", there is almost no reliable attack magic in the early stage.
I win this time!
Wan Feng was thinking excitedly, but he saw Liu Xiaoyun, who had originally shown a panic expression, suddenly curled up a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.
Wanfeng's heart skipped a beat and he felt a little uneasy.
The next moment, Liu Xiaoyun tapped the ground with her staff again - she was not yet able to cast magic with just her mind like Lin Lang, and could only rely on auxiliary actions to forcefully cast magic.
In an instant, a magic circle was born under the feet of Wanfeng who was accumulating strength. Four iron chains extended from the magic circle and directly blocked Wanfeng's movements under the impetus of magic power.
The simplest blocking magic, combined with defensive magic, can often demonstrate powerful practical effects.
As his movements were locked, Wanfeng's movements to gather magic power became disordered, the magic power circulating in his body was also slightly blocked, and he fell into panic uncontrollably.
Pride, panic - strong emotional fluctuations, and the lack of magic power caused by charging, each of which is an excellent aid to the completion of mental magic.
From the very beginning, Liu Xiaoyun deliberately showed a weak trend, inducing Wan Feng to force himself into a desperate situation and end the battle with a full-strength attack.
Taking advantage of the time gained by the blocking magic, Liu Xiaoyun quickly recited the spell that she had already memorized by heart.
"Mind Control!"
The powerful mental power from Liu Xiaoyun quickly broke through Wanfeng's magic barrier. Wanfeng had no time to struggle. His body trembled violently and his eyes completely lost focus.
"It's true that mental magic doesn't have many offensive means, but Teacher Lin Lang taught us in the first class that we should be careful with mental magic. It seems that you didn't pay attention in class."
Liu Xiaoyun chuckled and waved her magic wand: "I command you to attack yourself——"
"Yes." Wan Feng said stupidly, and launched a full-strength attack at himself.
With a loud bang, Wan Feng, who still had a dull expression, was covered by a water barrier that appeared out of nowhere, blocking all attacks for him. On his ID card, all of Wan Feng's battle points disappeared.
"Liu Xiaoyun wins." Su Mu announced the result of the competition loudly.
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Two days later, the tense and exciting final exams ended. One hundred students, with Liu Xiaoyun at the top of the list, successfully obtained the qualification of official employees of "Tower of Babel". The students who finished the training also left South Island and returned to their original cities.
"Finally I'm home!" Bai Luo stretched his body, sat in the familiar seat, and said comfortably: "I've been busy for half a month, and I can finally relax for a while."
"Come to think of it, New Year's Day is coming soon." Lin Yuan followed up Bai Luo's topic and asked curiously, "How are you going to celebrate the holiday?"
"I'm going to sleep at home for three days and three nights and not go anywhere." Bai Luo said without hesitation: "What's so good about crowds of people? How can it be more comfortable than my bed? Aren't you happy playing games at home?"
"You seem happy." Su Mu and Lin Lang looked at him dimly: "We both still have work to do."
"Think about being happy, after all, you are making money!" Lin Yuan consoled, "Besides, don't I have to follow you?"
After that, he turned to look at Yu Zhi and asked curiously, "Teacher, how are you going to live?"
"I told you not to call me teacher in the classroom." Yu Zhi patted him and said, "The awards for the painting competition have been announced. I won the gold medal. The studio gave me some money. I plan to take my parents on a trip."
"Traveling? My family is planning to travel as well." Zhou Xun, who happened to pass by, stopped and said, "My parents and Zhou Ruo's parents have made an appointment to travel together."
"It's only three days off, you really are interested." Bai Luo said: "What about Rong Yu? Do you plan to leave him alone in school?"
Zhou Xun sighed: "Isn't this persuasion? My parents are completely satisfied with everything, but he is embarrassed to travel with them."
Lin Yuan patted Zhou Xun on the shoulder and said sincerely: "Come on."
The students were discussing heatedly how to arrange the New Year's Day holiday when Rui Hang suddenly walked in holding a thick stack of test papers.
"Before the holiday, did you forget one more thing?"
"What?" the students asked in confusion.
Rui Hang said calmly: "Monthly exam."
Students: “…”
Why does this exam keep going on and on and never seem to end?
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