Chapter 122 The Hardest Competition in Paper Shredding Gold
Shi Can held Lin Zhuyue's hand and said:
"If you pay in installments, you'll have to add some interest."
Lin Zhuyue asked: "What interest?"
Shi Can sat cross-legged on the sofa and asked:
"Have supper with me."
“…What kind of interest is this?”
Lin Zhuyue grabbed Shi Can's hand and sat up. She agreed very straightforwardly.
"As long as I'm not the one making it, you can eat as many meals as you want."
Shi Can patted Lin Zhuyue's head and said:
"Don't worry, even if I become penniless, I won't let you cook for me."
In the next few days, Lin Zhuyue's preliminaries went very smoothly. Although she was not good at dealing with all opponents, her opponents were not very good at dealing with her either.
For opponents that Jinpohuo couldn't restrain, Lin Zhuyue would use the messy spells he learned from Shi Can to deal with them. Some opponents were physically weak, and a single shoulder throw could easily knock them down.
Finally, in the twelfth round of the preliminaries, Lin Zhuyue and Huo Anan drew the same number, and Lin Zhuyue faced one of the toughest opponents in the preliminaries.
The weather had turned cooler, and Lin Zhuyue had already changed into her long-sleeved and long-sleeved sportswear. She sat on the sidelines, holding a hair tie, letting Shi Can help her comb her hair. When Shi Can gathered her hair into a bunch and reached around her neck, Lin Zhuyue handed him the hair tie.
After a while, Lin Zhuyue's ponytail was tied.
Lin Zhuyue stood up, took two steps towards the center of the arena, and came face to face with Huo Anan who had just entered the arena.
Huo Anan asked: "Are you nervous?"
Lin Zhuyue nodded: "A little bit."
"Group C, twelfth round, tenth match, Lin Zhuyue from Class 1, Grade 4 versus Huo Anan from Class 1, Grade 4. The match begins—!"
The referee announced the start of the game and quickly left the field.
Huo Anan took out a test tube, uncorked it, and with a twist of his wrist, poured out the silver liquid metal. After landing, the Silver Moonlight circled around Huo Anan twice.
This is not a meaningless action—
Lin Zhuyue knew very well that Huo Anan had used this action to secretly hide a portion of the Silver Moonlight beneath the arena. When she was not prepared, the Silver Moonlight would return to the ground and directly defeat the enemy.
Lin Zhuyue took out a piece of paper with a talisman drawn on it. She put her hands together, held the paper between her hands, and said:
"Left up, right up, right down, left down, one corner, two corners, three corners, four corners. Paper becomes a wall, spirit becomes a cage. Rise—!"
After the spell was finished, in an instant, the paper in Lin Zhuyue's hand shattered into snow-like foam, floating in all directions, each emitting a faint light, weaving a wall of light around Lin Zhuyue.
In the audience, Ye Yangjia, who had already finished the Group A match, shook his head and said:
"Paper barrier... This is clearly a spell that turns paper into a wall, so why did she break it into pieces? The paper barrier wasn't strong enough to withstand the radiance of the silver moon to begin with, and now it's even more fragile."
Shi Can turned his head and looked at Ye Yangjia with an indescribable look, and asked in a sarcastic tone:
"Is attack and defense the only thing in your simple mind?"
On the court, Huo Anan also found it unbelievable——
"You want to use a paper barrier to stop me?"
She put away the test tube, formed seals with her hands, and guided the light of the silver moon, rushing towards the fragile barrier opposite like a surging tide.
"Give up early and pick up the bamboo sword infused with spiritual energy to fight. It might be a better choice. Your spiritual power is so strong, the bamboo sword will be easy to use in your hands."
Lin Zhuyue was speechless.
She stood there, quietly watching the incoming silver moonlight.
Huo Anan's control of the Silver Moon's Radiance was very exquisite. It was like a surging tide, but with a sharp blade, just like riding a horse and charging towards the enemy army with a devastating force.
"Silver sand and gold sand, mixed in with the river mud, are hard to find."
When the silver moon's light approached, Lin Zhuyue slowly chanted the spell.
"It's hard to find, it's hard to find, now I have thousands of pieces of paper to help me find it——"
The Silver Moon's Radiance, originally poised to split the paper barrier, was swallowed up by the shredded paper, stirred by Lin Zhuyue's spell, before it could even fully impact the barrier. Each shredded paper absorbed a fragment of the Silver Moon's Radiance, which drifted heavily around Lin Zhuyue.
“Shredding paper to find gold.”
Shi Can crossed his legs and explained to Ye Yangjia,
"Long ago, there was a wizard in Southeast Asia who was skilled in using paper. Beside the forest where he lived stood a river. The river seemed to contain only mud, but the wizard could sense that it was filled with an element called 'gold.'"
"He wanted to obtain the gold in the river mud, so he created a gold panning spell called 'Paper Shredder Gold Panning'. Later, because this wizard wanted to research the golden heart that would grant him immortality, he dissected too many living people's hearts, intending to use their bodies for research. He was captured and burned at the stake."
After Shi Can finished explaining the origin of the spell, he also concluded:
"Although he's not a good person, his magic is useful."
On the court, Huo Anan was already confused.
She frowned anxiously. "What?"
She formed seals again, trying to control the brilliance of the silver moon and peel it off from the scraps of paper, but she felt a pulling sensation -
It's not heavy, but it's complicated. How can she fight against the gold-mining spells on hundreds of pieces of shredded paper at the same time?
Wen Miyan pulled Lu Sisi, who had rushed over from Group B's competition, and sat down next to Ye Yangjia. She unceremoniously took two bottles of Pulse drinks from the bunch next to Ye Yangjia, unscrewing the bottle caps while analyzing the situation on the field:
"Among many spiritual weapons, the Silver Moon's Radiance is one of those that requires very sophisticated and complex operations. Now that Zhuyue has done this, the operation has become even more difficult. It's difficult for An An to come up with an effective response in such a short period of time."
Just as Wen Miyan said, it is very difficult to peel off the Silver Moonlight from the shredded paper in a short time.
However, Huo Anan felt that she could do it.
"Fire Attachment Technique—"
Huo Anan took out a piece of yellow talisman paper and said,
"Pale Flame!"
All the paper scraps that absorbed the light of the silver moon were burned by the pale flames. Not long after, the paper scraps turned into ashes, and the light of the silver moon turned into broken silver beads, large and small, floating in the air.
Huo Anan did not call Silver Moon's Glory back to her side.
After the fire talisman paper in his hand burned out, Huo Anan pinched out another talisman paper and threw it out:
"Thunder Attachment Technique, Ten Thousand Lightning Bolts!"
The crackling lightning was carried by the silver moonlight surrounding Lin Zhuyue, enveloping him in lightning. Even before he was struck, Lin Zhuyue already sensed something was amiss.
what to do……?
What should she do?
Lin Zhuyue used his spiritual power to draw a spell: "The Art of Attracting Thunder——"
She threw the rune drawn by her spiritual power to her side. The moment the rune took effect, the crackling purple lightning on the field converged towards the rune, passed by Lin Zhuyue's left side, and struck the field, leaving a charred mark.
Huo Anan did not hesitate. She clenched her right hand, and the silver beads floating around Lin Zhuyue instantly turned into sharp spikes, stabbing at Lin Zhuyue from all directions who had just dodged the thunder spell.
Crimson flames exploded beside Lin Zhuyue.
This wasn't her spiritual weapon, the Golden Amber Fire, but the Scarlet Lotus Fire that Lin Zhuyue had summoned with a spiritual talisman. Long ago, the Scarlet Lotus Fire was used by spiritual forgers to forge swords, spears, and lances. It was harmless to humans, but had a strong inhibitory effect on objects of metallic nature.
The silver metal spikes met the red lotus fire and were instantly melted back into the form of liquid beads.
At the same time, Lin Zhuyue pulled the recurve bow.
In order to avoid being hit by arrows, Huo Anan took a step and moved quickly on the field.
However, Lin Zhuyue did not deliberately aim at Huo Anan.
She raised her bow high in the air, drawing the string to its full length towards the night sky. The arrow, encased in amber fire, flew off the string. When it reached the sky, it exploded like a firework, splitting into eight pieces and raining down from above.
Huo Anan calmly and quickly observed the direction of the arrow's fall and dodged it calmly. But every time she dodged an arrow, the next arrow would be aimed at the next direction she was dodging, as if she had opened her third eye.
After dodging the first seven arrows, Huo Anan was forced to the edge of the field. She had no way to retreat, so she summoned the Silver Moon's Light to block the attacks in front of her.
But before the light of the silver moon hit the eighth arrow, Huo Anan saw the purple lightning flowing among the light of the silver moon, and it would rush towards her body in the next second.
Lin Zhuyue had attracted the purple thunder at some point, intending to imitate Huo Anan's previous behavior and use the light of the silver moon to guide the thunder and lightning to deal with the tough opponent on the field.
Huo Anan controlled the Silver Moon's Light as quickly as possible to move it away from him.
But at this moment, a large amount of shredded paper gathered towards Huo Anan, absorbing the Silver Moon's brilliance with the Shredded Paper Gold Panning Technique. Huo Anan instantly lost control of the Silver Moon's brilliance, and purple lightning rushed towards him -
Lin Zhuyue adhered to the principle of not hurting anyone on the field. The purple lightning changed direction before hitting Huo Anan and hit the ground, leaving a burn mark.
Huo Anan was not injured.
But everyone understood that the game had already been decided.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
