Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

Chapter 616: The Final Day, First Battle!

In reality, in the dormitory, Locke saw that the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow in his hand had undergone great changes. When he used Peach Bow Thorn Arrow, the powers of the two luxury magical plants fused, and there was also a trace of Sacred Dragon's spirituality contained within.This was the arrow shot toward the wrong side of truth!

Witch Yekaterina walked out from the study. A spirituality arrow shot out from Locke's brow. It was a trace of spirituality that Witch Yekaterina had separated from her own Grand Magic half a day ago.

This seemed to be an extremely important part of her Grand Magic. If she lost this part, although her Grand Magic would still exist, it would no longer be complete.

Witch Yekaterina said, "I separated out part of my Grand Magic, otherwise Cassiodrak's test couldn't be conducted."

"Alright. Now you've obtained Cassiodrak's power. If you want to construct Grand Magic using Peach Bow Thorn Arrow as the blueprint, you'll gain enormous advantages."

Witch Yekaterina said, "The Council of Elders is trying to make Golden Crown Mountain shift toward kineticist research to undermine our competitors."

"But the Academic Committee has different views. We believe we should continue deepening rather than avoiding competition with such petty cleverness. This kind of sudden change could very easily cause us to lose our original leading position."

"Therefore, tomorrow's battle. The victory or defeat between you two will determine whether Golden Crown Mountain maintains the status quo or, as the Council of Elders thinks, begins implementing their so-called multilateral strategic plan."

Locke smiled bitterly, "Teacher, I'm just an ordinary researcher."

Witch Yekaterina smiled, "Actually, you don't need to be too nervous. Regardless of victory or defeat, as long as you earnestly try, I won't blame you."

"Because the responsibility for this matter truly doesn't lie with you. It's the behind-the-scenes game between the Council of Elders and the Academic Committee."

Witch Yekaterina said, "That you've reached this point already satisfies me greatly. Originally, the Academic Committee placed their hopes on Preston."

"And they intended to have you voluntarily forfeit during your battle with Preston to ensure Witch Preston's information wouldn't be leaked."

Locke looked at Witch Yekaterina questioningly, "But Teacher, no one told me about this."

Witch Yekaterina said, "Indeed. Because I didn't tell you. Not until Antoine won all the way, exceeding our Academic Committee's expectations, did we discover we had previously overlooked Antoine. Antoine is a secret weapon carefully crafted by the Council of Elders, prepared for today."

"This truly caught us off guard."

Witch Yekaterina said, "Our Academic Committee didn't expect that a spoiled rich kid would have such achievements today. This is completely different from his past image. Witch Preston, on whom we placed high hopes, actually lost to both you and him. So the Academic Committee... changed targets and placed their hopes on you."

Locke blinked, "They think too highly of me."

Witch Yekaterina said, "They just want to find hope. They don't truly believe in you, but... I believe you truly have this ability."

Witch Yekaterina said, "I believe you possess the ability to defeat that secret weapon crafted by the Council of Elders."

"All along, your performance has met my expectations. Both possessing Immortal Dragon Scales as dragonkin, but you're different from Witch Preston."

Seeing Locke show a strange expression.

Witch Yekaterina said, "Witch Preston's foundation is far better than yours. She received the full efforts of two sun ring wizards. Her parents gave her everything they couldn't obtain at the First Circle stage, hoping she would reach new heights."

"But you're different. You're both wizards possessing true dragon status, yet you came up from the bottom all the way, cutting through thorns and brambles. I see many characteristics in you—mortal characteristics, apprentice characteristics, First Circle wizard characteristics, Golden Crown Mountain's favored child characteristics. You possess infinite possibilities."

"Those possibilities make me believe you have the possibility of defeating Antoine," Witch Yekaterina said. "Locke, you're different from both Antoine and Witch Preston. Not a product of careful planning, nor a model of an excellent wizard."

"You're full of a kind of natural, true vitality that grows freely. Your growth path is like mine. I'm also someone who killed my way up from a small wizard."

Witch Yekaterina placed her palm on Locke's shoulder, "Dragon blood granted you a noble essence. This experience also granted you a solid foundation."

"You and I both know how terrifying a wizard who has walked from the very bottom to this point is. That power can allow us to obtain... authority."

A rich enthusiasm emerged in Witch Yekaterina's eyes, an ultimate pursuit of something, "Every wizard has things they pursue, don't they?"

"Those with wisdom should naturally obtain authority. Locke, you and I were born to possess authority."

Locke froze, then bowed to Witch Yekaterina, "Teacher, I'm currently just an ordinary First Circle wizard. Pursuing a teaching position and becoming a Second Circle wizard is the path I'm most urgently pursuing right now."

Witch Yekaterina smiled, unconcerned.

She saw her past self in Locke, but even her past self had never been a wizard who would adopt a mentor's worldview.

Witch Yekaterina said to Locke, "After this competition, I'm planning to have you and your team enter my Group 2 at the Origin Academy. You don't need to regret your accumulation in Group 6. That place can no longer help you as much. For you, Tier 1 project funding is relatively easy to obtain."

"Then how to fully utilize this opportunity is what you should consider."

"Group 2's research is in the colonial world. You'll need to make a trip to the colonial world after the competition to coordinate. This should be your first time properly entering a colonial world for research, right?!"

"Alright. Go participate in the competition."

Witch Yekaterina turned and left. After she departed, Locke seized the final time to drink a Spirit Spring Soul Surge Potion and restore his energy.

At the same time, he fell into entanglement over which attack magic to ultimately choose as his blueprint magic in the future.

Both Peach Bow Thorn Arrow and Porcelain Moon Growth seemed quite good.

Moreover, Forest Sanctuary magic was still incomplete. He still needed to perfect what Dean Lewis hadn't finished in the past.

Could Forest Sanctuary magic be another direction for breakthrough?

For a moment, Locke fell into deep thought.

Moreover, he had a problem that ordinary wizards didn't encounter—the two types of Myst's Power on his body. They themselves were possibilities for advancing to Second Circle wizard outside of Grand Magic.

This further increased his options and the difficulty of choosing from among them.

Perhaps his Grand Magic needed to synthesize everything he had learned so far?

At the same time, Witch Yekaterina returned to Longevity Peach Garden. This was one of the Academic Committee's high-level power bases.

In the conference room within Longevity Peach Garden, seven Third Circle wizards currently sat. All were Throne Wizards.

Presiding over this meeting was a Fourth Circle wizard, one of the academy directors, Gaia Meek.

Director Gaia Meek looked at Witch Yekaterina and inquired, "How did it go?"

Witch Yekaterina nodded, "I gave him Golden Crown Mountain Academic Committee's Sacred Dragon inheritance. He didn't disappoint my expectations and successfully inherited the Sacred Dragon's legacy."

Many Throne Wizards present breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

The Sacred Dragon legend was one of Golden Crown Mountain's important true dragon inheritances. Even the current dragon clan side might not necessarily have this inheritance.

Sacred Dragon's parents were human and dragon. He could choose to be human or choose to be dragon.

Sacred Dragon was originally just an ordinary red dragon descendant, but in past wizard civilization, he continuously enhanced his power and became a certain symbol of that era.

He possessed special power and became a unique dragon, the guardian of truth and the challenger of truth.

That was one of Golden Crown Mountain's sacred dragon inheritances.

Back in the pure-blood era, Golden Crown Mountain had always easily absorbed unconventional wizards in society, especially those dragon blood wizards.

Those wizards carried various special dragon inheritances that originally existed in wizard society and came to Golden Crown Mountain. After a thousand years of organization and accumulation, these inheritances became Golden Crown Mountain's deep foundation.

A Throne Wizard said in a low voice, "Really didn't expect that an outsider who won the Cloud Marsh Cup could obtain Sacred Dragon's power in a single night. Even in our Golden Crown Mountain, Sacred Dragon's inheritance isn't weak."

"If that's the case, then he counts as our direct lineage junior."

Another Throne Wizard said, "Throne Yekaterina originally intended to cultivate him in this direction, right? Otherwise she wouldn't have taught him Peach Bow Thorn Arrow."

"Peach Bow Thorn Arrow is the magic that Lord Sacred Dragon once most loved to use."

A third Throne Wizard said, "But can Peach Bow Thorn Arrow with Sacred Dragon's spirituality really defeat the Council of Elders' secret weapon?"

"Sacred Dragon's inheritance has boosting effects for every stage below Third Circle. But when it can display maximum power is at the Second Circle stage."

"Especially at the moon ring wizard stage..."

Witch Yekaterina said, "I believe in Locke Augustine."

"I hope he can bring us an exciting match. However, everyone, what we should consider isn't just this. There's also the matter of the black wizards..."

...

The next day, morning.

On Arena No. 1, under the gaze of all wizards, Locke and Antoine stood on the arena.

Beside the arena stood many of Locke's former opponents—Witch Preston, Wizard Mike, Witch Camilla, Witch Sera...

These past opponents all focused on this match at this moment.

This match would very likely completely determine the championship ownership of this Spell Combat Tournament.

Witch Preston, as Golden Crown Mountain's White Dragon Princess, looked up at Locke and said, "Locke, teach that arrogant bastard a harsh lesson for me."

"I'll cheer you on from below."

Antoine snorted coldly, "Foolish."

Wizard Mike also said to Locke, "Locke, I want to see just how high your hardness really is."

"You're the wizard who directly destroyed my Kungoding Star Fort fortifications! Don't lose!"

On the arena, Antoine scanned Locke playfully and said, "Looks like you have a good relationship with these trash. Didn't expect you'd actually befriend opponents who lost to you, Wizard Augustine."

Locke smiled, "Can't really call it befriending. It's just that we happened to have some exchanges or made some deals."

"However, when meeting fellow travelers, exchanging a few more words is also nice."

Locke opened the Arthas interface. Indeed, as this match received attention from all, his wizard shoes sales had risen to third on the sales chart.

If he could win this match, perhaps the sales ranking could rise even higher.

This way, after the competition, he could obtain large sums of money to pay off his loans and what he owed Wizard Kelt.

He would also have money to continue research and use that money to accelerate his Tier 1 project funding.

Speaking of which, he was quite looking forward to conducting research in a colonial plane.

After all, it was something he hadn't experienced before.

Wizard Antoine's expression darkened, "Fellow travelers? I don't need such things."

"Referee wizard, can the match begin?"

The Second Circle referee wizard raised an eyebrow but didn't blame Antoine for his disrespectful words. After all, Antoine's image in others' eyes had always been like this.

"Spell Combat Tournament, today's first match, Golden Crown Mountain's Locke Augustine versus Golden Crown Mountain's Antoine Fischer."

His words had just fallen when Antoine chanted a spell. Two attack-type bronze magical artifacts on his arms automatically flew out, transforming into two high-speed rotating wind wheels and high-speed rotating thunder wheels in mid-air.

The Wind-Thunder Twin Wheels instantly attacked Locke.

The moment Locke used the Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow and Plant Mimicry: Green Dragon to dodge, Antoine's figure suddenly appeared before Locke, then he instantly appeared behind Locke.

Locke was astonished. From the very beginning of the match, he felt a certain suppression. That suppression seemed to come not only from Antoine but also from a Third Circle wizard behind Antoine analyzing his tactics.

Antoine had suddenly changed his combat style.

At the same time, this formed special restraint against Locke's early-stage combat style of observing opponents, analyzing situations to react, pursuing deciding victory or defeat in an instant.

Not letting him cast magic if possible.

Locke felt a chill of being targeted.

The next moment, Locke summoned Golden Eye Grass and dodged a dagger-type wizard sword in Antoine's hand. That wizard sword was of considerable quality, at least worth over five hundred thousand magic stones. It emitted a dark energy.

Locke instantly judged it was the Enchantment School's dark energy piercing magic.

A typical assassin-type magic.

This magic's effect was to instantly erode an opponent's defensive magic and suppress the opponent's magical power, interrupting spellcasting.

Golden Eye Grass had the best counterattack against pure energy attacks, but its defensive effect against this type of magic wasn't great. At this moment, with one strike, Golden Eye Grass was immediately damaged. At the same time, the two Wind-Thunder Twin Wheels soul magical artifacts attacked Locke's back.

In a flash, Locke could only withstand the pincer attack of two spell forces. His left hand's back manifested Immortal Dragon Scales, while his right hand summoned Little Diamond Jujube Pendant.

"Troublesome."

Locke wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The Little Diamond Jujube Pendant beside him had lost at least a third of its fast-growing branches. Little Diamond Jujube Pendant had the ability to substitute death for wizards at critical moments.

And his Immortal Dragon Scales, after blocking the dark energy piercing just now, were also temporarily broken. The two Wind-Thunder Twin Wheels directly struck his back.

The next moment, Antoine's attack arrived instantly, giving Locke no chance to counterattack at all.

Six shuttle-shaped wizard swords banged and collided against the shield formed by the Immortal Dragon Scales on Locke's surface. After breaking through, Antoine's wrist wizard sword instantly inserted into Locke's chest.

The Little Diamond Jujube Pendant beside Locke dropped another third of its fast-growing branches to transfer the damage Locke received.

This luxury magical plant truly deserved to be a special magical plant that must be cultivated with Adamant Witch Stone.

If not for it, without a permanent defensive field, Locke would have been killed twice just now.

Antoine's eyes were cold, as if devoid of any emotion, "Hmm, still a bit short."

"Two more sword strikes and you'll lose."

He was about to pull out his wizard sword when suddenly Locke grabbed his hand, and at the same time, his left hand grabbed what seemed like nothing in mid-air.

A chain composed of spirituality appeared in Locke's hand.

Locke, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, looked at him and said, "Although I took one of your sword strikes, I didn't gain nothing. I saw..."

An innate magic eye appeared on Locke's forehead. At the same time, the abyssal energy cycle between his two eyes released a strange light. Under the enhancement of two pupil techniques, and at the instant the wizard sword pierced through his body, Locke saw what Antoine had been hiding all along.

The entire Arena No. 1 was covered in chains.

The ends of these chains connected to these magical artifacts, while the other ends connected to Antoine himself.

Obviously, this was a type of object control technique!

An object control technique hidden by prophecy magic that couldn't be seen by others, preventing people from realizing that being able to manipulate so many magical artifacts was itself one of Antoine's magical talents.

With quick eyes and hands, Locke directly placed the Angel's Tear bracelet from his left hand onto Antoine's right hand.

In an instant, all the magic concealing Antoine's secrets... was completely suppressed.

All spirituality chains were displayed before everyone without reservation.

Locke no longer needed to use this dangerous method to observe Antoine's hidden magic.

Antoine's expression changed drastically. He hadn't anticipated this move at all, "What the hell?"

This was simply an insult to object controllers.

An alchemist was actually ambushed by a competing wizard who put a Second Circle magical artifact on his hand. Of course, it was also because that Second Circle magical artifact's effect was good.

At the same time, ten Diamond Succulents appeared beneath Antoine's feet, their qi connected to each other.

Antoine said, "You're also within the explosion's coverage range."

Locke summoned Golden Eye Grass to block in front of himself. At the same time, a Full Moon Growth appeared behind him. The next moment, a light explosion occurred.

The wizards below the arena, seeing such an exciting offensive and defensive battle, couldn't help but focus intently.

At the same time, the host said, "The level of today's battle is so high that I even think I'm hosting a First Circle level battle in the Grand League."

"Both sides are just probing battles and haven't used their real skills yet, but it's already reached this level of excitement. Wizard friends watching, you can place bets on the two championship candidates through the betting channel in the water hyacinth system... Currently, Wizard Antoine's odds are 1.65, and Wizard Locke Augustine's odds are 2.02!"

"Everyone place your bets quickly!"

"Let us also thank the following shop alliances for sponsoring this competition... Let us thank Golden Crown Mountain for investing in this competition..."