Chapter 51.2

Ji Qingzhou had no intention of winning at all. Thus, her posture was more relaxed. Well, it was also because the formation set up to protect the combat stage also blocked those discomforting eyes.

Shen Rongyu observed her reactions, and then saw Wen Ying who was standing on the opposite side talking again.

“Your magic treasure is really ominous,” Wen Ying was still a brat, so he spoke without restraint.

Ji Qingzhou’s mind was wandering off at first, but when she heard Wen Ying’s comment, she didn’t even roll her eyes and straight up ignored him.

Despite this, Wen Ying wanted to brush his presence in front of her: “I usually meet you outside after morning class, and you appear like this. Are you deaf? Is that why you can’t hear me?”

Ji Qingzhou was wondering why it was taking Ye Duanhong so long to calculate the scores. He might as well let her do the calculations. The words Wen Ying uttered finally pulled her back from her distracted state.

“I’m not deaf,” Ji Qingzhou emphasized every word, “My umbrella is not bad, so shut it.”

She was somewhat irked — How dare Wen Ying express his dislike of her magic treasure?

“You dare to use an umbrella that looks somewhat similar to the one used by Huang Shi. The people who were under the canopy of the umbrella are all dead. Do you want to die too?” Wen Ying raised his voice and questioned her.

“You and I don’t take Magic Classes with the same elder. How did you meet me after the morning classes?” Ji Qingzhou reacted slowly, belatedly questioning the loopholes in Wen Ying’s statements.

“You… I…” Wen Ying was confused by Ji Qingzhou’s retort. He stuttered for a while, and his face turned red.

He’d just… happened to pass by.

Ji Qingzhou silenced him, and continued to woolgathering, thinking about what to eat tonight.

Others didn’t hear the conversation between the two on the combat stage, but Shen Rongyu heard it clearly. Sometimes, when he led Ji Qingzhou back to White Water Island after her morning classes, he noticed the man.

He had no impressions of the disciples in the sect, and that included Wen Ying. He just assumed he was passing by.

But now… It seemed that that wasn’t the case.

Shen Rongyu’s gaze toward the combat stage turned heavy but Wen Ying was oblivious to it.

At long last, after struggling with the numbers, Ye Duanhong finally summed up the scores of the last battle. He then raised his hand to signal the start of the last battle.

When Ye Duanhong announced the start of the competition, Wen Ying took two steps back and put on a fighting stance. He also unsheathed his sword which was emitting a bright blue light.

It was Ji Qingzhou’s first fight, and she was at a loss, so she just stood on the stage blankly. She didn’t react until Wen Ying made a move, and when the blade of his sword aimed at her with fiery flames.

In a reflex, she opened Sansan, and the umbrella surface blocked the flames on Wen Ying’s sword. His Flame Technique and sword moves were fused ingeniously.

Seeing the flames licking up the umbrella’s surface and burning the falling flowers on it, Ji Qingzhou felt a little distressed. She raised her hand, and cast a Water Drawing Technique, directly extinguishing the flames.

At the same time, she sensed danger from Wen Ying’s oppressive aura.

Her first reaction was to run. After casting the Water Drawing Technique, she immediately switched to the Air Control Technique, coordinated with the Sansan, and flew directly into the sky.

Disciples of the same cultivation base lacked enough magic power to use the Flight Control Magic for a long time while maneuvering a magic treasure to carry their flight. Nonetheless, Ji Qingzhou’s maneuvers were undoubtedly ingenious. With two spells combined, the efficiency of her flight was high.

“You are only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. How long can you fly—” Wen Ying was not to be outdone. He strode with his sword and continued to chase her.

Ji Qingzhou held the umbrella with both her hands and swooped down, flying backwards. Only then did she realize that running away was not the solution.

She waved her hand, and another wood spirit spell was cast out. Rootless vines sprouted on the ground, flying directly towards Wen Ying and binding his feet.

Wen Ying swung his sword to cut off the green vines, but Ji Qingzhou controlled the vines and included his hands in their tight bound.

This seemingly simple move stunned many elders in the audience. They turned their heads in unison to Shen Rongyu, the only person familiar with Ji Qingzhou, and asked, “Rongyu, have you been secretly teaching her how to control and use multiple magic spells at the same time?”

Of course, Shen Rongyu never taught her these. He replied smoothly, “Elder, is this something that can be imparted through teaching?”

“She is flying in the sky, not directly using her magic treasure, but flying with the Air Control Technique. Furthermore, her magic power efficiency is much higher.” Many elders who were watching captured a lead. “Now she can even cast a wood spirit technique to control Wen Ying’s movements?”

“For a disciple at this stage, it is already tough to control the use of two spells at the same time, but she actually cast three spells with different attributes simultaneously?!” someone exclaimed in disbelief.

“Speaking of which, magic actually has attribute preferences. For example, Ze Kingdom’s Ying Xiu was proficient at water attribute magic just now, so there’s no question that she will struggle to cast fire attribute spells that are completely contrary to water. But look at Ji Qingzhou’s actions. Because she is unperceptive to spirit qi, she… should be able to use any magic attribute…”

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