Chapter 313 – Public Execution

Elena was in deep thought contemplating about eating Yao Zi’s flesh when her magic radar suddenly had an intense reaction. She was startled by the danger alert and thought something huge happened, when she took a look, she realized that crazy bastard Lin Xiao was preparing to cast eighth-level magic!

What was eight-level magic?

For humans, eighth-level magic was essentially the limit, it has nothing to do with levels, it was a law of nature.

Even if you were talented and meditated for tens of years and finally broke through the eighth-level bottleneck and advanced to the ninth-level, you are still only able to cast eighth-level magic.

That was because casting magic created an intense burden on the body that cannot be changed by humans. When one’s level was low, magicians can use magic circles, chanting and their magic power to cast an equivalent level of magic, reducing the burden to the minimum and only use up magic power and not notice any difference.

But once magic reaches the eight-level, and the legendary forbidden ninth-level magic, the burden cannot be reduced simply through casting techniques and it doesn’t only consume magic power.

Forbidden ninth-level magic was something even more rare than the wizard’s bloodline, even the famous grand magician Woos has never once casted a forbidden magic, he was only able to cast eighth-level magic with the help of tools and a staff.

So eighth-level magic was essentially the limit for normal humans, and its power was extremely terrifying!

That was because it could threaten Elena’s life!

As a high-level demon, red-eyed black cats were extremely magic resistant, so normal sixth and seventh-level magic couldn’t do much to her, unless it was a large-scale bombardment, unlike eighth-level magic…

Elena wouldn’t dare go head to head with eighth-level magic, even when fully transformed, because if she was hit head-on, the consequences were unimaginable.

While Elena was thinking about it, Lin Xiao already started!

Because a huge amount of magic power was required for eighth-level magic, even Lin Xiao needed some effort. It was also high risk, so he could easily lose his life if he made a mistake.

Elena couldn’t stay silent anymore.

“Lin Xiao, you’re still only advanced seventh-level, far from breaking through, don’t underestimate a one level difference! Eighth-level magic is the limit for humans, you’ll die if you force yourself!”

Elena nervously yelled and hoped that fool could hear her.

“Do you want to kill yourself? Stop overestimating yourself, do you actually think you’re invincible!?”

No matter what Elena yelled, Lin Xiao turned a deaf ear and it didn’t look like he was going to stop.

“Damn, that idiot!”

Eighth-level magic was completely different, its power and complexity weren’t even near the same level, it was greater than one could imagine, so as soon as the casting started the caster had to be completely focused. It wouldn’t even be a stretch to say that you were handing over your soul, so trying to interrupt his casting with simple yelling and seduction was wishful thinking.

Furthermore, Lin Xiao’s surroundings were already enveloped by a raging fire, even if Elena was a fourth-level warrior, she might not even be able to break through that magic barrier, let alone when she’s only a normal human female right now, so there was no way she could get close to interrupt him.

It was over, it was all over.

Elena clenched her teeth and could only helplessly watch as this tragedy played out. Even if she didn’t want to witness it, her magic radar and sensitive perception still gave her a clear insight into the whole process.

And that was for sure going to be Lin Xiao not being able to control the immense power, his mind would take heavy damage, then he would bleed from all over, leading the magic power in his body to explode and he would turn into a mound of flesh!

Finally, Lin Xiao that was known for his calmness and composure was unable to maintain his composure regarding his favorite area of magic, his competitive spirit was riled by Yao Zi and he lost his composure and tried to cast eighth-level magic and ended up dying tragically.

Men are always a headache.

Elena bitterly thought.

When she was young, she admired her father and always thought that he was mature and an outstanding demon king. It wasn’t until she grew up that she found out that her father was also an immature little boy and would pick fights for no reason to fight for his worthless honor.

Just like Lin Xiao, he’s taking a risk to prove his power with magic, how foolish!

Even if he succeeds, what does that prove? It’s not like Yao Zi was an enemy, why is he risking his life?

Even if he beat Yao Zi and proved his strength, who even knows about it?

Elena couldn’t understand, perhaps even Lin Xiao never thought about it, but the reason was actually quite simple.

Try to ask, who is the only person right here and right now that can see his victory with their own eyes?

Other than his maid, was there anyone else?

If Elena wasn’t behind him silently watching his every move, then would he still be taking such a risk?

Men liked to show off in front of their intimate partners.

Of course, there was a price for that.

“Damn, isn’t this too fucking complicated?” Lin Xiao angrily complained.

Although he looked cool as he was surrounded by the fire, only he knew what an intense burden he was carrying.

“If I had known I should have tried the circle first before chanting… now that I called this much fire, aren’t I just playing myself to death?”

Sweat seeped out of his forehead, but before the droplet could fully form, it was already evaporated by the surrounding flames.

He shouldn’t have tried to show off… eighth-level magic, the dragon of extinction, he already called the fire element, but he was stuck at the magic circle formation.

Lin Xiao had actually always cast magic above his level before so it had become a habit, he thought he could easily cast eighth-level magic as well with his prior experience.

As for the magic, he saw it in the Loran Academy library before and out of curiosity he studied and memorized the magic circle, but he never practiced it, he naively thought that he would be able to succeed on the first try just like before, but evidently, he underestimated the complexity of eighth-level magic.

On the surface, the dragon of extinction was simply a stronger version of dragon’s fury, the circle was only several times bigger than the sixth-level version, but the reality was…

But it wasn’t only several times more complex, it was tens, maybe hundreds of times more complex!

Only after drawing the circle, Lin Xiao realized how complex it was. For normal circles, one strand of magic power formed one distinct line, but for eighth-level magic, one line was equivalent to one complete magic circle! In other words, it wasn’t simple addition and subtraction, it was a geometric sequence!

Actually, there was one thing that Lin Xiao didn’t know… before, even the grand magician Woos needed the help of tools to cast eighth-level magic, like magic power amplification crystals and a magic staff with the circle already drawn, and with those tools along with his casting experience, only then could he barely cast it.

And him?

He was trying to do it unassisted… and whilst bypassing a level!?

Elena liked his actions to committing suicide, but she was already being generous. If Snow saw this, she would surely say that Lin Xiao was a worm with human skin, now he reaps what he has sown, it was his fate as a worm!

… Of course, even if they wanted to insult what little self-esteem he had left, that would have to wait for when he survives, if he died, who can Elena and Snow go to insult?

Unlike Elena’s worry, Yao Zi was still expressionlessly watching Lin Xiao.

“Eighth-level magic… amazing…”

Yao Zi still naively thought that the investigation was continuing so she continued to carefully observe and waited to imitate him.

Your mom, idiot Yao Zi, stop watching… what the hell are you still looking at! I’m about to blow myself up, if you copy me, you’re going to blow yourself up too!

Yao Zi’s gaze made his head hurt.

He just wanted to cast some magic that Yao Zi couldn’t imitate, not only did he fail, he’s even in a dangerous predicament. What was infuriating was that Yao Zi was still seriously watching and learning… this was just a public execution!

Was it really over for him just like that?

Just as he was enduring the enormous pressure and pain, he suddenly heard a shrill cry.

When he shifted his gaze with great difficulty, he saw a woman that was almost going crazy.

“Damn pervert! Stop! Hurry up and stop!”