“What the hell!”
“He’s talking back to the teacher!”
“Is Aardman out of his mind?”
An uproar went through the crowd when they saw the Dragon Person teenager’s actions. The students were greatly astounded as they gazed at Aardman’s back. He was actually talking back to the teacher! Was this guy a fool?
All the teachers frowned one after another, and they looked at Aardman rather hostilely. Fire Dragon Magic Academy had a complex student body makeup, where most students came from very influential backgrounds.
Managing a group of students like that... wasn’t an easy task!
As such, the kingdom, and even the academy, gave teachers absolute authority. Be it any student, as long as they dared to affront the teachers, they would definitely have a terrible end!
Aardman’s act of talking back to the teacher on the spot could already potentially be considered offensive!
“What are you unable to accept?” asked Dirk Norway in a cold and loud voice.
“Mr. Dirk, I don’t have any intention of offending you!”
Aardman went on in a deep voice, and said, “I just feel that as a Magician, knowing how to perform spells doesn’t count as much. What’s important is... Practical combat! If it’s only good for show, but of no use at all, then it can only be considered fancy fighting techniques at best!”
After saying that, he glanced at Meng Lei and said with some disdain in his eyes, “Meng Lei’s spells certainly look good, but how his practical combat ability is is something we don’t know yet!”
“What do you want to do?” asked Dirk Norway with a cold snort.
“Battle with him!”
Aardman looked straight at Meng Lei and asked, “Meng Lei, do you dare to battle with me in front of all the teachers?!”
“Preposterous! Don’t you know that the academy prohibits fighting in private?!” berated Dirk Norway furiously as he slammed his palm against the table and got to his feet.
Aardman replied loudly, “The academy indeed prohibits fighting in private. However, public showdowns with a teacher acting as a witness are permitted. With so many teachers present today, this shouldn’t be considered a private fight, right?!”
“You—”
Dirk Norway was so furious that he was glaring at him. He was about to reprimand him again when Baldi Tylon, Class 2’s head teacher, spoke up. He said, “Department Head Dirk, although this student is rather impolite, he does make some sense. Practical combat ability is ultimately still what matters in the end for magicians!”
After he said that, he looked at Meng Lei and said cheerfully, “I believe that if Meng Lei doesn’t display his practical combat ability, even if he takes top place in the examination this time, the rest of the students won’t admit defeat wholeheartedly, either, right?”
“Yes!”
“We don’t accept this!”
“We’ll know if he’s the real deal after we take him out for a spin!”
“What’s the big deal about knowing how to perform spells? You’re only truly strong if your practical combat ability is strong!”
“Magic is used for battle, not to perform fancy tricks!”
All the Dragon People teenagers spoke one after another. Their eyes were full of provocation as they looked at Meng Lei. They had found Meng Lei an eyesore since a long time ago. All of them wanted to teach Meng Lei a good lesson right now, and show all the teachers one thing—”So what even if he has good talent? Isn’t he being pummeled to a pulp by us all the same now?!”
“Mr. Baldi, this isn’t part of the mid-term examination!” Dirk Norway’s expression darkened and turned rather awful-looking.
“Isn’t the purpose of the examination exactly to assess the students’ improvement and results of their studies during this period of time? As long as it achieves that purpose, the process isn’t that important!”
Baldi Tylon chuckled and looked at Meng Lei. He asked, “Meng Lei, are you willing to accept his challenge, and show all of us your practical combat ability?”
Whoosh!
For a moment, everyone’s eyes fell onto Meng Lei. Aardman even said provocatively, “You don’t need to worry at all. I’ll only use magic, and won’t make use of my physique, lest everyone says that I’m bullying you! You... Do you dare to?”
Meng Lei smiled lightly and replied, “What’s there to fear? However, since we’re going to battle, shouldn’t we have some prizes?”
“Hahaha! I just like how bold and forthright you are!”
Aardman was overjoyed upon hearing Meng Lei’s agreement to the battle. With a flick of his wrist, he took out a purple magic crystal card. Then, he grinned and said, “There are 10,000 gold coins in here. You can consider it the prize for this battle. What say you?”
“That’s too much! I don’t have that much money!” Meng Lei shook his head and added, “I only have the scholarship grant of 5,000 gold coins!”
“That’s more than enough!”
Aardman waved dismissively. He didn’t take Meng Lei’s 5,000 gold coins to heart at all. His objective wasn’t the money, but to teach Meng Lei a lesson and embarrass him!
“Since that’s the case, then let’s battle!” replied Meng Lei calmly.
“Alright!”
All the other students scattered and left the training ground to the two of them.
“Sigh! How muddleheaded of him!”
Dirk Norway sighed as he watched the two boys that were about to get into a battle. Although he had high hopes for Meng Lei, he didn’t think that the current Meng Lei could defeat Aardman.
Given his experience, he naturally had a good picture of the situation. Aardman’s body was comparable to a Fourth-Grade Warrior’s, and his magic power reserves were also incredibly abundant, making him a solid Third-Grade Magician!
Adding to this a Dragon Person’s naturally strong battle instincts, how could Meng Lei possibly win?
Nevermind, it’s good for him to experience the gap between humans and Dragon People! That way, he will definitely be even more hardworking in the future!
...
Aardman and Meng Lei stood in the center of the training ground.
One of them was 1.6 meters tall, thin, and frail!
The other was muscular, tall, and strong!
Just by looking at their body types alone, they were in two completely different leagues!
“Go for it, old bro!”
The fatty and Daniel were nervous and anxious. They secretly broke out in cold sweat over Meng Lei. To be honest, they didn’t think that Meng Lei could win, either. Aardman wasn’t just any ordinary person!
He had pure Black Dragon blood in him and was naturally gifted with a strong and mighty body. His magic talent was also very high. He was ranked in the top few even among the new students this year!
With him as an opponent, how could Meng Lei possibly win?
“Meng Lei, you’re a human, so I’ll let you have the first move!”
Aardman crossed his arms in front of his chest and was all smiles as he looked at Meng Lei with his chin raised. He had the expression of someone confident that he could handle everything with his wit and intelligence on his face. He didn’t think much of Meng Lei at all!
“Alright!”
The corners of Meng Lei’s mouth quirked upward, and he snapped his fingers lightly.
Whoosh!
A thunder ball, the size of a basketball, suddenly appeared!
Then, he snapped his fingers again!
A second thunder ball also manifested!
Then, followed by the third, fourth, fifth...
In the blink of an eye, nine thunder balls had appeared in front of Meng Lei!
Electric currents surged and flowed, emitting loud crackling noises!
Brilliant silver light dazzled everyone’s eyes!
Chapter 33: An Overwhelming Crush of Others’ IQ, Fourth-Grade Magician
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Nine basketball-sized thunder balls floated around Meng Lei and gave off dazzling and resplendent silver light, making Meng Lei look like a Thunder God from the heavens!
“Instant release!!”
The teachers jumped to their feet all at once as they looked at Meng Lei and the nine thunder balls floating around him in great astonishment!
“Instant release of a First-Grade Spell!”
“How did he manage to do that?”
“He’s just a Third-Grade Magician, isn’t he?!”
Disbelief filled all the teachers’ eyes!
A high-level Magician was able to instantly release low-grade spells because their powerful spiritual power could totally complete the setup and arrangement of magic elements in an instant, thereby completing the discharge of low-grade spells.
To put it simply, this was using a high level of skill to do low-level tasks, or the strong bullying the weak!
Just like first-grade math!
To a first-grader, addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers were very difficult, so it was necessary for them to take their time to calculate. However, to a student in a higher grade, this couldn’t get any easier!
Release of magic was naturally a lot tougher than addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. However, the logic was more or less the same. High-level Magicians could instantly release low-grade spells of a certain level. In fact, Saint Domain Magicians could instantly complete even high-grade spells!
However, Meng Lei was just a Third-Grade Magician!
Yet he could already instantly release First-Grade Spells?
“Normally, Magicians can instantly release four low-grade spells!”
There was a deep dark look in Dirk Norway’s eyes as he said, “One needs to be at least a Fifth-Grade Magician if they want to instantly release First-Grade Spells. Meng Lei has evidently already broken this established law!”
All the teachers nodded one after another.
At the other side...
“Go!”
Meng Lei let out a low shout and pointed in the distance!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Three thunder balls sliced through the air and instantly shot toward Aardman!
“Thinking of injuring me with just a mere First-Grade Spell?”
Aardman sneered and said, “I don’t even need to dodge them!”
Boom!
The three thunder balls collided against Aardman and exploded with a boom!
Crackle, crackle!
Countless electric currents ran helter-skelter and wreaked havoc on Aardman’s body. He let out a cold snort and said, “Oh great genius, is that all you’ve got?”
Meng Lei smiled in response. Then, his fingers tapped the air a few times in succession. Thunder balls crashed toward Aardman one after another and exploded like bombs, completely burying Aardman in them!
“I’ve told you, First-Grade Spells can’t deal me any damage!”
Aardman stood where he was and allowed the electric currents to wreak havoc on his body at will. With a mocking expression, he said, “You’d better use high-grade spells instead. Otherwise, you won’t have a chance at beating me at all!”
Meng Lei let out a laugh. An abnormal glint flashed across the bottom of his eyes, and he replied, “Since you’re looking forward to that so much, how can I disappoint you, right?”
He had only just spoken when he started to chant a spell incantation at high speed. Upon being summoned, the electric currents snaking all over Aardman swiftly converged and grouped together!
“That’s...”
Aardman’s expression changed upon sensing the abnormalities taking place on his body. The electric currents surging around him swiftly came together to form several chains. As though ropes, the chains bound and confined him completely!
“Unravel!” Aardman roared furiously and struggled fiercely.
However, little did he expect that not only was he unable to struggle free of the electric chains, but the shocks from the electric chains even numbed his limbs and made him weak and powerless!
“Third-Grade Spell, Thunderbolt Chain!”
Horatio, the teacher in charge of the Thunder-Element Course, sprung to his feet. He said, “You can release Thunderbolt Chain like that, too? Genius! He’s truly a genius!”
“Using a bunch of thunder balls to bomb Aardman and numb his senses. Then, at the same time as he becomes numb and lets down his guard, making use of the Thunder Elements on his body to form a higher-grade Thunderbolt Chain to trap Aardman!”
Dirk Norway took a breath and said, “What a shrewd scheme! I’d thought that that child’s Thunder Balls were meaningless in the beginning. Little did I expect that there would be great use to them!
“They total exactly 18 thunder balls, which just so happens to be the amount of Thunder Elements that releasing a round of Thunderbolt Chain requires!”
Class 2’s Thunder-Element teacher was full of marvel as he said, “That little guy had already calculated all of this from the beginning. The whole battle is within his plans!”
“Does having great magic talent add to one’s intelligence, too?”
All the other teachers didn’t know what to say anymore. This was just a simple showdown, yet Meng Lei had shown them what an “overwhelming crush of other people’s IQ” was!
Now, that was infuriating!
Not only did he have great magic talent, but he was even so intelligent. How were other people supposed to live with themselves now?
“He has great talent, and he’s also very smart!”
“That child has a very promising future!”
“IQ... Sigh, in this aspect, Dragon People are certainly slightly inferior to humans!”
The battle had already ended by this point. After he was bound by the Thunderbolt Chain, Aardman couldn’t free himself for the time being at all!
Meng Lei took advantage of this period of time to quickly chant an incantation. The Thunder Elements in the surroundings, upon being beckoned, quickly formed a long spear—it was the Third-Grade Spell, Thunderbolt Javelin!
“Bastard! C’mon, unravel!”
Aardman tried desperately to struggle free, but it was to no avail!
In the end, the Thunderbolt Javelin took form and pressed against his throat!
“You’ve lost!” said Meng Lei calmly.
“I...”
Aardman’s face flushed red, yet he couldn’t say a single word in response. He certainly did have a body that was comparable to a Fourth-Grade Warrior’s, but should he suffer a blow from the Thunderbolt Javelin, even if he didn’t die, he would no doubt still be maimed!
This battle... He had indeed lost!
With a wave, Meng Lei withdrew the Thunderbolt Javelin, and the Thunderbolt Chains shackled around Aardman. Then, he held out his right palm, the meaning behind his action self-evident!
“Since I had dared to make a bet, then I will concede defeat!”
Aardman looked livid as he chucked the magic crystal card at Meng Lei. He said, “Don’t get too ahead of yourself, though. My loss this time was because I had taken the enemy lightly and let down my guard. I’ll defeat you for sure the next time!”
“As long as you have the money, I’m willing to take you up on it anytime!”
Meng Lei smiled lightly and returned to the corner.
“What the! Old bro, you’re too amazing!”
The fatty and Daniel’s eyes were full of little stars, and the way they looked at Meng Lei was full of awe and idolization. Not only had he become a Third-Grade Magician, but he had even defeated Aardman!
There was only one word to describe this—impressive!!
“This is nothing,” replied Meng Lei with a smile.
He didn’t take all of this to heart at all. With both his lifetimes put together, he was already in his 30s. What was there to boast about defeating a 15 to 16-year-old junior high school student?!
“Old bro, aren’t you too calm about this?”
The fatty and Daniel were rather speechless. After successfully showing off such a great deal in front of so many people, anyone would be abnormally worked up. Yet Meng Lei was so absurdly calm!
“Am I?”
Meng Lei rolled his eyes.
“Yes!”
The two of them nodded simultaneously.
“Fine! Actually, I’m not calm at all deep down. In fact, I even kind of want to laugh!” replied Meng Lei in resignation.
“Oh, so you’re pretending to be calm!”
“I knew it!”
Meng Lei indeed wanted to laugh, but it wasn’t because he had managed to show off a lot. Rather, it was because he had won 10,000 gold coins. If he were to use them to redeem Stat Attribute Points, it would be enough for him to do a significant upgrade!
One must know that after these three months of cowardly maturing, two of his attributes had already reached their breakthrough points. He only needed to make a small redemption, and they would be able to cross over into a new stage!
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human
Wealth: 25,187 gold coins
Physical Body Constitution: Third-Grade Warrior (619/1,000)
Spirit: Third-Grade Magician (966/1,000)
Magic Power: Third-Grade Magician (927/1,000)
Spell(s): Some increase
Battle Skills: Battle Peak Chant, Rock-Crushing Palm, Earth-Rending Cleave
His spirit was 966 points!
His magic power was 927 points!
He needed only 35+74=109 Attribute Points, and he would be able to cross over into the ranks of Fourth-Grade Magicians! And 109 Attribute Points needed only 1,090 gold coins!
“System, redeem 35 Spirit Points, and 74 Magic Power Points!”
Chapter 34: Gold-Medal Fighters, Earning Money Like One Is Committing Robbery
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Ding! Redemption successful. Congratulations to the host for becoming a Fourth-Grade Magician!”
Wisps of magic power formed out of thin air and flooded Meng Lei’s body, making him feel extremely relaxed and comfortable. His mind became unprecedentedly clear and bright, his state of mind was full of vigor, and he was full of spirit!
It felt fantastic!
“Old bro, why is your face suddenly so rosy?”
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