Chapter 480: The Ten Great Holy Lands (Major Chapter)
Several Awakeners stepped onto the platform one after another, showcasing their signature Spells or Talent Abilities.
Bamboo Rat Li pointed out the issues in their casting process, correcting them one by one... Many flaws were common to most Awakeners, and even those who weren't lucky enough to be chosen benefited greatly.
The last person was Zhang Weilong.
Bamboo Rat Li stood on tiptoe, trying hard to look serious, but eventually gave up tugging at her ear, pausing before saying, "Your strength is not bad, and your understanding of Spells is stronger than the others. Let's try a different approach..."
After much thought, her eyes lit up, "Let's spar a little with Spells, of course, for safety, we'll suppress our Source Power level to Fifth Tier Peak."
As soon as she said this, the students below were not convinced.
What did she mean by "stronger than the others?" This was mockery! But 'Tang Xiaoli' the tutor was so adorable, and just a kid, so of course, it wasn't her fault.
Profoundly, everyone's gaze turned to Zhang Weilong.
Zhang Weilong frowned slightly, and the next moment, he stopped holding back, as the aura of the Thirteen Layer spread out.
A great number of students were struck dumb.
The bald man grew excited, clearing his throat to introduce his team leader's achievements to the others...
It could be summed up in two words,
Awesome!
Zhang Weilong was one of the earliest people to awaken, and since then, he outclassed all, slaying powerful Demonized Beasts, penetrating county towns to seize materials, entering and exiting the Demon Tide seven times, braving through the perilous Secret Realm alone, and annihilating Fourth Epoch powerhouses with his Spells...
In the region where they used to roam, no one could catch up with Zhang Weilong's strength.
He had surpassed first-class masters, creating a class of his own.
In a novel, he would be the very definition of a protagonist.
rbqrbq...
The rest of the students shut their mouths.
Instructor Luo or Eileen the Goddess had their own legends, but many didn't even know that Tang Xiaoli, the Special Level Tutor, existed, let alone her achievements, before today.
Die-hard Martial Arts Hall students were worried.
Zhang Weilong hesitated.
This lesson, he had learned a lot, and the puzzles hidden in his heart suddenly became clear. Even though Tang Xiaoli looked young, in his heart, she was worthy of the title 'tutor.'
In terms of theoretical and practical usage of magic, I am not her equal.
However, when it came to real combat strength,
Zhang Weilong knew that he was much stronger than other Awakeners at the same level—there were no true peers at his level, but comparing some of the people nowadays with his past self, at the same tier, he had more Source Power, and the Talent Abilities he used were more powerful...
Even if he simulated some simpler Talent Abilities, such as the 'Fireball Technique' or 'Jet Flame' and so on... he could only simulate up to seventy or eighty percent accuracy, but when deployed, the power was even greater than the originals.
That's simply how unreasonable talents can be.
All his past battles, even if he charged in recklessly, no Demonized Beast of the same tier could take a single hit from him.
Suppressing the Source Power level to Fifth Tier Peak... For others, it might be a real Fifth Tier Peak, but for him, it was going to exceed it by a lot.
This was already an unfair challenge from the start.
Zhang Weilong hesitated, he had many more questions to ask, but if he defeated the tutor in the spar, wouldn't that be offensive... Putting himself in their shoes, he would surely blackball such people.
Countless pairs of eager eyes were fixed on them below, while Tang Xiaoli had also taken distance, her aura lowered and steadied at Fifth Tier Peak.
...There was no time to drag this out any further!
Zhang Weilong took a deep breath, walked to the other side of the platform, maintaining about a hundred meters from her, his aura also slowly lowered and stabilized at Fifth Tier Peak.
The spar could not be avoided, but holding back would settle it.
Zhang Weilong put on a solemn appearance, "Come on!"
The sparring was just a battle with Spells, meaning both sides would attack each other with Spells.
As a student, Zhang Weilong took the initiative, with two balls of blazing fire rising from his palms. Bringing his palms together, a Fire Snake roared out with a whoosh.
This was one of his Five Elements Talent Abilities, with an extremely high proficiency in casting. The Fire Snake didn't fly straight but twisted and turned as if a python had come to life.
Whoosh~
A wave of heat swept through.
Xiaoli extended her delicate paw... err, hand, one, two, three... in the blink of an eye, several Fire Birds the size of sparrows appeared. Flapping their wings, they chirped and readied to attack, circling around the Fire Snake, sometimes diving down like predatory eagles.
The several Fire Birds moved at varying speeds as if they had been given life, and were much more vivid than the Fire Snake.
The first move was just a probe.
Zhang Weilong saw the Fire Birds pecking the Fire Snake to pieces, which was not surprising to him. The control of fire incarnations was much better than his, and that was normal.
He started to get serious, holding back didn't mean he intended to lose miserably.
Several Fire Birds approached.
Zhang Weilong's Source Power surged, the air around became moist, and then fog swirled around, forming a light blue mist vortex that drew in the Fire Birds. They couldn't escape and hissed as they vanished within it.
Attribute suppression was also a kind of tactical application of Spells.
Both changed moves and countered moves.
Zhang Weilong mastered the Five Elements Spells of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, and had also pondered some derivative uses, changing Spells with a wave of his hand.
Bamboo Rat Li had undergone systematic magic education, not only in Green Shadow but even before she was summoned here, in the Bamboo Rat Clan, Xiaoli had been cultivating for more than a decade. For their clan—a large one with a complete heritage—she was particularly outstanding in the Illusion Technique.
Tang Yu had wondered why Xiaoli made a Contract, and ultimately could only attribute it to the intuition of a foodie—Earth's cuisine truly couldn't be compared to the sustenance of the Bamboo Rat Clan.