Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
To ordinary people, magic was just like tricks, yet also different from them. At the same time, while they were cool and dazzling, they also carried fearsome destructiveness.
However, all Magicians were well aware that magic actually wasn’t that amazing—there was a specific and particular way to cast every spell.
How to chant the spell incantation;
How much magic elements they must gather;
How the magic elements should be arranged;
All these aspects had their own specific patterns and rules. Making a mistake in any of them would cause the spellcasting to fail.
What this meant was that Fireball Technique had its own way of arranging magic elements while the Fire Lotus Judgment also had its own set of spellcasting steps. Once they had been cast, the spells would be set in stone, and there wouldn’t be any way to alter them anymore.
There was no way it could be Fireball Technique one moment, yet morph into Fire Lotus Judgment the next. If anyone could achieve something like that, then sorry, but that would definitely be tricks meant to deceive one and not strict, rigorous magic!
This was the most basic piece of general knowledge in magic and was also something acknowledged among all Magicians.
Yet under the watchful eyes of the public, Meng Lei had broken this very same piece of general knowledge in magic.
“Fireball Technique has turned into Fire Lotus Judgment?”
“A first-grade spell has turned into a ninth-grade spell?”
“Oh my dragon god! Am I seeing things?”
A huge uproar went through the whole arena. Some people’s mouths were wide agape, some were rubbing their eyes hard, and some had almost jumped out of their seats...
Everyone in the venue was astounded by what they had seen!
In the private room, King Flit the 66th, Queen Diana, President Fred, the blond elderly man, as well as the other academy presidents’ jaws had also dropped.
For others, their astoundment arose from the fact that they didn’t understand what had happened. In their case, however, it was because they understood the inner workings that they found it inconceivable.
Just like how there was no way a rock could turn into gold for no reason, it was impossible for the Fireball Technique that had already been cast to morph into Fire Lotus Judgment for no reason!.
However, this didn’t mean that it was unachievable.
It was actually possible for rocks to turn into gold.
Similarly, the Fireball Technique could also morph into Fire Lotus Judgment!.
By using the laws of nature, one could achieve this!
And it was precisely because they knew that this was achievable through the laws of nature that they found it so shocking and horrifying.
“President Fred, when did that little fellow comprehend the laws of nature?”
Flit the 66th looked at President Fred with astonishment in his eyes. He was a Fire Colossal Dragon, and his main field of cultivation was fire-elemental laws of nature. Thus, he had the strongest right to speak among everyone present.
For Fireball Technique to morph into Fire Lotus Judgment, there were definitely fire-elemental laws of nature involved here. Although the depth of his technique was very shallow and had touched only the tip of the iceberg that was fire-elemental laws of nature, there was no denying that it was indeed the laws of nature. Once laws of nature came into play, the result was a difference between heaven and earth!
“Your Majesty, to be honest, I don’t know, either!”
With a shake of his head, President Fred gave him a wry smile and replied, “I’ve always thought that he was just a Ninth-Grade Great Magician. I’ve never once imagined that he could comprehend laws of nature. He’s so young, after all!”
Flit the 66th nodded slowly and said, “Indeed. He’s certainly too young. Attaining the realm of a Ninth-Grade Great Magician at 16 years of age is already astounding enough, let alone comprehend the laws of nature?”
All the academy presidents nodded one after another with complex looks on their faces.
16 years old!
What a young and tender age!
At 16 years old, most people had only just enrolled in school and were in the midst of learning their magic basics. As for comprehending laws of nature... That was a notion too far away from them.
“He has already comprehended the laws of nature!”
A flash went past Flit the 66th’s eyes, and he said, “It’s only a matter of time until that little fellow advances to Saint Domain!”
“Your Majesty is right!”
Everyone agreed wholeheartedly with him. For a Ninth-Grade Great Magician to promote to Saint Domain, they mustn’t lack any of the three aspects of spiritual power, magic power reserves, and comprehension of the laws of nature.
Among the three, comprehending the laws of nature was the hardest to achieve. A vast majority of ninth-grade experts spent their whole lives comprehending the universe’s momentum, yet up till the point of their deaths, they couldn’t even see the laws of nature’s vague outlines.
This wasn’t the case for Meng Lei, however. He had already begun to comprehend fire-elemental laws of nature, so he only needed to improve his spiritual power and magic power reserves, and the road to promoting to Saint Domain... would naturally form for him.
In other words, Meng Lei was already a shoo-in for the Saint Domain realm. On top of that, it wasn’t that far off anymore.
“Someone as highly talented as that is certainly a worthy match for Little Ninth!”
Flit the 66th suddenly turned to the delicate teenage girl behind him. Then, he asked in a mild, gentle voice, “Little Ninth, how do you find Meng Lei?”
“Father...”
The teenage girl’s face turned red from embarrassment at once.
...
Boom!
As a great fire blazed away, as far as the fire lotus reached, the dozens of thorny vines were all reduced to ashes. All the pink flowers scattered in various corners around the ring were also turned into ashes!
Chester, the Green Dragon Person, surprisingly reacted pretty quickly. He jumped out of the sea of fire the instant Fire Lotus Judgment crashed into him. Aside from singeing a bit of his hair, he didn’t take much damage.
His powerful physical body constitution shone through without a doubt in this instant.
However, Chester was staring at Meng Lei with a horrified expression at the moment. “Your Fireball Technique has actually morphed into the Ninth-Grade Spell, Fire Lotus Judgment? How did you do that?”
Meng Lei let out a small laugh in response, even though he was actually secretly astounded inwardly. He had only randomly tugged at a few red threads in an attempt to boost the Fireball Technique’s might just now, and then the subsequent events had happened.
As expected of the laws of nature!
Its might... is practically terrifying!
Meng Lei couldn’t help but hold a deeper level of comprehension toward the three words “laws of nature” now. No wonder everyone had to comprehend the laws of nature at the end of it all.
Everything that had happened just now was the best proof of that.
“Brat, when did you comprehend fire-elemental laws of nature?” Ol’ Amos’ voice surfaced in his mind, his voice filled with astonishment.
“We’ll talk about that later. I have to win this match first.”
Meng Lei looked at Chester. Several fire pythons appeared out of thin air and charged over from a few different directions with a wave of his arm.
Due to the lesson earlier, Chester didn’t dare to underestimate the fire pythons anymore. His form flashed as he moved about at high speed. At the same time as he dodged the fire pythons’ attacks, he also charged brazenly toward Meng Lei.
“You’re a Ninth-Grade Great Magician, so your body must be weak and frail for sure! Once I get near you, you’ll be dead meat!”
There was a chilly look in Chester’s eyes as he boosted his speed to the maximum it could go. In a split second, he had already arrived right in front of Meng Lei. In this instant, he exhibited the abilities of his powerful body to the fullest once more.
“Trying to engage in close-quarters combat with me?”
Meng Lei let out a chuckle in response. Then, he stopped casting magic and stood where he was quietly, allowing Chester to charge toward him at will.
“Huh?”
At the sight of this, Chester’s pupils constricted at once, and a foreboding feeling suddenly welled up within him. “What’s that guy doing, standing still over there?”
However, the arrow had already been notched, and there was no point of return anymore. With a furious roar, Chester leaped high into the air. Throughout his body, the muscles quivered as he poured all the strength in his body into his right fist.
As though cleaving Mount Hua1 apart, his fist slammed downward.
“Eat my fist, kid!”
His raging fist reached in a split second, carrying a momentum capable of blasting everything into smithereens as it smashed toward Meng Lei.
Just how fearsome was a ninth-grade expert’s physical strength? Should his punch land squarely on its target, any Great Magician would be smashed to death.
“Good job making it here!”
Meng Lei did something that no one would ever expect at the critical moment—he reached out his left leg and took a step back with his right, lowering his hip and getting into a horse stance1. Then, he met the attack with a punch of his own!
“What?!”
“Is he out of his mind?!”
At the sight of this, the spectators almost jumped out of their seats. Innumerable wealthy young ladies, noblewomen, and debutantes that idolized Meng Lei clenched their hands tightly into fists and held them over their chests. The timid ones even squeezed their eyes shut.
At the same time, Flit the 66th and the others in the private room also frowned one by one, finding it extremely hard to understand Meng Lei’s actions.
Meng Lei’s merit was his magic, while Chester’s was his body.
By using his shortcoming to attack an enemy’s merit, wasn’t he just seeking death?
“Fred, what’s the little fellow doing?” The muscular old man broke into a frown and asked, “Is he tired of living?”
“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask, then?”
President Fred’s features were contorted into a savage expression, and he was close to being sent over the edge!