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Cavalry Team saw the rushing water ahead and immediately pulled their horses to a stop.
The waterfall did not last long, only about a second or two, so the torrent could not reach the cavalry's position. Instead, it formed a puddle between the two teams, leaving both the spectators and the cavalry dumbfounded.
What is going on? Are you here to make a joke?
“Hahahahaha!” The audience erupted in laughter, watching the Rune Master laugh until his stomach hurt. They had expected him to conjure some fierce and powerful rune, but it seemed more like a circus act.
“Stop laughing! Charge forward!” commanded the Cavalry Captain, and the Ministry of War cavalry began their charge again, rapidly closing the distance between the two teams.
Sitting on the Viewing Platform, Chen Rui caught a whiff of a familiar scent and couldn't help but chuckle. The elven sense of smell was far superior to that of ordinary people, so while the cavalry might not have noticed it, Chen Rui could detect it from outside.
“What are you laughing at?” Li Li noticed Chen Rui's unusual behavior and asked with a smile.
“I laugh because people cannot see through it!” Chen Rui laughed heartily, thoroughly intrigued by the spectacle unfolding before him.
Li Li smiled slightly. “From my perspective, you must have seen or smelled something. Considering the situation on the field, that Rune Master who knows he can't hold them off yet refuses to retreat—there must be something significant about that puddle.”
In an instant, the cavalry charged into the puddle, hooves splashing as they raced toward the Rune Master.
“Oh no! This isn’t water! That scent is—!!!” The cavalrymen also caught a hint of an unfamiliar yet oddly familiar pungent odor that they had never encountered in this world!
“I'm sorry; you discovered it too late!” The Rune Master quickly wrote a fire rune and tossed it to the edge of the liquid. The low-level fire rune ignited with a weak flame, but as soon as it touched the liquid, flames rapidly spread along its surface, engulfing the cavalrymen in an inferno.
The flames ignited by the oil on the ground completely covered the Cavalry Team, and even those far away on the Viewing Platform could feel the intense heat rushing toward them.
All spectators were in a state of shock; some wondered how this person could write a rune for oil while others were still reeling from the sudden burst of fire.
Even Lin Yuqi, who was providing live commentary, took a moment to process what had just happened; the change was too dramatic. In fact, it was the viewers watching from home who reacted first since they were not physically present and thus felt far less shock than those players in the game.
Most of them were excited, leaving crazy comments like, "Wow! Is this even possible?" and "Incredible! Has oil already been developed in that world?"
"Don't just stand there! Save them!" The Minister of War was the first to react on the scene, immediately commanding his subordinates, "Get water! Get water!"
The soldiers looked at the raging flames, tears in their eyes. "Sir! With a fire this big, we can't save them!"
The Minister of War angrily rushed into the arena, directly confronting the Rune Master. He shouted furiously, "There are rules in this competition! No killing allowed! You are disrespecting the king's law in front of His Majesty!"
The Rune Master smiled lightly. "Don't worry, when they are about to die, the fire will go out. You should prepare stretchers; they shouldn't die."
This statement was broadcasted live through Han Mu Yu's perspective, shocking countless viewers. Some admired the Rune Master's extraordinary talent, while others criticized him for lacking respect for human life.
Amidst the heated debates, the Minister of War suddenly knelt down and even bowed his head to the Rune Master. "Please, spare them! They are all good seeds!"
If the fire continued to burn like this, those eight cavalrymen would not only be burned but also rendered useless. The Minister of War valued talent and couldn't bear to see such a tragedy occur. However, since the opponents had not violated any competition rules—after all, this was a Martial Arts arena where as long as no lives were taken, everything was legal—he had no choice but to kneel and plead with the Rune Master. Since he had the ability to summon such a massive flame, he surely had a way to extinguish it as well.
Seeing such a high-ranking official kneeling before him frightened the Rune Master greatly. He hurriedly helped the Minister of War up and quickly wrote a complex giant rune before throwing it into the air.
"B!" A massive water column with a diameter of about fifty meters surged downwards, its momentum rivaling that of a dam bursting. Once it hit the ground, it quickly covered the flames, and then the source of the water column vanished at an astonishing speed.
After the water column landed, the flames were completely extinguished. Following that, eight cavalrymen and eight horses that had been burned were propelled out. The Cavalry Captain stumbled forward and approached the Rune Master.
"Damn it! I almost got drowned instead of burned!" The Cavalry Captain chuckled bitterly as he reached the Rune Master and respectfully performed a beautiful fist salute to both him and the Minister of War. "Impressive! I admit defeat!"
The arena fell silent; few expected that this tortured Cavalry Captain would utter such words. But with the referee's announcement, everyone knew it was indeed true.
"Good!" "Well done!" Countless people began to applaud and cheer. Although this match was brief, it brought just as much astonishment and delight as any other; whether it was the Rune Master's extraordinary talent or the Cavalry Captain's noble demeanor, they all deserved their respect.
Rune Master smiled and greeted those around him as he slowly walked off the stage. When he met his teammates, one of them teased, "Guo, why are you all wet again?"
"Get away from me!" Guo Luxing pushed aside the teasing assassin and walked over to the archer, who handed him a dry towel and a dry bath towel. Guo Luxing smiled and said, "My Yan Yan is the best, really caring for me."
"Alright, alright, enough with the lovey-dovey stuff! Honestly, teaming up with you two is torture!" The warrior waved his hand in annoyance. "Hurry up and go rest; that Rune Master and that mage are not easy opponents!"
"Who told you to be single? Can you blame us for that? If you want to blame someone, blame yourself!" the knight joked. "Really, do you have no one?"
The warrior sat aside and rolled his eyes at the knight. "Of course! I'm just an ordinary person; I'm not like you two—one a young master and the other a lady!"
"Oh! Lord Huan is still an ordinary person? Then what does that make us commoners?" The assassin laughed beside the knight. "From my perspective, Young Master Huan is much more serious than our old friend here..."
"Enough already! Are you done with your dog food? Do you believe I won't quit? I won't team up with you anymore!" The warrior shot her a glare as a threat.
"Okay, okay, no more! So who do you think will win between that mage and Rune Master?" Yu Shiming smiled lightly, pushing Liu Xiwen aside to change the topic.
Lord Huan looked at the two on the competition stage and firmly said, "The mage!"
"Rune Master!" Chen Rui responded with a smile.
"I think that mage is clearly stronger than Rune Master. How could Rune Master possibly win?" Li Li chuckled in confusion. "Did you use admin privileges to check information?"
Chen Rui pushed his face away from Li Li, forcing a smile. "Do you really think I would do that? But perhaps you all haven't noticed; my temporary colleague might have already upgraded to Formation Master!"
Formation Master, another term for a high-level Rune Master. Even the most basic formations must consist of multiple advanced complex runes, so Formation Masters are usually elderly Rune Masters who have spent a long time studying runes. However, most formations serve to assist people and objects within them, so Formation Masters typically fight as central figures in an army. A standalone Formation Master doesn't differ much in combat power from a Rune Master.
After all, setting up formations also takes time for a Rune Master, and the larger, stronger, and more aggressive the formation is, the more complex it becomes. Thus, it's a common belief that Rune Masters are not as strong as mages.
However, there are rare extreme exceptions where formations possess super strong offensive or defensive capabilities but are far more complex than ordinary formations. The casting time also increases significantly; therefore, in this kind of 1V1 duel, mages definitely have a much higher chance of winning compared to Rune Masters.
“Second Match! Begin!” With the referee's command, both sides reacted swiftly. However, unlike the previous conventional battles, the fights of pure special professionals were not determined by physical strength.
Yuki Chiba extended her right hand, softly murmuring a complex incantation. It seemed she still struggled with some of the phrases.
Han Mu Yu moved her right hand rapidly through the air, as if wielding an invisible brush to write chaotic strokes on an unseen canvas. Yet, her expression remained remarkably calm.
In an instant, Han Mu Yu had completed her first talisman, which activated immediately. The wind in the air seemed to be imprisoned, swirling around Yuki Chiba. However, this wind was mostly invisible, and its speed was not particularly fast—how could it possibly hinder Yuki Chiba?
Moments later, a fireball appeared before Yuki Chiba, quickly hurtling toward Han Mu Yu.
Was this how it would end? Countless spectators questioned in their hearts how this slender Han Mu Yu could withstand the attack of the fireball.
But contrary to what everyone imagined, as the fireball flew forward, it began to rise higher and higher, eventually soaring out of the Training Ground. It was then that the crowd realized that the earlier Wind Talisman had not trapped Yuki Chiba, but rather served to protect herself.
An invisible Wind Wall now enveloped the area within the Training Ground, extending ten feet in front of Yuki Chiba, making it nearly impossible for anything to approach Han Mu Yu in a short time.
While the audience marveled at this development, Han Mu Yu quickly stepped back and crouched down, pressing her freshly inscribed second talisman onto the ground.
With a flash of golden light, golden patterns began to spread across the yellow earth from the center of that talisman...
“This is... a formation!!!”
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