Chapter 162: All-out Backstabbing
After confirming that the Celestial Sparrow still had a considerable amount of magic power left in its body, Jia Na suddenly gained a new understanding of the Celestial Sparrow's endurance.
"When did this happen?"
"Just a while ago, I suddenly found that the magic power in my body had inexplicably increased a lot..."
Looking at the Celestial Sparrow's bird-like expression of "I don't know either", Jia Na guessed that this should also be one of the signs of impending evolution.
"Okay, since you're fine, just stay by my side—"
"Master, I can't hold on much longer~"
Just after finishing speaking with the Celestial Sparrow, the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon, who had been maintaining the mirror illusion, floated in front of Jia Na,
Writing a few words on the mirror with a slightly wronged expression.
Seeing this, Jia Na no longer delayed, immediately stood up and said to Hugh-Stone beside her:
"Senior Hugh, a reminder, in one minute, my illusion will disappear—"
"One minute? That's enough."
Picking up the golden shield in his hand again, the boiling Flame reignited in Hugh-Stone's eyes.
"Jia Na, if it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid we would have been wiped out by the other side—thank you!"
Hearing this, not only Hugh-Stone, but also the other White Coral apprentices who had "escaped death" stood up one after another,
Thanking Jia Na with grateful expressions.
"You're welcome, this is what I should do."
Vivian, who had long been accustomed to Jia Na's powerful methods, did not act as courteously as the others, but simply gripped her magic staff and stood quietly beside Jia Na.
"Luo, you will directly cast the 【Subconscious Deception】 Illusion on Charles later, so that he leaves the secret realm now to avoid losing his life here if a fight breaks out later."
"No problem."
Charles was the White Coral apprentice who was knocked into shock by Leiman using lightning Witchcraft.
In order not to involve him in the subsequent battle, Hugh-Stone directly asked Luo - Yinhu to cast the "Deception Illusion" on him, so that Charles, while in a coma, could activate his nameplate through his subconscious mind and leave the secret realm as early as possible.
"This time, it's our turn to fight back!"
"Whoosh—" The cold wind rustled, sweeping over the slightly withered branches and leaves of the tall trees.
With the elimination of two Mist Tower Apprentices, the remaining fourteen Black Wizard Apprentices not only did not continue to pursue the White Coral group, but in a dangerous and subtle atmosphere, began to confront each other.
The confronting factions were both clear and chaotic.
Although the remaining six Mist Tower Apprentices were also wary of the Black Bone Forest people, there was no trust between them either.
It was more like... fighting on their own.
Similarly, although there were still many Black Bone Forest Apprentices left, they were also unsure whether the next person to backstab them would be an apprentice from the same academy.
Especially Leiman, the strongest among them, because his action of directly killing a Mist Tower Apprentice made him the primary target in this confrontation.
"Everyone, let's not fall for the scheme of those White Coral apprentices!"
The one speaking was the Black Bone Forest female apprentice who had just used wind Witchcraft to break Bell-Moonshadow's 【Gathering Mist】 talent—Kalinna-Storm.
As one of the few apprentices present whose Wizard level had reached the peak of Second-level, Kalinna-Storm felt disdain watching everyone's spearhead gradually turn towards each other, but in order to maximize her interests, she had to temporarily act as the mediator.
"Those White Coral apprentices are already seriously injured. What we need to do now is to prioritize eliminating them. Bang bang bang—" Before Kalinna-Storm could finish speaking, an orange-yellow fireball-like creature suddenly appeared behind her, spitting out more than a dozen fireballs as large as fists, carrying unparalleled High Temperature, roaring towards her.
"Enemy attack!"
Wind fueled the Flame, especially when facing a strange fire element creature whose Flame attack intensity was far higher than ordinary fire-type Witchcraft. Kalinna-Storm did not dare to attack directly, only dodging frantically while supporting her wind escape.
"It's the White Coral people! They actually dare to counterattack?"
Shadow binds, frost and snow fly—seeing the Witchcraft attacks coming one after another, the Black Wizard Apprentices also had no time to confront each other anymore, and immediately put up their shields and took the initiative to attack.
"Hmm?"
Just as Kalinna-Storm finally managed to bypass the Flame Guardian and chase after the nearest White Coral apprentice with the wind, she saw a face exactly identical to hers, appearing right before her eyes.
"Ah—" Before she could react, a soul Shriek that seemed to penetrate the soul sounded from the mouth of the bizarre White Coral apprentice in front of her. Due to the close distance, the attack of 【Soul Scream】 was like a heavy hammer, directly hitting Kalinna-Storm's soul.
"Yan Yade—"
When the level 29 【Soul Scream】 met a level 19 Second-level Wizard Apprentice, even though there was a certain level gap between the two sides, Jia Na, who was transformed into Kalinna-Storm's appearance by Luo - Yinhu's 【Mask Illusion】, still suppressed the opponent forcefully with a decaying momentum.
"Bang bang bang—"
As the Flame reappeared, caught off guard, Kalinna-Storm was easily eliminated like this.
"How is that possible—"
Seeing the White Coral apprentice, who looked exactly like "Kalinna-Storm", eliminating the opponent so easily,
The Black Wizard Apprentices, who were originally arrogant, immediately became vigilant.
"Crackling—"
Electric snakes danced, and before Leiman's deep purple lightning Witchcraft could get close, a golden shield as high as two meters directly protected Jia Na behind him.
"Just now, was it you who cast mental control on me?"
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Looking at the face exactly like "Kalinna-Storm", Leiman, whose face was covered with strange patterns, stared intently at Jia Na behind Hugh-Stone with extremely dangerous eyes.
"You guessed right."
Smiling brightly, Jia Na, who walked back in front of Hugh-Stone, looked directly at Leiman's almost cannibalistic gaze without any hesitation.
"Senior Hugh, just leave him to me."
Listening to Jia Na's voice transmission, Hugh-Stone, who was well aware of Jia Na's powerful methods, nodded quickly and flew towards the Mist Tower Apprentices, who had the fewest numbers.
"There's not much time left, we just need to take out the Mist Tower Apprentices, who have the fewest numbers, and that's enough!"
"How dare you?!"
Hearing Hugh-Stone's unapologetically arrogant words, the Mist Tower Apprentices, upon hearing that they were the target of the encirclement, were furious and immediately released various poisonous bees and mosquitoes to guard themselves.
But before the White Coral apprentices could attack, the Black Bone Forest Apprentices nearby were the first to turn their spearhead, mercilessly backstabbing the Mist Tower.
"You... really deserve to die!"
Although they had anticipated it, seeing the Black Bone Forest Apprentices so easily defect based on Hugh-Stone's few words.
This couldn't help but make all the Mist Tower Apprentices firmly believe again that the previous two "backstabs" must have been intentional by the Black Bone Forest—
