Chapter 226: One Against Four
"Alright, let's begin."
Seeing the five people standing ready, Grace-Eva, who was standing outside the Combat Training Ground, officially announced the start.
"Ah all" While the four people opposite were still observing, Jia Na, who was already prepared, didn't hesitate. With a surge of magic power, a "wail" that sounded like silk being torn came from Jia Na's mouth.
【Banshee Wail】: A group attack skill that has the effect of forcibly interrupting the opponent's spellcasting. At the moment of casting, it will inflict negative effects such as dizziness, nausea, and spasms on the enemy.
"Quick, cover your ears!"
Jia Na's preemptive strike was exceptionally beautiful. She cleverly used the opponent's feeling of "being awkward to make the first move" in a "four against one" situation to directly activate the group control effect of 【Banshee Wail】.
Immediately after, light flowed, and at the moment the four opponents fell into a stiff state, Jia Na quickly chanted a spell,
and cast a layer of 【Flourishing Flower Guardian】 shield on herself.
"By my will, I command you———
"Silence!"
The familiar scene happened again. Just as Jia Na was preparing to summon, a suffocating feeling, as if her throat was being choked, struck again.
But this time, as a Purification Light was activated by Jia Na, Bell-Moonshadow's 【Curse of Silence】 was easily resolved by her.
"By my will, I command you all Summon Celestial Sparrow."
Throat—
Accompanied by a high-pitched cry, the Celestial Sparrow, which had directly transformed into its strongest combat stance, quickly flapped its wings and flew into the air.
"So it's the 【Purification Law Fragment】—·"
Looking at the Law power that flashed on Jia Na just now, and the beautiful contracted creature in the sky filled with a sacred aura, Grace-Eva couldn't help but frown.
"It is indeed a very good Law, but—"
Feeling the strong Plant-based aura on Jia Na, Grace-Eva couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
"It's just that it's not quite suitable for her."
Comprehending 【Law Shard】 is something that every Wizard Apprentice who wants to advance to a Formal Wizard cannot avoid.
And the degree of compatibility between the 【Law Shard】 and the apprentice's 【Wizard Talent】 also determines whether this Wizard Apprentice can go far on their future Wizard path.
Of course, things are not absolute.
After all, Jia Na is currently only a Second-level Wizard Apprentice, and there is still a long time until she advances to a Formal Wizard. She has ample time and ability to comprehend another 【Law Shard】 that is closer to her 【Wizard Talent】.
"But people who can comprehend two 【Law Shard】 at the same time during their apprentice period only exist among those super geniuses from top Wizard families—."
And for Jia Na, as a commoner apprentice with no background, being able to comprehend one 【Law Shard】 is already an extremely fortunate thing.
And continuously comprehending two 【Law Shard】, for Jia Na, who has no resource channels, is simply as difficult as ascending to heaven—·
Thinking of this, Grace-Eva's thoughts couldn't help but drift back to the scene when she first arrived in Dordogne.
Grace-Eva, who had been shrouded in various "genius" halos since childhood, tasted the feeling of "frustration" for the first time in that place where geniuses gathered—
"Exhale—" Grace-Eva, who gently exhaled and cleared her mind, refocused her attention on the apprentices in the Combat Training Ground.
At the same time, Grace-Eva was also ready to stop the combat challenge at any time.
Since she had confirmed that Jia Na's 【Law Shard】, like Mary-Margaret's, was not suitable for combat, then, in a sense, this challenge match was Jia Na relying on her own strength to resist.
Even though Grace-Eva chose a venue in the Combat Training Ground that was relatively suitable for Jia Na.
However, relying solely on this advantage for Jia Na, a Second-level Apprentice, to face four other apprentices of the same level simultaneously, it is not realistic to achieve victory within twenty minutes. Achieving a draw would already be quite good.
"Hmm?"
Looking at the combat situation on the field, Grace-Eva's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then she began to ponder thoughtfully.
"Her contracted creatures are indeed quite interesting—"
On the Combat Training Ground, the four people who had broken free from the control of 【Banshee Wail】 all used magic power to block their hearing,
and cast Witchcraft to surround and attack Jia Na.
The challenge time for Wizard combat is only twenty minutes. In a four-on-one situation, the four of them did not believe that Jia Na would defeat them.
Even though Maluo-Haige had witnessed Jia Na's various powerful aspects during the "Swamp Secret Realm" period, he still didn't believe that within such a short time, and with all four of them being on guard simultaneously,
Jia Na could still end the battle like a hot knife through butter.
At most, it would just be a draw—
However, in a "four-on-one" situation, ending up with a "draw" was almost no different from losing for the four of them.
Therefore, for the sake of face, or to prove their own strength, at this moment, all four of them erupted with astonishing combat power, and unconsciously began to cooperate, jointly dealing with Jia Na's various methods.
"Sizzle—"
The sky full of 【Parasitic Spores】 was completely burned away by Andre-Green, who was already prepared, with a Fire Witchcraft.
Immediately after, the water snake roared, and under the restraint of Maluo-Haige's Water Witchcraft, the Flame Guardian's fire offensive also retreated step by step, gradually falling into a disadvantage.
But fortunately, the overall strength of the evolved Thorn Flower Fairy has reached the level of a Second-level Apprentice.
Even when facing Andre-Green, who possessed the B-rank 【High Temperature】 Talent, she fought back and forth,
and did not show a decline like the Flame Guardian just because the opponent had a restraining attribute.
On the other side, Bell-Moonshadow, who habitually hid in the shadows, and Niya-Flame, who had transformed into a half-【Lava Lizard】 bloodline form, were vigilantly looking around at the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon that had been floating around Jia Na. Like the Celestial Sparrow, it had become one of Jia Na's signature contracted creatures.
The mirror illusion, which was realistic enough to be mistaken for the real thing, and the almost divine skill of 【Short-Range Teleportation】, made the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon the contracted creature that gave them the most headaches.
After all, it had happened more than once just now, where mirror illusions simulating the appearance of the other few people suddenly attacked them.
If they hadn't transmitted their voices beforehand and agreed on hand gestures and secret codes, it would have almost led to them killing each other—
In addition to this, the colorless and odorless 【Biological Toxins】, the unavoidable 【Thorn Impalement】, and the scattered 【Parasitic Spores】—coupled with the disadvantage of blocked hearing, all made them feel a sense of powerlessness, as if they were deeply stuck in a quagmire.
"We must first eliminate these two troublesome elemental creatures, otherwise, within twenty minutes, it will be impossible to find her whereabouts—"
