After that, three or four more challengers appeared one after another, but most of them were very limited in strength, and were all low- to mid-level warriors and mages. Xiao Chen estimated that if he, Luo Ling, and either Ye Zi or Li Jia were added, they would have a good chance of winning.
Marquis Francisco said: "If no one else here wants to join the challenge, then we will start the official duel."
"Wait a minute." A cold female voice spoke.
"Leila?" This time even Master Kona was a little surprised. The person who spoke was Master Leila of the Ice Tower.
"I'm sorry that I didn't inform you about this in advance." Leila nodded slightly to Master Kona and Master Gordon.
"But your injury..." Master Kona hesitated.
"It's been two months, and I've gotten much better. Do I still need to care about that when fighting a high-level mage?"
"Leila, why? What does this have to do with the Ice Tower?" Master Gordon asked.
"It has nothing to do with the Ice Tower. It's my personal matter," she said.
Master Gordon wanted to say something, but Master Kona pulled Master Gordon and shook his head slightly.
Master Leila pushed through the crowd and stepped forward. The guests were excited to see a great magician join the challenge.
"Master Leila! Do you want to participate in the challenge?" Marquis Francisco was very calm. Although Leila had been a great magician for five years, and Xiao Chen and others had only been high-level magicians for five months, it seemed like the big bullying the small. However, the challenge was always a real fight for interests, and even saints had participated in it.
Leila glanced at the king sitting high above her and replied, "That's right."
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Xiao Chen glanced at his companions around him. Luo Ling looked calm and it was unclear what she was thinking. Ye Zi was eager to try. Li Jia frowned, and most of the others also had serious expressions.
After he was promoted to a higher level, he had a deeper understanding of the future path of magic. Before, he only knew that the great magicians were very powerful, but now that he was one level away from them, he truly realized where their power lay.
Although Leila is not a first-rate master among the great magicians, there is still a huge difference between the high-level and master-level. The realm of the high-level magician is spiritual resonance, and they can begin to analyze the structure of matter through spiritual power, which is still at the stage of touching objects. The master-level magician can already project his mind and affect the surroundings with his own thoughts, emotions and will. A powerful magician like Master Kona can influence the emotions of ordinary people in a room with just one thought. He infects them with sad emotions, and they will cry; he inspires them with happy emotions, and they will laugh. The great magicians have begun to shift from touching objects to touching rules.
And I wonder how powerful this female mage who exudes a chill is
"She was injured that night. It is said that her mind was polluted by magic power. She is not in good condition now." Ganuo came over at some point and whispered to Xiao Chen.
"Oh? You mean she got hurt when she released her mind?" The so-called mind being polluted by magic, according to Xiao Chen's understanding, is very similar to the invasion of the inner demon in the fairy tales. When the great magician is fighting with all his strength, he uses his mind to interfere with the surrounding world and opponents, and naturally he is in a more dangerous situation. If his mind is disturbed by the surrounding power, he will be injured.
"Well, this kind of injury is difficult to deal with. Maybe... now she is only half as strong as she was in her prime."
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The white-haired great magician walked among the challengers who had already lined up, and everyone saluted her. Arus of the Thousand Thoughts Tower said respectfully: "Master Leila, we will all follow your orders."
"Very good. Let's get started then."
Marquis Francisco said, "According to the rules of the challenge, your majesty will decide the format of the duel, and then the challenger will select the candidates for the duel, and then the recipient will send out the candidates to respond." He turned to the king and asked, "May I ask how your majesty plans to arrange the duel? Will it be a duel of life and death, a duel of actual combat, or a duel of skills?"
The so-called life-and-death duel is naturally a duel where both sides will do whatever it takes to kill the other. In a real-life duel, no one is allowed to hurt the other's life, but all means of combat can be used, including various equipment and props. A skill duel is a competition based on the single requirements specified by the kingdom. Both sides only compete in one skill, and there will be many restrictions.
"Let's have a duel of skills. Both sides are not allowed to use magic props and equipment. I will arrange the content of each duel based on the situations of the two opponents." The king said. In his opinion, Master Leila will definitely win one, but the other two high-level masters may not be able to win against Xiao Chen and Luo Ling. After all, these two guys showed great skills in the New Year incident, and they also have Demian's strange book in their hands.
The challengers arranged their lineup in order: Arus from the Tower of a Thousand Thoughts, Leila from the Ice Tower, and Savah from the Legareta Family.
Xiao Chen and others gathered together to discuss.
Li Jia said: "Should we use the Tian Ji horse racing method? I will go against Leila, and at worst I will surrender. Xiao Chen, you two high-level players will each deal with one high-level player from the other team. This way we will have a better chance of success."
Xiao Chen said, "Li Jia, your idea was wrong from the beginning. Do you think the other party used this ridiculous duel just to prevent us from obtaining the fief? Do we have to survive if the king does not give us the fief? Count Carlos told me today that whether we get the fief or not, we will survive on that land, and that is absolutely correct!
The purpose of coming here is to find a stage for us Chinese to show ourselves! To gain attention, fame, and finally opportunities for various exchanges and trade. So we must win beautifully and lose gracefully. It is more important to let others see our strength and value than to win or lose. So, never think about pleasing others. "
"Okay, I see. I'm being petty." Li Jia nodded in agreement.
"I'll deal with Leila. Just now, Priest Ganor told me that her mental strength was damaged. Maybe I can use my strengths to my advantage. I'll leave Arus to Luo Ling. This way of competition may have less backlash than direct combat, but if your magic backlash is too strong, don't force it. The last person..." Xiao Chen's eyes circled around Li Jia, Liu Pengfei, Xiao Mu and Ye Zi, and finally stopped at the high-spirited Ye Zi, "Ye Zi, go ahead. You are a true magician and martial artist. With a mid-level warrior and a low-level wizard, you may be able to fight against a high-level wizard. But if you need to fight directly, don't use that gun. There are too many people here and it's easy to get into trouble."
"Okay, Senior! I have some experience in using magic to assist in combat, so just wait for me."
"Okay. Does everyone have any objections?" Xiao Chen asked.
"I have an opinion." Luo Ling said.