Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 174: Challenge (6k words)
After carrying out tasks at the trial meeting for a week, Lin Ran finally left. It was not that he wanted to leave on his own initiative, but he was called away by Dean Xiao.

It seemed like someone was going to come and challenge him in a few days, so he had to go back. After all, his current identity was the guard. Tang Yue was very happy that he left, because as long as he was here, she would pester her at night and be shameless.

Tang Yue felt that she had not been focusing on the mission these days, so Lin Ran's departure made her feel relieved, as she could now focus on the mission.

Before leaving, Lin Ran held her and lingered all night. This guy is really energetic.

"He's gone..." Tang Zhong said as he sat in the yard and stroked his stubble.

"Ah~! He's just a little pervert." Tang Yue said with a pout.

After that, the two began to talk about Saran. Saran was now fleeing for her life in China. This time, China had taken ruthless measures and if Saran was found, she would basically be dead.

Both the Inquisition and the Hunter's Union are frantically searching for Saran. The members of the Black Church have basically been cleared out, and now only Saran is left.

……

airport.

Lin Ran walked out of the airport while looking at the mature woman next to him. Lingling said that she would come to pick him up. Of course, it was not because the girl wanted to see him, but because she could skip classes. She was quite amazing as she often skipped classes but still ranked first.

"Bang!" He suddenly bumped into a child. He lowered his head and found that it was Lingling with a sour face. Lin Ran said hurriedly, "Why don't you say anything, kid?"

Lingling glanced at the mature woman walking by Lin Ran, and then said, "Did I bother you?"

He didn't have the energy to deal with a mature woman who looked very attractive. He tapped Lingling's head and said, "I will be in school for the next period of time because some foreigners are coming to challenge me."

He is no longer able to accompany Lingling to take on missions.

"I've known this for a long time. You just fool around. I don't know how you practiced." Lingling was puzzled. Many people worked harder than Lin Ran, so why couldn't they keep up with his pace? Was this the limitation of his talent?

Lin Ran and Lingling slowly walked towards the Mingzhu Magic Academy. She didn't want to go to class today, so she decided to follow Lin Ran to the university to have some fun. At least the magic battles in the university were very interesting and she could watch them all day long.

When the two walked to the battle venue, they saw a large group of people training actively. They all hoped to win honor in tomorrow's game, but this was probably going to be difficult.

Lingling had investigated and found that the challengers of the Egyptian team were very strong, at least much stronger than the defenders in front of them. It was estimated that Lin Ran was allowed to come back to prevent them from losing the game.

The two found a place to sit down. Lingling was watching and recording something on her laptop. Lin Ran glanced at her but didn't want to ask anything. After all, it might be a waste of time to explain what Lingling did.

It’s better to just look at the beautiful girls in the venue.

"Hi..." At this time Bai Tingting came over. Although she already knew that he was back, today was the first time they met. She had too many things to say, such as Mo Fan's matter and their recent experiences.

"Yeah." Lin Ran smiled and then his eyes fell on the front. He saw Ding Yumian. Maybe because of the beautiful girl, he felt very strange when he saw Ding Yumian. He always felt that there was something strange.

"She is probably here to fight. Let me just say that she is not a guard. She simply likes fighting. She is indeed a fire element person." People of the fire element seem to like fighting very much, including Mo Fan and Ding Yumian.

"Oh, does she come here often?" Lin Ran said to Ding Yumian. There was some distance between them and Ding Yumian could not hear his voice.

"Yes, she comes often. Ever since the gym keeper needed a sparring partner, she has been coming often. She basically never misses a session. Thanks to her, many people come to practice with the gym keeper, and many of them are her fans. Let's just say that she is very popular now.

She is very strong and easy-going. Although she has said before that she is not interested in love, many people still think they can impress her.

Are you interested in her?" Bai Tingting said. Ding Yumian is undoubtedly a goddess, and Lin Ran can be considered a male god, except for one aspect.

"I just feel that she is like a friend of mine." Lin Ran said. He felt that his bones would be crushed when he looked at Ding Yumian. A picture would appear in his mind. In the picture, he was like a teddy bear being grabbed by the feet and thrown around by a naughty kid. It was so miserable.

"Is that so?" Bai Tingting then asked many questions about Mo Fan.

He naturally answered, but he didn't say some unnecessary things.

"By the way, I have something else to do. Bye." After Bai Tingting learned some of the situation, she left.

"Aren't you interested in her?" Lingling looked very surprised. In her opinion, Lin Ran should be very interested in Bai Tingting. After all, Bai Tingting's breasts were really big.

"Little brat, how can you think like that? She is Mo Fan's girlfriend." Lin Ran couldn't help but say, who does this little guy think he is? He is not impatient, is he such a person in her mind?
Lingling said, "I thought this identity would make you more excited."

Lin Ran: “…”

He covered his face. It seemed that his image in Lingling's mind was really too bad. He didn't know if he could save his image.

Seeing Lin Ran covering his face, Lingling said, "Are you more interested in me?"

He glanced across the Lingling Barrens, then revealed a subtle smile.

Lingling was furious. She felt insulted. She put down her laptop and bit Lin Ran's arm. This bastard, she was still a girl after all.
Lingling regretted it the next second because she couldn't bite through Lin Ran's skin at all.

"Wow, your tongue is quite flexible." Lin Ran said shamelessly.

Lingling's face turned slightly red. She glared at Lin Ran and ignored him. Then she continued to record things. A few minutes later, she looked up and found that Lin Ran was not around. Where did this guy go?

"Little sister, why are you here?" A young man looked at Lingling with a smile.

"Get lost." Lingling glanced at the young man and said casually.

The young man didn't expect the cute little girl in front of him to be so rude. He slowly withdrew his smile and said, "What a rude person. She is like this at such a young age. I guess she will be like this when she grows up."

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"Long time no see." Lin Ran met Ding Yumian not long after walking out of the toilet. It seemed that she came to the toilet, and Ding Yumian was the first to speak.

It really looks exactly like her, but it can't be her.

"Yeah." Lin Ran nodded and turned aside and said, "Bye."

"Yeah." Ding Yumian nodded.

After finding Lingling, he discovered that she was arguing with a young man. To be honest, this scene was a little surprising. How could an adult quarrel with Lingling? When he got closer, he found that Lingling's sharp words made the young man grit his teeth. If Lingling was a little older, the young man would probably have hit her directly.

Noticing him approaching Lingling, she crossed her arms and said, "I'll apologize if you beat him."

The young man immediately looked at Lin Ran and said, "Are you her brother?"

"Well, I guess so." He nodded. He would not back down from a fight. His hands just happened to be itching, and using light, fire, and summoning would be too bullying. After thinking for a while, he decided to use the power of space.

The young man snorted coldly and then said, "One look at your sister, and I know your parents didn't educate you very well. I'll teach you a lesson later so that your sister will understand that a dirty mouth will cause trouble."

"Oh! Let's go on stage." Lin Ran said calmly. His parents were very nice people. Although they often let him do whatever he wanted, they always told him what to do and what not to do. No one had mentioned his parents for a long time.

He ruffled Lingling's hair and said, "You are definitely 60% wrong..."

Lingling stuck out her tongue.

The young man began to introduce himself.

"My name is Su Bai. Although I'm only a freshman, I'm already a mid-level magician. I don't think you have a chance of winning. I know all the top students in the school, and you look very unfamiliar, which means you're just an ordinary person. If you apologize now, I can still show mercy." The young man said.

Lin Ran was a little surprised to hear the young man's words, and then suddenly realized that he and Mo Fan were rarely in school now. In addition, if you don't play in the school rankings, you will automatically fall off. He hasn't played for such a long time, he is probably out of the rankings. Mo Fan's situation is probably similar. Damn, it turns out that he is already a senior.

"Lin Ran?" Luo Song looked at Su Bai and Lin Ran in front of him with some confusion. Although he didn't know what they were talking about, he understood that Su Bai wanted to fight Lin Ran. Was this guy arrogant? He was easily knocked down by him before, but now he suddenly challenged the strongest Lin Ran. Did this guy get kicked in the head by a donkey?
Noticing Luo Song's expression, some of his junior and senior classmates asked about Lin Ran's situation.

"Is Su Bai's opponent strong?" a girl asked.

Luo Song, who was potbellied, sneered and said, "Su Bai is a fool. He defeated a student from the inner courtyard before and thought he could surpass most of the people in the inner courtyard. He is such a fool. The person in front of Su Bai is called Lin Ran, who is the undisputed number one in the Pearl Magic Academy. No! It should be said that there is no one in the country who can beat him. He went abroad as a member of the national team and is back now. It is probably because of his troublesome personality that he offended the instructor. Remember not to provoke him, because he is in a completely different dimension from the others."

Although Luo Song didn't like Lin Ran, he still acknowledged his strength.

Apologize? Lin Ran had no intention of apologizing. He looked at Su Bai and said, "Come on."

"Hehehe..., how stupid." Su Bai said.

Then he distanced himself and connected the star map skillfully.

The fire star map appeared under his feet. He released magic very quickly, which was also his pride. With his quick magic release, he defeated many people.

"Fierce Fist!!!" Su Bai shouted.

The fist made of flames suddenly smashed towards Lin Ran. Compared with the fist, Lin Ran's figure looked extremely small.

Is that all? This kind of attack probably won't even hurt me.

Lin Ran's eyes were gradually covered by a silver luster, and the next second, the silver spatial force fixed Lie Quan in the air. Lin Ran stretched out his fingers to push Lie Quan away, and then said in front of the surprised eyes of the audience: "Is that all?"

Su Bai wanted to say something, but Lin Ran obviously didn't give him the chance. The silver spatial force fell on Su Bai.

"Bang!!!" The next second Su Bai's body smashed into the wall. He couldn't even release his magic tools. His body paused on the wall for a while and then fell to the ground. The healing mage hurried to Su Bai.

Lin Ran snapped his fingers, and then the force of space was released, and his fierce fist slammed on the ground.

He walked up to Lingling with a smile and said, "It's time to go to Qingtian Hunting Ground."

"Senior Luo Song, why did you stand up?" a fragile-looking girl asked.

Luo Song stared at Lin Ran's back with wide eyes and an expression of disbelief. He actually used the power of the space system, fire system, light system, summoning system, and this space system. This guy is already a super-class mage. It's only been a few years? I vaguely remember that when they entered the school, they were all only mid-level mages. Now he is at the peak of the mid-level and may break through to the high level at any time, but Lin Ran has already reached the super level... Isn't this too unfair?
Lin Ran and Lingling soon arrived at the Qingtian Hunting Ground.

When Old Man Bao saw that Lin Ran hadn't joined the Guofu team yet, he couldn't help but ask, "Are you staying here to bully the weak?"

Lin Ran sat on the chair happily and said, "If the defender loses, it will be very embarrassing. Besides, whether I am the defender or the challenger, it is bullying for me."

"Hmph! I really don't know how you have such a talent." Old Man Bao snorted coldly.

Lin Ran was happy and silent, while Lingling had already gone to find her sister.

"I heard that you met a transcendent being." Old Man Bao said after a long time.

"Well, she is very strong. I may have something she needs, but I can't be sure what she needs for the time being. I don't think she will chase me here. I come here to hide temporarily." Lin Ran said happily. There was nothing to hide. In fact, he also planned to let Old Man Bao to explain what she was, but it seemed that Old Man Bao didn't understand either.

"I will investigate it, but don't hold your hopes too high. After all, there are too many things that humans have never seen." Old Man Bao was not sure what he could find out.

"Well, thank you." Lin Ran said politely.

……

The next day.

At the airport, a group of very young men and women with dark skin walked out of the international airport. One of them was tall and had a very high nose bridge. He slowly took off his sunglasses and then looked around...

"I thought the place where we landed would be all bricks, stone alleys, and wooden houses, but I didn't expect China to look so international. At least the airport under our feet is not as bad as we imagined..." Sayyid curled his lips, revealing a very obvious dimple.

Several female students who had just returned from abroad passed by and looked at this handsome man who was like a dark horse prince but also had a bit of evil charm. They suddenly became excited and started discussing, but none of them had the courage to look at him more. They just chattered as they walked!

"So handsome, he looks like Louis Koo with a sculpted face!"

"I also think his eyes are beautiful, so clean. I have never seen a man with eyes as bright as sapphires. I wonder which country they are from?"

"I don't know, the language they speak is a bit strange..."

The girls continued to move forward, and only looked back cautiously after they had walked far away. When they found that the dark and handsome man who looked like a prince was also staring at them, they immediately straightened their chests and hips, stepped on their high heels, and were as proud as princesses, as if they disdained the gaze, and they continued to walk towards the airport exit.

"These girls are so fake and funny." Sayid could hear what they said. After all, he was a pretty powerful wizard, and his hearing was several times better than that of normal people.

"Don't waste time. After getting the seal of the national pavilion, we have more important things to do." At this time, a woman with curly hair said.

"OK."

“It’s a little damp here.”

"It's the seaside after all... You are suited to staying in the golden sand forever. Nowhere else is suitable for you." Sayyid began to walk forward with big strides, and soon caught up with the team of ten people.

"Does anyone know how strong China is?" Mios asked.

"You don't need to waste too much time in the National Pavilion. Just do your things. I will go to the National Pavilion alone. I can deal with them." Sayyid said with a smile.

"Don't underestimate them."

"How could I underestimate them? If we underestimated them, we should have sent Shreve." Sayid glanced at a man with slightly buck teeth next to him.

The buck-toothed man glared at Sayid and pointed at his nose.

He seemed to be quite small, and he had to stand on tiptoe to point at people, which looked a bit funny.

"What do you mean? Do you want to fight?" Shreve said angrily.

"I'm not afraid of you."

"No internal fighting allowed!" said the black female student named Mios at this time.

"Sayyid, then you will be in charge of the national pavilion. We will only stay in the Magic City for one day. We will fly to the ancient capital the next day. The ancient capital is our real destination!" Mios said.

"I promise to leave on time!" Sayid laughed.

……

Sayyid spoke Interlingua with a strange accent and it took him most of the day to find the Chinese Pavilion. During this process, his impression of China changed. It was not like the stupid TV dramas with tiled houses everywhere. It was very prosperous here, even more prosperous than Egypt.

However, although the city is prosperous and splendid, it does not mean that it is strong. As one of the four ancient civilizations, Egypt’s witchcraft and magic are absolutely powerful and supreme!
Oh, wait a minute, China seems to be one of the ancient civilizations...

Never mind, anyway, it is not as ancient as their Egypt, nor as pure as their Egypt!!

"Hello, is this the challenge hall for the China World Academy Competition?" Sayyid walked to the entrance of a hemispherical building that looked very fashionable, and asked a uniformed guard at the door.

"Yes, but visitors are not allowed here. Please leave quickly." The man in military uniform looked at the foreigner and said lightly.

Because it is very close to the Oriental Pearl Tower and there are other famous skyscrapers not far away, there are always some foreign tourists who walk to the National Pavilion in a daze. He has to repeat this sentence every day. If he can bring a tape recorder while on duty, then he should be able to relax a lot.

"I'm not here to visit, I'm here to challenge myself." Said said seriously, with a strong sense of confidence on his face.

"You? Are you alone?" Brother Jun was stunned for a moment, then asked to see his ID.

Sayyid immediately took out the medal issued internationally.

The soldier let him go immediately.

"Wait for me!!!" At this time a young man's voice sounded.

The soldier and Sayyid turned around and saw a young man eating ice cream and a little girl running fast in front of him.

The young man was very handsome. Even Sayyid had to admit that he was incredibly handsome. However, when his eyes fell on the little girl, they changed. He felt that the young man might have an unusual relationship with the little girl.

"Oh~, he is the national pavilion player." The soldier pointed at Lin Ran and said.

"Oh, what a coincidence." Sayyid looked at the young man eating ice cream with interest.

The little girl ran up to him and looked at Sayid. Lin Ran walked up and said, "Why are you running?"

Then he looked at Sayid and said, "Hello, my name is Lin Ran, I'm the janitor. Which country are you from?"

A foreigner came here, and looking at the soldier's expression, you can tell that this foreigner is probably here to challenge.

"Sayed, from Egypt." Said said.

At this time, the soldier boy said, "He came alone to challenge the club."

"Fuck, is this guy so arrogant?" Lin Ran frowned. He didn't want to do this kind of thing.

Because it was in Chinese, Sayid didn't know what Lin Ran said, but he could probably guess what it was.

Afterwards, Lin Ran politely took Sayyid into the national pavilion.

Lingling looked at Sayid. She really disliked this guy. Not to mention his arrogant look, he also looked black, like a coal briquette, but it certainly didn't look as useful as a coal briquette. So she pulled Lin Ran's hand and said, "Teach him a lesson later."

“Eh? Aren’t you going to humiliate him?” Lin Ran tilted his head and said. He was very good at mocking his opponents. He and Mo Fan had trained him to master the skill of mocking the enemies. Even demons could not stand it.

Seeing Lin Ran's mean look, Lingling sighed and said, "I almost forgot that you are such a person."

I have not updated for two days. I am really sorry. I kneel down, kneel down, and kneel down again.

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