Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 238 Instant Kill
"Very good, you did a great job this time. The Croatian Magic Association and the government have sent us a letter of thanks. From now on, we will no longer be charged any tax fees for the Croatian black azalea flowers we need!" Inside the central hall, the hall mother seemed happy, and the way she looked at Xinxia was very different from before.

Black azalea has always been a medicinal material that is extremely scarce in the Parthenon. Croatia used to charge very high taxes in this regard, but the quality of black azalea is best only in Croatia. If the usage is huge, the purchase of black azalea every year will cost an astonishing amount of money. What the Temple Mother never expected was that the Croatian government directly exempted these taxes because of the plague, which could save the Parthenon a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, all this was because of the new candidate Ye Xinxia who was deliberately making things difficult for her. This time, she not only solved the epidemic, but also raised a wave of appeals in Croatia, and she also had a good relationship with the acting angel.

There are only eight candidates in the Parthenon. Now that Xinxia has joined, she will be the ninth. The other candidates each have their own reputation in certain places. Whether they can eventually become goddesses also depends on their reputation around the world. If a candidate's voice is echoed all over the world, then she is not far from the world temple. People's respect and love will form a belief like religion!

Of course, during the candidate period, people were just supportive, and their support was not yet deeply rooted.

Ye Xinxia was originally unknown in the Goddess Palace, but for some reason she gradually gained support in some places. In addition, there was the previous battle of the Egyptian pyramids and the recent epidemic in Croatia...

Her name was mentioned twice, and her status as a candidate was announced, so Egypt and Croatia simultaneously raised calls for support, and they all supported Xinxia, ​​the ninth candidate!

Although this reputation is still very small compared to the other candidates, it also means that Xinxia has her own influence.

"Does anyone still have objections to her being a candidate?" The Palace Mother asked back, glancing at the people here.

"With just this little achievement, there is still a gap between me and the candidate. The reason why these two countries are suddenly chasing after me so much is just because they are following the trend." The great sage Merola expressed her dissatisfaction very directly.

"As a newly promoted maid, it is a rare thing for the world to remember your name and for people to respect our Parthenon more..."

Xinxia looked at the Palace Mother silently. She didn't know why she always felt something was strange.

Normally, even if she had performed very well recently and even accomplished many things that the maids had not done, it shouldn't be like this. The Palace Mother seemed to favor her too much. As the Palace Mother, shouldn't she be more concerned about the candidates and the female sages? Compared to some other bigger events, what she did could only be considered average...

Xinxia was not very enthusiastic about the promotion in the Parthenon. Unlike other maids, she was not so devoted to the promotion. Instead, the Temple Mother repeatedly promoted her, which made Xinxia feel flattered but also a little uneasy.

Because of the good intentions of the Temple Mother, Xinxia didn't understand her intentions. Also, there were the looks from other people in the Temple of the Goddess. Xinxia herself was a psychic mage, so she could sense the hostility in their eyes!

She also suspected that the Palace Mother might take advantage of Lin Ran, which was something she disliked and would not allow.

……

Venice, the water city.

Returning to this water city, Lin Ran discovered that the flow of people here had increased again. Some of the narrower bridges and waterways were completely congested. It seemed that if people were to continue entering Venice, Venice's water transportation would most likely be completely paralyzed!
"Brother Fan, you guys can run around like this during the national competition?" Zhang Xiaohou admired Lin Ran and Mo Fan from the bottom of his heart. Every other national player was waiting nervously, fearing that something unexpected would happen after they went out, which would prevent them from playing well. However, these two actually ran directly to the extremely dangerous Croatia.

"The competitions have been very easy recently, so there is no need for two of us." Lin Ran said.

“Yeah, yeah, it’s been very weak recently.” Mo Fan said.

"It seems that there will be a competition in our country this afternoon. Let me see which country they are playing against..." Zhang Xiaohou took out his mobile phone and started checking.

Lingling, who was standing by, didn't even look at it and answered directly: "It's Spain."

"Spain?" For some reason, Mo Fan suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart.

"Is there any problem with this? Spain is very strong?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.

"Of course they are strong. I remember they were ranked around thirteenth in the last session." Lingling said.

Mo Fan looked at Lingling and muttered, "How old were you in the last class? How could you still remember such a thing?"

Lingling suddenly fell silent, as if she was thinking of something that made her unhappy.

Lin Ran patted Lingling's head and said, "Next time he asks you for help, just accept the money."

Lingling nodded and then said, "Don't touch my head."

Mo Fan felt that he had said something wrong, but he didn't care. He just told Lingling and Zhang Xiaohou, "We will take you to the rest area, and you can watch the show from there. If you buy tickets now, you won't be able to get a good seat!"

When returning to Venice, time was a bit tight and transportation was very inconvenient. Zhang Xiaohou was a little worried that Lin Ran and the others would miss the time.

Moreover, the old man Feng Li had called to confirm and asked what Lin Ran and Mo Fan were doing and why they were not at the scene yet.

Lin Ran and the others naturally wouldn't say that they had been to Croatia for a few days, they just said that they were practicing in seclusion, and if there was nothing else, don't call them...

……

"Brother Fan, why do I feel like there are so few people in this venue? Is our match against Spain an underdog?" Zhang Xiaohou couldn't help but ask when they arrived at the stadium.

Lingling also raised her head at this time, looking at the somewhat empty competition venue, with a look on her face that she didn't want to say anything.

Lin Ran and Mo Fan were also very puzzled. Could it be that everyone else had entered the venue? Even if everyone had entered, there should be a lot of talented people outside. The World Academy Competition is one of the few magic duel competitions that are still held internationally. People really want to watch it...

"Damn, why haven't you arrived yet? It's almost starting!" Zhao Manyan suddenly called and questioned.

"Lin Ran and I have arrived at the entrance of the Torrento Magic Arena. Why do I feel something strange? There is no sound at all inside." Mo Fan said.

There was silence on the other side for a few seconds.

“You are idiots! Today’s match is held at the Dragon Fang Magic Arena!” Zhao Manyan roared.

Lin Ran and Mo Fan looked at each other, and both felt that they were doomed.

“Damn, why didn’t anyone notify me?” Mo Fan was also shocked.

After hanging up the phone, Mo Fan said, "Lin Ran, do you know where the Dragon Fang Duel Arena is?"

"I don't know." Lin Ran said.

“Fuck, you don’t even care about the venue?” Mo Fan shouted.

"Stupid thing, didn't you watch it either?" Lin Ran said, then he saw Lingling and said, "Lingling, do you know?"

Lingling pouted and shook her head.

……

The Dragon's Fang Magic Arena is one of the oldest magic arenas in Venice. This arena is not a temporary setting, but has always been like a rock forest with towering stone peaks like dragon's fangs.

The stone peaks here vary in height. Some are only a few meters above the ground, looking like a bunch of messy rockery, while some are very high, perhaps even as long as thirty or forty meters.

This time the battle site was chosen here.

"It seems that the earth magician has the advantage this time." In the rest area, Jiang Yu looked up at the uneven rock peaks and couldn't help saying. "That's not necessarily true. Didn't you notice that the entire field is sinking?" Instructor Bai Dongwei said.

Now the teachers of the National Pavilion have arrived, and many players of the National Pavilion have also arrived. As substitute students, they are sitting in the back seats. There are also a few players of the National Pavilion who are familiar to Lin Ran.

Although they are substitutes, they will basically not have the opportunity to play. There are already quite a few official members of the National Government. Unless some accidents happen to these players, the players from the National Pavilion will come here just to watch and learn.

"Since they are not coming, let me go. My secondary cultivation is earth-type. I can play a greater role in this battlefield!" Guan Yu, who wanted to show himself very much, said hurriedly.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The game hasn't officially started yet!" Feng Li glared at him unhappily.

"If we start and they haven't arrived yet, we won't be able to let anyone replace him!" Mu Tingying said.

Before the time is up, the government can choose the players on its own, but when the game time is up, the confirmed list will be submitted directly and it is impossible to change it. If anyone fails to play for a long time, they will be judged as forfeiting.

After a while, Lin Ran and Mo Fan arrived, and they were naturally scolded.

“It hasn’t started yet?” Mo Fan asked hurriedly.

Feng Li couldn't help but said, "Hurry up and go to the competition."

"Should I go too?" Lin Ran said.

"Nonsense, get out of here quickly." Feng Kai said.

Lin Ran and the other person hurried over.

“Uh…” Mo Fan was silent.

Because he and Lin Ran's teammates are Zu Mingji, Mu Tingying and Nan Rongni, all of whom have conflicts with them.

Mu Tingying said, "Don't hold us back."

She was referring to Mo Fan. Lin Ran’s strength was naturally beyond doubt.

……

"Spain is a maritime country, and many of their mages are very good at water magic. Even if they are not water mages, they know how to use water to fight. We have to be careful." Nan Rongni said.

At this time, the duel arena had been flooded with water, and this time the battle was on water.

"Just give it your all," Zu Mingji said.

"Did you see the man with blue curly hair?" Nan Rongni said.

"I saw it, what's wrong?" Zu Mingji asked.

"This guy is the most powerful one in the Spanish royal family. He takes orders from the Spanish prince, so we need to pay more attention to this guy."

"Game start!"

At this time, the referee made a loud announcement, and the magic battle between China and Spain officially began.

People like Spain are all familiar with water, and at least three of them have learned water magic. In such a vast lake, they can use their water magic more smoothly.

The towering rock peak was a relief to them, but these Spanish people were very sinister. They seemed to understand that there were not many people in the Chinese team who practiced water magic, so they prepared to destroy all the footholds from the beginning.

Seeing that the rock peak where he could stand was collapsing, breaking, and sinking into the lake, Nan Rongni immediately became anxious.

"We have to stop them!" someone shouted.

"How can we stop them? They are not attacking us, they are just attacking these stones. How can we stop them..." said Zu Jiming.

Mu Tingying said, "Just now the Spanish prince was next to Mu Ningxue. I don't know what he was talking about."

Mu Tingying didn't need to take any action at all, she just needed to let Lin Ran take action.

"Eh?!" Lin Ran looked towards Mu Ningxue's side and it seemed that there was indeed a handsome man.

"How dare you steal my house?" Lin Ran was furious.

If you dare to steal our home team, I will kill your national team in seconds.

"Telekinesis!!!" Although this is only an entry-level magic, Lin Ran's mental will is extremely strong, which means that this entry-level magic is also extremely strong.

All the people lurking in the water were lifted up by Lin Ran using the power of space.

Lin Ran sneered and said, "Mo Fan plays badminton?"

"Of course!!!"

Mo Fan punched out with a fierce punch and knocked one of them away.

Mu Tingying also raised her hand to deal with a person.

The whole place was silent. This kind of battle was too weird. All the Spanish players were controlled in the air by the space force and then allowed the Chinese players to knock them away.

People's eyes fell on Lin Ran. Now only Lin Ran had the silver light on him, which meant that he alone controlled all the Spanish players. How powerful must this guy's mental strength be.

The game was over soon.

"How can you humiliate others?" someone said.

Then came the voices of agreement.

Lin Ran raised his head calmly and said, "If you are unhappy, you can come and find me to fight."

Lin Ran looked at an Asian man, who was frightened and quickly lowered his head pretending to look for something. The other people who agreed with him gradually became silent.

Lin Ran raised his thumb and slowly turned downwards.

"If you don't have the ability, don't talk nonsense."

(End of this chapter)