Chapter 235: Use the Flamethrower Punch on Him! (4k)
It was a simple math problem.
[1700 > 1500]
Therefore, the bear spirit with an attack power of 1700 had greater strength than the giraffe beast with an attack power of 1500!
Due to the angle of impact, duelists often couldn’t easily see the numerical values on their opponent’s mana summoning cards during a duel.
Moreover, they needed to issue commands to the golem within a short summon cooldown period, so they couldn’t pay attention to many other things.
Marjory was full of confidence in the giraffe beast’s strength and never imagined that it would lose in a power contest!
But reality dealt him a severe blow.
In the fierce collision, the giraffe beast bore the brunt of both forces, its entire body tilting like a fallen mountain.
On the contrary, the bear spirit, despite enduring the same force, only experienced a deformation in its body — but since it was made of light, it quickly returned to its original form.
The bear spirit with zero defense was immune to pure physical attacks.
One could only say that the compatibility between them was extremely poor.
After the bear spirit regained its shape, it fiercely pressed down on the giraffe beast’s neck, its blood-filled mouth opening wide and biting down!
“Hass!”
The giraffe beast’s mana plummeted along with its scream.
Marjory panicked for a moment.
When he regained his senses, he suddenly noticed that the usual summoning cooldown had passed. He hurriedly took out a mana summoning card to summon another creature.
Meanwhile, Diana timed her move perfectly and started summoning another mana summoning card.
Before Marjory could react, Diana completed her second usual summon!
A new mana summoning creature, unseen even by Dark, appeared in the red summoning area — still a bear!
A red bear with fur like flames burst from the light, charging without hesitation towards the giraffe beast being torn apart by the bear spirit on the ground!
…
[Card Name: Flame Bear]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ??]
[Race: Avian-beast Kin]
[Attribute: Fire/Fighting]
[Mana: 800]
[Attack: 1000]
[Defense: 700]
[Ultimate Skill: Flamethrower Punch]
…
The flame bear stood up on its hind legs as it ran, making it look more like a bear person.
Like many first-year students, Diana worked hard to gather twenty mana summoning cards.
This flame bear was another product of “basic (exciting) summoning.”
Although a two-star flame bear wasn’t powerful, its ultimate skill, “Flamethrower Punch,” could inflict continuous damage on its opponent.
As part of the bear card group, it also added “Bear Bond” to the “Great Earth Bear.”
But just as it approached the giraffe beast, Marjory finally completed his usual summon!
He raised his mana summoning card high and shouted, “Wooden Barricade!”
Instantly…
Around the fallen giraffe beast, sharp-tipped wooden logs pierced through the ground, instantly forming a five-meter-high circular wooden barricade!
“It’s sealed!”
Marjory finally breathed a sigh of relief, his lips curling up.
This “wooden barricade” magic spell card wasn’t taught in textbooks; he paid a great price to create this card.
The entire wooden barricade could last for three minutes, six rounds.
Mana summoning creatures with less than 1500 attack power couldn’t break it in a short time.
Even if it was over 1500, it would take considerable effort.
With this buffer, he could do many things.
“First, drag it until the summon cooldown ends. In the second round, immediately…”
“Use the Flamethrower Punch on it!”
Diana’s voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
He blinked and saw the red-furred bear adopt a stance similar to a martial artist, left hand at the abdomen, right hand pulled back, and then a punch hurled out!
“Boom!”
Flames erupted on the fist.
The unbreakable wooden logs were shattered by this “Flamethrower Punch!”
The surrounding wood was rapidly engulfed in flames, burning a huge hole.
Almost simultaneously, the giraffe beast fell to the bear spirit’s hand, turning into starlight and returning to Marjory’s mana summoning card.
Marjory watched as the flame bear first drilled out of the wooden barricade, then, under Diana’s command, struck the blue mana guidance ball, his expression turning particularly grim.
The “wooden barricade” was most vulnerable to fire.
He hadn’t expected the opponent’s luck to be so good, summoning a second mana summoning creature that was fire-type!
“Drip!”
The battle entered the second round.
Marjory’s fingers landed on the top of his deck.
But he didn’t draw those two new mana summoning cards!
In that instant.
Seeing the flame bear emerge from the wooden barricade and charge toward the mana guidance ball, Marjory didn’t have time to think about whether a 2000 life barrier could withstand a single hit from the flame bear. Almost instinctively, he released his mana summoning card and pointed sharply.
“Go!”
His shout echoed throughout the venue!
Concentrating fully, the blue mana guidance ball in the center of the summoning area suddenly jumped like a ball!
“Bang!”
The flame bear’s punch missed.
With its intelligence level of only 2.5, it froze in place.
But as a duelist, Diana blinked and clearly saw that the blue mana guidance ball was enveloped in mana, a line of mana extending from the rear of the mana guidance ball to Marjory’s finger!
Though the mana line wasn’t invisible, Marjory was indeed manipulating the mana guidance ball remotely with mana!
This advanced technique was something first-year students wouldn’t encounter.
It was a topic taught in the second year!
And even most second-year students found it difficult to master.
“Cheat…”
Diana’s mouth opened slightly. Only now did she realize that mana guidance balls could be moved in a mana duel!
Duelists could multitask, operating the mana guidance ball to dodge while using mana summoning cards for dueling, which was a standard operation.
However, the mana guidance ball absorbed mana, making it feel very “heavy” in mana perception.
Moving it required significant mana and energy.
Ordinary magi couldn’t sustain it for long.
Furthermore, the special properties of the mana guidance ball limited the effect of mana manipulation within a certain range, restricting the maximum output of mana on the mana guidance ball.
Thus, when there was a difference in mana quality between two duelists, the force applied to the mana guidance ball was similar.
This meant that as long as both parties exerted equal effort, they could control the mana guidance ball like a tug-of-war, resulting in a common stalemate.
But if you focused solely on controlling your opponent’s mana guidance ball, they would find ways to sneak attack yours.
This was a choice of tactics.
After all, multitasking was already challenging. If you could multitask three things at once, you were truly exceptional!
However, Marjory was clearly still a beginner.
Controlling the mana guidance ball alone required all his effort. He had no energy left to use mana summoning cards.
So when Diana ordered the bear spirit to attack the mana guidance ball in the air, he had to continuously manipulate the mana guidance ball to dodge.
Diana, meanwhile, drew two new mana summoning cards and began her third usual summon!
Among the two new mana summoning cards she drew, one was “Strength of the Bear,” which granted a bear-type mana summoning creature an additional 300 attack points.
But faced with the current situation, she had to choose another mana summoning card.
In the rapid incantation, her lips trembled quickly.
“Mana Summoning!”
From the mana summoning card, white light immediately shone.
A white owl condensed and formed in the light.
“Charge!”
The owl’s eyes narrowed sharply, transforming into an arrow amidst the remaining light, shooting straight towards the blue mana guidance ball!
This two-star white card had impressive stats, but its key advantage was flight!
…
The sudden appearance of the owl made Marjory even harder-pressed.
He completely disregarded his mana summoning cards and focused solely on moving the mana guidance ball to dodge.
This mana duel turned into an aerial chase show.
Due to the arena’s range and the owl’s intelligence limitations, it charged straight ahead, unable to accelerate, repeatedly dodging Marjory’s controlled mana guidance ball.
Diana glanced at her hand and felt that none of her mana summoning cards were helpful in this situation. She fully devoted herself to commanding the owl.
The second round of the battle phase was dragged on forcefully to its end.
The third round.
Since Marjory failed to draw the limit of two mana summoning cards in the previous round,
it wouldn’t carry over to this round. He could still only draw two mana summoning cards in this round and couldn’t afford to draw more.
However, Diana drew two new mana summoning cards the instant the round began.
She summoned a second flying mana summoning creature!
Two identical two-star mana summoning creatures, lacking any skills, flew in the air, relentlessly pursuing the blue mana guidance ball.
But Marjory’s on-the-spot burst of energy allowed him to evade, keeping the situation going.
Diana’s repeated attempts to encircle failed, causing her to puff up her cheeks in frustration.
Until the fourth round, she suddenly used a “Push Spell” on the blue mana guidance ball!
At that moment, the mana guidance ball broke free from Marjory’s control, pushed hard beneath the owl.
“Goo!”
The owl called happily and quickly grabbed it with its claws, pressing it down.
On the other side, Marjory’s face turned pale. Finally, he stopped mana manipulation and drew the two mana summoning cards from the top of his deck.
One of the mana summoning cards reignited his hope.
Eight seconds of summoning time was actually very short without comparison.
Although the blue mana guidance ball sank, the 2000-point life barrier was not easily broken.
Marjory shouted.
Summoning a three-star archer!
…
[Card Name: Grassland Archer]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ???]
[Race: Human Kin]
[Attribute: Fighting]
[Mana: 900]
[Attack: 1200]
[Defense: 400]
[Ultimate Skill: Triple Arrow Volley]
…
The grassland archer, dressed in green attire and painted with colors, appeared and bent his bow, firing three arrows simultaneously!
“Pew! Pew! Pew!”
One arrow shot skyward.
The other two arrows pierced through Diana’s two flying mana summoning creatures!
Amidst the urgent screams, the two mana summoning creatures fell.
Marjory immediately diverted his attention to regain control of the mana guidance ball!
At the same time, the grassland archer had his neck bitten off by the bear spirit!
No blood flowed, but the grassland archer turned into light after exhausting his mana.
The situation on the field returned to the state at the beginning of the second round.
The only difference was that Marjory’s mana transmission showed signs of instability.
He was still a second-year student, and his mana had yet to reach adult peak.
Over a minute of intense remote manipulation had already drained him.
Once the excitement subsided, his control of the mana guidance ball became erratic.
The result was primarily due to his psychological quality, aside from the mana summoning card quality.
A 2000-point life barrier could withstand a hit from the flame bear.
As long as he remained calm, he still had a chance.
It could be said that the reason he failed to pass the recruitment test for the Dueling Club last semester was due to this.
…
Marjory couldn’t continue to control the mana guidance ball to fly higher and escape.
With Diana’s command, the bear spirit stood up and leaped suddenly, slamming down with a powerful punch!
“BOOM!”
Everything went quiet.
“Beeep—”
“The battle is over!”
“Victor: Diana Gretbail.”
After the judge announced the result.
The first-year students from the Noble Academy outside the arena paused for a moment before suddenly cheering.
Diana on the red competitor’s platform also clicked her tongue, feeling a bland taste in her mouth.
“So it ended like this…”
She stood on tiptoe to look at Marjory, who had crouched down, unsure what he was doing.
This duel was won too easily, and she felt no satisfaction.
But the judges didn’t care about her satisfaction; scores were quickly announced.
Professor Jones finally felt vindicated, his aura different when holding up the score card.
“Red side? Diana, 8 points.”
“Blue side? Marjory, 5 points.”
Professor Foxs was furious, his beard trembling. The second year was his teaching range.
“Red side, 9 points.”
“Blue side, 2 points.”
Finally, the fifth-year student, looking at Professor Foxs’s emotional scoring, gave Marjory an extra point with reluctance.
“Red side, 8 points.”
“Blue side, 6 points.”
…
In this duel, Diana’s performance was average, and 8 points was a very appropriate score.
Marjory clearly failed, but his ability to remotely manipulate the mana guidance ball was a plus, making 5 points a relatively standard score.
If he couldn’t reflect and improve in the next two matches, he might be eliminated again.
Duelists never give up until the end.
Sinking to the bottom and counter-killing in the wind of a dying candle was romantic.
Strong and stable mental qualities were the foundation of everything.
Dark outside the arena spun the mana summoning ring on his finger, barely able to contain himself anymore.
