Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 602: The Battle with Sera! Promoting His Overlord Demonic Plant!
On the judging panel of the spell-fighting tournament were a group of third-ring and sun-ring wizards who governed the competition rules for the four tiers of spell-fighting tournament.

Meanwhile, two-thirds of the third-ring wizards are wizards from the league committee of the Cloudze Wetland Spell Fighting Tournament.

The sports festival in the Golden Crown Mountain region is the area where these league committees select outstanding wizard fighters.

In addition, many local fighting clubs also participate in this competition.

The sports festival at Mount Jinmian itself carries significant political implications; it is a means by which Mount Jinmian governs the surrounding area.

At least in Yunze Wetland, sports are a different kind of war.

They frequently launched sporting events, and also frequently waged war against the Jinmianshan area.

The emergence of sports has extinguished many wars, so the wizard who proposed the concept and framework of sports and finally perfected it was already a high-level wizard in the Starfield Sea.

He was deeply involved in the underlying design of wizarding civilization.

At this moment, the judges were summarizing today's matches. A third-circle wizard from the Fighting League Committee said, "In the end, Golden Crown Mountain is still the most powerful. At least a third of the seeded players are wizards from Golden Crown Mountain."

"Second Ring Road Phase..."

He mentioned the seeded players in the second ring stage. "That wizard in your second ring stage, he intends to participate in the grand league of magic combat competitions in the future, right?"

At present, this level of magical combat competition can only be considered a small league.

The real magic combat competition will be decided in the Grand League.

"The Wizard Fisher."

As a fellow judge, Wizard Fischer chuckled and said, "Our Golden Crown Mountain is naturally the strongest."

In front of outsiders, Wizard Fisher did not mention the internal disputes at Mount Golden Crown, which were ultimately just internal conflicts.

In any case, Wizard Fisher could not see anyone defeating the wizard of Golden Crown Mountain in the sporting events held at Golden Crown Mountain and winning first place.

The Senate, the Academic Committee, and the Inspection Deacon Group could not possibly accept such a thing.

As one of the seven top wizarding academies and a prestigious institution with a history spanning millennia, Mount Golden Crown naturally has its own principles to uphold.

Wizard Fisher asked, "And what about within the first ring?"

The third-ring wizard in the league laughed and said, "So far, most wizards have played six games. But the first-ring wizards who have maintained a perfect record of six wins are actually six from your Golden Crown Mountain."

"Outside of Mount Golden Crown, there are only three undefeated champions."

"It's a pity that the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain don't usually participate in our magic fighting tournament league."

"Of the nine victors, only two wizards defeated their opponents instantly. One is your grandson, and the other is that witch named Julian."

A slight smile appeared on the wizard Fisher's face, but his gaze turned somber as he looked at the witch Julian. 'I'd never noticed this witch before; I never imagined her magical abilities were so high.'

'That Fyodor guy, he played a trick on me.'

"I had arranged for a Star Ring Wizard to give my grandson specialized training, so he could become familiar with all of his opponents' magical systems and find their weaknesses. But who knew that old man Fyodor would pull this stunt?"

As Wizard Fisher swept across the arena, another wizard in the High School of Truth surprised him slightly: Locke Augustine.

'They seem to be from the Academic Committee? I don't remember them before. It shouldn't be one of those old guys on the Academic Committee playing tricks; they're probably young wizards who just enrolled this year.'

'Unexpectedly, his magic pressure reached 9999, and his magic level also seems quite high.'

"Grandson, you must be careful."

The third-ring wizard in the league seemed rather curious about Locke's Peach Awl Thorn Arrow spell. "That Peach Awl Thorn Arrow spell is so old, I haven't seen a wizard use it in years. Hahaha...maybe it's because I've watched too many Grand League matches. In the Grand League, very few wizards use spells that have such high requirements for their own abilities."

"Hahaha……"

Wizard Fisher glanced at him unhappily. Among the seven top academies, only Golden Crown Mountain still studies the Peach Arch Thorn Arrow magic.

“Classics are powerful. We wizards of Golden Crown Mountain naturally have enough talent and ability to use this kind of magic.”

The third-ring wizard from the league quickly shrugged and said, "Old Fisher, you're too serious. I was just trying to make a joke."

"I did not mean to question the academic level of your Jinmianshan."

The competition is held 24 hours a day, but some matches are scheduled during the day and some less popular matches are scheduled at night.

All the matches in the Spell Fighting Tournament are held during the day and are broadcast live, making it the most watched event in the Cloud Arena. Therefore, it is essential to choose the best time slot.

Locke went back to sleep for a night, then opened Arthas's list and found that his Tyrant Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes had only sold 79 pairs so far.

The Overlord Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes cost 2 Magic Stones per pair, or 1 Magic Stones per shoe.

After all, the giant hummingbird pineapple is not a magical plant with particularly high magical pressure.

The Tyrant Hummingbird Pineapple is simply an enhanced version of the original, but with a more dominant design.

Moreover, this price is quite reasonable; otherwise, if it were too expensive, no wizard would even consider buying it.

Locke raised an eyebrow upon seeing this. "Yesterday's sales were only 158 million magic stones, barely making it into the niche sales chart."

“Scarlett the Witch might be happy, but I’m not.”

Last time, the total transaction amount of his five-headed serpent demonic plant reached tens of millions.

For a pair of Overlord Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes, I can only earn four thousand magic stones.

Based on this sales volume and profit, I can expect to earn about two million magic stones in seven days.

It has already met both my minimum expectations and Scarlett Witch's expectations.

But I think these wizard shoes could sell for even more.

They could also take the opportunity to establish their own wizard shoe brand.

Advancing to the second ring requires a lot of resources. Without those resources, one can only spend time accumulating them, just like other wizards.

Of course, a pair of wizard shoes can earn four thousand magic stones.

This is certainly already an exorbitant profit.

Thanks to Arthas's production bases in various colonized worlds, even if he and Arthas split the net profit after deducting operating costs, they could still make enough money.

If I were to produce a pair of Tyrant Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes myself, the cost alone would take up about half of the profit. Adding in the operating costs, I would only earn a couple thousand magic stones.

Locke thought for a moment and said, "I need to change my approach. A magic combat tournament naturally attracts everyone's attention; I want to endorse my own product."

Locke thought for a moment.

He took out a sample of the Tyrant Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes from his Astral Ring and put them on. These were metallic blue-green gradient shoes, full of a dreamlike quality. The soles of the shoes had plant-mimicking hummingbird pectoral muscle tendons, which could constantly generate a rebound force against the ground, creating a reaction force under his feet.

Meanwhile, the surface is covered with pineapple root patterns, and the extensive multi-layered air pineapple composite structure provides powerful shock absorption.

Locke, wearing these shoes, felt as if he were walking on clouds as he stepped on the ground.

Locke summoned his cloud whale, then rode on it and headed to the Cloud Arena in the sky.

After watching the match for a while with Mason Witch and others, he went to the Peach Arena of the Spellfighting Tournament to participate in the first round of the day.

The referee wizard announced: "The Golden Crown Mountain True Knowledge Institute, Locke Augustine, versus the Golden Crown Mountain True Knowledge Institute, Sera Ritchie."

On the stage, Locke was stunned. He hadn't expected to run into his colleague the very next day.

At that time, he saw that in the competition, in one of the five third-ring wizards of the House of True Knowledge, Craft Roosevelt, there were many wizards giving blessings to the witch wearing a black wizard's robe.

Many of the judges on the magic combat competition also showed surprise.

On the judges' table.

Kraft Roosevelt, a senior wizard mentor from Golden Crown Mountain and a wizard specializing in bloodlines, who was serving as a judge, showed displeasure. "Why put two contestants who have maintained a winning streak against each other on the second day, and both of them are young first-ring wizards from our Golden Crown Mountain?"

The person in charge of this spell-fighting tournament, a third-circle wizard, explained: "The results of the competition were determined by drawing lots. To prevent wizards from influencing the results, we even invited wizards from the School of Prophecy to use special magic to make the draw results truly random."

"Anyway, losing a game won't eliminate anyone. As long as we maintain a high score, it won't have much of an impact."

"The unpredictability of the competition is a long-standing tradition of our magic combat tournament."

The wizard Kraft looked displeased. "Hmph."

Because the Sera witch was one of his cooperating wizards.

He naturally hoped that his wizard students would rank as high as possible, ideally qualifying for the Plane Conquest Tournament and earning one of the highest honors of their Golden Crown Mountain: representing the school in the competition between the five major powers.

Seeing that the Witch Sera had encountered a strong enemy ahead of time, while the others were still crushing weaker opponents, he was naturally displeased.

On Arena 1, as the most anticipated match of the day, their match was naturally scheduled to take place on Arena 1, which has the highest viewership.

The witch Sera stepped onto the peach cloud arena.

After the referee announced the start, she did not immediately choose to attack, but looked at Locke and said, "I didn't expect that the wizards of our Golden Crown Mountain would be matched up so quickly."

“Wizard Augustine, I ask you, have you ever had close ties with dark wizards?”

Locke glanced at her and said, "I used to be from the Southeast Corner Region. I fought against dark wizards many times."

The witch Sera nodded seriously and said, "I see."

"Then be careful, Locke."

"The magic I'm about to use is the prototype of the ultimate magic I've confirmed for my future."

"I will win this match."

A phantom of a firebird appeared beneath the feet of the witch Sera, and then the phantom of the firebird attracted a large amount of fire elemental energy from the surrounding area.

A blinding red light suddenly appeared in the Firebird's reflection.

They seemed to come from another world.

The shadow actually flew up from the ground and transformed into a firebird, hovering in mid-air.

It was as if Yan Que had come to life from the witch Sera.

Locke looked at this scene in surprise, and many wizards who were watching the battle were also shocked.

Some bloodline wizards from other wizarding organizations whispered, "Are we seeing things? Why can a bloodline wizard revive a portion of their bloodline power and make it appear in the arena in physical form?"

"Isn't that bloodline witch from Mount Golden Crown a bit too outrageous?"

A second-circle bloodline wizard from the Tower of Transmutation suddenly spoke up amidst the crowd's exclamations. "It's because of the high degree of bloodline activation! She used a spell model to stimulate the activation level of her own bloodline to the extreme, and then entrusted the bloodline power to her shadow, as if she had resurrected the Flame Sparrow."

"However, the Flame Sparrow is a Star Ring-level magical creature, so it certainly cannot be fully resurrected. This magic... does indeed have the potential to serve as a blueprint for a major magic spell."

"Haven't you heard of the nickname 'Grim Reaper of Golden Crown Mountain'? She's the Sera Witch, isn't she? She's killed countless dark wizards."

The Tower of Transformation is also a wizarding organization in the Golden Crown Mountain region, and even a medium to large-sized wizarding organization.

At that moment, another second-circle wizard from the Tower of Transmutation walked over and, ignoring the others, began to discuss in hushed tones with the other second-circle wizard. "The bloodline technology of Mount Golden Crown has made great progress. The first proposal of this magic was made at the academic exchange meeting of Wizard Roosevelt ten years ago."

"But unexpectedly, in just ten years, this technology has been perfected, to the point that even first-ring wizards can use it. With this [Bloodline Activation] technology, the witch Sera's chances of winning are very high."

The second-circle wizard in the Tower of Transmutation nodded affirmatively. "Yes, the single-hit attack power of the Peach Arch Thorn Arrow magic is indeed very high. But the greatest advantage of the Bloodline Activation Technology lies in the fact that it allows wizards to use their own latent bloodline power to create their own battle partners during battle."

"Two bodies, one heart, the main body and the shadow fight simultaneously, partners with each other, like loyal wingmen. The botanical wizard can only attack one enemy at a time, so the Flame Sparrow clone can take advantage of this opportunity to attack him."

"Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, the Sera witch has no interest in winning or losing the competition."

The other second-ring wizard paused, taken aback. "What do you mean?"

The second-circle bloodline wizard of the Tower of Transmutation said in a low voice, "You can tell just by looking into her eyes. She is the most orthodox bloodline wizard. Look at her eyes, which are full of murderous desire. That is a typical case of the bestiality of magical creatures hidden in the rationality of a wizard."

"She's enjoying the fight."

"She kills dark wizards to fight, she fights in spell-fighting tournaments to fight, no matter what, she's always fighting. What a terrifying wizard, she's practically a white wizard born for battle. She'd be perfect as a wizard fighter, making a living by fighting in the grand league."

"And didn't you see? She's constantly refining this spell, adding to its power. She's found her path and is working towards building a powerful spell. Every battle she fights is a testament to perfecting her offensive magic."

"Look, that botanical wizard is about to use the Peach Bow Thorn Arrow again. He summoned the peach bow, wait... he dodged it? Why isn't he attacking?"

At this moment, on the arena, Locke used the reaction force of the Tyrant Hummingbird Pineapple Shoes to jump three feet high, directly dodging the chain attack of the Sera Witch's main body and the Flame Sparrow's clone.

Sera the witch looked at Locke in astonishment. "Judging from your previous fighting style, I thought you were the type of wizard who charged in and attacked relentlessly. I never imagined you would dodge."

Locke laughed and said, "A person can't stick to one fighting style."

Moreover, I must try my best to demonstrate my Overlord Demon Plant Technique on the battlefield!
Then naturally we should hide.

Locke pushed off with both feet, unleashing his Overlord Domain. At the same time, he chanted a spell, using the universal first-level botanical magic [Boots of Grass and Wood] enchanted on his wizard shoes.

Suddenly, beneath the Overlord's Domain, within the convergent evolution mechanism, a force suppressing non-wind elemental magic descended.

Sera the Witch's expression changed slightly. Under the Overlord's Domain, even the flames of the Flame Sparrow's clone were weakened by half out of thin air.

What powerful magic!

(End of this chapter)