Baron Cullen

The refined middle-aged man before them was none other than Brandon Rhea, one of the current vice presidents of the Mage Association and a fourth-tier mage.

"Baron Karen, there's no need for such formalities." Brandon waved his hand, his appreciative gaze still fixed on Cecilia. "The talent of four elements is extremely rare; even I only have three elements."

It seems your Waller family is destined to produce a very powerful mage in the future.

Four elements?

Karen pondered to herself.

The original owner's memories did not contain much information about mages and magic.

But based on what he had seen and heard these past few days, he believed that this referred to how many different types of elemental magic a mage could master.

If what he thinks is true, then Cecilia, who possesses a four-elemental constitution, does indeed have a terrifying magical talent.

But at that moment, a strange change occurred on the field!

A member of a collateral branch of the Hopkins family suddenly began to tremble violently while channeling extraordinary elements!

His face flushed and then turned deathly pale in a very short time, and the aura emanating from his body was not pure elemental light.

Instead, it was mixed with a hint of dark red and carried an aura of bloodlust!

The next moment, a strange "hoarse" sound came from his throat, and his ten fingers involuntarily twisted into claw shapes, looking extremely eerie.

Everyone in the hall sensed this unusual energy fluctuation and turned to look, their faces showing surprise and uncertainty.

"Extraordinary elemental disorder? No!" The old mage presiding over the ceremony changed his expression and immediately cast a soft white light to envelop the nobleman's son, attempting to stabilize his condition.

On the other side, Vice President Brandon in the observation area also frowned, a look of shock and disbelief flashing in his eyes.

He stared intently at the aggressive dark red light emanating from the nobleman's son, muttering, "This is... third-tier blood magic."

"How is that possible?! Didn't the vampire clan become extinct a hundred years ago?"

Brandon's voice was low, but Karen, who was standing next to him, heard it clearly.

He was deeply shocked!

Vampires?

He had no idea what the vampires and blood magic that Brandon was talking about were; there was no related information in the original owner's memories.

But in his previous life, as a modern person, upon hearing these two words, a word he hadn't heard in a long time inexplicably popped into his mind.

vampire!

Thinking of this, Karen subconsciously focused her mind.

The mysterious runes deep within his right eye quietly activated, and then he looked at the noble youth who was about to lose control.

From the peculiar perspective of the mysterious runes, the extraordinary pathways that should have been orderly constructed within the noble scion's body were now being forcibly disrupted by a dark red energy that writhed and leaped like a living creature.

The dark red energy seemed to possess its own consciousness, constantly eroding the host's mind and body.

This is precisely why the process of guiding extraordinary elements went out of control.

"So this is how 'blood magic' works!" Karen's eyes widened.

With the blessing of the mysterious runes, he instantly discerned several key nodes in the path of that dark red energy.

Just then, Vice President Brandon appeared in the arena in a flash.

He replaced the old priest who was presiding over the ceremony, quickly raised his right hand, and chanted complex and mysterious incantations.

A surge of even more powerful and refined energy flowed into the nobleman's body, precisely suppressing the chaotic and violent dark red energy within him.

A moment later, the dark red light on the nobleman's body gradually faded, and his disordered aura slowly calmed down.

But the next moment, he collapsed to the ground and fell into a coma.

However, Vice President Brandon, standing to the side, had a serious expression on his face, seemingly deep in thought.

He waved for the association's guards to take the unconscious nobleman away for treatment, then his sharp gaze swept over all the still-shaken crowd present.

Finally, his gaze fell on Karen in the observation area, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

Due to an unexpected event, the awakening ceremony has been temporarily suspended.

The new students who were still in the guidance process were also interrupted by the association's mages in a safe manner, and they are waiting for the association's next steps.

Just then, everyone saw Vice President Brandon leading several mages towards the observation area, and then he asked Karen:

"Baron Karen, you seemed quite focused just now. Do you perhaps have some knowledge of 'blood magic'?"

Karen, seeing the gazes of Brandon and the other mages, knew that she couldn't refuse the situation now.

He paused for a moment, then organized his thoughts and said, "Vice President, perhaps I simply have a slight talent for perceiving extraordinary elements, which is why I have made some discoveries."

He could not reveal the existence of the mysterious runes and could only attribute the cause to his inexplicable "talent".

After all, this is a very general concept and cannot be verified.

Thinking of this, Karen continued to explain: "The way that abnormal energy was circulating and its patterns were different from any magic I've ever seen."

Regardless of the type of magic, its essence lies more in guiding and manipulating extraordinary elements from the outside world.

As he spoke, he recalled the details captured by the mysterious runes, and then described them using his understanding as a modern person from his previous life: "But that dark red energy was different. It was extremely aggressive, like a predator actively hunting anything it could see, whether it was extraordinary elements or life force."

Its core operation seems to be based on 'plunder' and 'transformation' rather than the 'construction' and 'resonance' of ordinary magic.

The energy's trajectory was also unusually bizarre, filled with an aura of destruction and chaos, as if its sole purpose was to plunder everything.

Karen's description is not profound, and it could even be said to be not very accurate.

However, he approached the topic from the perspectives of the essence of extraordinary elements and the operating principles of magic, thus roughly revealing the core characteristics of blood magic.

Stealing life and transforming it into essence!

These words not only caused the expressions of the mages nearby to change drastically, but even Brandon's pupils shrank involuntarily!

Their faces all showed shock.

"It's not about building and resonating, but about plundering and transforming..." Several monks stood there muttering to themselves, their eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge.

Recalling their years of research on blood magic, they discovered that Karen's description coincided with records in some ancient books about blood magic!

"Baron Karen, you mean..." a third-tier mage wearing gold-rimmed glasses asked hastily, "that you discerned the operational rules and essence of that third-tier blood magic just now solely based on your perception of extraordinary elements?"

The other mages standing nearby nodded in agreement and spoke up one after another:

"If that's true, what terrifying insight would be required to do that?"

"I never imagined that someone as a warrior-class superhuman would possess such talent for magic! If you could become a mage, it would be a tremendous help to the association's magical research!"

At this moment, Brandon, as the vice president, was the most shocked.

He had studied these ancient magic and forbidden knowledge for many years and knew what Karen's words meant.

This cannot be explained by simple talent.

Rather, it is a glimpse and understanding that points directly to the rules of magic itself!

Many high-level mages who have studied magic for decades may not have such a clear and profound understanding, let alone a superhuman who has just awakened the warrior class.

He looked at Karen with a mixture of shock and inquiry in his eyes, and even a hint of indescribable fanaticism.

This young man is not only exceptionally talented in the way of the warrior, but also possesses such terrifying magical talent!

This is comparable to those once-in-a-century prodigies!