Chinese professors at the Wizarding Academy

Jim's hair stood on end!

The once warm wooden cabin suddenly turned as cold as an icebox!

He was terrified, turning his head back and forth to look around, instinctively hoping to find the source of the danger. He tried hard not to look at the floor, but when he caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, he was once again frightened by the hideous writing on the floor, and his heart suddenly tightened!

"M-Master, no, no, no, no!"

"Please spare me... I beg you!"

Big tears streamed down Jim's face again. He was so scared, so very scared...

"No, I don't want to die!"

Jim scrambled to his feet and huddled in the corner of the cabin, the very spot where he had been when Master Gu Chen brought him back.

He had been prepared to die a horrible death ever since he was brought back by Master Gu Chen. In fact, he never expected to live this long, and even dared to sleep soundly in Master Gu Chen's bed.

The terrifying vortex and the Soul Furnace were still vivid in Jim's mind. It could be said that when he was being dragged away, Jim had already given up the idea of ​​living.

Being brought back and spared torture is already a blessing from heaven.

But... but, am I being too greedy?

He really didn't want to die!

He wanted a stable place to live; he hoped to live a good life.

Jim so desperately wanted to see Grandpa Martin and Grandma Aya again...

There was another person, Master Gu Chen.

Jim looked around frantically, hoping to catch a glimpse of that gentle face.

Although the previous teachings were strict and frightening, Jim could never forget the first impression he had of him.

He was terrified of Master Gu Chen, but an inexplicable intuition reminded him that Master Gu Chen was not a bad person.

The old man was fierce, but he didn't kick his own face with his boots. At that time, he was being grabbed by the collar, and the bone knife wasn't actually in a dangerous position where he could take his life.

Jim had spent so much time struggling in the slums, and then endured so much bullying at Grey Tower Academy...

Even a child's ability to judge people has already been honed.

At that moment, Jim instinctively called out the name of the "teacher" who had recognized him as a "student"...

"Teacher Gu Chen!"

But no one answered.

The bright red bloodstains on the ground, at this moment, seemed to have come to life, dancing wildly as if they were watching a spectator mocking a court jester.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

"Don't be ridiculous, you're probably becoming dependent on the killer who murdered you."

"Why are you still calling me 'teacher'? How ridiculous!"

With its beautiful handwriting, this would surely be an elegant work that would win the appreciation of any poet, calligrapher, or even king if placed in the palace.

However, his writing contains absolute malice and mockery.

"Die!"

The one who manipulated the bloodline showed her final mercy.

Is informing the murdered of their death date an act of mercy or arrogance?

"No, no..."

Jim sensed some kind of energy approaching him, and he was completely unable to resist it.

This was a first for Jim.

Without mental strength, it is virtually impossible to manipulate magic. It was Gu Chen's teachings that enabled Jim to reach a mental strength level of 6.

At this moment, Jim could finally feel the magic in the air, and he could feel a magic trying to penetrate his body, like a red venomous snake.

"I don't want to die... I don't want to die..."

"I barely survived... why can't I escape death after all!"

The pressure of death is immense. If Gu Chen's previous attempts were performances, now death is real and imminent.

[Student Jim has been detected to be under extreme stress and is on the verge of a mental breakdown.]

[Unwavering willpower, triggered]

"Of course I won't let you die..."

In the distant darkness, a tattered black robe fluttered in the night.

It is Gu Chen!

At this moment, crimson magic flowed through his hands, with dense, intertwined blood threads connecting to the dark red pool of blood he had deliberately spat on the ground when he left earlier.

Gu Chen muttered to himself, his eyes turning crimson.

This is one of the phenomena of using magic. The eyes are the windows to the soul. For low-level wizards, when mental power guides magic, the color of the magic will be reflected in their eyes.

At this moment, several streams of blood, as clear and translucent as rubies, were drawn into Gu Chen's body by magic.

"...They stopped us."

"As expected of blood extraction after analysis of the analysis points, it can even reverse the flow of blood from an enemy blood wizard!"

"Even though Alyssa's spell level is also Proficient, it's nowhere near the level of Proficient as analyzed!"

"Furthermore, after absorbing Alyssa's blood, I clearly feel my magic power has become much stronger!"

At this moment, in Gu Chen's eyes, there was a cold, bright red line of blood outside the wooden house. This was the trajectory of the magic. When this line of blood connected to Jim, it meant that the spell had truly been activated!

Without a doubt, under Alyssa's "Mastery" level blood absorption, Jim would instantly turn into a dried-up corpse!

But none of this happened!

The reason is very simple: Gu Chen left a pool of blood beforehand, and then moved to a distant place where blood absorption could not be triggered!

"The book 'Complete Guide to Basic Blood Spells' records the maximum range of Blood Drain at the Master level... which is around 50 meters."

"I was 100 meters away when I triggered my own blood extraction by using the blood I had left behind beforehand."

"That was a successful interception!"

Not only did he successfully intercept the enemy, but Gu Chen also successfully absorbed the blood of a mid-level first-ring blood wizard. When the blood entered Gu Chen's body, he felt a pure magical power coursing through his body!

"good!"

"But that pool of blood is about to dry..."

Gu Chen felt the abundant magical power, but dared not relax, his eyes fixed on the wooden house.

He knew who had come... he knew who wanted to kill his student!

"Elisa!"

"And you're not the only one..."

"Someone has disturbed my concentration; I would never have such thoughts about my students!"

"two……"

He realized what was happening while he was in the cabin, and was thankful that his spells were enhanced through analysis points, which allowed him to break free from the mental interference by manipulating his blood.

Gu Chen noticed that the pool of blood he left behind had become too dark after the interception, and had completely lost its luster.

It seems that even with the enhanced Blood Drain, the ranged spell can only be used once.

He needs to be close to the cabin to meet the casting distance requirement!

"Two mid-level first-ring cultivators... and possibly even one high-level first-ring cultivator."

"A mid-level first-circle wizard who passes the assessment will master at least three proficient spells, while higher-level wizards will master even more."

"In the best-case scenario, I can hit six people with one spell."

Gu Chen also knew that even if his blood absorption after analysis was stronger than Alyssa's, he would still die from exhaustion under the combined attack of at least six spells from the two of them.

"Going to the academy to ask those skinning golems for help is not realistic... even though Grey Tower Academy forbids wizards from killing each other."

"But as long as you're not caught on the spot and reported, it's fine."

He knew that staying in the cabin was tantamount to suicide, but there was simply not enough time to report to the skinned puppets!

Even if Alyssa is arrested on the spot, so what?

With Jim dead, he lost his chance to gamble on the future!

Even if there's no Elisa, there will be Kardashian, Marisa, or even Poposa!

Failing the assessment means certain death!

But Gu Chen did not feel despair, because when he received the message from Jim that "Unwavering Will" had been triggered, he had already constructed the formula for victory!

"Jim, you're my turning point!"

"Unwavering willpower!"

"Your talent has been triggered! As long as you learn something now, I, having gained analysis points, can break this deadlock!"

"I'll help you stop Alyssa and that other mysterious person!"

For most people, this would naturally be a desperate situation.

A direct confrontation is a dead end, and bringing in reinforcements is also a dead end!

But Gu Chen was determined to seize that glimmer of hope in the face of death!

Play that winning trump card!

"Jim..."

"The world doesn't have high hopes for you... but your teacher knows you can prove them wrong!"

Gu Chen's expression was solemn as he held his breath and focused his mind, channeling his magic power!

"Blood extraction..."

He used blood extraction on himself, slowing the flow of blood in his veins and causing his heart to beat more slowly...

Gu Chen did this for a very simple reason.

"A mind wizard, a blood wizard."

"A direct confrontation is absolutely out of the question... but I can reduce the risk of being discovered by Alyssa by slowing down my blood flow."

"A slow-beating heart brings about a vague consciousness; the mind influences consciousness, and consciousness reflects the mind... A vague consciousness also brings a vague light of the mind, reducing the risk of being discovered by a mind wizard."

"Sneak attack!"

Gu Chen's face turned deathly pale. He tightened his tattered black robe. The cold wind howled, and then a figure began to move in the shadows of the old stone walls of Gray Tower Academy.

At the same time, he manipulated the remaining pool of dark blood to convey a message to Jim!

Meanwhile, Jim, inside the cabin, noticed...

The dull, lifeless bloodline twisted and crawled, converging into several other lines of writing that, while not exactly neat and beautiful, were definitely legible at a glance.

[Concentrate your mental energy according to the "Basic Meditation Method"]

【I am here. 】