Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

"Li Ang, you're such a coward! You gave up without even fighting." Lu Xiaoyou, sitting opposite Li Ang at the four-person dining table, said with a hint of disappointment.

Lu Xiaoyou is a medical mage, so she did not sign up for the individual competition. Instead, she was assigned to the treatment team and remained on standby outside the arena, ready to kidnap and treat the injured at any time.

So it wasn't until after the second round of matches, during the lunch break, that I had time to talk to everyone.

Li Ang pursed his lips and continued eating the sweet and sour pork on his plate, too lazy to explain to Lu Xiaoyou again.

Li Ang had already explained to many friends about his decision to concede defeat, and he was thoroughly annoyed by it.

"You actually ignored what I said!" Lu Xiaoyou's voice suddenly rose eight octaves.

Gu Yi, who was tall and imposing, couldn't help but pick at his ear: "Alright, Xiao You, Li Ang is indeed no match for you, it's normal for him to admit defeat."

"Brother Yi, how can you boost the morale of others while belittling your teammates? We haven't even fought yet, I don't believe Li Ang is no match for us!" Lu Xiaoyou persisted.

Gu Yi gently shook his head: "I'm not trying to boost anyone's morale, and you should believe me. Just talking about Wang Jiang's strength, even I am slightly inferior to him at the same level. I wouldn't dare say he's invincible at the initial level, but there are very few people who can defeat him at the initial level."

"You must be mistaken, Brother Yi. Li Ang is fighting Wang Yi. What does it have to do with Wang Jiang?" Lu Xiaoyou blinked. Although these two people both have the surname Wang, their appearances and temperaments are quite different. How could Brother Yi be mistaken?

"Heh, these two are now known as the 'Twin Kings' of Lanling Demon High School, how big can the difference be?" Gu Yi joked, then explained seriously:

"Wang Yi's strength is indeed slightly inferior to Wang Jiang's, but it's definitely not by much. At least he could easily defeat Li Ang. In the previous battle with Qu Yang, Wang Yi clearly didn't use his full strength."

"Hey, Yi-ge, I admit I'm no match for Wang Yi in a fight, but to say I 'crush' him is a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?" Li Ang rubbed his nose, somewhat incredulous.

"Yi-ge, how do you know Wang Yi wasn't using his full strength? You've never fought him." Lu Xiaoyou still found it hard to believe: "If he's really that good, doesn't that mean there are very few people in the entire senior year who could beat him?"

After finishing the last bite, Gu Yi pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth: "More or less. Although I have never fought Wang Yi, I have fought Wang Jiang and learned some information about Wang Yi from Wang Jiang."

Hearing this, Lu Xiaoyou asked curiously, "Brother Yi, so you and Wang Jiang already knew each other? No wonder he greeted you on the bus to Lingnan Shaqiao before. What's your relationship?"

"It's just some connection with the older generation," Gu Yi said without further explanation.

"Okay." Lu Xiaoyou believed Gu Yi's words: "But even if Li Ang is no match for him, putting aside the issue of strength, Li Ang doesn't even have the courage to fight Wang Yi. He's acting too cowardly and it's beneath him, right, Sister Pingping?"

Qian Pingping, who was leisurely munching on her ribs, couldn't help but roll her eyes at Lu Xiaoyou, not taking sides: "You guys can argue all you want, but don't drag me into it. I don't want to express any opinion."

"But you've made it into the top eight too, Pingping-jie! You're very likely to run into Wang Yi next!" Lu Xiaoyou reminded her.

"One in seven chance, is that really possible?" Qian Pingping didn't care. She carefully put away the bones she had gnawed clean, then clapped her hands. "I'll admit defeat if I run into him too. After all, Gu Yi said Wang Yi is exceptionally strong."

Lu Xiaoyou was speechless, and could only glare angrily at Li Ang: "Coward!"

Li Ang was speechless. So what if he chickened out? Wang Yi wasn't Jiang Yue, who was ruthless. It's easy for him to talk when he's not the one suffering. It's not like he'd be the one getting hurt if they fought.

No, injured?

Li Ang suddenly realized something and looked at Lu Xiaoyou with suspicion: "Lu Xiaoyou, you're not hoping I get hurt so you can get your hands on me, are you?"

"How could that be!" Lu Xiaoyou's eyes darted around twice before she answered decisively, "Absolutely impossible! How could you doubt me! We're teammates! Brothers, close friends and family, partners who have gone through thick and thin together!"

Don't underestimate the bond between us, you bastard!

"What the hell are you trying to trip me up with?!" Seeing Lu Xiaoyou's reaction, Li Ang became even more certain, and was so angry he almost threw down his chopsticks on the spot: "Your medical team has taken in quite a few wounded this morning, right? Losing one of me won't make a difference, so why are you trying to take advantage of me?!"

"Oh, this is a rare opportunity. You know, there are more participants and more injured players in the individual competition. When it comes to the team competition, there are hardly any people signing up, not to mention that I will also have to play."

Seeing that Li Ang was not easily fooled, Lu Xiaoyou's arrogance immediately subsided, and she poured Li Ang a glass of water with great concern: "Besides, there are so many sisters in the medical team, there are too many wolves and not enough meat, and I haven't been assigned to many surgeries."

"A few machines aren't enough? Are you trying to do human anatomy?!" Li Ang was so angry he almost twisted his nose.

It's truly a cold and heartless world; people have lost their traditional values, and now they're even scheming against their own teammates.

Li Ang couldn't help but ponder when this unhealthy trend of scrambling for patients to have surgeries started.

It seems to have started when Director Zhang Miaoyi encouraged medical practitioners to practice more.

Oh, it's Director Zhang. Oh, then it's alright.

This is not a bad trend, but a practice that yields true knowledge. It is a manifestation of daring to strive and having a good academic style.

It's just that Lu Xiaoyou went astray and picked up bad habits.

Seeing that Li Ang was indeed a bit angry, Lu Xiaoyou coughed and quickly changed the subject: "Wang Yi is so strong, and with Jiang Yue added, it seems that the chances of these three advancing to the top four are very high."

"This is outrageous! If three of the top four are freshmen, where does that leave the dignity of us seniors? We'll be utterly crushed by the freshmen and sophomores, and we won't even dare to raise our voices when we argue anymore!"

"For mages, being bad is the original sin. If you're not strong enough, you'll have to take the criticism. Being weak isn't scary; what's scary is being weak and unwilling to admit it," Gu Yi said casually.

"Besides, what's wrong with letting the three of them into the semifinals? Anyway, this championship is mine. It's just a pity they came a little too early."

Li Ang, standing to the side, secretly gave a thumbs up.

"You still have to be the boss," that sounds domineering.

At 2:30 PM, the third round of the quarterfinals began.

In other words, Lanling Magic High School had a relatively small number of participants, which allowed them to complete all the matches in one day.

As Wang Yi expected, the random result was as expected; the three of them did not engage in a civil war.

On the stage, host Ma Xiaoting was already warming up the crowd.

"I'm off now, see you in the semifinals." Wang Jiang picked up his dark halberd and strode gracefully toward the arena.

"I have a feeling we won't run into that mid-level mage, even though we don't know who he is," Wang Yi said with a smile to the person next to him.

"Oh! Brother E, I know, the person you're talking about above, you mean the old teacher, right?" Qi Xiaohao stretched out his left palm, clenched his right fist and slammed it down, suddenly realizing.

"Otherwise, should I say someone's hiding on the cafeteria ceiling?" Wang Yi sighed.

Is it really necessary to take two hours to process just one sentence?

Qi Xiaohao is very clever when he's smart, especially when it comes to some strange things.

However, at times, it seems a bit slow.