Wizard's Journey

Chapter 680 The Challenger (Part 4)

"Huh? That's it! Tch..."

Little Eight grumbled and complained, looking like it wasn't enough that it ended before it even started. Meanwhile, the Mysterious Thousand-Headed Bird flew around Little Eight, its massive body flapping its wings and its dozens of heads chattering incessantly, as if telling Little Eight about its recent bravery.

Green silently merged the Ram Horned Skull Magic Wand into his body and shook his head.

Although this demon hunter wizard was considered extremely strong among second-level wizards, he was nothing special to Grimm. Whether it was his super-strong close-range physical attacks or his elemental attacks of annihilation power, the opponent could hardly withstand them, not to mention the auxiliary attacks from the Thousand-Eyed Crab, the Mysterious Thousand-Headed Bird, and the Black-Eating Flame Soul Giant.

The difference in strength between the two was ultimately too great; the other party was merely a level two demon hunter wizard in the conventional sense.

"Let's go back."

After muttering something to himself, Green vanished in a flash, taking Hachi, the Mysterious Bird, and the Thousand-Eyed Crab with him and leaving the World Fragment.

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Aachenso challenged Green, having won all three challenges against the third-place finisher on the Seven Rings Tower leaderboard.

Many second-level demon hunter wizards who participated in the competition for the Seven Rings Holy Tower Ranking eagerly watched the information in the crystal ball.

Will Aachenso be able to defeat Green and take the top spot on the Seven Rings Santana list?

Perhaps an earth-shattering and fierce competition is taking place on the field?

People were speculating wildly. Just then, a spatial fluctuation occurred on the world fragment teleportation array in the competition venue, and a figure appeared. Was the outcome decided so quickly?

With a "plop," the Flesh-Winged Giant Lizard fell out first. Just as some demon hunter wizards waiting at the World Fragment teleportation point recognized that it was Aachenso's chimera, the next moment, Aachenso himself also fell out.

"It failed!?"

"It seems that this Wizard Green does indeed possess exceptional strength; otherwise, Aachenso, with its three-game winning streak, would not have been defeated so easily."

The demon hunters watching muttered to themselves, and several others flew forward, hoping to inquire about Grimm's battle information. These were all demon hunters who had come for the reward of being ranked first on the Seven Rings Holy Tower leaderboard.

If we can obtain some valuable information about the combat mode of the first Demon Hunter Wizard, we will be more confident when we challenge him in the future.

Another spatial fluctuation appeared, and Grimm, Little Eight, Thousand-Eyed Crab, and Mysterious Thousand-Headed Bird appeared. On the Thousand-Eyed Crab, the gray-white mask looked around. Grimm nodded slightly to the demon hunter wizards who were looking at him, then turned and left.

Aachenso was greeted politely by several wizards, who inquired about some combat information regarding Grimm. Aachenso, unimpressed, waved and left the group through gritted teeth.

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Ten years later.

Should we forgo the second-place prize?

It was said to be simple, but when it came to the crucial moment, how many people were willing to give up the second-place reward they had already secured, and instead keep automatically admitting defeat and dropping to 100th place or lower, waiting for the next round of competition for the Seven Rings Holy Tower rankings?

Do not!

No, there are still some.

At least some of those who challenged Aachenso and were ranked third on the Seven Rings Tower list may have deliberately lost when they were challenged, waiting for the next opportunity to compete for the Seven Rings Tower list.

Now, two more third-ranked witchers have failed to challenge Aachenso. However, even if Aachenso has three more chances to win consecutively, he can no longer challenge the number one on the Seven Rings Holy Tower list due to his previous failures. So, theoretically speaking, Aachenso has now become the obstacle for all witchers to challenge as the ultimate target.

This invisibly shielded Green from numerous challenges!

"Chirp chirp chirp, big brother, should we still...?"

The golden monkey didn't continue speaking. Aachenso naturally understood what his soulmate meant, but he didn't respond at all, remaining silent.

"How's it going with the third-place team?"

Tapping on the table, Aachenso asked in a low voice, his mood truly not good. Even though three years had passed, the terrifying wizard wearing a white mask had easily swept away his most prized offensive magic, and the feeling of powerlessness he had no way to resist the opponent's casual attack deeply pierced Aachenso's heart.

Why is the other person so strong when they are both level two wizards?

For so many years, his family has placed high hopes on him and poured a lot of resources into him, all so that Aachenso could one day advance to the level of a third-level Grand Wizard and add another pillar wizard that the family could rely on.

Even... advanced Saint Marks!

If it is indeed an advancement to a Saint Mark, not only will the family provide full support, but several families that are on good terms with the family will also pour resources into supporting the construction of the Wizard Tower. The conditions are far more convenient than for wizards in the outer academies of the Saint Tower to advance to a Saint Mark.

The golden monkey hopped from the experimental table onto Aachenso's shoulder and handed him the crystal ball. The magic drew upon the power of nature, causing it to float in mid-air. Inside, a message appeared about a witch named Yazhi.

"Three times already?"

This witch has already won three times, yet she shows no intention of challenging Aachenso, seemingly waiting for something.

After a moment's thought, Aachenso seemed to understand something, gave a cold laugh, and ignored him.

One month later!

An uninvited guest arrived at Aachenso's Demon Hunter Castle. With short blond hair and alluring red lips, the witch smiled and nodded to Aachenso and Little Gold as they opened the castle gates. A colorful butterfly with fluttering wings rested on the tip of her magic wand.

"Hmph, Ya-zhi?"

Aachenso seemed quite familiar with the witch and called her by name. Yazhi smiled gently.

"Master Aachenso, you must know the purpose of my visit, right?"

After being welcomed into the Demon Hunter's Castle by Achenso, Yazhi spoke with a confident smile. Achenso scoffed, "You think... just because I told you about that person's combat information, you're confident?"

Aachenso looked at Yazhi, who still had that confident, smiling expression, and his expression became even more sarcastic.

"No, you'll only become more desperate!"

Yazhi didn't speak. She pulled out a huge ball of synthetic witch spirits—hundreds of witch spirits—from the wide sleeve of her wizard's robe and placed it on the table, then gently pushed it in front of Aachenso noodles.

"I suppose Master's goal is to advance to the third-level Grand Wizard with the absolute strength of being number one on the Seven Rings Holy Tower Ranking. These wizard spirits should be enough to compensate Master for the resources spent preparing for this Seven Rings Holy Tower Ranking competition. How about Master ceding the second place to me?"

"Hmph..."

Aachenso glanced at the witch beside him and chuckled in a low voice, "If you want this second place, why challenge the first place winner instead of just challenging me?"

The witch smiled: "Because I am not confident of defeating the master."

"make a deal!"

Aachenso put away the witch spirit and signed the Seven Rings Contract.

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P.S.: I've had some family matters to attend to these past few days, I'll update this in a couple of days.

(End of this chapter)