Full-Time Magister: Summoning Agumon at the Start

Chapter 334 The Treasure Hunt Begins

After summoning the Sea Lion, Lin Chen waited for the treasure hunt to begin. At the same time, he learned that Mo Fan's summoning system had successfully broken through to a higher level and evolved the Swift Star Wolf into a Commander-level Flying River Armored Wolf.

A few days later, the treasure hunt officially began, but on the opening day of the treasure hunt, the world was greeted with a major piece of news.

International Dark Master Eisendall has been found guilty, and the Holy Tribunal will carry out a warrant for his arrest and execution without a retrial.

As soon as Lin Chen, Jiang Shaoxu, and Mu Nujiao arrived at the meeting place, they heard everyone around them discussing the matter, which caused quite a stir.

"Esendel is the Lord of Darkness, a mage whose strength is even greater than Chief Ponlai's!" Mu Nujiao said in surprise.

Lin Chen nodded and said, "I recently received a gift from Eisendell that allowed me to easily utilize shadow-based abilities. I never imagined he would be wanted worldwide. It's truly unpredictable."

"It's said that the Court of Judgment has solid evidence and won't give Essendel any more chance to defend himself," Jiang Yu said, leaning closer and telling Lin Chen and the others some little-known information.

"The Holy Tribunal? I wonder if LadyBeast is considered heretical?" Lin Chen murmured.

Because of Eisendall's immense influence, the World University Competition's treasure hunt was deliberately postponed by two days to avoid opening on the day Eisendall was convicted.

Two days later, the treasure hunt officially began, with sixteen powerful nations competing simultaneously.

The gathering place for the treasure hunt is the same venue as the original opening ceremony, except that today the venue is filled with many magic stones that shimmer with a silver luster.

The silver magic stones are arranged in a long array. Those who have awakened their spatial abilities can feel the activity of spatial power within the array. The contestants participating in the treasure hunt will be teleported to their designated locations by this spatial magic array.

With all the athletes from each country present, the chief referee began announcing the rules.

"The 160 students from the 16 countries will enter the treasure-hunting space in a random order, and each of you will land in a different location."

"That place is a treasure trove and also a place for brothers. Even though we have sent assistant referees and Eagle Eyes from our branch to ensure your safety, I still want to remind you to seek help immediately if you encounter danger. Don't risk your lives because of momentary greed."

After the rules were explained, the organizers gave each of the 160 participants a spatial scroll. If their lives were in danger, they could fill the scroll with magical energy and be teleported back in four seconds. This was their last resort to save their lives.

Of course, if you're killed within four seconds, all that comes back is a corpse.

After the rules were explained, the students began to enter the spatial magic array one after another. However, the order of entry was randomized, and Lin Chen was not so lucky. He was the last of the 160 students to enter the spatial magic array.

Upon entering the formation, Lin Chen sensed that the surrounding space was distorted. He immediately closed his eyes to avoid being blinded by the spatial turbulence.

"Metaphor~"

With a tremor, Lin Chen vanished from the spatial patterns. When he opened his eyes again, the arena he had been in was gone.

Without the Venetian sky and the throngs of spectators, there was only a strangely eerie space.

The hazy, murky sky twisted strangely, looking like a huge, dark oil painting imprinted overhead, with an unreal quality.

Lin Chen observed the world and felt that it was like a painter's random doodle, without any logic, and had a very awkward feeling, just like the independent space that Lin Chen had entered in the Abyss of Fiends before.

"The organizers of this event are really going all out. I just don't know if this separate space is man-made or natural," Lin Chen muttered to himself.

Eat~

Suddenly, several hooves of eagles came from above. Lin Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the eagle circling about a hundred meters above him.

"This is Tong Ying, relaying our actual situation?" Lin Chen looked at Tong Ying with a bright smile. This was a real treasure.

Actually, when Lin Chen learned about this treasure hunt, he never thought about finding the treasure himself. As the saying goes, there's no such thing as a natural birth.

Instead of looking for it yourself, you might as well just rob someone. After all, there's no rule against robbing others.

As for whether he would encounter a tough opponent, Lin Chen had not considered it. Even if they were tough, they couldn't be tougher than a monarch-level opponent.

Lin Chen reached out and summoned Garurumon, then leaped onto its back, gently patted it, and said, "Let's go! Let's find Jiang Shaoxu!"

Upon hearing this, Garurumon sniffed the surrounding air, then turned and dashed northward.

Garurumon headed north, ignoring any groups of demons or other students searching for treasure, simply passing by them.

Off the field, a group of high-ranking Chinese officials who had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Chinese National Team members looked at Lin Chen's actions with puzzled expressions. Why wasn't Lin Chen going to search for treasure?

"Feng Li, didn't you give him a proper talking-to before the treasure hunt started?" Pang Lai stared at Feng Li and asked.

"I've already explained, I don't know what this kid is trying to do either." Instructor Feng Li was also furious. Why was Lin Chen not playing by the rules?

"He probably wants to go find Jiang Shaoxu," Lingling, who was also sitting in the rest area watching the game, replied because of her relationship with Lin Chen.

"Why are you looking for Jiang Shaoxu?" Chief Pang Lai looked at Lingling curiously. He was somewhat familiar with this little master hunter from the Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

"Firstly, I'm worried about Jiang Shaoxu's safety, and secondly, I want to borrow Jiang Shaoxu's mind magic," Lingling replied.

"Mind magic? What does that have to do with anything?" Instructor Feng Li asked.

"The Eye Eagle," Lingling explained, "Lin Chen wants to use mind magic to communicate with the Eye Eagle, and then use the Eye Eagle's vision to find the students who have obtained the treasures. Knowing Lin Chen as I do, he never intended to search for treasure in a methodical way; his focus has always been on 'seizing' the treasure."

Upon hearing Lingling's words, everyone present understood and was amazed by Lin Chen's boldness, while also being curious about his performance.

While there are no rules against stealing treasures from others in the treasure hunt, a prerequisite for successfully stealing treasures is having considerable strength.

If Lin Chen can really snatch enough treasures from students from other countries, it will not be a mistake, but a model for promoting the might of our nation.