The villain really doesn't want to steal the heroine.

As the box is opened further, [Humphrey] sacrifices more and more of his lifespan, and his appearance gradually ages.

At the same time, an even more evil curse erupted like a wild horse, accompanied by bursts of shrill, piercing ghostly howls.

At first glance, it looks like a huge vortex of dark wind, except that this vortex is rotating in the opposite direction, releasing dark wind continuously.

It was also as if a small purple-black sun had appeared, but what it emitted was not infinite light and heat, but a chilling air that froze the soul to the bone.

But in this little purple-black sun, there was a faint blue light shining.

With the blessing of [Joyful Divine Power], Claires is immune to all evil and even has time to calculate how much [Joyful Divine Power] she should consume to defeat the opponent just right without wasting it.

Claires, who had been frugal since childhood, quickly completed the calculations. Then, with a flash of sword light, she turned into a green lotus and blasted towards Humphrey.

Although the purple-black little sun looks intimidating, its actual killing effect is also very amazing, enough to kill a hero-level strongman.

But in front of the Qinglian sword light, it was no different from a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water, or a cloud in a dream, and was shattered by the overwhelming force.

Although Humphrey's super-class magic shield is quite good, it also depends on whose attack it is defending against.

He could withstand the fighting skills of ordinary super-class warriors, but facing the sword light of Claires, which was blessed with the [Pleasure Power], it was shattered with a single thrust. Even the shield provided by the arena to [Humphrey] instantly turned red and purple, and then exploded with a loud bang.

According to the rules, the principal of Christian Academy was about to declare Claires the winner, but he discovered something unusual about Humphrey - he had a head full of white hair and was already dying.

Chapter 181: Starting from Strength and Status

At first, the principal of Christian Academy thought that Claire was too cruel.

A closer look revealed that it was a side effect of the strange magic box in Humphrey's hand - in fact, the principal did not recognize this magic box. The reason why he was able to identify the culprit was mainly because the magic box was still absorbing Humphrey's vitality.

Seeing this, the principal hurriedly knocked the magic box away. The magic box immediately became quiet and returned to its original simple and harmless appearance.

At the same time, the medical team of Christian Academy also rushed onto the stage, carried the already dying [Humphrey] down, and provided emergency assistance.

Of course, they didn't know that he couldn't be saved, because strictly speaking, [Humphrey] was not injured, but his life span had run out and he was dying of old age. Healing magic would have no effect on a person who was dying of old age.

The strange magic box was taken away by the principal of William College and his servant, who was going to take it back for careful research.

The principal of Christian Academy did not stop her, but stood on the stage and announced that Claires was the winner.

[Humphrey] is a student of William College after all. He can't put away his equipment himself, so it's normal for the principal to keep it for him.

Wan Xing in the audience did not intervene, because he had already used his analytical and appraisal power to check the detailed information of the strange magic box:

【Sacrificial Magic Box】

[Quality: Heroic]

[Special Effect 1: Life Sacrifice (Active) - The holder can sacrifice their own life force, receiving cursed power from an unknown entity far beyond the starry sky in exchange for it to deal with their enemies.] (Note: The holder must be willing to sacrifice; others cannot be forced to do so while holding the magic box.)

[Special Effect 2: Sacrifice Upgrade (Passive) - As more and more people sacrifice their lives, the quality of the magic box will gradually improve, and the curse power gained in exchange will become increasingly stronger. Once the magic box is upgraded to artifact quality, it can open a space-time channel and summon the arrival of an unspeakable being.] (Note: After the arrival of an unspeakable being, the summoner cannot control it. They are purposeless, amoral, without good or evil, ruthless, disorderly, and unreasonable... There is a high probability of them killing indiscriminately, and a small probability of converting the summoner into their own kind.)

[Equipment Requirements: Intelligent Lifeform.]

Introduction: The recipients of sacrifices are ancient and powerful beings in the universe, transcending human imagination, transcending all laws, and on par with true gods. Ordinary humans, simply witnessing a glimpse of the universe's truth, experience their SAN value plummeting to zero and plunge into chaos. However, some cults still worship them, hoping to gain their knowledge or power. Therefore, they have dedicated their entire cults to creating sacrificial boxes in an attempt to contact them.

Comment: While this sacrificial magic box has considerable destructive power, it comes at a significant cost, and its use is likely to attract the attention of unspeakable beings. (Note: While most unspeakable beings are uninterested in humans, other beings, or gods, and neither care about nor participate in various events or conflicts, they can be summoned. When they begin to notice a certain intelligent being, they often cause its destruction.)

After reading the detailed information of the magic box, Wanxing was no longer interested in it.

After all, the current [Sacrificial Box] is just a heroic-level equipment.

Wanxing himself has already reached a glorious realm and will be promoted rapidly in the future. He no longer needs heroic equipment. The curse power released by the [Sacrificial Magic Box] just now is far less powerful than a magic spell cast by Wanxing himself.

What’s more important is that such a small destructive power actually requires him to exchange his life?

Unless Wanxing is out of his mind, he would not give up better magic and use the [Sacrificial Magic Box].

Although the quality of the [Sacrificial Magic Box] can be improved through sacrifice, what is the use of it?

After the upgrade, one still needs to exchange lifespan for the power of curse. Even if it is upgraded to the top level, it only adds a suicide skill that summons the arrival of an indescribable existence.

At most, you can die together with the enemy and destroy the world in the process.

Only those fanatical religious believers would create such perverted equipment that harms others and themselves.

Wan Xing even speculated that the mysterious religion that created the Sacrifice Box had all its members sacrifice themselves to serve the "god." The box was also found by a group of adventurers exploring ancient ruins, and eventually found by Humphrey at the William City market.

Just as Wanxing was checking the detailed information of the magic box, the first round of the exchange competition, where 8 out of 4 were competing, had already been completed.

The principal of Christian Academy stood on the high platform. He first pressed the mechanism to fold up the two arenas, and then used the number selection tool to draw out the list of 4 to 2 opponents.

The result was as Wanxing expected, he was fighting against Claires.

The principal of Christian Academy once again arranged an internal competition among the contestants of Russell Academy to avoid a crushing situation where the top two were both from Russell Academy.

There was indeed something wrong with the number selection tool. If it weren't for this kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation, Wanxing, Dafulia, and Claires could even have taken the top three spots.

But then again, with the current strength of the three of them, participating in the Six University Campus Exchange Competition is like adults going to a kindergarten to snatch candy from children.

What adults want is not the candy itself, but the enjoyment of bullying the kids.

Wanxing didn't want the rewards for second to eighth place. As long as he could assassinate the eighth prince and obtain the key to the small world, he would have achieved his goal.

For Davilia and Claires, the rewards of the Six University Campus Exchange Competition are far less important than Wanxing's mood.

So Claires made the same choice as Devilia, letting Wanxing continue to sit and drink tea, while she went up to apply for abstention.

There were three rounds in total in the finals, and the fight was full of swords and dangers.

Wanxing advanced to two rounds just by sitting there, which was really enviable for others.

Faced with this situation of making it to the finals without any effort, the principal of Christian Academy had no choice but to do everything he could to blackmail the two contestants from Russell Academy and tried his best to create a shady deal.

You can't force them to not admit defeat and give up, and force them to kill each other, right?

That is not a secret operation, but hegemonism based on strength and position, using force to suppress others.

The fair and just competitive spirit of the six university campus exchange competitions was completely torn apart and trampled underfoot.

This kind of thing must not be done. If the exchange competition lacks fairness and justice, then there is no need to hold it in the future. Who will come to participate?

At least we have to pretend to be fair and just on the surface.

……

Chapter 182: Practice More if You're Not Good

Just after Wanxing finished his third pot of black tea, ate nine thick cloud pancakes, and went to the toilet.

Finally it was his turn to play, the third round of the exchange competition, a 2-to-1 competition.

This time, there was no need to use a number selection tool to draw the opponent list. The principal of Christian Academy announced directly from the podium: "Ring number 1, [Wanxing Russell] of Russell Academy will face His Royal Highness [Prince Carnegielon Deduo Blowadu] of Christian Academy."

Almost every one of the five major universities outside the imperial capital has a prince or princess enrolled.

Russell Academy has Devilia, Andrew Academy has Avroya, and the one who transferred to Christian Academy is the sixth prince Carnegie Long.

Wanxing stood up and looked in the direction of Christian Academy. He happened to meet Carnegie Long's gaze and smiled faintly.

Although [Carnegie Long] and he had no past grudges or hatred, the small world key involved the opportunity of the son of destiny, the reduction of the protagonist's halo purity and the increase of the villain's halo purity.

It can be said to be a battle of life and death.

Therefore, Wanxing will definitely not give up the first place in the exchange competition.

I hope that he can have the magnanimity of a prince, and not be like the eighth prince [Yeluses] who can't stand losing and does irrational things to save face.

Otherwise, Wanxing would have no choice but to reunite the brothers.

"Haha, you actually tricked two women into giving up and made it to the finals without any effort. That's the trick you use, you womanizer!"

[Carnegie Long] sneered after he came to the stage, opened his hands with jealousy, and waved the transparent magic wand with his fingers, and there was a faint sound of waves and water.

Apparently, he too has been affected by the world-class beautification filter.

Especially since there are several lucky female protagonists gathered around Wan Xing at this moment, and the key is that he is still a gigolo, so naturally he is even more envied.

"How rude! We are pure love!"

As he spoke, Wan Xing kissed every harem girl around him seriously, and then slowly walked onto the stage.

As an experiment, Wanxing also used the newly acquired power inherited from the Goddess of Commerce, the Spirit of Contract, on Carnegie Long. He hadn't mastered this power yet after defeating the BOSS the day before yesterday, but he took the time to practice it in the maze during his break yesterday and succeeded.

The judgment result was exactly as Wan Xing expected.

How is it possible that the prince, as the pinnacle of the Magic Empire's privileged class, has never violated any contract?

They could have just robbed it, so why would they want a fair trade? Not to mention the Sixth Prince [Carnegieron], even the bad princess Devilia got the [Source of Magic Power] for the first time by robbing it.

Wan Xing estimated that as long as they were members of the royal family, no one could pass the judgment of the power of [Contract Spirit].

The [Carnegie Long] in front of him was naturally no exception. It had been quietly given a permanent negative BUFF - the damage caused by Wanxing to [Carnegie Long] would be doubled, and the damage caused by [Carnegie Long] to Wanxing would be halved.

"Damn it! Then I will judge you for justice!"

[Carnegie Long] saw that Wanxing actually kissed the beauty to show his affection before going on stage, he immediately roared in jealousy and took the first step.

He is a super-class water magician, and the transparent magic wand in his hand is of heroic grade, which can release two types of heroic water magic. Not only that, he also carries several heroic props with him, which can make water magic more colorful.

Carnegie Long simply waved the transparent magic wand in his hand, and dozens of water pillars with a diameter of about ten feet appeared out of thin air, rolling towards Wanxing from all directions.

However, Wan Xing was not panicked. He was standing firmly on the stage. The khaki light shield formed by [Earth Guardian] could completely transfer the attacks to the ground beneath his feet.

This kind of heroic water magic is fine for dealing with contestants from the six major campuses, but it is a trivial trick to use against him, just showing off one's skills in front of an expert.

Dozens of towering water columns slammed heavily into the [Earth Guardian], and the splashing water covered the entire arena.

As [Carnegieron] continued to wave the transparent magic wand, the scattered water columns instantly gathered into a water dragon hundreds of feet long, roaring and roaring as it continued to rush towards Huoxiao.

"It's rude not to reciprocate. Let me give you a taste of my magic!"

Wanxing instantly cast a super-level magic [Summon Fire Element]. With the dual blessing of [Holy Sword Fireworks] and the MAX affinity for fire elements, the summoned fire elements were extremely hot, comparable to the brilliant-level fire element lord.

But in appearance, it looks not much different from ordinary fire elements.

“Boom—crash!”

It was just this seemingly ordinary fire element, but it could shatter a water dragon that was a hundred times its size with one punch.

At the same time, the transparent magic wand in Carnegielon's hand dimmed, and it was obvious that it could not be used in a short time.

Although he didn't understand why the fire element summoned by the Wanxing super-level magic was so powerful.

But in the eyes of the audience in the stands, the water dragon magic he cast was too weak - it looked grand and gorgeous, but in fact it was just a silver spear candle head that looked good but was useless, a fake product that couldn't even withstand a punch from a fire element.

More importantly, the audience in the stands were all students from Christian Academy, and most of them knew him.

One could even faintly hear discussions coming from the stands:

"Is this the leader of our students? I think I can do it too!"

"Your Highness the Sixth Prince wasn't like this before. He played quite well in the previous few games!"

"If you're not good at it, practice more. If you can't afford to lose, don't participate. The past is the past, and the present is the present. If you keep treating the past as the present, buddy, why don't you compare it to when His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince was just born?"

……

Upon hearing this, Carnegie's face turned red, and he felt that he was really embarrassed!

No, I must save my face!

Thinking of this, [Carnegielon] got excited and took out his trump card from the storage ring - it was a [Medium-sized Magic War Puppet].

Wanxing used his analytical and identification power to immediately understand that this was a fully weakened version of the [Giant Magic War Doll] he had encountered in the [Christian Labyrinth] before.

This [Medium-sized Magic War Doll] was obtained by [Carnegieron] from the ancient ruins outside the city by chance when he first arrived at Christian Academy.

In order to deal with the eldest prince [Kitemed] and compete for the right to inherit the throne, he has prepared many trump cards over the years.

But no trump card's combat power can exceed that of [Medium Magic Battle Doll].

Although its grade is only heroic, the firepower it unleashes is comparable to brilliant-level magic.

Chapter 183: No Power

Especially in this kind of arena environment, using the [Medium Magic War Doll] is almost a guarantee of victory, unless the opponent also has a similar magic war doll.

But heroic magic combat dolls are so rare that even the Sixth Prince [Carnegieron] himself only obtained one by luck. He did not believe that the son of a mere duke could also possess one.

The fact is just as Carnegielon guessed, Wanxing does not have medium-sized magic war dolls.

But what he didn't know was that Wanxing had killed stronger giant magic war puppets and had rich combat experience.