Insufficient balance

  Winter has gone, and now I don't think of anything else, just wanting to recover my magic as soon as possible. I closed my eyes, concentrating all my spirit on the small golden ball that was slowly rotating inside me, absorbing and compressing my magic. This is too slow, I relaxed my body and mind, summoning the light elements in the air.

  In my senses, many small lights flew quickly towards me, gathering faster than before, and I focused all my energy on recovering my magical powers.

  When the match was about to start, there were only three people on our side of the ring: me, Shuri, and Touka. Akira and Kouta's injuries were too severe, and they couldn't continue participating in the match. If I had used my magic to heal them during the previous match, things might have been better, but even now, my magical power isn't at its best - it's only about 70%. Still, I think I should be able to hold on somehow.

  Originally, when I found that my magical power couldn't recover completely in the morning, I had been trying to contact Xiao Jin in my heart, hoping to rely on its power to win the victory of the competition. But no matter how I called it, I couldn't wake it up. Later, I learned that because I overworked my magical power during the last match, Xiao Jin was afraid that my body wouldn't be able to withstand it and had transmitted all of its stored magical power back to me, causing itself to lose energy and fall into a deep sleep. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to recover 30% of my magical power at that time.

  There were a lot of people who came to watch today's game, including Duke Beich and Teacher Wen.

  It's too late to say anything now, we can only fight hard. Like last time, we chose to fight as a team, but this time I'm standing in the front. I hold my staff and look at Bill Ning in front of me. Although they have an absolute advantage today, he doesn't seem to be proud or arrogant. He stands there quietly like a towering mountain, making it impossible for me to see through him. I know that this time we're in big trouble, Bill's strength is definitely not weaker than Flash Cloud's last time.

  Today we must make a surprise victory, I don't speak, raise the magic wand in my hand, close my eyes, and concentrate on feeling it. I didn't recite any incantations, but instead gathered my half-baked aura into the magic wand, while also separating a portion of magical power from the golden elixir, which would also gather into the magic wand, allowing the two to slowly merge until they reached a state of resonance. Not bad, this is the magic aura fusion technique I accidentally invented at War Tiger's place, with magic as the main and aura as the auxiliary, mutually inclusive. Although the technique is not yet proficient, I have no other choice now. With my current magical power, I can only use a few large-scale magic spells, but using this method can still save some magical power.

  Bill felt a powerful aura emanating from me, especially the staff in my hand, which gathered a terrible power. He didn't know what kind of magic this was, and together with his teammates, they formed a strong defensive net.

  I mentally told Dong Ri to prepare his bow and arrow, this is our only chance, we absolutely cannot fail.

  I stretched out my left hand, gathering all the remaining magical power I could use, and a faint golden light emanated from my hand. I chanted: "Light elements, my friends, I ask you to burst forth with endless flames and destroy the enemy in front of us." This was a seventh-level light system magic - Light Flame Devouring Heaven.

  As the incantation ended, large pieces of light elements formed a massive blaze that surrounded and attacked. Bill knew that pure defense was too passive, so he didn't hide his strength, emitting a faint golden glow from his body, letting his teammates set up their defenses, raising his knight sword high, and shouting: "Sky-Rending Cross Slash." He didn't slash at me, but rather at the air above my magic, as if the air was torn apart, creating a cross-shaped rift that sucked in all the light elements I had released. Another brilliant knight, truly a worthy opponent.

  The teacher's face changed greatly, he knew what this meant.

  I was startled, his aura and my Dimensional Slash are very similar but much more powerful. I couldn't hesitate anymore, I swiftly swung my staff to transform the explosive energy into a beam of light that slashed towards my opponent. This is my finishing blow, the magic from earlier was just to confuse him, I knew it wouldn't have any effect. With all my might, I released this unnamed fusion technique, exhausting almost all of my magical and physical strength. Half-kneeling on the ground, I thought to myself, "It's up to you now, Winter."

  "Bad, everyone be careful!" Bill shouted loudly. At the same time, he quickly moved to the front of his team, with his knight's sword held horizontally, emitting a golden light, "Sword Slash". If he had been prepared, it should have been a evenly matched result, but he had just received my 7th level magic and came back too hastily. Now, facing my fusion technique that could rival an 8th level attack magic head-on would put him at a disadvantage.

  A loud explosion sounded in the arena, filling it with smoke and dust. The stage was destroyed once again. I was thrown backward by a strong counterforce, and Shūsuke caught me in his arms. It was then that my true killer move was unleashed, also being my final trump card.

  Five faint lights appeared from behind me and Shuji, piercing through the smoke. Suddenly, several muffled groans came from within the smoke, and I felt a great sense of joy - it was a success.

  Not bad, the light and shadow just now were not emitted by me, but by Dong Ri who had been waiting for an opportunity. He concentrated all his Dou Qi and magic power into these five arrows, plus his sharp eyesight, and at this moment when everyone couldn't see clearly, he shot out a fatal arrow.

  The Duke of Beich and Teacher Wen both stood up from the viewing platform, the smoke gradually disappeared, Bill's companions all fell to the ground, with a short arrow inserted on their left shoulder, lying in pain on the ground. Bill supported his body with a knight sword, and his left shoulder also had an identical short arrow inserted.

  "Winter's Day shouted: 'Longbow, we did it.'"

  Just as we were about to celebrate our victory, Bill's voice came over: "Although I admire your tactics and strength, you still can't win."

  Bill slowly got up from the ground, and the surrounding audience gasped in amazement. He grasped the arrow shaft with his right hand and pulled it out all at once, without any blood flowing out, apparently he had sealed his acupoints with internal energy.

  He said faintly, "Actually, if it were just an ordinary match, I should have conceded defeat already, because you've been holding back. Otherwise, except for me, none of them could have withstood the magic arrow from just now." The last three words he enunciated one by one.