Offending the instructor in the very first css, this magic css was no longer an option. Fortunately, Liu Sen didn't care much. The most basic concepts were completely contrary to each other, making it difficult for him to sync with the instructor. To unravel the mysteries of magic, Reynos might not be able to help him. Offending a useless instructor didn't matter!

  Taking a deep breath, Liu Sen strode across the hallway, turned around seven or eight steps, and finally descended from the byrinth-like teaching building. There was a rge crowd ahead. What had happened? If that little vixen had a heart attack and died on the spot, it would be troublesome! Squeezing through the crowd, thankfully, there were no women in the center, only men, two men standing face to face. One was a tall man with golden hair, his face full of disdain, and the other...

  Liu Sen's heart skipped a beat. This was a young man with bck hair, holding a bizarrely shaped wand made of bck wood, with a thin body and eyes as bck as ink. Though he was shorter than everyone else, around 1.5 meters tall, his demeanor was calm. What caught Liu Sen's attention were his hair and eyes, familiar colors, though not of yellow skin, but his hair and eyes were so simir to his predecessor. It was his first time seeing bck hair and bck eyes, giving him a feeling of encountering an old acquaintance in a foreign nd, naturally evoking a sense of kinship.

  "Knai!" the young man with golden hair coldly said, "You are not worthy of possessing a wand. Put it down!"

  "I earned the magic crystal through my own abilities, and the gold coins I exchanged for it are legally mine. Purchasing this wand doesn't viote any academy rules!" Knai retorted with a cold ugh, "You can give your girlfriend a wand if you want, but this wand is mine, and I'm not selling it!"

  The young man with golden hair ughed, "Everyone knows that people of the Loki cn do not deserve wands, let alone such a high-grade wand! Dare you say you're not from the Loki cn?"

  "Loki cn?" Liu Sen, confused, got an expnation from someone nearby, "They are the race abandoned by the gods and forgotten by the demons, indeed a race that does not deserve to own wands!"

  "Such a lowly race, what else is there to say? Hand over the wand!" someone in the crowd shouted, echoing the sentiment.

  "The academy hasn't restricted the sale of wands, it's a loophole. This can only lead to chaos..." This was someone worried about the academy's future.

  The people behind Knai quickly dispersed, leaving him a solitary figure.

  Anger was evident on Knai's face, "I am a Loki cnsman, and I have never denied it. Our people may not know magic, but I do! Why don't I have the right to own my wand?"

  "Is that what you call magic?" The tall young man with golden hair waved his hand, silencing everyone. His voice came leisurely, "I challenge you, betting your wand!"

  Knai's expression changed. He recognized the young man; he was Nars, a second-level magician, and he himself was only third-level. This difference in level spelled trouble, indicating he could not possibly win. The academy's rules mandated accepting challenges; refusing would mean never being able to lift his head in the academy again. Usually, higher-level magicians would not challenge those of a lower level out of self-respect, but Nars was breaking the norm today, challenging him!

  His race had subjected him to much contempt, but the blood in his bones made him lift his head time and again. What would he do today?

  The wand was the result of killing three magical beasts, each time a brush with death. His power alone was not enough to venture into the forest, but his tenacity led him there. But facing this second-level magician today, could he protect the fruit of his victory?

  "What, scared?" the students taunted, "If you're scared, roll back to the Loki Valley!"

  "Do you know why the Loki people are looked down upon? Besides being good for nothing, they also ck courage!" someone added.

  Knai's pure bck eyes suddenly sparked with fire as he looked up sharply, "Nars, bring it on!" His voice was gritted with determination.

  The crowd stepped back, leaving only Nars and Knai in the rge space.

  Knai uttered a strange spell, and Liu Sen's eyes widened. His part of the sky suddenly darkened, dark magic! But likely limited in power, the darkness was like the night sky under starlight. His figure was still visible in the dark, though blurred.

  "Darkness Invisibility!" Nars sneered, "In the eyes of the blind, you're already invisible! What about Darkness Dissolve? I'm waiting!"

  Knai waved his hand lightly, and a bck shadow shot out towards Nars. Nars uttered a strange spell, and suddenly, a rge water ball appeared in his hand. The water ball burst with a pop, and a sparkling water wall emerged in front of him, dazzling under the sunlight, precisely blocking the shadow.

  "Ice Wall Technique!" someone nearby admired, "Second-level standard, the transformation from Water Ball Technique to Ice Wall Technique is natural... Look at his Ice Spike Technique!"

  During the excmations, the water wall suddenly grew an ice spike. The ice spike formed and shot out directly at Knai. Knai, prepared, dodged to the side, but just after dodging, another ice spike came. Knai dodged again, already unstable, but another ice spike shot out. Knai pulled back his wand, the ice spike hitting the wood, shattering upon impact, but the force made Knai stagger, retreating three steps.

  Before he could steady himself, his shadow was released again but was mercilessly blocked by the ice wall, leading to more ice spikes being shot out. Initially, they were fired one by one, but soon they became more dense. Knai dodged awkwardly among the spikes, finally getting hit by one, blood flowing out, his figure stumbling, and then his left foot was hit. Knai's face turned pale, his wand swung out, smashing another ice spike.

  Liu Sen shook his head repeatedly; this method was too disadvantageous for him. A single ice wall blocked all his attacks, and with bullets constantly being shot from the ice wall, for Knai, the opponent was like a fortress with a mounted machine gun. He could only dodge, but how long could he keep dodging?

  Should he help Knai? How? Nars was already at a second-level standard. Just considering magical power, stepping in would be humiliating for himself; his Wind Bde would definitely not penetrate Nars's ice wall, unless he unexpectedly used physical combat to subdue him. But revealing physical combat would no longer be a magical duel but a fight to the death, which the academy strictly prohibited...

  Knai's loud shout interrupted Liu Sen's thoughts. Liu Sen focused his gaze; Knai had changed. His wand suddenly emitted a bck light, hitting the ice wall, which immediately began to melt. The wand's effect was becoming apparent!

  Nars's face turned grave. He waved his hands continuously, the melting spots quickly refreezing. The melting was fast, but the refreezing was not slow either. Both were sweating profusely when suddenly, the bck light from the wand intensified, the refreezing of the ice wall seemed a step too slow, and it all shattered at once. In that moment of shattering, Nars raised his hand, the ground's ice shards flying up, tinkling incessantly. With a ding, Knai's wand fell to the ground, bouncing lightly, emitting a metallic sound.

  With the wand lost, Knai was left without the means to counterattack, and Nars, seizing the opportunity, enrged the ice spike in his hand, shooting it straight at Knai's chest like an arrow. If it hit, Knai would likely be in mortal danger. Liu Sen could no longer stand by, stepping out from the side, raising his hand, a Wind Bde flew out, accurately hitting the ice spike. Though not powerful enough to shatter the ice spike, it was enough to divert its trajectory, flying past Knai's ear, embedding in the grass behind.

  The crowd fell silent, witnessing a person about to be grievously injured, but a tall shadow suddenly came from the side, altering the outcome.

  "Do you want to help him?" Nars's cold gaze nded on Liu Sen's face.

  Liu Sen sneered, "You want to kill him?... A magical duel is a duel. If someone dies, I'd like to see how you expin that!"

  Nars's face changed. Indeed, if someone died, he couldn't expin himself, but since no one died, he didn't need to offer apologies, "I just wanted to teach him a lesson, just a wound, he won't die! Alright... The duel is over, I won!"

  Knai managed to walk out three steps, finally slowly colpsing, falling just three meters away from his wand.

  The wand was taken away, and Nars left with a final remark, "You don't deserve this wand!"

  Knai, sitting on the ground, finally spat out a mouthful of blood, his head about to hit the ground, but suddenly a hand reached out from behind, catching him accurately. Knai's gaze sharpened, the young man who had saved him, his eyes filled with anger, but when turned towards Knai, the angry expression softened, "Knai, a momentary defeat means nothing. I know you can defeat him!"

  The surrounding ughter seemed to become distant, leaving only his words and his concerned eyes.