Chapter 671 - 335 First Battle_1
"No. 1, Long Dangdang. No. 2, Hu Ruiqiao. Enter the arena." The announcement from the referee, who stood at the center of the Magic Temple, marked the official start of the Internal Great Impartation Contest within the Magic Temple.
Long Dangdang was representing his teacher, Zi Tianwu. The person who walked out opposite him was a petite female mage.
The female mage wore a cloak-style, bright red mage’s robe. Its hood hid her head entirely, and she wore a mask over her face. Only her lively pink eyes were visible. In her hand was a dark red magic staff that was nearly half a meter taller than her. Inset at the top of the staff was an irregularly shaped gemstone that sporadically emitted a golden-red light.
Her attire seemed to declare that she was a mage specializing in fire—the purest form of it, at that.
Long Dangdang was vaguely familiar with the name Hu Ruiqiao. Although he was now an Adamantine Cathedra knight, he and Kongkong had only officially joined the temple not long ago, and they immediately became demon hunters. As such, they were not well-acquainted with the situation inside the temple.
The only thing that Long Dangdang knew about his opponent was that she hadn’t made it to the top six and hence was not a seeded player. That was all there was to it.
"Prepare for a five-second countdown. Five, four, three, two, one, begin." The lead referee started a countdown, and these five seconds served as the time for the mages to prepare their initial magic.
Long Dangdang held the Chaos Magic Staff and wore a gold rush mage’s robe. At this moment, the distance between the two sides was one hundred meters, which was the standard distance for a battle between mages.
He swiftly began chanting a cryptic spell under his breath, causing elemental fluctuations around his body to intensify rapidly. Circles of golden light radiated out from under his feet to form a five-meter-diameter rune, and light elements from all directions began to converge towards him.
Meanwhile, the female mage on the opposing side had also raised her staff. The next instant, a terrifying aura erupted from her. The intense heat emanating from her swiftly distorts the air around her. The gemstone atop her staff suddenly burst with blinding golden-red light, followed by a sudden appearance of a fireball above her head, which resembled a miniature sun and had a diameter more than three meters.
Not only was the fireball incredibly hot, it looked terrifyingly lethal. It had even taken form without her having to chant any spells.
Even with Long Dangdang’s strength, he felt a fear that seemed to stem from the depths of his soul in that instant. It was not just an ordinary fireball. It could pose a deadly threat to him. Could it be that powerful?