paranoianovel Chapter 313 Subduing the Enemy Without Fighting
Chapter 313 Subduing the Enemy Without Fighting
Chapter 313 Subduing the Enemy Without Fighting
The opening ceremony ended amidst another round of enthusiastic applause, and the old wizard in purple robes stepped forward again to begin reading out the matchups for the first round of elimination matches.
"—Match Three: Lelita, Level Three Wizard, Leon Carlson, versus Tianyuanta, Level Three Wizard, Caesar Rego!"
Li Ang's eyes flickered slightly; it seemed that this Caesar Rego was his opponent for the day.
A murmur rippled through the audience. Both Tianyuan Tower and Leili Tower were wizarding schools known for their elemental magic, so this battle seemed destined to be a closely contested contest.
"Leon, be careful," Diana whispered a warning. "This Caesar of the Heavenly Abyss Tower is a powerful lightning wizard."
"Yes, I will." Li Ang nodded, turned and walked towards the contestant preparation area. Half an hour later, Li Ang stood in the center of the arena.
His opponent, Caesar Rego, was a tall, middle-aged wizard with a head of unruly, short blond hair.
He held an oak wand inlaid with lightning-attribute magic crystals in his hand, his eyes were sharp, and tiny sparks of electricity flickered around him.
The referee, a blue-robed wizard from the White Chalk Tower, stood at the edge of the arena, his voice amplified throughout: "Third match, Leon of the Leli Tower versus Caesar of the Heavenly Abyss Tower. Rules: No intentional maiming or death allowed. A player concedes defeat."
Loss is declared upon loss of consciousness or leaving the playing area. The match now begins!
As soon as he finished speaking, Caesar Rego strode forward and swung his wand at the same time!
[Tier 3 Spell: Thunder Serpent's Bite]!
Amidst the ear-piercing hiss of electricity, three giant pythons composed of azure lightning appeared out of thin air. They bared their fangs and claws, exuding a destructive aura, and pounced on Li Ang from three different angles, arriving almost in the blink of an eye!
A low gasp rose from the audience. Such a fierce level three spell right from the start! The wizards of the Heavenly Abyss Tower were indeed as rumored, favoring lightning-fast attacks!
However, facing the three roaring thunder pythons, Li Ang simply stood still, without even raising his wand.
His gaze calmly swept over the trajectory of the lightning pythons, his mental power acting like the most sophisticated radar, instantly analyzing the weak points in their energy composition and predicting their trajectory.
Just as the lightning python was about to strike, Li Ang raised his left hand, spread his fingers, and gently pressed down in front of him.
Instantly, the lightning python in front of them seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall, its head exploding into a sky full of sparks!
Its collapse triggered a chain reaction, causing the energy structures of the two lightning pythons on the left and right to instantly become unbalanced, groaning and twisting, disintegrating, and finally turning into countless tiny arcs of electricity that vanished into the air.
The whole process took only a moment.
Caesar's pupils constricted, his face filled with disbelief. His full-force attack had been so easily neutralized by the opponent? Not even a spell was used, just a gesture?
The audience fell silent for a moment, then erupted into even louder discussions.
"What kind of technique was that just now?"
"I didn't sense any magical fluctuations?"
"Who is this Li Ang? Carlson? I've never heard of this family before?"
In the VIP section, several high-ranking wizards from various towers also showed expressions of surprise. An old wizard from the Tower of Eternal Night narrowed his eyes: "This feels a lot like a legendary domain. This little guy from Lelita is no ordinary person."
A young wizard beside him exclaimed in surprise, "A domain? How could that be? Could he actually be a legendary wizard?"
The old wizard shook his head and said with a deep look in his eyes, "No, he is indeed only a level three wizard. As for the specifics of his methods, I don't understand them either, but they feel somewhat similar to the Domain."
In the arena, Caesar quickly suppressed his shock, his eyes becoming even sharper. He let out a low growl, raised his wand high, and lightning surged around him!
"Then let's try this."
[Tier 3 Spell - Thunder Prison Cage]
Boom!
The sky above the arena suddenly darkened, dark clouds gathered, and countless lightning snakes darted and rolled in the clouds. The next moment, dozens of thick lightning bolts, like spears of judgment, crashed down from the dark clouds, but instead of attacking Li Ang directly, they intertwined and wove around him, forming a huge cage of lightning!
The moment the cage took shape, lightning erupted inside, and countless tiny electric snakes rushed towards Li Ang from all directions, sealing off all escape routes!
This move, combining offense and defense, trapping and killing, is one of Caesar's signature techniques. He once used this move to instantly subdue several wizards of the same level in a sparring match.
However, Li Ang merely raised his head, glanced at the interwoven lightning net above his head, and then looked at the electric snakes rushing towards him from all around.
He still didn't use the wand.
He simply raised his right hand, pointed his index finger at one of the lightning pillars on the left, and gently touched it.
The moment the fingertip touched the lightning, the originally violent pillar of lightning suddenly became docile. The electric sparks on its surface rapidly faded...
The energy flowing within it, like a tamed wild beast, changed direction and, guided by Li Ang's spiritual power, was injected back into the structure of Thunder Prison.
A chain reaction of imbalances occurred again.
Starting with that "tamed" pillar of lightning, the energy structure of the entire Thunder Prison began to fluctuate violently and collapse. The interwoven lightning net broke apart inch by inch, the wailing electric snakes dissipated, and the dark clouds in the sky quickly vanished.
"This is impossible!" Caesar exclaimed, his face drained of all color. What kind of method had the other party used? He had been fighting for decades and had never seen or heard of such a method before.
The audience was in uproar.
"It's happening again! They still didn't use magic!"
"How did he do that?"
Li Ang lowered his hand, looked at the pale-faced Caesar, and calmly waited for his next attack. However, Li Ang did not receive any further attack. Caesar gave a bitter smile and turned to walk off the arena.
Seeing Caesar walk off the field, the referee paused for a few seconds before reacting and loudly announcing, "Caesar Rego has lost his will to fight. The winner is Leon Carlsen, Lelita!"
Applause rang out sporadically, but there was more talk of surprise and uncertainty.
Li Ang nodded slightly to the referee, turned and walked towards the players' tunnel, remaining calm and composed throughout.
In a corner of the audience, Elena Green stared blankly at Li Ang's retreating figure as he disappeared into the passageway, her fingers gripping the railing so tightly they turned slightly white.
That battle just now—no, it couldn't even be called a battle, it was a complete and utter crushing defeat, an absolute difference in their levels of cultivation.
Li Ang, who once fought against her in the Obsidian Tower and was so strong that she could still see his back as he chased after her, has now reached a height that even she finds difficult to understand.
"Can I really—still catch up with you?" Elena murmured to herself, a deep sense of confusion and wavering appearing for the first time in her usually resolute eyes.