The Rise of the Cemetery

The first one to appear was yesterday's No. 1 male apprentice.

From the moment he stepped into the arena, Li Xun's mind has begun to appear around his body, forming 23 solid nodes, which are scattered in the panorama, circling him in a mysterious trajectory. Regular movement. Every node is real and visible in his eyes, like crystal fireflies emitting a hazy white light, faintly echoing his spiritual sea.

After the test last night, his current state can only exert the greatest effect by maintaining these 23 mind nodes. If there are more nodes, his control power will plummet, and if there are fewer nodes, there will be a big gap and gap in the control of the space. Therefore, 23 is no more, no less, just right.

The 3-second spell-casting has already begun, and it is still the most proficient "acid splash" of the male apprentice, but today's situation is a bit wrong.

Two seconds passed in a blink of an eye, and the "Acid Splash" spell model had been constructed, and the grass-green acid ball between the male apprentice's hands had also taken shape, and it only needed another second of spiritual guidance to launch it. But at this very second, the acid mass that had been stretched into the shape of an arrow fluctuated for a while, and the magic disorder appeared inexplicably, and the small elemental explosion appeared, and it exploded into a cloud of gray-green smoke.

No. 1 male apprentice coughed violently and rushed out of the puff of smoke. His entire face and the apprentice's short robe on his body were stained with mottled green stains.

The spell failed, but fortunately there was no mana backlash.

There was a buzzing discussion among the crowd of onlookers around. Those present were all selected by the high-level mages from among the many mage apprentices. Several of them have already mastered a first-level spell. The high-level mage must be the best among hundreds of apprentices to do the experiment, and now he can't even perform 0-level tricks. It's a bit embarrassing. How can this be worthy of the 300 gold coins paid by the adults.

No. 1 male apprentice blushed and was filled with annoyance. He bowed hastily and waved back into the crowd.

"The failure of casting the spell just now is really inexplicable. The first half of it was done well, but the mana was not stable at the last step. Could it be that he didn't sleep well last night?" The male apprentice was thinking silently with his head downcast.

"No. 2!" The apprentice appointed by Li Xun stared at No. 1 bitterly, and quickly called out the next one.

Li Xun was sitting on a chair in the middle of the field, closing his eyes calmly, as if he hadn't noticed the farce just now.

No. 2 is obviously more proficient in casting spells than No. 1. The "Acid Splash" cast completed the construction of the spell model in less than 2 seconds, but still missed the last step near completion. It was another burst of green smoke, and another male apprentice whose face turned red and white.

The buzzing in the crowd tended to increase gradually, and after being swept away by the head apprentice, it became quiet again, but an uncontrollable undercurrent swept through everyone's hearts.

When No. 3 also failed the same spell, the venue fell into a deathly silence, and all the apprentices couldn't help but stare at the high-ranking mage sitting in the center.

I was still wondering why a young and promising high-level mage would hire a group of apprentices to perform 0-level tricks at such a high price, and still sit in the middle without any reaction, as if he was simply burning too much money and ran away. Watching a show here! Now everyone vaguely understands, is it possible that the high-ranking mage is experimenting with some special spells?

"No. 4!" When the hesitant voice of the head apprentice sounded, No. 4 mage apprentice trembled and walked into the arena with twinkling eyes.

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, No. 4 had already made up his mind, changed his original intention, and chanted the spell of "Dancing Lights", and this spell that usually only takes 2 seconds to complete, he actually meticulously followed the instructions in the textbook to spend It took 5 seconds to complete. Super slowness brings super stability, and a light cluster is about to take shape in his hands.

There was a sound of "呲" and blue smoke rose, and just before the success, an inexplicable mana disorder still appeared, and a spell with the simplest answer failed.

No. 4 looked at the blue smoke slowly drifting in front of his eyes in astonishment, and kept recalling the whole process just now in his mind. He could feel that since he cast a spell, these usually obedient elemental particles seemed a little too lively and restless, and it was extremely difficult to maintain. But the real fatal thing is the moment when the spell model is about to succeed, a suddenly generated miniature mana vortex begins to collide with the just-stabilized spell structure, making it impossible to maintain the stability of the structure, and finally annihilated under the mutual confrontation of the structure .

If they were still skeptical before, now all the apprentices know that something is wrong. "Dancing Lights", every sorcerer apprentice will choose it as the first level 0 trick to master, it is easy to learn and dazzling, and it is more convenient to exercise control. If a mage apprentice fails to cast such a spell, he is not qualified to step into this mage tower.

The question is, what did the high-ranking mage do? He didn't do anything! Sitting in the center of the magic practice room with a big face, eyes closed and rested, he didn't even bother to open his eyes, he didn't hold the spell and cast a spell, let alone see the fluctuation of the spell, so that he interfered with the apprentice's spell casting from twenty or thirty meters away?

All the apprentices were at a loss. They have seen the enchantment of ineffective spells, and heard of the domain of mana disorder, but none of them match the current situation. The enchantment of spell ineffectiveness only causes the activated low-level spells to be ineffective, but it cannot interfere with the formation of spells! The field of mana disorder is a typical magic circle effect. It simulates the well-known legendary field, which is densely covered with mana turbulence. Anyone who is not focused enough to cast spells will not be able to cast spells normally, but it will not affect instant spells.

No need to remind, the female apprentice No. 5 walked up tremblingly.

It seems that in order to be on the safe side, she also chose the safer "dancing light technique", but her uneasy mood and wandering eyes fully showed her uneasiness and panic. Before the condensed elemental particles could be instilled into the spell model, they collided with each other because of the mismatch between the gesture and the spell, and turned into green smoke, and the spell casting failed!

Li Xun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he really wasn't to blame for this, the other party made a mistake in fear before the mental strength he had gathered manifested. Uh... is it that scary?

If you ask this question to the apprentices in the field, you will definitely get an affirmative answer.

It was quite normal for a high-level mage to interfere with the counter-mage apprentice's spellcasting, but what was abnormal was that Li Xun did nothing. Without casting spells, without using magic items, just sitting there dryly, not even bothering to look at the apprentices, and the apprentices can no longer cast spells normally.

Apprentices may only have respect for high-level spells, but they are full of fear for this unknown mystery. Afraid that they are inexplicably bewitched, afraid that this kind of interference will be lifelong, afraid... In short, they are afraid of all mysterious things that cannot be seen or touched!

If high-level mages could wave their hands, stomp their feet, or just snort, then they would try their best to find the root cause of their spellcasting failures, but now...

Seeing the terrified expression of "I'm going to die" on the male apprentice No. 6, Li Xun stuttered even the simplest magic spells, Li Xun was completely speechless.

Stretching out his hand to stop his "ghost painting talisman", Li Xun opened his eyes, and said gently to the audience: "Don't panic, I'm just testing a special magic item today and mastering its limit state, so I need you You can cast spells in random order. Now you can form a group of 2 people and divide them into ten groups. Each combination has a casting time of one minute. You can cast spells at me from any position and angle. As long as you successfully complete a spell casting, the combination will get A reward of 100 gold coins."

As soon as the words came out, all the apprentices suddenly realized, and then became excited about it.

One successful cast is 100 gold coins? And there is no limit to spells and methods. Then, as long as this combination plays more tricks, one covering and one secretly casting spells, it is not impossible to successfully cast spells. The arena is full of selected mage apprentices. Many apprentices can compress the dancing light spells to nearly 1 second. Under sneak attacks, can high-level mages really protect so tightly?

Inspired by the gold coins, all the apprentices immediately became mentally active, and they gathered together to choose teammates. After completing the grouping, they no longer gathered together, but branched and scattered throughout the spell practice room, hiding each other, all in a wretched and treacherous form.

"First group!"

Before the chief apprentice's cry subsided, two male apprentices popped out from the crowd behind Li Xun, and they started casting spells quickly without saying a word, and they all turned out to be dancing lights.

It's a pity that their self-righteous visual obstruction has no effect on Li Xun at all, and the two dancing lights turned into green smoke at the last moment.

"Second Group!"

This time it was a combination of a man and a woman, one in front and the other in the back, and at the same time they began to chant the mantra sonorously and forcefully. Since the sneak attack was no longer possible, the two apprentices no longer hid the sound of chanting the spell, but increased their speed as soon as possible, thinking that they dared to finish casting the spell before the high-ranking mage could react.

It's a pity, after all, they haven't achieved instant casting, and their casting speed can't keep up with Li Xun's thinking speed!

Li Xun once again called to stop, looking at the head apprentice: "Your task today is not to save money for me, but to find a way to spend money for me. You will not have any restrictions on casting spells here today. As long as someone can successfully complete the casting, The caster gets 200 gold coins, and everyone else gets 50 gold coins!"

Everyone immediately went into an uproar.

This also means that as long as someone can successfully cast the spell, the high-level mage in front of him will lose 1150 gold coins. And even if you can't cast spells yourself, as long as your teammates succeed, that's not a small income.