Lin Li shook his head, and didn't say anything else. He just blurted out a spell, and then countless red vines covered the entire Aurora Square like a tide.
"It's the Blood-vine Spell again!"
Before the exclamations from the audience could stop, the crazily spreading Blood-vines had already wrapped around Matthias' body. Those blood-red vines seemed to have their own consciousness. Once they wrapped around Matthias' body, countless sharp thorns immediately pierced into it. Then, they were like leeches that were desperately sucking the fresh blood.
"Ah …" Matthias' scream was as if someone was strangling his throat. It was weak.
The mages in the audience were all stunned. Everyone looked at this scene in a daze. Aldwin shook his head, and there was a bitter smile on his old face. This old man who had been in charge of the Alanna Guild of Magic for decades felt so powerless for the first time. This year's trial finals was simply a disaster. Even though he had already interfered with the process of the competition, the final result was still unchangeable.
The Aurora Square was frighteningly quiet. Only the soft sounds of the spreading Blood-vines could be heard.
A Blood-vine that was full of blood had already climbed onto Matthias' neck. It was like a poisonous snake with a poisonous red tongue, carrying out its final test. Everyone's eyes were fixed on this Blood-vine. Even a fool would know that as long as it tightened a little, the heir of the Marathon Family would die in the Aurora Square …
"Mage Felic, please have mercy!" Just at this time, more than ten fully armed warriors suddenly squeezed out from the crowd. Among them, the leader looked to be in his thirties, and his facial features were 70% similar to Matthias'.
Lin Li only took a glance, and immediately remembered. Wasn't this person who had brought a group of warriors in the Fire Plume Ridge? Wasn't he the fella who had visited the Silver Hand with Argus and asked Serena to provide him with information? Oh yes, Serena seemed to have told me that this fella called Gaud was Matthias' cousin, and Wilhelm's nephew.
Perhaps it was because Matthias' life was at stake, Gaud had completely lost the calmness he had in the Fire Plume Ridge that day. He squeezed out from the crowd with more than ten fully armed warriors, and charged into the Aurora Square without saying anything. The two referees who had been hiding in the corner were just about to speak when they were pushed to the side by a few warriors. "Move aside!"
Finally, Gaud still had some rationality. He knew that this was the Alanna Guild of Magic, and that today was the finals of the trial. After barging in with a group of warriors, he only invited the two referees to the side, and did not dare to do anything out of line. Even those ten fully armed subordinates were left at the edge of the Aurora Square by him. Then, he walked alone to a place a few meters in front of Lin Li. "Mage Felic, please let Matthias off for Lord Wilhelm's sake!"
Lin Li glanced at him, and did not say anything. He only secretly separated a few traces of mental strength to search for the four mageweaths that had been tampered with in the Aurora Square. At the same time, he controlled the strength of the blood vines so that they were neither too loose nor too tight. Just like that, he kept Matthias hanging in a half-dead state.
"Mage Felic, you are a smart person. You should know that killing Matthias will not do you any good at all. You have already won this finals. Why bring more trouble to yourself?"
Lin Li did not listen to Gaud's patient persuasion at all. That was because at this time, his gaze had already landed on a spot less than ten meters in front of him to the right. Between a few pieces of broken stone slabs, a sky-blue mageweath was emitting a faint magical wave.
With Lin Li's vision as a Guru of Inscription, he could naturally tell with one look that this should be a bipolar mageweath. It was powered by two level-15 magical crystals, one of which was water and one of which was fire. There were a total of 33 magic nodes and 14 magic circuits. The purpose of their existence was to make use of the subtle balance produced by the conflict between water and fire elements to construct a barrier that suppressed the activity of magical elements.
Under the coverage of the barrier, the power of magic would be greatly reduced. The same Flaming Storm could destroy a merchant ship outside the barrier, but it could only burn a robe inside the barrier.
However, when Lin Li's gaze landed on the mageweath, he immediately frowned. There were 33 magic nodes, but the most crucial one was missing out of the 14 magic circuits. Lin Li remembered that there should be another magic circuit near the source of mana. The purpose of this magic circuit was to maintain the subtle balance between ice and fire elements.
On the bipolar mageweath, this magic circuit was definitely the most important!
It was said to be the most important because without this magic circuit, the entire bipolar mageweath would become rather dangerous. It was difficult to stabilize the power of the ice and fire magical crystals. Once the density of a certain magical element exceeded the critical point, the subtle balance would be immediately broken. When that happened, the unbalanced magical elements would instantly engulf the caster …
"Darian is indeed a talent …" Lin Li could not help but smile at the thought of this. To be honest, at the beginning, he really did not expect such a narrow-minded person like Darian to be able to come up with such an elaborate plot.
Unfortunately, such an elaborate plot was used in the wrong place.
Playing such tricks in front of a Guru of Inscription was simply like playing with a broadsword in front of Guan Yu's gate. Lin Li did not even need to do it himself. He only needed to secretly release a small bit of mental strength, and it was enough to change the entire bipolar mageweath. In fact, Lin Li did not do much. He only slightly changed the backfire effect after the imbalance of mana, and turned it into a magical sequence that was close to a direct attack …
"Mage Felic …" Gaud persuaded patiently until his mouth was dry, but that Jarrosus mage did not have any reaction at all. In the end, Gaud had no choice but to stop and catch his breath. "Can you put Matthias down first? If the blood-vines continue to suck his blood like this, I'm afraid he …"
"Put him down? Of course, no problem … "Lin Li raised the Aether Staff in his hand, and a dark red light flashed. In an instant, countless blood-vines dissipated like snow under the sun. In the blink of an eye, not a single blood-vine could be seen in the Aurora Square.
Matthias stood there with a pale face. The weakness brought about by the large amount of blood loss made him a little dizzy. He had no choice but to prop the staff on the ground to support his body that could not bear the heavy burden.
"Thank you …" Gaud looked at the blood-red vines dissipating, and then at the dying Matthias being put down. Gaud finally let out a long sigh of relief. Just when he was about to say a few words of gratitude, he suddenly felt a slight magical wave rising in the surroundings.
This magical wave was not intense. It was like the occasional ripples on the surface of a calm lake.
The magical wave emitted from Lin Li's body was actually not that strong. It was just that in this sensitive environment, it instantly caused the two elements — ice and fire — to be completely out of balance. In an instant, there was only a dull "boom", followed by a series of "swoosh swoosh swoosh" sounds …
In an instant, countless Wind Blades danced in the air like fluttering butterflies.
Matthias, who had just broken free from the blood-vines, did not even have the time to understand what was going on when his throat was slit by a Wind Blade in the midst of a crisp sound …
"Mage Felic …" When Gaud realized that something was wrong and wanted to stop it, it was already too late. He could only watch as the Wind Blade slit Matthias' throat …
"This has nothing to do with me …" Lin Li said innocently while rubbing his nose.
To be honest, this was not wrong.
After the countless blood-red blood-vines dissipated, Lin Li did not attack Matthias at all. He did not even touch a strand of his hair. At this time, even Macklin could not help but frown. What was this kid doing? Why did he not kill Matthias when it was such a good opportunity? Instead, it was because the density of the magical elements was too high that it caused an accident in the bipolar mageweath that Aldwin had set up earlier …
But immediately after, Matthias fell down stiffly …
Gaud was suddenly stunned. He had not thought that things would end up like this in the end. Matthias' death was somewhat inexplicable. Although Gaud knew that it was the doing of this mage from Jarrosus, he could not produce any evidence at all. There were thousands of mages sitting in the Aurora Square, and all of them had extraordinary eyesight. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, everyone could clearly see that Matthias was killed by a strange Wind Blade. It had nothing to do with Felic at all.
After all, this was the Alanna Guild of Magic. Even if Gaud was Wilhelm's nephew, he would not dare to do anything out of line without any evidence. The only thing he could do was to grit his teeth and say to Lin Li with an ashen face, "Mage Felic, I will report this matter truthfully to Lord Wilhelm."
After saying this, Gaud turned around and walked down the Aurora Square. He left the Alanna Guild of Magic under the escort of more than ten fully armed warriors.
"The final victor is Felic from the Jarrosus Guild of Magic!" Herza's voice was old and clear. It was only at this time that the stunned mages in the audience seemed to have woken up from a dream, and burst into thunderous applause.
The trial that lasted for two months had ended with thunderous applause, but to most people, this was just the beginning.
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