Chapter 7

The battle erupted suddenly.

And it was Sain and his companion who initiated the attack.

There was a reason Lina was called the "madwoman" by the other apprentices; she actually started a fight without any hesitation in the Black Street!

A huge fireball emitting deep blue flames, compared to the secondary fireball spell Sain could cast, not only differed in size but also in power!

The fireball shot straight at Jock's face. Due to Lina's swift action and Jock's complete lack of preparation, it seemed that in the next second, a scene of brains splattering and exploding was about to unfold.

Mages generally had weak constitutions. Without a magical shield, an apprentice's ability to withstand a hit was not much better than that of a middle-aged man.

The main issue was that no one expected Lina to make a move!

A pale white light suddenly appeared among Jock and his group.

Sain had magical equipment, and naturally, Jock and his group also had some.

This was an emergency warning device. The pale white light came from a short silver wand, which looked similar to Sain's strong acid cane.

The owner of this wand was a male intermediate apprentice with a pale complexion.

It seemed he did not originally intend to get involved in this battle between advanced apprentices, nor did he want to use his precious magical item without reason.

The magical shield formed by the pale white magical light did not last even two seconds before it was shattered by the impact of Lina's large fireball spell!

But these two seconds gave the people within the fireball's range a moment to react.

Along with the pale white magical shield, Lina's large fireball spell also disintegrated.

However, the deep blue fireball did not simply disappear; instead, it broke down into nearly twenty smaller, bright yellow fireballs.

This was an unexpected turn of events!

Each spell was unique. Even if they were both fireball spells, they would differ due to the user.

Lina's deep blue fireball was a special technique she had modified and enhanced. The situation where a fireball would burst and scatter into twenty secondary fireballs was not recorded in the library of the magic academy.

The formidable strength of an advanced apprentice was evident from this!

Moreover, given Lina's usual display of genius and outstanding attributes, even though she had just advanced, she was far from being an ordinary advanced apprentice.

The secondary fireballs that burst out caused significant damage to Jock and his group.

The main victims were the entry-level apprentices. Their weak strength made being caught in the high-level apprentice's magical coverage a disaster.

Additionally, two low-level apprentices who reacted a bit slower were also hit by the secondary fireballs, suffering significant burns.

In a flash, just one move caused nearly half of Jock's group to be incapacitated.

It was at this moment that Jock and his group finally retaliated.

The first to act was a female apprentice with short, light red hair. She, possessing intermediate apprentice strength, was very dissatisfied with Lina's sudden attack.

In the Black Magic Academy, the ratio of male apprentices had always been high, stemming from the extremely brutal competition mechanism of the magic academy.

In such an environment, female apprentices who grew to the intermediate level or higher were almost never weak.

Sometimes, they were even more ruthless than male apprentices.

Without sufficient means, one could not survive in the Black Magic Academy, where even the strong devoured the weak.

With a scream, a sound wave spell was emitted from the female apprentice's mouth.

This was the first time Sain had witnessed a sound wave spell. The speed of the spell was already beyond Sain's understanding of ordinary magic.

Indeed, the Black Magic Academy was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

The extremely fast sound wave spell quickly covered Sain and Lina. Faced with this intermediate-level spell "Siren's Scream," Sain, with only low-level apprentice strength, stumbled.

Fortunately, the weak mental recovery mechanism from his strong acid cane did not let Sain be too affected by the spell.

And as the main target of the Siren's Scream, it was actually Lina beside Sain.

Although she did not have a strong acid cane to mitigate the mental impact like Sain, Lina, with her higher mental strength as an advanced apprentice, managed to hold on.

As an intermediate-level spell, the Siren's Scream consumed a lot of energy. Given the intermediate female apprentice's strength, it was difficult for her to cast another spell in such a short time.

Thus, the initiative returned to Lina.

She had somehow taken out a string of pitch-black beads. As her cohabiting boyfriend, Sain knew this was a magical item Lina owned, which she rarely used.

Rapid incantations came from Lina's mouth again, and the pitch-black beads emitted a dim black light, clearly indicating that another magical attack was about to come.

At this moment, Jock and his group's attacks also followed.

This was the consequence of being ganged up on. Even though Lina's strength exceeded that of everyone present, she was still just one person, while Jock and his group had eleven apprentices of low-level and above.

Not to mention, there were four intermediate apprentices, including Jock.

The next to act, after Lina and the sound wave female apprentice, was Jock.

He did not choose the traditional method of spellcasting but instead pulled out a short sword from his pocket and charged straight at Sain and Lina.

This was Jock's unique way of fighting. Light red flame patterns spread from the base of the short sword in Jock's hand.

It was not because the short sword was a magical item, but because Jock had infused his fire element power into the steel short sword.

In the magical world, this technique was known as fire element enchantment.

Jock's movements were quick, a result of his years of training in the dark underground world. His scars were proof of his strength.

Sain's close combat and reaction abilities were not bad, but compared to Jock, he was still a bit lacking.

This was because they had different focuses. Sain specialized in magic, while Jock focused on physical strength.

However, no matter how fast Jock moved, he was still not as fast as Sain!

His enchanted long sword was aimed at Lina. Since Lina had made the first move, Jock now had the idea of severely injuring or even killing her.

If it were a one-on-one fight, Jock would definitely not be a match for Lina.

But don't forget, he had over a dozen companions here.

Especially after Lina's almost indiscriminate fireball attack, this madwoman had offended everyone.

Lina had only recently advanced to the advanced apprentice level. This was Jock's only chance to severely injure or even kill her in the near future.

"Only I can become Master Andis' apprentice!"

"This year's academy reward is mine!"

"You, ignorant madwoman, go to hell!" Jock's inner rage revealed the source of his conflict with Lina.

However, before Jock's surprise attack could succeed, three streams of corrosive acid suddenly appeared in front of him, making his face pale and his body cold.