Chapter 8

No matter how fast Joke was, he couldn't be faster than Sain's instant-cast magic.

As expected of a masterpiece by the official black mage Master Mosido, the strong acid staff, which had been used just twenty hours ago, was now fully restored, without Sain even needing to recharge it himself.

This is one of the most prominent features of high-level magical artifacts.

Thanks to Master Mosido's alchemical design, the strong acid staff can complete its energy cycle and replenish itself through the magical inscriptions and elemental cores inside it.

Although it can only be used once at a time, the cooldown period for the staff is only a short twenty hours.

No wonder high-level magic apprentice Lilianya would also covet Sain's strong acid staff. This level of magical artifact is a rare and valuable piece of equipment even for high-level apprentices.

The corrosive acid that can easily melt the scales of high-level magical beasts is naturally no problem when used against Joke.

In the blink of an eye, the other black magic apprentices didn't even see what happened clearly, and then a scream from Joke echoed.

Joke's physique is indeed strong, but he absolutely cannot be compared to a high-level magical beast.

Sain's strong acid staff aimed at Joke's chest; if it hit, even as a mid-level apprentice, his body would turn into a puddle of yellow liquid.

But Joke is a mid-level apprentice, and his reaction ability far exceeds that of the already defeated Ilker.

His stronger mental power allowed him to twist his muscle tissue with all his might in the most critical moment, and his robust physique saved his life at this time.

When the corrosive acid from the strong acid staff hit a shop door on the Black Street, a hissing white corrosive smoke appeared, and the participants in this sudden melee finally saw Joke's situation clearly.

"Hiss!" A low-level black magic apprentice couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

In his line of sight, the scar-faced Joke's entire right arm had been corroded into a puddle of mud.

The short sword that Joke had been holding, which emitted a faint fire element ripple, had already corroded into iron water along with his bones and skin.

That short sword was just a well-made ordinary weapon, not even a magical equipment, so how could it withstand Sain's strong acid staff?

The battle between magic apprentices, due to their limited means and generally low defense, usually decides the outcome in an instant.

Moreover, this battle was so sudden that not only were Joke and his gang caught off guard, but even the passersby on the Black Street and the shopkeepers nearby didn't react in time.

The explosion of nearly twenty secondary fireballs caused thick smoke to rise in the area around the Black Street.

Among the smoke, there were many screams and moans.

Besides the scar-faced Joke, the most unfortunate were the low-level and beginner apprentices in his group.

But this was not the end. As Lina's incantation finally ended, a black light beam nearly two meters in diameter suddenly gathered in front of her bracelet and shot towards the crowd in front of her.

As a high-level apprentice, the magical attack methods and power Lina mastered were far superior to those of ordinary mid- and low-level apprentices.

Unlike Sain's corrosive acid, the two high-level magic spells Lina released were both area-of-effect attacks!

This crazy woman indeed did not hold back just because she was in the Black Street.

Two more piercing screams echoed, coming from two mid-level male apprentices in the field.

Only the female apprentice who mastered sound-based magic, who had retreated from the center of the battlefield after releasing the Banshee Scream, was the only mid-level apprentice among those surrounding Sain who remained standing.

Sain and Lina's battle results were glorious, but they were not unscathed.

Besides being hit by the Banshee Scream from the mid-level female apprentice, the two male apprentices who were knocked down by Lina's black light also released spells before falling.

"Stone Spear Impact" and "Flame Blade" exploded around Sain and Lina.

Sain was lucky; out of the three stone spears, only one grazed his arm, while the Flame Blade caused moderate burns to his left side, burning a third of his black magic robe.

Lina's condition was not much better than Sain's; this was a battle where both sides were injured.

Fortunately, the low-level apprentices generally cast spells more slowly, and many were still hesitant about fighting in the Black Street.

Besides two secondary fireballs and a low-level Ice Bubble spell that exploded near Sain and Lina, no other spells hit them.

The battle lasted no more than two minutes, but the destruction it caused to the Black Street and the overall impact were beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

This is the power of magic, the brilliance of the elements.

Several shops were on fire, the road was cracked, and moans and cries of pain echoed continuously.

Since Sain used the instant-cast magic from the strong acid staff, he still had some strength left.

A secondary fireball appeared in Sain's palm, which was clearly larger than the secondary fireballs released by the other two low-level apprentices.

This indicated that his mental power and magic power were almost at the mid-level apprentice level.

Could battle stimulate mental power and expand magic power?

To be precise, before Sain went to the Saltwater Crocodile's territory, his mental power and magic power had not improved so significantly.

Holding the secondary fireball, Sain clearly intended to eliminate the scar-faced apprentice Joke on the spot.

Mages' thinking and judgment are generally not poor, and Sain had already realized that Ilker's blocking him in the White Crow Forest yesterday was likely due to the scar-faced Joke's information.

Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

At this moment, Sain didn't consider the punishment he would face for fighting and killing in the Black Street; he just wanted to get rid of the guy in front of him.

This is the common ferocity and ruthlessness of creatures that have long struggled to survive in the underground world.

At this moment, Joke's pale face was full of fear and disbelief.

His eyes first glanced at Sain's strong acid staff, then looked at the increasingly hot secondary fireball in Sain's hand with fear.

The original arrogance and cruelty were completely gone, and he endured the immense pain of losing his right arm, stammering to Sain: "You can't kill me, fighting is forbidden in the Black Street, and... "

Before Joke could finish his sentence, three angry shouts came from the sky: "Stop!"

Three owl figures with wings over a meter wide were rapidly approaching. This time, the Black Street's impact was so severe that it attracted three college inspectors at once.

Joke's threat did not make Sain retreat at all; the arrival of the three college inspectors only made Sain more determined to act faster.

Leaving Joke alive would only bring harm to Sain, with no benefits.

On the contrary, eliminating the opponent in time might allow him to find a way to deal with the aftermath.

However, what surprised Sain slightly was that when his secondary fireball successfully hit Joke's head, a bright splash of blood bloomed, and two more loud noises echoed around him.

Lina was faster than Sain.

True to the saying, "Not of the same family, not in the same house."

Two mid-level apprentices died under Lina's hands.

When Lina gathered her limited magic power to target the third mid-level female apprentice, the three college inspectors finally arrived and bound Lina with Wind Chains.

Sain's hands were also bound by the Wind Chains, but before that, an explosion sounded, and the scar-faced Joke in front of him had already become a headless, armless corpse.

This should be one of the most exaggerated and severe incidents in the Black Street and the Black Magic College in the past two years.

The three college inspectors were clearly extremely angry, but before they could punish Sain and Lina, one of the owls was stunned.

It was the owl that had just met Sain yesterday.

Since the three owls looked similar, Sain didn't recognize it, but the owl recognized Sain first.