Crown of Silence

Chapter 84 I'm here to show off

In a cold circle, frost rays flew in all directions.

The biting cold spread with the landing point of the ray, condensing into sharp crystals on the ground. The water vapor in the air was frozen and turned into scattered ice powder, which fell down one after another.

Even the cold sweat on Ye Qingxuan's body was frozen and turned into a thin layer of frost. The thin frost adhered to the skin and melted again in the flow of blood...

Ye Qingxuan panted and began to hate why the space in this circle was only a few dozen steps in length and width. Just paying attention to Charles's hint and avoiding Edmund's frost rays was already concentrating.

The biggest disadvantage of the frost rune is that it decays too quickly. If it is used in the form of rays, it will be almost powerless after a distance of ten meters.

But now the distance between the two people can't be pulled ten meters apart. Edmund only needs to stand in the center of the circle of the body-eating snake, and he can pour frost rays around without any pressure.

As one of the most cost-effective notes at the apprentice level, the consumption of the frost ray is 30% less than that of the rune with the same effect, but the chanting speed is almost half as fast.

With Edmund's many years of apprenticeship, it is no problem to release more than 20 in one breath.

Ye Qingxuan can only seize the opportunity to dodge, dodge, and dodge again!

After passing by another frost ray, Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hand to crush the ice frozen on his shoulder and gasped for breath. If it drags on like this, I'm afraid the end will be a bit bad.

He must admit that he underestimated this freckled fat man.

In the center of the venue, Edmund looked at Ye Qingxuan's embarrassed dodge and couldn't help sneering: "What's wrong? Is that all you can do? Come closer, the 'chief student' over there! Why don't you even have the courage to fight back?"

Then, three more frost rays were swung out heroically!

Ye Qingxuan only had time to take off his coat and throw it in front of him, and then he saw his coat instantly hardened and frozen, and fell to the ground, making a dull sound like a stone falling to the ground.

"You want to use me up?"

Edmund seemed to see through Ye Qingxuan's thoughts, and smiled mockingly: "It's not that simple."

He reached out from his pocket and took out a thumb-sized bottle, bit off the bottle stopper, and poured the azure blue liquid into his throat. The cold medicine went down the throat and fell into the stomach, spreading like an explosion.

The strong cold stimulation spread to the whole body, and finally turned into a warm current and flowed into the back of the head.

Edmund's face, which had turned pale due to crazy consumption, instantly returned to its original state, full of abnormal excitement. It was a medicine that stimulated brain power, relying on the nutrients of other organs to make the brain excited.

If a skinny person used it, he might get seriously ill afterwards. But Edmund was full of fat, and that thick layer of fat alone was enough to pay for his "overdraft".

Seeing Edmund taking the potion on the spot, the audience outside the venue booed.

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"Protest!"

Charles shouted: "Edmund took the recovery potion!"

"The protest is invalid."

Brian glanced at him lazily, "Potions, alchemical equipment and chanting consumables are all part of the musician's own strength, and they are not prohibited from being used in the duel."

Charles was indignant: "Damn, next time, why don't you bring some mandalas to the duel arena to inhale! How refreshing it would be to have a drug-addicted party!"

"Watch your words, or I'll ask you to leave."

Brian pointed at Charle, then pointed at the exit: "I'm the teacher here, and if you stay here, you must abide by my rules!"

Bai Xi sneered, and was about to retort, but someone held her and Charle's shoulders.

"Calm down."

The old man who had been watching from the sidelines appeared behind them, with a steel prosthetic limb that smelled faintly of motor oil.

"Teacher?"

Charles was stunned: "When did you come?"

"From the beginning." Abraham said: "It's not possible that my student went out early in the morning to take the challenge of the chief student, and I, as a teacher, didn't know anything about it, right?"

Charles was a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid you'll worry?"

"Be patient, no matter how loud the noise outside the field is, the duel is still going on."

Abraham patted Bai Xi's shoulder and motioned her to sit down. Seeing that Charles was secretly making secret signals with Ye Qingxuan, he raised his palm and knocked on the head of his rogue student.

"No need."

He whispered, "Ye Zi won't look anymore."

Charles was stunned and looked at the boy in the field. It was not until now that he realized that since when, the boy's eyes had no longer paid attention to the secret signals he had sent out.

He was concentrating on looking at his enemy, and there was only the enemy's reflection in his pupils. The indifference and contemptuous pity in his pupils disappeared, replaced by warmth, like a weak flame.

As if he was laughing, the corners of his mouth rose silently.

He began to go all out.

Because he wanted to win, to win fairly...

"It suddenly became challenging."

He stared at Edmund's flushed face and whispered softly: "Then let's give it a try."

In the biting cold, he suddenly took a deep breath, and felt the cold stinging in his lungs, but his mind became clearer than ever before.

No need for drug stimulation, nor long rest, an enemy is the best stimulant. A whetstone that can be used to show what he has learned in the past few days.

While dodging, Ye Qingxuan suddenly stood still, he raised his palm, and the ether gathered from all directions, as if something was about to wake up.

In everyone's perception, the string ring wrapped around Ye Qingxuan's fingertips absorbed the ether and released a cold silver light. The musical instrument sleeping in it responded to the call.

"Musical instrument! This guy..."

Edmund's face was solemn, and he took a step back, ready to fight. He didn't expect that Ye Qingxuan's trump card was actually a musical instrument, and it was the highest-level "mimicry deformation" type among musical instruments, which could be carried with him and deployed at any time!

But just as he was ready, the light on Ye Qingxuan's finger suddenly went out.

There was a loud thunder, but there was not even a raindrop.

It just stopped abruptly and fell into a deep sleep again.

Over the past few days, he has tried countless times to awaken the sleeping 'Nine Heavens Ring' in the string ring, but unfortunately every time, at the end, the resonance between him and the Nine Heavens Ring would suddenly break.

It was as if the most critical link was missing, and it was difficult to unfold correctly.

"Uh... it still doesn't work."

Ye Qingxuan smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I was just pretending..."

He was answered by several angry frost rays, which almost froze him into ice. Ye Qingxuan ran wildly with his head in his arms, took a deep breath, and finally began to chant syllables.

"It's useless to start now!"

Edmund couldn't help but sneer when he heard the chanting.

He pointed his finger forward, frost rays!

In the coldness that came to his face, Ye Qingxuan suddenly started running, ignoring the surging breath in his chest, he chanted quickly while moving. Around him, the air surged, as if the mist was surging with his chanting.

Edmund looked at the boy rushing towards him, his eyes flashing with disdain: the closer he is, the less space he has to dodge. And the more powerful the frost rays are!

He really got carried away.

He raised his palm and pointed at Ye Qingxuan's body again. The light of the frost rays was brewing wildly at his fingertips, and the biting coldness gathered from all directions.

This time, the distance was closer than ever before. The icy color illuminated Ye Qingxuan's pupils.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan step into the range of five steps, Edmund's eyes flashed with murderous intent. Then, the double-amplified frost rays burst out!

Within five steps, the original frost rays were enough to freeze organs and cause necrosis. After being enhanced, the coldness contained in them was enough to freeze a person into an ice sculpture in an instant!

At this moment, there was a cry of surprise from the crowd of spectators.

Because Ye Qingxuan was still stepping forward, not dodging or dodging!

The bursting ray shot forward, piercing straight at Ye Qingxuan's head.

At that moment, the air around Ye Qingxuan was strangely turbulent. It was as if the ray's advance touched some boundary, so the scene flipped.

Because the twisted air was disturbing irregularly, the outline of Ye Qingxuan's limbs became blurred.

The frost ray pierced into the haze, and suddenly swayed, almost absurdly deflected at an angle, an extremely subtle angle, brushing Ye Qingxuan's hair and flying past, shooting empty!

Edmund was stunned, his pupils reflected Ye Qingxuan's increasingly close face, and there was an uncontrollable surprise and fear!

"What's going on!"

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"——'Music Notes·Obscure'!"

In the crowd, Abraham whispered softly, his eyes lit up: "Yes, that's it!"

Up to now, all the runes that Ye Qingxuan has learned were selected for him one by one by Abraham according to the application effect.

‘Light’ can provide light in the dark and guide the direction of the sun, ‘flow’ can strengthen the body and purify drinking water, ‘qi’ can manipulate breezes, block body odor, avoid animal searches, and prevent poison gas.

And the effect of ‘haze’ is stealth and defense against long-range attacks!

This is a note that every musician trained as a scout must master.

By stirring the air with ether, ‘haze’ can instantly form a layer of ‘air barrier’ between objects and the air. A layer of barrier does not have any defensive power, but under the control of the musician, it can generate chaotic pressure inside.

The chaotic pressure brings an effect like a lens, which is constantly superimposed, causing light to refract irregularly and blur objects.

In a dark environment and complex light, it can blur the edges and contours of objects, making the objects blend into the environment. Although there is no defensive effect, it brings the ability to mislead arrows and deflect rays.

There is no more cost-effective effect than this.

Outside the field, Abraham stared intently at the boy who had brushed shoulders with death, his eyes lit up with relief: Yes, that's right, it should be like this. By misleading the enemy, the effect of 'Obscure' should be activated at the last moment.

Then, the distance should be shortened again, and then...

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In the field, the boy crossed the boundary of five steps and strode forward. The difficult syllables he chanted overlapped, causing the surrounding ether to fluctuate.

As he chanted, a vortex-shaped rune slowly lit up in his mind, ready to go!

Then, in the next moment, Ye Qingxuan's footsteps had landed in front of Edmund.

Looking at his raised palm, Edmund screamed subconsciously, raised his arm to cover his face, and staggered back. A finger poked at Ye Qingxuan in panic, ready to release the frost ray again.

But the expected fist did not fall on him, and the notes that Ye Qingxuan chanted were not "flowing". Now, they are so close, almost within reach. In Ye Qingxuan's mouth, the last syllable came out!

At that moment, Edmund was still screaming subconsciously, and his hands were randomly brewing the light of the frost ray. Then, he felt a palm on his chest, gently pressed against his chest.

Bang!

The scream stopped abruptly.