Chapter 195: The Super Noob
Chen Ran’s meaning was to directly pick the strongest, toughest, and most durable opponent here. With Chen Ran’s support, and given Colin’s current situation, there would be a 40% chance of breaking through the bottleneck, which was already very high.
If that didn’t work, he could try again a few times after the effect of the lightning activation potion wore off in a week. There would probably be a better chance of breaking through then. Anyway, there was still more than half a month before the official selection.
Walking among the many students who were competing and exchanging ideas, Colin and Chen Ran headed straight for the largest Heaven-rank arena here.
There, the school’s most famous grudge matches were held. Whenever there were disputes, high-level combat students would resolve their grievances here. The most direct way to resolve a disagreement was a sentence: “Do you dare to go to the Heaven-rank arena and fight me one-on-one?”
In such a large academy, facing all kinds of strong competition, grudges were inevitable. And this arena was also the best opportunity for countless junior students to look up to the outstanding senior students in the school. Basically, students who could achieve a winning streak in this arena would become famous figures in the empire after leaving the school.
Sometimes, some guys who thought highly of their strength and loved to show off would occupy this arena all year round to increase their popularity.
But if you walk by the river often, how can you not get your shoes wet? Few people could maintain an undefeated record in the arena. And in recent years, the only person who had remained undefeated and had abused all the bosses of various departments in the academy was the fire mage Cheryl.
Although that girl had maintained her status as the number one expert in the academy since her appearance, none of the bosses who had been abused in private admitted that they were really worse than that girl. Their reason was that they didn’t dare to be ruthless to that girl from the beginning. But that girl did have some strength. She was very good at pressing her advantage. When they really got serious, they could hardly turn the tables.
It was indeed shameful for a group of men in the school to be defeated by a woman. But fortunately, no one had surpassed Cheryl yet, and everyone didn’t really have the idea of competing with a woman for the number one spot in the academy. On the contrary, the competition for the second place was particularly fierce, just because the second place was a boy, the current president of the Knight Department of the academy…
But no one seemed to realize that Cheryl was also the youngest among the strong players in the academy.
When Chen Ran arrived, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers. It seemed that a wonderful battle had just ended.
Chen Ran and Colin squeezed to the edge of the arena. They saw a warrior student covered in white battle armor standing majestically on the stage.
This guy was dressed in white from head to toe. White helmet, white armor, and even his weapon and shield were white. He looked quite dashing, but it was a bit too high-profile.
At the feet of the white knight, another knight student in mismatched red armor was lying on the ground in a sorry state. It looked like he had been beaten badly. The standing white knight took off his helmet, looking smug.
“Kid, do you know how powerful I, the Heavenly King Seiya, am now? I haven’t even exerted my strength in this round, and you’re down. That’s all you’ve got,” the white knight who took off his helmet had a fair and handsome face, with short brown hair. He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and looked quite spirited. Continuing the youthful arrogance of most students, he pointed his thumb down. “Now you’re done too. Next, it’s the turn of the president of our Knight Department. That guy has been sitting there for so many years. It’s time for him to make room for me.”
Cheers rose and fell. At the same time, the white knight above shouted confidently to the crowd, “Is there anyone else down there who is unconvinced? Just come up, and I’ll give you all a quick death!”
The cheers below were continuous and deafening, looking forward to a more exciting battle.
Chen Ran couldn’t help but be curious about the identity of this white knight. “Who is this guy?”
“His name is Seiya. A guy who has suddenly risen in the past two years. He calls himself the Heavenly King Seiya. His own strength is not bad, and he also has an innate Holy Mark. He is the first generation of new stars in the academy,” Colin shook his head. “But this guy is too high-profile. Perhaps his life has been too smooth, and he never hides anything. And he is also a strong suitor of Miss Cheryl. After losing gloriously to that girl, he has been relentless in pursuing her. To get closer to that girl, he now plans to defeat the other experts in the academy one by one.”
Chen Ran looked at the stage. “But in that case, this guy is also your love rival?”
“Sort of,” Colin shrugged. “But she ignores my existence completely now.” Colin gently poked his temple with his finger. “This guy’s IQ is actually not bad, but his EQ is a problem. He knows that some things are unlikely, but he still wants to try. Because of this high-profile style and funny style, he has super high popularity among ordinary students. But in the upper echelons of the student body, this guy is almost a public enemy.”
“EQ is a problem?” Chen Ran smiled. “Could it be zero?”
“Negative!”
“…” Chen Ran was speechless for a moment, then smiled and said, “I think this opponent is not bad. He can take a beating and is durable. He fits the conditions to help you advance very well.”
“…” Colin was stunned and hesitated, “You want me to deal with him?”
“Can’t you?”
“It’s not that I can’t…” Colin replied, “This guy holds grudges. Even if I really beat him, he will try every means to get back at me. Winning against him will bring a lot of trouble later…”
“Why be so scrupulous?” Chen Ran laughed it off. “We came out this time to advance. If it were someone else, I wouldn’t guarantee breaking through your current bottleneck. At most, a 40% chance. If it’s this guy, I’m confident that the chance of your advancement will reach more than 70%. You know, time is precious. The lasting effect of my potion will take a week to dissipate. Only then can it exert its best effect next time. Your selection is imminent. Every day is precious. It relates to whether you can better master a series of seventh-tier skills and techniques in actual combat, affecting your performance at that time. It’s up to you.”
Colin gritted his teeth. After thinking about the pros and cons for a while, he looked at Chen Ran and finally made up his mind.
“If I fight, I fight. If I abuse that guy up there, I might become famous too. If I fight, I fight. Who am I afraid of!”
Chen Ran smiled and neatly cast a few Holy Word Seals and Elemental Communication on Colin. And Colin also drank the lightning magic berserk potion. Then, he walked onto the arena fearlessly.
“Hey, that virgin noob opposite me. You’re very arrogant, aren’t you? I’ve been unhappy with you for a long time. Let’s see how capable you are.”
“Damn, where did this guy come from, looking for death? Daring to be arrogant in front of me,” the white knight on the stage had an indifferent expression. “A nameless nobody dares to come to this arena. This is not a place for you. Go down obediently and call your boss up to fight me. Don’t think that you have the ability to fight me just because you have received some power support from a friend.”
“What, are you afraid?” Colin was relentless. “The little white knight who lost to Cheryl. Just because you won against a few lackeys, you look so smug. You’re so old and still an old virgin. You can’t even catch a girl.”
“Damn it,” this sentence instantly hit the white knight’s sore spot. Everyone knew that Seiya was a complete virgin and had no dating history so far. The only time he pursued someone, he was coldly rejected and beaten up by that woman. This was the only shameful thing for this guy since he came to the school. But Colin had to mention it. For a “perfect” noob who valued his first time more than a woman, this was obviously unforgivable. “Do you think you can beat her!”
“At least I haven’t lost yet,” Colin shrugged. Holding the magic staff in his hand, he pointed at Seiya and said, “Of course, I’ll defeat you first.”
“You! Will! Die! Very! Miserably!”
Word by word, through gritted teeth. Seiya’s eyes were filled with killing intent. It seemed that this duel was inevitable.
“Then try it,” Colin, on the contrary, looked confident. The innate lightning runes began to appear on his body.
“Wait a moment.”
Just as the atmosphere of the competition was forming, Chen Ran went up to the arena again and walked toward the white knight Seiya.
“Student, your opponent came up after being buffed by spells. And you just finished a fight, so your stamina is depleted. To ensure the fairness of the competition, I’ll help you recover some.”
Several rays of healing holy light hit Seiya. Chen Ran also cast an Inner Fire to increase defense and an Endurance to increase stamina on Seiya.
Feeling his constitution getting stronger, Seiya noticed the teacher’s badge on Chen Ran’s high priest robe and thanked him, “This teacher is too polite. Dealing with such a lackey doesn’t need any support status. This will let him lose more clearly. And next, watch how I abuse that guy opposite me.”
Chen Ran politely walked off the arena.
He crossed his arms, looking like he was watching a good show. And the competition began soon.
In the field, except for Colin, no one knew what Chen Ran was up to.
Chen Ran seemed to have helped Seiya by giving him some buffs to help him perform better, but he had only added some spells that made Seiya more like a turtle shell.
He mainly considered that the next Colin would soon enter a demonized berserk state, and the attack he launched would be like a storm. Continuing in this situation, the magic power in his body would be active, which would be more helpful for improving his strength. And if the opponent could persist longer, it would also be a better help for Colin to break through the tier.
Chen Ran didn’t expect Colin to win for sure. His task was just to help Colin break through to the seventh tier. Other factors were not within his obligation.
Not long after the duel began, the atmosphere in the venue instantly rose to a climax.
Colin’s lightning magic was undoubtedly magnificent.
The enhancement of the lightning runes, the magic notebook left by the legendary lightning grand magus, Chen Ran’s support, and the potion berserk, it was magnificent beyond belief.
In the blink of an eye, the sky was filled with free-roaming electric ions. Streaks of electric snakes surged madly, dancing continuously in a certain pattern. And Seiya was also fearless. Realizing the opponent’s strength, he didn’t dare to be arrogant. The Holy Mark on his forehead lit up, and streaks of fighting spirit flames steamed and lingered on his body…
All eyes were on them.
