The Cinder Flame unleashed by Feng was slow, creeping towards the young woman#] Though not his most powerful move, it was excellent for gauging an opponent's strength. Seeing the Cinder Flame rolling across the ground, the purple-robed girl’s expression grew serious.

A staff materialized instantly in her palm, and with a point toward the sky, a sphere of water shot out to meet the encroaching flame. Using water to counter fire was indeed the most suitable method.

However, Chen Feng’s Cinder Flame was no ordinary fire; how could a common water-elemental attack magic possibly withstand such an assault? The water sphere collided with the flame, but it brought absolutely no pause or tremor to the fire.

The instant the sphere met the flames, it seemed to evaporate, vanishing into thin air. “Ah…” The purple-robed girl’s complexion paled slightly.

She pointed the staff toward the air again. A shield coalesced from earth elementals, forming in the air to block the Cinder Flame.

Unexpectedly, the girl had unleashed two different elemental spells in quick succession. Chen Feng’s lips curved into a slight smile, watching the flustered girl as if observing a show.

“Bang!” The Earth Shield shattered into countless motes of dust, and the Cinder Flame, like an unstoppable road roller, crushed through all obstructions and bore down upon the purple-robed girl. Terror finally dawned on the purple-robed girl’s face.

A faint green aura of Dou Qi suddenly erupted beneath her feet. Moving like a nimble swift, she leaped and shifted over three meters sideways, narrowly evading the direct assault of the flame.

“Boom…” “Ah… Who is it…” A shriek echoed from the spot where the flame had detonated. It turned out the fire had completely pulverized the raised platform used for registration, sending several staff members tumbling down from it… “I didn’t expect you to be not only a Water and Earth dual-elemental mage but also a Wood-elemental Fighter!” Chen Feng understood the girl’s reaction to the Cinder Flame perfectly.

The purple-robed girl had not yet recovered from the sheer power of the Cinder Flame; her cheeks were flushed crimson. “I hope you won’t disappoint me in the Rookie Tournament,” he said, before turning and walking back the way he came.

Saying that was tantamount to agreeing to team up with him for the competition. |

She said, “What Iori Yagami did was correct. Since it’s a three-person team, a weak partner truly affects the results.

But I really didn’t expect his flame to be this terrifying.” If she knew that Chen Feng’s flame had only exerted less than thirty percent of its full power, she probably would have been too shocked to speak. After speaking, Angeliça stared at Chen Feng’s receding figure and laughed: “What a cold and arrogant man.”………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Chen Feng walked towards the sphere.

Since registration was over, the main task now was waiting for the competition. Since he had nothing else to do, continuing his training was the proper course of action.

If it weren't for those ten days of reaction-time training, facing Griff head-on would have certainly meant defeat, let alone killing him. He had not yet approached the sphere at the training ground when a smug voice rang out.

“I knew you’d come back, haha, hurry and try out my new, high-dosage Strength Enhancement Potion…” Old Yi strode over, waving a bizarre-looking bottle aloft. Chen Feng’s scalp tingled, but this time he didn't flee: “Drinking that stuff of yours will kill people.” “Who told you such nonsense?” Hearing this, Old Yi immediately puffed out his beard and declared righteously, “At most, it’s just mental separation or paralysis and disability; do you think dying is that easy?” “…Mental separation, paralysis, and disability—that’s all?

Is this old guy a madman or an idiot? If I didn’t know he was the foremost Archmage of the Loki Empire, I would have punched him by now.” Chen Feng suppressed the fury welling up inside as he looked at Old Yi.

“Oh, stop looking at me like that. I’m telling you, this potion I invented won’t affect others, but it will definitely work wonders on you.

Drink it without worry. If there are any side effects, I can cure them for you… Hey, why are you leaving again…” Old Yi watched as Chen Feng ignored his blustering and went straight into the sphere, shouting anxiously.

“This brat kept me waiting so long, and he just left without even listening to me explain clearly…” Old Yi sat down on the ground in a huff, completely devoid of the composure expected of the Loki Empire’s foremost Archmage. The magic apprentice guarding the sphere watched the red-haired youth enter the sphere for training and Old Yi sitting on the ground, cold sweat continuously beading on his forehead.

“What a pair of freaks…” he muttered to himself. Flickering orbs of light burst around Chen Feng like blooming fireworks.

Chen Feng’s movements were lightning-fast as he smashed one orb after another. “Snap, snap, snap…” The sounds were crisp and loud, echoing continuously inside the sphere.

The Wukong Technique could still be employed here; being able to fly increased the scope and speed of evasion instantly, and the duration of his ability to maintain it also increased proportionally. Practicing aerial evasion in this environment was an excellent exercise for Chen Feng, who had only recently mastered the Wukong Technique.

This time, he persisted for a full twenty minutes. Emerging from the sphere, he saw Old Yi sitting on the ground, his astonishment completely unconcealed, and the apprentice staring blankly, lost in a daze.

He shook his head and started walking towards his residence. Old Yi lunged and grabbed him: “Don’t rush off, come with me!

You actually lasted twenty minutes inside the sphere—that’s even more incredible than having taken my Strength Potion! Tell you what, come with me to the laboratory; I have something good for you!” Chen Feng’s circulation energy was completely depleted, leaving him too weak to argue with the old man.

He said, “I want to go back and rest; I’m not interested in your things.” He tried to leave, but felt a tight grip on his wrist; Old Yi had already seized him and was soaring upward using a Flight Spell. Who knew that after rising barely a meter, they both dropped to the ground with a “thud.” Chen Feng was burdened with nearly five thousand pounds of Black Gold Iron.

Though Old Yi possessed profound cultivation, he was caught off guard and ended up falling flat, smearing his face. “Why are you so heavy…” Old Yi cried out in exasperation.

Chen Feng didn’t want others to know about the Black Gold Iron, so he subtly retracted the armor—which he had turned it into—back into his water flask with his right hand. Seeing that Chen Feng remained aloof, Old Yi took a deep breath.

Elemental magic swirled around his body, raising a small vortex of air between them. Apparently, the fall had shocked him more than expected, prompting him to finally exert some real power.

Old Yi grabbed Chen Feng’s arm and used an overwhelmingly strong Wind Flight technique to launch them both skyward. “Ouch…” This time, Chen Feng’s body suddenly became much lighter, and Old Yi’s speed was too high to control, resulting in him slamming headfirst into a branch of a nearby tree at the edge of the training ground… Rubbing his suddenly swollen head, Old Yi finally brought Chen Feng to his laboratory.

The laboratory was once again filled with the pungent, unpleasant odor of various potions. “Looking at how worn out you are, you must have completely exhausted your Dou Qi inside that sphere!” Old Yi said triumphantly, rummaging wildly in the lab until he pulled out a bottle filled with a pale green liquid.

He held the bottle of liquid up to Chen Feng’s mouth and said, “Drink this, and you’ll recover your Dou Qi quickly.” Having witnessed Old Yi’s antics with the cat and mouse earlier, Chen Feng dared not drink anything he offered and shook his head desperately, refusing to swallow. However, a searing pain ripped through his mind, and before he could resist, Old Yi forced the liquid down his throat.

“You old fiend, you’re trying to murder me…” Chen Feng cried out, the taste bitter in his mouth. But halfway through his shout, he realized something was wrong.

An intense heat burned unbearably in his lower abdomen, and the vortex in his Dantian grew wildly, as if force-fed fertilizer. In less than ten minutes, the lost circulation energy had completely recovered.

“I didn’t expect this potion to actually have the ability to rapidly restore the vortex. If I had followed the standard cultivation method, it probably would have taken at least four or five hours to recover,” Chen Feng thought privately.

He stood up and looked at Old Yi, who was sitting to the side with a continuous, gentle smile. “How about it?

Not shouting anymore, are you? My potion is effective,” Old Yi said with a smile.

However, both the tone and attitude in his voice were completely different from when they had met before; he now gave the impression of being an entirely different person. If he previously felt erratic and crazy, now he inspired a false sense of trustworthiness and dependability.

“No need to ponder. In truth, my madness was all an act; this is my real self,” Old Yi noticed Chen Feng’s confusion.

“An act?” Chen Feng didn't quite understand. “Why pretend to be mad?” “You wouldn’t understand even if I told you,” Old Yi said, changing the subject.

“You are the first person I have ever met in all these years with such powerful physical conditioning—you can practically be called a Beast of Humanity! In fact, the purpose of designing that sphere was precisely to search for young people with exceptional physical capabilities.” Chen Feng frowned, clearly not understanding his objective.

“When I was young and traveling, I accidentally obtained a magical prescription. Following this prescription, I brewed a potion that allows someone at the Fighter level to unleash terrifying power, even capable of defeating a Battle Master below the second tier.

However, this potion places an immense load on the body; if the body isn’t strong enough, it simply cannot withstand the violent medicinal power. Therefore, I was looking for physically strong young people, primarily to test the potion’s efficacy and then find a way to improve it.

Once this potion is successfully refined, it can be widely applied to ordinary soldiers. Then, when fighting the enemy, using this potion would instantly create many experts at the Battle Master level!” Old Yi’s face lit up with excitement as he spoke.

So this was Old Yi’s plan. Chen Feng had no interest in the struggle between princes and lords, and even if soldiers’ strength could be instantly boosted, what did that have to do with him?

“I’m not interested in these things, and I certainly don’t want to be used as an experiment!” He said, turning to leave. ps: Last night, the monthly passes only reached 186 by midnight, which is three passes short of the 189 I promised.

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