The World of Deities - Chapter 57
Chapter 57: Zero
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Furthermore, there were not many Mage Apprentices who were muscular enough to throw a large staff that far.
Niedern thought to himself, “That’s why Su Ye had so many questions along the way. He was familiarizing himself with the rules.”
“According to the rules, the Plato Academy wins the first round!” Niedern’s voice rang out.
Cheers erupted from the side of the Plato Academy.
“You can’t use a staff in the next round!” The mage on the other side suppressed his fury.
The people from the Plato Academy jeered, which caused the expressions of the students from the Noble Academy to dull.
Everyone could see that with Su Ye’s strength and accuracy, the large staff in his hands was akin to an apprentice-level spell that had a cast time of less than two seconds.
“Sure,” Su Ye replied in an instant.
The students of the Noble Academy did not expect Su Ye to give such a quick reply. Not only were they not happy, but they were also overcome with doubt. What was this person going to do?
On the other side, Andre had already been carried off the field. Only Adonis and Basaro remained.
Basaro covered his lips with his hands and whispered into Adonis’s ears. Adonis gently nodded.
Niedern and a few other teachers from the Plato Academy knitted their brows.
Su Ye reiterated the things he considered previously in his heart and smiled. He was very confident.
“The second battle, start.”
The officiant once again used the black trumpet flower.
Unlike the previous round, both Su Ye and Adonis did not cast a spell at the moment the black trumpet flower rang.
Su Ye had a smile on his face, as well as an honest gaze.
Adonis was not anxious. He did not have the intention of casting a spell. Instead, he cautiously paid attention to Su Ye.
Su Ye felt a great deal of certainty when he witnessed this scene. He had not only predicted such a possibility, but he had also come up with an appropriate countermeasure.
The students and teachers from both academies looked silently at both the contestants. They wanted to know how the victor would be decided.
The students and teachers from the Plato Academy knitted their brows. Since Su Ye had only just become a Mage Apprentice, he should only know one spell. Any spell he had learned would definitely be weaker in terms of power than his opponent’s spell. It would be hard for him to obtain victory now that he did not have the large wooden staff.
Suddenly, Su Ye moved.
Su Ye had been standing in the east and Adonis in the west.
Su Ye started to walk toward the south in a clockwise direction. He walked around Adonis while maintaining the 15-meter distance.
Adonis continued to face Su Ye.
Su Ye walked for a while. He then started to jog in a counterclockwise direction before he reached the southern point.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They did not know what Su Ye was doing.
This time, Su Ye did not change his direction. He continued running in the counterclockwise direction.
Sometime later, Su Ye started to accelerate.
Still, no one understood what Su Ye was doing.
It was until Adonis faced the west.
The sun should not be looked at directly, even if it was set.
The instant Adonis faced the sun, he instinctively squinted as he tried to decipher Su Ye’s actions.
However, at this very moment, Su Ye fiercely changed the direction of his sprint and charged at Adonis.
It was at this instant that Adonis finally understood Su Ye’s intentions.
Just now, Basaro had told him that Su Ye might charge in for a physical brawl. He had been prepared for this, but he never expected Su Ye to use the radiance of the setting sun to create an opportunity to attack.
Adonis was flustered, but he had no choice. All he could do was aim at Su Ye and recite the incantation for Magic Rope.
The gently blinding light of the setting sun, the sprinting Su Ye, the worry in his heart, the displeasure he felt from falling into his opponent’s scheme, the encroaching physical attack… The explosion of all of these factors exceeded Adonis’s original expectations, which in turn disrupted his short-term memory.
Even under perfect circumstances, Adonis could only barely launch an effective attack at a distance of 15 meters. However, he was now nearly half a second late in casting his spell.
Just as the spell was about to complete, Su Ye had already sprinted to an area near Adonis’s body. Finally, Su Ye crouched down and extended his leg. He was like a shovel sliding toward Adonis’s left thigh.
Crack…
The crisp sound of a bone being fractured rang out. Adonis’s leg was contorted in a strange, obtuse angle.
“Ah…”
Adonis fell backward as he shouted pitifully. At the same time, his mind was impacted as he stopped his spell halfway. The pain was doubled, and he immediately fell unconscious.
Su Ye had the body of a Black Iron Warrior, which gave him a powerful, destructive force.
Su Ye fell gently on the ground, then quickly crawled back up.
He patted off the grass and dirt on his body and calmly walked back to his original position with his back facing the sun.
The grass in front of him was dyed black from his shadow under the setting sun, then became green again when hit by the light after he walked past.
The process and outcome of this battle had all been within his grasp. Su Ye had created such an outcome by taking advantage of how a person processed information.
Under ordinary circumstances, a person could hold up to four pieces of information in their memory. These four pieces of information would be enough to deal with most things. However, a chain reaction would ensue if there was a problem with one of the pieces.
For example, the four pieces of information in a person’s brain would be operating normally when the person was giving a speech on stage. However, if the speaker suddenly saw a familiar face and had a new idea pop up, one of the four pieces would be replaced with the new idea. The remaining three pieces would not be able to complete the speech normally, and an accident would occur.
Su Ye’s method would have been ineffective if he was facing off against a powerful mage with a determined will. However, this method would work every time against a privileged Mage Apprentice from the Noble Academy.
The result of a disrupted piece of memory was a lapse in concentration, and the price to pay for that lapse was a decrease in the speed at which Magic Power flowed within the Magic Array.
This gave Su Ye sufficient time for a close-range attack.
The personnel from the Noble Academy rushed over to treat Adonis.
The arena was silent for a moment before both camps erupted in commotion.
The students from the Plato Academy did not expect such a result. They cheered loudly and celebrated in excitement.
The students from the Noble Academy had a bitter expression. They did not expect their consecutive yearly victories to be so suddenly disrupted and with such a clean of 2:0. This made them very unhappy.
They had thought that the other party would be the ones losing 0:2.
A few of the younger students could not take such a disparity and started shouting.
“This was not a battle between mages!”
“The Plato Academy is blemishing magic!”
“This is not a mage contest!”
“Su Ye is not fit to be a mage!”
While the younger students were shouting, the upperclassmen and teachers who had rich battle experiences stared straight at Su Ye.
They had only realized that Su Ye was making use of the sunlight when Su Ye suddenly turned to charge toward Adonis.
They did not expect Su Ye to be this intelligent, nor did they expect Su Ye’s body to be this strong.
What surprised them even more was Su Ye’s final attack.
Under ordinary circumstances, there were three ways to attack after a charge.
The normal way was to charge directly in front of Adonis and attack with his hand. However, this was the slowest method and was rarely used.
Most average warriors would choose to jump a little higher when they arrived and ultimately kick Adonis in his chest or stomach as that would be a more obvious target.
However, Su Ye’s method of tackling the leg was much more sinister.
If Su Ye jumped too high up in the air, he would be attacking a mage from the front. That meant that he would be hit by a spell should the opponent manage to complete their incantation, causing injuries to both of them.
However, Su Ye suddenly dropping to the ground at the final moment made it more probable that the spell would fly above him even if the opponent managed to cast his spell. It would not affect his tackle toward the opponent’s lower thigh.
