Versatile Mage

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

A teacher of magic theory was challenging a teacher of magic duels to a fight. It was actually quite impressive that the odds were only ten to one. It meant the students had been very impressed by his strength during the excursions.

“Let’s begin!” Chief Green proclaimed.

Nelson was a man of formalities, and did not attack Mo Fan right away. He was treating the fight as a chance to demonstrate the techniques he had just taught in the class.

He established a Wind Domain, and visible gusts of wind began circling him like gigantic eels. They were currently in a defensive posture, but seemed ready to lunge forward at the enemy and tear them into pieces at any second!

Nelson did not attack with the Domain. He was displaying his Seal-Tagging Magic to the students.

He gathered the Wind particles around Mo Fan. Nelson’s wind was turbid, so the Seal that was meant to be invisible on Mo Fan was surprisingly obvious. It looked like Mo Fan had just walked out of a sandstorm.

“I have also done a lot of experiments on Domains,” Mo Fan retained a confident smile even when he saw the obvious Wind Seal on him. He did not bother to dispel the Seal that had been attached to him.

“You will be running for your life like a white mouse in a cage!” Nelson raised his hand. A wind eel quickly left the whirlwind around him.

The wind eel sprang at Mo Fan when Nelson pointed. It was inches away from Mo Fan in the blink of an eye.

The wind eel was not actually flying. Its undulating body was made up of ferocious wind blades, fully capable of shattering the sturdy rocks along the ground, let alone human flesh!

“Students, he can only defend himself or dodge the attack, but my Seal is constantly updating me on his movements. I can even use the Seal to predict where he’s going next, allowing me to cut off his escape!” Nelson explained his intentions as he was making his move.

The first wind eel was just meant to probe Mo Fan to see if he was going to dodge the attack or defend himself.

If Mo Fan decided to defend himself, Nelson would send out a few more wind eels to attack him. If Mo Fan tried to dodge the spell, he would fall into the trap Nelson had set up.

Mo Fan remained unmoving with a calm smile.

Defend?

Dodge?

Why must it be either of those two?

How does he know his attacks are going to land at all?

Mo Fan’s eyes gradually darkened. It seemed like something was flowing in his eyes.

He fixed his gaze on the wind eel that was flying right at him.

The wind eel suddenly flew off at a different angle. It was initially going to knock Mo Fan into the air, but it suddenly flew upward when it was still a meter away from him!

If it went a step further, it would have hit him. It felt like the wind eel was just playing around. It had completely missed the attack!

“It missed?”

“He didn’t even move. How did the spell miss?”

Mo Fan did not move as the wind eel continued to fly higher into the air. It looked like Nelson had made a mistake after he miscalculated the distance between himself and Mo Fan.

Nelson frowned. He was explaining his moves to the students confidently a moment ago, but now he stopped talking.

It did not matter if the first wind eel had missed, as he still had a few more of them left. He used the same move again, since his opponent did not bother dodging or defending.

“Rise!” Nelson yelled. A few wind eels swiftly combined into a bigger wind version.

The gigantic wind eel was howling deafeningly. Nelson did not give Mo Fan any time to react. He immediately fired the huge wind eel at Mo Fan!

“Take this!” Nelson hissed.

Mo Fan remained unmoving as the wind eel sprang at him. He soon found himself in the middle of a sandstorm.

“Break!”

Mo Fan uttered only a single word. The gigantic wind eel suddenly broke into pieces, as if it had been struck by a powerful blow, when it was about ten meters away.

The gigantic wind eel split into smaller wind eels. The smaller eels missed Mo Fan by a meter or two as they streamed at him.

They were like a school of fish who just so happened to swim past Mo Fan without hurting him!

“What’s going on?”

“Did Lecturer Nelson drink before the class? Why does he keep missing his attacks?”

The students started discussing with one another. Nelson had missed his second attempt too, even though he was teaching the students how to improve the accuracy of their spells in the class. He had ended up embarrassing himself.

Nelson was also dumbfounded.

Normally, he could land ninety percent of his spells on a target who was evading at the speed of wind, let alone an unmoving target like Mo Fan.

He was able to control the path of the wind eels freely. He was sure the spells were going to hit Mo Fan, so why did they all miss?

Could it be that he’s a Wind Mage too? Did he alter the flow of my Wind Magic?, Nelson considered.

“Lecturer Nelson, since you are a Wind Mage, can you tell me how accurate my spells are?” Mo Fan grinned as he stomped the ground. Shards of rock immediately bounced into the air around him, like the fangs of huge beasts.

“Rock Fang Impale!”

The splinters sprang forward. Their speed increased continuously as they sped forwards.

Nelson dashed and dodged the shards to his left with ease.

Another shard plummeted from the sky. Nelson took a step back, and the stone tooth landed on the ground.

“You won’t hit me even if they have double the speed!” Nelson declared.

“You shouldn’t be so full of yourself. Look out!” Mo Fan warned him kindly.

Nelson looked ahead and noticed three splinters flying at him. They had sealed off his escape routes to his left, to his right, and above him.

Nelson was already on the move, backing away at the same speed as the stone shards.

He suddenly sensed a strange airflow behind him, as if something was approaching him rapidly!

Nelson turned around and noticed the first shard he had dodged was flying right at him!

What’s going on? Did the spell turn around after missing me? Is it a boomerang?

Nelson did not notice the pointed stone behind him until it was too late. His plan to create some distance between him and the shards by moving backward had trapped him between the four shards instead!

Nelson had no choice but to Summon a gust of wind around him. The wind shredded the rocks into dust.

“So that’s your plan when you fail to dodge my spells?” Mo Fan mocked him.

“Why should I stick to my dogmatic techniques when your attacks are completely out of order?” Nelson said.

“So you are admitting that your dogmatic techniques aren’t that useful in a practical fight?” Mo Fan continued to provoke Nelson.

“Enough with your nonsense! It’s time for me to show you my true skills, since we are having a duel right now!” Nelson retorted angrily.

Nelson was anxious after being slapped in the face. He had failed to land his spells even though he was teaching the students how to improve their magic accuracy.

Nelson just wanted to trample this guy under his feet now!

“Tornado Slash!”

A huge roiling wind emerged. From a safe distance, it looked like a cluster of clouds looming over Nelson’s head. It was a certain distance above him, but it was completely under Nelson’s control.

The wind started moving, and quickly covered the whole dueling ground.

The wind started destroying everything in its path after it moved away from Nelson. It was slowly forcing Mo Fan into a corner.

Magic accuracy was no longer that important at their level. It was more about AoE attacks!

Nelson did not believe his spell was going to miss again.

“Chaos Vortex!”

Mo Fan raised his hands, a vortex slowly forming above him. It went from the size of his palm to the size of a roof.

The slashing wind was like huge raindrops falling on a lake when it made contact with the vortex. It did not cause any damage, save for some energy ripples.

“So he has the Chaos Element…” Nelson harrumphed coldly.

Nelson was an experienced fighter. He immediately realized what had gone wrong after seeing Mo Fan’s spell.

The Order Manipulation of the Chaos Element was able to manipulate the structure of magic, including the paths of Elemental Magic.

It was obvious that his wind eels had missed because they were manipulated by the Chaos Element. Mo Fan had also used the Chaos Element to fire the shard at him like a boomerang!

The Chaos Element was like magical sleight of hand. An opponent would easily be tricked if they did not understand its principles.

“Reverse!”

Mo Fan tossed the Chaos Vortex back at Nelson.

The Chaos Vortex spun rapidly while firing out the wind slashes it had just absorbed. The wind blades that had been targeting Mo Fan previously were now heading toward Nelson.

Nelson had a thin layer of wind draped over him like a coat. It expanded as the wind blades were fired at him.

The wind slashes crashed loudly against the blocking magic, as if they had just struck a piece of metal. Nelson was very good at controlling his Wind Element, and nullified Mo Fan’s counterattack with ease.

“There’s no way we can end the duel if it’s Wind against Chaos,” Nelson pointed out.

The Chaos Element…

It was a troublesome Element to fight against, one of the Elements which Nelson hated going against the most. He might not lose to a Chaos Mage, but he found the power of the Chaos Element very annoying, as it could disintegrate or absorb his spells, or manipulate their form!

“I don’t mind switching to other Elements,” Mo Fan offered blandly.

“I had high hopes in Ritchie, because he is a Lightning Mage like me,” Nelson replied.

“What a coincidence, I have the Lightning Element too,” Mo Fan stated evenly.

“Let’s see who’s Lightning is stronger!” Nelson was perfectly calm for a moment, but suddenly unleashed a dozen terrifying lightning bolts in the next second.

Some of the lightning bolts flew into the sky and created terrifying flashes. Some flew right past Mo Fan and landed on the barrier. Others swept across the ground, leaving intimidating spiderwebs behind!

Nelson’s Aura had changed completely. He was now imbued with a dangerous Aura of Lightning Magic!

The students had an urge to back away after seeing his transformation. They could sense the intimidating presence of the Lightning Element even with the barrier in front of them, and were afraid that the lightning might strike them unintentionally.

Mo Fan frowned. Nelson’s Lightning Magic was very strong. His Lightning Domain was surprisingly stronger than the Lightning Tyrant’s, too!

“He must have a top-grade Lightning Soul Seed,” Mo Fan mused.

The Lightning Element was very straightforward. It was easy to tell whose Lightning Element was stronger!

Mo Fan had initially planned to use his Lightning Element, but since his Soul-grade Seed was already inferior to his opponent’s, he would only expose himself if he used the Blessing of the God’s Seal.

Not many people in the world had the Blessing of the God’s Seal. Mo Fan did not think his Lightning Element was weaker than Nelson’s, but someone might recognize him if he fought with his Lightning Element at full strength.

“The Earth Element is good against Lightning. There’s no need for me to meet force with force!”

Mo Fan did not forget his mission even though he was trying to avenge his student. It was unnecessary to fight the guy with his Lightning Element. He decided to use his Earth Element instead!

“Star Dust!”

Mo Fan activated the Domain of his Earth Element!

Star Dust was the Domain of Mo Fan’s Heaven-inferior Earth Seed. It would rapidly gather the Earth Magic within five hundred meters around Mo Fan, protecting him like a cloud of star dust.

Mo Fan was not a fan of defense, but the Star Dust was just as useful for offense! He could easily fire hundreds of Rock Fangs at an enemy. The Star Dust would rapidly replenish the energy that was consumed and grant Mo Fan infinite ammo!

The Earth Element also served as an electrical insulator. The Star Dust was able to stop Nelson’s Lightning, even when it was not moving!

“My Lightning can penetrate everything!” Nelson yelled, as if he had already won the duel after unleashing his Lightning Element!