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Chapter 1218: Chapter 411: Secret Contest (Part 3)

Although Rein has impressive battle achievements, many people don’t recognize him. Seeing that Rein looks so young, they started to inquire, which instantly opened the conversation.

After all, quite a few candidates are aware of Rein. They immediately began to introduce Rein’s previous accomplishments.

“So he is Rein, the one who killed Halowin.”

“That’s something worth watching.”

“I heard he is a Metal Series Wizard?”

…

“Lord Rein, please spin the wheel,” the attendant said respectfully.

“Alright!”

As Rein stepped forward and spun the pointer on the wheel, the pointer rapidly began to turn.

To prevent contestants from interfering, they must leave after spinning.

Naturally, Rein also departed from the platform where the wheel was located.

The pointer eventually slowed to a stop, and it pointed precisely at the Thunderstorm Element!

“Hiss~ such bad luck?” Luther and Halowin exchanged a glance and said.

Both of them were aware that Rein is a Metal Series Wizard, and now facing Thunderstorm Element, it’s indeed too restraining.

Why?

Metal conducts electricity!

No matter what Metal Series Witchcraft is used for attacking, or even holding metal weapons to battle Thunderstorm Element, it would be highly passive.

Under the paralysis effect of strong currents, the entire battle would become incredibly difficult.

Clearly, the score wouldn’t be very high.

Of course, they thought Rein would ultimately defeat the Thunderstorm Element, but it might be quite laborious, and if struck by lightning, it would appear somewhat embarrassing.

“Lord Rein, if you’re ready, then we’ll start the summoning,” the attendant slightly bowed and said.

“Start it,” Rein nodded and said.

Meanwhile, he controlled the Blood Feathered Horned Eagle beneath him, and flew towards the center of the arena.

Seeing Rein nod in agreement, the three Crystallization Wizards at the south side of the arena immediately began the summoning. A Thunderstorm Crystal Core prepared in advance was placed within the summoning witch array.

As the low chanting sound started, soon, a gigantic dark cloud surrounded by a raging storm was summoned, which was the legendary elemental creature, Thunderstorm Element.

The two biggest distinctions between Thunderstorm Element and Hurricane Element are twofold.

First, in terms of color, unlike the white-gray color of Hurricane Element, Thunderstorm Element is entirely black-gray.

Secondly, and most significantly, within the funnel-shaped cloud body of Thunderstorm Element, bolts of lightning continuously flicker through, accompanied by thunderous sounds echoing intermittently.

Once the lightning within it is unleashed, that constitutes a lightning strike.

Lightning is something that’s tough to handle!

It’s at light speed, impossible to evade, only to endure.

The only approach is to counteract or interrupt the opponent before Thunderstorm Element initiates an attack.

As soon as Thunderstorm Element was summoned, it rapidly charged towards Rein.

As it drew closer, the thunderous sound within its funnel-shaped cloud body grew more intense.

Clearly, Thunderstorm Element could unleash a lightning strike at any moment!

At this moment, Rein was silently chanting a spell and pointed at Thunderstorm Element.

“Metal Cage!”

Instantly, a square metal cage enclosed Thunderstorm Element.

Although no damage was caused, Rein’s witchcraft halted Thunderstorm Element’s movement, and the planned lightning strike naturally ceased.

The reason is simple.

Metal conducts electricity, and now if Thunderstorm Element unleashed a lightning attack, it wouldn’t harm Rein but would be absorbed by the metal bars surrounding it.

Although the lightning would not cause any harm to Thunderstorm Element itself, it would clearly be an ineffective attack.

Thus, Thunderstorm Element opted to pass through the Metal Cage before unleashing the lightning strike.

Thunderstorm Element’s hourglass-shaped body flickered slightly, and then the entire cloud body passed through the metal cage.

The blockage lasted less than a second.

Seeing this, many onlooking candidates suddenly questioned whether Rein made a tactical mistake.

After all, both Hurricane Element and Thunderstorm Element, such High Rank elemental creatures, lack a physical form aside from the crystal core.

Using such metal witchcraft cannot trap the opponent, it’s a waste of spiritual power.

However, just as the Thunderstorm Element stepped out of the metal cage, a mesh only the size of a fingernail, densely shimmering with silver witchcraft light, appeared right in front of it.

“Sizzle!”

“Pop!”

The sharp metal mesh pierced directly through Thunderstorm Element’s cloud body.

Everyone was slightly surprised by Rein’s swift execution of this witchcraft, but disagreed with Rein’s choice to continue attacking with Metal Series Witchcraft.

Because Thunderstorm Element is quite immune to attacks from Metal Series Witchcraft.

In contrast, attacking with Fire Witchcraft would be much more effective.

Yet before anyone could voice their thoughts, suddenly, Thunderstorm Element dissipated like ashes.

On the ground were merely fragments of the Thunderstorm Crystal Core.

This left everyone astonished, but they quickly realized why.

Rein had directly shattered Thunderstorm Element’s crystal core with a single blow!

Some strong contestants understood why Rein used those two witchcraft spells.

The first spell Rein cast was aimed to disrupt Thunderstorm Element’s initial attack rhythm.

Simultaneously, Rein anticipated that Thunderstorm Element would surely gather electric energy and swiftly leave the Metal Cage.

So he quickly released a second spell, the dense Metal Cutting Net, which directly shattered the crystal core of Thunderstorm Element.

One strike, sure kill!

“Hiss~ three seconds?!”

“The fastest so far, right?”

…

In merely three seconds, Rein secured victory.

Meanwhile, observing Rein’s strength, the three from the Dragon Scale Brotherhood—Barnes, Reagan, and Bronson—appeared calm but internally were taken aback.

Especially Reagan and Bronson, whose eyes briefly met, both seeing a hint of shock in each other’s gaze.

Because Rein’s adaptive combat was impeccable.

Faced with Thunderstorm Element, which should have been the most restraining to Metal Series Wizards, he managed to counter-kill instantly?

What kind of powerful combat awareness is this?

Even excluding them, among all present legendary top contenders, those who could achieve this feat are likely very few.

Another troublesome aspect is the extremely short combat duration, making it difficult to observe Rein’s full capability.

With insufficient information, they felt the situation was somewhat tricky.

After all, even if one’s strength is formidable, knowing one’s preferred witchcraft and combat habits allows for the preparation of targeted countermeasures.

Yet the entire battle lasted only three seconds, with merely two witchcraft spells used, yielding very limited information.

This introduced a degree of uncertainty into their plans within the Secret Realm.

Among the three, Barnes has the strongest prowess.

Nonetheless, at this moment, a hint of surprise crossed his eyes.

When Rein drew Thunderstorm Element as an opponent, Barnes imagined various possible coping strategies but none were as concise and efficient as Rein’s just now.

“Ten!”

“Ten!”

…

Four consecutive judges awarded a perfect score.

At this moment, the Second Prince Everton, with a smile on his face, slowly raised his scorecard, showing a clear ten as well.

This led to murmuring among the awaiting candidates.

“That’s the second perfect score!”

“A perfect score, regardless of ranking, already qualifies for the retest.”

…

Rein’s eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise, for he believed rejecting the Second Prince’s invitation to join the Dragon Scale Brotherhood had offended him.

Yet judging by the current situation, the prince seemed unbothered?

He even gave Rein a perfect score in this initial test.

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