Chapter 250 - 177: Poor Junior Schoolmates

There were two notable standouts on this matter, one was Long Yi, and the other was Ai Lin.

Even though Magic Fighters were known as Mage killers, their menace in the battlefield towards Dragon Fighters was not lesser. Especially with less than one Dragon Mark’s worth of power, she managed to defeat Luo Yi, who possessed the strength of two Dragon Marks catalyzed by the Dragon Breath Reincarnation. The multifaceted attack attributes of Mages were fully showcased in Magic Fighters. In particular, with Dragon Fighters generally having low resistance against magic, once an attribute overpowering fight occurs, they would be played to death by Magic Fighters.

Long Yi didn’t have many highlights, but he ends up gruesomely killing the monstrous Luo Yi in his fury stage. At that point, Luo Yi already commanded the strength of four layers of Fighting Aura, but he showed no advantage in front of Long Yi. With such an explosive edge, Long Yi immediately became a much-watched figure.

Of course, the perfect evolved Female Demon that appeared out of nowhere also caught people’s attention. However, Female Demons are inherently troublesome to deal with, so no one cared about that matter-as-a-matter-of-course.

The relationship between the Black Dragon and White Dragon Empires became tense once again, with both sides lining their troops along the border. There were a lot of yelling and small frictions happening daily. Every day, Dragon Knights from both sides would inevitably have several encounters at the border. Although no one planned to start a full-scale war, a few cycles of Dragon Knight slashing became a daily routine.

The commanders of both sides still managed to show restraint, or else, a full-scale war would have already started these days.

Surely, there’s another benchmark for the intensity of the situation.

The movement of the White Dragon Knights.

The White Dragon Tower had dispatched six White Dragon Knights to guard the border, although the four strongest White Dragon Knights have not yet been mobilized. That meant the situation had not yet reached such a critical point.

Actually, the previous operation did not require Elsa, a top-tier White Dragon Knight, but the White Dragon Knights have always desired Elsa’s aerial combat experience. And now, if Elsa, one of the four Guardian White Dragon Knights, appears on the border, it would be akin to pouring fuel on flames.

At this time, the emperors of the Black Dragon Empire and the White Dragon Empire both demonstrated restraint.

However, exchanging verbal attacks was unavoidable.

Then, in the blink of an eye, another week passed.

Both Long Yi and Ai Lin successfully passed the special exam, allowing them to advance to the Fifth Year!

Originally, Long Yi planned to take two weeks, but now he had a cheating artifact. With the Giant Ring, Long Yi could utilize his time more effectively, so he was able to learn all the things planned for two weeks within one.

Of course, he also rigorously trained his Giant Bloodline’s blood producing ability recently. The Giant Ring’s blood consumption ability is no joke. The most intuitive manifestation was that Long Yi’s consumption of meat had shot up several levels.

Along with Long Yi’s advancement came the good news of Wesley’s, Big Chef’s, and Mosquito’s advancement. Wesley’s Observation Technique evolved alongside his power. His learning ability made great progress. With Wesley’s help, Big Chef and Mosquito, who were geniuses to begin with, naturally advanced swiftly. This time, their advancement speed even surpassed Long Yi’s!

However, just when they wanted to show off to Long Yi, they found out that he had already advanced to the Fifth Year!

Unbeknownst to them, tears were already streaming down their faces.

They had endured for such a long time just to stand on the same starting line as Long Yi, but who would’ve thought, he had moved ahead again!

"I’ve gotten thin..." Big Chef murmured, silent tears dripping down.

"I’ve gotten fat..." Mosquito choked up, seemingly desolate as if autumn had come.

"Damn it! At the very least, we didn’t get left behind!", Wesley wiped his wet eyes, bellowing.

"Hey, if you continue to cry, I’ll kick you out." Standing at the entrance of the Fourth Year classroom, fresh after cleaning up his things preparing to head to the Fifth Year, Long Yi didn’t know what to say when he saw these three dummies.

"Bro! You’re my real brother! Can’t you slow down, give us some confidence?" Wesley immediately howled.

"I’ve been taking it slow... I’ve been waiting for you guys, otherwise, I would’ve graduated from the Dragon Knight Academy half a year ago." Long Yi said with a disappointed look.

"Bro, where’s your face?" Big Chef, patting his chubby cheeks, asked.

"Gone!" Long Yi replied.

"Bro, where’s the beef?" Mosquito looked up at the sky.

"It flew away!" Long Yi responded.

"Damn it! We’ll fight you!"

The three of them shouted in unison, and then instantly knocked down by Long Yi.

Long Yi left, and the three of them, full of resentment, immersed themselves once again in the boundless sea of knowledge.

At this point, the first, second, third, and even fourth-year students all had red eyes.

Why?

Of course, it was because of Long Yi and his team!

It was bad enough that Long Yi and Ai Lin kept skipping grades, showing off the grandeur of their immense talent. But not long after Long Yi left, another three popped up. The first thing these three did upon joining their class was declaring themselves the leaders. Then a messy fight ensued. After the fight, they completely ignored everything else and threw themselves into training and study.

This incident had occurred in the second grade; it had happened in the third grade; and now, in the fourth grade, it happened again.

Now, instructors of the first to fourth years were all using this incident to motivate their students daily.

"Look at how they train! Now look at yourselves! What? They are geniuses? Bullshit! I can accept Long Yi being a genius, I can accept Ai Lin being a genius! Those fat and skinny brothers are stretching it, but they might count as geniuses! But that Wesley, does he look like a genius to you? His thighs are thinner than his arms, his appearance is lewd, and his big eyes could glow in the night! Despite all this, he has advanced! Look at yourselves! Still eating? Still sleeping? What? You think Wesley is a genius? Genius, my ass! Wesley spends all his time on studying and training except for when he’s eating or sleeping! Who among you likes to go to the training ground at night? Don’t you see the three of them training together every single night? You see it, don’t you? Right! I’m not lying, am I? They’re not geniuses! They are just really hard-working! They work harder than all of you! Think about it. Do you want to be outpaced by some sleazy young man with big eyes? No? Good! If you don’t want that, then get your asses back to training! If anyone dares to slack off, I’ll show you what’s what!"

Although the speeches varied, they all conveyed a similar message. Thus, under this stimulation, every lower year in the academy filled with enthusiasm, which pleased the dean greatly.

Although Long Yi already received the qualification, he didn’t slack off. He predicted that this journey to the Black Dragon Empire is bound to be fraught with danger, so he ran around a few places to prepare thoroughly. The last place he went to was the Dragon God Temple. Who knows better about the weaknesses of the Black Dragon than the Black Dragon itself?

Old Black Dragon Tyl knew that Long Yi would definitely come. Before Long Yi could speak, he had already laid out all the information he knew. Not only that, but his gains this time also greatly exceeded Long Yi’s expectations.

Upon leaving the Dragon God Temple, Long Yi and Ai Lin immediately rented a secret training ground. They called it "special training."

No one knew exactly what made the training so special, but every time the two left the training ground, they were drenched in sweat, especially Long Yi. It was rare to see Long Yi tired from normal training. However, recently, every time he finished the special training, he was so tired that he nearly collapsed.

However, from the smiles at the corners of his and Ai Lin’s mouths, it was clear that their gains were substantial.

Time flew, and the Seven Kingdoms Competition would be held the day after tomorrow. Today, the academy held a small pre-competition mobilization ceremony. The dean personally gave some advice to the nineteen students chosen to compete.

Yes, nineteen, no more, no less, the same number of students from the Black Dragon Empire held by the White Dragon Empire.

The dean’s speech was short. He told everyone that the trip was full of dangers, so they must always be careful. It doesn’t matter what they achieve in the competition. If they encounter danger, they should ask for help immediately and not feel ashamed. After all, in the future, they can completely kill their enemies on the battlefield because corpses don’t laugh.

On the battlefield, the first thing you need to do is survive. On the basis of survival, you kill the enemy. The final result of the war is not about who died less, but who survived more. Although it sounds the same, there is a clear difference in the meaning. Everyone naturally understood this principle, so they all nodded and remembered.

Of course, the emperor would never let these people, who represent the future of the White Dragon Empire, take risks.

Subsequently, a team of one hundred people was fully prepared.

This hundred-man team consisted of thirty active Dragon Knights and seventy logistics soldiers. The former were mainly responsible for intervening when a lethal threat occurred. The latter provided various types of support and services for the Dragon Knights.

This lineup was indeed massive.

The Empire prepared a huge airship for this occasion.

Yes, you read that right, it was a huge airship.

This floating object looked like a giant shuttle, its metallic surface covered with dense runes.

Long Yi stared at the airship, pondering carefully, and realized that it did not exist in his memory.

"Don’t bother, it’s a crude imitation of Giant technology. But you can tell that they put a lot of effort into it." the Golem said.

"Can this thing really fly?" Ai Lin asked worriedly.

"If it was an original airship, it could definitely fly. But this one, I can only say, its runes are correct," the Golem replied.

"It seems to be powered by mana, but the operating trajectory is very foreign, so I can’t be sure," Little Zi offered.

"Haha, this treasure isn’t bad, right?" A familiar voice echoed. Long Yi turned around only to see the dean of the Crystal Core Research Institute, Ma Deburg! (To be continued. If you enjoy this story, please support it on qidian.com by recommending it or voting for it. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users can read on m.qidian.com.)