Chapter 17

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I brush off the dust that just stuck to me from the struggle. The sudden turn of events catches the attention of the boys who were bullying the two girls. They can't believe that the boy who was just getting beaten up by others, has transformed in an instant into a young man with white hair.

With sky blue flowing eyes, silver-white hair, and a height of 1.8 meters, is this really the same junior high school student who is less than 1.75 meters tall? The clothes, however, don't fit properly.

But for Bai, transforming clothes is not difficult, let alone just changing the size.

"Who are you?" The class monitor asks in disbelief.

"Qin Yang!"

"Who are you trying to fool? Clearly..."

With my eyes closed, I am already in front of him.

I gently take off my glasses. "Take a good look, I am Qin Yang!"

I suddenly appear in front of them, causing him to step back in fear.

"So fast, a Wind Mage? Everyone, use all your Wind Magic and see how fast he is!"

Over a dozen people activate their Wind Magic, swiftly moving behind me.

The worst thing about Wind Magic is that it's difficult to use for sneak attacks because the sound of the wind is too loud.

I dodge the fist carrying the wind behind me without any concern, extend my right foot, and sweep my left foot in a half-circle, easily knocking down those students.

"You can bully elementary school students with your mediocre skills, but don't mess with me!" Bai stands up with a smile on his face.

Swish~ A wind blade rushes past my ear, and a beam of light blade strikes the wind blade, turning it into a gentle breeze.

"Light Magic! Monster~~~"

"I am a very amicable person, how could I be a monster?" I shrug with a helpless smile. It's really amusing that someone would call me a monster.

"Using both Wind and Light Magic at the same time, there are hardly any words to describe your level other than 'monster'!" The curly-haired boy who created the wind blades says.

Junior high students are still just kids, they haven't seen much of the world. Although there aren't many dual magic users, there are still some! Besides, I'm not even using Wind Magic, just spatial teleportation, a common Spatial Magic that many gods and demons can use.

The class monitor looks at me and shouts to the others, "Everyone, stand up! We have more people, even if we gang up on him, we won't be afraid!"

"Are you sure you can gang up on me?"

"Even if you say that, it can't hide the trembling in your heart~~~" The class monitor trembles with his hands.

"You've watched too many hot-blooded manga! Look at how you're trembling!" I give a disdainful look to this slightly brainless boy.

"Poison Dragon Fire!" Flames ignite in his palm, revealing a longfire gun in the fire.

Seeing the fire element is not his specialized magic, the Gunmage is his true profession. However, this fire gun magic tool is relatively rare. Normally, it's a pistol or a machine gun, the gun that Qiong uses is just a pistol, but this fire gun doesn't seem very powerful. The magical power emanating from the magic tool doesn't feel dangerous.

The muzzle of the fire gun spews out intense flames towards me, but I remain motionless, not evading the flame.

"Don't waste my time!"

A hand extends from the flame, effortlessly splitting it in half, and the person stands straight in place, with their left hand in their pocket.

"This..." I take a step forward, closing a distance of dozens of steps between us, appearing in front of him. I free up my hand and punch his chest. He flies out and crashes into the wall at the edge of the field.

"Ban~" I casually throw out four light blades, transforming into shackles, binding his limbs.

"Here's your reward!" A shining weapon flies directly toward the lower region below his crotch, barely missing him by a centimeter. Although he's unharmed, he has already wet himself.

"I'm in a hurry. I don't need any promises or anything. I just need to wash your brains."

A bright light radiates from me, penetrating into their brains, making them forget everything that happened today. At this moment, their mental state is fragile, allowing me to hypnotize them.

I implant the suggestion in their consciousness: "No more bullying Qin Yang!"

Then I let them peacefully fall asleep.

"Whoosh~~~" A polearm suddenly appears, swiftly stabbing in front of me.

On the tall electric pole towering at the edge of the field, there is a slender figure, with the setting sun shining from behind, making it difficult to see their appearance. Judging from the clothes, it should be a girl, with swaying skirt...

Nani, isn't she afraid of exposing herself~~~

I lightly swung the halberd and played with it, making it produce a black light before bouncing off my hand.

Hmm, as expected, it's a magic tool!

The halberd returned to the opponent's hand, performing a magnificent spin and smooth swings, unfriendly in nature.

"Haru~~~"

"Ah~~~" Haru, who was already stunned, suddenly snapped back.

"Take Wenxin away, right now!"

"W-why?"

"That person up there, if they don't come down, I won't care about exposing anything!" Turning my back to that person, I took off my outer clothes and draped them over Haru, leaning in to whisper in her ear, "If you don't leave, I'll be very upset if you get hurt! You're important to me."

"Hiss~~"

The sharp blade of the halberd brushed against the clothes on my shoulder.

"Hu, although I don't know the reason, you forced my hand!"

I crouched down, turned my body, and formed bright magic blades with my hands, but the opponent reacted quickly, retracting the blade. Unfortunately, it grazed her thigh.

"Rending Void Flash~"

I swung the halberd at an extremely fast speed, launching a continuous attack towards myself.

The speed was so fast that it took great concentration to defend against it.

One hit, two hits, three hits~~~ I saw it, I caught the halberd. I firmly grasped the handle to lock her movements.

The halberd emitted black light again, but this time it wasn't so easy for it to escape my grasp.

"Classmate, do we have a grudge? There's no need to be so ruthless!"

"You're the opponent! I only have you!" What kind of answer is that? Just randomly picking someone to fight with?

"If you want to fight someone, I don't have the time for that!" I raised my eyebrow and unleashed a magic formation, instantly engulfing the halberd with bright magic.

The opponent saw that her weapon was about to be taken away, and also activated a magic formation to regain partial control.

The black light clearly belonged to dark magic. When light and dark magic intersected, a confrontation ensued.

The clash between light and dark magic was the most stubborn. It was not as simple as just lifting a finger to overpower the opponent's magic.

A stalemate of magical power resulted in abnormal phenomena, as a hurricane was unleashed on the field, making the inside appear blurry and distorted. At this moment, Haru had no time to think about escaping because she understood that we were depleting our magical power. Whoever had lower magical power would be the first to be injured.

"This girl really wants to compete in magical power? She looks about the same age as me, but having such magical power in just a few short years, she's definitely not an ordinary human."

"As a high-ranking demon race member, it is disrespectful to not unfurl your wings during a duel. Hasn't your elder taught you that?"

The girl frowned, her clothes tearing apart on her back, revealing pitch-black wings and fluttering black feathers. It shook me a bit—four wings, and the fifth and sixth wings were about to fully develop, which meant she was about to complete her advancement as a demon race member.

Unfurling the wings greatly amplified the power of the demon race. The girl's magical power increased exponentially, undoubtedly increasing the pressure on me.

"I can't continue like this with her. I must maintain enough magical power to suppress the dark magic. The stimulation just now caused a surge in magical power, but if my body falls under the control of the dark again and loses control once more, I must have enough magical power to handle it."

Just as I was contemplating how to escape, probably out of good intentions, Haru suddenly rushed forward to attack the girl.

"Fool, didn't I tell you to leave!" I yelled loudly, attempting to stop Haru.

Haru manipulated the water vapor in the air to form countless water needles, but when the water needles flew towards the girl, they were blocked by the girl's black wings. The black feathers mercilessly pierced Haru's body. The feathers of the demon race are lethal poison to humans, whereas the feathers of angelic beings of the divine race are a panacea for humans.

Haru's face turned grim, struggling, breathing, in pain, falling to the ground. I could understand how painful it was for poison to enter the body.

"You demon!" I was very angry. I didn't expect this girl to be so ruthless.

I retracted my magical power, and the dark magic approached me along the blade. In fact, I borrowed the demonic fire from dark, and the fiery black flames entwined around the blade like venomous snakes, devouring all of the opponent's dark magic. The flames entered her body directly, and the girl was sent flying, creating a large pit in the spectator stands.

I couldn't wait to launch a second attack on the girl, flames engulfing the halberd as I threw it towards her like a javelin.

"Boom!" The impact of the halberd produced a huge sound. The smoke and dust dispersed on the field, obscuring the view. But I already knew that I hadn't hit her just now, allowing her to escape.

"Haru~~~" I ran to Haru's side without hesitation, enveloping the feathers in radiant magic and pulling them out one by one.

"Haru, don't die, please don't die!" I tightly held her hand, applying pressure to her heart, and listened to her heartbeat. It had become weak, on the verge of failing at any moment, or even wanting to stop breathing in the next second.

When I was preparing to use radiant magic again to treat Haru, I could already feel that my body's magic was about to reach its lowest threshold of suppressing darkness. If it dipped below the threshold, darkness would once again take over without any restraint.

Now I faced two choices:

1. Risk everything to save Haru, with the possibility of darkness taking over again. If that happened, everyone present, including Wenxin, would certainly not survive. However, if darkness could be suppressed, it might be worth a try. But joking with so many lives was out of the question. Could darkness handle witnessing Haru's death?

2. Give up on Haru, allowing more people to survive. But could I bear watching my childhood sweetheart die right in front of me?

Whichever choice I made, I would regret it.

But time waits for no one. If Haru stopped breathing, I wouldn't be able to revive her with my current level of magic.

There must be a third option, there must be. I thought hard, trying to come up with every possible solution within a short period of time.

My gaze locked onto Yao's lips. Perhaps there was only one way to achieve both outcomes - a dragon spirit contract.