"Finish them!" Miss Lily screamed, she was enjoying the show. Clifford and Feng Xin wasted time no more, they knocked the already panicked water mages off the stage with ease. Mr Owen's mouth twitched, he didn't expect this result, he had expected the twenty mages to wear them out but they were defeated with little effort.
Without wasting time, Mr Owen selected another round of twenty water mages. The twenty water mages of this round did not form a water whirlpool, they formed sharp water discs instead. Each water discs was spinning at a very high speed, they could cut through human skin like it was tofu.
The hundreds of water discs flew at a very quick speed towards Clifford and Feng Xin, the two shadow mages couldn't afford to underestimate the threat of the water discs, Clifford got in front of Feng Xin and he quickly formed his mana shield. The mana shield was strong enough to fend off the attacks but it would later be worn off if the two shadow mages do not find a way to suppress the opposition.
Mr Owens had a cold smirk on his face, "let's see how you survive this," he muttered. The twenty water mages kept attacking Clifford and Feng Xin with the water discs, at the moment, it seemed like the pair did not have any options but to defend. Clifford's mana shield was gradually getting worn off, he signalled at Feng Xin to reinforce the mana shield. Feng Xin doesn't have infinite mana like Clifford had, but he could spare some. He infused the mana shield with more mana, the mana shield was good to fend off another few rounds of the water discs.
This kept going on for some minutes, the crowd was starting to get bored.
"They just kept defending, they'll soon meet their doom."
"Cowards"
"Don't stand there like pussies, attack them."
"If this goes on, I'm afraid the water mages will run out of mana and that will be their doom."
"Even if the shadow mages managed to pass this round, they will be eliminated in the next round."
Various comments are being posted on the forum. Many people want to see change of tactics from the shadow mages.
"Enough with the playing, eliminate these dummies." Miss Lily screamed at Clifford and Feng Xin with a mouthful of popcorn.
Clifford himself wasn't comfortable with defending, "hey mate, time to get rid of them." Feng Xin nodded, he spread his shadow element on the stage again.
This time, in form of a fog, the water mages could barely see the person closest to them, they started to panic as they knew that it would be easy for Clifford and Feng Xin to attack them in the shadow fog.
Mr Owen shook his head when he saw the shadow fog, he knew this round of water mages had already been eliminated. Just as he thought, Clifford and Feng Xin started to knock the water mages off the stage one by one, they would sneak behind them and attack suddenly. The fog had made the water mages vulnerable to Clifford and Feng Xin attacks.
Soon, all the water mages on stage were eliminated by Clifford and Feng Xin, the pair defeated them flawlessly. The crowd couldn't believe what they had just seen, Clifford and Feng Xin had defeated forty water mages with ease.
Although, majority still believed the two shadow mages would be eliminated soon.
Clifford and Feng Xin continued to defeat the water mages round after round. When they had defeated twenty rounds of water mages, they started to show clear signs of exhaustion. They had suffered bruises, their clothes were already getting torn and they were breathing heavily. Although they are yet to finish the challenge, the crowd was marvelled at how far the two have come, they couldn't troll Clifford and Feng Xin anymore. Even if the duo eventually get eliminated, they have already achieved a great feat. The challenge has attracted a great deal of spectators, all the seats of the arena had been filled with people, the people streaming the challenge online has now reached more than two hundred thousand. The challenge had gone viral in other mage academies across Sun City, even the attention of the Mayor was drawn to it. When the Mayor saw that Clifford was involved, he decided that he would watch the challenge to the end.
Clifford and Feng Xin were having none of it, their battle intent had been raised to the fullest. They kept defeating the rounds of water mages, they defeated another round of ten water mages teams bring the total number of defeated water mages to six hundred.
Mr Owen couldn't believe his eyes, he wished the ground would open to swallow him up. His students had been embarrassed by Clifford and Feng Xin. On the other hand, Miss Lily was in a jubilant mood, she was laughing and jeering at Mr Owen.
By the time Clifford and Feng Xin had defeated the total number of seven hundred and sixty students, the water mages at the upper levels couldn't take it anymore, they started to leave the arena. Mr Owen knew there was no point in trying to defeat the two shadow mages anymore, his students had already been humiliated. Even if they eventually defeat Clifford and Feng Xin, the damage had already been done, the duo had defeated a whopping sum of seven hundred and sixty water mages. It was really a shame to the water element school. He stopped the next round of water mages, he walked to the centre of the stage and he shamefully admit defeat, he and his students had conceded the challenge.
Everywhere became deathly silent, the two shadow mages has really defeated the whole first year water element mages. Even though, they had just watched it, they still found it difficult to admit it. The two shadow mages were not bluffing, they had really managed to accomplish the impossible feat.
That was a terrific display from the two.
"Hahahaha, I told you all, these two are not to be underestimated." Benson was bragging of Clifford's and Feng Xin's strength.
"Holy shit!" What have we just witnessed?"
"This is unbelievable!"
"There will never be a day like this anymore, this achievement is too frightening."
"This is simply stunning, we've just watched legendary performance."
"I'm confident these two would go toe to toe with mages from the upper levels!"
"Oh my dear Clifford! He's the god of war!"
"The water element school are shits."
Many people were starting to post remarks about the match.
Clifford and Feng Xin were relieved to see the water element school concede the fight, although they could still fight the rest of the water mages, they were already in a bad situation. There was cuts all over their body, their clothes were soaked with blood. The two were proud of their achievement, nobody would dare to mess with them anymore.
Miss Lily was the happiest person, she had just humiliated her rival again. She walked up to Clifford and Feng and gave them both a big heart warming hug. She brought them both to a healing mage to help them recover quickly from their wounds and fatigue.
The academy was in a massive uproar, the achievement of Clifford and Feng Xin was the talk of the whole academy, not only in Clifford's academy, it was also viral in other mage academies across Sun City.
Most people had known of Clifford's strength before, but nobody really knew of Feng Xin, the challenge had placed him into lime light. The frightening strength of the two shadow mages had made them to be labelled as "dreadful duo." They were simply unstoppable.
The dean of the academy was excited at the prospect of nurturing the two talented mages. Although it was too early to judge,to him and many other powerful mages, Clifford and Feng Xin might be the future saviours of humanity. The two had to be nurtured with the best magic resources.
After the two had been fully healed by the healing mages, they left for their hostel. On the way, they were being stopped by fellow students, the two are now celebrities in the academy. Their fans asked for their autographs, Feng Xin wasn't interested in being a celebrity, he disappeared when the crowd surrounded him. Clifford felt like it would be impolite to not honour the fans, he waited behind to snap pictures and sign autographs.
A lot of girls even opened the top of their breasts for him to sign, he also signed autographs on some sexy thighs, the girls won't let him rest, they would even peck him. When the crowd seemed to be getting too much, he absconded into the shadows and secretly left for his hostel.
When he entered his room, his roommates stared at him in silence, Clifford was confused as to why they were staring at him.
"Wait....! Could it be..?" He hurriedly checked himself in the mirror, he was astounded when he saw his whole face, lip glosses and paints were stuck to his face and neck.