In the competition area…
Bai Ze arrived at the sixth floor of the teaching block with fleet-footed steps.
He walked up the stairs to the rooftop. This location was well hidden, and he could observe more than half of the competition area from this vantage point.
It was beneficial to his battle plan.
He came to the edge of the rooftop wall and looked down. He saw many figures darting past swiftly.
Everyone headed towards the various teaching blocks, cafeteria, and other public areas, hoping to get the badge first.
Under such circumstances, explosive battles were inevitable.
The students unleashed their colorful magic rings and deployed their spells to defeat their opponents.
Once the student lost the ability to fight, he would be taken away from the competition area by the patrolling teachers.
At this moment, it wasn't just a test of the student's realm level or the strength of his magic power. The rules he learned and the proficiency level of his spells would also determine the outcome of the battle.
Bai Ze only did a rough survey. In just a minute, there were no fewer than a hundred battles around him. At this point, students had begun to be eliminated intermittently.
During this period, Bai Ze also saw many students rushing toward the teaching block he was in.
However, Bai Ze was not worried. Searching those classrooms was already very time-consuming, and they could face a battle anytime.
Those guys would definitely not be able to search all the way to the rooftop.
To him, the most important thing was to find the badge, and the second was to preserve his strength.
Instead of scurrying around like a headless fly and getting kicked out by the strong, it was better to bide his time and have a clear grasp of the current situation.
Bai Ze attached a trace of magic power to the door of the rooftop. If someone tried to break in, he would know instantly.
After doing this, Bai Ze sat on the ground and slowly closed his eyes.
The spiritual power in his mind slowly spread out and began to spread in all directions.
At this moment, Bai Ze's spiritual power was far beyond other mages of the same level. His spiritual consciousness continued to expand and soon surrounded the entire teaching block.
He could clearly sense that many people were searching and fighting on the second floor.
Those students were having a whale of a time. They were leaking the magic power in their bodies like crazy without even realizing it.
Bai Ze's thoughts spun, and he began to control his spiritual power to spread outwards.
He soon found the first badge on the fourth floor of Block 13.
However, that badge had already been found by someone else, and the surrounding students were in the midst of a tense and exciting fight to grab it.
The one holding the badge was a young girl with her hair tied up in a bun. Although she was wearing a long dress, she was still agile. While dodging the attacks of the students around her, she was also constantly injecting magic power into the badge.
The three magic rings around her were particularly dazzling at this moment.
"Third ring realm!"
The students around her were a little scared. They were just ordinary second ring mages and didn't have much magic in their bodies. Instead of fighting to the death with the other party, they might as well wait for the other party to activate the badge and then decide on their next step.
After discovering this battle situation, Bai Ze couldn't help laughing inwardly.
The girl's ability was not bad, but her grasp of the battle situation was a little slow. If she injected magic power into the badge so carelessly, it would only cause her to be eliminated earlier.
With a flash of mental thought, Bai Ze soon found a second and a third badge.
These badges weren't hidden at all, and many of them were discovered within five minutes. Due to this, the battles started even earlier.
Under such circumstances, the scale of the battles grew larger and larger, and it soon evolved into a melee of dozens of people.
With the lure of generous scholarships, the prospects of future development, and the one and only available spot, the students fought fiercely without any mercy.
Under the intense battle, the number of eliminated students began to increase.
The dozen or so teachers were a little overwhelmed.
About 20 minutes later, Bai Ze's spiritual perception had covered the entire school's competition area. He had located all nine badges, but there was one that seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
Under his close observation, he keenly sensed that a few students had suddenly emerged on the battlefield below.
Near the flower bed below teaching block 7, a girl with long flowing hair and a light green dress was fighting six people at once, but she still looked calm and composed. Her wood-type spells were cast smoothly and flawlessly.
Her figure was like a willow tree, extremely flexible. The six students fought for a long time, but in the end, they couldn't even touch the corner of the girl's clothes. Instead, quite a few of them were eliminated.
On the other side, the battle was even more intense. A guy with a long staff wrapped his weapon in magic, and his body shone with golden light. Neither fireballs nor lightning could break through his gilded defense on the surface.
Those four earth-yellow-hued magic rings were even more dazzling. Even if he was surrounded by more than a dozen people, he could still break through their barrage of strikes with just one stroke.
In such a chaotic battle, the power of a fourth ring mage was on full display.
These two students displayed great brilliance on the battlefield and did not show any intention of retreating. Seeing their powerful performance, Bai Ze immediately thought of two names.
They were Lin Xi and Ling Quan.
He had heard the class monitor, Liang Rou, mention these two people. Now it seemed that they were indeed strong competitors for the championship. At least, he was no match for them now.
However, after observing them for a while, he discovered that the nine badges that had been found by everyone didn't react after the students injected magic power into them.
After discovering this situation, not only was Bai Ze surprised, but those who were lucky enough to win the battle for the badge also began cursing.
They had spent so much effort fighting for the badge, only to discover they were all fake.
This dramatic scene stunned the two intermediate mages, Lin Xi and Lingquan as well.
"If all nine badges are fake, then where could the real badge be?"
Bai Ze looked at the chaotic scene below and frowned as he muttered to himself.
Just as he was feeling a little lost, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
Bai Ze had muted his phone long before entering the competition for fear of exposing his location unknowingly.
After changing his position, Bai Ze immediately took out his mobile phone and found that it was Zhang Xian who had sent him an email.
"Bai Ze.
I was tricked by that bitch of a woman! Liang Rou actually played with my feelings. She clearly told me she wouldn't like any man other than me!
She had secret rendezvous with another man behind my back. I received an anonymous message yesterday, and that scene was captured by the other party. If it wasn't for this email, I'm afraid I would still be in the dark!
Since she's so unfaithful to me, I don't have to help her anymore. I'll tell you a secret, and maybe it'll help you win the championship."
As he read the long list of content and words, Bai Ze could keenly feel Zhang Xian's pain at this moment.
This message was long, with more than a thousand words, and most of the content was bitterly criticizing Liang Rou's actions. The depth of the emotions it contained even moved Bai Ze.
After reading it, he found out that Liang Rou had been planning for the competition a few days before.
She first sent Zhang Xian to the laboratory building of the planetarium in advance before the start of the competition to destroy the surveillance cameras there. Then, she would take the opportunity to complete the cheating.