"Come here quickly and experience how powerful Fusion Magic truly is! I've already prepared everything for you; all that's missing is you!"
Feng Zhoulong was already impatient to show Jiang Yuan Fusion Magic.
"Old Feng, haven't you been paying attention to the news outside for a long time?"
"That's right. Ever since you sent me a corpse last time, I've been researching Fusion Magic. Just when I hit a critical bottleneck, you sent me the Four-Colored Demon. I haven't paid attention to any news during that time. What's up?"
"I'm in Venice right now."
"Venice? What are you doing in Venice?"
Jiang Yuan sighed, "The World Academy Tournament. It's already reached the National Mansion War stage."
Old Feng gets too engrossed once he enters research mode.
Feng Zhoulong on the other end of the phone suddenly realized, finally remembering that he had even gotten a ticket for Jiang Yuan while he was researching.
"I forgot, I forgot. How's the competition going? Can you win the championship?"
"It's alright. You should watch the live broadcasts more often lately."
"No, I can't. I still need to research Fusion Magic more. Right now, I still need external objects to release it. I'm looking into how to release Fusion Magic without relying on external objects."
"Alright then, Old Feng, don't expose the news about Fusion Magic. Let's talk about it after my competition is over and I've tried it at your place."
"Alright, alright, alright. I don't have time to find anyone else either. Well, I won't talk anymore; I'm going back to my research!"
"Mm, okay."
Jiang Yuan hung up the phone after bidding farewell to Feng Zhoulong.
He fell into contemplation.
The research on Fusion Magic was basically nearing its end. After the competition, it should be almost complete.
He was just worried that Feng Zhoulong, being so focused on research, might not keep the secret hidden.
No, he had to have someone keep an eye on the Demon Capital side.
Jiang Yuan quickly contacted Nine Nether Queen, asking her to guard the Demon Capital Research Institute and constantly monitor Feng Zhoulong's actions.
Only after doing all this did he feel at ease.
......
......
A few days later, the battlefield for the Treasure Hunt was set up, and the organizers announced the start time of the competition.
Through the first round of competition, sixteen teams remained.
All the teams gathered at the place where the opening ceremony was originally held. A huge magic array, made of magic stones emitting a silvery glow, had already been laid out there, large enough to accommodate all the teams.
Jiang Yuan led the China Team into the magic array and immediately felt the spatial power to be extremely active, as if it had been vitalized.
In such an environment, the power of Space Magic would receive a certain boost.
"To all the qualified teams, I will now announce the rules for the Treasure Hunt." The head referee stepped forward and explained the rules in an extremely grand voice.
After explaining, he distributed life-saving spatial scrolls to every contestant present.
"Later, the spatial scrolls will scatter everyone, meaning if you're unlucky, you might end up alone. After I go in, I'll make a little noise. You all move towards my location, and then we'll go search for treasures together," Jiang Yuan said.
"Noise? What kind of noise?" Mo Fan asked.
"Ice, I guess. You'll see it once you're inside," Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said.
At this moment, the magic array beneath their feet had already begun to glow, and the spatial power became increasingly active.
The surrounding space began to distort, and one by one, figures began to disappear within the magic array.
"Remember, the first thing you do after going in is to gather!" Jiang Yuan gave his final instruction. The moment his voice ended, he had already entered the spatial turbulence.
This feeling was similar to using Space Magic for displacement, and Jiang Yuan adapted quickly.
When he opened his eyes again, he had appeared in an independent space.
Looking out, gray clouds obscured the sky, while below there were forests, rivers, towering mountains, and other landforms. Unidentified long howls faintly echoed through the mountains and wilderness.
It was a wild scene, but it looked strange no matter how he viewed it.
This was one of the characteristics of independent spaces; they weren't as natural as the main plane.
"Eee~~~!"
An eagle's cry came from overhead. Looking up, several pupil eagles were circling a hundred meters directly above his head.
Each contestant would be accompanied by a few pupil eagles, used to broadcast the contestant's footage for presentation to the audience.
Jiang Yuan stood still, unmoving.
The number of people watching him was the highest, and his puzzling behavior left many people confused.
Shouldn't one immediately take action after entering the battlefield?
What did standing still mean?
Jiang Yuan was estimating the time, because the large spatial teleportation array didn't teleport everyone in at once; it required some time.
"The time should be about right," Jiang Yuan murmured after a while.
"Woohoo~~~"
Little Yunmeng flew out from the Soul Space, curiously looking left and right, full of curiosity.
"Time to work, Little Yunmeng," Jiang Yuan said with a smile.
Little Yunmeng pouted, then crashed into Jiang Yuan's embrace. In an instant, his hair turned sky blue, streams of water flowed ceaselessly around him, and at the same time, clouds of mist rose from beneath his feet.
Under Little Yunmeng's possession, Jiang Yuan had ultimate control over Water Elements, able to easily manipulate their form.
Under the eyes of hundreds of millions of spectators, Jiang Yuan ascended into the sky step by step, with endless streams of water flowing madly from beneath his feet.
Jiang Yuan went higher and higher, the water beneath him forming a swirling water mountain, hundreds of meters high.
Reaching the highest point, even the pupil eagles were forced to ascend to this height.
Such a colossal Water Element creation would be awe-inspiring anywhere!
"What is the captain of the China Team trying to do? He's creating such a huge commotion; isn't he afraid of being surrounded by other teams?"
"Yeah, this is way too high-profile!"
"Don't you think he's trying to let his teammates know his location?"
"!"
Finally, someone guessed what Jiang Yuan was trying to do.
In the footage, after Jiang Yuan reached the highest point, he leaned backward, and a Water Throne rose from the flowing water beneath him, supporting him.
The next second, the Water Throne transformed into an Ice Throne, and an endless burst of extreme cold erupted, rapidly freezing the water mountain at a visible speed.
The extreme temperature even caused snowflakes to fall around him!
This made Jiang Yuan's location even more conspicuous!
...
On the other side, Mo Fan was about to let his Little Mud Loach Pendant sense where there were good treasures.
But then he saw a water mountain suddenly rise in the distance, which then transformed into an ice mountain.
"Ice? This couldn't be the 'little noise' Old Jiang mentioned, could it?" Mo Fan shouted, "Holy crap."
Only Jiang Yuan had such powerful Water System cultivation.
It must be Jiang Yuan, no doubt.
So Mo Fan immediately gave up on the treasure hints provided by the Little Mud Loach and started running towards the ice mountain.
The other China Team members in different directions also saw the ice mountain and realized it was Jiang Yuan's signal to gather. One by one, they converged towards the ice mountain.
However, besides them, other teams naturally also saw it.