Arcane Academy: The Divine Extraction Legacy

Chapter 185 Unexpected

”W-whatʼs happening?” Lisa was confused by the sudden change in the battle.

She was, of course, expecting that Vale would do some kind of a miracle to win this duel but she was completely baffled by this sudden turn of events.

As soon as the Holy Arts appeared and destroyed Valeʼs Ghost Hands, many of them started believing that Vale would be defeated in this battle. There were even some people in the crowd complaining about Larkinʼs method…

He actually dared to sneak in a Holy-Attributed Mystical Item inside the Dark Arts Academy!

No wonder he was confident about winning against Vale!

Although the Slender Zombie will also be affected by its own Mystical Item, it would weaken a lot if Larkin prepared a special potion for the Zombie.

Nevertheless, as they thought that Vale was doomed, he somehow crippled the Slender Zombie without their knowledge…

”I think he used another spell but it was too fast…” Aubrey can only guess but she canʼt really be sure about it.

Perhaps, if her Magic Zone can reach the stage, she would be able to know what happened… However, due to obvious reasons, the stage was protected by a Formation Circle that stops others from inspecting the stage with their Phantasm State.

Only those with a Third-Class or maybe Second-Class ability can probably bypass this Formation.

At this moment, the Slender Zombie tried activating the Scale Armorʼs Holy Arts once again but nothing happened…

Vale was able to get closer using his incredible speed as he kicked the Slender Zombieʼs right knee…

Bam!

It was then followed by a resounding crack as the Zombieʼs bones shattered!

Thud!

It kneeled on the floor but the Zombie isnʼt feeling any pain…

It looked at Vale menacingly and used its pair of Claw Gauntlets to cut him up…

However, with Valeʼs current movement speed and the Zombieʼs current attack speed, there was no way Vale would be harmed.

Vale didnʼt continue as he swiftly jumped back as he gained some distance from the Zombie.

ʼNot yet… Larkin is still not panicking. Perhaps the Holy Arts wasnʼt his trump card?ʼ Vale mused… He was really caught off guard by the Holy Arts since it was too unbelievable for a Zombie to use this Mystical Item.

However, he felt that there is still something wrong. He was sensing some danger even after the Slender Zombie was restricted by Lotus.

This sense of danger got even stronger the moment he kicked the Slender Zombie. This was the reason why he immediately jumped back and put some distance…

ʼI guess Iʼll have to use the Talisman to make sure…ʼ Vale thought as he pulled out the paper talisman.

If he doesnʼt have this talisman, he would simply activate his Spell Dispersion to cut off the Zombieʼs ability to protect itself followed by the Darkness Manipulation to protect his body…

Well, he actually used 960 Energy Points to level up his Incorruptible Body. With this enhancement, he was already confident of crushing the Zombieʼs head with his hands without being infected by some kind of virus or disease…

However, he decided to be careful just in case as he triggered the Paper Talismanʼs effect…

He poured a bit of his energy into the Talisman and ordered Lotus to return to his shadow… He was afraid that Lotus will also be affected by the power of Corruption brought by the Tier 2 Dark Spell, Corrupted Chains.

ʼAhh! Shit!ʼ

Vale suddenly noticed something was wrong as soon as he triggered the Paper Talisman…

The Talisman has indeed summoned a bunch of corrupted chains from the void as he expected but the Corrupted Chains were actually uncontrollable!

This shouldnʼt be the case since a Spell that was stored inside the paper shouldnʼt cause problems with the caster. After all, once the Talisman was activated, the caster would have the power to control the spell for a brief moment and send it to their target.

This is what Vale did… As soon as he felt that he gained control over the Corrupted Chain Spell, he targeted the Slender Zombie.

However, to his surprise, the Corrupted Chains started gathering beside him like he was about to be restrained instead of his target!

ʼDid I just get betrayed?ʼ Vale was shocked as he glanced at the crowd… He was dumbfounded by the sudden betrayal of his roommates!

Then, in the corner of his eyes, he saw Harith and Zeno who were laughing at him… Vale felt a chill on his body as he didnʼt really expect that those two guys were actually targeting him. He didnʼt feel any signs of their traitorous behavior!

As he realized his predicament, he finally noticed that behind those two was a man who looked like Wilfred Moontomb, the student he killed… He then recalled Wilfredʼs relative, Cornelio Moontomb!

ʼSo itʼs him…ʼ

Vale actually watched some of his battle recordings on the second time he ʼcleanedʼ the Archive Room with Philip and Priscilla…

He was sure that it was Cornelio Moontomb!

ʼSo it was like that…ʼ Vale sighed as he felt the Corrupted Chains drowning him…

The Referee, Noah Featherstar, felt worried as soon as he saw the problem in Valeʼs Paper Talisman… It seems that he was sabotaged!

He canʼt do anything about it yet unless Vale can no longer move and his life is in danger.

Thud. Thud. Thud…

At the same time, the Slender Zombie regained its mobility as it started moving closer to Vale…

Vale is in danger! He has to move or heʼll lose this match!

Noah immediately gathered his energy and prepared his Dark Spells to stop the fight any moment now…

However, as he was doing this, Noah felt something was off as he noticed Valeʼs eyes.

He wasnʼt panicking or despairing in his current predicament.

Instead, Valeʼs eyes were cold… He was looking at the Slender Zombie as if it was an ant that he could exterminate at any moment.

This surprised Noah including some other Professors who thought that this battle was over.

In an instant, the gathering Corrupted Chains dissipated into thin air as Vale moved like a ghost charging towards the huge Slender Zombie!

ʼThis… Whatʼs going on?ʼ Noah couldnʼt believe what he just saw!