Chapter 167: Ghost in the Magic World - Prelude

So she trained hard and endured a lot of training.

Survival is extremely important.

And the Shang Family’s talent was very suitable for it.

"Hahaha! Interesting! You’re really good, Shang Kui." Duan Rong Yu laughed happily.

Xiang Kui only smiled and didn’t respond to Duan Rong Yu’s words.

The other party also didn’t think too much about it and he looked at Shang Kui with even more approval. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Come on!"

Bang! Swish! Swish!

Their spar ended soon enough because Xiang Kui was eventually dealt with by Duan Rong Yu’s AOE attack.

This is one of the weakness of the Shang Family.

They were weak towards magic that specifically attacked a large area.

And the Duan Family was good at it.

Tsk.

No wonder the Shang Family and the Duan Family could never get along with each other all these years.

"So, how is it?" Jun Lin asked calmly after Shang Kui and Duan Rong Yu had finished their spar. To be honest, Jun Lin felt that he didn’t really need to ask this question because Duan Rong Yu’s expression was already obvious.

He was enjoying the fight.

This meant that Shang Kui was proven to be considerably stronger than what Duan Rong Yu’s expected, making him have to go all out.

Of course, if this had been a real battle, Duan Rong Yu would have long tried to restrain Shang Kui before she could make a move, thus ending the battle quickly.

"Very good." Duan Rong Yu had a bright smile on his face. He felt that Jun Lin had done the right thing to invite Shang Kui into their team.

Of course, Duan Rong Yu didn’t know that it was Shang Kui who took the initiative instead of Jun Lin looking for the other party.

"In that case, shall we make the preparation for the graduation exam?" Jun Lin tilted his head. "I think you have good grasp about our position now."

"Indeed." Duan Rong Yu nodded and then said, "We’re lacking a real support position, but I guess Shang Kui is good enough."

Support as in those magician who specialized in healing spells and so on.

Considering how chaotic the world used to be, there were no magic family who fully focused on healing without any combat ability. Every magic family would learn some combat related magic spells in order to ensure their own survival.

But that was how it used to be.

As things gradually calmed down, there were some people who only learned support magic spells.

These people were utterly useless aside from the fact that their magic spell was pretty good to a certain degree.

So even if Duan Rong Yu said that he wanted to look for a support position, he was actually not very interested in one. The third position that he was looking for was nothing more than cannon fodder who could fit in.

After all, none of them could really show their back on someone whom they barely knew and trust.

As for Shang Kui?

Well, Duan Rong Yu didn’t believe that the timid Shang Kui would dare to backstab the two of them. Besides, her ability was actually only strong in running away, so taking her along would fit his requirements.

"Buy medicine?" Xiang Kui asked tentatively.

"Of course we have to buy a lot of medicine!" Duan Rong Yu laughed. "Don’t worry, Jun Lin, I’ll have your parts covered."

Jun Lin’s face darkened. "Don’t try to buy those useless medicine that the girls are selling you."

He could remember that the last time he went to the store, Duan Rong Yu was ’seduced’ by some saleswoman and ended up buying a lot of things that he didn’t actually need. When Jun Lin saw the pile of ’trashes’ that Duan Rong Yu brought, he really wanted to give Duan Rong Yu some education in preventing scams.

"Ah, you can’t say it like that." Duan Rong Yu waved his hand unhurriedly. "Those girls are truly pitiful and it’s natural for them to take advantage of a charming young master like me."

Xiang Kui: "..."

Jun Lin: "..."

"Shang Kui, how about if we have some practice. I want to see how good my enhancement magic against your hidden weapon magic."

"That’s not the name..."

"Whatever, how about a spar?"

"Alright."

Xiang Kui answered weakly while her brain was turning fast.

To be honest, Xiang Kui never expected that the feared Duan Rong Yu was actually such a skirt chaser in private.

Just seeing his lewd smile, one really didn’t want to spare even a second longer to look in his direction.

They would feel that they were being contaminated.

’But the Duan Rong Yu in Shang Kui’s memory after that battle had turned into a gloomy and terrifying man.’

So...

Something must have happened.

Xiang Kui’s eyes flickered slightly as she assumed a fighting stance and focused her attention on Jun Lin in front of her. She saw him moved far faster than usual, but her mental strength had already enveloped the entire area.

In this way, she could predict his trajectory and knew everything he had done.

Swish! Clang! Clang!

Sounds of metal clashing could be heard and Duan Rong Yu watched from the side, his pretend pout had disappeared and he looked carefully.

To be honest, Shang Kui’s ability was not exactly the best.

At least, Duan Rong Yu had already fought against Shang Xiyue and knew that she was the true genius of the Shang Family.

His own family was also supportive of him wanting to deal with Shang Xiyue.

But...

’Shang Kui is not much worse than Shang Xiyue. In fact, sometimes, I feel that the threat from Shang Kui is higher than Shang Xiyue.’

So why did she get called useless?

Duan Rong Yu was confused.

But what he didn’t know was that Xiang Kui was adjusting herself to Shang Kui’s combat power not long before her death.

Naturally, it was far better than when she was in the academy.