Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 598: Poseidon’s Fall

That was right!

Poseidon had somehow caught Xiao Lin’s well-hidden exhaustion. That man also guessed that Xiao Lin’s unusual explosiveness would not be able to last for long, and it seemed like it was nearing its end.

Normally, he could definitely prolong the fight like that, and deliver the killing blow once Xiao Lin had used up all his strength.

However, Poseidon was too arrogant. His pride would not allow him to do so because that meant that Poseidon still lost to Xiao Lin and Xiao Lin’s peak power. Even if Poseidon defeated Xiao Lin, who would not be able to retaliate after that? It would not quell the anger in Poseidon.

So, Poseidon was just as anxious; he planned on defeating Xiao Lin while Xiao Lin still had all his power. So, Poseidon gave up on maintaining the close combat fight, and prepared to gather his strongest power to defeat Xiao Lin.

As they fought, Xiao Lin had guessed at the possibility as well, but Xiao Lin did not follow. Xiao Lin did not have that special ability to fly like Poseidon had, and the earlier fight was just him relying on his immense leaping abilities. So, Poseidon had deliberately floated high in the air to prevent Xiao Lin’s interference.

However, Xiao Lin did not need it. Xiao Lin was also waiting for a chance — the chance to strike and completely defeat Poseidon. Since his skills and strength were close enough to his foe, Xiao Lin could only rely on one technique if he wanted to win in the last few dozen seconds: dragon’s breath sword aura!

Dragon’s breath sword aura needed time to gather, and the base powers were even stronger under his Myth state, which meant the gathering of the power would need a longer time. During that intense battle that did not even give him time to blink, Xiao Lin had not been able to use the skill.

However, Poseidon had actually pulled away himself, causing Xiao Lin to pause for a second or two before he unhesitatingly started to prepare his dragon’s breath sword aura.

With his body surrounded by the faint blue energy, the draconic energy that came out of his body also adopted a light blue glow, and was more powerful than it ever was. Xiao Lin himself could not even estimate how strong the dragon’s breath sword aura unleashed at Gold rank could be.

Everywhere turned quiet. Even the thunder that never stopped in the clouds, or the beasts crying out in the distance, and even the howling wind… had all turned quiet at that moment. All that was left was the intense gathering of energy that produced a low but sharp noise.

Every corner of Planet Norma was filled with the three basic energies, and the people of the world used those powers to cast various spells. The more powerful it was, the more energy was absorbed from the surroundings, which would produce an apocalyptic scene like what was happening at that moment.

It was not just Xiao Lin; the energy Poseidon was gathering was just as shocking. The two of them seemed to have gathered every bit of energy from the area.

Like the calm before the storm, the short silence lasted for over ten seconds. After feeling their opponent’s intentions of attacking, Xiao Lin and Poseidon both unleashed the power in their hands.

Xiao Lin had gathered the dragon’s breath sword aura in his palms; he had a deeper understanding of energy thanks to his Myth state, and even without a weapon, he had tried to use the principles of gathering elemental energy on the dragon’s breath sword aura, and succeeded.

The sword aura was compressed in a short time by him, and in the end it was small enough to be held in his hand. The ball of light glowed with a warm blue hue, but in that warmness was immeasurable power.

Poseidon had gathered a wave-like flowing liquid energy, and when he unleashed it, it was like a stormy wave surging down from a river in the sky. At that moment, the pressure that burst out caused every being in the forest to feel horrified and suffocated.

That was Poseidon — the sea god that had lived for tens of millions of years.

The blue dragon’s breath sword aura clashed in the air with the deep blue waves. There was no technique and no tricks being played. It was both of their killer skills; both Poseidon and Xiao Lin had the utmost confidence in their limits, and they would succeed or die trying!

At that moment, it was like the sky was falling and the earth was shaking.

Those who were frantically running and occasionally glancing back at the battle in the sky were once again submerged in a quiet world because, this time, the sharp sound of the explosion had rendered everyone temporarily deaf. The vibrant light was like the sun, and had completely illuminated the forest that had already settled into dusk. Everyone was shaken by the sight, and could not help but close their eyes, silently praying in their hearts, both for themselves and their monitor.

That was Xiao Lin’s last drop of strength. After he unleashed the dragon’s breath sword aura, even though he still maintained Myth, he had completely exhausted all his strength. When the aftershocks came, he was pulled into it, and his entire body was like a ship in the middle of waves. He could no longer control it.

The last second before the explosion, Xiao Lin observed Poseidon’s condition. That man’s complexion was noticeably worse than earlier, proving that the attack had exhausted a great deal of his strength, but even so, Poseidon could still control his body steadily in the face of the unbelievable clash of power.

That was the proof of their difference in power. Xiao Lin, of course, understood that, even if he had his Myth state, his power only got closer to his opponent, but being closer was just that. He failed to exceed it!

He was still too weak!

Even though Xiao Lin understood that being able to fight to this degree with his current strength meant that Xiao Lin’s evaluation after the examination would definitely be good, it still did not wipe away Xiao Lin’s frustration.

The two energies clashed in the air — it was an intense clash. Even though it was at an equilibrium at the start, with no one energy suppressing the other, the two powers very quickly started to be suppressed to one side. That meant that Poseidon could still concentrate his power toward the ball of energy, causing the waves to suddenly be more powerful than the sword aura. Xiao Lin had already used all his trump cards, so Xiao Lin was powerless; he could not even control the sword aura that he had already unleashed at all, and could only look on as the ball of energy closed in on himself.

Even if he was facing an opponent that he hated, Xiao Lin could not help but feel shocked and angry. Poseidon’s power was really inexhaustible; if it was not for the countless restrictions, Poseidon would have easily killed Xiao Lin, even with his Myth state.

Under the intense glow, Xiao Lin was forced to narrow his eyes, lying down on the water as he looked at the ball of energy closing in, anxious, but unable to do anything…

“Is this it?” Xiao Lin completely shut his eyes, powerless. Myth had completely exhausted his strength after being deactivated along with his talent.

The forest at that point was completely covered by the glow. Everyone was frantically struggling in the waves of energy that rippled out. Many trees were destroyed, and countless beasts were exterminated. That included the other students from Class Seven; they were all frantically running, but noticed that it was a wasted endeavor.

The entire forest was about to be completely destroyed, and there was only one result for the life within, which was to die with it. Everyone’s hearts had a sense of hopelessness.

When they were at the peak of their hopelessness, when everyone had given up and were awaiting their deaths, an ear-splitting noise could be heard from the white sky; it was like the sound of glass shattering.

Xiao Lin seemed to feel something, and suddenly opened his eyes. The light had weakened at some point. No, it was more accurate to say that the mass of energy in the air was shrinking. Large amounts of energy started to disappear as it was sucked away.

The direction it was being sucked away to was the web-like sky. It was created by the sea god initially. After that vengeful woman died, the wormhole that had been forcefully opened should have been forced shut, but the sea god needed the wormhole to remain open for an even longer period of time in order for his power to completely descend. So, from the very start, Poseidon had used part of his already depleted power to maintain the opening. Even if space and time were the most restrictive domains, as a mysterious bloodline holder and as the sea god, it was not that hard for Poseidon to do it.

Xiao Lin suddenly understood something. No wonder the academy had arranged such an unbelievably strong boss for the first-years. Based on the student union’s plans, which were probably reflected in actual history, after using his power to maintain the passage, Poseidon’s strength should be incredibly weak. It was possible it would have just been at Silver rank or even lower.

Xiao Lin even understood the solution the student had left for them. They might not have actually needed to defeat the Silver-ranked Poseidon. As long as a portion of them forcefully delayed him, then the rest of them could destroy the energy around the wormhole. Once the passage was closed, the examination would be completed. While that would still be difficult, it was still something first-years could manage.

Unfortunately, the moment Xiao Lin and Gu Xiaoyue appeared in that examination, all the plans the student union made were rendered useless. Of course, the student union could never expect that Xiao Lin was the one who sealed Poseidon, and because of that, Poseidon had not cared about the price of maintaining the portal, pulling out even more power to handle Xiao Lin.

And the current situation resulted in the crack that had been affected by Poseidon’s power completely shattering. In the source of the shattering was a hole a few hundred meters wide. On the other side of the hole was a vibrant world filled with golden specks. Everyone was very familiar with it; it was the scene they saw when they sat in the spatial carriage.

It was different from when Poseidon had appeared. At the time, it was just a very small crack. After all, Anna had just been a dabbler. It was possible that the ancient texts she obtained were real, but she never completely mastered how to open the gateway, and had mistakenly released Poseidon who had been sealed in space and time.

And at that moment, the wormhole that had been sealed for countless years was truly reopened

Everyone, including Poseidon, was once again astonished. With the battle at the point that it was, they had already gone through quite a bit of shock, but this time, the rest of them seemed to feel something.

A gigantic mass of light started to descend from the golden passage that was surrounded by the sands of time. The light was close to transparent, and two figures could be made out within. Xiao Lin had coincidentally been at the center of the light, and the waves of energy that had been unleashed by Poseidon and him had been sucked in by the opening of the wormhole, so he could somewhat make out that the two figures were strangely dressed.

It was obvious that they were definitely not dressed in modern clothes; they were closer to ancient Ming Dynasty clothing that were regularly seen on Chinese television.

Dawn Academy’s colonial history originated from the Ming Dynasty!

Xiao Lin’s vague guess now had more evidence to it. He was witnessing history; the examination really was set during the time the first colonists arrived.

Poseidon was shocked at the strange change, and was even more anxious. He had not bothered holding back his power to maintain the passage, but he was not intending on allowing others to take advantage of it. If the wormhole was closed again, then he would absolutely not be able to open the wormhole himself again after the amount of energy he had spent during this battle.

Poseidon was furious, and did not hesitate to give up on the completely exhausted Xiao Lin. He turned around and charged at the two figures. He wanted to kill them off before they completely arrived.

Yet, before Poseidon could close in, an arrow whizzed out of the mass of light carrying a vibrant light. It completely pierced through that chest of Poseidon that was as hard as steel, and the arrow continued flying until it landed not even a hundred meters away from Xiao Lin and deeply embedded itself into the ground, leaving only the feathers outside.

Xiao Lin looked at the arrow and sucked in a cold breath. Despite not containing any sword aura or magical power, the power behind it could not just be described as being from someone strong. Even if Poseidon’s strength had been greatly weakened, it was no normal matter to be able to pierce through his chest with an arrow.

The earliest colonists from the Ming Dynasty; it seemed like their predecessors were not merely ancient men as they thought!

Poseidon was in disbelief; the unassuming arrow had led to him completely losing his last amounts of strength on Planet Norma. The mass of light completely entered Planet Norma, and the wormhole closed behind it. That meant that Poseidon had completely lost his power that was still sealed in space and time, and now he was falling rapidly, like a kite that had lost its string.