"W-what's 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 Vale's 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 Larkin's 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 can't 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 Armor's Holy Arts once again but nothing happened…
Vale was able to get closer using his incredible speed as he kicked the Slender Zombie's right knee…
Bam!
It was then followed by a resounding crack as the Zombie's bones shattered!
Thud!
It kneeled on the floor but the Zombie isn't feeling any pain…
It looked at Vale menacingly and used its pair of Claw Gauntlets to cut him up…
However, with Vale's current movement speed and the Zombie's current attack speed, there was no way Vale would be harmed.
Vale didn't continue as he swiftly jumped back as he gained some distance from the Zombie.
'Not yet… Larkin is still not panicking. Perhaps the Holy Arts wasn't his trump card?' 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…
'I guess I'll have to use the Talisman to make sure…' Vale thought as he pulled out the paper talisman.
If he doesn't have this talisman, he would simply activate his Spell Dispersion to cut off the Zombie's 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 Zombie's 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 Talisman's 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.
'Ahh! Shit!'
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 shouldn't be the case since a Spell that was stored inside the paper shouldn't 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!
'Did I just get betrayed?' 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 didn't really expect that those two guys were actually targeting him. He didn't 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 Wilfred's relative, Cornelio Moontomb!
'So it's him…'
Vale actually watched some of his battle recordings on the second time he 'cleaned' the Archive Room with Philip and Priscilla…
He was sure that it was Cornelio Moontomb!
'So it was like that…' Vale sighed as he felt the Corrupted Chains drowning him…
The Referee, Noah Featherstar, felt worried as soon as he saw the problem in Vale's Paper Talisman… It seems that he was sabotaged!
He can't 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 he'll 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 Vale's eyes.
He wasn't panicking or despairing in his current predicament.
Instead, Vale's 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!
'This… What's going on?' Noah couldn't believe what he just saw!
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