"Not only!" Pei Yan sensed the surging magical fluctuations within Flamel's body, and frowned at the ring that was faintly glowing on his hand: "Judging by that ring which previously released a forbidden curse, it is now lighting up again. If I'm not mistaken, these rings don't merely serve the purpose of storing forbidden curses." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"You're not mistaken!" Lin Junzhao's voice, carried by vibrations of elemental energy, suddenly echoed from the spectator seats in the investigation hall, introducing: "On each ring are complex arrays carved, crafted for each type of magic. Remember last time when Flamel fought you and absorbed five puppets?"

"Oh! So that's what it is. I was wondering why this feeling felt so familiar!" Pei Yan realized suddenly after listening to Lin Junzhao's explanation: "During the team competition, he relied on absorbing the five puppets to employ ventriloquism and chant the spells quickly to accelerate the casting of forbidden curses. However, at that time, he struggled to control such magic. Now, he seems to handle it with ease, it looks like the intense training period wasn't limited to us alone."

"As long as you understand, using the puppets internally to chant quickly combined with the magic arrays engraved on the rings, he can very quickly refill the forbidden curse rings he just used, readying them for the next cycle of attack."

Zheng Jia Ru, listening to their conversation from the side, grew more worried: "Thus, if Flamel has enough elemental energy, the forbidden curse can be endlessly deployed. Damn it! Using artifacts again, Old Ye will be at a disadvantage?"

"You fool, you participated in the special training too, I even conducted separate training sessions for Ye Ruozai. Do you think such attacks would trouble him? Are you underestimating the results of my training?" Lin Junzhao's displeased voice echoed in reprimand.

"Wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare!" Having experienced this woman's power, Zheng Jia Ru obediently shut his mouth and shifted his gaze back to the arena.

At that moment, Ye Ruozai was surrounded by multiple attacks from all sides, leaving him less and less room for free movement. Watching his enemy gradually running out of maneuvers amidst dodges and turns, Flamel's face twisted into a cruel smile as the third ring on his finger began to shine with a brilliant blue light.

Suddenly, there was a thunderclap over the arena. With deafening roars, three gigantic thunderbirds with wingspans of fifteen meters swept over from the sky, filling the gaps in Flamel's magical siege and enclosing Ye Ruozai in mid-air, leaving him with no room to escape.

"Hahaha, let's see where you can hide!" Flamel sneered, gripping the spell-casting hand tightly, unleashing mud whips, fire rain, and thunderbirds all at once, all converging to attack Ye Ruozai.

The splendid interplay of fire, thunder, and earth magic spread across the sky, instantly engulfing Ye Ruozai. Watching this, Flamel shouted wildly: "Where has your arrogance gone now? Come on! Show some real skills, I know you won't be killed so easily! This game won't end so early. Everything Pei Yan has done in this arena, I want to replay on you; don't dream of dying easily!"

Within Flamel's roar, the tri-colored magical flames surrounding Ye Ruozai didn't explode as everyone had expected. Instead, a longsword drifted slowly through the radiant blade, calming the chaotic energies of the magical attack. The streams of energy began to flow along with the direction of the sword's movement, tracing a circle in the air, whereupon it absorbed all three magical attributes onto the blade itself, as Ye Ruozai gently sheathed the radiant sword, the formidable forbidden curse attack dissipated at this moment.

This was not the end, however. Though the magical elements were peeled off from the elemental energy and stored within the scabbard, a large amount of pure elemental energy remained in the air from the forbidden curse's aftermath. If not handled properly, a chain explosion could be as powerful as the elemental energy slice Pei Yan had unleashed. Yet Ye Ruozai seemed indifferent, closing his eyes, puffing his chest, and inhaling sharply. In an instant, amidst the astonishment of the crowd, the surrounding elemental energy was completely absorbed into his body.

"Is this the Power of Origin? Absorption?" Pei Yan watched Ye Ruozai's actions in the arena in astonishment.

"Not entirely! There's no need to use the Power of Origin to counter such an attack. Have you thought that I invested less effort on him than the others? He is my reserved host someday." Lin Junzhao's voice happily echoed in Pei Yan's mind: "K was careless exactly because of this. He always thought you or your sister was my spare vessel, so his caution toward other Children of Origin wasn't as high. He believed that strengthening Flamel in such a manner was enough to counter our contestants, but what he didn't realize is that, in terms of investment, Ye Ruozai has surpassed even your sister as one of my key focuses."

Lin Junzhao said regretfully: "Actually, besides your sister, I also wanted to occupy the child Xia Yu, but your friendship, combined with her unwillingness to sacrifice herself for the ultimate goal like Ye Ruozai, forced me to give up."

"Then what kind of training did you conduct that enabled him to absorb his opponent's magical elements entirely and envelop the turbulent elemental energy?" Pei Yan asked with confusion, not at all surprised by Ye Ruozai surviving such an attack, but transforming the attack into nothingness and absorbing it exceeded his understanding. He could meet the attack head-on and defeat it, but couldn't dissolve and absorb it this way. Utilizing the Power of Origin given by Lin Junzhao perhaps, but that would require a corresponding cost and from the looks of Ye Ruozai seemingly unaffected by side effects.

"The absorption of magical elements comes from his own development within the Superpower Dao. By comprehending the way of nature, he can autonomously manipulate the natural elements around him for his own use, unless the opponent is using the Power of Origin to suppress him in terms of elemental energy level. Otherwise, any attack containing natural elements has its effectiveness halved before Ye Ruozai."

Lin Junzhao's words carried an increasingly prideful tone: "As for absorbing the scattered elemental energy around, that comes from the new fragment of the Origin Law I bestowed upon him. Hehe, Pei Yan, pay attention! To boost his strength is as if cutting flesh and drawing blood from myself, but the returns will undoubtedly deserve it; this match will turn into a one-sided situation just like when you faced Moira. Your judgment wasn't wrong; Flamel is not his match, only Blood Fiend and the Daoist Realm are your formidable opponents."