Chapter 77: Wilderness Hunter, Weapon Master, Heart-Eating Shaman

Trish frowned slightly, seemingly anticipating something: "You mean..."

"Slave duel." Cynthia announced proudly: "As a member of the sequence, you shouldn't refuse this legitimate competition of strength, right?"

The crowd boiled over. Slave duels were not rare in the school, but a higher-standard duel conducted by two geniuses of the candidate wizard sequence was relatively rare.

"Slave duels can demonstrate the apprentice's cultivation ability and guidance level, and are also an important way for sequence members to express themselves and improve their sequence point ranking."

Norris continued to explain, showing off his knowledge to Luo En on the side:

"Cynthia played this move very cleverly. If Trish refuses, she will be seen as cowardly, and her sequence points will definitely be deducted; if she accepts, with the strength of Cynthia's half-orc warrior cultivated for a long time, Trish has almost no chance of winning."

Trish was silent for a moment, a series of complex emotions flashing in her eyes. Finally, she took out a bag of magic stone fragments from her robe as witness money:

"Since Senior Sister proposed using a slave duel to resolve the dispute, I naturally follow the school tradition."

"Refreshing." Cynthia showed a winning smile and also took out a bag of magic stone fragments from her bosom:

"With so many colleagues here, everyone will witness today's result."

Trish turned around and gestured to the back of the crowd.

A short female servant immediately led out a figure bound by iron chains.

That was a leopard woman hunter. Although her body shape was better than most human women, it was only a little over 1.8 meters. Her whole body was covered with mottled short hair, and her muscle lines were smooth and full of power.

Her pupils were long and thin, flickering with cold light in the sun. Sharp canine teeth were faintly visible between her slightly pursed lips, and her long tail was swaying vigilantly.

"Liyue, today is the moment to show your true value."

Trish said in a low voice, her tone carrying a rare gentleness: "Remember our training, focus on the battle itself."

The leopard woman nodded slightly, a flash of determined resolution in her eyes.

Trish took out a small bottle from her bosom, which contained deep red liquid—it was the blood awakening agent specially formulated for her by Luo En.

"Take it." Trish ordered: "Don't worry about too many side effects; this formula has already been improved."

The leopard woman took the bottle and drank it in one gulp. The moment the potion entered, a heart-shaking change began to occur in the leopard woman—

The spots on her skin began to glow, gradually changing from pale gold to lava-like orange-red, as if starlight were flowing under her skin.

Her muscle lines became stronger and more powerful, and golden light was faintly visible at her joints.

The most amazing thing was her eyes. The original vertical pupils completely turned into pure gold, flickering with a luster like molten gold, as if two small suns.

She took a few deep breaths, adapting to the new power surging in her body.

Luo En observed the leopard woman's changes, his heart also filled with wonder.

This potion was formulated by him, but the effect it exerted now far exceeded his expectations.

Clearly, the leopard woman herself possessed extremely high blood purity to be able to fully stimulate her potential by the blood awakening agent.

At this moment, Liyue's aura was completely different from before. That kind of oppression even made some experienced apprentices feel uneasy.

"That should be... a complete blood awakening!" Norris explained to Luo En on the side in surprise:

"Legend has it that only the monarch bloodline among the leopard people can reach this level!"

Seeing this scene, Luo En's mind quickly flashed various information about beast-race bloodline professions.

Wilderness Hunter, Weapon Master, Heart-Eating Shaman—these were all extraordinary professions closely related to beast-race bloodlines.

Each had its own unique power system and advancement route. It is said that the best among them could rival official wizards.

The blood stimulation shown by the leopard woman had already approached the entry threshold of the [Wilderness Hunter] profession.

And the upper limit of beast-race extraordinary professions was not low. The legendary "Monarch" could even contend with Great Wizards...

"If I can acquire relevant extraordinary knowledge and training methods..."

Luo En pondered: "Perhaps I can also unlock some similar career routes as backup options. But compared to them, wizards, knights, and potion-makers are still my best choices."

Seeing the strange condition of the leopard woman after blood stimulation, Cynthia just sneered and waved her hand toward the back.

A burly servant in a gray robe walked out, leading a half-orc warrior who was daunting to look at.

This half-orc was over 2.5 meters tall, standing there like a small mountain. His skin was gray-green, covered with various scars left by battles.

His chin was exceptionally developed, two fangs protruding upward from the corners of his mouth. His arms were as thick as tree trunks, every muscle bulging like iron blocks, and his eyes were deeply sunken under his rugged brow bone, revealing the ferocity of a beast.

"Grush." Cynthia walked to the half-orc and gestured for the other party to half-kneel and lower his head.

She raised her hand to stroke his face full of flesh, her voice carrying an irresistible command: "Today you must win for me, otherwise..."

The remaining words were not finished, but a flash of fear appeared in the half-orc's eyes. Clearly, he understood the consequences of failure.

Cynthia took out a blood-glowing crystal fragment from the inside of her robe and forcibly stuffed it into the half-orc's mouth.

"Berserk Crystal!" Norris whispered in surprise: "That is a buff item prohibited from being used in official duels!"

The half-orc swallowed the crystal, his Adam's apple rolling as he swallowed it.

Immediately, his skin began to emit a faint blood-red halo, his muscles expanded significantly, and his eyes became even more berserk.

"This is cheating." Luo En frowned: "No one is stopping it?"

"Theoretically, it is prohibited, but many high-level apprentices who know the rules will find loopholes." Norris sighed:

"As long as it is not caught on the spot during the battle, this kind of preparation before the duel is often difficult to prove after the fact. After all, the rules of slave duels allow the master to provide some buffs to the slave before the duel, and there is no clear regulation on the type and limit of the buffs."

As he spoke, he looked at the half-orc whose muscles were bulging and whose aura was so berserk that it was almost difficult to control, and shook his head regretfully:

"It's just that to maintain the effect in the battle after using it so early, the dosage required is very large. I guess even if this half-orc can win the victory, he probably won't live long."

At the same time, Cynthia had walked to the center of the venue and announced loudly:

"Everyone, according to the school tradition, we will resolve the dispute in the way of a slave duel. The winner will have priority use of the star astrology ancient book. At the same time, as a formal duel between members of the candidate wizard sequence, the result will be counted into the sequence point evaluation."