I'm really a necromancer

Chapter 155 Ten to five!
"Yihua, Rey, Milko... Bloody Hand, I announce that your ten apprentices are the top ten in this year's apprentice competition!"

Whenever a name was read, there was a burst of cheers from the supporters of the corresponding apprentice outside the stadium.

Amidst the cheers, the fourth-rank referee who had announced the top ten list flashed his eyes and changed the subject:
"Due to a change in the plan, today's competition will directly select the top three of this competition. Next, the ten-to-five competition will begin!"

The game returned to the previous lottery system. After the referees on the field drew lots, the first matchup of the ten-to-five match was also decided.

"The first game of ten to five, Yihua vs. Rapp!"

As for Rapp, who won the first round of the previous twenty-in-ten competition, Yihua has basically figured out the opponent's details.

Hearing the referee's announcement, he walked directly onto the field without hesitation.

"The necromancer named Yihua showed terrifying strength before. With the ability to summon second-class undead infinitely with one hand, there is probably no accident in this match."

Seeing Yihua walking onto the field, a young apprentice stared at Rapp who was slowly walking onto the field not far away, and murmured in a low voice.

Hearing the other party's whisper, the companion beside him shook his head and analyzed:
"That's not necessarily the case. Rapp showed a terrifying soul witchcraft before, and stunned Norius, who has a strong physique, on the spot!"

"what do you mean?"

Hearing his companion's analysis, the young apprentice vaguely understood what the other party meant.

"Didn't you notice? The necromancer Yihua only summoned the undead to fight, and his physique may not be very strong. What's more, soul witchcraft can ignore the body and directly cause damage to the soul!"

"I understand what you mean. That combat power is mostly generated by the undead. No matter how strong it is, as a second-class apprentice, it will be difficult to resist Rapp's second-class soul witchcraft attack!"

There are many analyzes like this outside the court, some are biased towards Yihua, and some are biased towards Rapp.

In the end, the odds of the two were almost even.

However, just a few seconds before the start of the game, standing on the stage, Rapp in a gray robe raised his hand and said bluntly to the referee in the air:
"Master referee, I admit defeat in this match!"

In an instant, Rapp's calm voice spread throughout the arena, causing huge waves.

Hearing that Rapp was defeated before the battle, and he hadn't seen the match yet, the invested Wu Jing was lost in vain.

Thousands of apprentices who invested in Wu Jing, thinking that the two sides would draw or that Rapp would win, couldn't help shouting unacceptably.

"Admit defeat before the competition? Rapp, what the hell are you doing!"

"Rapp, I misread you! I didn't expect you to be a coward!"

Hearing that Rapp chose to admit defeat, Yi Hua, who was standing opposite Rapp, also frowned slightly.

In his opinion, he has not yet shown any power other than the soul feeding technique and the second-class undead.

In the eyes of other apprentices, Yi Hua should be a necromancer who conforms to the stereotype with a fragile body and whose strength depends entirely on the undead.

With the soul witchcraft that he showed earlier, it stands to reason that Rapp should think that he has a certain chance of winning against Yihua.

In the end, he surrendered so simply.

It was Rapp who felt that he was not sure of defeating himself and wanted to hide his strength.

Or did he see that he still had strength to spare, so he chose to stop in time and retreat?

Just as Yihua was thinking about it, the scolding and reprimanding from a large number of apprentices outside the venue intensified, but none of these could change Rapp's mind.

In the end, after repeated confirmation by the referee, Rapp insisted on admitting defeat.

Just like that, after announcing that Yihua had won the match, he sat back in the player's seat which was still warm.

Rapp's act of admitting defeat also made a small profit for the thousands of apprentices who bet on Yihua's victory.

After seeing Yihua's potential, the number of apprentices who invested in Wu Jing to bet on Yihua's victory also increased, from hundreds at the beginning to thousands.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third matches were the duels between Rey and Milko and the other two top ten apprentices.

Rey's opponent is a body-refining wizard who has a physique close to that of an earth knight and has many body-strengthening witchcraft blessings.

However, under Rey, who has a fourth-level soul affinity, he can't even force Rey to use third-level soul witchcraft.

With a wave of his hand, Rey used the second-class soul witchcraft, Soul Eater Flying Head, which he had used in the battle against Yi Hua.

In an instant, fifty soul-eating skulls were summoned, covering the sky above the arena like a gray cloud.

Under the blockage and pursuit of fifty soul-devouring skulls that directly damage the soul regardless of the strength of the body, the physique of the body-refining wizard is useless.

Just after he was hit by the first Soul-devouring skull because he couldn't dodge in time, his defeat was already doomed.

The impact from the soul level of the Soul-devouring skull made it stalemate in place, and the rest of the Soul-devouring skulls took the opportunity to bump into the body-refining wizard one after another, directly injuring his soul and falling unconscious to the ground.

As for Melko's opponent, it was a traditional elemental wizard named Rody.

Relying on the skillful sorcery of the four attributes of ice, fire, wind and thunder, and through ingenious cooperation, they played a highly entertaining duel before.

This also earned Roddy the title of "Elemental Magician".

However, the opponent he faced was Melkor, who could almost be called the strongest apprentice this year in Yihua's opinion.

Just at the start of the game, the eyes of Mirko, who was exuding a cold aura, flashed red. The spiritual coercion from the extraordinary life—the Shadow Snake made Rody stiffen and fell into hallucinations.

Before Rody woke up, a huge pitch-black sharp claw formed from a pitch-black shadow covering a radius of more than ten meters was pressed down from the air, and smashed heavily at Rody.

The moment he sensed the power of the shadow claws, Rudolph frowned and snorted coldly.

The moment he heard the cold snort, Melko's body turned cold, and Rody, who had fallen into hallucinations, instantly woke up.

But the shadowy claws on top of Rody's head showed no sign of dissipating, instead revealing a faint aura of detachment above the fifth-class mentors.

Before Rody escaped a few steps, the shadow claws pressed heavily on him.

boom!
Accompanied by violent vibrations, gravel splashed all over the field.

When the shadow claws dissipated, Rody's figure had disappeared without a trace. On the ground of the arena made of hard bluestone slabs, a large crater several meters deep and emitting black smoke appeared.

Seeing Rody's sudden death, the apprentices who supported Rody off the court expressed their dissatisfaction, denouncing Milko's violent killing of Rody.

Seeing this, many apprentices of the Freemasonry retorted:

"The competition does not prohibit apprentices from fighting. If you can't afford to lose, don't participate! It is his honor to die under the hands of President Melkor!"

Rudolph frowned when he saw that he failed to prevent Melko from killing him.

(End of this chapter)