I'm really a necromancer

The miracle did not happen. Before the thin fifth-level apprentice could show any sign of relief, the shield one foot in front of him made a series of subtle clicking sounds.

The moment the sound was heard, the thin figure of the fifth-level apprentice was ejected like a cannonball and crashed directly into the stone wall that was hundreds of meters high at the other end of the arena.

boom!
In an instant, the entire crater arena was covered in rubble and thick smoke rose up. Spider-web-like cracks spread out in an instant, covering almost a quarter of the entire circular stone wall.

Some of the rubble even splashed onto the spectating apprentice who was closer to the landing point of the skinny fifth-level apprentice, causing ripples on his shield.

You have to know that the stone walls of this crater arena are as hard as steel! You can imagine how terrifying the force contained in the blow that just knocked the skinny apprentice away!

"It's unbelievable. I didn't expect that the necromancer apprentice has such terrifying strength after only one year in the Nine Rings White Tower."

"Let's wait and see. As a veteran fifth-level apprentice, Tucker won't be defeated so easily."

"Cough cough."

Sure enough, just a few seconds later, as the dust on the field settled, the angry voice of Tucker, a skinny fifth-level apprentice, was heard from the rubble.

"Ihua Felsis, you have angered me! Don't think that just because you have become the apprentice of the deputy tower master, you can look down on the old geniuses of the academy like us! With your hands..."

While the sound was still continuing, Tucker had already rushed out of the smoke and dust, covering his chest, and stood in an open space a hundred meters away from Yihua.

At this moment, he was vomiting blood, and the shield on his body was covered with spider-web-like cracks. He looked quite embarrassed, but he was not seriously injured.

Tucker, the skinny fifth-class apprentice, is Yi Hua's opponent in this battle. He is also a genius apprentice of the Nine-Ring White Pagoda and the master of the 23rd Peak of Tianti Mountain.

The two sides in this battle were Yi Hua and a talented wizard apprentice who had a great reputation in the Jiuhuan Baita Academy and was promoted to a fifth-level apprentice at the age of only thirty.

As the opponent gasped slightly, the shield on its body covered with spider-web-like cracks began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was back to normal in the blink of an eye.

"I wanted to use this move as a trump card for the battle against the master of the 22nd peak a week later, but you forced me to do it!"

At this moment, a handsome red-haired young apprentice with the Illuminati badge on his chest suddenly appeared at the edge of the arena.

The other party was Gabriel, Yihua's deputy and vice-president of the Illuminati.

Seeing Yi Hua in the arena, Gabriel was surprised and without a moment's pause, he immediately used the sound transmission technique.

A series of information came into Yihua's ears, making him stop his plan to continue controlling the undead to fight.

"found it?"

"That's right, President. We have found one of the culprits responsible for the destruction of the Star Tree Islands branch - 'Blood Maker' Petain!"

Seeing Yi Hua, who was fighting fiercely with him, distracted his attention and looked outside the court, Tucker, who felt ignored, was immediately furious.

"Damn you, you actually ignored me! I'll make you pay for this!"

Ignoring the angry Tucker, Yi Hua murmured in his heart:

"In that case, there is no need to continue this battle."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Hua drew out his long sword and rushed towards Tucker, who was a hundred meters away, at a terrifying speed that was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye. In just a moment, he crossed the hundred meters and appeared in front of Tucker.

"you"

Before Tucker could react, the long sword in Yihua's hand, which was filled with huge life energy, easily penetrated Tucker's shield as if it were cutting through thin paper.

Then he kicked Tucker whose shield was broken.

boom!
The thin figure of the fifth-level apprentice Tucker was once again ejected like a cannonball, crashing into a large section of the stone wall with a force even more terrifying than before.

This time, no more sound came from the collapsed ruins.

Seeing this, the fifth-level apprentice referee who was high in the sky quickly descended and found the seriously injured and unconscious Tucker from the ruins.

"I declare that the winner of this Peak Master competition is Ihua Felsis!"

This result made most of the wizards watching the battle around the crater show expressions of disbelief.

"Although I thought that Yi Hua had held back and didn't use his full strength, I didn't expect that he could defeat Tucker in an instant! You know, Tucker is the peak master, and he is a top talent who can be ranked in the top 100 in the Nine Rings White Pagoda in the past ten years!"

"That's right. Although Tucker was at the bottom of the peak masters, he was promoted to a fifth-level apprentice a few months ago. I didn't expect that he would be killed instantly by his opponent before he could even use his trump card!"

"Based on Yihua's current performance, his strength is probably close to that of a wizard in the transformation stage!"

After winning the battle, Ihua and Gabriel left the Crater Arena.

But he did not go to his current residence. Instead, he and Gabriel came to a complex with dozens of towers and high-rise buildings.

Here, seeing Yi Hua and Gabriel coming, several third-class apprentices guarding the entrance of the building complex, as well as dozens of apprentices entering and leaving, all showed respectful expressions and greeted the two of them one after another:
"Hello, President/Vice President!"

That’s right, this complex of buildings located in the center of the Jiuhuan Baita headquarters is where the Illuminati is headquartered today.

A year ago, after successfully arriving at the Jiuhuan White Pagoda headquarters and becoming the disciple of the Jiuhuan White Pagoda vice-president with the seal of the Jiuhuan White Pagoda, Yi Hua did not join any forces. Instead, just like he did in the previous branch period, Yi Hua once again established a new Illuminati at the Jiuhuan White Pagoda headquarters.

Due to the power built up by other apprentices in the academy, the conditions offered when recruiting apprentices with relatively low qualifications were too harsh. Although many apprentices could not bear the pressure and joined them, more apprentices gritted their teeth and refused to sign the contract.

Although these apprentices were much freer than those who were forced to sign contracts, they were also suppressed by the forces they rejected. They were in a difficult situation in the academy and were short of money.

This just happened to provide fertile ground for the development of the Illuminati.

Resources are undoubtedly not lacking for Yi Hua, who has a second-level wizard behind him and is also the mentor of the vice-president of the Nine-Ring White Tower.

Moreover, relying on his own talents and abilities, Yihua can achieve unlimited improvement and breakthroughs with just enough merit points!
Compared to other wizards of the same level, his demand for resources is also greatly reduced.

Therefore, he invested his unnecessary resources into the development of the Illuminati, that is, the acquisition of merit points.

Relying on Gabriel, Dean, Levi and other team members who also came from the branch, Yihua easily attracted a large number of low-level apprentices by relying on extremely loose joining conditions and considerable membership rewards.

In less than a month, thousands of apprentices applied to join the Illuminati. (End of this chapter)