The next events happened so quickly and the crowd didn't even have the time to react or process how Vale suddenly won the battle.

For some reason, the Corrupted Chains that were rampaging and trying to attack him, disappeared like they were some sort of illusion instead of a Tier 2 Dark Spell.

This was already baffling to everyone who was watching but Vale's unusual burst of power was even more shocking

A single punch!

It only took him a single solid punch to destroy the head of the Slender Zombie!

It is well known to everyone that destroying the brains of the Zombies would lead to their true death

Seeing Vale destroy the Zombie's head so easily, no one doubts that Vale has somehow won this duel!

"How is that possible?" Zeno stood up in horror after seeing how Vale survived that situation. Furthermore, Vale also killed the Zombie in a split second This was completely out of their expectation!

"This guy is hiding his strength all this time! He must be this strong already when he fought against Wilfred... He hid it too deeply!" Cornelio Moontomb clenched his fist after seeing Vale's victorious battle.

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Harith, on the other hand, doesn't feel comfortable after betraying Vale's trust Wouldn't this be too awkward inside the seventh room?

As they were thinking of the consequences of their actions, they heard someone's voice questioning the current situation.

"Hmm? Why is the referee not announcing the winner yet?" Chad asked with a confused tone after seeing how Noah was simply staring at the headless Slender Zombie

This was heard by everyone else and also raised some questions

Yes, the Zombie is still kneeling with its two hands on the floor which is helping its body not to lie down but that should be its defeat already. The Zombie's head has already exploded from Vale's punch!

Is the referee waiting for the Zombie to grow another head to continue the battle?

This confused many of the First-Year students.

However, this didn't take long as they saw the hands of the Zombie start twitching

It's not over yet! This made them confused as they looked at the Zombie with curiosity.

"I won't accept defeat!" Larkin, the summoner of the undead, suddenly shouted in madness as Noah felt a dangerous aura

"Y-you! It's not allowed to use Forbidden Dark Art! Did you not listen?" Noah shouted as he shifted his attention to Vale.

"Vale! Run away! This guy is disqualified! You won the battle! Hurry!" As a Referee, he can certainly disqualify Larkin. However, it might be too late!

As soon as he said this, he felt the burst of energy not too far from him

Boom!

An explosion of dark energy occurred and it all happened from the inside of the Slender Zombie! It was as if Larkin detonated a bomb!

Noah can only protect himself since he was too near to the explosion of energy! As for Vale, he was hoping that he has another technique to save himself or hopefully, the Headmaster can protect him.

Furthermore, the stage has a decent Formation Circle, as long as Vale was able to get out of the stage, he should be protected by this Formation Circle and weaken the explosion blast

Of course, the Formation Circle still has limits and it wouldn't save Vale completely. However, at the very least, it should neutralize about 30% of the explosion.

As for the side of the spectators, there is another Formation Circle there and also Professors who had immediately acted

They used various Dark Spells and Mystical Artifacts to ensure that the Forbidden Spell wouldn't affect the other students.

After a few seconds, everyone heard Larkin's crazy laugh followed by his exhilarated voice.

"Ahem! I'm telling you now that I didn't use a Forbidden Spell! It may look like that but it's simply a chaotic outburst after I tried summoning a different entity using the zombie's body"

The stage was still filled with dark mist and no one knows the situation there Vale was also nowhere to be seen so he probably failed to get off the stage in time.

"You're still disqualified!" Noah said as he was looking at Larkin with cold eyes.

Larkin realized that he has indeed gone overboard for killing a first year but he has no other choice. The moment the sabotage didn't work, he knows that his chances of winning have completely gone down since he underestimated Vale's speed and power.

There was no way he would admit defeat and give his hard-earned Contribution Points It's better to get punished and retain his points.

In any case, he knows that he can't be punished severely since he's one of the strongest candidates that will participate in the Twelve Academies Competition.

"I get it I lost this match." Larkin replied since no one would take his scrolls and contribution points anyway.

However, as soon as he said this, he heard the gasps of the audience as the dark mist created by his zombie's explosion cleared up

There is actually someone up there and standing silently.

"Then it's my win" Vale spoke with a sigh as he looked at Larkin below the stage

This time, Vale almost lost the battle if not for Lotus' sacrifice His Spell Dispersion and Incorruptible Body weren't enough to protect him from that explosion of chaotic energy!

"How?! How did you survive that?! This is impossible!" Larkin shouted in despair but it was drowned by the spectator's cheer for Vale.

The audience started applauding even though they don't understand how Vale just survived that devastating move released by the zombie.

Nevertheless, even if they don't understand what happened, they know that Vale won the match and he deserves to be applauded for that.

In the meantime, Headmaster Jean sat down on his chair and shook his head in disappointment.

'It's a pity that he has to sacrifice his Dark Spirit for that I wonder if he can summon another Dark Spirit with the same ritual If he can, then there's no doubt about it, he should be the Blessed of the Spirit World'