Imperial Capital was very pleasant during the rainy season, compared to Magic capital where it was too damp or cloudy rain was sparser and although humidity persisted he wasn't too bothered maybe it was his elements that made him more attuned to this sort of climate.
Lin Feng had flown over after his training had ended, he had broken through the third realm with difficulty after he became a two element Advanced mage.
He met many familiar faces at the arena, in fact far more than he expected. It wasn't just the national team and Hall members he saw but atleast forty others.
The first step was to eliminate about fifty of them and select the national team and substitutes from about twenty of these guys.
Atleast as an Advanced mage he would have an easier time in these duels. He met the captain and vice captains who were dead set for the national team. As nominees from the military academies they didn't have any further selection hurdles.
Ai Jiangtu was discussing with an old man whom he identified as Song He, the Dean of Imperial Capital University.
Mo Fan was nowhere to be seen but he wasn't suprised, he guessed that Hua Zhanhong didn't want Mo Fan to be too famous before the tournament in a year's time.
Although the selections weren't televised, he had seen a legion of journalists camping near the venue for scoops and interviews. Even the lackluster him had been approached a couple of times.
His first opponent was Zhao Guangli a relative of Manyan's.
Song He watched both of them making their way to the arena and officiated the match.
Lin Feng simply looked at the fellow before preparing himself and less than a second before the start of the match his spell had forced his opponent who hadn't yet learned to cast a Star Orbit instantly to use his equipment.
Violent Waves Billows. (x3)
He could cast Basic spells with a thought which equates to 0.1 of casting time and nearly 0.8 in the case of an intermediate spell.
As for his Advanced spells, it took him 10s when he casted them first which was still where his Earth spells was, as for his Light spell it was around 7.5s.
The fastest he could achieve with improvements to control, experience and Soul seeds were still only 5.6s. Anything less needed him to master the art of instant Intermediate spells.