And it is one of the more powerful beings among First Rank Demon Beasts, otherwise it wouldn’t feed on the brains of other Magic Beasts.
This Brain-eating Flower has already reached its maturity, and the fruit at the center of the flower that resembles a human brain constantly emits an extremely enticing aroma. Its temperament is also very fierce, but under the suppression of the Elite Wizards with Magic Rings, it can only rage impotently.
Next to the Rune Formation, there are roughly two groups of Magic Ring Wizards gathered.
These wizards aren’t paying much attention to the Brain-eating Flower in the middle, almost all of their focus is on each other.
The arrival of Ronan and his party has drawn the attention of both groups of Magic Ring Wizards.
Their group’s blond leader, Viren, walked over to the two groups after entering the scene, and two leading figures from both groups of wizards also stepped forward.
The three of them gathered together and casually set up a sound-proofing Array, appearing to secretly discuss something.
"How big is the chance of success if I act now?"
Ronan stood among the crowd, staring at the Brain-eating Flower in the center of the Array, his eyes turning contemplatively as he silently calculated his chances of success.
To obtain the Brain-eating Flower, the first step is to break the Array.
Seeing that the Rune Formation remains firm under the fierce attacks of the Late First Rank Stage Brain-eating Flower, its defense is estimated to be close to or even reaching a Second-tier Category.
The second step is to pluck the Brain-eating Flower, and it’s highly likely to be attacked by it in the process.
The third step is to leave the scene quickly.
These three steps, for Ronan, are actually not difficult; the difficult part is how to leave unscathed under the joint attack of the Elite Wizards with Magic Rings after obtaining the Brain-eating Flower.
Ronan counted and saw that the three parties present together consisted of roughly around thirty wizards who achieved the Late Level 1 Stage.
No matter how fast he is at the first two steps, it would still take at least a few seconds, and this time is enough for a Late Level 1 Stage Wizard to cast a First Rank Magic.
In other words, if he decides to make a move now, he needs to be prepared to "take a bath" in the thirty-odd First Rank Magics.
"Let’s wait a bit longer, see how these guys handle it.."
Ronan exhaled and suppressed the eagerness within him for the time being.
After waiting a while longer, the sound-proofing Array among the crowd was lifted, and the blonde youth Viren, who had earlier gone to negotiate, walked back expressionlessly.
Wizards from the Second Magic Ring immediately gathered around him. Ronan wanted to follow, but feeling a strong sense of rejection, "sensibly" stayed where he was without moving.
"How did it go, Viren? What’s their attitude?"
As soon as the blonde young man Viren stood still, a fellow wizard quickly asked.
Viren answered calmly, "They plan to determine the ownership of the Brain-eating Flower through a duel.
Each side sends eight people, face-to-face duels, and the side with the most victories gets the Brain-eating Flower.."
The wizards started counting the people on their side subconsciously.
"Along with that Seventh Magic Rings lad Beyoncé brought back, we have exactly eight people."
Viren nodded and said faintly, "They set the number of people in the duel to eight to accommodate us."
"Is that really accommodating?"
Some faces turned unsightly, glancing at a certain young man who was excluded from the group, "With that boy only at Intermediate Level 1 Stage, wouldn’t we be guaranteed to lose one match?"
Someone frowned, "If we knew this earlier, we wouldn’t have allowed him to join. We would have had a better chance at winning.."
Beyoncé, in the crowd, couldn’t help standing up to defend herself, feeling that these words were more or less blaming her, "Who knew beforehand that it would be this kind of setup.."
"It doesn’t matter the setup, to us he’s always..."
Viren shouted lowly, stopping the "accusations" from the others.
Viren gave Beyoncé a comforting look and said, "Beyoncé’s initial intent was for the good of everyone..."
Viren paused, glancing over at the young man in the distance, and slowly said, "Later, I’ll see if I can arrange for this Seventh Magic Rings lad to face Barbus or the one leading the Third Magic Ring team..."
"They will definitely use the same tactics against you."
"Do you have a better plan?"
The person who retorted fell silent, and so did the rest.
Viren swept his gaze over everyone and announced blandly, "All right, everyone get ready, every fight coming up is very important for us."
The crowd nodded silently.
"How did it go, did you figure out how to proceed?"
Seeing the Wizards from the Second Magic Ring returning one by one, Ronan casually asked Beyoncé, with whom he had a decent relationship.
Beyoncé managed a weak smile at him, "They plan to decide the ownership of the Brain-eating Flower through a duel, and you will also represent us in the fight. If we end up winning, you will certainly get a share..."
Ronan was momentarily surprised, a bit unexpected.
But upon reflection, amongst members of the same Magic Rings, finding a way to compete without ruining the harmony seemed to be indeed the most acceptable method.
Seeing his reaction, Beyoncé thought he was worried about the upcoming match and whispered comfortingly, "Don’t worry, if you don’t think you can win your match later, just concede directly. There’s no shame in that..."
Ronan nodded and said no more.
Very soon, a large open space was cleared beside the Rune Formation where the Brain-eating Flower was trapped.
Ronan had learned that the other two groups of Magic Ring Wizards competing with Viren and their side came from the First and Third Magic Rings.