<strong>ck Fire</strong>


    The few Magi were hiding behind the Shield of Gaia. Together with their innate defense spell, they were safe even from the few stray fragments of rock that struck them.


    “Ji Ji!” Seeing that its attack didn’t have any effect, the strange-formed ck smog finally shifted its attention away from the fantasy springwater. It extended numerous tendrils around the surroundings, which was slowly creeping towards the three Magi.


    “Great! I’ll lure it away! All of you are to collect the fantasy springwater while it’s distracted!”


    The team leader hollered.


    After that, the three Magi constantly retreated while frequently casting spells, luring the strangely-formed ck smog to gradually move away from its original spot.


    The other two members of the team took the chance to quickly eradicate other life forms. When they reached the edge of the fantasy springwater, they were the only beings left.


    Once ke reached the mouth of the spring, he started to chant a mysterious incantation.


    *Rumble!*


    The milky white springwater started to bubble as he steadily chanted in front of the spring.


    *Bang!* Therge quantity of fantasy springwater was being absorbed in midair by ke, just like a whale drinking water. As the water was being absorbed, it concentrated into a milky white gemstone-like object, finallynding in ke’s hands.


    “Hurry up! I won’t be able to hold back the strange-formed ck smog for much longer!”


    When the leader saw that ke and another member were collecting the springwater, he first let out a smile before turning to shock in the next instant.


    After seeing that someone was collectingrge amounts of the delicacy that it was going to consume, the ck smog that was still pursuing the team leader let out a baby-like wail before turning back to charge towards the spring.


    “Dy it to gain more time!” That team leader’s eyes were slightly red.


    “Awoooo!”


    A creature’s holler suddenly came from the sky while the few team members were upied.


    A chill arose in all of the Magi’s heart after hearing that sound. The strange-formed ck smog also stopped its movement as it revealed its enormous yellow eyes, looking warily at the sky.


    They saw an enormous Poison Wyvern. Its body was 30%rger than it should have been, with green scales covered itpletely. The force behind every p of its enormous wings was very powerful.


    “This....This Poison Wyvern seems to be.....”


    That team leader said in a daze.


    “That’s right! That Poison Wyvern that is stronger than an official Magus is the symbol of that Magus! Leader, we’re really lucky this time!” A member of his group smiled wryly as he said that. A sliver of despair appeared on the team leader’s face.


    “Hmm? A strangely-formed ck smog? That’s right, I need its core.....”


    An extremely youthful voice rang out from the Poison Wyvern’s back, and following that statement, a strong magic undtion descended on the entire area.


    The Magi below instantly felt as though an enormous wave was crashing over them. That power was so powerful that they couldn’t resist.


    The strange-formed ck smog that was still dealing with three Magi immediately stopped resisting against them. The powerful aura of its body increased by half and its form shrunk. It looked more substantial and both of its yellow eyes were wide as it stared fixedly at its new opponent. Low snarls could be heard from it.


    Following that person’s voice, a ck hand, which burned with violent ck mes, struck from the back of the Poison Wyvern towards that strange-formed ck smog.


    The areas that the ck hand passed through briefly fluctuated.


    The hand was not yet done, and the stones and grass were blown away roughly, revealing a barrennd.


    The ck smogy right in the middle of this area.


    “Chi chi!” The smog faced the heavens and bellowed, constantly spewing out ck bullets. These bombs that were formed from condensed ck fog seemed to grow eyes and sailed through the air in a strange line, urately intercepting therge hand that burned with ck mes.


    *Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*


    The ck bullets exploded in front of therge hand, but it was clearly ineffective. They were burnt up by the mes, leaving not even a trace on the palm of the hand.


    *Whoosh!*


    The attack from the ck smog was unable to slow down the fieryrge hand. Under the astonished gazes of the surrounding members, the ck ming hand grabbed onto the body of the ck smog.


    “Waah waah!”


    The raging ck mes covered the body of the ck smog in an instant, the smog gradually bing fainter under the mes. It eventually burnt into white steam andpletely evaporated.


    The ck smog’s figure became increasingly smaller, and within a few seconds, it was half its original size. It cried out painfully, its tentacles involuntarily twitching and even rolling on the ground, but this did nothing to deter therge hand.


    The mes persisted and continued to burn away the strange body of the ck smog.


    Another ten minutes passed, and the entire ck smog waspletely destroyed by the ck mes, leaving behind something that looked like a ck pearl.


    This ck pearl waspletely smooth, containing what seemed to be a miniature version of the ck smog, constantly changing its shape.


    *Thud! Thud!*


    The Poison Wyvern in the air had also descended by then, a youthful male Magus jumping off its back. He approached the area where the mes had burnt, retrieving the ck pearl.


    “Arge Poison Wyvern and ck mes! There is no mistake, he must be Four Seasons Garden’s ‘ckfire’ Leylin!”


    This team leader smiled wryly. Earlier he had sensed an immense and terrifying spiritual force with arge amount dark elemental energy. It had reached the battlefield and had been observing their every move.


    Under the surveince of this spiritual force, just moving required more energy than usual; it was naturally impossible to even think about escaping or fighting back.


    “ckfire Leylin? Isn’t that the one from our academy who...”


    A member nearby held his tongue, his expression revealing his shock.


    As Magi of Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, they definitely knew the existence of a potioneering genius who had been involved in a conflict with the Lilytell family and had been subsequently expelled.


    Though it was said that he had already advanced to be an official Magus, hearing rumours and actually seeing it for themselves was apletely different experience.


    In addition, the strength that Leylin exhibited far exceeded the might that a newly-advanced Magus would normally have. Even old men like them could only sigh in longing at his power.


    “It’s such arge area, but we actually managed to bump into him. What luck we have...”


    This Magus team leader shook his hand and quickly stood in front of his teammates. “Go! I’ll stall for time!”


    “Leader!” “Team leader!”


    Several members of the team were reluctant to obey.


    ke disregarded his words and went forward, standing shoulder-to-shoulder by the team leader. “If you’re going to stay behind, then I should be the one doing so. I’m the scout in this group, and it was my fault that we did not discover the enemy...”


    However, with ke’s strength, discovering Leylin was basically impossible. Furthermore, ke’s detection skills only applied to enemies on the ground. For those who were in the air, it waspletely useless.


    “Leader!” The other members seemed to be on good terms with their team leader and hesitated, with another staying behind as well.


    The other two nced at each other, erupting with wind elemental particles around them and moving over ten metres in the blink of an eye. They wildly charged forward, seemingly uncaring of their lives.


    “Why does it feel like I’m the huge viin here?” Opposite them, Leylin stroked his chin and had the sudden urge tough.


    It was quite unexpected that Magi from the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy could be so united in a life or death situation like this.


    However, even the dark Magi had a few friends they were willing to risk their lives for. Had the team members not trusted each other, then their small team would have perished on its first mission and would not havested till this point.


    “Magi from Abyssal Bone Forest Academy?”


    Upon seeing their strangely familiar ck robes, he turned somewhat emotional. Just a few years ago he had been a lowly acolyte who had to be extremely respectful the moment he saw robes that a Magus wore.


    But now, whether these official Magi lived or died was in Leylin’s hands.


    It felt quite strange to face the reversal like this.


    “Do you want to stop resisting, or should I make my move?” Leylin asked indifferently.


    The moment those words were uttered, the situation could no longer be changed.


    “We’re going to go all out! Go!” The team leader showed his firm stance as he yelled.


    *Ka-cha!* There were suddenly two more long ice des in his hands mercilessly shing towards Leylin!


    Tentacles also formed under ke’s feet, squirming and extending till they shaped into arge hammer.


    The hammer was lifted high and ruthlessly mmed towards Leylin.


    Thest Magus used a few support spells on hisrades and set up arge rock shield in front of them.


    “Quite apatiblebination! It’s a pity that it’s useless!”


    Leylin evaluated, seeming to be making no move. From his figure, innumerable shadow tentacles suddenly emerged.


    These shadow feelers seemed to be like nt roots, spreading all over inrge quantities till they practically blotted the sky.


    The world suddenly became dark and gloomy.


    “Shadow Domain!”


    Leylin whispered, and his body became a ck figure, dissipating into the air.


    *Boom! Boom!*


    The ice des and huge hammer struck the floor, leaving behind two huge holes with traces of green smoke emitting around them.


    “Take care of our defense!” The team leader roared.


    “It’s toote! Within the shadows, I am everywhere!”


    ck light shed, and Leylin’s figure appeared behind the rock shield.