With a goal in mind, time passed quickly.
Three months later.
At night.
In the courtyard.
Leaves rustled softly as Fang Yu sat cross-legged beneath a tree.
He confirmed his current state.
After three months of accumulation, his Ice element had finally reached completion.
As long as everything went smoothly, he would be able to advance to Level 3 Basic-Tier.
Clearing his mind, he began the breakthrough with full focus.
Within his spiritual world.
The Ice Stardust was covered in a strange aurora-like shell of light.
This was the sign of a breakthrough!
Inside the shell, the Stardust showed obvious yearning and restlessness. It was like a small life within an egg, desperately trying to break free from the layer binding it.
Each surge of brilliance was the Stardust's impact against that restraining layer. Each dimming of light was perhaps the Stardust gathering strength.
"Break!"
Fang Yu pushed forward in one go, charging toward the next realm.
Crack!
Bang!
The breakthrough came with a slight stabbing pain, but that was normal.
After enduring it for a moment, Fang Yu felt as if a great gate had been blasted open, and new power began to gather.
Extremely powerful, filled with icy chill.
When the power finally settled, Fang Yu sensed his spiritual world.
"Level 3 Basic-Tier. Smoother than I expected."
A moment later.
Fang Yu opened his eyes and raised both hands. Instantly, the entire courtyard was swept by what seemed like a raging blizzard. Violent ice and snow descended from the sky, bone-chilling cold, freezing everything in all directions into blocks of ice.
Wild snow fell, the temperature plummeted. This cold felt as though it could freeze the very air!
"Ice Spread · Enshroud!"
Fang Yu stood like a snow demon, proud and cold amid the dense storm of ice and snow.
The entire courtyard turned into a vast expanse of white. Snow and ice were merciless, like a winter catastrophe descending without warning, leaving no living creature any chance of survival.
Perfect!
It had to be said that compared to [Level 2 Basic-Tier's Ice Spread · Solidify], [Level 3 Basic-Tier's Ice Spread · Enshroud] truly embodied the word "freeze."
As long as he had sufficient magic energy, even a massive target within the icy range could gradually be frozen solid.
Fang Yu clenched his fist tightly. The surge of power filled him with joy. In this magic world full of danger, only strength gave him a sense of security.
Without power, one could only be slaughtered at will, without even the ability to say "no."
Now at Basic-Tier Level 3, he was not yet strong, but he was one step closer.
Morning.
Tianlan Magic High School.
Today, they were about to face the cruel outdoor training. If nothing unexpected happened, they would likely encounter real demon beasts.
The instructors had talked about demon beasts for years, yet aside from Fang Yu, none of the students had ever truly seen one.
This time, they would finally witness real demon beasts.
The training would begin with the Seed Class.
After the annual assessment, the Seed Class students had basically mastered seven stars. Now, after more than half a year, everyone should be proficient in their elemental skills.
Only students who had mastered their magic skills were allowed by the school to participate in field training. Ordinary people had no ability to fight back against demon beasts.
Grand Magic Training Field.
The Seed students were chattering, visibly excited.
They treated this training as a wilderness survival exercise.
Having never truly faced demon beasts, they were brimming with confidence, believing that with their magic, they could crush any enemy.
But for now, they could laugh—later, they would cry!
Meanwhile, within the crowd, Mo Fan glanced around, his brows slightly furrowed.
"Why isn't Fang Yu here on the day of the training?
"Did he forget? Or…"
Before Mo Fan could continue thinking, Instructor Xue Musheng spoke from above.
"This outdoor training will be led by the military, with Practical Magic Instructor Tang Yue accompanying the entire process. Student Fang Yu has requested leave due to special circumstances and will not participate in this assessment."
Mo Fan: ???
Zhang Xiaohou: ???
Mu Bai: ????
You can do that?
"What's going on with Old Fang? The evaluation score for this training directly affects our academy applications. It counts for a huge proportion," Mo Fan said in confusion.
"Brother Fang probably has his own plans," Zhang Xiaohou replied.
"What plans could he have?"
"No idea."
"Forget it. Whatever. He's always so mysterious."
After a brief period of preparation.
The Seed students of Tianlan Magic High School boarded their vehicles, crossed the wasteland outside the city, and arrived at the Snow Peak Mountain Post Station.
They got off the vehicles.
The handsome and flamboyant Zhan Kong made his dazzling entrance.
The moment he appeared, he issued a demon-hunting bounty mission to these still green students.
As soon as his words fell, the Seed students erupted into an uproar!
Xue Musheng, Tang Yue, and the other instructors were no longer calm.
What was going on?
Have this batch of students complete a bounty mission?
Was he insane?!
A demon-hunting bounty was something even a mature Hunter Mage team might not be able to accomplish.
Seeing this.
Zhan Kong gathered the instructors and informed them of the plan, to disguise a summoned beast as a demon beast.
Summoned beasts came from the Basic-Tier magic of the Summoning element under Dimensional Magic.
Summoned beasts obeyed their summoner, which kept safety within controllable limits.
Hearing this, the instructors put away their concerns and agreed to the plan.
The next moment.
Zhan Kong raised his voice and said,
"Any team or individual that completes the bounty, I will personally grant a reward, a defensive magic tool."
As soon as he said this, the entire Seed Class grew excited.
All of them were confident they could complete the bounty and claim the magic tool.
Unfortunately, it would not take long before they regretted that confidence.
What they were facing was a servant-level demon beast.
For these inexperienced students, it was a disaster. Under the overwhelming aura of a demon beast, it would already be impressive if they could successfully release their magic.
Ten days later.
For those ten days, Mo Fan and the others hacked through thorns, traveled by starlight, crossed mountains and forests.
It was miserable beyond words.
But they finally reached the mission location. It was the lair of a One-Eyed Magical Wolf.
However, the demon beasts inside had already fallen.
What truly awaited them was a summoned beast belonging to an instructor named Bai Yang.
The Phantom Wolf Beast.
A ferocious wolf head, a neck more powerful than that of an ordinary wild wolf, a body larger than a camel and covered in rock-like muscles, and deep blue fur standing upright like needlepoints.
The moment it appeared, a murderous aura rushed toward them.
The magic students instantly turned into frightened birds, colliding, shoving, and stumbling as they fled in panic.
However Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, Mu Bai, Xu Zhaoting, and a few others were exceptions. They forcibly steadied their minds, controlled their stars, and released magic to counterattack.
It was useless in the end. With no other choice, Mo Fan lured the Phantom Wolf Beast into a cave.
But the Phantom Wolf Beast went out of control.
Yet who was Mo Fan?
The protagonist!
Under the threat of life and death, his Fire element cultivation broke through.
First lightning.
Then fire.
He used Lightning Strike—Level 1's Python Seal to paralyze it, then Fire Burst—Level 2's Burning Bones to shatter the stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling, causing them to crash down.
They pierced straight through the Ghost Wolf Beast's back, driving all the way into its abdomen.
It was pinned there, firmly nailed down!
Soon.
As the Phantom Wolf Beast's life rapidly drained away, its crimson pupils gradually returned to their original green.
It collapsed in disbelief.
In the end, Mo Fan received from Zhan Kong a beginner-level Shield Magic Tool worth several hundred thousand.
The bounty was perfectly completed.
As for the reason the Phantom Wolf Beast went out of control. It was because Bai Yang was a Black Vatican spy hidden within the military.
The plan to destroy Bo City had long been underway, and these people were experimenting with "Mad Spring" outside the city.
It was a concoction derived from the Earth Holy Spring, formulated into a drug that could temporarily enhance the strength of cultivators and living creatures.
Like a stimulant, it drove creatures into a frenzy at the cost of crazily consuming their nutrients and energy, stripping them of rationality.
Coincidentally, the cave occupied by the Phantom Wolf Beast contained remnants of Mad Spring.
Fearing that the Mad Spring would be discovered, and with Mo Fan, a promising talent as an added factor, Bai Yang caused the Phantom Wolf Beast to lose control, intending to kill them all.
Who would have thought he would run into Mo Fan, the protagonist? After a series of dazzling maneuvers, he was killed in return.
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