The group of a dozen or so people who escaped the bewitching spiders suffered no casualties as described in the original story.
It's fortunate that I'm only mentally and physically exhausted.
Another day has passed.
As they continued along the railway, they encountered several more general-level demons along the way.
They were all instantly killed by Mu Ningxue's Ice Crystal Bow, leaving no trace of trouble.
After arriving at the next designated task point without any major incidents, the group immediately began calculating data.
But before they could finish their calculations, they noticed that twenty or thirty figures were rapidly approaching from a distance.
Upon seeing outsiders approaching, the crowd gathered towards the railway tracks.
They looked at the group of men and women dressed as guardians of the Dharma with wary expressions.
However, several people who had dealt with Master Wei noticed that the clothing of these Master Weis was somewhat similar to the clothing of Master Weis they had seen before.
However, there are significant differences in color.
Beside these somewhat special guardians followed a giant, snow-white eagle.
These giant eagles are Sky Eagles, demons tamed by the Guardians, serving as their aerial mobility force.
"Master Wei? Is he here to rescue us?"
"But we didn't call for backup!"
Zhao Manyan, standing in the group, looked at the somewhat strange Wei Fashi with a puzzled expression, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Are you here to take us back?
Zhao Mingyue and Jingjing from the Imperial Capital Academy waved, but did not step forward immediately.
They first glanced at the opposite side, and finally focused their attention on Mu Ningxue, who was standing at the front of the line.
Some of the others breathed a sigh of relief, some couldn't figure it out, and some felt something was wrong, but none of them took the initiative to step out.
Only Lu Zhenghe's eyes flickered, his gaze sweeping over Mo Fan several times.
Mo Fan, who had long noticed Lu Zhenghe's excessive gaze directed at him, had begun to become wary.
His body tensed involuntarily, and the nebula in his mental universe began to spin violently—a preparatory move for releasing magic quickly.
At the same time, his elbow unconsciously bumped into Zhao Manyan's upper arm.
Zhao Manyan, who had already agreed on a coded signal with Mo Fan, tensed up immediately when he realized that Mo Fan was touching his upper arm.
Their code is: the upper arm represents great danger, and the lower arm represents minor danger.
Could there be something wrong with the mage on the other side?
At this moment, Mu Ningxue, who was standing at the front of the group, saw that the other party was still walking towards her without making any gesture. She immediately condensed the Ice Crystal Bow in her hand.
Mu Nujiao and Bai Tingting, who were standing nearby, immediately went on alert upon seeing Mu Ningxue's actions.
Seeing Mu Ningxue condense the Ice Crystal Bow, the students who were about to step forward to ask questions immediately stopped, somewhat puzzled by the current situation.
"Everyone stop and state your organization, name, and the purpose of your visit."
One of the team members, who had previously dealt with Master Wei, noticed something was wrong and immediately asked Master Wei loudly.
In the wild, you can only trust your own people.
Even if the person opposite is dressed as a mage, who knows if they are an imposter?
Seeing the students' wariness, the monks led by Lu Nian paused slightly.
Lu Nian first looked at Mu Ningxue, who was in the lead, and noticed that the ice bow in her hand had already formed ice arrows.
Sensing the intense threat emanating from the ice arrow aimed at him, Lu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly.
He glanced at Mo Fan in the opposing team and realized that things weren't going as smoothly as he had imagined.
The threat emanating from the ice arrow, especially from the girl in the lead, grew increasingly intense.
"Fellow students, we are members of the Imperial Capital Guardian Mage Research Institute. I am Lu Nian..."
As soon as Lu Nian uttered his name, a sudden change occurred.
Mu Ningxue turned around abruptly, aimed the ice arrow she had condensed on her ice bow at Lu Zhenghe's direction, and released it instantly.
He simply gathered most of his power before releasing the ice arrow.
To everyone's astonishment, the ice arrow pierced through Lu Zhenghe's shoulder blade.
Before anyone could see what was happening next, Mu Ningxue conjured another ice arrow, containing all the power she could unleash, and locked onto Lu Nian on the other side.
He drew his bow and released the arrow again.
Mu Ningxue moved quickly, her movements fluid and graceful.
Lu Zhenghe didn't have time to react before the ice arrow pierced his bones and pinned him to the ground.
Seeing the ice arrow hurtling towards him, Lu Nian on the opposite side roared:
"spread!!!"
"Rock Barrier!!! Rock Demon's Eye!!!"
As Lu Nian faced the approaching ice arrow, he immediately unleashed a mid-level earth-type magic defense.
That wasn't enough, so he used high-level earth magic to reduce the power of the ice arrows.
But it is, after all, a high-level ice magic, and it cannot be melted away in an instant.
The ice arrow exploded instantly after piercing the rock barrier.
The remaining mage guards, who were originally fleeing, were immediately enveloped by the ice and snow carried by the ice arrows, and the icy aura slowed down everyone's movements.
Several Dharma Masters were unable to escape in time and were turned into ice sculptures.
Mu Ningxue's sudden attack startled everyone.
"Mu Ningxue, you..."
Some people in the Imperial Capital Academy wanted to question Mu Ningxue, but Lu Nian's words to them chilled their hearts.
"Kill them all, leave no one alive!"
The twenty-odd mages who had escaped the calamity revealed their true colors, immediately conjuring magic in their hands, ready to kill the people in front of them.
Lu Nian, whose right arm was pierced by the remaining ice arrows, now had a ferocious expression on his face, and no longer had the arrogant and disdainful look he had at the beginning.
He became even more frantic after seeing his younger brother hit by an ice arrow and left in a state of life or death.
After all, Lu Zhenghe was the last descendant of their Lu Nian lineage.
Mu Ningxue's sudden attack, coupled with the merciless magic unleashed by the opposing mage to kill, caused the group of students, fresh out of the ivory tower, to panic and flee.
Only Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Bai Tingting remained standing, preparing for the next battle.
Even Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan wanted to escape from here temporarily.
Mu Ningxue conjured ice arrows once more from her Ice Crystal Bow, while Lu Nian's eyes flashed with brown light as he prepared to unleash [Rock Demon's Eye].
Just as a great battle was about to break out, the magic that the Guardian Mage had just gathered suddenly dissipated.
Just as the monks were about to pursue and kill the students from the two academies, they all felt a sharp pain in their legs and fell to the ground, followed by screams of agony.
As for Lu Nian, he suddenly lost sensation in his limbs, and a sharp pain and a feeling of powerlessness came over him.
The Rock Demon's Eye, which was about to condense, could no longer be maintained and dissipated into the air.
The sudden turn of events caused the students, who were fleeing in all directions, to stop in their tracks and freeze in place.
Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were still thinking of rushing into the woods when they saw the mage who had lost his fighting ability in the blink of an eye, and they stopped in their tracks.
Mu Ningxue, who was gathering ice arrows, Mu Nujiao, who was preparing to release plant-based magic, and Bai Tingting, who was preparing to release summoning magic, remained in their current state and did not release their spells immediately.
Until a figure slowly appeared three meters in front of Mu Ningxue and the other two.
They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the clothes and appearance of the person who had suddenly appeared.
They simply dissipated the magic they were about to unleash into the air.
The person who appeared before the three was none other than the attendant who had secretly followed Su Lan this time.
Talia!
Although Talia does not appear in front of outsiders, they have all seen her in Su Lan's suite.
At the time, Talia looked like a housekeeper.
At this moment, however, he was holding two blood-stained, knife-like demonic weapons.