"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah—"
Everyone screamed involuntarily, unable to bear watching Mo Fan sacrifice himself.
But Lightning Elementalization saved Mo Fan's life once again. Choosing this ability back then had indeed been the right decision.
The Ghost Wolf Beast's attack did not hurt Mo Fan in the slightest. Even he was stunned.
Mo Fan took a step back, dispelled Lightning Elementalization, and said, "Stop screaming. I'm fine. Let's go at it together and take it down."
Sharp purple light flashed in Xu Zhaoting's dark eyes. They were both Lightning Mages—he could not let Mo Fan look down on him.
"Thunder Seal - Wild Strategy!!"
Xu Zhaoting raised his hand above his head. Violent Lightning Elements continuously gathered in his palm, followed by his furious shout.
A purple lightning serpent formed from Lightning Elements exploded with a thunderous crack as it struck the Ghost Wolf Beast. Arcs of electricity crawled across its body, paralyzing its muscles and leaving it unable to move.
"Fire Seed: Bone Burning!"
"Fire Seed: Bone Burning!!"
Zhou Min and Mo Fan hurled Level Two Fire Seeds one after the other. One Fire Seed might not have been enough to kill the Ghost Wolf Beast, but two stacked together produced tremendous power.
Bai Yang froze. He had not expected these students to be so strong. Working together, they had killed his second Ghost Wolf Beast.
The mental backlash from his summoned beast's death immediately made him spit out another mouthful of blood. He gasped heavily, inwardly lamenting that his days were numbered, when his vision suddenly went dark.
Mo Fan had walked over and stood before him.
After the Ghost Wolf Beast died, a Lingering Soul Remnant floated out. After Little Loach collected it, there were seven Lingering Soul Remnants in Little Loach's space. Little Loach condensed them into an Essence Soul that glimmered with cyan light.
Honestly, even Mo Fan was somewhat shocked. Based on the experience from his previous life, he would have needed to kill at least a dozen, perhaps even twenty demon beasts before the Lingering Soul Remnants collected could condense into an Essence Soul.
Yet he had never seen seven Lingering Soul Remnants condense into an Essence Soul before. It was probably because the remnants had been preserved relatively well.
Mo Fan's consciousness entered the Celestial Spirit Codex. Servant-level creatures were the most numerous. The world was full of strange and varied lifeforms, and it was normal for some weak creatures to possess bizarre abilities.
For the moment, he could disregard creatures from the Magic Plane and the Summoning Plane. Among Servant-level beings, the only ones that could still help Mo Fan were Dark creatures.
The Dark Dimension was vast and rich, and its Dark creatures were more varied than those of the Magic Plane and Summoning Plane. Mo Fan's consciousness swept through them in an instant, quickly settling on the creature he wanted to illuminate.
Ghost Clan—Blood-robed Fierce Ghost!
There was only one Dark Star within the soul shadow. It required only one Essence Soul to activate, and its ability was somewhat terrifying: Bloodthirsty Soul Extraction.
By harvesting a prey's blood, it could weave a blood-red robe for itself. With the robe, it could switch between spiritual and physical form.
Spiritual form differed from Elementalization. Elementalization merely granted immunity to physical attacks; if it encountered attacks from other elements, it could still be injured.
Spiritual form was more comprehensive than Elementalization, as it could even immunize elemental attacks. However, damage from spiritual magic such as curses would be amplified.
But that was not its most terrifying aspect. The most terrifying part was that this skill could extract a prey's Essence Soul at maximum efficiency through torture. The harsher the torture, the more complete the Essence Soul would be.
Mo Fan did not hesitate. He guided the Essence Soul into the Blood-robed Fierce Ghost's Dark Star. The Dark Star burned, like a dead star that had lain dormant for ages suddenly bursting back to life. The entire soul shadow was stirred, becoming vibrant and vigorous.
The outer outline of the soul shadow lit up with a fluorescent glow. Compared to the other soul shadows, the Blood-robed Fierce Ghost's soul shadow was exceptionally lifelike.
Once the soul shadow was fully activated, a gentle force flowed along his veins and into Mo Fan's Spiritual Universe. His Spiritual Power was growing.
During the early stages of a mage's cultivation, increasing Spiritual Power was always the most difficult task. Why could some mages never enter the Intermediate stage in their entire lives? It was because their Spiritual Power was too low.
Yet activating a soul shadow could strengthen Spiritual Power. That was an unexpected delight.
Mo Fan wandered within the Celestial Spirit Codex for a long time, but only three seconds had passed in the outside world.
Mo Fan looked down at Bai Yang. This villain was also one of the chief culprits behind Bocheng's disaster. Simply killing him would be letting him off too easily.
Bloodthirsty Soul Extraction
Mo Fan immediately used the ability he had just obtained. He stretched out his hand and placed it above Bai Yang's head.
Although Bai Yang was vomiting blood, a mage's powerful physique meant he would not die anytime soon. If he was lucky, he might even survive.
You little bastard, you will die a horrible death. As long as I survive today, I will make you suffer so much that you regret it for the rest of your life, Bai Yang viciously imagined.
But Bai Yang's expression quickly froze, because wound after wound began appearing on his body, as if he had been subjected to a thousand cuts.
Blood flowed from the wounds, yet it did not drip to the ground. Instead, it rose into the air like vapor. His blood gradually misted over and began weaving itself into a scarlet feathered robe.
What is going on? Between this brat and me, who is actually from the Black Flood Pavilion? Why does he look like some evil cultivator? Bai Yang thought in shock and fear.
Wait.
Bai Yang's vision suddenly flickered. His expression instantly turned to utter horror, his pupils filled with dread, terror, and fear!
In his vision, a vicious ghost draped in a crimson robe had appeared beside Mo Fan. Its face could not be seen clearly; only a snowy-white chin and crimson lips were visible.
The people behind Mo Fan could not see the Fierce Ghost's figure, but they could see Bai Yang's blood flowing backward, along with his agonized, miserable screams.
Even Xue Musheng could not bear it any longer and said, "Mo Fan, we should leave him for the Military Department to deal with."
Mo Fan replied coldly, "Teacher Xue, if you cannot bear it, then think of all the humans who died miserably at the hands of demon beasts. Haven't we seen enough of that along the way?"
At those words, Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Xiaohou's eyes instantly reddened. They grabbed Xue Musheng by the shoulders and said, "Brother Fan, you killed him well! I hate scum like this so much that I wish I could eat his flesh raw and drink his blood alive!!"
Mu Bai's expression also turned solemn. "I think Mo Fan did the right thing."
Xue Musheng did not know whether to laugh or cry. "What kind of person do you take me for? Ten years ago, I was also a Military Mage guarding one region, alright? I'm not that soft-hearted."
"I only wanted to hand him over to the Military Department first so Mo Fan could get some reward money. Once the disaster is over, we can kill him in front of the entire city!!"
The Blood-robed Fierce Ghost extended its scarlet tongue and licked its pale ghost claw before thrusting it into Bai Yang's body and forcibly dragging out his soul.
What it seized was a soul, but once pulled out, it transformed into a blue Essence Soul. Star-like specks seemed to swirl inside it, though Mo Fan did not know whether his eyes were playing tricks on him.
It seemed that the quality of a human's Essence Soul was tied to their magical level. A Beginner Mage's soul could only condense into a Servant-level Essence Soul.
Mo Fan stored the Essence Soul in Little Loach's space, then said, "Everyone, head to the Safe Zone first. I'm afraid things will change if we delay!!"
Mo Fan felt that he had handled this conflict rather well. At the very least, not a single person by his side had died.
After crossing the bridge, the warm Light Screen barrier, towering like a city wall, was close at hand. Guardian Mages from the Magic Association stood guard outside.
After entering the Safe Zone, Mo Fan said to the nearest Military Mage, "I'm Mo Fan. I want to see Zhan Kong."
That Military Mage was stunned. I came to notify you—how did it turn into you notifying me instead??
(A complimentary picture of the Blood-robed Fierce Ghost.)
PK begins Friday night. Brothers, give it your all. If we make it onto the PK rankings, I'll post extra chapters.)
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