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The two arrived above Bocheng and saw countless flames bursting like fireworks, transforming into fireballs that bombarded the Winged Cang Wolf. The Sky Eagle was still continuously attacking and harassing the Winged Cang Wolf.

"Whoa~ So this is the power of High Mage magic. It's really incredible." Even from so far away, Lin Lan and Mo Fan could still feel waves of heat washing over them.

"Let's go to the Mu Family."

The Winged Cang Wolf was currently fighting several High Mages. No matter how powerful its senses were, it could no longer spare attention to attack Lin Lan. The two successfully reached the Mu Family estate.

The place had lost its former splendor. Corpses littered the courtyard, along with several wandering One-Eyed Demon Wolves. A Blood-patterned Giant Rat, covered in streaks of blood-red markings, was an evolved form of the Giant-Eyed Stinky Rat.

"I'll handle it~" Mo Fan was about to step forward when Lin Lan stopped him. Tang Yue had given Mo Fan two Star Chart Books, and together with the two he had bought earlier, he had four in total. He had already used two during the Vanguard Squad mission, so he needed to conserve the rest.

"Spatial Rhythm—Compression." The strength of the Space Element lay in its unpredictable transformations and its ability to combine offense and defense. It was mysterious and powerful. Lin Lan's mental strength had already reached the peak of the third realm, and he would soon break through into the fourth. Suppressing a few One-Eyed Demon Wolves and a Blood-patterned Giant Rat was effortless.

"Lightning Seal—Raging Strike! Fire Burst—Explosion!" Seeing that all the demons had been suppressed and rendered unable to move, like lambs waiting for slaughter, Mo Fan began casting magic and blasted them to death one by one. Specks of firefly-like Remnant Souls were absorbed by Little Mudfish.

"Let's go inside and take a look." Lin Lan called to Mo Fan and prepared to head in. If they found any Star Dust Magic Tools or Demon Slaying Tools that had been left behind in the rush, they would have struck gold. Mo Fan clearly thought of the same thing and eagerly followed.

"Why is this door locked?" Seeing the lock, Mo Fan used all his strength to wrench it apart.

"Couldn't you just blast it open with Fire Magic?" Lin Lan rubbed his forehead, impressed by Mo Fan's behavior.

"I'm just used to dealing with this kind of situation from before~" Mo Fan gave an awkward smile. "Fire Burst—Bone Burning." The instant Mo Fan cast Fire Burst, the door caught fire. After letting it burn for a while, he kicked it open. "Bang~" The door crashed to the ground.

"Why does this feel a little like breaking into someone's house?" Mo Fan looked around nervously, though his actions showed no such hesitation.

"What do you know? We're here to save people~" Lin Lan replied calmly.

The two walked through the place while looking around. It was quite clean inside, with no signs of a demon invasion. Many objects had been knocked onto the floor. The Mu Family members had likely all gone to the Safety Barrier. Since it was nearby, they had probably locked the doors before leaving.

"Mo Fan, do you know where the Mu Family usually keeps their valuables?" Lin Lan was not familiar with the place. He had only come here once for a gathering, so he wondered if Mo Fan knew.

"How would I know? I only came here a few times when I was little, and I've forgotten most of it. But I think I remember where Mu Ningxue's room is. Come with me." A thought suddenly struck Mo Fan, and he grinned as he led Lin Lan away. Mo Fan really did pay attention to the important things—he remembered what mattered most clearly.

Lin Lan followed Mo Fan to Mu Ningxue's room. It was not locked, and the door opened with a single push. The room was large, with blue curtains and a white desk. It was tastefully furnished and carried a faint fragrance.

"Mo Fan, let's go. This doesn't look like a place with anything valuable." Lin Lan had already scanned the room with his senses and found nothing resembling a magic tool. There were quite a few photographs, though.

"Wait... Lanzi, this seems to be a photo of Mu Ningxue when she was little." Mo Fan hurriedly stopped Lin Lan and picked up a photo to inspect it.

"Let me see." Lin Lan leaned over curiously. In the small photograph, Mu Ningxue was a child with large eyes and an adorable face, smiling brightly.

"Take it. You can return it to her after we get back." As Lin Lan spoke, Mo Fan prepared to put it away. "Wait, Lanzi, put it in your Spatial Storage." Mo Fan knew this might be important to Mu Ningxue, so he wanted Lin Lan to keep it somewhere safer to prevent it from getting lost. Lin Lan casually took it and placed it in his Spatial Storage.

After leaving, the two turned a corner and arrived before a much larger room. "This should be Mu Zhuoyun's room. There might be plenty of good stuff inside." Mo Fan quickly opened the door and entered, with Lin Lan following close behind.

"Hahaha~ There really is something here." Mo Fan was delighted. Their trip had not been for nothing after all. Sure enough, the drawers contained equipment.

"Let's go, Mo Fan. There probably isn't anything else here. I think their cultivation resources would be stored somewhere else. Hunting demons outside is more profitable than this." Lin Lan led Mo Fan away as he spoke. "Here~ This one's for you." Mo Fan handed Lin Lan a Basic-tier Star Dust Magic Tool, which Lin Lan casually put into his storage space.

"I suspect that the cave beneath Inscription Girls' Middle School has been reopened by the Black Vatican. Mo Fan, come with me." Once they reached the street, Lin Lan spoke to Mo Fan in a grave tone. His suspicion was not without reason. The rain had stopped earlier, yet the number of demons had increased geometrically. The only explanation was that something had gone wrong with the demon cave...

Above Bocheng, the Winged Cang Wolf had been beaten to the brink of death. Several types of High Mage magic had battered it until it was crippled. The Sky Eagle continued fighting it at close range, leaving it unable to even release a breath attack.

"Ice Coffin—Falling Strike." Icy-blue magical light lit up in the female adjudicator's eyes. In an instant, a Star Chart appeared beneath her feet, followed by another in the next second. Like an enormous snowflake blooming from an ice mountain, they shone with dazzling brilliance. The Star Charts intersected, forming a massive ice-and-snow constellation. The High Mage Ice Magic created majestic mountains of ice, carrying freezing cold that sealed everything as they crashed toward the Winged Cang Wolf.

The Winged Cang Wolf had no way to dodge. It raised its fleshy wings in front of itself, but the mountains of ice formed by the Ice Coffin struck it solidly. The immense impact and freezing ice locked its wings in place, smashing the entire wolf into the ground and blasting out a massive crater.

"BOOM~~~~~~~!!!"

"Sky Flame Funeral—Flame Rain." Star Charts lit up one after another beneath Zhan Kong's feet, forming a constellation. The constellation beneath him radiated an aura that seemed capable of devouring everything. Fiery clouds blanketed the sky, and a rain of fire poured down from above, its dazzling red flames igniting the entire heavens. Under this ritual of fire, the severely injured Winged Cang Wolf had no strength left to resist. It was baptized by a sea of flames on the ground and burned alive by the blazing fire.

"Holy crap~ That Ice Coffin, that Sky Flame Funeral—they're insane! The Winged Cang Wolf has to be dead now!!!" Mo Fan's eyes were wide with awe, and longing filled his heart.

Only mages who mastered magic of that level could truly stand on their own!

Along the way, the two encountered quite a few demons. However, after the Winged Cang Wolf's death, they all seemed to be fleeing nonstop into the wilderness, desperate to get away from Bocheng. Those that were not killed by the two were eliminated by other mages.

Above the building at Inscription Girls' Middle School.

"Yu Ang, let's go~ The plan has been completed, and the Winged Cang Wolf is dead. We should head back as well," a Black-robed Scholar said to Yu Ang.

"Wait... I think I've run into some old acquaintances. I'll go have some fun with them. You head back first~" The masked Yu Ang revealed a vicious look as he stared at Mo Fan and Lin Lan below.

Lin Lan and Mo Fan had only just reached the entrance when a group of Black Beast Demons surrounded them. A masked man appeared before them.

"Hahahaha... Mo Fan, you didn't expect this, did you? I didn't expect to run into you here either." Yu Ang laughed maniacally, as though he could take their lives whenever he wished.

"You are... Yu Ang." Mo Fan found the voice familiar. After thinking for a while, he finally remembered.

"That's right~ It's me." Yu Ang tore off his mask, revealing half a face so badly corroded that his teeth and facial bones could be seen.

"Mo Fan, do you know..."

"Sky Flash—Thunderbolt—Toppling Strike!"

A Star Chart lit up beneath Lin Lan's feet, and lightning shot toward Yu Ang at tremendous speed. Yu Ang was completely stunned. Before he could even finish speaking, terrifying lightning blasted toward the other half of his face.

"Cursed Beast Demon!" At that moment, Yu Ang summoned a Cursed Beast Demon to block the attack. The Cursed Beast Demon let out a painful howl, "Awooo, awooo~" as the lightning nearly killed it, while Yu Ang was also struck by the electric arcs.

"You little bastard, you're even more underhanded than the Black Vatican! Get them!" Seeing that things were going badly, Yu Ang ordered all the Black Beast Demons to pounce on the two of them. He himself dragged his lightning-numbed leg and fled in a hurry.

"Spatial Rhythm—Compression."

"Fiery Fist—Exploding Heavens."

The Black Beast Demons and the half-dead Cursed Beast Demon were first immobilized, then incinerated by flames. They were completely useless, and just like that, it was over.

The Winged Cang Wolf had been killed, the demon passage had been destroyed, the surviving people in the city had been rescued, and the wandering demons had been hunted down. The disaster in Bocheng had finally come to an end.