Full-Time Mage: Starting from Obtaining the White Tiger Pendant

Because this was compiled from information gathered by various Demon Hunting Squads and military reconnaissance.

This saved Lu Jun a great deal of effort. Coupled with several days of constantly consulting those veteran soldiers and hunters, he could barely be considered a qualified hunter—at least he wouldn't get lost, could find water sources, and knew how to read tracks and droppings to avoid danger while hunting down the magic wolves.

At this moment, two figures darted through the dense forest—one tall and graceful, the other slightly shorter and leaner.

Following the military map's directions, Lu Mei arrived at a low valley. The two immediately spotted magic wolf droppings and some beast bones.

"I'm a Wind Element mage. I'll go scout first."

Seeing this, Lu Mei took the lead without hesitation.

Lu Jun didn't argue or try to show off. He watched his elder sister's graceful figure disappear into the distance, then quietly crouched in the downwind bushes of the valley, draped in camouflage.

Before long, Lu Mei returned on a Wind Track, her expression grave. "I've confirmed it's a nest of magic wolves. I took a look from afar—the alpha isn't a Commander, but it's at the Advancement Period Servant-level. Not easy to deal with."

The so-called Advancement Period, in layman's terms, meant half-step Commander. Demons at this stage were clearly a cut above others of the same rank, undergoing a critical transformation.

With no injuries and ample nutrition, they could advance in as little as a few months or as long as a year or two.

An Advancement Period Servant-level demon wasn't something an Elementary Mage could handle. Even a dozen of them would be slaughtered. Only an Intermediate Mage could severely wound it with a single Intermediate Magic.

"Can I hold off fifty Servant-level wolves alone?"

Lu Jun frowned and asked further, "Did you check the surroundings? There shouldn't be any other demons nearby, right?"

His elder sister shook her head. "No. Near a nest's territory, there are basically no threatening creatures that survive."

The biggest taboo in demon hunting was having another demon force suddenly intrude midway through a planned operation.

Next, Lu Jun swept his gaze across the terrain. His sharp eyes caught a small hill at the edge of the distant valley where a landslide had occurred. Judging by the mountaintop's width, it could accommodate at most three One-Eyed Magic Wolves attacking at once.

If he fell into a pack of fifty wolves, he might not last long. But with only three wolves at a time, he wouldn't retreat from the front line until his magic power ran out.

Hearing her younger brother's words, Lu Mei's eyes lit up. "That works. I checked that spot—the slope is slippery, and it backs onto a lake. If we really can't win, we can cast Water Shield and jump down to escape easily."

The two circled around and climbed to the mountaintop along the rugged slope. Lu Jun looked at the relatively flat platform and suggested, "We can place some boulders here. If we run out of magic during the fight, we can push them down to physically knock back the wolves."

Lu Mei said confidently, "Easy. Watch me, the Earth and Wood Mage, do some heavy construction."

There was no need for a Primary Level Three Earth Element spell. Level One [Earth Wave] would suffice.

Rumble!

As she spoke, she skillfully controlled her star tracks. An apricot-yellow trail traced out, the ground beneath her feet trembled, and layers of earth rolled like waves, forcibly lifting the boulders at the foot of the mountain and transporting them up one by one.

The landslide was like an automatic elevator, rising and falling slowly without any effort.

Before long, the mountaintop was packed with seven or eight boulders as tall as a person.

Lu Jun swept his gaze around again, then walked to the cliff's edge and looked down. A clear lake came into view. Everything was foolproof!

He felt a realization dawn on him—for the first time, he understood the wonder of magic. Even a well-used Primary Magic could be deadly and endlessly versatile.

The two rested for a while, recovering their full state. Then Lu Mei stood up and said to her younger brother with a smile, "Stand right here and don't move. I'll go lure the magic wolves over."

Hearing this, the corner of Lu Jun's mouth twitched, and he shot back without hesitation, "Got it, Mom!"

Lu Mei, who had been walking away, stumbled slightly. She turned her head and gave him a reproachful glare, her eyes incredibly charming.

A little joke before the fight lightened both their moods considerably.

Lu Jun summoned his Gold Heavy Sword in advance and also added Level Two Water Shield.

Not long after his elder sister left, standing on the mountaintop, he saw a fierce dust storm rise from the valley below, like a tornado. Without a doubt, it was Lu Mei's Intermediate Wind Disk blowing the nest apart.

Buzz!

Immediately after, he felt the ground tremble slightly. Thick smoke rolled in the distance, and he estimated about fifty demons were chasing his sister.

A moment later, a 'whoosh' of wind brushed past—it was Lu Mei's figure flickering back. She gasped for breath, still shaken, and said, "They're coming. Get ready."

"Good. You hide behind me and cast spells."

Lu Jun's expression turned serious. He gripped his heavy sword and stood at the mountaintop path before him. The sword expanded threefold, like a giant door panel, standing tall. An aura of "one man holding the pass, ten thousand cannot break through" naturally arose.

Behind him, Lu Mei looked over and saw the domineering silhouette standing with sword in hand. She was momentarily stunned, a sense of security inexplicably rising in her heart. Then she covered her face—was she really getting all lovesick?

Thump, thump, thump!

At this moment, Lu Jun had no time to pay attention to his elder sister. He gazed down at the vast beast horde charging up the mountain. This wasn't an exaggeration—if fifty minivans lined up and charged across an endless desert, the feeling would be just as overwhelming.

Any creature standing in front of them would tremble uncontrollably, even instinctively dodge.

But Lu Jun had been tempered. The fiercer the scene, the more his inner killing intent blazed. The Shock Gold Sword in his hand seemed to perceive its master's mood and let out a faint sword cry.

Fortunately, the two were on the peak. When the cloud of yellow dust at the foot of the mountain reached the base, the wolves' speed slowed. The effort needed to climb the hill completely hindered the pack's charge.

Chapter 22 Intermediate Wind Disk

When the smoke at the foot of the mountain cleared, Lu Jun saw a pack of One-Eyed Magic Wolves crowding together, vying with each other to rush up the slope, as if they wished they could tear Lu Mei to shreds.

The wolves' anger was easy to understand. They had been lounging in the valley, full and basking in the sun, when a Wind Disk swept away their home and instantly killed some of the pack's cubs and offspring.

Now it was practically a fight to the death.

Lu Jun gripped his heavy sword, his gaze fixed on the wolf pack. When the fifty magic wolves had covered a third of the distance, he calculated internally and decisively said, "That's far enough—release the boulders now!"

He wasn't going to wait until the wolves were almost upon them to use the boulders as a trump card.

Because although this was the Magic World, inertia and acceleration still existed. At least, a Primary-level Earth Element couldn't make a boulder kill a Servant-level demon without any starting speed.

So he had to leave some room to build up speed—one-third was just right.

Rumble!

Soon, Lu Mei reacted, unleashing the Earth Element magic [Earth Wave]. Seven or eight boulders as tall as a person rumbled and rolled, cascading down the slope, their speed shifting from slow to fast.

Finally, at an unparalleled velocity, like seven unstoppable meteors, they smashed downward.

Thud, thud, thud... Splat!

Lu Jun watched each boulder crash into the dense wolf pack formation, stirring up a spray of earth-yellow foam, accompanied by bursts of crimson.

A single boulder often sent five or six giant wolves flying. The wolves that took the first hit, under the immense force of inertia, met a miserable end—their upper bodies crushed into meat paste, dying in a gruesome fashion.

Of course, what was chilling was that Alpha Wolf, whose frame was clearly two sizes larger than the others, stood a full four meters tall. Charging at the front, it met the boulder head-on.

That Advancement Period One-Eyed Giant Wolf actually used its hard skull to forcefully shatter the descending boulder, smashing it to pieces. Its body only dipped slightly, shook its head, and then it lunged forward again on its massive limbs.

Fortunately, the ordinary magic wolves weren't that terrifying. One wave left all fifty wolves injured, with six or seven dead on the spot, plus a few more too badly hurt to move, stuck at the foot of the mountain.

Woo-woo!

This wasn't over. During This Time, Lu Mei controlled her star particles. Beneath her feet, cyan lines crisscrossed, forming seven star tracks that outlined a cyan-colored Wind magic diagram.

Five or six seconds later, the storm element swirling wildly around her body drained the air from the surroundings. Centered on the Mature Woman's proud figure, the high-speed rotating air currents rapidly transformed under the stimulation of the cyan Wind star diagram into a massive storm entity that swept up all the dust in the area.

Lu Mei's Jade Feet left the ground, floating half-suspended in the eye of the storm. Cyan air currents swirled around her, making her look like the Queen of Wind.

A tornado rose, a full ten meters tall, with a diameter reaching two meters.

Lu Jun stared at this scene of his Elder Sister, his expression one of shock. He squinted, and if not for the Heavy Sword supporting him, he would have been swaying. Wind and Sand kept battering him, stinging his skin.

"Intermediate Level One Wind Disc!"

At that moment, Lu Mei let out a light shout. The massive tornado on her body moved rapidly, sweeping down the mountain. The farther it went, the stronger the wind grew, until it reached a limit and began to weaken, forming a U-shaped curve.

Yellow dust filled the air, the storm howled. Lu Jun could no longer see clearly. It seemed as if his sister, controlling the violent wind force, had taken command of everything.

Woo-woo...

Soon, the tornado charged straight down the slope, crashing directly into the wolf pack.

Only then did Lu Jun see ten One-Eyed Giant Wolves get their entire bodies forcibly sucked into the tornado, lifted a dozen meters into the air, thrown high, then viciously flung away, crashing heavily to the ground.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Each wolf that landed was Crushed to Pieces, their bodies covered in wounds from the sand and gravel. With that kind of weight, falling from a height of three or four stories, they died instantly.

In just two waves of attacks, twenty magic wolves were taken out, not to mention the severely injured ones missing limbs.

Awoo!

The remaining twenty-odd wolves hesitated, but the Wolf King seemed bloodshot-eyed, like a gambler. It raised its head and let out a long howl, then sprinted on all fours, its speed skyrocketing, charging up the mountain like a large truck.

The nearby magic wolves were stirred up and followed the Alpha Wolf in the charge.

But Lu Mei's face was cold and beautiful. She cast the Primary Level Three Earth Element magic [Earth Wave], almost one per second. Before the magic wolves could reach the Mountain Top, she unleashed three or four in a row.

Rumble!

As the charging wolf pack ran, the ground beneath them suddenly collapsed into large pits, occasionally trapping one or two magic wolves. Though it didn't cause much damage, escaping took considerable time.

So the magic wolves Lu Jun actually had to deal with were reduced to just over a dozen.

"Hiss!" Lu Jun sucked in a breath of cold air. Letting an Intermediate Mage cast spells freely was nothing short of a disaster.

A smile curled at the Corner of the Mouth of Lu Mei. She glanced lightly at her Younger Brother and said, "Now you know how impressive your sister is, right? Hold them off for a bit. I'll cast another Intermediate Wind Element magic and take out that Advancement Period Alpha Wolf directly."

"Alright!" Lu Jun turned serious. He looked down at the approaching wolf pack, not foolishly waiting in place. Instead, he clenched the Shock Gold Sword in both Hands, Staring At the charging Alpha Wolf.

Just then, the Wolf King also Looked Over. Their eyes met, both full of Killing Aura.

Abruptly, he stepped on the Wind Track, his figure flickering as he charged downhill. With the acceleration of the descent and the power of magic, he couldn't be said to be running anymore—he was gliding several zhang per step, as if shrinking the ground beneath him.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Lu Jun's longsword slanted, scraping across the ground, trailing sparks and lightning. He almost Became a blur, pulling azure water currents and cyan wind. All he heard was the roar of sonic booms beside his ears. His focus was locked on the ferocious, massive Advancement Period Servant-level demon in front of him.

Thud!

In an instant, the two collided. Lu Jun was like a cyan-blue cannonball, crashing into the One-Eyed Magic Wolf with a life-forgetting stance. Before the clash, he held his sword vertically in front of his brow with both hands.

The nearly four-meter-long greatsword, carrying overwhelming inertia, slashed down, as if nothing could withstand its edge.

But the One-Eyed Magic Wolf leader reacted quickly. It sensed a life-or-death crisis from the longsword, a hair-raising dread, and immediately activated its innate demonic art—a layer of blood-ink color covering its body.

Most Servant-level demons had no demonic arts; it depended on bloodline. However, the Advancement Period had begun to awaken some demonic arts, on par with Primary Level Three magic, and would strengthen further at the Commander level.

Normally, the physique of an Advancement Period demon already left Giant Eyed Rat Demon types in the dust by several streets. With the demonic art's boost, its defense was even more formidable.

Lu Jun's heavy slash came down. The feel was like chopping into a tree—he could still cut a deep wound, but cleaving it in two in one go was unrealistic.

A loud crash followed, stirring up a wave of air and scattering dust. Two figures flew backward at the same speed.

The difference was that Lu Jun only flew a few meters, executing a backflip in midair to land steadily. He grunted, stumbling back a few steps. Meanwhile, the Alpha Wolf on the opposite side tumbled several times, crashing through several rugged rocks before stopping.

Seeing This Scene, the other One-Eyed Magic Wolves quickly scattered their formation, not foolishly trying to cushion the Alpha Wolf.

Logically, the strength and weight of a human—even with immense momentum—could not possibly shake a beast standing four meters tall.

But don't forget, the heavy sword in Lu Jun's hand weighed at least a hundred jin beyond its own mass, and the supple currents of Water Shield had neutralized the recoil from the collision.

He adjusted his stance, looking down at the Alpha Wolf below; a deep, bloody gash had appeared on its shoulder.

Roar!

The Alpha Wolf rose, shook its head, and charged again to pounce. Before it reached him, over a dozen wolves from the surrounding pack had already closed in on Lu Jun.

The situation suddenly turned dire.

Chapter 23: Gold Element Primary Level Three, Golden Radiance!

Surrounded on all sides, Lu Jun showed no panic. Treading the branching paths of Wind Track, he plunged into the wolf pack, hacking and slashing—one sword strike sent a Magic Wolf flying, and a Spinning Slash beheaded another that tried to ambush him from behind.

His swordsmanship had no fixed form, or rather, it was the most unadorned style possible—every blow aimed to kill, only to kill.

But there were too many Magic Wolves around. Even with Wind Track, Lu Jun slipped up now and then. The Alpha Wolf was cunning; after suffering once, it no longer charged head-on, instead commanding its underlings to hunt him down.

Thud!

Finally, as Lu Jun swung his blade to drive back one Magic Wolf and was about to step onto Wind Track to dodge, fatigue slowed him by a single beat. That brief opening was seized by an Advancement Period Magic Wolf, which accelerated its massive frame and struck with a vicious claw.

Seeing this from a distance, Lu Mei cried out in alarm: "Lu Jun!"

She too was entangled by several Magic Wolves, evading with Wind Track while using Ground Wave to block her opponents, trying to buy time to cast an Intermediate Magic.

But the demons were no fools. Based on the lethality shown earlier, Lu Mei was the real threat.

As a result, Lu Mei couldn't free herself. Both her elements were mobility and control; only Intermediate Magic had killing power, and to form a Star Chart, she needed at least four seconds.