My Ghost Wolf Beast Is Dead

When people were truly speechless, they really wanted to laugh.

Mo Fan did not even feel like talking anymore. Zhao Kun San was practically impossible to shake off.

The training exercise was about to begin, and he had no interest in trading insults with Zhao Kun San.

There were a hundred students in the Seed Class, divided into five teams.

Mo Fan, Jiang Yuan, Zhang Xiaohou, Zhou Min, Xu Zhaoting, and fifteen other students were assigned to one group. They had to trek thirty kilometers through the forest to the mission site.

The exercise itself was not particularly difficult. The students only needed to perform well, while the instructors would score them in secret.

And so, all the students set off one after another.

More than ten days later.

With Jiang Yuan deliberately leading them off course, the group passed through river valleys and crossed cliffs, becoming the first team to reach Hundred Herbs Valley, where the mission was located.

On the only path into the valley, grass vines and tree vines tangled together like giant pythons coiled over the rocks.

"Come on, let's go in and finish the mission." Xu Zhaoting, the school's only Lightning element student besides Mo Fan, spoke up.

With that, he led the students into the thicket of vines.

Jiang Yuan hung back and grabbed Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou.

"Slow down. There's something wrong with these vines."

"Your intuition again?" Mo Fan recalled the Star Sensing Stone during the Annual Assessment. He still trusted Jiang Yuan's instincts quite a bit now.

The moment he spoke, a panicked scream from a girl rang out ahead.

At some point, the vines on the ground had begun to writhe, wrapping around the students' legs like real pythons and trying to knock them to the ground.

Jiang Yuan did not want to waste time here.

He swiftly completed his Star Track. Flowing water shielded the students under attack.

He shouted, "These demon vines are afraid of Fire element magic!"

Hearing that, Zhou Min stopped looking at the water flowing before her. A Fire element Star Track rapidly formed around her as violent fire elements gathered, ready to erupt.

"Fire Seed—Scorch!"

But another voice was faster than hers.

A ball of flame shot from Mo Fan's palm and landed on the demon vines.

Tongues of fire danced, swallowing a vast swath of demon vines in an instant. The remaining vines shrank back in terror, opening up a clear path.

The crushing advantage of the Fire element against the Plant element was on full display.

"Mo Fan is awesome!"

"Mo Fan is so cool!" a girl blurted out.

"What's so cool about him?" Zhou Min muttered. She did not care at all that he had stolen her thunder, but her eyes drifted involuntarily toward the silent Jiang Yuan.

A quiet guy like Jiang Yuan, someone so capable of protecting others, was what truly counted as handsome.

Thinking of how Jiang Yuan had protected her just now, Zhou Min's heart pounded wildly.

After dealing with the demon vines, the group continued deeper into the valley.

A man in a straw hat cautiously poked his head out and marked down points for Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan on the scorecard.

"Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan cast incredibly fast, especially Jiang Yuan. He's no worse than our instructors," Zhan Kong said in surprise after receiving the report.

At Snow Mountain Posthouse, many soldiers were only Beginner-level mages.

"Chief Instructor, those two are the finest students in our school," Xue Musheng said.

Zhan Kong nodded and told the other instructors, "Write down their names. Give them high scores."

"Boss, only their team has reached the entrance to the nest so far. What if they go inside and get wiped out?" an instructor asked.

The original plan had been for several teams to arrive at roughly the same time. They had not expected Jiang Yuan's team to move so much faster.

Zhan Kong said calmly, "It's fine. They won't dare go too deep."

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuan and the others progressed smoothly, eventually arriving before a raised cave in the valley.

Looking at the spring water at the cave entrance, Mo Fan quietly said to Jiang Yuan, "The water level has dropped a lot. Could there be more than one demon inside?"

Unlike the original timeline, Mo Fan should have joined the City Demon Hunting Squad only after this exercise. Now that he had joined several months early, the squad's missions had made him extremely vigilant toward demons.

Or rather, Mo Fan had always possessed exceptional insight when it came to being a hunter.

Jiang Yuan knew the reason and nodded. "Stay alert."

The One-eyed Magic Wolf in this exercise was not a wild demon. It was the summoned beast, Ghost Wolf Beast, of the Summoning System mage Bai Yang.

Bai Yang's other identity was actually that of a Gray-robed Cleric of the Black Vatican.

The Black Vatican equipped every Gray-robed Cleric with Black Beast Demons. The water level had fallen because the Black Beast Demons and the Ghost Wolf Beast had drunk too much.

The group cautiously made their way into the cave.

The Light element students finally had a chance to show their worth. The Beginner-level spell Light Radiance, practically an "electric bulb," illuminated the cave clearly, its glow stretching deep into the cavern.

As they discussed sending the Wind element students in to scout the situation, Jiang Yuan stared into the cave. Threads of stench drifted over.

"Mo Fan, something's coming," Jiang Yuan warned.

Mo Fan followed Jiang Yuan's gaze. A writhing black shadow suddenly appeared in the pitch-black depths of the cave.

"Everyone, be careful!"

"Awoo~!"

A wolf howl echoed through the cave, accompanied by a fierce demonic gust that nearly knocked everyone off their feet like a typhoon.

It felt as though they had been slammed by crashing waves. Their clothes and hair were blown into disarray, while the mist-like moisture in the cave splattered across their faces.

Jiang Yuan reacted fastest and did not let the saliva sprayed out by the demon's roar hit his face.

"AWOO!!!!!!"

"A demon! It's a demon!"

Another wolf howl rang out. The students went rigid from head to toe, frozen where they stood.

The enormous figure loomed larger in their pupils, and terror instantly consumed their hearts.

Only then did they understand just how terrifying the demons described in books truly were.

"Water Guard—Protection!"

Jiang Yuan immediately used a second-tier Beginner-level spell. A shield formed from gathered water blocked the Ghost Wolf Beast as he shouted, "What are you standing around for?"

His roar snapped them awake. Aside from Mo Fan, everyone else fled madly toward the cave entrance like startled birds.

"Brother Yuan, Brother Fan, run! Don't just stand there!" Even while fleeing for his life, Zhang Xiaohou did not forget to turn back and call for his two older brothers.

"Wind... Wind track... damn it, I can't connect my Star Track." Zhang Xiaohou cursed. His pounding heart made it impossible for him to cast magic as he normally could.

The others were even worse. They did not have the courage to face a demon at all.

Zhang Xiaohou was terrified out of his mind, yet Mo Fan approached Jiang Yuan with a cheeky grin. A Fire element Star Track emerged, ready to be unleashed at any moment.

"What do you say? Do you hold off the One-eyed Magic Wolf while I go inside to find the bracelet, or do we work together and deal with the One-eyed Magic Wolf first?"

Triple Ice Spear!

Jiang Yuan's actions had already made his choice clear.

Mo Fan had partnered with him for so long that their coordination was flawless. The instant the ice spears appeared, he unleashed Fire Seed like a fiery serpent, drawing the Ghost Wolf Beast's attention.

Whenever they carried out missions together, although Mo Fan was all destructive magic, Jiang Yuan generally played support—or they worked as dual carries.

There was no helping it. Jiang Yuan's combat talent was simply too strong. He could remain calm under any circumstances.

On high ground outside the cave, Zhan Kong and the teachers watched the students scatter and flee for their lives like birds and repeatedly shook their heads.

These students had far too little mental fortitude.

Bai Yang clutched his stomach and laughed loudly.

Suddenly, his expression twisted. He clutched his head, dropped into a squat, and let out a scream.

"What happened?" Zhan Kong hurriedly asked, instinctively thinking something had gone wrong inside the cave.

Bai Yang raised his head, his eyes bloodshot and his voice hoarse. "My Ghost Wolf Beast is dead!"