Mo Fan's invitation was met with Lan Yu's ready agreement.
Beating a drowning dog was a fine job, and one of the most satisfying parts of the whole affair.
The two arrived at a ruined site. Jiang Yi and the others were covered in wounds, and it was clear they no longer had much fight left in them.
"Not bad. You actually managed to claw your way back alive," Lan Yu said.
"You're a bunch of defeated stragglers. Your devil of a military commander has been held up by the chief instructor. In the end, your plan failed!" Mo Fan said coldly.
The winners wrote history, and Jiang Yi and the others truly had nothing to say.
"Take out that thing you've been researching. Let me have a look," Lan Yu said.
Jiang Yi looked up at Lan Yu, a flicker of surprise in her eyes. But she didn't say anything. She took two special vessels, each shaped like a bright red drop of water, from her spatial bracelet.
An eerie sheen radiated from them. They didn't belong to any magic element, but Jiang Yi knew all too well just how terrifying the power they contained was!
The Five Continents Magic Association refused to acknowledge them, and governments around the world had strictly forbidden any further research into them.
Perhaps they were evil, perhaps they were feral, but no one denied the immense power they could provide.
"These are Blood Li Zi," Jiang Yi said calmly. "They can grant immense power. We call it the Demon Element. You can call it that too. It's classified as black magic."
"Holy crap, are you crazy? Why are you even looking at that cursed thing?!" Mo Fan backed away repeatedly, afraid Jiang Yi might throw one of those so-called Blood Li Zi at him.
"This is a great way to cheat the system. How can we not use it?" Lan Yu smiled at Mo Fan.
At that, Mo Fan shook his head like a rattle drum. "Use it if you want. I'm not touching something that costs you your life."
"No, you'll use it."
"You're that sure?" Mo Fan raised an eyebrow.
"I'm guessing," Lan Yu said.
Mo Fan rolled his eyes and cursed, "Then why the hell say that?!"
"I didn't say you had to use it now. Put it away as a trump card." As he spoke, Lan Yu took the two Blood Li Zi from Jiang Yi.
"How can you be so sure you won't turn into one of those monsters after using it?" The incident at the gymnasium still made Mo Fan shudder.
"You won't. You, Mo Fan, were born with dual elements and have three Nebulae, which can provide the energy the Demon Element needs for its sacrifice. You also have the Summoning Element. According to our Experiment No. 788, after demonization, you might fuse with the bloodline of your summoned creature. Your demonized form would then likely be connected to the wolf clan," Jiang Yi hurriedly explained.
"As for you? If you use a Blood Li Zi, there's a very high chance you'll turn into one of those monsters."
Lan Yu neither confirmed nor denied it. Besides, he didn't have to use one right away.
Once the Ice-Fire Dragon Soul woke up, he could ask if they knew of a way to deal with the Blood Li Zi.
After all, they were descendants of the Dragon God. Even if they'd lost their memories from their time in the Divine Realm, they still had years of experience behind them. They should know some way to handle this thing.
If not, he'd just seal the Blood Li Zi away. His physical strength had already reached unprecedented heights compared with that of ordinary mages.
Once he activated his Martial Soul, he'd beat the Giant Lizard Pseudo-Dragon to a pulp.
Damn, I've become a little dragon man!
At the thought, Lan Yu couldn't help making fun of himself.
As for Jiang Yi and the others, they had no means of resistance left. They were like fish on a chopping board, ready for the knife.
"Are you going to take your own lives, or do you want us to help?" Lan Yu asked.
Mo Fan stared at Lan Yu in astonishment. Was he really going to cross the river and tear down the bridge?
No, wait. Was he really going to let them off that easily?
"We won't trouble you to do it. We'll take care of it ourselves." Jiang Yi gave a tragic smile. In the end, they still hadn't lived to see the birth of a new Demon Element.
Then Jiang Yi and the others took their own lives right in front of Lan Yu and Mo Fan.
Only after confirming that none of them would pull a Lazarus and rise again did Lan Yu feel safe enough to loot the bodies.
"Come on, man. You're even looting the dead?"
Lan Yu ignored Mo Fan. He'd regret it soon enough.
Before long, Lan Yu had found a spatial bracelet and several wearable magic tools on the corpses.
When Mo Fan saw Lan Yu loot items worth tens of millions, his eyes immediately lit up with greed.
"Damn! Finders keepers, right?" Mo Fan reached without hesitation for the magic tools in Lan Yu's hand.
Smack—
Lan Yu slapped the paw reaching toward him. "What are you doing? These are all my spoils of war."
"Aw, come on. You and I are closer than brothers. I won't ask for much—just that spatial bracelet." Mo Fan sidled up to him, shameless as ever.
"Get lost. You're not getting a single thing." Lan Yu put everything away, then held out one of the Blood Li Zi to Mo Fan. "This is the only thing I'm offering. Take it or leave it."
"I don't want some cursed thing like that." Mo Fan waved his hands and backed away. He had no desire to turn into some half-human, half-ghost monster.
"You really don't want it? I happen to know that using this can improve a mage's physical constitution, and even boost things like kidney function and stamina. The price you pay is a Demon Beast spirit essence. It's really..."
Before Lan Yu could finish, Mo Fan snatched the Blood Li Zi from his hand without hesitation.
"If it does all that, why didn't you say so earlier? It only costs a measly spirit essence. No big deal. I can get one whenever I want." Mo Fan carefully put the Blood Li Zi away.
It was only because Mo Fan had two elements at every level by birth and carried the Little Loach pendant that he could handle the side effects of demonization. An ordinary person wouldn't be so lucky.
Of course, Lan Yu hadn't mentioned the side effects. All it did was drop each element by one level.
After dealing with everything here, they headed back the way they had come.
The group of trial students had taken more than ten days to reach Jinlin Desolate City. Riding their own Summoned Beasts, the two of them made it to Kangning City in less than a day.
Once back in Kangning City, Mo Fan hurriedly called Zhao Manyan to ask about Mu Ningxue.
When he learned that Mu Ningxue had only suffered soul damage and that her life was out of danger, Mo Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as her life wasn't in danger, everything was fine.
Before long, the two met up with Zhao Manyan and the others, and discovered that students from both schools were already there.
The leaders of the two schools joined forces with the Kangning City Magic Association to form a rescue team and head to Jinlin Desolate City to save the other missing students.
After all, when everyone fled, they had scattered in every direction, and many had gotten separated.
By the next day, nearly all the missing students who were still alive had been found. But each school had lost two students.
Liao Mingxuan had been killed by Lu Nian, and Lu Zhenghe had been killed by Mu Ningxue. As for Shen Mingxiao and Luo Song, of course, they were ruled as having been killed by Demon Beasts.
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