Chapter 20

Nearby, Fields also noticed that this dark cloud was rather unusual. Even stranger, above the dark cloud there was actually a double magic

formation.

"Huh? This..." Fields was so shocked for a moment that he could not speak. He saw insect corpses falling from the pitch-black cloud from time to time.

"Locusts! How can there be so many locusts in Axon Town?" Fields cried out despite himself.

"Quick, Dahei, fly closer," Fields urged.

The Thunder Eagle circled endlessly above the dark cloud. Fields looked down at the black insect cloud beneath his feet, his expression grave.

"This is bad. First it was Sand Tigers, and now locusts. Why have insect-type Magic Beasts that have never appeared on the Saint Rune Continent been popping up one after another

lately?" What he did not know was that, in the distant Saguli Academy, a fierce battle was taking place at that very moment.

"Judging from this, a mage used wind magic to block the locusts' route, then used atmospheric magic to make rain and lightning magic

to attack, using water's conductive nature to cause large-scale casualties among the locusts. The method is correct, but there are really a bit too

many of these locusts."

Fields frowned. Faced with such a vast swarm of locusts, one that blotted out the entire sky, even he felt at a complete loss.

"Who arranged that magic formation overhead? What exactly is its purpose?" Fields had never seen such a peculiar double

magic formation before. He had not studied much summoning, nor did he know what had happened at Saguli Academy. After guessing for a while, he decided to give up.

"Dahei, get a little closer." Fields shouted beside Dahei's ear, "Be careful not to fly directly beneath the magic formation." He did not know whether the one who had set up this magic

formation was friend or foe, so Fields decided safety came first.

Thunder Eagle Dahei had just flapped his wings and was about to advance when Fields heard a whoosh. Something shot out from the magic formation

and rapidly fell downward. It was too fast, and Fields did not see clearly what it was.

But that was all right. If he had not seen clearly the first time, the second and third soon followed. Before long, from beneath the double magic formation, the large magic formation began continuously dropping frogs of every color.

"Ah! They're actually frogs, a huge pile of frogs." Fields was stunned. He saw a vast sheet of frogs strike the insect cloud, and the black cloud

was quickly cleared open with a gap.

On the mountaintop, the four mages, including Luo Lun, were already utterly exhausted by this point and could no longer inflict effective damage on the locusts.

Only the few Elemental Spirits summoned by Yi Junqing were still dutifully attacking the locusts that approached the mountaintop. But seeing the spirits' bodies

grow increasingly faint, Yi Junqing was about to be unable to hold on as well.

"Junqing." Yi Tianrang tossed over a jar of white potion, which could slightly restore a mage's spirit. The three responsible for launching the main

offensive against the locusts had already drunk recovery potions twice. If they drank more now, not only would there be no recovery effect, it might even harm the

source of magic power inside their bodies. Yi Junqing could still drink one more jar.

"Uncle." Yi Junqing smiled bitterly. "It looks like we can only wait for a miracle to happen." After saying that, she sat down where she was, slowly

drinking the recovery potion while watching the swarm of locusts in the distant sky.

Before she had taken two sips, Yi Junqing tossed the potion away. With a glug-glug, the bottle rolled to the edge of the cliff, and the potion spilled all over the ground.

Yi Tianrang frowned slightly. This niece of his was far too wasteful.

"Vice Principal, Uncle, look quickly, the magic formation!" Yi Junqing shouted and jumped, utterly losing the bearing of a refined young lady from a great household.

Hearing this, the four looked over. They saw frogs of every color continuously shooting out of the large magic formation. As soon as the locusts came into contact with these frogs, they also began

falling to the ground one after another. Later on, even when the rainwater Luo Lun had created struck the locusts, the locusts would struggle in pain and drop to the ground.

"Brilliant, truly brilliant." Luo Lun's eyes shone as he praised.

After a rain of frogs fell for a while, the magic formation slowly dispersed. Only a few small clusters of black dots remained in the sky, still stubbornly flying, but such

sparse locusts no longer posed any threat to Axon Town.

"Phew, finally saved." Seeing that the crisis had been resolved, the fat mage Qikeda flopped down elegantly on the ground in a spread-eagle position, muttering, "Vice Principal, I want to take a long leave." After saying it several times, he fell into a deep sleep.

"Hehe, everyone worked hard this time. I will report it to the school's greatest financial backer—the Yi Family."

Luo Lun stroked the crystal swimming up and down beside him. Old partner, you worked hard too. Luo Lun looked at the aged Lionfish with pity.

After the Poison Frog rain, Axon Town recovered its former peace. Yi Tianxing sent people to patrol the town and tally the property losses, and along the way they notified each household

that the locusts had already been wiped out. The townspeople, who had originally been hiding at home hoping for a miracle, were overjoyed and ran out of their houses one after another

to congratulate each other. The old mayor, meanwhile, repeatedly thanked Elder Yi Xi, who had led a team over to clean up the battlefield.

"Elder Yi, this time we truly owe it to the Yi Family's protection." The old mayor beamed as he said, "People have always said that when locusts

pass through, not a chicken or dog is left behind. I never expected the Yi Family to display such divine might this time and block the locust disaster. I imagine the imperial capital will soon

send down rewards."

Elder Yi Xi smiled without warmth and said, "Of course. We also didn't expect this method to actually eliminate so many locusts. The clan head

has rendered a great service this time."

"May I ask, Elder." The old mayor lowered his voice and asked, "Can you tell this old man where the Yi Family found so many poisonous

frogs?"

"Hmph." Elder Yi Xi snorted through his nose and said, "This is our Yi