Crackle! Crackle!
After a series of chaotic crackling sounds, lightning spheres took form and revolved around the bodies of the students like satellites.
The spirit-winds rushed over and stretched out their arms. But before they could hit the students, they were struck by the lightning spheres and were charred black.
Hu ~
After witnessing the terrifying might of the lightning spheres, the students immediately heaved a sigh of relief and calmed down a lot. A few of the more daring ones even started to prepare to counterattack.
At the Myriad Daos Academy's side, Fang Wuan had been observing the situation of the Central Province Academy's group. When he saw this, he immediately exclaimed in shock.
"What are those things floating around them? Ghostfire? "
No one could reply. However, the killing prowess of this thing was off the charts. It could kill a spirit-wind with a single strike, and there was no need for the students to follow up.
"It seems to be a new type of spirit rune? Get someone to investigate it when we return! "
Fang Wuji instructed.
At this moment, he went all out and used area-type ultimate moves. With a single slash, all the enemies within a radius of over ten meters would be affected.
Hence, he single-handedly constructed a line of defense.
"Teacher Fang is awesome!"
The students cheered excitedly. Their morale was greatly boosted.
Such area-type ultimate moves were quite powerful, but the spirit qi consumption was also extremely great. Honestly speaking, it was a little unwise to unleash such a big move before the battle situation was clear. However, Fang Wuji didn't mind.
His performance gave the students confidence, causing them to no longer panic. After that, under his command, they started to form small groups and moved around while killing spirit-winds.
"This Fang Wuji is truly impressive!"
Gu Xiuxun exclaimed.
Fang Wuji was as expected of one of the twin jade annulus of Jinling. He actually managed to turn an unexpected sneak attack into a training battle. Also, the quality of the students of the Myriad Daos Academy was truly very high.
A few minutes later, Jin Mujie returned and smashed the stone head of a spirit-wind out.
Bang!
The body of a spirit-wind exploded from the impact.
"Teacher Jin, did you kill their overlord?"
Zhou Shanyi asked.
Low-grade elemental lifeforms like these didn't have any intelligence. They would only attack enemies that entered a certain radius around them. However, overlords did exist, and they even knew some simple battle tactics.
For so many spirit-winds to suddenly gather together and launch a sneak attack after the spiritual energy tide, it was clear that they were under the command of an overlord.
"No, I only killed a few elites!"
Jin Mujie shook his head.
The so-called elites were those that were taller, bigger, and stronger than ordinary spirit-winds.
Jin Mujie's return directly caused the group's battle prowess and confidence to soar by three levels. The students also started to counterattack, creating a small climax.
Half an hour later, over 500 spirit-winds were completely wiped out.
Yes, this thing had no intelligence and didn't know what fear was, so it wouldn't run away.
"Jin shi, what is going on?"
Zhang Qianlin asked.
"Let's meet up with Pei shi and the others first!"
Jin Mujie brought everyone to the campsite that had been ravaged to the point where it was riddled with holes. Pei Yuanli's adaptability wasn't bad. When he saw the spirit-winds attacking, he immediately brought the students to hide in the hot spring area where the stone pillars were erected.
The terrain there was complicated, and it wasn't easy for the spirit-winds to find someone. Even if they found someone, they wouldn't be able to display their human wave tactics. After all, the terrain was narrow, and it was impossible for them to form a formation.
"There is no corpse!"
Du Xiao did a quick check.
Teacher Pei and the students who had stayed behind weren't around, so Jin Mujie didn't go to look for them. Instead, she got Xia Yuan and Zhang Qianlin to lead the group and got the remaining people to hide first.
"Teacher Sun, Teacher Gu, follow me!"
Jin Mujie instructed.
"I'll go too!"
Yi Jiamin followed.
Jin Mujie ran toward Chen Anfu's campsite. As expected, not long after, they heard a series of angry roars.
"It's Chen Anfu's voice!"
Although she had only met him once, Gu Xiuxun remembered this voice.
The four of them stealthily went over and hid behind a rock. After they stretched their heads out to take a look, they were greatly shocked.
Chen Anfu's temporary campsite was currently in a state of desolation. The dismembered corpses of the spirit-winds had already formed a thick layer that was over half a meter thick.
"Look!"
Gu Xiuxun tugged at Sun Mo's sleeves and casually pointed.
His brows furrowed so tightly that they could squeeze a crab to death.
The young man who had fought against Ying Baiwu earlier seemed to be called Wei Jie. He was already dead. Half of his head was smashed, and his corpse was hanging at the side of the hot spring.
The other students didn't survive either.
Bang!
Chen Anfu waved his hand and crushed a spirit-wind. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Scram out here! Scram out here! "
Chen Anfu's voice was filled with grief like blood dripping from a cuckoo.
These personal disciples were all discovered by him. He had also spent a large amount of resources and effort to guide them. They should have been able to shine brilliantly in the Middle-Earth Nine Provinces, but they actually died here.
"If you have the guts, scram out here and kill me!"
Chen Anfu roared in rage.
"He came to the Spiritwind Canyon because he was chasing after a mysterious species of darkness."
Gu Xiuxun's lips twitched.
That mysterious species of darkness was very powerful. It made use of spirit-winds to set up this trap and surround Chen Anfu.
In truth, Chen Anfu had just suffered the sneak attack of over 1,000 spirit-winds, including one overlord and over ten elites. If it wasn't for him being strong, he would have died completely.
Naturally, when facing such powerful enemies, Chen Anfu didn't have the strength to do so. He could only watch as his personal disciples died tragically.
"How dangerous!"
Yi Jiamin felt a lingering fear.
The Central Province Academy and Myriad Daos Academy were merely the unlucky ones who were implicated. If they faced the spirit-wind army head-on, they would have long since been wiped out.
"Who is it?"
Chen Anfu roared in rage and slashed out with his sword.
Swish!
A beam of sword qi shot out, slashing into the rock that everyone was hiding behind.
Bang!
Stone powder flew everywhere.
Jin Mujie walked out and questioned, "Teacher Chen, we need an explanation!"
"What explanation?"
Chen Anfu coldly snorted.
"What did you do exactly? Why did the spirit-winds surround you and attack you? "
As Fang Wuan spoke, he also walked out from behind another large rock.
Everyone wasn't stupid. They could guess the reason for this commotion. It must have been caused by Chen Anfu.
"Is it any of your business?"
Chen Anfu's gaze was cold. He started to clean up the corpses of his students.
"My students were killed by spirit-winds. You are the instigator of this. Don't you think you should give me an explanation?"
Fang Wuan grabbed the hilt of his sword.
"Either scram or die. You guys can choose one!"
For the sake of that mysterious species of darkness, Chen Anfu had spent a total of three years. How could he tell others about this so easily?
The atmosphere was a little stiff. At this moment, a silver-colored afterimage suddenly brushed past the ground and flashed by.
Swish!
Because the speed of the afterimage was extremely fast, the dust it stirred up was like a thin veil, adding a layer of mystery to it.
"What is that?"
Gu Xiuxun asked in shock. Her dynamic vision was considered pretty good, but she still couldn't see it clearly.
No one replied. Even Jin Mujie couldn't see it clearly. However, the gazes of everyone were staring at the large rock that the afterimage was hiding behind.
"Scram or I won't be polite anymore."
Chen Anfu anxiously roared.
"It must be something good!"
Seeing how nervous Chen Anfu was, Yi Jiamin's heart started to burn as he widened his eyes.
Swish!
That silhouette darted out again, sweeping past the spring at a low altitude. The shockwaves it brought about even sliced the water surface apart.
"Cloud... cloud?"
Yi Jiamin was astonished.
This time around, everyone could clearly see what it was.
That was a cloud that was flashing with silver light. It was in the shape of the eight trigrams and its size was about the same as the praying mats used in temples.
"Eight... eight..."
Because he was too shocked, Yi Jiamin couldn't even speak. Not far away, Fang Wuan also had a similar expression. After that, after recovering from his daze, he instinctively rushed over.
However, before they could get close to the rock the cloud was hiding in, Chen Anfu rushed over and slashed out angrily with his sword.
Swish! Swish!
Sword qi gushed forth, forcing the two of them to retreat.
"Teacher Chen, what do you mean by this?"
Yi Jiamin shouted.
"This is an ownerless mysterious species of darkness. It belongs to whoever catches it. What qualifications do you have to stop us?"
Fang Wuan questioned.
"It's not ownerless, it's mine!"
Chen Anfu retorted.
"Why don't you call it out then? Let us take a look!"
Fang Wuan coldly snorted.
"Do you think we can call it out just because you say so? Who the hell do you think you are? "
Chen Anfu retorted, feeling extremely vexed and uneasy in his heart. This mysterious species of darkness was simply too difficult to catch. After three years, he was tormented to the point of almost going crazy.
Usually speaking, mysterious species of darkness would hide from the people of Middle-Earth most of the time. Because they were too valuable, if they were seen, they would surely attract a large group of hunters.
However, this mysterious species of darkness was an exception. Chen Anfu knew that it intentionally revealed itself, wanting to cause internal strife among these people.
"What is that thing?"
Sun Mo didn't understand.
"The eight-gate cloud is a cloud that has given birth to intelligence. It's ranked # 10 on the mysterious species list of darkness, a wondrous item under the heavens!"
Gu Xiuxun explained.
"..."
Sun Mo lifted his hand and pinched his cheeks. Although he had seen too many unbelievable things after coming to Middle-Earth, all of them added up wouldn't be as shocking as this eight-gate cloud.
The cloud had also gained intelligence and became a lifeform? In that case, would it be able to reproduce?
"At first, I thought that Chen Anfu was chasing after a spirit qi roaming dragon. I didn't expect it to be an even rarer eight-gate cloud!"
Jin Mujie drew in a cold gasp.
No matter how ignorant Sun Mo was, just by looking at the fact that the eight-gate cloud was ranked # 10 on the mysterious species list of darkness, he could guess how valuable it was.
The eight-gate cloud was in the shape of the eight trigrams. Its greatest ability was that it could construct a total of eight teleportation gates. Through them, one could instantly arrive at any place.
For example, Sun Mo had planted a teleportation gate in the Spiritwind Canyon and another one in the Central Province Academy. After that, he would be able to freely traverse between these two places, using less than a second to do so.
There was also another point. The eight-gate golden gate had the most stable spacetime anchor. Once it was planted, one would never get lost in the chaotic flow of spacetime.
For example, the teleportation gate from Jinling to Spiritwind City in Tang Country required constant maintenance. It had to be checked once every month or there would be a mistake in the teleportation destination if it was damaged. There really couldn't be any mistakes.
Moreover, every time the teleportation gate was activated, a tremendous amount of spirit stones would be needed as a driving force. However, the eight-gate cloud didn't need that. It was extremely stable and didn't need any driving force at all.
The greatest benefit of obtaining this mysterious species of darkness was that one wouldn't be restricted by the Saint Gate. They could come to the Darkness Continent whenever they wanted and wouldn't need to squeeze through the teleportation gate every day.
"I must obtain it!"
Yi Jiamin's eyes turned green. Whoever dared to obstruct him, he would kill them.
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