Chapter 968

"Trying to swallow me? I'll let you!" Mo Fan did not struggle. He allowed the quicksand to drag him toward the two Poison Fire Scorpions.

Mo Fan's eyes flickered like a torch as he was about to enter the range of the scorpions.

In a split second, a magnificent pillar of flame soared up from the center of the quicksand. The majestic pillar of molten lava immediately sprayed the two Fiery Scorpions into the air, burning them with raging flames.

Perhaps it was because the scorpions had the Fire Element, the pillar of fire was unable to kill them. Mo Fan reached out his right hand and clenched it in the direction of the two Poison Fire Scorpions!

The silver rhombus-shaped Space Force compressed. The strong pressure instantly crushed the two Poison Fire Scorpions into minced meat. Their shells, bile, and blood splattered across the sky.

Mo Fan had finally taken out the two Poison Fire Scorpions. He had no choice but to reevaluate the strength of the Sahara Demon Beasts.

At this moment, there were close to a thousand of these two tribes. Fortunately, the Sandfear Foxes and Poison Fire Scorpions were already engaged in a chaotic battle. If their targets were humans, they would not be able to hold on for more than a few minutes and would have to flee!

"Mo Fan, come back here!" Jiang Shaoxu's voice came from above.

Mo Fan lifted his gaze and saw three Sandfear Foxes and five Poison Fire Scorpions fighting each other at the spot Jiang Shaoxu was standing on. For some reason, they had suddenly switched their target to Jiang Shaoxu!

"Don't move, I'll take care of them!" Mo Fan said.

Defending their original position was their only hope of leaving the desert maze. Mo Fan would not allow Jiang Shaoxu to be forced to leave.

He turned into a black shadow. Due to the effects of the Dark Noble Mantle, Mo Fan's shadow looked a little ghostly and ethereal, like a nimble shadow bird flying silently across the sky.

Mo Fan had used all the Soul Essences that the Little Loach Pendant had refined to strengthen Fleeing Shadow when they were trapped in the cave.

In other words, Mo Fan's Fleeing Shadow was now at the fifth-tier.

After acquiring the Dark Noble Mantle, Mo Fan discovered that his Fleeing Shadow had been strengthened once again.

The strengthening effect was still present even when he was not Summoning the Dark Noble Mantle. It was like a passive effect of a magic tool.

As a result, Mo Fan's Fleeing Shadow was equivalent to a sixth-tier spell!

The sixth-tier Fleeing Shadow was called a shadow bird. Its speed and form were significantly different from before. Mo Fan could even use the Dark Noble Mantle to turn into a shadow bird and dodge the enemy's attacks when they were too concentrated. If he combined it with the Space Spell's Time Stasis, he would have no problem strolling through a rain of bullets!

That being said, if Mo Fan cast the Nyx Regime and Summoned the Dark Noble Mantle, the Fleeing Shadow would be strengthened by two tiers. It was equivalent to an eighth-tier Basic Spell!

For many people, having a fourth-tier spell was considered a luxury. Even though the Shadow Element could be stacked and strengthened continuously, it was extremely rare to see someone stacking a Basic Spell to the eighth-tier like Mo Fan had done.

The truth was, Mo Fan did consider strengthening the Intermediate Spell, Giant Shadow Spike, but the Dark Noble Mantle's effect on the Fleeing Shadow was more obvious. On the other hand, the Giant Shadow Spike was not necessarily stronger than the Basic Spell.

Mo Fan had actually stacked four shadows on top of each other. In other words, if Mo Fan wanted to, he could create three more fake shadow birds to confuse his enemies.

However, there was no need for that now. Mo Fan appeared in front of Jiang Shaoxu at lightning speed. A strong aura of darkness immediately loomed over the area.

Mo Fan swung his arm. Black energy gathered in front of him like a mist and swiftly turned into Giant Shadow Spikes with an icy aura.

The Giant Shadow Spikes flew forward and nailed three Poison Fire Scorpions in a row, immobilizing them on the ground.

On the other hand, there were the Sandfear Foxes with their speed, agility, and ferocity. These creatures were not as strong as the Poison Fire Scorpions, but they were extremely cunning. They would not attack recklessly like the Poison Fire Scorpions. They would always wait for the perfect opportunity to ambush their enemies.

They would quickly jump around nearby, the greyish-black fox shadows shuttling back and forth. They were blurry and easily dazzling. Once they moved to a blind spot, they would stretch out their dissecting claws and turn into a sharp greyish-black electric light, striking directly at the vital point!

Jiang Shaoxu's throat had been slit three times by the three Sandfear Foxes. Luckily, she had the Light Element too, so she did not have much of a problem defending herself with her Light Magic. However, the Sandfear Foxes' viciousness and cunning made Jiang Shaoxu's heart shudder.

Just three Sandfear Foxes were enough to send a chill down her spine, not to mention the fact that there were almost a thousand of them in the sand dunes. They were all deadly foxes!

"Giant Shadow Spikes!"

"Furious Thunderbolt!"

Every time Mo Fan immobilized a target with the Giant Shadow Spikes, he would immediately deal the killing blow.

He clearly knew that if he did not kill the Warrior-level demon beasts in one go, they would most likely retaliate. Mo Fan had skillfully combined the Shadow Element and the Lightning Element to kill the demon beasts instantly!

Unfortunately, the power of the lightning was still a little lacking. It was not enough to kill the demon beasts instantly. If only there was a Poison Magician here, he could send a swarm of poisonous bees to corrode the demon beasts' armor and hide. He would have died instantly with a single lightning strike!

Of course, it would be even better if he had Soul Lightning.

A Soul-grade Lightning Spell was two to three times stronger than a Spirit-grade Lightning Spell. Mo Fan's Thunderbolt was in the fourth-tier, after all. The Space Quake effect of Qianjun was no longer enough for his current level.

It took Mo Fan some time to finish off the eight demon beasts around Jiang Shaoxu. The Little Loach Pendant loved it when Mo Fan was on a killing spree, as it could feast on the Soul Remnants to expand its Container World and provide Mo Fan with more Soul Essences.

"Mo Fan, what tier is your Fleeing Shadow now? How are you able to appear and disappear like a shadow?" Zhao Manting could not help but ask.

"Fifth-tier. The Dark Noble Mantle has the ability to strengthen the Fleeing Shadow, so it's equivalent to a sixth-tier Cloak," Mo Fan blurted out after recovering his breath.

"F * * k me, why are you still acting like you're poor? You still need more than a hundred million to strengthen a Basic Spell to the fifth-tier!" Zhao Manting yelled.

Little Zhao Manting had no idea that Mo Fan was wearing a piece of treasure around his neck.

Not only could Little Loach refine Servant-class Soul Remnants into valuable Soul Essences, it could also refine Warrior-level Soul Remnants into Warrior-level Soul Essences, which were worth around twenty million.

Warrior-level Soul Essences were required to strengthen any spell from the fourth-tier to the fifth-tier.

When Mo Fan was strengthening his Fleeing Shadow to the fourth-tier, the first seven Stars of the Shadow Element had been cleansed by a Servant-class Soul Essence. Not long ago, Mo Fan had cleansed the seven Stars with a Warrior-level Soul Essence, allowing them to reach the fifth-tier.

Either way, no ordinary Magician would use seven Warrior-level Soul Essences that were worth more than a hundred million to strengthen a Basic Spell!

Mo Fan felt extremely helpless when he heard Zhao Manting's complaint.

Do you think I want to?

He could not use all the Soul Essences that Little Loach had refined. At this rate, he would soon be able to refine a fifth-tier Intermediate Spell, let alone strengthening a fifth-tier Basic Spell!

Little Flame Belle had been protecting the Fire Element for a long time, so its strength was already quite impressive. However, Mo Fan also realized that it was not necessarily a good thing for the Fire Element to be the strongest. As such, Mo Fan was eager to improve his Lightning Element, too.

From now on, Mo Fan would use all the Soul Essences that the Little Loach Pendant had collected to strengthen the Stars of his Lightning Element, so he could improve his Lightning Strike to the fifth-tier. At the same time, he would also improve his Thunderbolt to the fifth-tier. Once he bought the Soul-grade Lightning Seed that he wanted, how terrifying would his Lightning Element be?

When Mo Fan realized that he needed to improve the Stars of his Lightning Element, and when he saw the number of Warrior-level demon beasts around him, his battle intent was immediately ignited.

Not only were the demon beasts of the Sahara Desert stronger than those in the outside world, the quality of their Soul Remnants was fairly high, too. Around fifty Soul Remnants were enough to refine a Soul Essence. When Mo Fan recalled that the fifth-tier Thunderbolt required a total of forty-nine Warrior-level Soul Essences, which was worth a billion, he was even more motivated in the battle between the demon beasts!

"It's still a lot weaker, but the Fiery Fist is too noisy, and its area of effect is huge, too. It's going to attract a bunch of demon beasts here," Mo Fan murmured.

Seven or eight bolts of lightning landed on a Sandfear Fox's body in a row. This was barely enough to kill it. These Sandfear Foxes were extremely cunning, and it was difficult to completely imprison them, let alone kill them all in one fell swoop with the Lightning Disaster. Although there were many of them, they would never be controlled in a group.

"They seem to have realized that we are no match for them, so they are starting to surround us," said Jiang Shaoxu.

As the demon beasts were fighting one another, they noticed that the Sandfear Foxes and the Fiery Scorpions had sent a huge bunch of demon beasts to the sand dune. It was obvious that they were planning to eliminate the humans that were in their way.

The group did not use Advanced Spells previously, as they were afraid that the destructive aura of the Advanced Spells would attract the attention of the enraged demon beasts. They had no choice but to use Advanced Spells when they saw the huge number of Warrior-level demon beasts charging at them!

"Hold on, I'm still young, I don't want to die in this godforsaken desert!" said Mo Fan sternly.

"We have to hold on!"

"There are so many of them, there are more than a hundred Fiery Scorpions and at least a hundred Sandfear Foxes. It seems like we have provoked both sides. Shouldn't we just pick a side and focus on killing the Sandfear Foxes or the Fiery Scorpions? Maybe the other side won't attack us for the time being," said Zhao Manting.

"That sounds reasonable …"

The atmosphere of unity between the five of them suddenly became a little strange. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that they could indeed do that.

"Enough talk, kill!"

"Oh, kill!"

"I'll take care of this side!"