“Master, you’re getting too cocky! Right now, you shouldn’t be thinking about how to fight a level 10 magical beast, you should be thinking about how to survive it.” Little Scissors replied seriously, seemingly afraid that Lu Shi would do something rash, and immediately rushed out to start cutting.

"Sigh, when will I be able to withstand a level 10 magical beast?" Lu Shi muttered to himself.

"Once you officially enter the Super Rank and reach your master's level, you can awaken two more elements. Hmm, 11 elements, plus fusion magic, killing 10th-rank enemies will be a piece of cake. Right now, Master, you should play it safe and develop your strength first. You've always been too reckless!" Little Scissors tried to dissuade him.

Lu Shi did not answer Xiao Jianjian again.

Suddenly, a thunderous sound rang out on the ground in Jinlin City.

"Eagle King, my Silver Rat clan has always served your Soul-Chasing Bird clan as our master. Why are you so enraged today?"

Suddenly, the Soul-Chasing Bird King hovered in mid-air, its head looking down at an open space.

Lu Shi also shifted her gaze in that direction.

There lay an enormous rat on the ground, its body almost as tall as a three-story building, its fur shimmering with silver light. The rat looked up at the Soul-Chasing Bird King, and the voice came from its mouth.

“You lowly rats have devoured my sons and nephews. You are merely food for my people, yet you dare to defy your superiors. This matter will not end well.”

A chilling killing intent flashed in the Eagle King's eyes.

"Eagle King, is there some misunderstanding? The Soul-Chasing Bird clan is high and mighty, how could they be devoured by my lowly offspring? Is there someone else who is the culprit?"

The Silver Rat King raised a question and defended himself.

Squeak.

A magical rat, slightly smaller than the Silver Rat King, suddenly moved to the Rat King's side and began squeaking.

After hearing this, the Silver Rat King loudly responded to the Sky Eagle King:

"My Lord Eagle King, according to reports from my subjects, a group of human mages infiltrated Jinlin City today, and your nephew was killed by one of the female human mages. My lowly, brainless Tier 1 subjects happened to be passing by and couldn't resist eating the corpse. But you killed them all."

Seeing that the Eagle King's expression had softened somewhat, the Rat King continued, "Your Majesty the Eagle King, to show our clan's loyalty, we are willing to capture those human magicians at all costs."

His voice was sincere, leaving no room for criticism.

"Alright, I'll trust you this once and tell your people not to kill those human mages. I'll deal with them myself."

The eagle king flapped its wings and flew away.

The Silver Rat King's eyes flashed with hatred, yet he still ordered his men, "Find those human mages and inform the Shadow Society at the test center, so they can also lend a hand."

The magical rats surrounding the Silver Rat King squeaked as they left.

Subsequently, Jinlin City descended into complete chaos.

...

After killing five more Tier 3 magical beast rats that pounced on him, Lu Shi let out a soft breath.

Upon hearing the Silver Rat King's promise, she immediately led the four people and one wounded man out of Jinlin City.

Fortunately, the Warcraft rats haven't fully assembled yet.

Before it got completely dark, they used the speed advantage of wind magic to fight their way out of the city and finally returned to the mountains they had seen that morning.

Lu Shi cast another healing spell on Amin, keeping him alive once more.

Everyone sat down to rest, as their magic power had been depleted from the fighting.

"It seems this mission is going to fail," Wu Chen sighed.

"Sigh, no one would have thought that there would be a Tier 10 magical beast in Jinlin City. Jinlin is only 500 kilometers away from J City. A Tier 10 flying magical beast can arrive in an instant. We need to go back and notify the Magic Association and the military region to prepare for it." Zhou Le was also still shaken.

"Then let's hurry up and go," Zhou Renqing urged.

"You guys go back first. I want to go in again. With the experience from the daytime, now that it's night, I'm confident I can get to the city center and deal with those Shadow Society people."

Lu Shi suddenly spoke up.

"No!" everyone shouted almost simultaneously.

"I have many magical abilities, a life-saving magical artifact, and I'm also skilled in invisibility. Besides, the Shadow Demon Society and I are sworn enemies. Trust me, let me take care of them." Lu Shi insisted despite everyone's objections.

“But…” Wu Chen still wanted to persuade him.

"It's decided then. If you're worried, go back and find some high-level mages to come and meet me as soon as possible." Lu Shi smiled and disappeared from the spot.

Shadow Escape

Night has fallen, and now it's the Shadow faction's turn to shine.

Watching Lu Shi leave, Wu Chen sighed and shot a ball of flame into the sky with his right hand. The red flame exploded brightly in the dark sky.

A short while later, the field military vehicle that had brought them over during the day arrived again.

“You guys take Amin back to J City for treatment. Also, get the ancestors of the four major families and Niu Jun from our military region together and tell them that there are level 10 flying magical beasts here. I'll stay here to meet up with Teacher Lu.”

Wu Chen pushed everyone into the car.

Zhou Renqing also wanted to stay, but Zhou Le pushed him away, indicating that he would stay instead.

The military vehicle then drove away.

Wu Chen and Zhou Le exchanged a glance and both smiled.

“We’ll wait here for Teacher Lu to return. If there’s too much commotion inside, we’ll storm in,” Wu Chen said with a smile.

"Haha, I never expected that a competition where the children conceded defeat would actually trick such a powerful magician. Teacher Lu is truly remarkable," Zhou Le replied with a smile.

“Yes! After all, he is Li Cuiling’s apprentice,” Wu Chen murmured.

But if they knew that Lu Shi hadn't really received much care from this cheap master, they would probably be even more surprised.

...

Lu Shi dared to return to Jinlin City because she had made a complete plan.

We found a secluded rooftop platform on a seven-story residential building.

She checked her own panel first.

Current soul weight: 3567g

[Current remaining unabsorbed soul weight: 0G]

[Current remaining monster soul weight: G]

very good.

Now, the entire series has been upgraded.

First, Lu Shi upgraded the Wind, Healing, Shadow, Space, and Summoning skills to the advanced level.

A total of 140G of soul weight was consumed.

Its own soul weight is still 3427G, which is still at the super-level.

The advanced wind-type user has learned Wind Wings.

The advanced level of the Healing class has learned the Healing Spirit.

The advanced Shadow elementalist has learned Shadow Barrier.

Advanced spatial abilities have enabled instantaneous teleportation.

The advanced summoner has learned the Summoning of All Spirits.

I'm now a high-level ninth-rank cultivator, that's awesome.

Afterwards, Lu Shi continued to upgrade her skills.

Burn 1760g of Warcraft soul weight to upgrade Scorch to level 10 and learn Execute.

Burn 4050G of Warcraft Soul weight to upgrade Rain of Flames to level 10, learning to reduce casting time by half, splash damage, and stack.

Burn 2440G of Warcraft Soul weight to upgrade Thunderclap to level 10 and learn Forked Lightning and Group Lightning Spear.

Burn 4050G of Warcraft soul weight to upgrade Divine Lightning to level 10, and learn to reduce casting time by half, Yin Lightning, and Yang Lightning.

It only consumed the weight of the G-type monster soul to raise all the lightning and fire magic to level 10, which is an amazing level of magic proficiency.

Lu Shi wanted to continue upgrading her skills, but she was interrupted by Xiao Jianjian.

Because Xiao Jianjian sensed the aura of the Kunlun Mirror emanating from the center of Jinlin City once again...