Chapter 480: Final

As Li Lin performed complex and mysterious gestures, it seemed as if a resonance was created between heaven and earth, and ripples appeared in the air, layer upon layer like waves.

An obscure and profound spell came out of Li Lin's mouth, and then a dazzling light emanated from Li Lin, and her long hair moved without wind and rose into the air.

Behind the light, Li Lin appeared, dressed in a red robe embroidered with auspicious clouds. The wide sleeves, imbued with oriental charm, fluttered in the wind. In one hand, she held a scroll imbued with an ancient atmosphere. With the other, she used her finger as a brush, painting in the air. Countless ancient characters flew from the scroll, and under the spell, a storm-like aura swept towards the Flame-patterned Red Spider below.

Thousands of miles of ice.

The Flame-Patterned Red Spider, which was originally showing its fangs and claws and extremely arrogant, was frozen in place and stood still.

Li Lin slowly descended from the air, her bare feet as white as snow stepping on the back of the flame spider. Her face was pale. "Noah, my magic power can only freeze them for an hour. You must fetch a branch from the Sun Tree within that hour."

"I'll definitely get it!" Noah led three special forces teammates toward the volcano. Along the way, frost covered everything, even their eyebrows and hair. The frost also suppressed the scorching heat radiating from the volcano, preventing them from getting hotter the closer they got to the volcano, as they had been doing before.

But the frost also formed a thin layer of ice on the ground, and the four special forces members fell several times as they hurried along. On one particularly dangerous occasion, one of the special forces members slipped and nearly fell off a cliff. Fortunately, he grabbed a protruding rock in the critical moment and stabilized his falling body. Later, with the help of his teammates, he finally climbed up.

Arriving at the volcano, they tied climbing ropes to the smooth and icy crater and descended the mountain.

There is no ice or frost under the volcano, and the magma is churning and extremely hot. The rope of one of the special forces members was burned by the stirred magma, and he fell into the magma and died unfortunately.

Noah and his two companions watched their teammate die, calling out their names in agony. However, time was running out. After another thrilling adventure, they finally found a branch of the Sun Tree, only half a meter tall and glowing red. Fortunately, the temperature was only slightly higher, and their skin could still tolerate it.

Noah took a branch from the Tree of the Sun and tied it behind his back.

At this time, without the suppression of the branches of the Sun Tree, the volcano is about to erupt.

The three of them staged an extremely dangerous escape.

After meeting Li Lin, the volcano finally erupted. Hot magma gushed out and soared into the sky. Thick smoke and red magma danced wildly in the air, and an earthquake followed.

Li Lin, Noah and others left Black Flame Mountain with difficulty as the earth shook.

Afterwards, the four of them came to the Immortal Valley again, looking for the immortal fire of the phoenix.

The Immortal Valley is located in a primeval forest, with towering trees reaching into the clouds and wild grass underneath taller than people.

While searching for the Immortal Valley, three special forces members and Li Lin encountered a giant python thicker than a bucket and nearly died in its mouth.

After finally escaping from the giant python's mouth and finding the Immortal Valley, they encountered a giant centipede. The giant centipede with hundreds of legs directly bit a special forces soldier to death and swallowed him into its stomach.

Li Lin had to use witchcraft again, activate the thunder technique, and kill the giant centipede with a powerful thunder.

After obtaining the immortal fire from the phoenix, Li Lin took out a branch of the Sun Tree and cast a secret spell to burn the magic contract to ashes.

At this time, there were only three of them left: Li Lin, Noah, and Gisele.

The three found the space-time rift. Noah and Gisele were responsible for clearing out the little monsters that crawled out from the demon world beside the space-time rift and protecting Li Lin. Li Lin used witchcraft to repair the space-time rift.

However, after casting the spell twice, Li Lin's vitality was damaged, and the space-time rift was larger than they had imagined. In order to repair this rift, Li Lin did not hesitate to burn his vitality.

When the space-time rift was repaired, Li Lin fell from the sky, her long robe fluttering and her long hair flying. She looked at Noah with a sad smile.

After resolving all the crises, Noah and Giselle returned to the big city and started their normal lives. But Noah was always a little sad. He came to this old bookstore again. He walked through the rows of quaint bookstores and came to the window. The retro chair was empty.

Noah closed his eyes and sighed softly.

As he was leaving the bookstore, he suddenly turned around and looked at the stairs leading to the second floor.

Light from outside the window shone in, and in the beam, Li Lin slowly walked up the stairs. She was wearing a dark velvet dress and a hat embellished with flowers, an extremely luxurious and flashy court style.

After her graceful back walked up the stairs, she stopped, slowly turned back, and smiled at Noah, her beauty breathtaking. Then she turned around, her figure disappearing into the dim second floor, gradually disappearing into the distance.

“Cut!”

Hu Xiaoxiao's play has finally been completed.

The movie "Magic Contract" is a special effects movie with a simple story and the character creation does not care about whether it has depth. Its main selling point is the special effects.

The scaly-footed snails and flame-patterned spiders in Black Flame Mountain, the scene where Li Lin casts spells, the real experience of a volcanic eruption, the giant pythons and giant centipedes encountered in the Undead Valley, the thrill of being chased by them, and the grand scenes of thunder spells, these post-production special effects are the top priorities of the film.

At the end, whether Li Lin died or not became a mystery through Noah's perspective.

In the script, Li Lin died while repairing the cracks, but after reading the script, Hu Xiaoxiao wanted to change it a little and changed it into the current version. It did not directly say whether Li Lin died or was alive after burning out her vitality, leaving suspense and giving the audience more room for imagination about the character of Li Lin.

Two of the four special forces members died, leaving only Noah and Gisele. It can be seen that if a sequel is made, John and Emily will continue to star, and the other special forces members will be replaced by actors favored by the company.

Philip clapped his hands and congratulated Hu Xiaoxiao on finishing filming. He looked at Hu Xiaoxiao's final dress, which was full of extravagance and extreme romance, with deep admiration in his eyes. "Miss Xiaoxiao's several looks in the film are all stunning. I am looking forward to the huge shock it will bring to the audience after the film is released."

Hu Xiaoxiao took off his hat, handed it to his assistant, and breathed a sigh of relief: This play is finally finished.

She smiled at Philip and said, "Thank you for your appreciation, Mr. Philip. I hope this movie can bring him satisfactory box office results."

"I definitely will," Philip said confidently. He hired the most capable special effects company for the post-production and would closely monitor the production process. As long as the other scenes didn't falter, he was confident in the film.

Philip was particularly satisfied with Hu Xiaoxiao's performance, which far exceeded his imagination, especially the scene where Li Lin cast a spell. Even though there was a green screen behind it, it still amazed him at the same time. When she painted in the void, he seemed to really see a wizard casting a spell.

Li Lin's transformed costume also exceeded his expectations. Hu Xiaoxiao had specially brought the outer robe from China, made of the finest silk, and embroidered by a renowned embroidery master. Even the scroll prop in Hu Xiaoxiao's hand was a secondhand item borrowed from China.

The inner layer under the outer robe was provided by a high-end clothing company. They originally provided Hu Xiaoxiao with several pairs of shoes, but no matter which pair of shoes, they couldn't suppress Hu Xiaoxiao's robe and her aura. Hu Xiaoxiao simply went barefoot, and the effect was surprisingly good.