magic

South Island Training Base Lecture Hall

In the tiered classroom that could accommodate hundreds of people, all the students of Class Nine, the leading teacher, official staff, and five carefully selected students stood in it, waiting for their upcoming departure.

As a member of the team, Liu Xiaoyun followed Lin Yuan closely, looking curiously at the two cloaked men who suddenly appeared in the team.

As the most outstanding students among the students trained in Nandao, five students including Liu Xiaoyun had the opportunity to observe Lin Lang and other teachers performing tasks - it is said that the mission is very dangerous. It is a criminal organization that uses the power of faith to carry out cult activities. Behind them is the terrifying existence from Parnaki. Conventional executors are simply unable to complete this extremely difficult task, so it was handed over to Lin Lang and other four teachers.

But for some reason, the original list of executors had two more mysterious people wearing black cloaks whose true identities could not be detected by technology or magic. They were about 1.8 meters tall, and their voices seemed to have been modified by machines or magic, and the timbre was unclear, making it impossible to tell their specific gender. One could only guess that they might be male based on their stature.

According to the official staff, these two cloaked men are also from "Class 9, Grade 2" where Lin Lang and others are.

——For this class, since Lin Lang and his four companions became teachers at the training base, they have become a magical existence in the eyes of all the students in the base. There are a total of 24 people in the class, which is pitifully small in an ordinary T school class, but four masters with powerful strength, good at magic or cultivation, appeared at once. It is said that they once lived in the birthplace of magic "Parnaki" for a period of time.

Such a coincidence inevitably makes people think: since there are already four top masters in the class, are the remaining students also gifted?

But after a long period of observation, this idea was gradually abandoned by the students of the training base. No matter how you look at it, the other students in Class 9 of Senior 2 were just a little earlier than them, had a deeper understanding of magic than them, had the "magic circuit" earlier, and had more time to practice.

In terms of his understanding of magic, speed of absorbing knowledge, and growth of strength, he didn't seem to be much better than the group of students who started later. He even seemed a little mediocre.

However, with the emergence of the "Tower of Babel", various novel props, such as "healing potions" and "automated combat dolls", were sold in the "Tower of Babel". Lin Yuan also claimed that many of these things came from students in Class 9, and rumors began to circulate again.

Some people say that the students in Class Nine are playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Some people say that there are a group of mysterious students hidden in Class 9. Their strength is comparable to that of teachers like Lin Lang, and the potions and puppets also come from their hands. Because of their powerful strength and mysterious identities, they only appear when the "Tower of Babel" is carrying out difficult tasks, and they never show up easily at other times. The students who said these things once swore that they were saved by a cloaked man who claimed to be the executive commissioner of the "Tower of Babel" when they were carrying out tasks.

For this reason, Class 9 once again received great attention. However, no matter how much news about the "cloaked man" spread, the students of Class 9 of Grade 2 still maintained their daily routine of attending classes and completing tasks, blending in with ordinary students, never missing any appearances, and seemed to have nothing to do with the legendary "cloaked man".

As Lin Lang's direct disciple, Liu Xiaoyun had more contact with the students in Class 9 than others, so she became familiar with every classmate in the class early on.

Now she could judge without hesitation that except for Lin Lang and Su Mu who went to the "Art Hall" early to ambush and pass on the message, all the members of Class 9, Grade 2, including the class teacher Rui Hang, were present, and the two cloaked people did not belong to anyone in the class. She tried to use magic to identify whether the cloaked people in front of her or the existence of Class 9, Grade 2, were illusions, but the answer was "no".

As expected, are there a group of mysterious students hidden in Class Nine?

Liu Xiaoyun said secretly in her heart, looking at the two cloaked men with more and more curiosity.

Not only her, but everyone who studies magic in the base is very curious about the true combat power of Lin Lang and the other three, especially after they learned about the division of Parnaki's combat power levels.

Taking magicians as an example, people who possess a "magic circuit" can be considered "magic apprentices", and after that they are "apprentice magicians".

It is said that even in Parnaki, it would take more than half a year, or even one or two years, for a newcomer who is in contact with magic for the first time to transform from a "magic apprentice" to an "apprentice magician".

The promotion from "magic apprentice" to "apprentice magician" is not a test of talent, but of the memory and application of magical language and text, the understanding of spells and magic circles...more from the mastery of basic knowledge, but because it is too cumbersome, it takes a lot of time to recite and memorize it, and even to become proficient.

For Parnaki, which does not have a systematic teaching method and prefers a "free-range" model compared to Earth, it is indeed very difficult to complete the learning of this series of tedious knowledge.

But for Chinese students who have long been accustomed to high-intensity test-taking, these "questions" that can be completed only by rote memorization and understanding are too easy.

The more than 700 students who were selected, even those who were "eliminated" after multiple rounds of selection and followed other teachers to learn magic, all showed terrifying abilities in memory and understanding. With extraordinary learning speed and a large number of practice questions, in less than 20 days, the students have almost touched the boundary of "magic apprentices". The five students selected this time have even reached the level of "apprentice magicians". They are both talented and capable of learning. Even in Parnaki, they are enough to be called "geniuses".

After becoming "apprentice magicians", they were much more proficient in performing magic like "fireball" and "levitation" that Lin Lang had performed before, although they still needed to chant or draw magic circles to perform them. It was also because of this that they knew how powerful Lin Lang and others were - they could perform magic without even a medium, and the sophistication of their magic could only be described as "terrifying".

In Liu Xiaoyun's imagination, the great Lin Lang was most likely a high-level magician.

Advanced magicians... Even for those who are called "geniuses", it would take at least ten years to reach the level of advanced magicians, right?

——It was not until she witnessed the "cloaked man" performing magic with her own eyes that Liu Xiaoyun realized how shallow her imagination and cognition were.

One of the cloaked men, who was taller than the others, about 1.85 meters tall, raised his right hand, put his index and middle finger together, and lightly drew a line in the air. The peaceful space was torn apart with his movement, revealing a huge "black hole" two people wide without any magic chanting or use of any medium.

"Space Magic", a magic that Liu Xiaoyun had seen in books, studied, and tried, but had never succeeded in.

Liu Xiaoyun was not the only one who could perform space magic successfully. Of the more than 700 geniuses carefully selected by the country, none of them could even understand the basics of space magic. It can be said that space magic is one of the most difficult magics to learn in the entire magic book.

Is this teleportation magic? But doesn't normal teleportation magic require chanting long spells and the use of a medium? How can there be such a violent and simple method as tearing space directly? That's space! Can this thing be torn apart?

This scene not only deeply shocked the hearts of every student and staff member present, but also deeply shocked every senior executive in the conference hall of City B.

Although it was not the first time that I saw the students of Class Nine perform magic, I still couldn't help but be shocked by them time and time again, and realized the insignificance of human beings.

Apart from anything else, this ability to travel through space at will is hard to defend against, no matter how vigilant the Earth is. If a war really breaks out between Earth and Parnaki in the future, once the commander is beheaded, the Earth will fall into complete chaos.

On the live broadcast screen, the two fingers exposed by the cloaked man have been captured and modeled by the machine. Using the extremely fast computing speed of a quantum computer, they have been compared with the hands of Class 9 of Grade 2, Senior High School, and even all the students and teachers on the island, but nothing was found.

"We still underestimated magic." The commander-in-chief sighed as he looked at the program running frantically on the screen. "Since they dared to show up in front of us, I guess they are not afraid of being discovered by us."

"Have you analyzed the portraits of the students in Class Nine?" the deputy commander asked, "Are there any signs of illusion magic being cast?"

"We've analyzed everyone's action patterns and monitored the movement of magical factors in the air, but we haven't found any traces of illusion." The subordinate immediately handed over the results of the investigation.

——How could the illusion magic led by Lin Lang and operated by all the students in Class 9 who remained in the classroom be detected so easily?

Even if these staff members touched them personally, Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan, who were created by the illusion, had the same heartbeat, body temperature and breathing as normal people.

As long as there is enough magic power, Lin Lang can even use magic to create a real city out of thin air, as well as hundreds of thousands of people living in the city. Each person has an entity and complete behavioral logic, and is so real that they do not seem like fictional existences at all.

Although the people in the command room had long concluded that the two "cloaked men" were the seemingly "ordinary" students in Class 9, they could not help but doubt their own firm conclusion at this moment.

"The only thing to be thankful for is that, at least until now, these people are still on our side, and they show no signs of leaning towards Parnaki. It is currently judged to be 'safe'." The commander-in-chief laughed helplessly.

The secretary at the side couldn't help but mutter, "Parnaki can't be full of such "monsters", right?"

Silence spread in the command room.

No one could answer his answer, even though everyone could not help but deny this judgment in their hearts. But they could think of the "dragon" tribe they had already contacted, and the elves, giants, and mermaids who still lived in Parnagi and were said to be only slightly inferior in strength, and some of them could even compete with the dragons...

Each race has millions or even tens of millions of people.

Faced with such devastating combat power that is comparable to that of myths and legends, can humans really win...or survive?

...

"Don't stand there like an idiot. Put on your cloak first." Lin Yuan looked at the five students who had been grinning since they saw Xiao Shichuan perform magic. He raised his hand and threw five cloaks of the same style into their arms, and then put on the same cloak himself: "There is a magic on it. Your breath will be isolated, and no one can see you through the cloak..."

As the five of them foolishly put on their cloaks, Rui Hang stepped into the portal first, followed by Lin Yuan and Gao Shu with five students. Xiao Shichuan stayed where he was, maintaining the teleportation array while locking the space where the "Art Hall" was located for Lin Lang.

The remaining Class 9 students were not idle. In addition to maintaining the illusion of Rui Hang and Xiao Shichuan, they also needed to use their mental power to be on guard at all times to prevent the evil spirits from escaping through everyone's memories and entering the command hall in City B. Although Lin Lang had done a good job of protection there, everything still needed to be done with caution.

The students who had witnessed Xiao Shichuan's magic thought that such groundbreaking space magic was already the biggest shock, but they did not expect that the "surprise" waiting for them was just a veil.

Lin Lang and the other three suddenly said "Your Majesty the Demon King", which once again made everyone stunned.

Demon King? In Western fantasy settings, he is often associated with the "world-destroying" villain boss. Once he appears, he must be one of the strongest "demon kings"?

There is actually a demon king in Class 9 of Grade 2? !

——The Demon King of Parnaki, also known as the "Lord of the Demons", is the only "Demon" ruler of Parnaki who broke the rule that "life cannot be born under high concentrations of magic power" and was born naturally before the "Twenty-Four Gods" created the major races.

No one knows why the demons are able to deviate from the Parnagi code and breed in a high concentration of magic. The demons are as powerful as their birth, so powerful that it is unreasonable. According to legend, they feed on other races. If they were not jointly resisted and targeted by other races in Parnagi, it is not impossible for the demons to dominate Parnagi.

Why didn't you tell us earlier about this big shot? They should treat him like a leader of a country! How could they let him hide his identity and work illegally in the ninth shift?

...Well, now that I think about it, even the Mermaid King, who is equally distinguished, is their teacher, so it doesn't seem so outrageous to have the Demon King serve them at his beck and call.

This overly fantastic world!

...

The students of Class 9 obviously had no intention of explaining Rui Hang and the Demon King's identities, nor did they intend to say anything more.

As everyone was stunned, Rui Hang, who had made a domineering speech, suddenly had a pair of huge black wings like bat wings grow from his back, which carried Rui Hang high up in the air. The arrogant eyes hidden under the cloak looked down upon all living beings, and the powerful pressure was undisguised and released with all his strength towards the believers under him.

In an instant, the earth trembled, and the magic factors in the air seemed to be ignited. They evaporated directly under Rui Hang's terrifying pressure and were replaced by the magic power emitted by Rui Hang. Even the space showed visibly distorted distortions.

Wrapped in the double barrier of Lin Lang and Xiao Shichuan, the space blockade barrier created by the evil demon began to crack, unable to withstand the terrible magic power with a devouring nature coming from the demon clan.

"I say again, surrender or die."

Rui Hang's cold voice echoed in every corner of the temple. The believers trembled uncontrollably and prostrated themselves on the ground. As an invisible spiritual force swept over them, their faces changed at the same time. They stood up despite the pressure and angrily cursed Rui Hang in the air.

"It's the devil! It's the devil described in the Bible!"

"Will he burn us to death with the red lotus fire?!"

"Get out of here, demon! Don't defile our temple!"

Even Guan Yingying, who had experienced Lin Lang's magical suggestion, now looked like she shared the same hatred with Sun Yiming and cursed Rui Hang loudly.

"Her Highness the Goddess will not let you go!"

"The light of Her Majesty the Goddess will kill you!"

"Honorable 'Muse', please send down your holy light and take away the filthy demon before your eyes!"

"This..." Liu Xiaoyun listened to the endless curses and asked in surprise: "Aren't they afraid?"

People like them, who had teachers like Lin Lang and cloaks for double protection, could not help but tremble in their legs under Rui Hang's pressure. It was even difficult for them to maintain a standing posture, and intense fear continued to surge in their hearts.

But Lin Lang didn't have time to answer her question. At the same time, Rui Hang's voice rang out through the private channel: "Let's get started."

"Yes!" Lin Lang and the other three responded.

The next moment, a spiritual force even more powerful than the one that swept over the believers instantly enveloped everyone. The students felt their bodies suddenly lighten, as if they had been smeared with peppermint oil. They felt refreshed, and even their thoughts became clearer.

Unlike the spirited students, the believers who were originally cursing loudly all covered their heads and made painful noises.

“Pah—”

It seemed as if some shackles that could not be captured by the naked eye were broken - relying on the terrifying emotions imposed by Rui Hang through coercion, the mental barriers of all believers became extremely fragile and could be easily invaded and their emotions tampered with.

Although Rui Hang's words were arrogant, they were not spoken casually. From the beginning, these words were not spoken to the believers underground, but to warn the evil spirits hiding in the dark and still trying to hide.

Being able to create the "Palace of Art" shows that the evil demons have more or less understood the rules of this world. The evil demons and the demons are natural enemies and they have fought the most. Until the evil demons were eliminated, the demons were still synonymous with "cruel", "primitive" and "barbaric" in the eyes of the various races in Parnaki, so Rui Hang had no doubt that the evil demons would believe him to "kill all believers".

As Rui Hang expected, the evil demon immediately used his mental power to control all the believers, trying to make them arouse Rui Hang's anger and guide Rui Hang to kill everyone.

However, his actions are also exposing the "spiritual shackles" that remain in the minds of every believer.

The evil demon had never imagined that among the demon lords of all generations who were rumored to never care about the lives of other races and were even known for their cruelty, there would be a special existence who would actively protect humans.

With Lin Lang as his spiritual master, any shackles in front of him have no ability to resist and can be easily removed.

With the disappearance of the mental shackles and the absolute fear brought by Rui Hang, except for a small number of completely crazy believers who were unwilling to accept the cost of silence, the vast majority of believers who were obsessed with the "Muse" only because of the influence of evil spirits have regained their consciousness.

"What are we...doing?"

"Why am I here?"

"What is this in the sky?"

No one had time to answer their questions. Xiao Shichuan, who had been prepared, activated thousands of teleportation magics at the same time the moment they regained consciousness, and transferred the bewildered former believers to a safe area that had been prepared in South Island, to be taken over by the authorities.

The huge temple was suddenly empty. Rui Hang nodded to Gao Shu, Lin Yuan and Su Mu from the air. Following Rui Hang's instructions, the three of them quickly used magic power to deploy a protective barrier to protect the safety of the five students.

Without anyone to worry about, Rui Hang simply raised his hands and gently clenched them in the air.

There was no magic being cast, just pure magic power being released. In an instant, the space was shaking, the wind was howling, and wherever the magic power reached, all buildings were annihilated.

"No matter how many times I watch it, it's still so outrageous." Lin Lang sighed: "Teacher Rui's magic is really a mysterious existence."

"That's right!" Su Mu nodded: "We all practiced at the same time, how come he alone has more magic power than all of us combined? Does God really favor the demons so much?"

"It's possible that we are just too weak." Lin Yuan said helplessly: "The magic barrier created by the three of us can barely resist the overwhelming magic of Teacher Rui... The magic attribute of the Demon Lord is really too buggy!"

Other people's magic power is the embodiment of elements, only the Lord of the Demon Clan possesses the unique "chaos" attribute in the world.

——The so-called chaos is to devour all magical elements indiscriminately and use them for one's own benefit.

It is said that the birthplace of the demons, and also the birthplace of the evil demons, the Beiyuan Desert, is the place where the "God of Creation" fell. The "God of Creation" was born from nothingness, he created the world, and created the "Twenty-Four Gods" by pulling out his ribs. "Nothingness" was absorbed by the "God of Creation" and turned into magic power with his breath... and "Chaos", born from the death of the "God of Creation", is the true "power of destruction".

Seeing that the magic power was about to approach the only intact statue in the temple complex, a wind blade suddenly shot out from the statue and slashed towards Rui Hang fiercely.

However, before the wind blade could get close to Rui Hang, it was crushed by Rui Hang's huge magic power.

"The little mouse finally decided to come out?" Rui Hang raised his eyelids and said lightly.

...

Mu Jingbai was going crazy.

Five minutes ago, Her Highness Belyana, who had been sleeping for two months, suddenly woke up. Before she could show her excitement to Her Highness Belyana, her body was quickly taken over by Her Highness Belyana, and the huge power that had been there for two months once again filled Mu Jingbai's body.

Out of trust and admiration for Belyana, Mu Jingbai immediately relaxed his body and let her control him.

With the help of Belyana's powerful mental power, Mu Jingbai could feel that several "rats" had broken into this space that was sealed and guarded by Her Highness Belyana herself.

Is Her Highness Belyana going to perform a true miracle in front of the believers and kill these stupid rats?

Mu Jingbai thought happily, but the subsequent development of events was completely beyond her expectations and went in the completely opposite direction.

First, the believers suddenly lost control, and the power of faith they provided also disappeared. Then, the magic power so strong that it frightened her attacked from all directions. She could only flee all the way under Beljana's control and hide in the "Muse" statue, which had the strongest defense and withstood countless powers of faith.

However, the proud statue was crumbling under the pressure of magic. That was the first time that Mu Jingbai felt the fear from Her Highness Belyana.

Your Highness is...scared?

Impossible! Your Highness is an angel from Parnagi, an existence second only to God, how could he be afraid?

...Your Highness will lose?

The huge helplessness made Mu Jingbai's mind go blank. He could only watch in confusion as Belya used her body to try a final counterattack as if she was at her last resort.

The attack from the enemy stopped at this moment, and the irresistible voice, like a poisonous tongue, uncontrollably drilled into Mu Jingbai's ears.

"I know you are listening." Rui Hang's arrogant voice sounded. The language from the demon clan seemed to come from hell, making every soul tremble: "Even if you are dead or alive, you can share information with your fellow clansmen through memory. Tell the guys hiding behind, if you dare to take action on Earth, weigh your own strength first."

This time, Rui Hang is going all out not just because he wants to do something, but also as a warning to him.

——A warning to the evil spirits or other forces hiding in the background, whose existence is unknown.

Rui Hang didn't take action before because the situation was not complicated. The students' strength was enough to deal with it, so he didn't need to make another trip.

As the undisputed strongest person in Parnagi, Rui Hang has been an absolute neutral from the beginning. He will not interfere with the students' choices, nor will he interfere with every official action of the Earth. Rui Hang prefers to stand behind the scenes and observe everything, allowing the Earth to develop on its own - excessive protection will only make the Earth lose its sensitivity to crises and its ability to deal with accidents and dangers.

But this does not mean that Rui Hang will stand by and watch from beginning to end.

When the balance begins to tilt, Rui Hang will act without hesitation to resolve all factors that may upset the balance.

For example, before magic power appeared, there were mutants that emerged when the earthlings were unprepared, and there were evil demons hiding in the dark that were completely beyond the scope of what the earth's technology could handle.

"『Magic power superposition』, 『Space blockade』..."

Rui Hang uttered magic spells one after another, and the huge magic circle was put on the statue layer by layer like shackles.

Liu Xiaoyun and the others only felt their vision blurry, and they were actually back on South Island again. Xiao Shichuan, who was originally maintaining the space transmission, disappeared in the classroom along with the torn space.

Through the images shot, recorded and transmitted by Su Mu using the water mirror, everyone discovered that Xiao Shichuan had quietly entered the temple of the "Palace of Art".

"Teacher Rui, take it easy!" Lin Lang shouted at Rui Hang, not daring to be distracted anymore. The five of them output their magic power to the maximum, protecting themselves while confining the space, completely blocking any power that might leak out.

"Are you worried that the evil spirit will escape?" The secretary couldn't help but exclaim in the meeting room.

This was the first time he saw Lin Lang and others giving their all.

The next moment, the secretary realized that he had thought too simply.

Rui Hang said calmly, "Heavenly Strike."

Along with the black lightning, all the water mirrors that transmitted the images shattered in the bewildered eyes of the crowd.

"Fa, what happened?"

"Did someone attack them?"

"Is Comrade Su Mu injured?"

Half a minute later, the scattered water droplets re-suspended themselves and transformed into a huge water mirror in the air. Su Mu's embarrassed voice came from it: "... Barely safe."

Looking around again - where was the slightest trace of the temple and the statue? Even the gold foil on the wall and the ruins shattered by magic power completely disappeared with Rui Hang's earth-shattering blow. Black lightning still flashed around from time to time, exactly the same as the space torn apart by Xiao Shichuan.

Rui Hang fell to the ground from the air with his hands behind his back in a casual posture, and Xiao Shichuan hurriedly followed him - in his hands he was holding a woman with a pale face who had completely lost the desire to resist. She was Mu Jingbai, the actress who played the "Muse" of the "Art Hall".

"I was able to rescue people from this kind of attack. We are really awesome!" Xiao Shichuan kept a cool face and only dared to sigh wildly in the private channel.

Lin Lang and the other two nodded frantically.

If it weren't for the four people's full efforts, with Rui Hang's attack, this space and the S city buildings above the temple would have been completely reduced to ashes.

"But Mr. Rui, how can you be sure that there are other evil demons behind this one?" Lin Lang asked curiously.

Rui Hang said: "Evil demons are like cockroaches. If one appears, there must be a nest of them, probably."

Lin Lang and the other three: "... probably?"

"No matter if there are other evil spirits behind this, it is always right to intimidate them," Rui Hang said seriously.

Four people: "......"

I think you are just itching to do it!

Suppressing the silence in his heart, Lin Lang walked to Mu Jingbai and put one hand on Mu Jingbai's forehead. Relying on the magic power that he had left behind, Lin Lang easily found the evil demon that had been exhausted and hiding in Mu Jingbai's sea of ​​consciousness, and directly pulled it out.

Following a shrill scream, the evil demon revealed its true form in front of humans for the first time - a beautiful girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slender figure and long flowing hair.

"The evil spirit doesn't have a fixed appearance. It will only transform into a form that makes people let down their guard the most." Lin Lang said.

"This ability is too terrifying..." Liu Xiaoyun murmured, "If the evil demon turns into a panda and runs towards me one day in the future, I may not be willing to attack it at all..."

The innate ability allowed the evil demon to see everyone's surface memory even without the use of magic. With a "bang", the girl who was about to cry turned into a cute little panda in its cub stage.

Evil demon: “Boom!”

Everyone: “…”

Now I don’t know whether Liu Xiaoyun is reluctant to do it or not, and they are also reluctant to do it!

Rui Hang's mouth twitched. "Let's imprison it at the bottom of the Tower of Babel first. It just so happens that you, Lin Lang, need some time to recover your magic power. Once you can recover your power, read its memory immediately."

Lin Lang nodded: "Yes."

But before Lin Lang and Xiao Shichuan could use the remaining magic power to seal the evil demon and bring it back to the "Tower of Babel", the evil demon, who was trying hard to act cute in order to survive, suddenly twisted its body, and when everyone was caught off guard, it suddenly shattered like a bubble with a "puff" sound, and was completely annihilated into the air.