To confirm whether he had taken the wrong path, Gu Shi took out his staff and cast a third-level wind magic spell, Wind Hearing. This magic allowed the caster to hear sounds from far away.
With the help of the Wind Listening Technique, Gu Shi successfully heard the sound of gurgling water coming from the front. Following the sound of the water, he found his destination.
This is a fairly large lake, and the map indicates that it is the territory of a group of green snakes.
The Jade Snake is a water-based monster. It is usually about one meter in size and is accustomed to living in groups. It is a common monster in water.
This magical beast is famous for its shimmering scales. The higher the level of the Jade Snake, the more beautiful its appearance. The complete skin of a high-level Jade Snake can be sold at a very high price in the store.
The Jade Snakes in the Small Monster Forest weren't very large, numbering around twenty. Leading them was a Rank 4, Primary Jade Snake, who was Gu Shi's target today.
Gu Shi quietly approached the lake. He stood by the water and looked down. Dense aquatic plants grew at the bottom of the clear lake, and occasionally a trace of scales could be seen reflecting among the aquatic plants.
Gu Shi first took out the image stone from the space ring and activated it, and then before officially starting the battle, he cast an elemental shield on himself.
Elemental Shield is a fourth-level magic, which is a spell that all mages must learn. As the name suggests, this spell will generate a shield around the mage, which is one of the mage's life-saving skills.
Congleton School of Magic has a rule that students of the School of Magic are not allowed to venture out of the school before they have learned elemental shields.
As a magic profession, the physical fitness of the mage is far inferior to that of the warrior. Although the mage's physical fitness will be strengthened to a certain extent with each advancement, it is impossible for them to use their bodies to withstand attacks like a warrior.
The spell Elemental Shield greatly enhances the mage's defense. It is a consensus among all mages to shield themselves before going into battle.
"Wind Blade."
Gu Shi swung his staff, and dense wind blades shot out into the lake. Even with the water blocking the way, the wind blades easily cut through large tracts of water plants and muddied the mud at the bottom of the lake.
Obviously, Gu Shi's actions angered the green drake snakes living in the lake. They surfaced with a hissing sound and attacked him with various water balls, water arrows and other spells.
Gu Shi didn't care about these attacks. These spells couldn't hurt him at all. He summoned a wind wall to block these spells. His eyes were still fixed on the bottom of the lake. He was looking for the leader of this group of green snakes.
He quickly locked onto a particularly eye-catching green brocade snake in the group. As the one with the highest cultivation level in the group, its scales were more beautiful than those of its peers around it.
"Ice Blockage."
The fourth-level freezing technique easily froze most of the lake surface, and even the group of brocade snakes floating on the water were frozen into ice sculptures.
Gu Shi also deliberately increased the input of magic power to make the power of the freezing spell even more powerful. All the exposed green brocade snakes were controlled by this spell.
Some low-level Jade Snakes died directly under this spell, but the stronger ones did not die. They were still struggling to break free from the ice. The Jade Snake leader reacted particularly quickly, and cracks appeared on the ice sculpture that froze him.
There was no way Gu Shi would let it break free. A flash of wind blades snapped the mostly frozen Jade Snake in two. He then cast another Ice Sealing Spell, freezing the remaining ice sculpture even tighter.
When fighting in this kind of water, his ice spells have many more advantages. After two freezing spells, a thick layer of ice has formed on the surface of the lake.
While the Jade Snake leader was being controlled, Gu Shi attacked frantically, unleashing all sorts of powerful offensive spells on it as if they were free of magic. The Jade Snake leader was slain by his attacks before he could even fight back.
"It's over? Are you pretending to be dead?" Gu Shi was still a little slow to react. The death of the Jade Snake leader was a little too quick.
Gu Shi stepped on the ice he had created and walked towards the dead Jade Snake leader. He took out the dagger he had prepared in advance, cut open the Jade Snake's body, and took out the magic crystal inside.
After completing these actions, Gu Shi ended the recording of the photo stone, and then took out the remaining magic crystals one by one. Even a small amount of magic crystals is still valuable. Its life wand still needs a lot of magic crystals to upgrade, so every bit he can earn is valuable.
After completing an assessment indicator easily, Gu Shi did not stop. He took out the map and began to look for the next target nearby.
Busy time always passes quickly. After collecting another magic crystal of Warcraft, Gu Shi glanced at the sky which had already darkened. It was getting late, so he decided to stop here for today.
After a day of hard work, he harvested a total of four magic crystals, one fourth-level primary, three third-level advanced, and now he only needs two more to complete the goal of five third-level magic beasts.
The battle went smoothly without incident. He spent most of his time on the road, as level 3 monsters didn't appear in large numbers in the Small Monster Forest.
Gu Shi walked slowly back to the entrance. It was still very lively here. Many students who wanted to hunt monsters that were only active at night had just entered the Small Monster Forest at this time.
After passing through the crowd, Gu Shi came to the registration area again. There were two new instructors on duty here. Judging from their attire, they should be instructors from the Warrior Academy.
He didn't stay for long. He put the machine he had taken before entering the Little Monster Forest in the designated location and left the registration area.
At the dormitory door, Gu Shi happened to run into Wendel who had just returned.
"What a coincidence! How was your harvest today?" Gu Shi asked.
"It's okay. I got two magic crystals. I should have gotten more than that. There were two times when I just arrived at the place and there were already other people fighting against the monster. Another time, I didn't even see anyone, but the monster had already been killed." It was obvious that Wendel was a little dissatisfied with his bad luck.
Wendel's current strength is at the advanced level of the second level. His assessment task is similar to Gu Shi's, which includes one third-level, one advanced level of the second level, and five second-level monsters.
He naturally also hoped to get a high score in the assessment, so Wendel chose to hunt high-level second-order magical beasts today. However, there were many students in the academy who had the same idea as him, which made high-level second-order magical beasts very popular.
As a descendant of an aristocratic family, Wendel often uses his family connections to get special training. Fighting against monsters of the same level alone is not a problem for him, and he also has the support of high-level magic potions to restore his magic power after the battle.
But he had everything planned out, and he didn't expect to be intercepted so many times at the beginning.
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