Amidst the lightning, the seven members of the Shadow Society were paralyzed by the electricity. Various protective magical artifacts automatically appeared on their bodies.
Compared to those in the seventies, who possess more offensive magical artifacts, those in the eighties clearly have more defensive ones. They are varied, but all helped each person withstand the damage from the thunderbolts, though the paralyzing effect was unavoidable.
Seven people. This time, I'm facing seven people. Lu Shi sighed. Last time, I only faced five people in the seventy-digit range. I need stronger attack power.
"Little Commander, Flame Rain has leveled up to level 4..."
[You have begun practicing Flame Rain, burning 30G of monster souls, and your Flame Rain level has increased to level 2.]
[You have begun practicing Flame Rain, burning 60G of monster souls, and your Flame Rain level has increased to level 3.]
[You have begun practicing Flame Rain, burning 120G of monster souls, and your Flame Rain level has increased to level 4.]
[Flame Rain Level 4, increased power, expanded range]
[Special Ability: Casting time halved]
[Current remaining monster soul weight: 336G]
...
As soon as the thunder subsided, Lu Shi's hands lit up with fiery red light, and a huge fiery red star map unfolded in the sky.
"It's you! It was you in the center of the lake last time too. You can actually unleash high-level fire magic. What level of mage are you?" Wen Tianming stared at Lu Shi's actions and asked incredulously.
"Die!" Lu Shi never bothered to say much to his enemies, especially not to the beasts of the Shadow Demon Society. It was better to die with confusion in his heart.
Countless fireballs rained down, engulfing the seven people who were already paralyzed once again.
The combined attack of thunder and fire is Lu Shi's best offensive method against a group of enemies.
As the sound of the protective magic artifact shattering continued to echo, Lu Shi also saw the prompt on the panel.
[Slayed one mid-level human mage, soul weight 61G, automatically absorbed]
And then... that was it.
"What's going on? How come there's only one kill? Little Commander, did you steal my soul again?" Lu Shi asked in surprise and doubt.
But Xiao Tong didn't say a word to Lu Shi, acting quite aloof.
We can only wait for the fireballs of the Flaming Rain to stop falling before the ground in front of us reveals its true form.
Lu Shi discovered that of the seven members of the Shadow Society, six were still standing.
A man dressed in black lay on the ground beside them. Judging from the distance, he seemed to have abandoned his teammates and tried to escape. Ironically, he became the only one killed by the fireball.
The other six stood there, their bodies trembling slightly. Wen Tianming, in the center, had just lowered his hands when a light screen rose above him, black and white light shimmering on it, forming a tai chi symbol. The falling fireball was likely deflected by this tai chi light screen. As Wen Tianming lowered his hands, the tai chi symbol slowly dissipated.
Releasing the Tai Chi diagram clearly took a toll on Wen Tianming; he exhaled, his face pale.
"Wow, is it Tai Chi?" Lu Shi muttered to herself curiously.
In her past life, she enjoyed practicing Tai Chi with some old men. She never imagined that she would encounter such magical magic in the magical world, just like the Tai Chi symbol.
"That's a fusion of mind magic and shadow magic, very imaginative," Little Scissors exclaimed.
"Mind and shadow? I can do both too! So, can I create a Tai Chi symbol?" Lu Shi said with some anticipation.
"We can give it a try." Little Scissors seemed to be thinking about it too.
"However, let's deal with these rats first." Lu Shi and Xiao Jianjian communicated in their minds, the entire exchange taking only a moment. Looking at the six members of the Shadow Demon Society who had just felt like they'd escaped death, she said with a grin, "Wen Gou, I can play with high-level fire magic all day. But I'd like to see how many more times you can play with your Tai Chi diagram?"
A spiritual purification blessing is bestowed upon me, triggering the Heartfire effect.
Lu Shi's hands glowed red again, preparing to unleash a rain of flames.
Wen Tianming's pale face suddenly turned black, as if it were changing color. However, his hands glowed with black and white light respectively, preparing to withstand the attack.
"Woman, stop!" a voice shouted from afar.
Then, a large group of magical beasts and people rushed over.
In an instant, the speaker was in front of them. He was dressed in the standard attire of the Shadow Order, but he was riding on a huge white tiger, which made him look rather intimidating.
"Eighty-one!" the members of the Shadow Society exclaimed in surprise.
Eighty-one nodded to Wen Tianming first. Then, he said seriously to Lu Shi, "The Bai family has been completely wiped out, and the Huang family's resistance in various places has also been basically wiped out. You few, why don't you quickly surrender and hand over the Kunlun Mirror?"
Lu Shi ignored him, cursing inwardly, "What do I care if the Bai and Huang families live or die?"
She was about to unleash another rain of flames when the Huang family members behind her, carrying the Kunlun Mirror, shouted excitedly, "What? The Bai family has also been slaughtered by you!"
Eighty-one glanced at the Huang family members and said indifferently, "Actually, they weren't all slaughtered."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and a man and a woman were pushed out by the hyenas from the pack following him.
It turned out to be Huang Shixuan and Bai Qinya. They were in a terrible state, their clothes torn and covered in wounds, and their faces were deathly pale with fright.
"These two little guys must have held high positions in your Huang and Bai families. So many mages risked their lives to protect them, even sacrificing their teammates who came with them. But they underestimated our monster horde." Eighty-one glared fiercely and roared, "Now everyone's dead. Only these two are left. If you don't exchange them for the mirror, the Huang and Bai families will be wiped out."
Huang Shixuan shouted at the person behind the mirror, "Second Uncle, help! I don't want to die!"
Uncle struggled, trying to remove the mirror from his back.
"Hey, hey. You seem to have misunderstood something," Lu Shi suddenly interrupted. "The Huang family may be powerless, but I... I am!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Shi could no longer hold back, and the fiery rain fell once more. This time, it even covered Eighty-One and the pack of hyenas he had brought.
Fireballs rained down, and cries of pain and the howls of wild beasts echoed within their range.
This time, after Lu Shi finished releasing the first round of flame rain, she began to draw the second round of flame rain, a seamless saturation attack.
After releasing high-level fire magic three times in a row, even with the Heart Flame buff, Lu Shi felt that her fire magic power was on the verge of exhaustion. She felt that she had enough magic power left to release Flame Rain at most one more time.
However, looking at the long list of monster soul absorption notifications displayed on the panel, Lu Shi gave a wry smile.
Only the weight of Warcraft souls increased by 133G, while the weight of human souls remained unchanged.
It seems they only killed the small fry; none of the main culprits died!
Sure enough, the flames died down.
Wen Tianming was completely limp and could only rely on the two men in black beside him for support.
Eighty-one on the other side wasn't in much better shape. He was completely charred, and the white tiger he was riding also had charred fur. The man and the beast worked together to block the fireball attack. Huang Shixuan and Bai Qinya were very close to them and were lucky enough not to be hit by the fireball. They were so frightened that they sat on the ground, too scared to move.
In the end, the hyenas that were further away from them all died out.
“You’ve cast three high-level fire spells in a row; your magic power must be running out by now. It’s our turn to make a move.” Eighty-one stood up, smiled cruelly, pointed at Lu Shi, and said sternly, “Let’s all attack together. Don’t kill her; capture her alive.”
"Sir, please let us go by handing over the Kunlun Mirror! It's that woman who didn't know what was good for her; it has nothing to do with us!" Second Uncle shouted, handing the Kunlun Mirror to himself.
Eighty-one looked satisfied and was about to speak.
A loud bang.
The barrier of the Huang family dungeon was shattered from within by a tremendous force. The remaining force rushed past the two Huang family members standing at the entrance, causing them to stumble and fall to the ground. The Kunlun Mirror also slipped from their hands and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Then, a dozen or so mages emerged from the dungeon one after another. They all had white hair and looked quite old.
They emanated various magical lights, resolutely stepped over the two disheveled figures on the ground, and came to Lu Shi's side, all bravely looking at the members of the Shadow Society.
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