The black snake shadows all chased after Lu Shi.
Lu Shi increased her speed even further, widening the distance between herself and the six students.
I have witnessed the power of this black snake phantom.
Making all the black snake phantoms chase after him was Teacher Lu's final act of tenderness towards his six students.
However, while she reserved her gentleness for the students, she herself had to embrace cruelty.
The black snake phantom was much faster than Lu Shi.
In the blink of an eye, a black snake phantom coiled around Lu Shi's right shoulder.
Strangely, this time Shapeshifter did not actively deploy its protective shield.
The black snake entered Lu Shi's body directly.
She then felt a chilling, cold energy spread rapidly from her right shoulder throughout her body.
From the outside, it appeared that the black snake phantom was gradually growing larger and slowly wrapping around Lu Shi's entire body.
"Master!" A long-awaited voice rang out. Little Scissors' voice had matured considerably. If it was a loli's voice before, it was now a young woman's voice. Newly awakened, it was unusually active, its entire body shimmering with silver light, looking incredibly magnificent.
“You are the master, I am just a lowly worker who works for you,” Lu Shi replied irritably.
"Alright, Master, stop being so temperamental. Look at you, a mind-based mage, you didn't even try to resist the curse magic attack!" Little Scissors' words woke him up from his reverie.
Lu Shi then realized that the black snake phantom was a curse-type attack from black magic. No wonder the shapeshifting gold, which could only resist physical attacks, hadn't reacted.
I understand.
"Get to work," Lu Shi said, raising her hand.
【Soul Purification】
The release of a magic skill that is so familiar it cannot be more so.
The white light began to drive away the black snake phantom.
It was effective, but it couldn't completely purify the black snake phantom for a long time.
The two sides reached a stalemate.
"Master, your skill level is too low! Make sure your cheat program levels up quickly!" Little Scissors said hurriedly.
"Even you know about Little Tongtong?" Lu Shi replied curiously.
"That's right. Before I upgraded, I could only vaguely sense it. Now that I've eaten such a large piece of the Kunlun Mirror fragment, I can sense it clearly." Little Scissors shook.
But suddenly it let out a cry of pain.
"Okay, I know I was wrong. I promise I'll never reveal your existence again." Little Scissors' voice was tinged with grievance and fear.
Lu Shi had no interest in paying attention to the passionate interaction between the two characters in her consciousness space.
She directly called out in her mind:
"Little Commander, upgrade the Mind Purification skill! Push it to level 10! I'm going to be awesome!"
[You have begun practicing Mind Purification, burning a total of 550G of monster souls, raising your Mind Purification level to 10.]
[Mind Purification Level 10, Soothing Ability Enhanced, Purification Ability Enhanced]
Special Abilities: Heartfire, Dispel, Soul Condensation
[Current remaining monster soul weight: 1995G]
...
Wow, even the word count isn't padding anymore!
They're incredibly extravagant!
But the feeling of spending money on Soul Burning is just so... awesome!
Hardship brings joy.
Let's ignore those three special abilities for now.
Lu Shi released her soul for purification.
The black snake phantom was affected by the white light, let out a scream, and its body gradually disappeared.
It seems this is the dispelling effect.
Then, Lu Shi felt her whole body heat up, and magic surged through her body, as if she had inexhaustible magic power.
There was also a particularly exciting feeling. This excitement was different from the frenzy brought about by the transformation of the soul; it was a spiritually pleasurable excitement.
Is the "heart fire" effect caused by stimulants? I wonder if there are any side effects?
Lu Shi once again regretted her ignorance.
I will definitely study more magic skills when I get back.
As the black snake phantoms continued to pounce from the sky, he purified his mind and released his power, quickly dispelling all the dozen or so phantoms.
After extinguishing the last illusory image, Lu Shi felt a wave of dizziness. Could this be a side effect of the spiritual purification?
"Nonsense about side effects, that's just your imagination. Heartfire gives you a mana regeneration effect, and level 10 Heartfire is practically a mana-restoring god skill." Little Scissors' voice echoed in my mind.
"Then I'm invincible! I'll have endless magic power!" Lu Shi was genuinely excited. This divine skill is incredible!
"What are you thinking? The mana recovery effect is less than what you get from taking me out to cut. Level 10 only lets you cast twice as many spells. Oh, that's the beginner level. The advanced level might only let you cast two or three more spells." Little Scissors patiently explained.
"That's pretty good too." Lu Shi was easily satisfied.
"Teacher Lu." Zhou Rui came to Lu Shi's side and called out with concern.
The other five students also gathered around.
Zhang Qinglan stared at Lu Shi with an expression of utter disbelief. "How many elemental types does the Thunder Witch have? How many of them are magical artifacts? So many magical artifacts, she's incredibly wealthy."
Wu Lie and the others, however, were unsurprised. Teacher Lu was just that versatile; whether it was magical artifacts or talent, he was their teacher.
"Let's go, to the Magic Association." Lu Shi patted Zhou Rui's head, cast a healing spell on herself, and felt a little better.
Leading six students, they quickened their pace toward the Magic Association.
After passing through the residential area, I did not see any other monsters.
After passing this last street, you'll reach the yellow protective barrier of the Magic Association.
Now they can all see the people inside looking over with surprise.
However, the expressions on the faces of the people inside suddenly changed. Their terror was still visible even through the yellow light screen.
They also discovered that it had suddenly gotten dark.
Lu Shi turned around and saw a dense swarm of black snake phantoms flying in from the sky, blocking out the sunlight.
"Oh my god! So many!" Zhou Rui screamed.
Zhang Qinglan's feet shimmered with azure light, as if she was about to accelerate into the yellow barrier.
But he hesitated, seemingly struggling for a long time, before finally stopping and silently walking to Lu Shi's side.
Lu Shi glanced at him and smiled. "This kid, he always prioritizes running away, but I didn't expect him to be so loyal at a time like this. He's willing to live and die with us."
But if she knew Zhang Qinglan's true thoughts, she might just stab him to death with a thunder spear first.
Zhang Qinglan thought to herself: Anyway, since it was Teacher Lu who killed the 6th-tier Pegasus, the 8th-tier Demon Serpent leader will kill Teacher Lu first to avenge himself, and won't specifically target someone as insignificant as me.
If Teacher Lu survives, then I can now show my loyalty.
If Teacher Lu dies from exhaustion, that would be perfect. I can loot her corpse, grab the powerful magical artifacts she dropped, and then run. As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold; who knows, this might be my path to future success.
Unaware of Zhang Qinglan's true thoughts, Lu Shi was considering how to deal with the ever-approaching swarm of black snake phantoms.
Finally, I made up my mind and continued to silently repeat it in my heart.
"I have plenty of souls now, just use them. Little Tongtong, add some points to... Mind Wall." Seemingly remembering something, Lu Shi hurriedly added, "Right, right, that's a high-level spell. Don't max it out, level 4 is enough!"
[You have begun practicing Mind Wall, burning 30G of Warcraft Souls, Mind Wall level increased to level 2]
[You have begun practicing Mind Wall, burning 60G of Warcraft Souls, Mind Wall level increased to level 3]
[You have begun practicing Mind Wall, burning 120G of Warcraft Souls, Mind Wall level increased to level 4]
[Mind Wall Level 4: Increased defensive capabilities, extended duration, and expanded coverage area]
[Special Ability: Casting time halved]
[Current remaining monster soul weight: 1785G]
...
Upgrading high-level magic skills indeed requires significantly more soul energy.
Okay, let's try it out first.
Lu Shi began to draw a white star map with both hands. The complex and intricate star map quickly took shape.
It only took a short second.
A white halo rapidly expanded from Lu Shi's center, covering a five-meter radius around her.
The six students standing next to her were naturally included as well.
Then, the black snake phantom attacked.
They all crashed into the white halo.
Obscure and incomprehensible characters appeared on the halo, radiating a holy white light, shattering the charging black snake into pieces.
Lu Shi smiled calmly, ignoring the black snake phantoms, stood up, and addressed the six students:
"Come on, follow the teacher, let's go into the Magic Association."
The group of seven walked step by step toward the yellow shield of the Magic Association amidst the constant collisions of countless black snake phantoms.
The six students went from being worried to looking at Teacher Lu with admiration.
Until the Netherworld Serpent atop the Zifeng Tower let out a deafening roar.
The sky full of black snakes suddenly vanished.
Lu Shi turned around and looked back.
The Netherworld Serpent had turned its head back to the north, no longer paying attention to its own side.
He smiled and led the six students into the yellow protective shield.
They were greeted immediately by...
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