Li Cuiling transformed into a fire spirit and was the first to rush into the dark space of the training base.
Lu Shi rubbed his forehead.
Sometimes she wondered if her recklessness was due to her master's teachings.
Look at them, they don't think about anything, they just keep rushing forward.
Led by the presiding judge, three senior judges also rushed into the base.
The three military mages looked at Lu Shi cautiously.
Lu Shi shook his head, drawing a wall around his mind to protect himself and the three military mages as they followed into the training base.
Step through the gate and enter that dark space.
In an instant, Lu Shi felt as if she had entered a world of eternal night, where darkness surrounded her.
Various black substances emerged on the wall of the mind, constantly corroding the light barrier.
Meanwhile, the Golden City and the Hot Spring, with their level 10 Mind Wall effects, continued to work, with the golden liquid constantly dissolving the black substance.
The three military mages stared at the black substance on the wall of the mind, all showing fear.
"Darkness has taken hold!"
Li Cuiling shouted a warning from ahead.
The three senior judges were all high-level mind mages. Together, they released a mental barrier, ensuring that they were not in danger of being corrupted by the darkness.
“Shishi, we must find the source of the darkness. Now we’ll split into two groups. I’ll take some people to the teachers’ area, and you’ll take some people to the students’ dormitory area,” Li Cuiling assigned the tasks.
Lu Shi didn't want to separate. But Li Cuiling insisted that this would solve the problem faster. Lu Shi couldn't go against her master's wishes, and the two parted ways.
Although it was daytime, the sky was completely obscured when I looked up. Everything was shrouded in darkness, with only the magical glow emanating from the Wall of the Mind illuminating a distance of less than five meters around me.
Lu Shi led three military mages slowly toward the student dormitory area.
The three military mages wore mind-based defensive magical artifacts before entering, but they dared not easily leave the protective range of Lu Shi's mental wall.
Along their journey, the four saw many corpses lying on the ground, the vast majority of them ordinary people who had all died from magical attacks; the damage caused by various spells was clearly identifiable. Occasionally, they also saw the corpses of a few student mages.
"Vice President, judging from the current situation, the student casualties are not significant. They should be able to protect themselves and are probably holding out in the student dormitory area awaiting reinforcements," a military mage said confidently after carefully examining the bodies on the ground.
Although Lu Shi had a different opinion, she did not refute it. In any case, she would eventually have to go to the student dormitory.
The training base was very large. The group carefully crossed a training field and finally approached the dormitory area.
Darkness enveloped everything, making it impossible to see anything clearly.
However, Lu Shi had checked the information before coming in. For this National High School Magic Competition, all participating students were staying in the training dormitory.
With both team and individual competitions, there are several hundred students living here. They are all high achievers, and the organizing committee has specially arranged for each student to live alone.
Judging the distance roughly, Lu Shi raised one hand.
【Radiance】
A golden sun, accompanied by four smaller suns, shone brightly in the sky, radiating golden light. The light illuminated the area ahead.
Unfortunately, the light was not bright enough to illuminate the entire area; only the vague outlines of a dozen or so dormitory buildings could be barely discerned.
"Someone fell down."
"Yes, someone fell down."
The two military mages pointed to the nearest dormitory building. From the rooftop, a figure could be seen falling rapidly in the hazy light.
"Don't leave the area of the Mind Wall, I'm going to save him," Lu Shi said briefly to the three military mages.
Instant teleportation
Lu Shi disappeared from the spot.
Without the protection of the wall around her mind, Lu Shi felt a cold, sinister force constantly drilling into her body.
But she couldn't worry about that for the moment. With a flash of silver light, Lu Shi arrived beside the falling figure.
With her hands raised, Lu Shi caught the falling person.
Replace it with an ordinary person or a magician below the high rank.
Trying to catch someone falling from a great height with both hands will inevitably result in broken arms.
But Lu Shi's current physical abilities are like those of a humanoid monster, and she easily caught it.
"Bai Qinya!"
Looking at the still-shaken little girl in her arms, Lu Shi was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the person she had saved knew her.
Lu Shi felt the dark power constantly invading her body, so she activated teleportation again, taking Bai Qinya back to the range of the Mind Wall.
Then, without hesitation, Lu Shi released a mental purification spell on herself and Bai Qinya.
As the effects of the dark power gradually subsided, Lu Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Qinya also realized that it was Lu Shi holding her, and hurriedly shouted:
"Teacher Lu, please hurry and save Shixuan! He's still on the rooftop."
Lu Shi has not yet replied.
One of the military mages asked, "What exactly is happening here?"
Bai Qinya lowered her head and wept.
"Ugh, I don't know either. Darkness suddenly descended. Everyone was casting spells haphazardly, and it was impossible to tell who was fighting whom. Shixuan and I finally managed to escape to the rooftop, but we were still surrounded by monsters. Shixuan pushed me off the building and faced the monsters alone. Teacher Lu, you're so amazing, please go save him!"
“Monster?” Lu Shi grasped the key word.
Suddenly, several streaks of lightning flashed across the rooftop of the nearest dormitory building, tearing through the darkness.
"Lightning magic!" Lu Shi looked up.
Judging from its power, it is very likely Huang Shixuan.
So, the most urgent task is to save lives.
As for what exactly happened here, let's find out gradually.
Lu Shi reinforced another mental wall, and said to the three military mages:
"I'll leave Qinya to your protection. I'm going to rescue people first."
"Vice President, this is a mind-based defensive magic artifact. Please take it with you, just in case." A military mage took out a mind-based defensive magic artifact and handed it to Lu Shi.
Everyone was equipped before entering. But Lu Shi was too formidable, and they never had a chance to give her away.
Lu Shi didn't refuse, reached out and took it, then casually put it in her bosom.
With the protection of the mental wall, Lu Shi felt quite at ease. Eight wings appeared on her back, and she broke through the mental wall's protection, flying directly to the dormitory rooftop.
As soon as Lu Shi flew above the platform, she looked down and saw Huang Shixuan's hands shining with purple light as he continuously struck a monster with lightning.
It was a large, dark mass of flesh, which would be difficult to spot in the darkness unless one moved.
The lightning struck the lump of flesh, but to no avail; it did nothing to stop the flesh from rolling. It slowly approached Huang Shixuan, seemingly wanting to devour him whole.
Huang Shixuan continued to unleash lightning despite his reluctance, but as the black fleshy mass drew closer, his spellcasting slowed down, his eyes began to glaze over, and his whole body went limp.
It seems that this black mass of flesh can guide the surrounding invading dark forces, bewildering and even controlling those who fall into it.
With that in mind, Lu Shi could no longer wait.
[Lightning Strike]
The opening move is the most powerful Overload true damage.
The black mass of flesh was covered in lightning and fire, and a layer of its surface was melted.
The lump of flesh trembled violently and rolled far backward.
"What the hell is this thing?" Lu Shi landed next to Huang Shixuan, looking warily at the black fleshy mass.
"Teacher Lu." As the black mass of flesh moved away, Huang Shixuan regained some clarity.
He looked at Lu Shi, his face beaming with joy. But when Lu Shi asked him a question, he still shook his head.
"I don't know either, but I saw this monster devour many of my classmates."
"Master, this is a dark entity. Quickly break through its outer shell; there's still hope for the students it devoured," Little Scissors suddenly spoke up.
"So, how do we break it?"
"Hmm, I don't know. Master, you should try it yourself."
"Sigh, I knew it would turn out like this." Lu Shi sighed and smiled at Huang Shixuan beside her. "Little classmate, stand aside. It might get very cruel in a moment."
Then, Lu Shi walked towards the black mass of flesh.
Red and purple light rose from her body.
The Fire Domain overlaps with the Thunder Domain.
A dual-elemental super-tier magic of lightning and fire is unleashed simultaneously...
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