Full-Time Magister: I can control you to death

A few hours later, the group crossed the Shawang River safely.

Before them stood atop a flat roof, rising abruptly from the Gobi Desert plain.

It looks more like a volcano, but unlike traditional volcanoes which are wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, the volcano in front of us looks more like a giant pillar that pierces the sky!

“Let’s climb up from the outside. The mountain is high, but there are too many unknown dangers if we go from the inside…” Nan Jue said.

"Before I came here, I heard from an old hunter that although this Fire Pillar Mountain looks vertical and steep, the rock is not as hard as you might imagine, and you can carve out a ladder to climb it."

Chapter 224 Treasure, from the Most Beloved People

Military mages prioritize ability above all else.

Xu Fang earned everyone's respect through his own abilities.

"If it weren't for Xu Fang, we would have been seriously injured, if not killed."

The spiritual healer, Old Li, was a talkative man. He kept grumbling, "I really don't know what the higher-ups are trying to do by sending us to find this damn Fire Calamity Fruit..."

"Old Li!"

His teammate gave a low shout, and Old Li belatedly realized what was happening and quickly shut up. Xu Fang consciously shifted his gaze elsewhere.

Nan Jue interjected, "The Fire Calamity Fruit has many uses. The simplest one is as a synthetic material for condensing Soul-level Fire Seeds, with a 100% success rate!"

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately.

Soul-level Flame!

100% successful synthesis!

Satisfied with everyone's reaction, Nan Jue said, "So, everyone, complete the mission well. Rewards and merits are guaranteed, understand?"

"Understood!" everyone answered with all their might.

The earth mage in the team stepped forward. He possessed a special spiritual seed, allowing him to walk on the cliff face as if it were flat ground.

He walked up the cliff, where protruding rocks secured the ropes firmly. He continued upwards, securing the ropes as he went. The others below could then climb straight up using the ropes.

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At the same time, Mo Fan and his group, who arrived at Fire Pillar Mountain via another route, encountered trouble.

"Holy crap, so much lava!"

"Me too, the road is blocked!"

"There's a road here... Damn it!"

They fled for their lives, with surging lava behind them and fiery armored monsters blocking their path ahead!

"Damn it, good dogs don't block the way, old wolf, let's go!" Mo Fan and the Thunder-Devouring Wolf Beast charged out at the same time.

The Thunder-Devouring Wolf roared to the sky, and chaotic electricity brewed in the air. With the help of the electricity, Mo Fan's lightning magic became incredibly powerful.

"thunderbolt!"

"Dance wildly!"

The chaotic lightning swept away the demons before them.

"Brother Fan, your wolf is just too awesome!" Zhang Xiaohou said enviously.

"Of course, this is a top-tier beast soul worth tens of millions. I owe Huang Mao a huge sum of money for buying this..." Mo Fan said proudly.

This time, we can finally pay off the debts we owe Xu Fang.

"That's enough, you two! We're running for our lives!" Lingling snapped, "There's a cave over here, let's get in quickly!"

Unlike the original story, Mo Fan is much stronger and easily defeats the demons, avoiding being swept away by the lava while covering their retreat.

They took refuge in the cave, and Chen Ying and Zhao Manyan sealed the entrance, praying that they wouldn't suffocate before the lava receded.

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"defense!"

Molten lava overflowed from the Fire Pillar Mountain, surging towards Xu Fang and his group.

The military mages were clearly prepared. The earth mage immediately created a cave on the cliff, and everyone quickly hid inside.

"Use ground waves to block the cave entrance, and everyone should conserve oxygen as much as possible," Nan Jue said immediately.

Just as the earth-elemental mage was about to do so, Xu Fang suddenly said, "Extend the upper layer outwards a bit."

The earth mage was taken aback, and subconsciously used his magic power to reinforce the upper part of the cave, turning it into a "roof".

The molten lava that originally needed to be blocked with magic has now turned into a "waterfall," hanging half a meter out of the cave entrance.

Although the incoming air was scorching hot, it was still enough to maintain normal breathing.

"Ice Vines." Xu Fang casually cast a low-level spell, which was placed haphazardly in the cave to control the temperature to a suitable level.

Nan Jue looked at Xu Fang in surprise: "How did you come up with that?"

She originally invited Xu Fang to join her team just because of his bizarre mirage tricks, but as they've come this far, Xu Fang's strange and wonderful methods have kept refreshing her understanding of the world!

"As long as we don't give up, there are always more solutions than problems," Xu Fang said with a smile.

This technique wasn't his invention. It was first created by the most admirable people during the Korean War in his previous life.

In the protracted battles on the high ground, due to insufficient firepower, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army often had to sacrifice ten or even dozens of times more lives to hold a high ground.

The reverse slope tactic emerged to address this need. The defensive line was positioned on the back side of a high ground, with an upward slope and a downward slope, making it impervious to enemy artillery shells and bullets, and allowing grenades to be easily thrown away along the protruding upward slope.

Xu Fang's version is just the most basic version of the basic version, but the original version is too awesome. Even after being nerfed in this other world, it is still very useful.

The lava flowed for more than ten minutes before gradually receding. Once the lava had completely drained, the group emerged from the cave where they had been sheltering.

The outside world had completely changed; everywhere was solidified lava, and the dim, slanting sun hung in the sky, making it easy to lose one's way.

After a busy day, everyone's magic power was starting to give out.

"Let's go down the mountain and rest in the basin first, and then continue our journey tomorrow!" Nan Jue said.

The sun quietly set.

In the pitch-black night, the stars twinkled like shattered diamonds, and the outline of the Milky Way was clearly visible.

The moon was eerily large, its silvery light spilling across the Gobi Desert, tempering the frenzied restlessness and adding a touch of cold, hard lines to its outline.

Silent all night.

The next morning.

"Once we cross this mountain, we will reach the Fire Cloud Forest. Our intelligence ends here. The senior who once set foot here only said that the Fire Calamity Fruit only appears in this forest, which grows more lush the hotter it gets."

Nan Jue manipulated the worker bees, taking in the view of the scenery on the other side of the mountain.

The other military mages installed element detectors, checked element concentrations, and found an optimal path.

"That's a bit strange." Old Li scratched his head. "Usually, as soon as this thing is installed, the demons will smell it and come over. Why are they being so well-behaved today? Could they be planning something big?"

"Stop being crow-mouthed!"

His companion glared at him with displeasure.

With no demons blocking their way, the group quickly crossed the mountain and arrived at the edge of the Fire Cloud Forest.

rustling...

The Fire Cloud Forest is covered with fiery red fallen leaves, like maple leaves, and stepping on it, you can feel the softness and high temperature that are different from ordinary ground.

“Look here, you see the traces left by a large number of demons passing through.”

Nan Jue said that the surrounding trees were badly damaged, and some small trees were even broken in half in the same direction. The ground was covered with crushed leaves.

"It seems that someone had already entered the Fire Cloud Forest before us, and even caused a general uprising among the demons."

"The team that managed to cross the Sand River and get here is definitely not here for the elemental fragments; they're most likely after the Fire Calamity Fruit!"

"We need to hurry, or someone else will snatch it away!"

The Fire Cloud Forest was already like a maze, with layers upon layers of endless labyrinths. With this discovery, the atmosphere among the group became even more agitated.

"Lingyi - Soothe!"

Old Li quickly used mind magic, which calmed the team down again.

“These Fire Cloud Trees all look exactly the same, and my sound magic has no effect.” Nan Jue subconsciously looked at Xu Fang to see if he had any good ideas.

Xu Fang took out a box from the Hidden Star and released a large number of blue locusts. He pointed in a direction and said with certainty, "It's right there."

"go!"

He was always reliable, so everyone cheered and continued on their way.

Only Nan Jue racked his brains, unable to find a solution... If insects could find a way, there was no reason why sound magic couldn't work.

Little did she know, it was the little will-o'-the-wisp that was truly guiding them.

As for the Blue Poison Locust?

Of course, we should pick up the good stuff! There are so many valuable things on the ground, wouldn't it be a waste to leave them here?

Chapter 225 I'm keeping this bug as a pet.

The fire cloud trees were becoming sparser, and more and more bare brown sand was being exposed on the ground. Joy flashed in everyone's eyes; they were finally going to leave this hellish place!

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~~~"

Suddenly, a cold wind swept in, accompanied by a chilling sound.

Xu Fang and Nan Jue immediately noticed that the Holy Shield covered the outside of the group, and the Demon Vine swayed and pushed aside the fiery red leaves on the ground.

A creature with a fiery python-like body was swimming towards them at an extremely fast speed. Although its body couldn't compare to the monstrous Totem Serpent, it was still twenty or thirty meters long.

The most terrifying thing is that this guy has three heads, which are dark brown, fiery red and turquoise, respectively, corresponding to three attributes!

"Go all out and seize the initiative!" Nan Jue shouted. Although the aura emanating from this demon was not at the level of a commander, it was definitely not something a general-level demon could easily mess with.

No one dared to be negligent, and they were about to draw a star map when a bottle flew out.

With a slight crackling sound, it froze into ice in mid-air, then burst open with a "bang," releasing the dark red liquid inside like raindrops.