Full-Time Magister: I can control you to death

Xu Fang was indeed sleeping; he had been meditating all night.

After several months of experimentation, Xu Fang discovered that he was much more efficient at controlling the stars in places with plenty of sunlight. Therefore, he usually reserved his precious control time for the daytime.

He has already successfully controlled six stars, and has a strong feeling that he will be able to make the seventh star fall at his feet by noon today.

Xu Fang slept until noon when school was over, and then went to Xue Musheng to ask for a day off for the afternoon.

"Is something wrong at home?" Xue Musheng asked kindly.

"It's nothing, I'm just in a bad mood and want to go out for a walk." Xu Fang's attitude was somewhat perfunctory, but Xue Musheng didn't mind and patiently persuaded him:

"Xu Fang, life is a long journey. Temporary setbacks are nothing. Look at your teacher, who is also from the Light Department, and he's doing just fine now, isn't he?"

"Teacher, I understand."

"I don't think you understand. How about this, since I don't have classes this afternoon, I'll go shopping with you."

"Teacher, you should rest."

Even a fool could guess what the homeroom teacher was imagining. Xu Fang quickly left and rode his bicycle to the eastern suburbs of Bocheng.

This used to be a lively village, but not long ago, an elderly woman who was dancing in the square was carried away by a one-eyed demon wolf, which frightened the people in the area so much that they moved away overnight, and even though the city's demon-hunting team had cleared it out, they resolutely refused to come back.

It was completely deserted, making it the perfect testing ground.

Xu Fang put the Stardust Magic Artifact given to him by Zhan Kong on his hand, closed his eyes, and felt the stars in his spiritual world.

The first one, the second one... the sixth one.

Xu Fang was already adept at controlling the first six stars. At this moment, he was fully focused, using his mental power to control the seventh star, trying to pull it into his position.

The seventh star was speeding through the stardust when it sensed Xu Fang's mental call and reluctantly stopped, slowly creeping onto the star orbit.

Coming!

We're almost there!

Xu Fang's breathing quickened slightly. He had put in months of hard work and was waiting for this moment!

Finally, under his eager gaze, the last star came to a stop and aligned itself with the other six stars.

"Great! Hey! I won!" Xu Fang was overjoyed.

A mesmerizing golden light shimmered amidst the stardust. From the very first star, magical energy filled the entire star trail.

Outside, a giant-eyed rat that had gone out to forage spotted Xu Fang, and its huge eyes lit up immediately.

The people here have all moved away, and the demons have run out of food for the winter. Otherwise, demons like the Giant-Eyed Bloody Rat, who live in the sewers and cemeteries, wouldn't be out eating at midday.

The giant-eyed rat licked its lips with its scarlet tongue, let out a short screech, and charged toward Xu Fang.

Just then, Xu Fang opened his eyes!

Chapter 6: What's with the Light-based character showing off?

Unlike the bloodthirsty and reckless one-eyed wolf, the giant-eyed rat, though also cruel, is more cautious due to its lack of strength.

When it realized that Xu Fang had seen it, its charging motion suddenly stopped, and it unleashed its skill from its huge eyeballs.

A crimson dark beam!

The speed was so fast that the humans on the other side seemed to be stunned and didn't react at all, standing still in place.

A gleam of excitement flashed in the giant-eyed rat's eyes, as if it could devour the plate of two-legged sheep in the next second.

"Radiant Purification!"

The soft golden light outlined an aurora-like curtain between the humans and rats. The originally thick, scarlet beam of light grew smaller and smaller after entering the curtain, and eventually disappeared.

The giant-eyed rat's eyes widened. It wasn't that it hadn't fought human magicians before; it had seen magicians that could emit light before.

But everyone else's lights are just for illumination; I've never seen anything this bizarre before!

That wasn't the end of it. After devouring the crimson dark beam, the golden light seemed to be still hungry, expanding its range to envelop the giant-eyed blood rat!

From the perspective of the giant-eyed rat, apart from the added golden filter in front of its eyes, it did not feel any discomfort.

Instead, it felt like soaking in a hot spring, warm and extremely comfortable.

However, from an external perspective, it was quite terrifying. Crimson magical energy was seen rising from the giant-eyed rat's body and being assimilated and absorbed by the golden light.

"Awesome!"

Xu Fang looked at the scene of the frog being slowly boiled in water and felt the magical energy recovering in his body, and was amazed.

This reminded him of his favorite skill when playing video games as a child—Parasitic Seed!

On the other side, after a few seconds of pleasure, the giant-eyed rat's wild instincts brought it back to its senses, and it launched an attack again, screaming as it rushed out of the golden light and headed straight for Xu Fang.

"Come!"

Xu Fang was filled with fighting spirit. At this moment, in his mental world, the golden main body of the seven stars dimmed, and the crimson star ring surrounding them shone brightly.

"Fire and burning!"

A striking crimson star trail appeared around Xu Fang, flashing past him before quickly condensing in his right hand.

Then, with a powerful swing, it hit the giant-eyed rat accurately!

The giant-eyed rat let out a miserable cry. Its already hollowed-out body could not withstand the strain and was reduced to a pile of charred remains by the flames.

"You're going to die now?"

Xu Fang was somewhat disappointed; the strength of this lab rat wasn't quite there yet, and he hadn't finished his experiment.

The battle lasted no more than half a minute in total, and if Xu Fang had gone all out, the time would have been even shorter.

The special star particles were indeed extraordinary in power, allowing one to complete the cultivation of two systems in the time it took others to cultivate one.

The Light-type skill, Radiant Purification, is clearly just a lighting skill, but it has a built-in assimilation and absorption effect, making the opponent weak and powerless while keeping the user's mana full and allowing them to fight for a long time!

Xu Fang remembered that only high-level mages with Soul Seeds could possibly master this kind of ability.

Although the fire element has no additional effects, judging from the fact that a single basic level 1 skill destroyed the Giant Eye Blood Rat, its power is at least equivalent to a normal mage's Fire Bone Burning!

—This is still the case of casting the spell alone. Xu Fang could sense that when the star and the star ring lit up at the same time, he would unleash an even more terrifying killing move!

"My talent is beyond my imagination."

"Unfortunately, the giant-eyed rat was too fragile. I fell down before I could even exert any force. I'll have to wait until next time."

In high spirits, Xu Fang rode away on his bicycle.

An hour later, a truck driver passed by and, upon seeing the signs of a battle, hurriedly notified the city's monster-hunting team.

“There are very few signs of battle. That mage should have finished the fight within three moves.” Li Wenjie, a wind-type mage, carefully observed the surroundings and found no signs of dodging.

In other words, this mage killed the giant-eyed rat instantly by simply standing still – that's terrifying!

“A complete carbonized corpse, Captain, can you do that?” Guo Caitang turned to look at the burly Xu Dahuang.

Xu Dahuang shook his head and said thoughtfully, "Taking this beast's life is easy; a single burst of fire will suffice. But burning it alive is difficult."

My Firebite Bone Burning technique, while causing considerable damage, couldn't withstand such a swift and brutal defeat... I can't do that.

"She must be a very strong mage!" The cute water-type girl, Xiao Ke, exclaimed with sparkling eyes, "I wish she could join our demon-hunting team."

"You're overthinking it. Such a powerful mage, are you going to recruit him as a captain?" Fatty rolled his eyes, then, meeting Xu Dahuang's unfriendly gaze, quickly smiled apologetically: "Hehe, Captain, I was just joking."

Xu Dahuang said irritably, "Be down-to-earth and stop daydreaming all day. Why don't you dream of a lightning mage joining our team?"

"Captain, this is unbelievable, I can't believe it even in my wildest dreams..."

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After the first semester ended, Xu Fang began his month-long winter break.

At sixteen, Xu Fang was at the age where he was so hot-tempered that he slept on a cold kang (a heated brick bed). Having tasted magic for the first time, he became addicted to it, but after several trips to the suburbs, he was not lucky enough to encounter any demons.

"It seems we need to be more targeted in our approach."

Having made up his mind, Xu Fang stepped into the Hunter Alliance.

The Hunter's Alliance is an organization that brings together small teams of unemployed hunters. Every day, hundreds or even thousands of hunter mages come here to find suitable bounties.

"Looking for an earth mage, skilled in using ground waves for movement, excellent pay!"

"Wind element mages, look here! Our team urgently needs a scout!"

"Any ice-attribute mages? Experienced hunters preferred!"

Inside the Hunter's Alliance hall, shouts and cheers rose and fell, and powerful teams lined up in long queues, with those wishing to join needing to submit their resumes.

"Brother, all alone?"

A skinny guy sidled up to him, asking in a friendly tone, "Would you like to join our team? We're a relatively new team, but we have huge potential, and the benefits are amazing—every new member gets..."

Xu Fang glanced at him, snapped his fingers, and a ball of light flicked from his fingertip: "Will you take it or not?"

The skinny monkey's words stuck in his throat. After a few seconds, he walked away cursing, "Damn it, what bad luck! What's a lousy light elementalist doing in the Hunter's Alliance? Wearing a hood and a mask, trying to act mysterious like those experts?"

Skinny Monkey spotted Xu Fang, who was dressed mysteriously, from afar. He thought he could snag a great deal and recruit a big shot who was pretending to be weak to his own advantage. But he turned out to be a real pig!

It's one thing to be a pig, but to act all high and mighty is another!

After sending the skinny monkey away, Xu Fang continued to look at the bounty information on the big screen.

He had no intention of joining the Hunters Squad. Firstly, he wasn't short of money, and the Hunters Squad's benefits held no appeal for him.

Secondly, his core purpose is cultivation. Joining a team would restrict his actions, limiting him to using only one type of magic, which contradicts his original intention.

He planned to do it himself.

"Let me see, this one is good, this one is also quite suitable... The western suburbs cemetery, that's it!"

Having found a suitable reward, Xu Fang went to the front desk to register.

"You're going to take on this mission alone?" The receptionist was taken aback and advised, "Although the mission information indicates that you only need to eliminate the Giant-Eyed Blood Rat, the risk of acting alone is still too high. I suggest you find some reliable teammates."

“It’s okay, one is enough for me,” Xu Fang said.

The receptionist was somewhat exasperated; she couldn't reason with the stubborn guy. She took out a registration form from the drawer and said, "Please give me your name and leave a deposit. We'll refund the reward along with the money after you complete the task."

"My name is Zhang San."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, this is your permit. Please be sure to act within your capabilities."