Full-Time Magister: I Had No Intention of Reaching the Dimensional Throne

Chapter 112 The Real Purpose

Bai Mo pressed his advantage, giving them no more time to react. The silver broadsword suddenly vanished, turning into streaks of silver light that combined to form a rhomboid space covering ninety meters.

A constant buzzing and trembling sound filled the air, and powerful spatial pressure immediately acted on the Xuan Shui Turtle. In just a few breaths, countless wounds burst open all over the Xuan Shui Turtle's body.

Hiding beneath the Xuan Shui Turtle, Mu Zilin could feel the turtle's pain and also saw the blood pooling on the ground. She quickly called out:

"Stop, you've won."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo waved his hand to dissipate the compressed space. Since they didn't have a grudge, he didn't want to kill the other party's summoned beast.

However, there was something that Bai Mo found strange: she hadn't used her second skill. Was it too weak to be of any use?

The image of the plants' reactions when he saw her that day flashed through his mind, and Bai Mo shook his head. He still felt it shouldn't be that, but the competition was finally over, and worrying about it didn't seem to make any sense.

After a week's rest, I was called to a meeting in the conference room, presumably about the exchange student experience.

However, there were just too many people attending the meeting.

The one who issued the training mission was the Dean of Hundred Flowers Academy. (The moon was setting.)

This was a simply dressed, silver-haired old woman who looked very kind, but what she said startled everyone.

"Your current training and assessment task is to wipe out a mountain spirit clan in southern Ningzhou."

"Wow, teacher, you're not mistaken, are you?"

"These mountain spirits are all warriors; how are we supposed to fight them!"

"Isn't this sending us to our deaths?!"

As soon as she spoke, all the students from various academies started discussing it. Bai Mo's eyes flickered slightly. He finally understood why Dean Xiao had given such a large reward.

Good heavens, this is going to cut off the potential threat of mountain spirits from the source in Kyushu!

Let the mountain spirits only wreak havoc on those small southern countries, since they'll basically be living happily with the mountain spirits soon anyway.

Yue Dangli reached out and tapped the microphone. Once the room quieted down, she continued:

"We are cooperating with the military this time. Your supervising teachers will also be involved. All you need to do is complete the mission assigned to you by the military."

"Military vehicles will be arriving in three days. Be prepared."

Upon hearing this, the students, though still somewhat incredulous that they were to participate in the extermination of a mountain spirit tribe equivalent to a clan, all accepted the arrangement.

With the Wind Finder, it wasn't difficult for them to find the mountain spirits in the lush forests of the south, or to discover where they were hiding during battles.

However, in the humid and vast forests of the south, there are not only mountain spirits, but also many more solitary demons and plant-type demons that hide themselves very well.

The most famous is a plant-based demon that is jokingly called "Lying Flat".

This kind of demon gives those who see it a psychological suggestion that they are delicious.

Once someone believes this suggestion and eats it, they will immediately begin to hallucinate. In the end, the part of the plant-based demon that is eaten will drain the essence of the hallucinating person's flesh and blood.

Since the military was going to take action against the mountain spirits in southern Ningzhou, they were well-prepared and had already investigated the latest distribution of demons in the surrounding area.

The frontline had already clashed with the main group of mountain spirits, and they assigned tasks to the students of the academy based on this.

The students from the Shanghai University were paired with students from the Imperial University, and they were tasked with traveling to a place called Ling'erpo to eliminate the demons there.

It was near a small town in the southernmost part of Ningzhou.

It seems they want to create a barrier there to prevent mountain spirits from escaping into Ningzhou and causing trouble.

There were about a dozen mountain spirits on the mountain, as well as some other servants.

"Bai Mo, what are you planning to do? Are we just going to fight our way in like this?"

As they approached their destination, Zhou Tianyuan asked a question, and the others turned their attention to Bai Mo.

As the strongest member of the team, Bai Mo naturally took over the command. The students of the Imperial Capital Academy, aside from feeling that Bai Mo's actions were too domineering, offered no further comment.

"Of course not. Although the military won't give us impossible missions, a dozen or so generals are not something we can fight head-on."

Bai Mo stopped 500 meters away from Ling'erpo, his gaze falling on Jiang Yu, and said, "Jiang Yu, have your Night Rakshasa go and see if there are any rivers or anything like that near Ling'erpo."

"Why are you looking at this?"

"Zhou Tianyuan has a water element conversion magic device that can greatly increase the power of his next spell in places with water."

"Good!" Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu's eyes lit up. The stronger their power, the better they would be at dealing with the mountain spirit.

So he immediately ordered Ye Luosha to go and investigate.

Such mountainous and forested terrain is simply the perfect stage for the Night Rakshasa, which roams freely in the shadows. Nothing can detect it unless it chooses to.

Seeing this, Bai Mo nodded slightly, then looked at Zu Jiming in the group and said:

"Zu Jiming, I need you to release your poison. I will blow it all over and cover the hillside."

Zu Jiming rolled his eyes and said irritably:

"Bai Mo, you're supposed to be from a prestigious family, can't you at least have some common sense about poison mages? Helping you is no problem, but I'm worried about losing face in the army."

But even if you drain me dry, I still can't release the poisonous fog that covers a whole hillside!

After hearing Zu Jiming's words, everyone present was speechless. This guy always boasted about his poison skills, but when it came to actually using him, he was a complete disappointment.

Bai Mo was speechless. How did this scoundrel even get into the National Team?! He glanced at Zu Jiming and said directly, "Then tell me, how much poison mist can you release?"

"At most half a hillside!"

"It's just half a hillside; every little bit we can weaken it is a good thing."

Zu Jiming then began using his Wind Vortex to release the toxins, while Bai Mo used Wind Spirit to manipulate the surrounding winds, sending these toxins undetected up the ridge.

Once diluted, the poisonous fog loses its power, so Bai Mo needs to maintain his wind to prevent it from dispersing. Therefore, he cannot carry all the poisonous fog up the ridge at once; they need to advance while simultaneously pushing the fog away.

He led the way, and the group quietly moved toward Ling'erpo while waiting for news from Ye Luosha.

Suddenly, Bai Mo noticed Guan Yu walking towards a brightly blooming mushroom. When he saw the mushroom, he also felt a faint urge to go and eat it.

His expression immediately turned serious, and with a surge of mental power, he crushed the mushroom.

Upon seeing this, everyone who had been walking along immediately turned to look at Bai Mo, and then followed his gaze to the thing that had been crushed to pieces.

Then, seeing Guan Yu stray from the group, Jiang Shaoxu said with a hint of doubt:

"Guanyu, what are you doing over there? Is there something there?"

Guan Yu also woke up at this moment. He shook his head in confusion and walked back to the group, saying strangely:

"I don't know how I got here. I saw a mushroom, and my first instinct was to pick it and eat it..."

At this point, Guan Yu suddenly remembered what that thing was and couldn't help but shudder.

"It seems you've spotted the bait for the Illusionary Heart Mushroom Demon."

When Jiang Yu heard Mushroom and Guan Yu describe their own conditions, and then thought about how Bai Mo had shattered that thing from a distance, he knew what it was.

"There are a lot of baits that the Illusionary Heart Mushroom Demon has planted nearby, so everyone be careful and keep an eye on each other."

"Don't go to such trouble, I'll build a wall of defense for you!" Jiang Shaoxu said, about to cast a spell. Bai Mo waved his hand to stop her.

"Conserve your mana for the upcoming battle. The mind control of the Illusionary Heart Mushroom Demon isn't unbreakable. Just like Jiang Yu said, we should all keep an eye on each other."

"Alright, you're the captain, you're in charge." Jiang Shaoxu waved his hand dismissively, stopping the effort to build up the mental wall.

"Meow~" A cat meowed out of nowhere, and Night Rakshasa had returned without anyone noticing.

Everyone looked at Jiang Yu, eager to hear what good news Ye Luosha had brought.

"Night Rakshasa said there's a small river not far to our northeast. It also took a look around the ridge. There are sixteen warriors in total. Six of them are Earth Profound Wilds. The earth element is very strong there. They were fighting over that place, but they've made peace for now."

Jiang Yu paused, then added, "The side of that river that faces the Ling'erpo direction is where the Di Xuan Mang (a type of mythical creature) lives."

Bai Mo nodded slightly, using more wind element to send all the poisonous fog up the ridge. Then he said, "Let's head towards that river and take out the Earth Profound Python first!"

"I think we can wait until both sides start fighting, which would undoubtedly make things much easier for us," Jiang Shaoxu said at this moment.

"Your idea is very good; I've thought about it too." Bai Mo nodded slightly before pointing out the fundamental problem.

"But we have no way to provoke them. If we kill a mountain spirit or a wild boar, it will stir up their hatred for each other. Then I don't think these demons will exist for long."

Although Bai Mo pointed out the problems with Jiang Shaoxu's suggestion, it also got everyone's minds racing. They started thinking about ways to incite the Di Xuan Mang and the Mountain Spirits to fight each other, resulting in mutual destruction.

But you certainly won't get anywhere by just imagining or guessing.

Jiang Yu was also pondering this question. He wondered if Ye Luocha's statement about the rich earth element meant there was some kind of earth-attribute natural treasure.

So he shared his guess with everyone.

"Send your Night Rakshasa to take a look. If it's an elemental species, then we should give up. Without an elemental detection device, we can't find it unless it actively reveals itself."

Bai Mo said, "If it's a plant type, we'll pick it if we can get Ye Luocha to pick it, and if we can't, then so be it. But it's more likely that the soil element is concentrated due to the region."

So Jiang Yu's Night Rakshasa was dispatched again, and it returned when the group arrived near a not-so-wide river.

Ye Luosha told Jiang Yu what he had seen and heard, and Jiang Yu then relayed it to everyone.

"Night Rakshasa said it didn't see any special plants in that area."

Everyone's eyes flickered; it seemed this battle was not going to be easy.

The river was less than a hundred meters from Ling'erpo. On the gentle slope on the opposite bank, a massive, dark red python, resembling a train, was slithering about. The ground it slithered across was a mess; newly grown three-meter-tall saplings were crushed into dust.

That hillside was largely empty and barren. Only grass covered the ground; not a single tall tree existed.

Clearly, these were all the work of the Di Xuan Mang.

This is the only one that everyone has seen; it is likely that many more Earthworms are still hidden in the rocks on the slope or in the burrows.

"Stay put and wait for Zhou Tianyuan to accumulate water element. Zu Jiming, you also need to hurry up and recover your magic power. Everyone else, prepare your magic. I'll go back and lure out those Earth Profound Pythons later."

The others nodded silently. Those like Ye Zi and Jiang Yu, who majored in summoning, had already released their contracted beasts.

Now, he has also begun to quietly prepare for his minor in magic.

After a few cups of tea's time, Bai Mo saw Zhou Tianyuan's signal and knew that he was cured.

So he stomped his feet repeatedly, creating several whirlwinds that filled the air and the ground with wind trails. He transformed into a streak of light and flew to the opposite gentle slope where the two huge, crimson-black heads of the mythical beast were intertwined and entangled.

On its flat, round head, two pairs of scarlet eyes instantly fixed on Bai Mo, and then a pair of snake tongues shot out from its mouth.

The snake's tongue, like a guillotine, sliced ​​through the white ink standing above their heads.

"Under immense pressure!"

Bai Mo's eyes gleamed with silver light, and a silver rhomboid space appeared beneath his feet with lightning speed, directly enveloping the two heads of the Earth Profound Python.

The immense spatial pressure, as heavy as Mount Tai pressing down, descended smoothly, and the two snake tongues that were about to cut towards Bai Mo instantly became soft noodles, sticking directly to the sides of their snake heads.

The immense pressure continued to intensify, with the two Earthly Demons resembling Sun Wukong trapped under the Five Finger Mountain.

The difference is that their heads cannot move; only their bodies can move.

But clearly, Bai Mo lacked the Buddha's compassion and had no desire to deal with their bodies.

As the silver light in Bai Mo's eyes intensified, the rhomboid silver space immediately lit up as well. The tremors of the space instantly grew louder, and the compressive force within the space became stronger than that of being in the ocean thousands of miles below.

Blood gushed out; the sudden surge of pressure blew out the eyes of the two Earth Profound Pythons. But this was not the end, but the beginning.

The two heads of the Earth Profound Wilds, shrouded in space, collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye. There were no scales, flesh, or bones; the entire thing simply crumbled.

In the blink of an eye, he turned into a pool of bloody mud, smeared on the ground. Then, the bodies behind him, still writhing, rubbed him all over.

"Holy crap, he took down two generals in one go, and he wasn't even using his full strength during the exchange match?!"

Upon seeing this, Guan Yu gasped and exclaimed in surprise.

"hiss!"

"hiss--!"

"hiss----!"

The mage's aura had already attracted the attention of the Earth Serpents, who were either hiding in the burrows or lingering nearby. Now, seeing their fellow serpent die, they were even more enraged.

The four Earthly Pythons, like four trains at full speed, charged towards Bai Mo.

(End of this chapter)