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

Chapter 262 The Beast Soul is Incomplete, Borrowing Power from the Soul-Binding Technique

The air rippled slightly, and Bai Mo's figure appeared not far in front of Nan Rongni, like a pencil drawing, gradually deepening in color.

"Bai Mo?!" Nan Rongni was stunned for a moment, then her face lit up with tears. "Captain, you're finally here! I was all alone here, so scared!"

Bai Mo stared at her quietly. To be honest, his expression was really wicked, which could easily arouse a person's protective instincts.

However, he knew this woman was two-faced and didn't want to get entangled with her, so he simply nodded slightly.

"I'll take you to meet them."

"them?"

Bai Mo did not answer her question. The spatial star map formed a circle like a ribbon, and amidst the dancing silver light, they disappeared directly from their original spot.

"Chirp chirp chirp~~~~~~~~~~!!"

The giant dark spider, hanging upside down from the ceiling, screamed angrily when it saw its prey, which was almost within its grasp, being snatched away.

Its long limbs landed, but paused in mid-air as if blocked by something, which made it even more annoyed.

After meeting up with the others, Bai Mo immediately led them down the mountain.

Li Kaifeng, Zhou Kai, Mu Tingying, and Lu Yilin are still missing from the team, presumably they are still deeper inside the tomb.

The group descended along the spatial passage and soon arrived at the actual exit of the tomb chamber.

After passing through a quiet passage, the group arrived at a magnificent hall, about the size of a concert hall, adorned with numerous bas-reliefs and colorful carvings, and decorated entirely with gold and silver. It was incredibly luxurious, but what attracted everyone's attention even more were the many burial objects that filled the hall.

There were ordinary gold and jewelry, gemstones and ivory, as well as some daily necessities, but what attracted everyone's attention the most was the huge coffin in the very center.

The coffin was simple, made of some unknown type of wood, and had been there for an unknown number of years, yet it still looked very new under the light.

On the four sides of the coffin, there were four high platforms, each with several items on it.

Bai Mo and the others exchanged glances and were about to step forward to take a look, as the core control hub of this secret realm might be located inside.

But just as she took a step, a scream came from beside her, "Look! What are those things above us?!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a wave of energy came from above. Everyone looked up and saw that Zhao Manyan was about to use a defensive spell in an instant.

However, what came into view was a dazzling white light that was enough to obscure the line of sight. This light was not only on the ceiling, but also on the walls and the reliefs on the pillars of the hall, which lit up with the same brilliance almost instantly!

"What is this!" someone shouted.

No one answered him. Bai Mo squinted, feeling that the light looked familiar, like the light of a mind-based magic, but he could vaguely sense a strange spatial fluctuation from it.

If he hadn't glanced around and seen that everyone was still there, he would have almost thought that he and the others had been separated by spatial teleportation again.

"Roar roar roar~~~~~~!"

"Thump thump thump~~~~~~~!"

Suddenly, a roar of beasts and the sounds of battle rang out. Just as my vision returned, a piercing scream rang out:

"Why did you take so long? If you had come any later, we wouldn't have been able to hold on!"

Bai Mo looked around and found that this place resembled a hilly wilderness, and on all four sides, hundreds of demons were surrounding them, led by a commander-level demon.

The one who made the sound just now was Mu Tingying. Beside her stood Lu Yilin, Li Kaifeng, and Zhou Kai, all panting heavily, their auras fluctuating, as if they had just gone through a great battle.

"Wind Spirit!"

Bai Mo glanced at the commander, a wild mountain bear, and the surrounding low-level demons were also bear demons. He let Feng Ling fight the enemy and turned to look at Mu Tingying.

"Where am I? Aren't we in a tomb?"

"I don't know. We were in that tomb at first, then a light appeared and we came here. We even encountered a group of bear demons!" Mu Tingying said frantically.

"It's truly remarkable that you've managed to hold out for so long under the commander," Nan Rongni said sympathetically, immediately beginning to treat them.

"Have we been teleported to the wilderness?" Ai Jiangtu asked while blocking the attacks of the surrounding bear demons.

"Long-distance spatial teleportation can be bumpy; we'll either not be teleported at all, or we'll still be in the tomb."

Bai Mo looked at the Savage Mountain Bear being overwhelmed by Feng Ling and analyzed, "Moreover, that light clearly seemed to be of the mind type, so why didn't I feel any mental magic attack?"

"I didn't feel it either."

"Stop thinking about that! Is there any way out? I've really had enough of this place!" Mu Tingying shouted.

"We haven't even figured out where we are yet, so how would we know how to get out?" Jiang Yu pushed up his glasses and added:

"Moreover, I feel that these wild mountain bears are somewhat different from those in the outside world."

"What's so strange about this? It's not like the Beast Soul Rock Demon we encountered before, something from thousands of years ago," Li Kaifeng said nonchalantly.

"No! Not this!" Jiang Yu glanced at the slain warrior-level Savage Mountain Bears, his brows furrowing slightly.

"I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong, but it just feels a bit strange."

"Strange?" Bai Mo also observed carefully, but found nothing unusual. He carefully recalled the description of the Savage Mountain Bear in the Demon Encyclopedia.

They have thick limbs, gray hair, three mountain-shaped black hairs on their chests, and exposed fangs. They are usually five to fifteen meters long.

These details matched the wild mountain bear before him. He turned to Jiang Yu and asked, "What's strange about it? Tell me in detail?"

"I can't quite put my finger on it, it was just that feeling for a moment, and now that feeling is gone." Jiang Yu was also very distressed, scratching his hair. He wondered if he might have misjudged the feeling, or if he was just too nervous.

"Aww~~~~~~~~~~~!"

Just then, the mountain bear let out a long and tragic roar as Feng Ling pierced its chest with a gust of wind.

As this roar resounded, several more identical roars echoed from afar, as if receiving a signal.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Mo and the others saw groups of Savage Mountain Bears suddenly appear behind the distant hills. Each group of Savage Mountain Bears had more than a hundred members, and each group was led by a commander-level Savage Mountain Bear.

Five groups of Savage Mountain Bears thundered out from behind the hills on all sides, their iron hooves shaking the earth.

"Why are there so many again!" Mu Tingying exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this.

"It's over, we're finished!"

"Are you scared out of your wits, woman? Even if there are too many of them and we can't beat them, this place is so spacious, we can just run away."

Zhao Manyan couldn't stand Mu Tingying's constant startling and excitatory behavior from the very beginning, so he couldn't help but say something.

"Do you think you're the smartest person in the world? We ran away the moment we encountered these savage mountain bears, but the truth is, no matter how far we ran, these demons could catch up, and they'd even launch a sneak attack while we were resting!"

Mu Tingying was hysterical and seemed to be insane, as if she had been tormented by these demons.

"This space has no boundaries?"

"No, at least we didn't see any." Mu Tingying glanced at Bai Mo, but didn't show her teeth.

"This is another point of doubt. The spatial planes where the tomb palace is located all have boundaries, so why are there none here?" Mu Nujiao asked.

"I told you, let's stop thinking about this. If we don't leave soon, those wild bears will surround us!"

"It can hold them off!" Bai Mo glanced at it.

"Jiang Yu and Zhao Manyan, you two take care of the left side. Jiao Jiao and Jiang Shaoxu, you two take care of the right side. Lao Ai and Guan Yu, you're in charge of the back. The rest of you can help out randomly. I'll handle the two in front!"

As Bai Mo spoke, he flung out a contract formation, and the Divine Dust Tiger emerged from the contract space, about to charge at a Savage Mountain Bear in front of it.

"No rush, this time you'll be the general!"

As Bai Mo spoke, a moon-white radiance continuously flew from his hand, and in the blink of an eye, a giant moon-white gate appeared in front of him. One after another, purple eyes lit up in the darkness, and with the wild wind blowing out, a legion of blue lions rushed out from the summoning gate.

With an excited roar, Shenchenhu led more than three hundred lions in a charge towards the two groups of Savage Mountain Bears that were rushing towards them.

The wild beast armies clashed, and in an instant, the two mountain bears, each only a little over two hundred strong, were overwhelmed by the siege of numerous lions.

However, Shen Chenhu was somewhat outmatched in fighting two commanders of the same level.

Seeing this, Bai Mo did not close the summoning gate. With a whooshing sound, the long-unseen Azure Blood Lion rushed out of the giant moon gate and directly attacked a Savage Mountain Bear.

Bai Mo immediately summoned the Wings of Wind. With a flap of his long wings, he appeared on the battlefield between the four commanders. Shen Chenhu no longer had a numerical disadvantage and quickly drew blood from the Savage Mountain Bear without needing Bai Mo's assistance.

Therefore, he immediately set his sights on the Savage Mountain Bear who was fighting the Azure Blood Lion. After being fed with the remnant soul of a commander for a long time (every now and then), the Azure Blood Lion was extremely powerful among the minor commanders. It was just a matter of eating a few more good meals before it broke through its cultivation level and became a major commander.

Therefore, they also held a subtle advantage over the leader of the barbarian mountain.

"Summon Wings!"

Bai Mo reached out and a pair of wind wings immediately appeared behind him. At the same time, the original pair of wind wings behind him flew out and transformed into two huge wind swords, which cut down on the Savage Mountain Bear with heavy wind pressure.

With a roar, the Savage Mountain Bear found itself with no room to dodge as it was entangled by the Azure Sky Blood Lion.

Then, he stomped heavily on the ground, and the three mountain-shaped black marks on his chest lit up simultaneously. His entire gray fur suddenly emitted a dark light, which expanded extremely rapidly, forming illusory dark mountain shadows around his body almost the instant the two giant swords of wind descended.

The mountain shadow looked extremely solid, blocking both the claws of the Azure Sky Blood Lion and the giant sword of wind that Bai Mo struck down.

"Roar~~~~~~~!"

The Savage Mountain Bear pounded its chest, taking advantage of the time the mountain shadow existed, and completely abandoned its defense. Instead, it leaped up and hugged the Azure Blood Lion, opening its huge mouth to bite its throat.

The Azure Blood Lion dodged with all its might, but Bai Mo was not surprised. He already knew about the Savage Mountain Bear's demonic skills. He reached out and plucked the strings in the air, and they condensed and coiled into arrows. With a flick of Bai Mo's wrist, they shot downwards.

call out--!!

The arrow pierced the air with a short, sharp whistle, and its powerful penetrating force shattered the Savage Mountain Bear's demonic technique. The remaining force struck the Savage Mountain Bear's head, its sharp power carving a bloody hole in the bear's skull, from which gushing blood flowed out.

Silver light flashed in Bai Mo's hand, and the Azure Sky Blood Lion took advantage of this moment to restrain the Savage Mountain Bear. The Silver Hairpin Spear flew out of his hand, flew down, and pierced through the Savage Mountain Bear's head.

The Savage Mountain Bear collapsed to the ground, powerless. He left the Azure Sky Blood Lion to deal with the remaining Savage Mountain Bears, who were still putting up a stubborn resistance. Bai Mo was about to collect his essence when the Soul Vessel suddenly lit up, and his eyes narrowed instantly!

A few specks of emerald green light emanated from the body of the Savage Mountain Bear and slowly merged together, revealing it to be a remnant soul!

How could it be a remnant soul?!

First, we can rule out the possibility that the silver hairpin spear is faulty, because that's unlikely.

So there must be something strange about this Savage Mountain Bear, Bai Mo recalled Jiang Yu's words from before.

Turning his head, his gaze locked onto the Savage Mountain Bear, whose shoulder had been torn off by the Divine Dust Tiger. A strange light flashed in his eyes. The Wind Wings behind Bai Mo flapped, leaving afterimages in the air.

"Mmm~!"

At the same time, a gust of wind blew on him. It was Feng Ling who had dealt with the Savage Mountain Bear leader and was coming over. Bai Mo's eyes were still filled with surprise. He patted Feng Ling's head and his figure appeared above the Savage Mountain Bear.

He was already at his limit, so he immediately created a space of gravity to restrain him, and then the silver hairpin spear in his hand fell almost instantly.

With a soft thud, the head of the Savage Mountain Bear was blasted open by the intense spatial spear light, killing it instantly. Under Bai Mo's gaze, a faint, lingering remnant of its soul reappeared on the Savage Mountain Bear's corpse.

"Big Orange, this remnant of your soul is yours."

"Roar!"

Then, the black tiger stripe on Shenchenhu's forehead lit up, and the remnant soul was immediately bound by a blood-black power and cast into the tiger stripe on its forehead.

The Divine Dust Tiger Commander-level commander gained a new power: a curse, which Bai Mo named Soul Binding.

They can trap remnants of souls within themselves and use the power of curses to sacrifice these souls in exchange for greater power.

This is the source of the power that Shenchenhu unleashed in the Great Plaza of the Azure Iron Giants. The object of this curse is said to be his ancestor, and the essence he borrowed at that time was given to him by his ancestor.

In short, the more essence and remnants of the soul are sacrificed, the stronger the power gained.

Of course, this won't work if the orange cat's strength surpasses that of its ancestor.

Bai Mo ignored the giant orange that was slaughtering the lesser demons and flew back. He saw that the other three Savage Mountain Bears and their clans were all firmly blocked outside by the National Government Team!

More than a dozen mages, most of whom were just beginning to reach the high level, joined forces to hold off the race led by three junior leaders.

is it possible?

But the facts are right before our eyes.

Bai Mo thought to himself, "As expected, these Savage Mountain Bears are not as strong as they seem; they are definitely not just minor commanders as their aura suggests!"

Because their souls are flawed!

(End of this chapter)