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

Bai Mo also noticed the radiant signal rising in the southeast direction, which seemed to belong to their Starfire Network.

"Let's go take a look. Maybe they're pirates."

He immediately got up, summoned the Jade Dragonfish Commander, and the two rode the dragonfish at breakneck speed to the place where the distress call had been made.

As soon as they approached within a kilometer, they saw a burst of magical light flashing in the distance, with various colored magical lights lighting up one after another, rising and falling in waves.

Judging from the color and intensity of the magical light, it appears that one group is attacking while another is defending.

Based on the previous distress signals, the defending side is clearly the official Spark Network.

It appears to be an encounter between the two sides. The reason why Xinghuo.com is on the defensive is partly due to their lack of manpower, but more importantly, it's because they are only operating a few speedboats.

On the other side, a large cruise ship converted into a warship is on display. The warship not only remains motionless in the sea, but also has a protective barrier to safeguard the people on board.

"They really are pirates."

Lingling was slightly surprised, and then said, "These guys are really arrogant, daring to challenge us Kyushu people head-on."

"I guess some secret has been discovered."

Bai Mo's ears twitched slightly as he sensed the information the sound strings had relayed, and he said as such.

He heard Bai Hongfei's voice. Not all the members of this official organization were from Xinghuo.com; there were also military mages.

In addition, there was the conversation between the captain and his subordinates aboard the pirate warship.

"Beat them! Give them a good beating, then stage a siren attack. No one can know my brother was here!"

This is quite interesting; it seems there's someone behind these pirates.

Who could his older brother be?

Having considered all this and confirmed the battle situation between the two sides, he directly ordered the dragonfish to attack the warship, while he himself used teleportation to take Lingling directly to the battle formation composed of several speedboats.

The speedboat was currently undergoing another wave of magical attacks from the pirates on the warship, each one a high-level spell!

The Heavenly Flame Funeral, the Frozen Coffin, and the Water Splash Sky Curtain, which is most effective at creating spectacular displays at sea, are all continuously falling.

There were three teams of people on the three speedboats: two teams of military mages and one team of Starfire Judges, all of whom were high-ranking.

Each team consisted of about five people, and even so, they faced difficulties in their defense.

The enemy had fifty men, more than three times their number. Each wave of attacks required almost everyone to work together to barely hold them off.

Even so, after only a few minutes, the fifteen people had very little magic power left.

"Hold on a little longer, I just saw someone coming!" a military mages captain shouted.

"Yes, I just asked for help through the Judgment Mark, and there was a response," another member of the Spark Judgment team said.

"Captain, are you seeing things? I didn't see anyone approaching."

"Quickly organize a defense! Another wave of attacks is coming! This time, five Tianhe swoops down! What the hell are these bastards doing?!"

Everyone moved their hands in unison, their gazes fixed solemnly on the sky ahead. Five wide rivers flowed majestically down from the heavens, and beyond these celestial rivers, streaks of lightning crackled—thunder arms!

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared above the three speedboats. Upon closer inspection, it turned out there were two figures, the other one being somewhat smaller.

"Hahaha, so these are the reinforcements they called in?!"

On the warship, the pirate captain, who was commanding from the highest point, burst into laughter, revealing a mouthful of broken teeth.

"A callow youth and a scrawny girl, reinforcements? Hahaha!!"

"These people from Kyushu are utterly stupid. They were out in the middle of nowhere, yet they expected reinforcements. Now look what's happened—two burdens have arrived. Those military mages must be kicking those two ungrateful bastards!"

"Boss, why do I feel like that young man looks so familiar? Could he be some kind of powerful and famous magician?"

One of the pirates asked, somewhat puzzled. The pirate captain pursed his lips, stroked his stubble, and, unconcerned, glared at the crew member:

"Who cares about celebrities? They're so young, they don't look like they have any talent. Our business can't be discovered, you understand!"

"Hi!"

Just as they were about to watch the two clueless kids, one big and one small, get blasted into pieces by magic, a deep vortex appeared above the kid's head.

All the destructive magic was absorbed into the vortex!

"The Chapter of Rubbings!"

With a command, the chaotic vortex that had absorbed all their destructive magic paused for a moment, and then began to rotate in the opposite direction.

Immediately afterwards, the spells they had previously released, such as the Heavenly River Dive and the Silent Thunder Death Ray, returned in dozens of times their original quantity.

That dark, chaotic cavern was like a philanthropist who could turn one into a hundred, unleashing a hail of high-level destructive spells.

Rumble!!

A series of magical explosions rang in everyone's ears, and the pirate warship, which resembled a moving island, began to shake violently, while the barrier on it flickered wildly.

The pirates stared wide-eyed at the scene before them, feeling as if they were facing an attack by an elite magic legion.

The bombing lasted for almost half a minute before stopping, and Bai Mo used the highest level of imprinting seal directly.

Therefore, the saying "buy one, get a hundred back" is not an exaggeration.

The chaotic elemental storm dissipated, as did the towering water curtain created by the explosion of numerous Heavenly River servants and the Silent Thunder Death Ray.

The outline of the pirate warship reappeared before everyone, but it no longer possessed the majestic, sturdy, and imposing aura it had before.

At this moment, the warship's protective shield had shattered, and the pirates were relying entirely on their own strength to withstand the latter half of the magical attack.

The warship was missing half of its bow, and if it hadn't been engraved with a water-repelling array, it would probably have started to sink.

The fifty pirates, whose number was unknown, were slowly emerging from the ship's hull for cover.

"Chaos Mage? Damn it, I'll let you absorb it, let's see how much you can absorb!"

The pirate captain emerged from behind, looking disheveled, and appeared one constellation at a time, until all seven constellations had appeared in the blink of an eye.

The azure constellation shimmered with a hint of eerie light, drawing in all the water elements within a radius of tens of kilometers, creating a water-world-like realm within a mile.

The pirate captain slowly raised his hand, and the star palace behind him shone brightly, accompanied by a thunderous roar of water.

"Cataclysmic flood!"

A massive, sky-covering wave surged up, sending wave after wave soaring into the sky. The surrounding endless seawater was also carried up by this force, and the numerous streams of water covered half the sky, appearing above Bai Mo and the others!

"The mudslide is raging!"

A sense of oppression, as if the end of the world had come, filled the air. The water in the sky seemed to have accumulated enough, and it poured down like an overturned sea, rumbling like a towering tower!

They felt a faint, heavy pressure on their bodies, and the moisture that had soaked through their clothes. It felt as if, at any moment, the entire ocean from the sky would crash down upon them.

Bai Hongfei's face was extremely grim, and the others all looked like they were bravely going to their deaths.

"My dear cousin, stop pretending and teleport us away!"

"What's all the noise about? There's no need to hide."

This level of super-grade magic is still just one, and even with the advantage of the ocean's home field, it's impossible for it to destroy his chaotic vortex.

"receive!"

With a command, the chaotic vortex above his head suddenly rose up, expanding to five meters in size as it rose, with multicolored chaotic light emanating from it, enveloping a large area around it.

Not only was the churning mud in the sky being continuously sucked into the vortex, but even some of the high-level magic released by the pirates to support their leader's attack was being absorbed.

However, in the blink of an eye, the world cleared up, and then the chaotic vortex reversed, returning all the attacks to the pirates.

It got dark!

They experienced firsthand the power of their leader's super-level magic.

In an instant, the entire warship was torn to pieces. Under such super-level magic, the high-ranking crew members could only do their best to survive and escape. Apart from being filled with panic, they had no ability to resist.

The two teams of military mages behind them stared in disbelief. One of them, a middle-aged man who was clearly the captain of both teams and exuded a calm and composed aura, couldn't help but ask:

"Hongfei, is this your cousin?"

With such strength, even a captain of the coastal defense special operations unit wouldn't be a match for someone who could even flick a finger.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, the captain fell into deep thought, wondering if he had ever spoken loudly to Bai Hongfei.

He's not the kind of person who speaks loudly.

A pirate crew composed entirely of high-level or higher mages, led by a super-level water mage, was defeated by Bai Mo's Chaos Vortex, which might not even be a high-level spell.

In fact, Bai Hongfei was also a little confused, as he did not know enough about his cousin's strength.

Bai Mo, however, was staring at the churning sea. He had overused the machine gun fire earlier, which had resulted in him having no magical energy left to copy and paste the magic after it was returned.

These pirates were all quite powerful, and not all of them died under that super-level magic.

Those who were alive, Bai Mo would naturally not release them.

The sound system accurately pinpoints pirates in a chaotic sea. No matter how well you pretend to be dead, as long as you have a heartbeat, you can't escape its ears.

The countless threads of thought transformed into countless spatial hands, pulling each pirate out of the seawater from all directions.

A doubt arose in Bai Mo's heart. He had not found the pirate captain. He possessed a soul seed, so how could he possibly have died from his own magic?

"what!"

"what!"

One by one, the pirates were disrupted by Bai Mo's brutal sonic attack and then thrown onto the yacht behind.

He suddenly caught a faint, almost imperceptible chill. If it were someone else, they might have thought it was just a cool breeze caused by too much moisture, but he knew that this was the chilling feeling that only curse magic could produce.

This chilling aura permeated almost the entire mile-wide sea area. Bai Mo wasn't in a hurry. He reached out and placed Lingling on the boat, then smiled and said:

"I thought you ran away, but it seems you didn't."

"Hmph! We've been found out, but that's fine, let's wait for the trial."

The pirate captain's silhouette suddenly appeared 800 meters in front of Bai Mo. His body seemed to turn into water, and he was like an evil spirit in the water.

It seems it merged into the seawater just now. No wonder I couldn't see it. Could this be a supernatural force?

Bai Mo silently prayed to himself, but in his mind, the Five-Tone Bell suddenly sounded an alarm.

"Demon Soul Death Curse!"

A crimson glow rose from the azure sea, appearing eerie and sinister. At this moment, as the sun set and the last rays of light shone in the dim light, the ominous atmosphere was amplified.

As the cursed star palace behind the pirate captain shone brightly, a cursed field glowing with scarlet blood light appeared on the sea surface!

The cursed field covered an area of ​​one kilometer in radius. When one was inside it, the air seemed to solidify under the influence of an overwhelming force of resentment and venom.

As you can see, fine, scarlet frost floats in the seawater, and sea fish die directly from the curse, revealing a scene of hellish devastation.

"Cursed Flying Shark!"

As the incantation ended, an even more intense crimson light filled a thousand meters, and a huge, dark silhouette slowly emerged from within the crimson light.

In an instant, Lingling, Bai Hongfei, and the others felt a chill run down their spines. Even though they had seen many scenes, they felt a tremor from the depths of their souls, their bodies shaking uncontrollably, and their hearts about to stop beating!

"Master Guang, please protect everyone."

Bai Mo spoke up to remind them, pulling them out of the terrifying power that was a hundred times stronger than the curse haze.

His gaze, however, was filled with a mixture of curiosity and seriousness as he stared at the cursed flying shark that was gradually appearing before him.

The flying shark floated in mid-air, as if slowly descending from a dark world. Its entire body was in the form of a soul, shrouded in a layer of dark red radiance.

Its size, like that of an aircraft carrier, creates an extremely strong visual impact. Ordinary people would probably lose their will to resist just by standing in front of this behemoth!

Bai Mo had heard Ding Yumin say that the super-level curse magic, the Soul Death Curse, was a sacrifice of demonic energy that summoned a powerful demon from the dark plane, filled with resentment and possessing curse abilities, to help him.

She doesn't need to seek help from the Dark Dimension; she has her own undead empire.

Within the realm of the Death Curse, mages have only one option: to confront the Death Curse Demon Soul.

"roar!!!"

The howling wind was incredibly powerful. The Cursed Flying Shark flapped its fins, which resembled the wings of a roc, and instantly unleashed a violent hurricane. The scarlet hurricane was no ordinary thing; it was like a spreading fishing net, heading towards the White Ink Net!

Once caught in the net, the immense power of the curse will strike Bai Mo's soul directly, swallowing it whole like a whale.

Aside from light-type mages, mind-type mages, and blessing-type mages, ordinary mages have little way to deal with curse-type mages, because curse magic will not disappear even if the caster is killed.

However, for a mage like Bai Mo with such high mental strength, this super-level curse magic was somewhat inadequate.

The stubble-bearded pirate captain and his spiritual realm were at least one level apart.

"broken!"

Bai Mo gave a soft hum, and a large portion of the overwhelming wind net that had been closing in from the front collapsed.

"How interesting, something that's been caught has learned to cast a net."

As he spoke, his voice began to drift and linger, and countless notes and chords could be seen flying up in the air like petals, or falling down like strands of willow branches.

The notes filling the sky formed a gigantic bell, which resembled a majestic mountain, completely enveloping the aircraft carrier-sized flying shark.

"Symphony of Annihilation - The Voice of Despair!"

At this moment, a colossal, illusory bell completely enveloped the flying shark, imprisoning it within.

As you can see, the flying shark tried to break through the giant bell shadow made entirely of sound, but as soon as it touched it, a powerful force directly annihilated part of its body.

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

A series of deafening chimes rang out, whether from the cursed flying shark or from magic activated automatically, it was unclear.

With each chime of the bell, the cursed flying shark's body would fade a little, until the entire cursed sea had vanished by the time the chimes ended.

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

The stubble-faced pirate captain's eyes widened, and he shouted, "How could you possibly possess the spiritual power of a high-level cultivator! This is impossible!"

He worked incredibly hard, doing countless dirty and tiring jobs to reach the Super Rank, barely reaching the fifth level of mental strength.

But this callow youth in front of us has already reached a higher realm!

"Nothing is impossible!"

A single sentence, imbued with a disturbing mental force, shot directly into the mind of the stubble-faced pirate captain, completely severing his ability to unleash further magic.

With a flash, he appeared directly beside the bearded man, his body glowing with silver light, and knocked him unconscious with a single slap.

This person knows a lot of information, so we can't kill them yet.

Carrying the bearded man, he went straight back to the speedboat.

"Comrade Bai Mo, thank you for saving us this time." The military mage leader stepped forward and saluted.

Bai Mo quickly returned the greeting, saying, "This is too polite; you're even calling me 'comrade'."

"We're all brothers, no need for that. Brother, give Bai Hongfei a good beating sometime; that kid's a disgrace to my generation, don't give me any face."

"Haha, no problem, no problem."

The captain immediately beamed with joy. "See that? A super-level mage, the head of Starfire Network. He calls me 'brother'."

If I told the battalion commander, wouldn't that guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes have to lower his voice?

Bai Mo stopped chatting and instead looked at the pirates.

"I need to interrogate them. Things have been a bit unsettled at the seaside mines lately, and I'm handling that matter."

"No problem, Brother Bai, interrogate him if you want. Our team is actually on a mission, but who knew we'd almost be wiped out on our first meeting today," said the military magistrate captain.

Nodding, Bai Mo asked again, "Does your team have any mind-based mages?"

"There is one, but I doubt that brother can interrogate this super-rank leader."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo knew that the spiritual mage might not have a high level of spiritual attainment, or even a high level of cultivation.

He was about to call Ding Yumin to interrogate them, but fearing they might be intercepted on the way, he thought for a moment and then said:

"Alright, these high-ranking pirate members are yours to keep, but I'm taking the leader of this pirate gang with me."

After saying that, Bai Mo had a thought, and the Dragon Fish Commander had already run up from the sea, taking him and Lingling back to the Demon Capital.

It was already night when they returned to Shanghai. The Qingtian Hunting Grounds were lit up, and Ding Yumin sat quietly inside, as if she were in a daze.

Bai Mo, accompanied by Lingling and carrying the bearded man who was handcuffed with magic-suppressing handcuffs, went inside.

"Yu Mian, you've come at the right time. This person needs to be interrogated."

Bai Mo threw the person on the ground like a tattered sack and then took the water in front of her and drank it in one gulp.

"By the way, what were the results of your actions today?"

"Yes." Ding Yumin glanced at him sideways, refilled her glass with lemonade, and continued:

"According to the description of the mine disaster survivor, the demons that attacked them were a group of creatures with four claws, bluish-white skin, covered in spikes, and a large eye on their heads."

"There were nine patients treated in Shanghai, and I asked them all. Most of them gave similar descriptions. However, the descriptions of the other three were different."

Ding Yumin pressed down on her own cup, stared intently at the person who had taken her water, silently poured him another cup, and continued:

"The other three described the demon as an octopus-like mollusk with tentacles of different colors, and a more powerful one of these mollusks was leading it."

"What about the number of demons? Is there a description?" Bai Mo asked.

"No, those people were just lucky to be closer to the shelter. They took refuge in the shelter when the mine disaster broke out, and that's how they escaped the disaster."

Shaking her head, Ding Yumin explained why the others had escaped with their lives, then glanced at Bai Mo and solemnly said:

"These mining accidents shouldn't be caused by demons, or at least not entirely. I've discovered that most of the mental disturbances they experienced stemmed from sound magic, while a smaller portion showed signs of fear, like a cursed haze."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mo fell into deep thought. They now had a clue what had attacked the mine. But the fundamental problem remained: where were these things?

"There's another point of doubt!" Lingling squinted and suddenly said, "Escape routes, generally speaking, are safer, while shelters have the risk of being discovered."

"While some people were closer to the shelter and seized the opportunity, there should also have been others closer to the escape routes. Those people, however, failed to escape!"

The three exchanged a glance and fell silent. Bai Mo said, "Let's interrogate this person first. I heard something interesting; he seems to have a very close relationship with these 'demons' that caused the mining disaster."

Ding Yumin nodded gently and pointed her jade-like finger at the man lying on the ground.

A condensed, crystalline light of the soul shone into the man's mind, and the next moment he suddenly opened his eyes, but there were no pupils.

"You can ask now."

"Who are you? Why did you become a pirate in the Kyushu Seas? Where did you come from?"

After being bombarded with three philosophical questions, the man immediately spoke up:

"My brother is a fourth-rate man, and I am a brother..."

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Mo kicked him in the mouth, "Speak Chinese!"

"Hi! My name is Mingbu Shiliu. My brother sent me to the Kyushu Sea to be a pirate for a while. We are both from Japan."

Mingbu Sixteen's speech was somewhat slurred, but Bai Mo's mind was not entirely clear.

Why bring up two separate dates?!

Wait a minute! A quiet life?!

Lingling clearly had the same thought as him and immediately asked:

"Who is your brother, and why did he make you a pirate in the Kyushu Seas?" (End of Chapter)