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

Chapter 492 It's been a long time since I've had any meat (Bonus Chapter)

"What are you doing here?!"

After the torrent of water had passed, Arsen, who was in the mood to observe the people on the rebellious long slope, stared at Bai Mo with eyes as wide as copper bells.

He urged the team to go all out the whole way, and he himself also made several moves, which is why they were able to penetrate deep into the Great Rift Valley in a short time.

If it weren't for the unfortunate encounter with Hong Shiliu.

They might already be heading out!

He was so eager to gain the first-mover advantage, but now it's been so easy for Bai Mo to catch up.

Ya Xin was somewhat shocked, and at the same time became even more certain that they had also come to find the Tian Shan Snow Lotus.

Otherwise, why are these people in such a hurry to do something?

Arsen pondered for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.

"I see, you must have been following us closely. No wonder you were able to move so fast by having us clear the way! What a despicable act! I won't let you have another chance!"

Bai Mo glanced at the man with a puzzled expression; his upbringing forbade him to swear at this moment.

After all, he hadn't offended him.

However, this character really has a lot of acting skills.

"The flood has passed. Following the flood's defenses will make it easier for us to reach the snow layer. Let's go."

Ignoring Arsen's meaning—after all, Bai Mo didn't recognize him at all—the Divine Dust Tiger grew larger once more, clearing a path with an imposing sandstorm.

The Phoenix Hunters maintained their previous formation and followed.

The Desert Bone-Eating Spiders surged forward again, but were exposed beneath the flame ripples and were once again slain by the Phoenix Hunters as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

King Arsen stared blankly at the scene, as did his hunters.

When did desert bone-eating spiders become so easy to kill and find?

That Great Commander Desert Bone-Eating Spider was practically brainless, blindly swooping straight into the celestial river that person had unleashed.

The one crawling on the ground was even more outrageous; it didn't even try to dodge when the Hellfire Stones were falling.

The one next to it was clever; it dodged, but bumped into the big, clever one beside it.

All three were now covered in Hellfire Stone.

Their intelligence is simply appalling.

But only the Phoenix Hunters understood that the reason the demon couldn't escape was due to the gravity of the ground that had fallen beforehand.

The reason the demons collided was because both sides were forced together by destructive magic.

All of this is connected and has been meticulously calculated.

This involved both Bai Mo's command and the long-term teamwork and tacit understanding among the Phoenix Mercenary Group members.

Thus, what appeared before the Arsen Hunters was a scene of utter devastation.

Blood splattered everywhere, and the demons couldn't stop them at all. So no matter how many of these desert bone-eating spiders died, they only covered the ground with a layer of blood.

"Quick! Let's catch up!"

As Bai Mo and the others slowly moved away, a large area of ​​desert bone-eating spider vacuum appeared ahead. Arsen suddenly realized something and immediately shouted out an order.

"Huh? But they..."

"Can't they understand what I'm saying? This is what they should do. After all, we were the ones paving the way for them before."

Arsen spoke firmly and took the lead.

The deputy commander and his team members behind him exchanged glances, and eventually followed.

Bai Mo and his group killed so quickly that Yasen and the others almost couldn't keep up.

After all, although they had wiped out most of the desert bone-eating spiders, some remained.

These surviving desert bone-eating spiders are better at surviving, and therefore more troublesome, which wasted some of Arsen and his companions' efforts.

Hong Shiliu marked the way, so Bai Mo and the others quickly left the area where the Desert Bone-Eating Spiders were located and arrived at the meadow layer.

"Commander, aren't we going to deal with those guys in the back?" the scout in the squad said.

The hunters from Arsen were following them from a distance, and Bai Mo and the others knew as soon as they approached.

"Ignore them, let's keep going." Feng Huang shook his head, showing no intention of paying them any attention.

But then, Bai Mo suddenly spoke:

"Stop!"

Upon hearing this, the Phoenix Mercenary Group, including Ai Jiangtu and others, all stopped simultaneously.

"Is there any danger?"

Nan Jue couldn't help but ask, since she hadn't played much of a role along the way, serving as a backup mouthpiece and incidentally learning Bai Mo's application of sound magic.

She had been curious about how Bai Mo managed to create the sonic fire patterns, but Bai Mo just smiled mysteriously and told her she would find out later.

When Nan Jue suddenly heard Bai Mo call for a halt, she instinctively felt that there must be some danger.

But Mo Fan didn't think so. He clenched his fist and said:

"Shouldn't we teach those people behind us a lesson? Damn, this is the first time I've ever seen anyone with a thicker skin than me!"

"Yeah, who is it?" Jiang Shaoxu nodded.

"Stop thinking about fighting and killing all the time." Bai Mo gently stroked Jiang Shaoxu's nose, shook his head, and said seriously:

"There are peculiar flower buds in the air ahead, and I've also detected some diseased corpses. Does anyone in the team have protective masks?"

Bai Mo said the last sentence to Feng Huang.

Feng Huang was taken aback. Having learned from his previous experience, he did not doubt Bai Mo's investigative abilities, but he was somewhat surprised that Bai Mo could detect such details.

"There are quite a few, Zhang Yue, get them arranged for everyone!"

"yes!"

Zhang Yue, who was in charge of the team's supplies, immediately began distributing protective masks upon hearing this.

In places like Africa, there are plenty of poisonous gases and the like, so protective masks are a common item they carry.

The masks were given to Bai Mo and his group first, and then to the other teams in turn.

To Bai Mo's amusement, during the time they stopped, the Asen Hunters also stopped.

This behavior is like scavenging the rotting carcasses left behind by carnivores on the grasslands.

Bai Mo didn't offer any instructions to these people. After everyone in the group put on their protective masks, they continued on their way.

In fact, his sound wave detection cannot detect in advance whether things like spores in the air are harmful.

But having read the original work, he could give advance warnings, and with the prestige he had built up, no one would question him.

After all, compared to losing one's life, putting on a protective mask is really just a simple matter.

As darkness fell, the group ventured deep into the meadow area and found a place to set up camp and rest for the night.

Let those in the team who are experiencing altitude sickness recover as well.

As Zhao Manyan watched Bai Mo and Jiang Shaoxu walk into the same tent, tears of envy welled up in his eyes.

"Mo Fan, I feel like I've rarely had sex since I started following you. Look at Bai Mo, he still has girls with him at times like this."

"Don't misunderstand, I have Xuexue's." Mo Fan rolled his eyes and reached out to pull Mu Ningxue's arm.

Mu Ningxue ignored him and went straight back to her tent, freezing the door shut.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Manyan immediately burst out laughing, "Hey Laomo, are you even up to the task?"

"It's better than you, a guy who's in heat and has nowhere to go."

"Damn it!! Once we get out, I'm going to go all out for nine days and nine nights! All those mercenary aunties look pretty to me now!"

You should know that those female mercenaries are all muscular and have a body like two men. They all have masculine features and muscular builds.

Upon hearing Zhao Manyan's words, Jiang Yu and Guan Yu, who were originally quite close to him, immediately moved away without making a sound.

They considered themselves to be the epitome of handsome men.

"Damn it, are you guys serious about taking half a step back?!"

While things were relaxed and comfortable here, Yasin and his group, more than ten kilometers away, were not having an easy time.

Seeing that a small squad in the team had already lost their fighting ability and were suffering from severe altitude sickness, Yasin's face was grave. He said to his assistant beside him:

"Have you found the cause? Is there any way to alleviate it?"

"No, but the doctor in the team said that boiling water with mountain frost lotus should help."

Arsen frowned; the Hunter King's intuition told him instinctively that things weren't so simple.

But he couldn't pinpoint exactly where it was, and in the end, he simply nodded and gave the order.

"Go search for them. Also, scout out the Phoenix Mercenary Group ahead. Why are they completely unharmed?"

Throughout the journey, members of the Yasin hunter group experienced frequent and severe altitude sickness.

The team's pace slowed down considerably because they had to allocate more staff to care for these individuals.

From initially being seven or eight kilometers away from the Phoenix Mercenary Group, it's now more than ten kilometers away.

What upset Arsen even more was that the Phoenix Mercenary Group members seemed to be unaffected.

Seeing that the Phoenix Hunters were alright was even more painful than if it had happened to him.

The Frost Lotus was quickly found, perhaps after the seeds within the hunters' bodies sprouted, took root, and grew, and the hunters died.

Arsen would then realize that this was nothing more than a conspiracy by the Mountain Frost Lotus, and that these flower spores were designed to bloom on people suffering from altitude sickness.

If you don't drink the water boiled with mountain frost flowers, you'll probably be fine.

But none of this had anything to do with Bai Mo, who was sleeping with Jiang Shaoxu in his arms in the tent ahead.

The next day, when the group arrived at Tianchi Lake in Tianshan, the boundary between the meadow layer and the ice mountain layer, they saw several people dressed in robes going upstream against the flow of beasts, disappearing into the vast expanse of white ice mountain layer at an extremely fast speed.

"Those look like inquisitors from the Inquisition, Mo Fan. Do you think they're here to see you?"

Zhao Manyan saw the clothes of those people clearly and nudged Mo Fan next to him.

"If they dare to come, don't blame me for getting itchy hands!" Mo Fan was still very dissatisfied with the people from the Court of Judgment.

Bai Mo also agreed with this, because he had requested that no marks be left on Mo Fan.

However, these people still did it.

However, what intrigued Bai Mo even more was what these people were here for.

These disciples were all highly skilled and easily traversed the Heavenly Pool, a feat that would stump ninety percent of all the mages gathered in the entire Heavenly Mountain.

Bai Mo and the others set off relatively early, and with Bai Mo's guidance along the way, apart from experiencing some discomfort due to altitude sickness, they suffered virtually no losses.

And it did not delay our progress.

Therefore, they arrived especially quickly, so apart from the cleric we just met, there weren't many people here.

Some skilled, unaffiliated hunters would not show themselves if they saw such a large-scale group appear.

Therefore, even if Bai Mo discovers their location, he won't bother to say hello.

"Should we wait for more people to come and spend this time together?"

Feng Huang turned to look at Bai Mo, who had obtained some information. He was aware of the dangers of Tianchi, and therefore did not lead his team recklessly into it.

"Is there any danger here?" Mo Fan asked curiously. Feng Huang replied, "You'll see when you see it."

So he climbed to the top of a very tall coniferous tree.

Others, also curious about what lay on the frozen lake, flocked to the top of the tree.

From here, you can see half of the lake in a hazy view.

Many areas were shrouded in ice fog, and further away was a completely covered, frigid mountain ridge.

The mountain ridge on the opposite shore of the lake ahead is already very majestic and precipitous, giving people a sense of grandeur.

However, at a higher horizon, one can still see the sacred mountain and ice corners hidden in the clouds and ice, which means that the magnificent snow-covered mountain ridge in front of us is just a small hill compared to the real Tianshan Mountains.

"Do you see those tiny, glassy dots swirling around the ridge?" Jiang Yu asked, pointing to the mountains opposite the frozen Heavenly Lake.

"That's a demon," Bai Mo said.

"Demons?" Ai Jiangtu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something.

After watching for a while, none of the things emitting the CD-ROMs showed any signs of change.

But not long after, a great commotion occurred on the steep slope of the mountain ridge opposite Tianchi Lake.

It sounds like there's a large group of things rushing towards Tianchi.

"They're here!"

From within the frost-covered coniferous forest, shouts echoed from some members of the mercenary group.

From their vantage point, Bai Mo and the others could see a group of plump creatures covered in sharp, needle-like hairs rushing down the steep ridge and into the Tianshan Ice Pool. Judging from their direction, they were heading straight for the mages.

He knew what might be here, and the reason he stopped was to carefully observe how many of these demonic beasts there were and what their strength was, so that he could make a judgment.

"A demonic beast??" Guan Yu exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the creature charging towards them.

"If that's all, we can kill them just like we killed the Desert Bone-Eating Spiders on the Wall."

The Steel-Spiked Bull Beasts are a warrior-level species on the Tianshan Mountains. Occasionally, one can also see large bull beasts with thorny shells covering their entire bodies, which are commander-level beings.

But these steel-spiked bull beasts and icy-thorned bull beasts were not enough to make them stop.

"Rumble rumble rumble rumble!!!"

The commotion began to grow louder, and within a few minutes, even more demonic beasts appeared on the multi-layered mountain ridges of Tianchi, which were shrouded in a layer of icy mist. Their numbers suddenly became so large that it was somewhat eerie!

Because the mountain ridges had looked so calm before, the monsters suddenly appeared as if the mountain itself was sweating.

And they all dripped down, gathering at the Tianshan Ice Pool, forming a torrent that rushed down and poured into the Tianchi Lake!

"A horde of beasts!!" Ai Jiangtu's face showed an expression of "I knew it!"

The herd of beasts was charging forward, heading down the mountain. This meant that once they crossed the ice-covered lake, they would reach the giant coniferous forest where the mages were encamped.

"Yes, a horde of beasts," said Feng Huang, the mercenary leader.

"Get ready to fight! What are you standing there for!" Mo Fan said, his magical aura already surging.

The group leader immediately stopped him, saying with some helplessness, "No need to rush, watch for a while longer."

"Such a massive horde of beasts is enough to turn a mage army into a bloody mess. How can we not be prepared beforehand?" Mo Fan frowned.

But seeing that Bai Mo didn't say anything, he continued watching.

Soon, the herd of beasts had descended the mountain.

"This Tianshan Ice Pool is a relatively clear dividing line between the high mountain layer and the glacial deposits."

"But they're not coming for us. If they were, they would be spreading out in a cone shape and running towards the opposite bank of our area," Lingling said.

Many herds of animals appeared on the multi-tiered mountain ridges on the opposite bank.

It wasn't just the Heavenly Mountain Bull Beast; other kinds of monsters could also be seen running wildly—

Frozen Furious Wolf Beast, Ice Ape Mountain Beast, Sky Mountain Howling Bear, Shield-Horned Ice Demon...

These monsters are all native inhabitants of the Tianshan Mountains, and they make up a relatively large proportion of the entire Tianshan biodiversity.

They are mainly distributed in the snow layer, alpine layer and meadow layer, and their habitat changes with the seasons.

For example, in spring, the food in the meadow layer becomes very abundant, and these monsters will migrate to the meadow layer in groups.

"These are all relatively high-level beast herds. It's really hard to see such a scene outside of the Tianshan Mountains," Jiang Shaoxu said.

"It gives me the feeling of hundreds or thousands of summoning mages using the Summoning Tide spell together!" Jiang Yu made a rather apt analogy.

"No, I feel like I'm facing Bai Mo using the Beast Tide Summoning technique!" Jiang Shaoxu added a more vivid analogy.

Jiang Yu gave a wry smile, and Mo Fan beside him couldn't help but nod in agreement.

He had been working very hard to add essence to his magic ring and increase the number of his summoned beasts, but the number was still only a drop in the ocean compared to the White Ink Beast Tide army.

For those of them who cultivated the Summoning system, Bai Mo was simply a case of being outclassed.

The monsters that rushed out of the gate of the summoned beast tide were at least at the level of warrior general, and most of them were of the brute force type, the iron hoof charging type, and the frenzied running type.

The group of demonic beasts that are now rushing down from those multi-layered mountain ridges do indeed belong to these types, each one with well-developed muscles, covered in armor, and with exposed fangs!

Let alone a forest of giant trees, even a city full of skyscrapers would be flattened by them.

"They're not coming for us, so why are they running down the mountain like this?" Mo Fan asked, puzzled.

"The seasons have changed. These demons are not residents of the snow layer; they are residents of the mountain cities and meadow areas. Tianchi Lake is one of the few roads they can take down the mountain," said the guild leader, Fenghuang.

Mo Fan asked a few more questions, and the others listened attentively. Bai Mo already knew about these things, so he just stared intently at Tianchi.

Without understanding the overall strength of the predators and escapees here, his plan to lead everyone across Tianchi directly would inevitably introduce some instability.

The lake remained calm, just like his eyes.

Strangely enough, the seemingly thin ice surface of the lake did not show any signs of cracking even after being trampled by the weight of that large group of demonic beasts.

In a short while, seventy or eighty demonic beasts rushed to the center of the lake, and their speed did not slow down at all; in fact, they seemed to be in a state of desperate panic.

"Pyreeh!!!"

High in the sky, a cry suddenly rang out. No matter how powerful the herd of beasts was, the sharp cry descending from the sky was still so clear.

"It's the light from the glass up there... Holy crap, that's an eagle!" Zhao Manyan said, pointing to the metallic-looking object.

No one knows when, but the metallic light changed from a swirling posture to a swooping one, like a small star that crashed vertically into the ground and fell into the holy, icy blue Tian Shan Pool. Its fast-moving, streaking figure could even be reflected on the ice surface!

"Whoosh!"

The ancient eagle of extreme cold suddenly spread its magnificent wings when it was less than five meters away from the ice surface.

It actually accomplished an incredible sudden stop and suspension, one moment it looked like a cold, gleaming sword plunged upside down, the next it was as if it were still!

The power of the wings left the mercenary group on the opposite shore of the lake in awe!

The Arctic Eagle wasn't showing off its superb flying skills; it had come to an abrupt stop right where a steel-spiked bull beast was chasing after it.

The steel-spiked bull finally spotted the extreme cold ancient eagle, but it was too late to stop.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sharp, gripping eagle claws pierced directly into the bones of the steel-spiked bull.

The ancient eagle of extreme cold instantly captured the moving monster, and then with a few powerful flaps of its wings, it easily dragged the bull-like beast, which weighed several times its own weight, into the sky.

It didn't feel heavy at all; it was as easy as catching a tiny chick.

A bull-like beast covered in sharp spikes was lifted dozens of meters into the air and continued to fly towards the distant glaciers and mountains.

Before everyone could react, one after another, the ancient eagles of extreme cold swooped down.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

One after another, ancient eagles of extreme cold stretched their wings and hovered perfectly at the right height above the lake, blooming on a horizontal line above the lake.

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!!"

One by one, the demonic beasts were having their bones ripped apart by eagle claws and were violently dragged from the lake into the air, with nowhere to hide!

The scene resembles a mechanical assembly line in a factory, with the eagles acting as precisely measured mechanical claws and the monsters as objects transported by a conveyor belt.

The complex process of capturing images here is presented in a way that feels perfectly orderly.

This feeling, however, made the monks on the opposite shore of the lake extremely frightened and terrified!

"This...this is why you said we had to wait a bit..." Mo Fan's face was no longer filled with any confusion.

Having witnessed such a scene, no one would be so presumptuous as to think they could cross the lake unscathed.

Despite the sheer number of beasts, the ancient eagles in the sky released very few of them!

The beasts had no choice but to remain on the glacier. They could not possibly survive for more than three days; they would surely be frozen into ice sculptures by then.

This lake was their only way to survive, but death in the sky showed no mercy...

Having ventured into the truly inhabited Heavenly Mountain, there is no possibility of leaving alive!

"Exactly!" Feng Huang nodded, looked at Bai Mo, and asked for his opinion.

"There are probably more than a dozen monarchs, and the rest are generals. We don't know if there are any monarchs among those continuing to charge down from Mount Tian, ​​but if they're only at this level, we can proceed directly!"

Bai Mo swept his gaze across the dozen or so ancient eagles in the sky, each as large as a floating island. It seemed that the only real threat was these dozen or so creatures.

(End of this chapter)