Full-Time Mage: Starting with Gengar, selected for the National Tournament

Chapter 88 The Terrifying Fire Calamity

On the shore, the group that had successfully crossed the river looked back and saw the densely packed white sand demon soldiers completely surrounding and engulfing Chu Ming and Ding Yumin. They couldn't help but show expressions of fear.

"They haven't come out yet!!" Ai Tutu said with a worried expression.

"Surrounded by so many sand soldiers, their chances of getting out are slim..." Zhao Manyan shook his head and sighed.

"Believe in him, he'll be alright!"

Mu Nujiao kept searching for Chu Ming and Ding Yumin's whereabouts in the sand river.

At this time.

Before the crowd could even grieve, they sensed a surge of spatial energy.

Followed by.

Ripples spread across the space.

Mega Gengar stepped out of the space first, and a dark space suddenly descended.

Then, Chu Ming emerged from the shadows, carrying Ding Yumin in his arms.

"That's great!" Ai Tutu exclaimed in delight.

"I knew you were alright!" Mu Nujiao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Holy crap, this contracted beast? It can even teleport?!"

Zhao Manyan looked shocked.

But at this moment, he finally understood.

Why did Chu Ming dare to be so bold as to cover the rear?

Chu Ming actually possesses a contracted beast with advanced spatial teleportation capabilities?

Others have to painstakingly cultivate their spatial abilities to reach a high level before they can achieve spatial leaps.

You've done it by making a contract with a demon?

Is this what a summoning mage is like?

That's insane!

Ding Yumin's mental power is already almost on par with the advanced "Soul Capture and Mind Control", right?

Definitely a high-level spiritualist?

For a moment, he was so shocked by Chu Ming and Ding Yumin that he began to question the meaning of life.

This young couple has really kept their cards hidden for a long time.

……

The Shawang River was crossed safely.

The group stepped onto a piece of land that looked as if it had been scorched by flames.

This corner, divided by the massive Sha Wang River, is the true northern corner of Zhuoyuan.

Zhuoyuan North Corner presents itself as a basin.

Therefore, the further one goes towards the center of the northern corner of Zhuoyuan, the lower the terrain becomes, and at the same time, the fire element energy becomes more and more astonishing, like a giant brazier.

Legend has it that beneath this scorching plain, there may be a high-level source of celestial fire.

Therefore, this "fire basin" not only nurtured many spiritual seeds, but even soul seeds have appeared there.

Meanwhile, Lingling held a map and observed the terrain for a while, flipping through the data in her notebook while making strange calculations.

"Bury these things in these directions."

The approximate location has been determined.

She took out four strange, cone-shaped, spinning-top-like devices from the bag.

"An element detector?" As a member of a merchant family, Zhao Manyan was well-informed and immediately recognized the item.

Lingling nodded and said, "I have learned about the habits of the Flame Princess from the book. They generally live in places where the concentration of flames is more than five times higher than normal."

"When she is about to give birth to a new life, in order to ensure that the new life has a strong fire awakening at birth, the Flame Princess mother will often reside in the place of a fire spirit."

The element detectors were quickly deployed.

Detecting elemental concentration does not take too long.

Let's test the waters a little.

Once the concentration direction was determined, Lingling immediately instructed everyone to pack up the instruments and set off.

But suddenly, Zhao Manyan pointed in the direction they were heading and exclaimed in alarm, "Something's wrong! It looks like there's a fire up ahead, and it's burning very high!"

Everyone looked over and saw the flames in the distance expanding continuously, stretching like mountains, as if... they were about to burn up to the sky.

Zhao Chenying stared intently, then instantly realized something, and her expression changed drastically!

"No, run!"

"It's a fire disaster!! It's moving towards us, run!!" Zhao Chenying screamed in alarm.

The words fell.

The flames were as large as mountains and as vast as the sea, churning up towering waves that swallowed the horizon.

And they surged toward this place with immense force.

Fortunately.

Because we don't know how many kilometers apart we are.

The sea of fire still lingered in the distance.

But Chu Ming could clearly sense that the sea of fire was already within sight, meaning that this thing was several times larger than what he actually saw with his naked eye.

At the same time, it also means that the speed at which the fire spreads is much faster than it appears!

"There's no time to wait, we need to determine a safe direction." Chu Ming was about to pick up the map to check it.

At this moment, Zhao Chenying's voice trembled as she pointed in a direction: "We should escape that way, in the opposite direction!!"

Chu Ming saw how determined Chen Ying was.

Some doubts inevitably arose in my mind.

But time is of the essence now, and there's no time to ask in detail.

We'll ask her again once we're safely down.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Lingling, what do you think?" Chu Ming looked at Lingling.

"Hmm, I think it's fine."

All aspects of safety have been determined.

Everyone began to flee at full speed.

Finally, after running for several kilometers, I felt the burning sensation in the air gradually subside.

Zhao Manyan and the others finally caught their breath.

However, the rest lasted less than ten minutes.

A wave of waves has risen again.

The earth suddenly began to shake.

In the swirling sand.

I could vaguely see four-legged demons, as strong as oxen, running at full speed.

An astonishingly large horde of demons!

Their heads and limbs are covered with an extremely hard armor, which is reddish-brown in color.

The earth began to tremble under their trampling!

"Holy crap, we just escaped the fire, and now we're facing a beast horde?"

Zhao Manyan turned around and looked over, exclaiming in alarm.

"They must be just like us, fleeing!" Chu Ming replied, observing everything in the distance through his binoculars.

"That's a Sand Armor Beast, a warrior-level creature that lives in the Scorching Plains and is known for its defensive capabilities," Zhao Chenying explained.

"Should we retreat a little further?!"

As the earth shook more violently, Zhao Manyan's heart pounded faster.

This large group of warrior-level creatures must have combat power and destructive force comparable to an entire legion.

"Don't worry too much. They're completely consumed by the fear of the fire calamity right now and can't care about us," Zhao Chenying reassured her.

"You seem very familiar with this place," Chu Ming said, looking at Zhao Chenying.

Lingling nodded and said, "Your understanding of this place far surpasses ours."

Zhao Chenying looked apologetic and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Because I have a relative who once came here and was caught in a fire... Fortunately, she survived, but even so, she suffered from burns and aftereffects, which many famous healers could not cure."

"Your relatives?" Zhao Manyan asked, puzzled.

Zhao Chenying nodded: "My mother."

"Zhao Manyan, it seems you don't care about the family at all, do you?" Ai Tutu complained.

A short while later.

After listening to Zhao Chenying's account.

Everyone understood Zhao Chenying's purpose.

But a hint of pity appeared in Ding Yumin's eyes.

The other party wanted to use the Fire Calamity Fruit to find the root cause of the mother's burns.

Since a fire disaster has occurred.

She also hoped to obtain the Fire Calamity Fruit.

If there's competition between teammates... but the other teammate is doing it for their mother... should you grant their wish?

"Don't worry about anything else."