The most shameless alchemist in history

She was an expert on the battlefield, but magic was not her forte, and she humbly accepted Anke's advice.

"It's not impossible to solve it from within; theoretically, it's still possible. But we simply don't have enough time and opportunity to enter the simulation system, find it in countless rooms, and then destroy it inside. Its breakthrough can happen in an instant."

Anke pointed out the crux of the problem. Although she was young, she was already an expert in solving various disasters caused by magic energy. Otherwise, the Magic Energy Association would not have sent her here and given her full authority to take charge of the situation.

“Then it seems we have no choice but to prepare to completely eliminate it from the outside. I never imagined that the magic energy that has given us so many conveniences and led the progress of the entire era would give birth to such a monster. It’s truly terrifying.” Serena nodded, agreeing with Anko’s opinion.

She looked up at the sky, where crimson lightning flashed intermittently above Maple Leaf Academy, and clear hissing and crackling sounds could be heard in the air. People nearby had all gone to take refuge, leaving only the elite troops drawn by the Magic Energy Association and the military to prepare for the arrival of the parasites.

Whether it was Serena or Anke, they were both certain that the termites would appear soon, and they had made the worst-case scenario plan. Inside the simulated space where the termites were located, the space, which was already riddled with holes due to the termites' erosion, was on the verge of collapse.

The rolling yellow sand rapidly disappeared and collapsed at a visible speed, and numerous black holes appeared in the desert, with all the sand sinking into them. The crimson sky was torn open with shocking gashes, as if the world was about to collapse and the end of the world was approaching.

The most eye-catching creature in this world is a massive worm that manipulates dozens of huge tentacles and dances wildly in the apocalypse. It makes a sound that makes people's eardrums almost tear. Every time it swings its tentacles, it stirs up ripples in the air and even causes them to cave in.

This gives reason to believe that if it is allowed to continue its destruction, the vast world will collapse completely in no time!

"This guy's strength is really terrifying. We can't even get close. If this continues, we're doomed here. Hey, are you sure you're using your full power?" A young man's figure moved quickly across the desert ruins.

Several enormous tentacles followed behind him, slamming down heavily beside him. Cracks appeared in the earth, swallowing up large boulders, as if a ravenous demon, thirsty for countless years, resided within them, ready to devour everything.

"Kid, I remember telling you that I need your body to unleash my power. Your body can't handle much, and the crystal bottle that was just repaired can only hold a small amount of magic energy. Your combat skills are poor, and you don't even have a weapon that suits you. How am I supposed to fight?"

Behind the boy was a huge black shadow, its size disproportionate to the boy's body, and it didn't look like his shadow at all. Yet the shadow followed him relentlessly, and when he faced the onslaught of tentacles, the shadow even burst out of the ground.

It transformed into a dark, indistinct mass, shielding Dure from the blow; otherwise, Dure would have been crushed to death.

After blocking the tentacles, it quickly returned to Dure's feet, clearly unable to leave Dure's body for too long.

"What, is this still my fault? Damn it, this can't go on, I have to do something to turn things around... Right, I remember Grenier said before that it's formed from impure, negative magical elements, and has the ability to devour everything, if it devours..."

After battling the termite, Dure realized how foolish his idea of ​​defeating it was. The two sides were not even in the same league; the gap was too great. Even with the help of the Void Abyss creature, it was just as the Void Abyss creature had said.

He simply couldn't use its full power, and besides, it was still in the recovery period. If things continued as they were, he would surely die!

"I've got it! We can try this!" A flash of inspiration struck Du Lei, and he came up with a method.

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313 took it down

Although Maple Leaf Academy and the Magic Energy Association disagreed on the issue of the termites, they reached a consensus on one point: the termites would soon break through the limitations of space and descend into the real space, and they had to completely eliminate the termites and not allow them to spread.

As the lightning above Maple Leaf Academy became more and more frequent, in addition to the crimson lightning, vortexes of fire also appeared in the sky, which were particularly noticeable in the night sky. Students who had taken refuge in the distance, especially the female students, all hugged each other and cried bitterly when they saw this scene.

"Why did I have to come to Maple Leaf Academy when there are so many good colleges to choose from? Waaah, so many things have happened in just one month, and each one is more serious than the last. I should have known better than to come here." A female student began to regret her initial choice.

"What are those people in the Magic Energy Association doing? Isn't their purpose to solve the disasters caused by magic energy? Now that the problem is so big, why aren't they reacting at all? Do they really want to watch the world be destroyed and turned into a mess?" Some students were also indignant about the association's inaction.

"Look over there! A crack has appeared in the sky, and there's something inside! Yes, something is about to come out! Look, it's terrifying!" a student exclaimed. Following his pointing finger, everyone saw a crimson crack in the sky growing larger and larger.

Unlike the previous rips torn open by lightning, this rip is as if it was forcibly pried open by something. Normally, a ripped opening will quickly heal itself, which is the self-healing ability of space. But now the rip is getting bigger and bigger, and something is about to burst out.

"It's out! There's no mistake, it has broken through the spatial laws. Get ready, no matter the cost, kill it here, understand?" On the hillside outside Maple Leaf Academy, dozens of men in black robes were already waiting.

They all wore the insignia of a silver crystal bottle on their chests, with a claw symbol next to it. They were the fearsome Soul Hunting Force within the Magic Energy Association, specializing in resolving large-scale disasters caused by magic energy. Even for professionals like them...

The level of danger they were facing tonight was unlike anything they had ever experienced, and large beads of cold sweat appeared on the forehead of the leader in the black robe.

"Our land lies beneath your feet, and our people are behind you. Now is the time for you to show your skills! We must not let this monster step out of the Academy Mountain! Aim!" Serena shouted from the other side of the hillside.

She stood at the forefront, holding a knight's lance. Behind her, hundreds of soldiers held gunpowder guns, their dark muzzles aimed at the vermin that were about to burst forth. They had been fighting the fiercest enemies on the border for a long time, but this was the first time they had faced an opponent like the vermin.

"Everyone, quickly take refuge and get away from Maple Leaf Academy. If a battle breaks out soon, there won't be any way to protect everyone. Everyone, retreat quickly!" Teacher Deer urged the students to retreat, even though their area was outside the battle zone.

However, judging from the current commotion caused by the termites, their power is even stronger than expected, and the vast Academy Mountain is on the verge of being razed to the ground.

"Has that guy come out yet? But Dure... he's still trapped inside and hasn't come out yet!" Lance looked up at the termite that had already stepped out with one leg. It had stepped on the clock tower of Maple Leaf Academy, causing a teaching building that was more than ten meters high to collapse.

“Du Lei… now we can only hope that he will be blessed by Lady Luck and be safe and sound. Let’s go!” Nono looked at the worm that was reaching out and pulling at the spatial rift. It was called “Worm”, which was the code name given to it by the Magic Energy Association.

But its power and size were no different from a demon. Even though she was some distance away from it, she could clearly feel the suffocating pressure. She simply did not have the courage to face it!

"My position as vice dean... Waaah, is it all going to vanish like this?" Charlotte, who was not far away, saw Maple Leaf Academy being ravaged by termites and beat his chest, crying bitterly.

"Humans are indeed too insignificant in front of it... Wait, look, isn't its behavior a bit strange?" Fant was about to turn away when he noticed something unusual about the termite's behavior.

"Strange? What's so strange about it? It destroyed the academy we worked so hard to build, it can't be forgiven!" Charlotte considered becoming the vice dean of Maple Leaf Academy as her life's goal, but that goal was crumbling little by little in front of her.

This was such a cruel scene for him; overwhelmed by anger and grief, he was on the verge of losing his mind!

"No, it looks... like it's been attacked and seems to be in a lot of pain. What's going on?" The little owl next to her also noticed something was wrong. She frowned and observed carefully, abandoning her plan to leave.

This unusual situation was not only noticed by them, but also by Anke and others who were fighting against the termites not far away.

"The termite seems to be in a very weak state. Everyone, pay attention and attack the termite with all your might. You must defeat it completely!" Anke's perception was much better than Charlotte's and the others. As the commander on the scene, she decisively ordered the Soul Hunters to launch a fierce attack.

In an instant, under the pitch-black night sky, countless crimson lightning bolts and flame vortexes mingled together, and at the core of the flame vortex was a colossal creature with a head and a foot large enough to flatten a mountain, wielding dozens of huge tentacles and wreaking havoc in all directions.

However, dozens of black chains tightly bound it around. At this moment, the sky seemed to collapse, the earth seemed to crack, the streams in the river boiled, the birds in the forest fled in panic, and the wild beasts in the nests carried their cubs and fled in disarray.

On the other side, the guards, under Serena's command, pulled the triggers one after another. The bullets, which were empowered by magic, shot out from the muzzles like brilliant fireworks in the night. Huge tentacles fell down, and immediately more than a dozen soldiers were smashed into the air along with the boulders and fell to the ground.

Their gaps were quickly filled by their comrades. Everyone knew that this was a brutal battle, a battle they could not afford to lose. They saw no enemy, only a desire to die!

"Almost there, let's take down this big guy in one go!"

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314 Sleep well

Brilliant fireworks lit up the sky as dozens of enormous chains firmly bound the colossal creature that had been trampling on the academy building with an air of supreme dominance. The beast, which had just broken through the spatial limitations and was attempting to devour everything in the world, launched a counterattack, its massive tentacles slamming against the surrounding mountains.

Under its hammer blows, towering trees became as fragile as reeds, easily snapped in half, majestic mountains were sheared in half, and boulders tumbled down with a deafening roar that filled the air. Countless students wailed and wept upon witnessing this scene.

They had never seen anything like it before. They had only come to Maple Leaf Academy to study, not to die. Some people cried and some ran away, not wanting to stay there for even a moment longer. But the earthquake had affected areas dozens of miles away. Where could they possibly escape to?

Only a very small number of people saw through the trick. The bigger the worms' momentum became, the more confusing it was, because they could clearly sense that they were all bark and no bite. In particular, Anke, as the representative of the Magic Energy Association, commanded the Soul Hunting Force under the Magic Energy Association to launch a fierce attack on the worms.

"Although I don't know what's going on either, it's in an extremely weak state right now. If we attack with all our might, we can take it down very quickly. Everyone, stay alert! We absolutely cannot miss this opportunity!" Anke's voice sounded insignificant amidst the deafening roar.

But her imposing presence inspired everyone present. Even for the members of the Soul Hunting Squad, who were feared by outsiders, her words were not encouragement at all, but a complete threat, because they knew that beneath her lovely appearance lay a twisted heart.

If you slack off here and don't fight with all your might, she will definitely come to settle accounts once the event is over. Compared to being killed by a monster, where you can at least gain a reputation for bravery, falling into her hands would be a tragic fate!

"Why are you all so clumsy? Have you all been starving? Now is your chance to defeat it!" An Ke shouted sternly, charging towards the massive body of the woodworm while braving a barrage of fireballs falling from the sky.

“Miss Anke, this is too reckless, please don’t rush... Eh?” The deer, who was not far away, had been calming the students down and was originally planning to come over to see if she could help. She happened to see Anke rushing towards the termites and immediately tried to stop her.

However, firstly, in such chaos, her voice was too insignificant, and Anke didn't hear her at all; secondly, she soon discovered that Anke was not as weak as she seemed, as she was very fast and dodged several tentacles' attacks in succession.

If it were just speed, that would be one thing, but her attack method was also incredibly fierce. Four tentacles crossed and attacked her together, crashing to the ground and filling the air with dust, making it impossible to see the scene in front of her. Anyone could see that Anke was doomed.

But under the horrified gaze of the deer, An Ke forcefully fought her way out of the smoke and dust. With crisscrossing blades, the massive tentacles, as thick as towering waves, were instantly cut into pieces. An Ke then used the tentacles as a springboard to climb up, charging all the way to the worm's shoulder.

If you look closely, you can see that she is holding a sharp blade in each hand. The termites seem to have sensed her presence and are trying to stop her from advancing. More than a dozen tentacles attack again, but she is too fierce. Even in the face of overwhelming power, she has no intention of retreating even half a step.

Not only that, she went against the current, and amidst the crisscrossing blades, the tentacles that had been invincible not long ago were chopped into countless fragments that fell to the ground. A dark green, viscous liquid burst out and spilled all over the ground, filling the air with a stench and chilling wails.

"You monster, nurtured by the negative energy of magic, go back to dust and sleep!" In just over ten seconds, An Ke sprinted to the head of the termite. She jumped high and threw the two figures in her hands into the air, which shimmered with a blood-red light under the desolate moonlight.

After her body flipped in the air, she caught the falling knife with her right hand and fell from the sky with both hands holding the knife, pointing it directly at the head of the worm. The latter had already sensed Anke's threat, and after roaring, he waved his fist to block her.

But Anke did not back down in the slightest. She met the fist head-on and thrust the blood-red blade straight down. At the moment the blade collided with the fist that was cutting off the worm, the blood-red lightning made a hissing sound, and an electric current filled the air, making people's hair stand on end.

If it were just a standoff like this, Anke would definitely not gain any advantage and would still be unable to kill the parasite smoothly. But she had more than one blade. After her first strike, another blade that had been thrown down fell to the ground. She caught the blade with her left hand and used her body advantage to flip the parasite over the back of its head.

While the insect was powerful, it was severely lacking in speed and agility. Even if it wanted to defend itself, it was too late. Anke's left-hand blade pierced precisely into the back of its neck, and a burst of blood-red lightning shot out from the back of its head like a flood.

The sky was also stained crimson, a hideous sight. The students on the outskirts trembled at the sight, as if the world had come to an end.

But in their despairing gaze, the once invincible behemoth slowly collapsed to the ground amidst heart-wrenching screams, and a large amount of viscous liquid seeped out from its body. However, compared to the disgusting dark green liquid from before, this liquid was a fresh green.

Like new buds on a tree, like jade, the fiery vortex and crimson lightning in the sky disappeared, the blood-red radiance gradually dimmed, and the moon, which had been obscured by dark clouds, finally broke through the clouds and poured out its bright moonlight. Everything seemed to return to silence.

"What...what's going on? That terrifying demon has fallen to the ground? Is it...is it dead?" Some students were stunned by the scene, completely confused, and looked around in bewilderment.

“It seems to have really calmed down. I did see it fall just now, which means... are we safe now?” One student rubbed his eyes. Just a few seconds ago, he was shrouded in despair and fear, thinking he would never see the sun rise again, but now hope was rekindled.

"Look over there! There are people appearing over there. Aren't they the freshmen who took the level assessment? They've all returned safely!" Someone else noticed that a light was appearing where the termites had fallen, and figures were appearing one after another.

These are the freshmen trapped in the simulated space, their fate unknown!

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The 315 disaster has passed.

Both the academy and the Magic Energy Association were prepared for the worst and were prepared to abandon the academy. Moreover, according to the most optimistic estimate from the Magic Energy Association, the best outcome would be to quell the turmoil within Maple City.

The so-called control within the Maple City area is roughly equivalent to "it doesn't matter if the entire city is razed to the ground." Of course, the association did not tell Maple Leaf Academy or the Snow Country where Maple City is located about this, since Maple City is the second largest city in the Snow Country.

For a country, the sudden disappearance of a large city due to a disaster is undoubtedly devastating, not only on an economic level but also on a military level. Maple City is also the southern gateway to the Snow Kingdom. Once it is destroyed, the Mountain Kingdom in the south will surely march north.

The reason why the Mountain Kingdom has been unable to annex the Snow Kingdom, whose military strength is obviously inferior, is that it is blocked by Maple City. The generals of the Mountain Kingdom have stated more than once during military conferences that as long as they take Maple City, they can conquer the Snow Kingdom within half a month!

Even though the Magic Energy Association holds a transcendent position on the continent, simply telling the Snow Kingdom that it wants to turn its second largest city into ruins would not only result in the Snow Kingdom not sending troops to cooperate with the Magic Energy Association, but would also obstruct it in every way and not allow such a thing to happen.

It's important to understand that Serena, as a soldier of the Snow Kingdom, was only ordered to cooperate with the Magic Association to nip the parasites in the bud within the Maple Leaf Academy's territory. Abandoning Maple Leaf Academy was already a bloodbath for the Snow Kingdom, since only the buildings of Maple Leaf Academy were destroyed, and the students were still there.

Losing Maple City is something the Snow Kingdom absolutely cannot afford; it's practically tantamount to the destruction of the kingdom!

But under such circumstances, the crisis suddenly disappeared. This made Anke, as the representative of the Magic Energy Association, breathe a sigh of relief, but she was also really puzzled. The power of the termite was different from what she had imagined. Even though she defeated the termite herself, her eyes were full of confusion.

"This shouldn't be the case. If the parasite only had this much strength, Grenier wouldn't have fled in such a panic. What went wrong?" Anke frowned as he stood on the ruins. The once magnificent Maple Leaf Academy was nearly half destroyed, with broken pieces and rubble everywhere.

"Miss Anke, what's wrong? You were so brave just now. It was thanks to you that we were able to defeat the parasite." Serena, the representative of the Snow Kingdom's military, came over. She had witnessed Anke's battle and had great admiration for her.

"It's nothing. General Serena, you'll be in charge of cleaning up the battlefield from now on." Anke shook her head. Although she had many questions, the matter was now resolved, and she had completed the task assigned to her by the association. She didn't want to cause any more trouble.

Not far away, the students who had suddenly appeared and were trapped in the simulated space were still somewhat dazed. After confirming that they had indeed returned to the real space, most of them couldn't control their emotions and burst into tears.

"Waaaaah, finally back? I thought I was going to die in that godforsaken place. It feels so good to be alive!"

"What on earth happened? Is this still the academy we know? How did it become like this?"

"Am I still dreaming? The academy isn't like this at all..."

The students were unable to accept the reality. The once magnificent and splendid academy had become riddled with holes and in a mess in just a few hours.

"Durey, Durey, where are you? Hey, have you seen Durey?" Lance rushed into the crowd, searching for Durey's whereabouts.

He asked several people, but no one saw Du Lei, which made him a little anxious.