Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 293
Little Flame Belle reached out her hands and rubbed her eyes, yet the blazing red crystal tears were still falling down. She could not stop crying.
She did not know what would happen next. Her mind was linked with Mo Fan's. Ever since she was born, she could clearly sense Mo Fan's emotions, including now.
Mo Fan was scared, and the Flame Belle was even more scared. No one would feel relaxed when death approached. The little Flame Belle was withholding her tears as she understood that even when Mo Fan was scared, he had never given up!
Even against ten thousand skeletons, a whole army of skeletons, even when he was scared, he would still fight until the end instead of sitting there waiting for his death!
"Ling~" Little Flame Belle stopped rubbing the unstoppable crystal tears. She understood Mo Fan's heart. She turned around and unleashed a wave of flames...
The blazing wave was twenty meters high. Little Flame Belle stood on top of the wave that was rolling toward the ocean of skeletons. Both little Flame Belle's tiny figure and the twenty-meter high fire wave was minuscule compared to the enormous skeleton army...
The red dot in the middle of white would continue to burn as long as it was still alive. Little Flame Belle wanted to be Mo Fan's vanguard. She knew both Mo Fan and she were going to die, but she would construct the greatest tomb for themselves with the skeletons before her death!
"Little Flame Belle!" Mo Fan could not stop little Flame Belle. He felt like his heart was stabbed by a knife when he saw her charging into the middle of the ocean of skeletons.
Mo Fan tried to catch up to little Flame Belle with Fleeing Shadow, yet the little Flame Belle was too quick. She had already disappeared into the ocean of skeletons in the blink of an eye. Mo Fan could barely see the flames sprouting into the sky in the chaos!
The Calamity Fire soared through the air in the shape of a fiery bird with fully extended wings. As little Flame Belle pointed her short finger, the fiery bird glided along one meter above the ground. Its burning wings knocked row after row of skeletons to the ground, and the brown-red Calamity Fire set them aflame, burning the white skeletons into black ash!
A long, burning carpet spread across the ground. The gorgeous fiery bird finally shrunk in size after flying fifty meters. Every time it set a skeleton on fire, a portion of the flame it was made of would spread to the skeleton. The number of skeletons was just too overwhelming. Even the majestic fiery bird was stopped by the walls of skeletons after covering a short distance.
The skeleton army was enraged after being challenged by the little Flame Belle. The skeletons began to produce bone spikes from their bodies, which they hurled at the little Flame Belle's location like a rain of bones.
Each bone spike and bone spear was incredibly sharp. They even pierced the rocky ground and stuck upright. The little Flame Belle weaved through the bones while unleashing high-temperature flames to burn the bones into ash.
Initially, the bone spikes and spears could not touch little Flame Belle, but the rate of them pouring down was too high. They could easily extinguish the little Flame Belle's flames.
It was impossible to tell how many skeletons were attacking little Flame Belle simultaneously. The fire ring circling little Flame Belle fell dim after lasting for only a few seconds. Many bone spikes were flying past her!
Little Flame Belle was made of flames. When she received damage, the flames at her injured parts would disappear. Her body already had several dark spots after only a breath or three. If the dark spots appeared at some of the relatively important parts, she would dissipate.
"Ying!~" Little Flame Belle screeched. It was impractical for an Elemental Creature in her Youth Phase to fight such an overwhelming number of skeletons. Little Flame Belle was injured from the endless attacks. Her fierce Calamity Fire was suppressed by the rain of bones the skeletons were producing!
Her Calamity Fire was not strong enough. If her Calamity Fire was as strong as the Fiery Sorceress' Calamity Fire, she could easily burn the ocean of skeletons into ash in an instant.
Little Flame Belle initially had the urge to cry for help, yet she clenched her teeth and f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y excited the fire source inside her body!
She was a fire spirit, a blessed entity nurtured by nature. The heavenly flames would surely annihilate these filthy dead creatures!
Stronger, fiercer, she would surely burn them all into ash!
Little Flame Belle let out a scream. It felt like something detonated inside her tiny body. The brown Calamity Fire turned into fiery feathers and formed a giant pair of fiery wings on her!
One of the fiery wings was flung toward the left, swiping a long fiery line in that direction. It burst into enormous fire tongues as it landed on the ground, spreading to the sides...
The fiery slash covered a distance of thirty meters. The flames that spread out were around seventy meters wide. The legs of the skeletons there caught on fire, and fell to the ground in large groups. Their bones scattered across the place and burned in the flames!
The other fiery wing swiped in the other direction. The slash ignited a line of flames which blossomed into a virtual forest of flames. The skeletons who were caught in the area fell to the ground in groups!
Lots of skeletons were falling to the ground, but even more skeletons were appearing. In just a few seconds, the fiery woods were extinguished after being trampled continuously. Hundreds of white skeletons with bone swords appeared around the Flame Belle, swinging their sword-shaped arms at little Flame Belle, raining stacks of swords and sabers upon her!
Little Flame Belle did not give up. She uttered a cry and extended the wings made of fiery feathers.
Hundred, thousands of pieces of fiery feathers circled little Flame Belle. As she spun around once, she launched the fiery crystals in all directions!
Each of the fiery feathers was explosive. When they made contact with something, they exploded instantly.
It felt like thousands of firecrackers were ignited at the same time. Every fiery feather landed on a skeleton, and the area within two hundred meters from little Flame Belle was covered in little explosions. The simultaneous explosions on the skeletons combined into a huge explosive sphere, resulting in a spectacular, blazing sight!
Chapter 677 - C.h.e.s.t Burning with Anger!
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
{TL Note: Somehow the author skipped the chapter count 677}
"Little Flame Belle!"
A path was cleared through the wall of skeletons. Mo Fan sprinted through the gap, which was soon filled by more skeletons with arms like bone swords. They completely sealed off the path.
Luckily, Mo Fan finally found little Flame Belle after making his way through the woods of skeletons. He was extremely shocked when he saw little Flame Belle surrounded by white bones.
Little Flame Belle had unleashed all her strength, and even more than that, the power was something she had never possessed before.
The spectacular Thousand Piercing Fire Feathers had eliminated hundreds of skeletons in the area. Their bones were burned down to tiny bits, like a layer of sawdust on the ground.
"Ying!~"
Regardless of how determined little Flame Belle was, she was completely worn out when she saw Mo Fan. She quickly flew to him, seeking some spiritual comfort.
However, when she was less than twenty meters away from Mo Fan, something covered in bone sabers suddenly jumped out from the piles of bones on the ground. Its spinning sabers sliced through little Flame Belle's body!
Little Flame Belle had depleted her energy after executing the Thousand Piercing Flying Feathers. She never thought a Skeleton General would be hiding among the skeletons.
It was too late when Mo Fan saw the Skeleton General jumping out from the piles of bones. He watched little Flame Belle slamming into the ground less than twenty meters away after the bone sabers sliced through her. It looked like her tiny body almost burst open from the impact!
Mo Fan's eyes became bloodshot after witnessing the scene. Anger erupted in his c.h.e.s.t like a volcano, turning into the enraged roar of a beast after reaching his throat!
"Die!"
Mo Fan leapt into the air. His fist erupted into vigorous flames as it scorched through the air, like a tiny meteorite flying right above the ground!
The fist landed accurately on the Skeleton General. The flames bursting out from the fist were exactly the same as the ones that burst out from a volcano. Its wild momentum alone knocked the Skeleton General flying a hundred meters away!
The flames covered the entire Skeleton General. Its head exploded into pieces and landed in pieces in front of Mo Fan. The disparate parts of its body fell to the ground in many places. If the flames were able to burn the Skeleton General's undead crystal to ash, Mo Fan's explosive fist would have killed the Skeleton General almost instantly!
Mo Fan did not care if the Skeleton General was still alive. He lifted little Flame Belle from the ground.
Little Flame Belle's back had a long cut. She was almost sliced in half. Mo Fan's c.h.e.s.t pulsated heavily when he saw the severely injured little Flame Belle; it was about to explode at any second!
The undead did not have any hint of mercy. No matter how much Mo Fan cared about little Flame Belle, they still came endlessly. The Thousand Piercing Fiery Feathers had annihilated quite a large number of the skeletons, yet it was still an insignificant number compared to the whole army of skeletons!
The sound produced from the skeletons' moving joints was rather noisy. Mo Fan knew there were at least a hundred of them within fifty meters from his position without raising his head. The skeletons could instantly chop him into minced meat!
"Die, all of you!" roared Mo Fan.
Purple-black lightning burst out from his body and danced wildly in the area.
Mo Fan did not move from his position. Three astonishing lightning bolts came down consecutively. One of them landed right on the head of a skeleton in its Advancing Period and instantly disintegrated it into white dust!
More lightning danced in the air and descended in forks, leaving the silhouettes of dragons in the air as they continued to bring destruction down upon the place!
The burning smell lingered in the air as white ash of bones drifted to the wind.
The place was covered in continuous lightning strikes, covering the field in electricity. Mo Fan stood right in the middle of the display. The wild lightning shone on his pale face, yet his grim black pupils did not show any hint or thought of giving up!
Like machines, more undead appeared before the ash had completely dissipated. It felt like a tide was coming to devour the place. No matter how hard you tried to kick the tide away, it would still return at a higher level.
"Twenty-nine!" Mo Fan took a deep breath and uttered the strange number!
The skeletons were swarming toward Mo Fan from the front, the back, the sides and the air.. .the skeletons on the ground mostly consisted of four circles, but more skeletons were leaping into the air, falling onto him like a white net!
"Groundbreak!"
Mo Fan slammed his fist onto the ground right beside his feet, inserting Rose Flame into the ground.
The surface could no longer withhold the rumbling energy underneath it, and a gorgeous Groundbreak in the shape of a flower blossomed under Mo Fan's feet!
The fiery flower burst out from the ground, knocking the skeletons that were trying to kill him away helplessly. Some were knocked back, some were tossed into the air, some were knocked flying. Most of them were set on fire...
"Thirty!"
Mo Fan uttered another number, it felt like he was keeping count.
A piercing screech came from not far away. Mo Fan followed the screech and saw the Skeleton General whose head was blasted open by him standing there. He had no idea how the creature was making the sound, but it was still commanding its subordinates to attack him.
It was obvious that the Skeleton General was greatly humiliated by its defeat. It immediately summoned all its reliable comrades to challenge Mo Fan!
"Take a rest, don't force yourself," Mo Fan softly patted little Flame Belle's back and said gently.
"Ying~" Little Flame Belle hugged Mo Fan's arm tightly and rested her head on Mo Fan's back in a peaceful manner. She was no longer afraid, regardless of the number of skeletons surrounding them!
Mo Fan fixed his gaze on the Skeleton General that was waving its arms around!
"Fleeing Shadow: Shuttle!"
Mo Fan stepped forward. His figure suddenly turned blurry and vanished among the shadows of the white skeletons...
A shadow swept past like a black raven. The clumsy skeletons were somehow aware that Mo Fan was hiding in the lump of shadow. They immediately slashed at the shadow with their arms.
The bone sabers left marks on the ground, but they failed to land on the raven's shadow that Mo Fan had turned into.
Mo Fan silently wove through hundreds of skeletons and appeared right in front of the Skeleton General that had lost its brain.
Mo Fan would never forgive anything that dared to harm his little Flame Belle!
Chapter 678 - Bone Spikes Skeleton Formation
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Mo Fan appeared right in front of the Skeleton General. It was unclear how the creature was able to discover Mo Fan's whereabouts. It immediately thrust the sharp swords forward. Its reach was over two meters.
There were at least twenty two-meter-long bone spikes. If Mo Fan did not pay attention, he would be stuck on the spikes after they pierced through his body.
Mo Fan jumped backward and escaped the range of the bone spikes.
He pointed his finger at the sky as he landed, summoned a purple-black Star Pattern followed by a lightning dragon descending on the Skeleton General.
Its skull was already missing. This time, the lightning blasted its c.h.e.s.t into pieces. One of its ribs fell to the ground beside Mo Fan's feet.
The Skeleton General was still swaying. It was not dead yet, even after losing its c.h.e.s.t!
Mo Fan was too lazy to search for its undead crystal. He drew another lightning Star Pattern and immediately disintegrated the rest of the skeleton's body!
"Thirty-five!" said Mo Fan coldly while crushing the remains of the Skeleton General by stomping on them.
"Ling~" Little Flame Belle cried, not because Mo Fan had just avenged him, but she was trying to warn Mo Fan about something in the sky.
Before Mo Fan could raise his head, a bone spear landed half a centimeter away from his feet. A third of the spear had stuck into the ground. The long spear was still trembling from its enormous momentum!
The sound of sharp weapons slicing through the air was heard as several bone spears around a meter long were launched at Mo Fan from different angles!
Mo Fan quickly dodged aside. Four bone spikes stuck into the ground where he was standing just a moment ago in a row. They were also quivering from their overwhelming momentum after they stuck in the ground.
Mo Fan scanned his surroundings and discovered white bone spikes pouring down at him like arrows.
Before, Mo Fan had barely dodged the attacks by utilizing the slight differences between the landing time of the bone spears. However, the rain of bones was pouring down simultaneously, making it impossible to find a place to hide from the onslaught of bone javelins.
Fleeing Shadow was no longer an option in this situation. Even if he turned into a shadow, the dense bone spikes would simply nail him to death inside the shadow!
Seeing that the situation was not favorable, Mo Fan immediately pulled little Flame Belle from his back into his c.h.e.s.t and bowed forward in a half-kneeling posture, preventing the spikes from landing on her.
"Black Snake Armor!"
Underneath the rain of bones, Mo Fan summoned his luxurious armor.
The blue-black scales almost instantly covered Mo Fan's body, from his head to his toes. The black snake scales were not an extremely rigid material. Even though it looked like Mo Fan was wearing some metal armor, it did not hinder his movement at all.
The bone spikes landed right on Mo Fan. He kept on using his back to take the hits. After all, he was wearing the Black Snake Armor, but little Flame Belle was not.
"Ying~"
Little Flame Belle who was under Mo Fan's protection cried out. She could hear the piercing sound of the bones surrounding her. Even the ground was being shattered into pieces from the impact, yet she was perfectly safe. Mo Fan's arms were tightly hugging her tiny body.
"I'm fine, these bone spikes can't hurt me," Mo Fan's back continued to produce a sound similar to sharp metal clanking.
The Black Snake Armor had provided Mo Fan a truly sturdy defense. Even the Giant Corpse General was hopeless when trying to penetrate his defense. There was no way the bone spikes of the Servant-class skeletons could break his armor...
The rain of bones lasted for a long time. Waves after waves of the bone spikes poured onto the ground. Even an elite troop of Intermediate Magicians would have suffered heavy casualties from the attack.
The Black Snake Armor's defense totally exceeded Mo Fan's expectations. Mo Fan only felt a little soreness on his back after the bone spikes stopped hitting him. The bone spikes left lots of tiny holes on the Black Snake Armor, but they did not penetrate it.
"Time to get rid of these Bone Spike Skeletons," Mo Fan glanced around coldly and saw a few groups of Bone Spike Skeletons.
It was obvious that there were Warrior-level creatures commanding the Bone Spikes Skeletons. They were standing in some kind of square formation. When they started tossing their bone spikes, it resulted in the attack that Mo Fan had just received.
Except for the place where Mo Fan was standing, the whole area was pierced through by the bone spikes, forming a layer of broken bones.
The threat that these Bone Spikes Skeletons posed was greater than a Warrior-level creature due to their overwhelming numbers. After all, they had the ability to attack from range. It simply meant that apart from the hundreds of skeletons surrounding Mo Fan, he still had to handle the other hundreds of skeletons attacking him from the distance!
