Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 596
"This place is so huge!" Zhao Manyan exclaimed.
Zhao Manyan noticed something floating in the sky. They were white like clouds, but not as huge. They were a lot thinner, and were only visible with the blue sky as the background...
"Go higher," Mo Fan said.
They continued to rise, reaching a height of a thousand meters, but they still could not see the end of the valley. However, they were incredibly shocked when they saw countless white seedheads drifting in the wind...their numbers kept increasing!
The white seedheads were coming from all directions. They could even see them being lifted up into the sky before heading toward the valley!
"What's going on here? Why are there so many Dandelion Grass puffs..." Zhao Manyan was confused.
"Can't you see they are all heading in the same direction?" Mo Fan said.
"I think so; it's the same direction we're heading into, somewhere deep in the valley!" Zhao Manyan said.
"Do you think the Hunters on the outside of Mount Kunyu can see what we are seeing?" Mo Fan said.
"Of course they can, there are so many of them. They are definitely going to see it unless they are blind," Zhao Manyan replied. He realized something after finishing the sentence. He looked at Mo Fan with wide eyes...
Mo Fan could not find any words. It seemed like nature had really placed them at the bottom of the food chain this time!
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The white Dandelion Grass floated in the sky above Mount Kunyu despite the absence of wind. They were like a pack of white birds migrating slowly...
The sky above Mount Kunyu was clear and blue. As more and more white seedheads rose into the sky and headed in the same direction, as if something was summoning them, they made a stunning magical scene, a view that was only possible in a place brimming with a primordial aura like the outer slopes of Mount Kunyu!
However, the danger concealed by the spectacular view was sending a great chill down Mo Fan's spine!
Many Hunters were not experienced enough to identify the Dandelion Grass, but even the most inexperienced Hunters on Mount Kunyu knew they should follow any white seedheads they saw drifting in the air. These white puffballs were like adorable little fairies guiding them to the treasure they were searching for. They could not afford to miss out on the opportunity!
Lots of Dandelion Grass kept flying into the Valley of Yu Grass. It was quite obvious that every Hunter in the outer Mount Kunyu would immediately make their way to the valley following the Dandelion Grass...
Mo Fan had followed the Seal of Darkness he had tagged the Bronze-Fang Hillman with here. The Commander-level creature was most likely making its way back to the Hillmen's den.
Zhao Manyan was ambushed by a Hillman not long ago. Even though there was only one of them, who could possibly tell how many Hillmen there were in this spacious valley, which was as complicated as a maze?
The stunning view was not a blessing from Heavens to the Hunters, it was the white flowers displayed at a giant cemetery!
Chapter 1291 - The Tragedy in the Sea of Grass
Translated by XephiZ Edited by Aelryinth The gray-uniformed Elder Wang Dakuo was crouching beside a mountain stream and filling his bottle. Even so, he still turned to Wang Hua and the others and scolded them, "You guys are from the same Magic Association. How could you not help him if he was dying? I'm so disappointed. If anything happens to Guo Muzhuang, what am I supposed to tell the people of the Magic Association?" Wang Dakuo berated them. Wang Dakuo utterly regretted his decision of pursuing the Hillman hot-headedly. He almost forgot his way back, and because he did not stick with the group, a man had died, and Guo Muzhuang was most likely not going to survive either. "We are just trying to avoid more casualties!" Wang Hua protested. "Elder, look above you!" Hu Duo blurted out in excitement while pointing into the sky. "It's the Dandelion Grass. I didn't think we would be so lucky to see these natural Dandelion Grass seeds floating in the sky. Quick, let's follow them. There must be quite a few Giant Purple Lindens nearby!" Wang Dakuo was overjoyed, as if he had completely forgotten about what happened to the group. Wang Dakuo led the group and soon arrived at a place with a clear view. They were overwhelmed with joy when they noticed even more Dandelion Grass than they had initially seen floating in the air. "There must be lots of Giant Purple Lindens there. It's a blessing from the Heavens!" Wang Hua blurted out. "Quick, we're about to make a huge fortune!" --- --- In the grassy valley, a team of young Hunters slowly made their way through the tall Yu Grass. They spread the tall grass apart while venturing deeper into the valley. Whenever they lost their sense of direction, they just needed to look up into the sky and follow the white seedheads to make sure they were heading in the right direction. "Da Fei, I'm telling you, the last adventure I had was such a close call. We stumbled into a bunch of Blue Ice Sea Monsters as soon as we went out to the ocean. The demon creatures were out hunting for food. There were at least fifty Mages on the ship, but more than half died in the battle. It's why I think this Mount Kunyu isn't even that exciting," a man with a broken nose toward the back of the team declared. The man continued forward and shoved the grass blocking his path to the side impatiently while talking to his teammate Da Fei behind him, "What is it? You don't believe what I said?" The man heard heavy breathing behind him. He twisted his lips and turned around. He was about to explain what happened during his previous adventure in detail when he surprisingly saw the man standing behind him was a head taller than him. He was stunned. Wasn't Da Fei supposed to be half a head shorter than him? Since when did he have to raise his head just to see his face? The man with the broken nose immediately realized the person was not Da Fei as soon as he lifted his gaze. It was a hideous face with exposed tusks. The man subconsciously took a few steps back staggeringly upon seeing the face. A huge paw swung fiercely and hit the man in the face. Blood immediately sprayed in the air. The Hillman grabbed the man's throat and hurled him to the ground before he could even cry out in pain. The man was trying to use magic, but the sudden move took him by surprise. He felt like he was about to suffocate from the enormous pressure around his neck. The Hillman controlled its strength perfectly. It was enough to knock the man unconscious without killing him. After the man stopped struggling, the Hillman carried the bloke around the height of one-eighty on its shoulder and disappeared into a bush nearby. The whole sequence ended pretty quickly. Nothing was left behind apart from some unnoticeable traces of blood. --- "Stick together, make sure you don't get lost in here," the captain of the team of Hunters called out. "Da Fei, where do you think you are going? Come back here!" The man called Da Fei realized he was straying away from the team even though he was less than ten meters away. He quickly regrouped with the others with an awkward face. "Da Fei, wasn't Lao He in front of you?" the captain asked. "Huh? Isn't Lao He with the others?" Da Fei asked, puzzled. "Stop, everyone, stop moving. I need a headcount!" The experienced captain immediately gathered the team when he realized something was wrong. The team initially had ten members. However, he had not seen the man with the broken nose for quite some time! The rest of the team quickly searched their surroundings within a certain radius. However, the grass was just too tall and thick. They were still struggling to find the man with a sunken nose even though Da Fei mentioned he still heard the man blabbering less than a minute ago... "Come back, regroup at once!" The captain immediately summoned the members when he realized something was odd. "F**k me, where's Shi Niu? Why isn't he back yet?" someone soon blurted out in the team. "There's something here. Stay on your guard!" the captain said sternly. The rest of the team fell silent. They focused their attention on the grass nearby. One of them could no longer stand the limited space they had. He recklessly used a spell to get rid of the grass nearby to create some space. However, it was utterly meaningless. The area outside of the space he created was still covered in dense grass. There was no sign of the two members that had gone missing. "What should we do now?" "How are we going to find Shi Niu..." "We can't afford to go and find them. It's only going to make things worse. Hold your ground, and stay calm!" the captain said. The atmosphere suddenly became extremely weird. Even the slightest sound was making the team feel uneasy... --- The sea of grass swayed in the wind. The sight of the cobs rolling forward like waves was spectacular. The sky was perfectly blue while the ground was a boundless green sea of grass. If someone looked down from a great height, they would see little paths like the trails left by a small raft on a lake across the valley. Occasionally, there would be a little disturbance with blood and grass scattering in the air. There were also dull cries and deep roars blended with the howling wind and rustling grass. Similar situations were happening continuously across the valley. Unfortunately, the sea of grass was too tall and spacious. The sounds were too soft and blurred when they reached the open sky... --- Deeper within the valley, Mo Fan and his crew began to pick up their pace. The grass ahead was being split apart like waves. The areas where the grass was too dense were set aflame instead, burning the grass into ashes! Mo Fan did not let the fire spread, as it might place other Hunters in a more difficult position. The grass had a surprisingly strong resistance to fire, making it difficult for the fire to spread. "We must take out the den before more Hunters arrive. Otherwise, more than a thousand Hunters are going to die here!" Mo Fan swore. Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan had discovered many Hillmen hidden in the grass on their way here. They had to find the Giant Purple Lindens or the Hillmen's den as quickly as possible to avoid more people dying in this terrifying sea of grass... It was a journey of no return for the Hunters who were not strong enough!
Chapter 1292 - The Crests of the Giant Purple Lindens
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
An odd sound was coming from the bushes. Lan Luo immediately scanned her surroundings cautiously.
It was difficult to tell if the grass was rustling because of the wind or there was indeed something moving among the grass. Therefore, they had to be on alert at all times, which was very mentally draining.
"I can't sense where they are," Zhao Manyan murmured.
"It's their natural slaughterhouse here. They should have some way to avoid detection," Mo Fan agreed.
"There are voices in this direction..." Lan Luo turned to her side before quickly turning around and blurting out, "There's some movement here… and here too!"
Mo Fan looked around him. He grinned and said, "It looks like we're getting close to their den, so a lot of them have come to intercept us!"
With a loud thud, a Hillman over two meters tall charged out from the grass right in front of Mo Fan and lunged at him. The creature was hiding less than ten meters away, close enough to pounce on Mo Fan right away!
Mo Fan cast an indifferent gaze at the creature. His eyes emitted a mysterious silver light when the Hillman drew close enough. The light instantly transformed into an invisible force.
Mo Fan used Telekinesis to knock the Hillman over ten meters into the air. A dark lightning bolt descended from the clear sky and landed precisely on the Hillman before it could react!
The bolt of lightning went through the Hillman's body and immediately blew the creature into blood droplets. Its thick flesh, sturdy skin, and muscular build were completely useless against Mo Fan's lightning with its twelvefold damage!
"So strong!" Lan Luo's eyes glittered when she saw how Mo Fan had killed the Hillman so easily.
Hillmen were strong Warrior-level creatures, considering how they were able to wipe out groups of Hunters easily. Even so, they did not stand a chance against the young man. Lan Luo already had some idea on who Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were. After all, there were not many Mages so powerful at such a young age!
"A bunch of clowns, come out here!" Mo Fan snapped while completing a silver Star Pattern.
A silver rhomboid appeared above Mo Fan. It landed under Mo Fan's control, applying a strong force across a huge area. The tall grass within three hundred meters was pressed flat to the ground. Even the ground sank a little under the pressure!
The grass was pressed flat. The Hillmen hiding in it while slowly sneaking up on the humans were completely exposed. The creatures stared at one another with blank faces. They did not expect the human Mage to have such domineering power!
However, the brutal Hillmen quickly unleashed a blood-red light and charged fiercely at the humans.
Lan Luo saw a few dozen Hillmen as soon as the area was exposed. Even an experienced Mage like her felt her scalp turning numb.
As for Guan Xixi and Liu Xiaojia, it was their first time seeing so many Warrior-level creatures. They were already hugging one another with trembling legs after feeling the terrifying auras of the creatures, so much stronger than the presence of mere Servant-class creatures!
"Why are they so many of them? I'm leaving these to you, I'll hold this direction; Zhao Manyan, look after the girls," Lan Luo said. She seemed pretty calm.
However, when eight Hillmen began to charge at her, she slightly lost her ground. She even failed to cast an Advanced Spell!
It could not be helped. Even when she was in some strong teams, she had never found herself in a situation like this. They were going up against around forty Warrior-level creatures. Each was strong enough to bring real danger to their team!
"I thought there would be hundreds of them waiting for us here. It looks like they aren't treating us seriously enough, Mo Fan," Zhao Manyan said.
"Same here, should I do it or you?" Mo Fan asked.
"You can do it, I'll look after the girls!" Zhao Manyan said.
Mo Fan nodded. He slowly lifted his finger and pointed at the sky.
Lightning strikes suddenly flashed across the clear sky. They soon split into lightning arcs and rapidly gathered above Mo Fan's finger...
The lightning arcs crackled sharply. At Mo Fan's command, the lightning strikes descended rapidly, each over a hundred meters long and thick as an aged tree. When the dark lightning bolts struck the ground, they immediately spread into arcs of electricity, resembling a spider web covering an area of over a hundred meters. It started with a few dozen lightning strikes, but by the moment they reached the ground, there were hundreds or even thousands of lightning threads flickering wildly across the place!
The lightning was dazzling and loud, inflicting damage on every single Hillman scattered across the area, paralyzing the creatures while puncturing them...
The Hillmen cried out like apes in their pain. They continuously fell to the ground while twitching in the giant lightning web. Only a dozen or so were still standing after just a brief moment, barely withstanding the damage inflicted by the lightning!
"Tyrant Call!" Mo Fan hissed.
The Lightning Tyrant Scars had been stacking on the Hillmen, each able to call down an Exploding Apex with its damage amplified twelvefold. If there were more scars on the same Hillman, the lightning they triggered would be even stronger!
Hundreds of lightning strikes came down simultaneously at his trigger, sweeping the soil into the air while the flesh and blood of the Hillmen sprayed in the air after they were pulverized!
The lightning of Tyrant Call was insanely quick. It did not fork before attacking its target; it was just a blast with brute force that slaughtered the Hillmen, whether they were standing or lying on the ground!
A destructive aura lingered in the air, with the smell of burned flesh. Lan Luo, Guan Xixi, and Liu Xiaojia were completely dumbfounded...
That was more than forty Warrior-level creatures! Normally, they would need a huge team of Hunters against such a group of demon creatures, yet the young man had wiped them all out in just half a minute!
Lan Luo had already thought Mo Fan was insanely strong when she saw him killing a Hillman instantly. She did not expect he would be able to kill more than forty Warrior-level creatures like he was reaping crops… it completely toppled her understanding of magic!
"Come, I think we're pretty close to their den," Mo Fan said indifferently, dusting off his hands.
The three girls stood dumb like wooden chickens. It took them a while to recover from the shock!
Liu Xiaojia's eyes were filled with glittering stars of admiration. She suddenly saw Mo Fan as her Prince Charming!
The man's charm was off the charts compared to the boys who were outwardly attractive, but worthless inside. The way he controlled his lightning imperiously had changed her view of a man!
"Are...are you a Super Mage?" Lan Luo could not help but ask.
Lan Luo suddenly realized how stupid she sounded after asking the question. How was it possible for anyone to reach the Super Level at his age?
"No, it's because I have a strong Soul-grade Seed and Domain," Mo Fan said.
"Oh, I see! You are most likely the strongest Advanced Mage I have ever met, stronger than the old Hunter Masters too! I now understand why you're bold enough to come here," Lan Luo said.
Lan Luo was aware that Mo Fan had a Commander-level creature whose strength was already beyond their level. As such, she assumed Mo Fan's Primary Element was the Summoning Element. She thought he would rely on his wolf to fight, but it turned out he did not even need the Summoned Beast's help!
He had only drawn Star Patterns to cast his spells. He had yet to use a single Advanced Spell!
Anyone could tell how crazily strong his Intermediate Lightning Spells were, which meant his Advanced Lightning Spells would be even crazier!
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They started hearing more sounds coming from nearby after advancing less than three kilometers.
The girls were not as intimidated after witnessing Mo Fan's strength. They continued to move forward.
The creatures could hide or come out all they wanted. Either way, the group was still going to reach their den.
"We're close," Mo Fan said.
The presence of the Seal of Darkness was stronger, indicating that the creature he had marked was just ahead.
The Hillmen were quite intelligent. Even though a huge number of them had gotten close to the group of humans, they still showed no intention of attacking recklessly.
