Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

"We're here." Lingling said suddenly.

The terrain ahead gradually began to rise, like a gentle hillside, but in fact it was not the ground that was slowly rising, but they were already close to the Tianguan Purple Tilia sacred tree. The entire trunk base of the giant tree planted in the soil was like a hill, and the roots were half on the ground and half in the soil, growing in all directions...

Any of the roots is as wide as a city street. If you walk along the numerous roots, you still have to walk one or two kilometers to get completely under the main trunk!

The main trunk of the sacred tree of Tianguan Purple Tilia appears to be made up of many huge trees twisted together, with very large textures and spiral vines.

Before they came, they were still worried about how to climb up this huge sacred tree. After they got closer, they found that this worry was completely unnecessary, because the texture of the tree seen from a distance was actually equivalent to a plank road that humans can walk on. It was not too difficult for them to climb up little by little!

"Look, this time they seem to know how to respect their guests. They have set up such a big banquet waiting for us." Zhao Manyan suddenly said, pointing to the front.

When they reached the root of the tree, the grass no longer blocked their view. They were now halfway up the slope. Looking ahead, they could see a large number of figures standing on the wider slope ahead...

"So many mountain people!" Lan Luo raised his voice and said.

“It seems that the guy who was marked by darkness by me knew that I was chasing him, so he deliberately set up such a battle.” Mo Fan said.

Mo Fan raised his eyes and followed the dark pupil from afar. After a while, he locked onto the mountain man standing at the highest point where the tree root and the trunk were connected. The guy was obviously bigger than the other mountain men, but what he was most proud of was probably his bronze teeth pointing up, which made him exude the aristocratic aura among the mountain men!

“Beep beep beep~~~~~~~~~~!!”

The mountain man suddenly let out the cry of a monkey and started dancing with his bear claws. No one knew what he was going to do.

After a while, all the mountain people around made similar shouts and waved their hands, looking very excited.

“They can’t be really welcoming us, right? I heard that some creatures admire the strong. The more you beat and abuse them, the more they respect you.” Zhao Manyan looked at the strange behavior of these mountain people and said in confusion.

“I guess so. Then go over and try it first.” Mo Fan said.

Zhao Manyan immediately chuckled. He was not stupid enough to really believe such a fallacy. The mountain people were full of hostility and resentment towards humans, which could be seen from the way they treated humans.

A large and noisy sound was heard, and hundreds of mountain people in front were crying non-stop, making people more and more uneasy.

After a while, the same cry was heard in the dense sea of ​​​​grass. Lingling lay on Lin Ran's back and looked back, and found that the sea of ​​​​grass was boiling. She felt that countless things were gathering here.

“Swoosh~~!!!”

In the sea of ​​grass, a mountain creature suddenly jumped high up, then landed nimbly on the root base and appeared behind Lin Ran and others.

"Swish swish swish~~~~~~~"

More and more grass was parted, and many figures jumped out one after another. They had surrounded Lin Ran and the others from behind, and now they were blocking the way back to the Yicaohai!
"Beer beer beer beer!!! Beer!!!"

The cries became more and more numerous. The mountain people who jumped out of the sea of ​​grass had already blocked all the escape routes for Lin Ran and the others. The number of them was far greater than they had imagined! !

“How about this welcome ceremony?” Zhao Manyan looked around at this time. He found that the number of mountain people had doubled, and they even directly occupied the root slope in the direction of the Tianguan Zilin sacred tree.

“Well, it’s indeed a bit too much. Lin Ran, please make sure to protect the others.” Mo Fan hadn’t expected that there would be so many mountain people.

After all, they were warrior-level creatures. Thousands of them jumped out in one breath, which made Mo Fan feel the tribal-level momentum. If he was not careful, he would be torn into pieces in minutes.

“I will still be responsible for the protection. Mo Fan, don’t hide. Use all your special skills. Lin Ran can handle it.” Zhao Manyan said.

"It's a pity that my little Princess Yan is in the advanced dormant period, and her fire ability has been greatly reduced." Mo Fan said in a low voice.

Zhao Manyan heard this and said, "It's okay as long as Lin Ran is here?"

Zhao Manyan was very clear about Lin Ran and Mo Fan's strength. Half of Mo Fan's terrifying fighting power might be due to the control of fire magic given to him by Little Yan Ji. He could use the power of fire at will and even create more effective magic skills by himself. Therefore, even if Mo Fan fought a large group of demons in close combat, he would not be defeated.

But if Little Yan Ji wasn't here, then Mo Fan would only be a few levels stronger than most high-level mages...

Mo Fan estimated that he could defeat ten or twenty at a time, but the number of mountain men he faced must be at least three thousand, not to mention the combat power of the commander-level mountain men. The three thousand general-level mountain men alone were already a tsunami force. Mo Fan could no longer be relied on and had to rely on Lin Ran.

Suddenly Lin Ran's right hand was covered in flames.

Then Lin Ran raised his fist and swung it out. In an instant, the fire dragon pounced towards the mountain man with its fangs and claws. In just a moment, it submerged the commander-level mountain man and the mountain people near it.

The mountain people fled wailing.

"Go ahead..." Mo Fan said.

"Yes, I protect people." Zhao Manyan said.

"Go forward." Lingling said at this time.

"What a joke, moving forward at this time?" Liu Xiaojia suddenly shouted.

They have now fallen into the mountain people's lair. If they rush forward now, wouldn't it be courting death? Although Lin Ran does look fierce, she is still afraid.

“Well, we can rest assured with Lin Ran here. There are more mountain people behind us. It is difficult to estimate the number of mountain people wandering in the entire Yi Grass Sea. If we go back, we will probably be blocked by mountain people all the way. So we have to go forward and kill them. Let’s go to the Tianguan Zilin Sacred Tree. There are probably other monsters living on it. We can hide in other monsters’ territories.” Mo Fan also understood Lingling’s thoughts and agreed.

Before Lin Ran could say anything, Ling Ling whispered in his ear, "I want to go up and take a look."

Lin Ran nodded. He could kill these monsters by himself. "You guys are really braver than the sky." Lan Luo smiled bitterly at this time. For some reason, after listening to their analysis, he actually felt that it was reasonable.

"Let's go."

Mo Fan shouted, and his eyes suddenly burst into an extremely sharp silver light.

Silver star tracks flashed quickly around Mo Fan, and then turned into waves of thoughts with extremely strong impact effects. These thoughts quickly hit a row of seriously injured mountain people.

“Puff, puff, puff~~~~~!!”

These mountain people vomited blood, and their bodies were like they were hit by a heavy truck, then flipped over and flew backwards to the sides.

Dozens of mountain people were knocked away by Mo Fan's thoughts at once, and a passable road appeared before them. Several people ran wildly along the thick root that continued to rise.

“Beer beer beer beer!!!”

A bronze-toothed mountain man who was severely injured by Lin Ran's fire screamed. He had previously specifically ordered his subordinates to be more alert in the rear and not let these damn humans escape. He didn't know that Lin Ran was so fierce. If there hadn't been a commander-level mountain man in front of him, he would probably have died.

This bronze-toothed mountain man kept making cries and waving his hands wildly. He looked like a commander.

At the roots of the trees on the long hillside, Lin Ran and his companions rushed all the way. The mountain men in front of them were knocked away one after another by Mo Fan. Some flew into the air, and some fell under the roots of the trees. Unfortunately, Mo Fan's spiritual cultivation was not strong enough. If he could reach the fifth level, he would be able to kill these warrior-level mountain men in seconds with a single mental impact like Lin Ran!
"Old Wolf, you come to the front and lead the way!"

Mo Fan did not hold back at all and immediately called out Feichuan Snow Wolf.

"Ouch~~~~~~~!!!"

Feichuan Snow Wolf rushed out from the summoning plane immediately. It rushed over 200 meters in one breath. Its speed was so fast that people could only see its afterimage. The actions of these mountain people were like slow motion or stillness under its swiftness. The wolf's afterimage dissipated, and suddenly a large cloud of blood sprayed out from the claw marks on the bodies of the mountain people over 200 meters away. They fell down one by one, motionless...

There is indeed a big gap between the commander level and the general level. Feichuan Snow Wolf looks like it hasn't fought a bloody battle for a long time. It opens its fang-like mouth and keeps howling excitedly!

However, these mountain people were not just for show. Before the Feichuan Snow Wolf could even show off its might for a few rounds, it was immediately surrounded by more than a hundred mountain people. They knew that the Feichuan Snow Wolf was powerful and could easily kill them in seconds, so they adopted a mobile tactic and fought in coordination with each other!

After these mountain people formed a strange circle, every attack of Feichuan Snow Wolf was in vain. It clearly locked onto a mountain person who was more than two meters tall and was about to bite, but it missed by a large distance...

They seemed to be dancing and making some rather strange movements, somewhat like some distorted dance of savages, but they soon dazzled Feichuan Snow Wolf!

After a fierce fight, Feichuan Snow Wolf failed to kill any mountain people, which slowed down the team's pace, and the mountain people behind them chased after them, howling.

Lin Ran raised his hand and flames burst out, engulfing the mountain people behind him. These monsters were too weak for him.

“You’re really embarrassing me!” Mo Fan couldn’t help but curse Feichuan Ailang.

Feichuan Snow Wolf felt very aggrieved, and it didn't know why. It was obviously faster and stronger than its opponent, and there were so many targets in front of it. It seemed that it could kill a few of them with a casual wave of its claws. However, every time it attacked, it would miss. These guys dodged faster than anything else!
“Thunder!” Mo Fan pointed diagonally to the sky, and then a dark and sharp thunderbolt fell down. He was not afraid even though Lin Ran was behind him.

These thunderbolts were swift and full of destructive power, and their target was the mountain people who were behaving strangely ahead.

"Boom~~~!"

The lightning suddenly struck the tree root, creating a big hole. However, the mountain people seemed to know in advance that lightning would strike here, so they all avoided it.

Mo Fan was also stunned when he saw his lightning miss the target...

He is a high-level mage, a seasoned thunder mage, how could he have time to deal with a mountain man of this speed? ?

Mo Fan used Thunderbolt very quickly at this time. The star map flashed rapidly under his feet, and then lightning struck down from high above one after another. Some of them split into several branches, some fell straight down and killed people cleanly, and some were transmitted through the ground in chains...

However, for some reason, even with such intensive attacks, these mountain people's strange actions actually dodged most of them, and the number of mountain people killed was far less than Mo Fan expected!
This scene confused Mo Fan!

This is too much. It took him half a day to kill dozens of mountain people. Lin Ran was going to laugh at him.

“This is the fish school effect!” Lingling had already noticed that Mo Fan and Feichuan Wolf were being fooled, so she spoke up.

"What?" asked the uneducated Mo Fan.

"Some extremely large creatures in the ocean often attack schools of fish. The seemingly chaotic schools of fish can always gather and disperse suddenly, appearing to be in uniform, and then perfectly avoid the attacks of large creatures! This is the so-called school effect. Mountain people are creatures that live in groups and fight in coordination. They are similar to us humans in many aspects. Haven't you noticed that you feel that the target can be attacked by any magic, but when you choose to attack, it will definitely miss." Lingling said.

Mo Fan also calmed down and started to think calmly after hearing Lingling's words.

“Fuck! Please clear the way! Do you want to eat here?!” Zhao Manyan shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Is it a visual illusion? These mountain people all look the same. They use the movements of their companions as a reference for their own movements. If you think one of them is extremely clumsy and feels that you can hit the target with one strike, then it is actually very fast. Their weird dancing movements and irregular movements will seriously interfere with your judgment of their movements, speed, and trajectory!" Lingling began to speak very professionally.

Lan Luo and Liu Xiaojia were also very surprised that a little girl actually understood such profound things!
"So what should I do now?" Mo Fan asked immediately.

Open the summoning gate and disrupt their rhythm in an instant!" Lingling said.

“Okay!!!” Mo Fan nodded.

Lin Ran didn't find it difficult. He could take care of a large group of mountain people with just one move. These people seemed to be almost scared.

It’s different when you reach a higher level.