Phoenix Warrior of Full-Time Magister

Chapter 84 The Team Split

After everything calmed down, the group from Mingzhu Academy and Didu Academy slowly recovered from their fear.

"I almost thought I was going to die here. Damn it, let's not train anymore, I want to go home!" Luo Song couldn't take it anymore and sat down on the ground.

"Has that old bastard Songhe lost his mind? How could he send us to such a dangerous place? When we get back, I'm going to get my dad to impeach him!" Liao Mingxuan said angrily.

"What are the hunter mages and military mages in charge of intelligence doing? Why didn't they say anything about such a terrifying demon?"

"Is it possible that all the mages who encountered powerful demons died, so there wouldn't be any reports of danger?"

As the best of the best in various academies, most of these people have experienced battles against demons.

This time, however, the commander-level giant lizard pseudo-dragon brazenly ate its meal not far from them, and they didn't even have the courage to run away, fearing that they would attract the attention of this behemoth and become dessert after the meal.

This experience terrified everyone, and Luo Song, Shen Mingxiao, Liao Mingxuan, and others insisted on going back.

It was clear that the expedition team's morale had already collapsed, and forcing them to continue would only be counterproductive.

"If anyone wants to go back, they can go back; if not, they can stay. The situation here is special, and I'm sure the teachers at the academy won't blame you." Yunhua was indifferent to whether the others left or not.

But some people think differently!

"How can that be? Do you want our training mission to fail?" Lu Zhenghe said.

The people at the Imperial Capital Academy were all surprised. When did Lu Zhenghe become so bold?

Yunhua calmly said, "What Lu said makes sense. Anyway, with the backup plan Lu left behind, I believe our bodyguards will protect our safety, right, Lu?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's just the literal meaning."

Yunhua's spatial artifact flashed, and one by one, broken pen-like objects fell to the ground: "Student Lu, these things should look familiar, right?"

Everyone was confused, and Lu Zhenghe's face turned deathly pale.

Yunhua said, "Every night before I go to bed, I send out my bee army to scout the area. I discovered that every night, Lu would find a secluded spot and bury these things."

"I specifically consulted Professor Gu from our university about this, and he told me that this should be a signal transmitter. Lu left these things along the way, doesn't that mean he hired bodyguards to protect him?"

"You're talking nonsense! I didn't put it there!" Lu Zhenghe quickly retorted.

Seeing his agitated state, the crowd looked at him strangely and demanded, "Lu Zhenghe, what are you doing? We need an explanation!"

"No wonder, I always thought Lu Zhenghe was a coward because he always stayed behind to cover the rear."

"Come to think of it, he really does get up every night to pee; it turns out it wasn't because his kidneys were failing!"

Lu Zhenghe remained steadfast in his denial of these accusations, believing that without evidence, no one could do anything to him.

"I have evidence!" Yunhua said, then took out a tablet with the Bee Army's surveillance footage. On the screen, a figure sneaked into the grove and buried something.

Realizing that they were being followed the entire time, a chill ran through them.

"Tell me, who was the signal sent to?"

"What exactly are you plotting?!"

"Stop!" Seeing that Luo Song was about to beat Lu Zhenghe, Mu Ningxue, the captain of the Imperial Capital team, stopped him: "Let's leave the truth for when we leave here. What we need to do now is continue the investigation."

"Still conducting reconnaissance? Are you trying to die too slowly?" Luo Song yelled. "Go ahead and do your own reconnaissance, I'm not putting up with this!"

As Luo Song got up and left, it was as if a switch had been flipped. Shen Mingxiao followed suit, and Zheng Bingxiao hesitated for a moment before silently joining the group.

Then Liao Mingxuan, Xu Dalong, Jingjing and Zhao Mingyue also got up.

They naturally cared about the results of this experience, but compared to their lives, it wasn't that important.

"Let's go too. It's too dangerous with so few people left," Song Xia advised.

"It's better if I don't leave; it'll be easier for us to move around without being a burden," Mo Fan said.

In the end, only Yunhua, Mofan, Zhao Manyan, Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Bai Tingting remained.

Everyone else chose to leave, but Lu Zhenghe was tied up like a dumpling and carried away by Zheng Bingxiao's Rock Demon on her shoulder.

"Old Zhao, I didn't expect you to be so manly. I thought you would come along too." Mo Fan said to Zhao Manyan with an exaggerated expression of surprise.

Zhao Manyan glanced at the others and whispered to Mo Fan, "Do you think I don't want to leave? But the strongest people in our team have all stayed. The rest are only average, and not only are they not united, but they're also not very nice. I'm worried that I'll become cannon fodder if we encounter any danger! It's better to stay here."

"What do we do next?" Mu Nujiao asked. "Right now, it's just the few of us, and we don't know how long we'll have to keep searching."

"Why don't we split up first?" Yunhua said.

"Wouldn't that be too dangerous?"

"We're only separated for a few hours. Because of the giant lizard's intimidation, most of the demons are now in a state of fear and shouldn't make any rash moves for the time being, so we should make good use of this time."

Mu Ningxue nodded and said, "That makes some sense, but how do you plan to distribute it?"

"We don't have many people now, so let's not spread out too much. Two teams will do. Mu Nujiao and I will be in one team and we'll explore here."

"You two?" Zhao Manyan's eyes darted back and forth between the two men, his expression suggesting he was having an affair.

"That's right, I'm a poison mage, so I can release poison mist in advance to form a defensive position. Mu Nujiao is a plant mage, and she's also good at positional warfare. Moreover, I have strong mobility, so even if there's any accident, I can still take Mu Nujiao and escape unscathed."

Mu Ningxue finally agreed to Yunhua's suggestion, after all, she had fought against Yunhua before and had confidence in his strength.

On my side, besides two violent mages, there's only one defensive mage and one healing mage, so even if we gave them the mageship, it wouldn't be of much use.

After Mu Ningxue and the others left, Mu Nujiao said, "Let's begin now. I'll place a few energy seeds nearby first, and then we can release the Kun Forest directly."

To her surprise, Yunhua shook her head and stopped her, "No rush, I'll release Bee Army and Little Ti, they'll be enough. We have other things to do now."

Seeing Mu Nujiao's puzzled look, Yunhua pointed to the collapsed municipal building and said, "There are still some good things inside."