Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

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"Brother Fan, I found a group of shell insects not far ahead. They are coming towards us. After they came out of the hole, I stole their eggs. I led them to the south. I guess they will ignore us for a while." Zhang Xiaohou reported.

"This... You have already led away all those shell insects. There are quite a few nests there!" Ge Ming couldn't help but said with his eyes wide open.

"Well, they are very concerned about the eggs, so I stole from one nest, and then all the insects from other nests came to block me." Zhang Xiaohou said.

"And then you came back safe and sound?" Wang Jiu Ming also felt it was incredible.

The other members of the team couldn't help but show joy on their faces. They hadn't expected that this journey in the desert would be so smooth. They avoided several places where they had to fight simply because of their personal strength.

These people were all cautious and after seeing the outstanding strength of these new team members, their uneasy hearts calmed down a lot.

Being a teammate with such a person is really a worry-free and extremely safe thing.

"It seems that we have successfully passed this stage." Ge Ming smiled, then awkwardly crumpled up the battle strategy paper he had prepared before and threw it away.

Thanks to him for making so many preparations in the early stages, including analyzing the habits of desert creatures, looking for their weaknesses, and even practicing battle formations in advance, but in the end they haven't used a single magic spell yet.

You know, many teams composed of hunter masters would be covered in wounds when they get here, but they... just rushed through while chatting as if they were on vacation.

……

"The data has been collected. Old Lu, come over here and analyze the route first." Wang Jiuming took back the detection equipment and handed it to Lu Fang.

Lu Fang left and took the instrument, then input the information into his device. Before the information was transmitted, the little Loli Lingling at the side spoke.

"Let's go now. As long as we get to the other side of this small Huangshan Mountain, we have to walk where there is sunlight. As long as we reach this sand basin before the sun sets, we will be safe." Lingling had already printed out the blueprint and handed a copy to Ge Ming.

The corners of Lu Fang's mouth began to twitch. He was about to scold the little girl for scribbling, but when he glanced at the distribution map and demon marks on the Lingling tablet, the expression on his face immediately changed.

"What's wrong, Old Lu?" Someone noticed Lu Fang's expression and asked hurriedly.

To be honest, Ge Ming didn't really believe the route map made by this little girl.

Lu Fang glanced at the direction of the sun, then looked at the blueprint, and then said seriously: "We must act immediately and leave here before dark, otherwise we will be in big trouble!!"

So everyone immediately packed up their bags and set off at a brisk pace.

Zhang Xiaohou and another melee hunter team member were exploring the way ahead, while the others used magic to move faster.

Zheng Tong and Wang Jiuming were both confused as to why Lu Fang agreed to Lingling's route map so directly. In the end, Ge Ming couldn't help but ask, "Lu Fang, what's wrong? Why do you look so unhappy?"

"Some of our intelligence is wrong. The sand beneath the Dahuang Mountain is inhabited not only by the dead insect shells, but also by a group of night sand demons. They live about 40 meters below the sand, and are distributed in the area where we are and four kilometers ahead. Now the sun is about to set. If there is no direct sunlight on the sand, these night sand demons will drag all living things in their territory under the sand and eat them. There are so many of them that it is difficult for us to cope with them!" Lu Fang said solemnly.

"This... damn, this damn information dealer told us that there is absolutely no danger under Mount Dahuang. I must kill him when I go back!" Zheng Tong said angrily.

The Night Sand Demon is the demon that travelers heading to the desert least want to see.

"Haven't we encountered the Bora before in the Jinlin Deserted City? Is this Yesha Bora that kind of thing?" Mu Nujiao remembered something and asked in a low voice.

Before Lin Ran could say anything, Mo Fan spoke up.

"Yes, it's the same creature, but it lives in different places. Most of the Night Sand Demons live in dry places and don't like sunlight. They only appear at night. Lingling's computer shows that there are about 500 Night Sand Demons in this area. If their roots sense that there are living things walking on the sand, they will all swarm over. You can imagine how terrifying that scene is."

Mu Nujiao stopped talking immediately. Thinking back to when they first encountered a terrifying demon in the deserted city of Jinlin, it was already extremely terrifying. But she didn't expect that there were more than 500 of them in this piece of sand... This was simply a living grave!

Lin Ran touched Mu Nujiao's hand and said, "Don't worry, I can handle it."

Mu Nujiao muttered: "I'm here to gain experience." She didn't want to rely on Lin Ran for everything.

"Girl, how do you know these are terrifying demons?" Lu Fang asked as he walked quickly.

"My name is Lingling!" Lingling said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, Lingling."

Lu Fang was now feeling very awkward, but he was more relieved.

If he continued to analyze at the speed he just did, by the time he figured out the route, it would probably be dark. At that time, the route would be useless because without the sun, the roots of the demon would be spread everywhere. But Lu Fang was a little surprised. How fast must Lingling's thinking be to be able to analyze the danger of this area faster than him!
They had previously obtained intelligence that there were only shell beetles here, but now it seems that the lucky person who entered here came during the day, but did not expect that at night, there would be a swarm of demons here, and the army would be swallowed up directly! !

"It is very strange that such a sparse distribution of life symbols covers the entire area. In addition, there are only two kinds of life within a five-kilometer radius. One is the underground demon, and the other is the shell insect. There are no other creatures. The shell insect demon has always been the most hated thing by carnivorous plants because they cannot digest its hard shell. So this probably proves that there are plant demons under the sand, because all other non-shell demons have been eaten by them!" Lingling said seriously at this time.

"Hehe, anyway it's all thanks to you this time." Lu Fang said.

"You ignored the difference between day and night before, which is actually very fatal." Lingling looked like an experienced person giving instruction.

This desert is indeed terrifying. If they follow the previous plan, then once dark, they will basically be trapped by the terrifying demon, and it is hard to say whether they can escape. The more he thought about it, the more frightened Lu Fang became!
"Hurry up, hurry up, I can see the night line moving towards us!" Zhang Xiaohou shouted at this time.

He could clearly feel that something was surging in the sand.

The sand layer nearby is not as thick as imagined. There is a layer of sand on top and a layer of soil below. If the sand starts to stir now, it means something is drilling out from the soil. Zhang Xiaohou is quite fast. He is observing from a high place. The dusk line has spread over. Some places are no longer sunny. In the sandy areas without sunlight, he has seen black centipede-like things. They are like black worms. These black snake-like things are scattered all over the dim area. Once the sunlight disappears, they begin to boil. He also saw a fierce beast that accidentally broke into this sandy area. It was obviously a big beast, but in the blink of an eye, it was dragged under the sand by these terrible roots.

He knew without guessing that this ferocious beast would soon turn into a pile of bones, and its blood, flesh, and internal organs would all become nutrients for this terrifying desert.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Zhang Xiaohou urged everyone hurriedly.

The sun was setting faster than they had imagined. If they couldn't get out of the area where the demon's roots were distributed, they would be in big trouble!

“Monkey, go and harden the ground. Don’t let them get out so easily for now.” Mo Fan said to Zhang Xiaohou.

"Okay! Are there any other earth mages in the team?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.

After a while, the other two hunters stood up. Zhang Xiaohou immediately summoned the Wings of Wind. He picked up the two earth mages and rushed forward to prepare for the terrifying demon.

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We ran all the way, but still couldn't catch up with the sunset. A layer of faint dimness gradually replaced the original orange-red glow. The temperature around seemed to drop a lot in an instant. The atmosphere was completely changed. It was no longer hot, but a kind of darkness and decay was coming towards us.

"Come over here quickly!" Zhang Xiaohou shouted to the people behind him.

When they arrived at the area where Zhang Xiaohou and the other two hunters were, the sand here had been squeezed and was as hard and impenetrable as rock.

In places where the sun doesn't reach, black roots suddenly rush out, and the sandy ground is boiling and splashing like an ocean stirred by countless schools of fish. They are like a group of hungry ghost tentacles, surrounding the living things here.

When they approached to within 300 meters of the team, they could clearly feel that their spread was hindered. The solid and thick sand prevented them from moving around as freely as before!

"Hurry up, they will rush over soon." Lu Fang shouted.

People did not dare to stop, they continued to move towards their goal.

"Let me lead the way!" said a hunter who also majored in wind. Ge Ming and the others called him Flying Squirrel.

Flying Squirrel's movements were very agile and his steps were very light. With the help of the power of the wind, he was even able to leave no footprints on the sand.

"There's no problem here, everyone come over here..."

"Wow!!!!" Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the thick sand exploded, and the flying sand immediately poured down like rain.

In the sand rain, a terrifying demon tree rose from the ground like a monster. All of its branches could be used as mobile attack weapons, even the intricate roots buried under the sand.

The roots and vines directly turned into a wooden cage, and instantly surrounded the flying squirrel from all directions. The flying squirrel turned his head in disbelief, and then he found that he was isolated in a desperate death space by countless vines and trees. Immediately, a feeling of fatal suffocation came over him!

"Flying Squirrel!!" Lu Fang suddenly shouted.

Ge Ming's reaction was very fast. He completed the light magic almost instantly. He transformed the light falling from his body into hundreds of feet long swords, and then slashed at the roots and vines frantically.

However, these roots and vines were too thick, and his magic alone was not enough to completely tear open the plant cage that surrounded the flying squirrel!

"Captain, look behind us!" Zheng Tong said loudly at this time.

Ge Ming knew clearly what was happening behind him without looking back. It must be the deadly roots and vines that were so entangled that there were hardly any gaps visible.

"Everyone keep going forward, I will go save the flying squirrel myself!" Ge Ming shouted.

Flying Squirrel was too anxious. The route he led was completely unworkable, and his perception of these underground creatures was too poor.

"Let me do it." Lin Ran said, and the next second he flashed in front of Feishu.

When Feishu saw the calm Lin Ran, he immediately said, "You..."

Before he could finish, the environment changed rapidly and he appeared in front of Ge Ming the next second.

Feishu looked at Lin Ran and couldn't help but said, "Thank you."

"It's okay. This guy is probably angry. Let's go quickly." Lin Ran said.

Fei Shu and the others stepped forward immediately. They originally thought that Lin Ran was a pretty boy who only knew how to tease women, but they didn't expect that this guy's space magic was so outrageous that he could actually bring Fei Shu out directly.

"Well. Let's go, let's go quickly, otherwise we will all be left here." Lu Fang said.

"Follow me now, everyone, don't go the wrong way. This ghost thing is very good at setting traps. It will be difficult to escape once we step into a trap." Zhang Xiaohou breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led the way.

Zhang Xiaohou now gave up flying and moved forward at a high speed on the ground. He was trying to test the thunder with his own body. Maybe Lin Ran could save him from the monster's mouth.

"If there is only one Terror, then its range of activities is limited!" Mo Fan said at this time.

The Terror is a creature that moves very slowly. They usually disguise themselves and wait for their prey to step into their hunting grounds. The roots and vines of a Terror are spread over a range of about three hundred meters. The closer you are to the Terror's body, the harder it is to escape its trap. The reason why Flying Squirrel was instantly trapped by the Night Sand Terror just now was because he was too close to the Night Sand Terror's body!
Fortunately, Lin Ran's space magic was even more abnormal, and he pulled the flying squirrel out in an instant, otherwise the flying squirrel might have died now.