Full-Time Mage: Starting from Obtaining the Mysterious Ancient Tree

Chapter 359 Step in
The sound of metal clanging came from all directions, but Fang Yu ignored it. He led Jiang Shaoxu forward through the misty land, exploring the area.

If an ordinary person were to walk in such a fog, their vision would be blurred and the sounds of fear would inevitably cause them to feel apprehensive.

But for Fang Yu, who had spent a long time outside the Anjie border and had gained experience, the hazy fog did not cause him much of a stir in his heart.

As for Jiang Shaoxu, being constantly by Fang Yu's side and enveloped by the space, he also felt a great sense of security.

Fang Yu's exceptional strength and calm demeanor are precisely why Jiang Shaoxu wanted to team up with him.

It seemed that Fang Yu's posture had angered the beings in the mist, and the clanging of metal became increasingly piercing and deafening.

The fog around them began to gather, and they could no longer see anything at all.

This moment.

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

The fog was still the same fog, but compared to what we had just seen, the location had clearly changed.

Fang Yu noticed that the soft, yielding feeling in his arm had disappeared. He turned his head and saw that Jiang Shaoxu, who was beside him, had vanished without a trace.

"Waaaaaah!!!!"

Soft sobs drifted into my ears, as if someone was hiding in a corner, crying quietly.

But soon.

The sobbing stopped and was replaced by cheerful laughter that filled the quiet space.

Fang Yu scanned his surroundings and spotted several dark figures, their features obscured, darting back and forth in the mist. Their dark aura stood out starkly against the gray fog.

Suddenly.

The dark figure flew towards Fang Yu.

Suddenly, ice and snow burst forth around Fang Yu, and snowflakes began to fall.

A cold, sharp light flashed, instantly freezing the dark figure.

The "Ice Explosion" spell was cast, and the shadowy creature shattered and scattered on the ground, but at the same time, the shattered shadow turned into mist and dissipated. It was as if the thing that had just attacked Fang Yu had never existed.

The attack failed, and more and more shadowy figures began to converge, emerging from the mist. At the same time, however, the area covered by Fang Yu's 'Ice Domain' gradually increased.

A thousand miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow, with goose-feather snowflakes falling softly.

"Extreme Ice Dust!"

Fang Yu stood within the domain, let out a loud shout, and the star points connected. The icy blue light flashed incessantly, and solid ice dust fell down frantically.

Although they are called ice dust, these individual ice crystals range in size from nearly a watermelon to the size of a thumbnail. All of these ice dust particles have very sharp edges, and the flaky ice dust particles are like cold weapons.

As the ice dust, under Fang Yu's control, swept towards the shadowy figures, the shadowy figures in the arena were instantly cut into pieces and scattered into mist.

The cycle repeats itself, with the ice and dust of the far north cutting and exploding.

The fog obscures our vision, but it cannot stop the magic from blooming. Since we can't find it, we'll bombard the entire map.

Seemingly realizing Fang Yu's predicament, the shadowy figure neither appeared again nor revealed its true form. It sensed that if it were caught off guard, it would be at risk of perishing.

……

On the other hand, Jiang Shaoxu encountered a similar situation.

Ice and snow flowers bloomed in the arena, their dazzling light forming a protective shield that protected her. But as the number of shadowy figures in the arena gradually increased, the drifting snow stopped falling, and the protective shield gradually faded away.

In the end, Jiang Shaoxu was still corrupted by the shadows. She felt as if she had entered a chaotic dream. In the dream, she constantly experienced the past of these shadows. Each past was enough to pierce her heart a thousand times, making her want to bite her tongue and commit suicide!
These memories were stolen by hidden demons after the magicians who came to this place perished, and now they are being forcibly implanted into Jiang Shaoxu's mind.

At this moment, Jiang Shaoxu is experiencing a very long, incredibly long dream that keeps looping. There are hundreds of black figures here, each of which is transmitting the pain of its previous life.

Jiang Shaoxu felt that he was no longer himself; his past was being covered by the resentful past of these shadowy figures.

Their memories are being devoured, as they have completely intruded into hundreds of movie clips, experiencing countless different things.

In the end, it was the pendant on her chest that emitted a dazzling light, calming her mind and making her feel ethereal. This was her ancestral magical artifact that she had always carried, and she had never used it even during the World University Competition.

With the pendant's help, Jiang Shaoxu gradually banished the fragments of memory from the shadowy figure.

……

When Fang Yu returned to the mist, he saw Jiang Shaoxu standing to the side, her clothes somewhat disheveled. Her delicate and pretty face was full of weariness, and she even looked like a pear blossom in the rain, but she had no tears.

Fang Yu was quite surprised to see this, but she did not disturb it. Fang Yu did not have a good way to deal with the shadowy figure's mental manipulation.

Now, Jiang Shaoxu can only rely on himself to get through this ordeal. With Jiang Shaoxu's mastery of mental techniques and the powerful force behind him, he must have some trump cards to save his life.

A moment later, Jiang Shaoxu also woke up.

Seeing Jiang Shaoxu's disheveled appearance, Fang Yu asked with concern, "Jiang Shaoxu... are you alright?"

"Being corrupted by those shadowy figures causes excruciating mental pain and erodes memories. If I hadn't majored in mental magic and used a mental artifact, I almost wouldn't have made it back," Jiang Shaoxu said with lingering fear.

"It's fortunate you persevered, otherwise the psychological trauma would be hard to heal," Fang Yu praised, and continued, "Since they can't do anything to us, I think the hidden demons won't appear again. Let's rest for a while before continuing our search."

"Okay, it's been so many days, hopefully we can find the location," Jiang Shaoxu said.

After making adjustments, the two continued their exploration step by step, and four days later, they finally found a place where the fog was thin.

A faint light appeared, and as we continued forward, the light gradually became more obvious.

When he finally emerged from the fog, the scene had completely changed.

The land in front of them was sunken in a large area, like a deep abyss, forming a stone staircase similar to a mountain path.

The staircase was extremely wide, stretching over twenty meters from left to right. Each step was designed to accommodate a person's stride. The staircase led to an unknown place, and looking down seemed to lead to the abyss of hell...

At this moment, Jiang Shaoxu's tone was filled with excitement as he said, "According to my brother's description, this is the entrance to the Mogao Grottoes!"

"Walk."

The two began to walk up the stairs, and no danger occurred along the way.

But when the two reached the middle of the steps...

"Boom~~~"

A sudden change occurred. At that moment, a huge, standing beast abruptly appeared on the steps ahead, waving its terrifying claws and slowly digging through the black, heavy rock steps.

Its claws are huge and sharp; a single swipe of its claw is like a giant shovel bucket, and the hard, heavy rock steps are as fragile as a pile of tofu in its claws.

In the blink of an eye, the steps were destroyed, revealing the hollow area underneath.

(End of this chapter)