Versatile Mage: Lord of Space

“There are still students gathering here, but not many of them are actually capable of fighting,” Bi Ling said.

"If we want to attack the siren from here, the magic would have to fly across the river for about one and a half kilometers. Unless the siren approaches on its own, most magic will have difficulty reaching that distance," a wind-element teacher analyzed.

"Yes, even our teachers might not be able to reach this distance, let alone the students."

While the teachers were discussing countermeasures, more and more students from Jimei arrived at the library.

Lin Lan roughly estimated that about fifty people came from the main elemental departments on average, and more than a hundred people came from the other departments, bringing the total number of students to more than four hundred, all of whom were intermediate-level mages.

Forming these mid-level mages into a magic array and unleashing a volley of the same spell can indeed produce considerable destructive power.

But the problem lies in the attack range.

“Spatial compression—if a spatial mage is present, they can compress the space along the trajectory of the magic, allowing the magic array's attack to directly strike the sea monsters in the strait,” Bi Ling suggested.

“My major is space-related,” Lin Lan said.

Lin Lan's spatial abilities have already reached the second level of the super-tier, and he is very skilled at spatial compression.

"Young brother, let's come together. You must be the commander assigned to us by the guild leader," said an old mage in plain clothes, leading several space-type mages to Lin Lan.

Lin Lan nodded.

“I saw you take action when we were dealing with the first and second calamity beasts. I am Lin Du, a tutor in the Space Department of Jimei Dimensional Academy. These are my graduate students, and they are also members of the Space Department of Jimei University,” the old mage in plain clothes, Lin Du, introduced.

Deng Yongchuan, Bi Ling, Teacher Feng, and the other students gathered there all turned their attention to Lin Lan, their faces filled with surprise.

Lin Lan looked like a student, a student who hadn't graduated yet.

What did he just say... that he's a space mage of a higher class?
"Are you the commander?" Deng Yongchuan asked.

"it's me."

At this point, only strength matters.

Lin Lan made no attempt to hide anything, and all her immense spiritual power spread out from her center.

A massive energy storm was formed!

The people around felt their spirits being compressed, so powerfully that it was suffocating!

"Young man, please calm down. They just didn't expect you to be a super-level mage at such a young age... Several directors and teachers, this young man's strength and courage are beyond compare. I am ashamed of myself. His name is Lin Lan. I don't believe none of you have heard of him." Lin Du quickly smoothed things over.

"Are you Lin Lan?"

Several department heads immediately remembered.

The FMVP winner in the battle of world-class universities, a hero of Hangzhou, and a savior from the catastrophe in the ancient capital...

The students next to Lin Du had expressions of astonishment and disbelief on their faces.

"There's no time to lose. The Crimson Demon has already landed. Let's get moving. I'll work with Elder Lin Du to build a spatial bridge first, and then we'll go and blast the sea monster." Lin Lan quickly made arrangements. "Lightning magic is very effective against sea monsters. Lightning mages should form a team first. Wind and ice mages will be responsible for compressing the Crimson Demon's activity space, and the lightning mages will then launch a concentrated lightning attack."

There were thirteen lightning mages, all at the mid-level, and a high-level lightning instructor leading the team. Lin Lan then entrusted this team to his command.

The remaining elements are the major elemental systems: wind, earth, ice, light, and fire. Fire has a relatively high probability of being awakened in the second elemental awakening, so it is quite common among mid-level mages, and many are willing to spend money to awaken their fire element using guiding stones.

These people were divided into five squads, each occupying a higher position around the museum. "No need, no need. Brother Lin Lan, I remember you're also very strong in lightning magic. Just join them to increase the power of the magic turrets. With you there, the power will be doubled," Lin Du said.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

……

After the mages from each department were divided into teams, the old mage Lin Du had already efficiently erected a spatial bridge.

Normally, the bridge of space is invisible. But at this moment, the torrential rain is drawing a clear spatial passage between Jimei University and the strait, like an outline.

"Commander, what about the rest of us?" Teacher Biling asked, somewhat puzzled.

Lin Lan only assigned elemental mages with destructive abilities to the task. Mages of other classes, including Teacher Biling and some students, were left without any tasks and could only stand there blankly, not knowing what to do.

“You all just guard this museum and this hillside,” Lin Lan said.

"What's there to defend here? The sirens will definitely flock to the cities on the island," a student representative couldn't help but question.

"Just guard it when I tell you to, stop with all the nonsense," Lin Lan replied bluntly.

"What...what do you mean?!" The student representative's face flushed red.

"Yang Zhe, listen to the commander, let's stay put and wait for orders." Bi Ling pulled him back and whispered her advice.

……

Lin Lan stood at the highest point of the museum, overlooking the entire strait entrance. At that moment, countless Crimson Demons were surging frantically towards Gaoqi Airport. These amphibious creatures were indeed more suitable for leading the charge than other sea monsters. Their bodies were crimson, like writhing chunks of flesh, densely covering the river surface, landing wave after wave.

Jimei University's museum is located on the other side of the strait, directly opposite the site of the Siren's landing.

"Wind element, ice element, compress their activity space!" Lin Lan seized the opportunity and shouted the order when the Crimson Demons were most concentrated.

"Leave it to us!"

"Note that magic must be transmitted through the spatial bridge!" Lin Lan reminded him again.

Wind magic erupted collectively over the strait, with several wind disks colliding and instantly forming a violent whirlwind domain that even swept seawater into the air.

On the other side, ice magic poured down like frost rain, freezing rapidly upon contact with the sea surface and quickly forming a thick layer of ice in the concentrated area.

The Crimson Demons know how to seek advantage and avoid harm. With magic covering both sides, they will naturally gather in the unaffected area in the middle.

He hadn't expected wind and ice magic to kill many Crimson Demons. The strait was so wide that even with numerous demons, there would be gaps for them to dodge. Now, Lin Lan intended to use these two types of magic to force them into a limited area…

"Lightning element, Thunderclap!"

Seeing that the Crimson Demon had been successfully squeezed into a narrow body of water, Lin Lan immediately gave orders to the dozen or so lightning mages.

The moment the command was given, dazzling golden lightning patterns erupted around Lin Lan.

What's astonishing is that the power of lightning he alone gathered far surpassed the combined lightning power of thirteen students and one teacher, and was even dozens of times more powerful than the entire lightning-based team!
"Soul Seed?"

"It's probably not just the power of a Soul Seed; this... is clearly a Celestial Seed." (End of Chapter)