I gained immortality in Full-Time Magician

Chapter 19, The Demon Tree's Trail

"Jiang Shang is gone, don't bother looking anymore."

Zhu Zhou and the others stood on the opposite bank of the river and spoke to him.

"it is good"

Jiang Shang shifted his attention from the corpse of the Gale Wolf. Seeing that everyone had already crossed the river, he also stepped onto the rocks in the river to cross.

After everyone had gathered, the patrol resumed.

"Brother Zhu, what was that demonic wolf all about?" Jiang Shang asked.

"That demonic wolf must have been one of the survivors from this cleanup. As you saw, this demon was already badly wounded when we arrived, and even its most prized leg was crippled. Moreover, the wind mage who came back from the investigation said that he didn't see any other Gale Wolves! This means that this demon was alone. Judging from their habits, unless they were abandoned, they wouldn't hunt alone. So it must have escaped from its brothers in front of it. The rest of the demonic wolves have all been wiped out," Zhu Zhou analyzed.

After listening to Zhu Zhou's analysis, he also felt that the analysis made sense, because a normal demon could not be killed so easily, and moreover, it was drinking water when they approached, which meant that it was completely unaware of their arrival!

And the Gale Wolves have an extremely sensitive nose!

The fact that they didn't notice their arrival must mean they were too badly injured to even smell anything.

Seeing Jiang Shang deep in thought, Zhu Zhou patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't overthink it. Most of the demon wolves in the vicinity have been cleared out; this one is probably the only one left."

Coming to his senses, Jiang Shang cleared some conspiracy theories from his mind.

We're not far from the ant nest now, so we need to be prepared at any time to guard against attacks from the blood ants!

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After crossing a stream and passing through a dense maple forest, they finally saw the anthill.

The anthill in front of us looks as tall as a small mountain.

The surface was covered with countless holes, each one taller than a person! There were also many vines at the entrances.

"Why are there so many vines on this road? They've grown all the way down from the mountain to the ground. It looks disgusting," the more delicate girls immediately muttered.

The vines and grasses intertwined in front of the cave entrance, some hanging from the top like a python climbing the mountain wall, others tangled on the ground, making it look like we had entered a dark blue python's den. It was ferocious and terrifying, no wonder some timid girls would feel chills to the bone.

"That's strange. The mission information didn't mention any vines here. Could they have overlooked it?" Zhu Zhou said, puzzled.

"It's just some broken vines, what's there to be afraid of? Come on, follow me!" It was time for Bao Benyi to show off his bravery in front of his female classmates, and he walked ahead all by himself.

"No!" Jiang Shang hadn't finished speaking.

Bao Benyi, that reckless man, just grabbed it with his bare hands.

"Ah!!!! Holy crap, what the hell, ouch holy crap, help, help me!!!!" Suddenly, Bao Benyi let out a furious bark like an old dog being beaten!

Upon hearing the sound, the students in the top class immediately stepped back and looked closely.

It turns out that the fatso was just scaring himself.

The vine on his head was just something that happened to be blown down by the wind when he passed by, and the thorny branches scratched Bao Benyi, which scared him like this!

After seeing it clearly, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be just a fright.

"Stop yelling, it's so noisy!"

Jiang Shang stepped forward, grabbed the fat man, and yelled at him.

Bao Ben was jolted back to his senses by the shout, and when he moved his arm, he found that a vine was hanging on it.

"Thank goodness it wasn't a demon, thank goodness it wasn't..." Bao Benyi patted his chest with lingering fear.

Jiang Shang gave him a disdainful look, then examined the vines on his body more closely.

"Hmm~ This looks a bit like the vines of a vampire tree," Jiang Shang thought to himself.

After looking at the vines on Bao Benyi's body, he walked to the cave entrance next to him, picked up a vine, and examined it.

"Captain Zhu, come and see! Doesn't this look like the vine of a vampire tree?" Jiang Shang said to Zhu Zhou, who was chatting with the military mage in the back.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhou asked, puzzled, upon hearing Jiang Shang's call.

Seeing Jiang Shang standing at the cave entrance waving at him, he stepped forward.

After arriving at Jiang Shang's side, he squatted down and picked up a section of the vine that Jiang Shang was pointing at, examining it closely. He then plucked a thorn from the vine and looked at it closely.

"Old Bi, come and take a look, what is this?" Zhu Zhou said to the wind mage behind him.

Old Bi walked over, picked up the vine, and examined it carefully.

"It's not a Vampire Tree, it's its subspecies, the Blood Chain Tree," Old Bi concluded after careful observation.

"Are you sure?" Captain Zhu asked doubtfully.

"Confirmed. Although the Vampire Tree and the Blood Chain Tree are very similar and both are servant-level demons, the thorns on the Vampire Tree's vines are barbed, while the thorns on the Blood Chain Tree are triangular with extremely sharp edges!"

"Look, aren't the thorns on this vine triangular?" Old Bi picked up a vine and explained carefully.

After hearing this, Jiang Shang picked up a vine and examined it. It was indeed as the wind mage had said.

"No wonder you got a perfect score in Demonology class, you really know a lot!" Zhu Zhou patted Lao Bi on the shoulder and said.

He then summoned the military magistrates to discuss the matter together.

"Should we report this and suspend the exploration? After all, the information provided by the staff does not include information about the Blood Chain Demon Tree."

"Considering the demons lurking in this anthill, we might not be able to handle it!" Captain Zhu analyzed prudently.

"I don't think it's necessary. This is a cleanup area; any threats have already been eliminated," the wind mage said, glancing at the students in the top class before whispering to them, "We all know what's in here. There's only one ordinary slave-level Bloodstained Red Ant, left for these students to train. The rest have been eliminated by intermediate mages. What danger could there be under these circumstances?"

That's right. The training locations for these students were carefully selected by the military, and any dangerous monsters were thoroughly eliminated.

Even the demons at the checkpoints along their route had been wiped out, leaving only one lucky Swiftwind Wolf by the river, and it was in a half-crippled state.

Maybe I'm just worrying unnecessarily!

Zhu Zhou stroked his stubble and thought for a moment before saying, "Even so, we should still be cautious. When we go down into the ant hole, Lao Bi, you go ahead to scout, and Zhou Yi and I will go one after the other. The other two will stay in front, so that we can react to any problems immediately."

Then, with a serious expression, he said, "Remember, these students have never seen a demon before. Don't assume they can unleash magic in time. Just treat them as ordinary people with some strength. Be careful."

"Yes" "Yes"...

(End of this chapter)