I gained immortality in Full-Time Magician

Chapter 21 Ant Nest (Part 2)

It's still the same exploration queue as before, but there have been some changes.

This time, it was Lao Bi, Zhu Zhou, Jiang Shang, the water mage, Zhou Yi, and others in front, followed by the students, with the last earth mage at the very back.

Walking along the road from the royal palace to the incubation chamber, one sees traces of the last military mages' cleanup.

Looking at the lifeless vines beneath their feet, Jiang Shang and the others tensed up.

Soon they arrived at the incubation room.

"Quickly, Radiance!" someone shouted.

Behind the group, a golden star trail flashed by. Although the connection was slow, it was very stable, clearly indicating that it came from a student who had worked hard.

A beam of dazzling light shot into the darkness before them, illuminating the scene before Jiang Shang and his companions.

A demon resembling a willow tree, over 5 meters tall, stood in the incubation chamber, with numerous vines hanging from the air. At its roots lay a red demon corpse, still oozing crimson blood.

The enormous mandibles and massive tail of the carcass clearly indicate that it was hatched from red ant eggs placed by the military.

Youma

It's a demon!!

The scene before my eyes was even more impactful than when I last saw the Gale Wolf!

Last time, they only observed the Gale Wolf from afar; before it could even display its demonic ferocity, it was swiftly and cleanly killed by the military mages. But this time, they were only 0.01 centimeters away from the Blood Chain Demon Tree's vines!

I feel like my life is about to end at any moment.

Although they were constantly exposed to the topic of demons at school, and had even rehearsed countless times in their minds how they would fight demons with great spirit, when they actually saw a demon in front of them, their minds went blank!

"Get out of the way!!"

The water mage, who was always at the front of the team, reacted in time with the help of "Water Defense - Guardian".

next moment

Several vines, carrying enough force to shatter rocks, slammed into the people protected by the Water Guardian, sending them flying and crashing into the wall of the incubation chamber behind them. Fortunately, the Water Guardian's protection was very strong, not only withstanding the attack but also mitigating the force of the impact.

"Fire-burning bones"

Seeing his teammate being slapped away, Zhu Zhou, who was at the front of the team, immediately began to chant.

A fiery red flame ignited in his hand, and he swung it out, the fireball whistling through the air and striking the massive trunk of the Blood Chain Demon Tree with unparalleled precision.

The fireball went silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into flames from within the Blood Chain Demon Tree, like a swarm of wildly growing crimson vines.

The Blood Chain Demon Tree appeared to be in great pain, its massive vines flailing wildly around it.

Snapped

The vines struck the nearby wall, causing a large number of stones and clods of earth to fall.

Jiang Shang, who was dodging the flying vines and stones, saw the Blood Chain Demon Tree swirling in front of him and clearly in great pain, and decisively decided to give it a good whack.

Strike while the iron is hot and kill him!

[Lightning Seal - Wrathful Strike]!!!

A magnificent purple constellation rose up beside Jiang Shang.

"Zzzzzzzzzzz~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

A powerful, frenzied arc of purple electricity appeared beside Jiang Shang.

Jiang Shang raised his head, his gaze flashing like lightning.

In a flash of lightning, Jiang Shang raised one hand high, and as he clenched his fist, bolts of lightning that had been twisting wildly in the air transformed into thunder soldiers, which roared and bombarded the location of the demon tree in a chaotic manner!

"Sizzle!!"

After several purple lightning bolts fell, they merged together to form an even more powerful bolt of lightning, which struck the unsuspecting demonic tree fiercely.

The lightning strikes left many scorch marks on the trunk of the demon tree, and a large crater even appeared in the center of the strike's impact point!

Unfortunately, plant-type demons naturally have a higher resistance to lightning magic; otherwise, this level three lightning seal magic would not have just created a crater, but should have been able to break the demon tree in half.

The remaining earth mages were not idle either. They released several earth waves to teleport to the military mages who were fighting, and then led a few students who were obviously too scared to move away from the incubation room.

Old Bi, one of the military mages, also released several wind trails on the ground.

Leng Ci also wanted to release the wind, but the celestial phenomena appeared and disappeared around him several times without success. He had no choice but to drag his classmate outside.

"Wind...wind...wind track...damn it!!"

Leng Ci tried to complete the magic, but with his heart pounding wildly, he couldn't connect the stars at all.

The usually obedient Starchildren were like frightened deer, running wildly through the stardust of the magic students. No one was willing to use magic at this time; they were all just running towards the royal family on instinct.

After releasing the Level 3 Thunder Seal, Jiang Shang realized that his magic was not very effective against magic at this advanced stage. So he chose to release the Thunder Seal - Python Mark, which would not only have an offensive effect but also allow him to attack multiple times.

He also began to dodge and evade in the incubation room, following the wind trails released by Lao Bi, while continuously unleashing lightning seals to attack the demonic tree.

Seeing that Jiang Shang's level 3 lightning seal attack was not effective, Zhu Zhou chose to move around and unleashed his level 3 fire attack, which he had been accumulating for some time, at the demon tree.

Fireball - Explosion!!

A deeper red flame, even more intense than the previous fire, condensed in Zhu Zhou's hand before he hurled it at the demonic tree there!

Because the Demon Tree's roots were firmly planted in the incubation chamber, it was unable to move and thus became a sitting duck for Jiang Shang and his group!

They only need to be careful of the vines that the Blood Chain Tree relies on for survival.

A burst of flames exploded in front of the demon tree, and the fierce flames instantly engulfed the entire demon tree, turning the entire incubation chamber red with firelight.

The heatwave instantly filled the room, and the explosive power of the fire was nearly doubled because of the enclosed space!

With such ferocious power, it should be able to severely damage the Blood Chain Demon Tree!

At this moment, several mages ran out from the passage between the incubation room and the royal palace. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the military mage who had seen the students off, Zhou Yuan, and a fire mage named Fang Hua returning together.

After escaping the heatwave, Jiang Shang turned back and asked, "Why did you two come back together? It's dangerous here!"

"Brother Jiang and the other military mages are fighting, so I can't fall behind."

"Besides, I'm also a fire mage, so I have an advantage over you when it comes to dealing with plant-type demons," Zhou Yuan said blankly.

Jiang Shang was also taken aback. Was this Zhou Yuan, who usually couldn't even speak properly? How come he was so eloquent?

Whether it was just empty boasting or not, Zhou Yuan and Fang Hua's process of depicting the star trail was slow and intermittent, but they eventually managed to completely depict a fireball.

After the two connected their stars, the crimson flames of the fire made their faces glow red. They didn't dare to be negligent and immediately threw the fire they had just released toward the demon tree.

The fire sparks landed on the tree, erupting into a crimson wave of flames that instantly burned several vines of the Blood Chain Demon Tree. At the same time, it fueled the flames on the demon tree, making them grow even stronger!

The flames also burned into the pit created by Jiang Shang's level-three lightning seal, which was the heart of the demon tree. Although the damage caused by Jiang Shang's lightning seal was not very significant, it had completely cleaved the outer bark of the demon tree.

crackling sounds~~

The entire Blood Chain Demon Tree transformed into a towering torch within the incubation chamber!

Clearly, the demonic tree, having been baptized by Jiang Shang and his companions' magic, was no longer able to extinguish the flames on its body.

Just as the fire was raging on the demonic tree, a vine still covered in flames suddenly shot out from the site of the explosion, smashing everything in its path...

"Captain, watch out!!" the earth mage shouted.

Zhu Zhou's face was filled with horror.

Even burned to this state, it still managed to attack itself with vines!

"Ground Wave!!"

The earth mage desperately unleashed his skills.

It controlled the ground, trying to pull Zhuzhou backward with the undulating ground, but the vines were too fast, and the undulating ground was not very effective!

At that moment, a figure pushed Zhu Zhou aside and met the whistling vines coming at him.

Zhu Zhou looked at the figure in front of him and saw that it was Jiang Shang who had come on the wind track!

(End of this chapter)