Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Chapter 32 The Curtain Falls

Too close, so close that Zhang Chen didn't even have a chance to summon his magical artifact. The scorching fire wave engulfed Zhang Chen. "Rose Flame - Fierce Fist - Nine Palaces!" Mo Fan roared in fury, burning the nearby black beast demons to ashes. The black-clad priest next to the middle-aged man couldn't help but smile as he listened to Mo Fan's impotent rage. Just then, a charred hand emerged from the fire wave, gripping his head like a pair of pincers. With a gentle pull, his head exploded like a watermelon, splashing red juice all over Zhang Chen.

At this moment, the flames subsided, revealing Zhang Chen, whose body was charred black and who was completely naked. He casually tore off the black robe of the priest and draped it over himself. At the same time, a healing spirit appeared and spread healing light upon Zhang Chen.

The members of the Black Vatican and Mo Fan were stunned. He'd taken a powerful punch right to the face—Nine Palaces—and was only charred black? Was this even human? Were they sure it wasn't some kind of humanoid demon?

But Zhang Chen wouldn't wait for them to come to their senses. He unleashed a domineering spatial force, directly compressing half of the Black Vatican members who hadn't yet recovered into a pile of dried-up human bodies.

Seeing their colleagues crushed into dried-up human bodies, they were filled with terror and frantically drove the black beast demons to attack Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen decided to stop hiding his physique and punched a small black beast demon to pieces. At the same time, bits of green light floated out from Zhang Chen's body, fell to the ground and turned into patches of demonic vines to bind the black beast demons, spell demon demons, or black church demons. The spatial power spread to prevent these black church demons from sneaking away.

Seeing that Zhang Chen was alright, Mo Fan went all out, burning the demons controlled by Zhang Chen with a rose-red flame in one hand, and striking the Black Church and the cursed beast with a purple-black lightning bolt in the other.

Suddenly the situation reversed, and the Black Church, with its hundreds of Black Beast Demons and more than a dozen mid-level mages, was forced into a passive defensive posture by the two of them.

As the saying goes, "The first rise is great, the second declines, and the third is exhausted." The Black Vatican was defeated by Zhang Chen and Mo Fan, and in less than half an hour, the siege ended with Mo Fan and Zhang Chen exhausting their magical energy as the last Black Vatican member was swallowed by the Howling Moon Wolf.

Before anyone else arrived, Zhang Chen took out the Sacred Tree and absorbed both the Black Beast Demon and the Cursed Beast Demon completely.

"Huff...huff...I'm exhausted! What's wrong with you, Commander?" Mo Fan plopped down on the ground, panting heavily. "Didn't I tell you before? Every time I merge with the Sacred Tree, my physique synchronizes with it." Zhang Chen sat down on the ground as well. "What?! When did you say that? Is it even possible? I think Little Mudfish must have something else to tell me. Does that mean I can have sex with ten people every night? I want that too!" Mo Fan shook the Little Mudfish pendant, a hint of jealousy in his voice. "Hurry up and meditate to recover your magic power! We still need to find the Shadow Beast!" Zhang Chen closed his eyes to recover his magic power, but was choked by Mo Fan's next words and had to quit meditating.

"By the way, Commander, did you just... roast the chicken?" Mo Fan said with a smile. "Shut up!" Zhang Chen glared at him, then turned his back to him and began to recover his magic power.

After a long while, members of what appeared to be the Inquisition arrived. Seeing the Black Vatican corpses scattered across the ground and the two figures guarded by the white giant wolf, he thought incredulously that two mid-level students had... —This is too much! —

Upon approaching, Zhang Chen opened his eyes and asked, "Who's there!?"

"Don't be nervous, I'm from the Lingyin Temple Tribunal." He didn't approach; he was only a mid-level member and was afraid that Zhang Chen might mistake him for someone from the Black Vatican and kill him, which would be disastrous.

"Oh, do you know Tang Yue?" Tang Yue had told Zhang Chen before that she belonged to the Lingyin Temple Tribunal, so Zhang Chen asked this question. "Yes, I know her. She's Judge Tang Zhong's niece," he quickly replied.

Oh, so Teacher Tang Yue is a relative?

"Alright, don't touch the magical artifacts or tools on the corpses; those are our spoils. The rest is up to you," Zhang Chen said. Zhang Chen and Mo Fan ran out of magical energy because many of them had magical artifacts. Although they had broken many of them, they were all magical artifacts that could withstand mid-level magic. Selling them might be enough to raise enough money to buy the Star River Vein.

Then, ignoring him, Zhang Chen focused on recovering his magical energy. "That guy was pretty honest; he put all his magical tools and artifacts in one pile. Do you want this Stardust Artifact?" Zhang Chen picked up a ring-shaped Stardust Artifact. "Yes, of course I want it. Even a small mosquito is still meat," Mo Fan said with a smile. "I'll sell the rest and share with you later." Zhang Chen put the remaining magical tools into his personal space and took out his communicator to call Mu Nujiao. "Hello, Mu Nujiao, has anyone caught the Shadow Beast?"

"No, the Shadow Beast is at least not near the trap."

"good!"

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Zhang Chen hung up the phone and said to Mo Fan, "Let's go, let's look again. If we don't find it, we'll go and wait by the animal traps."

As soon as they stepped out, a creature about the size of a leopard came towards them, its tail gleaming brightly in the darkness.

Smiles immediately appeared on Zhang Chen and Mo Fan's faces. Zhang Chen raised his right hand, forming a giant transparent hand in the air, and grabbed the panicked Shadow Beast.

Only then did they notice Shen Mingxiao and his group chasing the Shadow Beast. Upon seeing Mo Fan and Zhang Chen, they immediately stopped and turned to leave. "Since you're already here, why leave? Thank you for bringing the Shadow Beast to us."

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "I see you're all very tired. Let me take you to rest."

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, they immediately tried to increase the speed of the wind track and ground wave, but found themselves out of control and collided with others, their vision went black and they fainted.

Zhang Chen moved them to a corner so they could rest in peace, while he and Mo Fan rode the Howling Moon Wolf to the beast-catching cage.

"Get ready! We're almost there." Zhang Chen sent a message to Mu Nujiao. Mu Nujiao and the other two came out ahead of time. Zhao Manyan raised his eyebrows when he saw Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu, obviously realizing that they were like him. Mu Nujiao frowned when she saw Zhao Manyan.

"What are those three doing standing there?"

"Who cares? I'll fight anyone who tries to take the Shadow Beast from me!"

A white figure appeared before everyone's eyes. Those with sharp eyes had already seen the shadowy beast being held in the air by the transparent giant hand, which had begun to draw a star map.

"Thunderbolt - Top-Down Strike!"

Someone yelled, and the scene immediately descended into chaos.

Various spells intertwined and mostly attacked the Howling Moon Wolf, while some tried to muddy the waters and fish in troubled waters.

Suddenly, towering waves surged from both sides, rushing towards the front. Just as Zhang Chen finished deflecting the magic, he saw Mu Nujiao and Ai Tutu using the wind rails to fly up and avoid the giant waves. Zhao Manyan also took to the air and flew up to avoid them, unfolding his winged magic tool.

Just then, the Howling Moon Wolf arrived below Mu Nujiao and the other two, where a huge cone-shaped transparent barrier formed in front of them, blocking the giant wave.

Seeing that they were about to put the Shadow Beast into the trap, the students who hadn't made a move before couldn't hold back any longer and started using their magic to bombard Zhang Chen and the others. They had clearly realized that the five of them were a team.

The three people, now high in the air, naturally became easy targets, with a significant portion of the magic aimed at them from all directions.

A huge, transparent cuboid formed around the Howling Moon Wolf, firmly protecting the five people and gesturing for the three of them to come down.

There's no way to put the Shadow Beast into the trap now; the surrounding area is filled with all sorts of magic, and you can't even see where you're going.

Suddenly, something struck the spatial barrier heavily, causing it to flicker and become unstable. Zhang Chen quickly stepped in to stabilize it.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Mu Nujiao seemed to have been impacted by the wind and fell from beside Zhang Chen. He quickly grabbed both of them and pulled them up.

Ai Tutu exclaimed, "Wow, that was close! — You were really quick, Zhang Chen!"

"That's right!"

The external attacks stopped shortly afterward, and Zhang Chen and his team put the Shadow Beast into the trap in one go, ending the assessment.

Zhang Chen and the others dismounted from the Howling Moon Wolf. Mo Fan asked in confusion, "Hey? Mu Nujiao, why is your face so red?"

"Why isn't this person wearing any clothes underneath?!"

Mu Nujiao glared at Zhang Chen and ignored Mo Fan's question. Zhang Chen had miscalculated this time. His personal space was full of weapons and the like, and he was wearing a black robe after running out of clothes.