I flew on a sword at the magic academy

Chapter 21 Strange Movements in the Forbidden Forest

"We can also wait until Kalman becomes more capable before teaching him how to forge weapons, and then have him sell magical artifacts in the academy. After all, even a small business can make money, and I don't have to put in any effort myself."

With this in mind, Shi Daohan decided to teach Kalman weapon crafting when he had some free time. He would then be in charge of forging magical artifacts and selling them. As for the talisman business, Fiona could take over the management after she formally became his apprentice.

"boom!"

Just as Shi Daohan was planning the road to a famous future, a strange movement suddenly came from the distant horizon.

It was very far away, but it sounded like some savage wild beast was roaring and howling, shaking the sky.

"This distance seems to be the primeval forest outside the academy." Shi Daohan narrowed his eyes slightly.

When Shi Daohan was studying at Horagaka Academy, she vaguely felt something was wrong as she walked through that primeval forest. She could sense that a pair of eyes were watching her from the shadows.

However, Academician Daniel did not seem to realize this at the time, so she did not say anything.

The strange activity quickly subsided, and Shi Daohan didn't take it seriously, continuing to bathe in the spiritual pool to cultivate his mind and body.

As night fell, strange phenomena occurred again, and a blazing, dazzling golden light could be seen piercing through the sky and the earth at the far horizon, accompanied by the roars of dragons and tigers.

"A strange phenomenon has appeared in the sky; could it be that a rare treasure has been born?"

This time, Shi Daohan could no longer remain calm. He leaped out of the spirit pool, quickly dressed, and decided to go and see what was going on.

She flew away from the Holy Daga Peak on her sword and arrived at the edge of Horagaka Academy in the blink of an eye, where a barrier blocked her way.

"I wonder if Cardinal Wan of the Array Cultivation Department can break the barriers of the Western magic system," Shi Daohan muttered to himself, then took out a small handle that looked like a Luban lock from his storage ring.

This item is called [Wan Shu Ji], a masterpiece jointly created by the Shushan Array Cultivation Academy and the Military Cultivation Academy, and is said to be able to break all spells.

Shi Daohan glanced around and, after confirming that no one was around, carefully pressed Wan Shuji against the invisible spatial barrier in front of him.

"Click..."

With a soft sound, the previously transparent and invisible spatial barrier now revealed intricate lines and patterns, flowing and rippling like water, mysterious and enigmatic.

Shi Daohan was prepared to leave at any time, not wanting to alarm Dean Donaldson and the high-ranking figures at Horagaka Academy as she had done last time.

Fortunately, Cardinal Wan did not disappoint her. He successfully broke through the barrier formation of Horagaka Academy in just a few breaths and was able to restore it to its original state without anyone noticing anything amiss.

Shi Daohan put away the Myriad Secrets and transformed into a long rainbow, disappearing into the night.

The mountains and forests were quiet, with towering ancient trees hundreds of meters high, making it extremely inconvenient to fly on a sword. Shi Daohan had no choice but to walk.

After walking about three or four hundred meters, she saw many dilapidated foundation stones and rubble.

"Architectural ruins... Could it be that long ago, this place wasn't a primeval forest, but rather home to a powerful force?" Shi Daohan muttered to himself, stroking his chin.

During this process, she also discovered that many ferocious birds and beasts in the forest were hiding in caves, appearing very anxious and uneasy.

[Although they haven't yet become sentient, their overall strength isn't weak. What are they afraid of?]

Shi Daohan was filled with suspicion, but he did not sense any dangerous aura.

"Thump..."

Just then, a deep, drum-like sound came from the deepest part of the primeval forest.

Shi Daohan felt a jolt in her heart, as if something had grabbed her heart, causing a sharp pain in her chest. She staggered back several steps before regaining her balance.

She dared to confront even a thousand-year-old demon head-on, but now, just a strange sound had caused her to lose her composure so much that even she herself found it somewhat unbelievable.

"What exactly is that?"

Shi Daohan extended her divine sense to explore ahead, but an inexplicable force in this primeval forest restricted her divine sense, preventing her from finding anything.

After traveling a distance, just as the second muffled sound came from the depths of the forest, Shi Daohan sensed an extremely powerful and vigorous life force, as if some unimaginably powerful creature was slowly awakening from a deep slumber.

Just then, a series of whooshing sounds filled the air as more than a dozen divine rainbows streaked across the sky, rushing towards the deepest part of the primeval forest.

"It seems that the high-ranking figures at Horagaka Academy have also been alerted and are arriving one after another to investigate."

It was late at night, and the sky was dotted with stars. Long streaks of light streaked across the dark night sky, all belonging to high-ranking figures from the Horagaka Academy.

Shi Daohan moved stealthily and traveled several hundred meters further, unknowingly arriving at a dilapidated place.

Not a blade of grass grows here, as if it had been scorched by a great fire. The charred ground has yet to recover, and the broken foundation stones and rubble scattered everywhere tell of endless desolation.

"Even after the fire, so many years have passed, how come there is still no sign of life, not even a single weed?"

"Bang!"

Just as Shi Daohan finished muttering, a tremendous force slammed into her from behind, causing her to stumble and fall flat on her face, looking utterly disheveled.

"Who launched this sneak attack from behind!"

Shi Daohan cursed angrily and jumped up, but when she saw what had knocked her down, she felt a chill run down her spine and staggered backward for more than ten meters.

Just ahead, a corpse lay silently, emitting an extremely pungent stench of decay, with countless maggots wriggling on its surface.

Shi Daohan considered himself a person who had seen a lot, but at this moment he couldn't help but gag because it was just too disgusting.

"Where did this body come from?"

Shi Daohan was filled with surprise and doubt, as he hadn't noticed how the corpse had appeared.

Her gaze swept around, taking in the vast, open ruins. Apart from the broken walls and rubble on the ground, there was nothing there, but the more empty it was, the more eerie it seemed.

The sky grew darker and darker, the starlight dimmed, and the area around the ruins was pitch black.

"This place is a bit eerie." Shi Daohan felt a chill run down her spine.

"Bang"

Just then, she was knocked to the ground by a tremendous force once again. She scrambled to her feet and found herself next to another corpse, covered in blood and crawling with maggots, an extremely disgusting and horrifying sight.

"Fuck your mother's leg, are you never going to stop? Dare to come out and fight me!"

Shi Daohan's temper flared up instantly, and he drew his natal flying sword, cursing in all directions.

There was no response; the surroundings were silent. Two badly decomposed corpses lay silently on the ground, their origins unknown.

"What kind of skill is it to cower in the dark? Dare to come out and fight!"

"Bang"

Another corpse appeared, knocking Shi Daohan several meters away.

"You son of a bitch, you better not let me catch you, or you'll be in big trouble!"

Shi Daohan gritted her teeth. They say things shouldn't happen more than three times, but this is the third time already. Uncle can tolerate it, but Aunt can't!

"boom"

A sudden, massive earthquake struck the ancient ruins, sending Shi Daohan flying into the air.

"Bang," "Bang," "Bang"

Before she even landed, one corpse after another fell from the sky, like dense raindrops, quickly piling up all the ruins.

The ground was littered with corpses, all severely rotten, and the stench was enough to kill. A purple-glowing light emanated from Shi Daohan's body, quickly weaving into a protective divine light that kept out the extremely poisonous gases that could kill.

"brush"

At that moment, Shi Daohan felt the threat of death, and the hairs on the back of his head stood on end.

Without turning her head, she transformed into a human-shaped lightning bolt and rushed forward, then quickly shifted her body to the side to dodge.

Two eerie green lights brushed past her and stopped several dozen meters away.

At the same time, a thick fog suddenly rose from the ruins, obscuring the starlight and moonlight, plunging the area into pitch-black darkness where nothing could be seen except for two eerie green lights that flickered and danced in the darkness like ghost lanterns.

The two green lights were each about the size of a washbasin, resembling a pair of eyes, extremely cold and fixed on Shi Daohan without blinking.

"Kid, you've messed with the wrong person."

Shi Daohan showed no fear, holding his natal flying sword and pointing it forward.

"brush"

The two green lights, like ghost lanterns, started moving again, moving extremely fast, and appeared right in front of them in the blink of an eye.

This time, Shi Daohan saw it clearly: it was a huge skull, and the two green lights were its eyes!

The sword rang out, and Shi Daohan dodged to the side, then raised his sword to strike, but it felt as if he had struck a diamond. His tiger's mouth was almost cracked from the impact, but the skull was completely unharmed.

The skull emitted eerie "crackling" sounds as it launched a counterattack, darting left and right, unpredictable. Finally, taking advantage of Shi Daohan's unpreparedness, two balls of green light pierced through her protective divine light and entered her body.

"Oops!"

Shi Daohan secretly cried out in alarm, feeling a chill run through his body, as if his internal organs were frozen solid.

She hurriedly activated the supreme profound method recorded in the Shushan "Heavenly Seal Cloud Record", and in an instant, specks of golden light appeared around her.

"Boom!"

The vast and majestic sound of the Great Dao resounded within her body, deafening like a tsunami.

At the same time, a majestic phantom appeared behind her, filling half the sky and giving people an urge to kneel down and worship.

"boom"

With a violent tremor, the two green lights burst out of Shi Daohan's body as if startled, stirring up a raging storm that sent sand and stones flying across the ruins, causing a chilling aura to surge and black mist to billow.

The skull didn't dare linger and quickly disappeared into the distance. All the corpses on the ground were swept up by the gust of wind and flew with it into the deepest part of the primeval forest.

The world instantly returned to clarity, and countless stars reappeared in the sky.

"You think you can just leave? I won't allow it!" Shi Daohan shouted softly, then flew up into the sky on his sword and chased after him.

The skull had some power, but it was still inferior to a thousand-year-old demon. However, Shi Daohan was careless and underestimated its opponent, and almost capsized in the ditch.

Given her temperament, how could she possibly suffer such a loss in silence? She had to chase after him and get revenge!

This primeval forest was much larger than Shi Daohan had imagined. It took her more than half an hour to fly on her sword and get close to the deepest part.

Moreover, that dull, heart-pounding sound would ring out every now and then, each time feeling like a massive hammer slamming into one's heart. Even someone as strong as Shi Daohan couldn't bear it and dared not imagine what a terrifying existence it was.

As one ventures deeper, the trees gradually thin out, and the number of dilapidated ancient Western buildings increases. Judging from this vast scale, it is clear that a powerful and glorious force once existed here in the distant past.

However, something unexpected happened later, and it declined.

"Where did you go?"

The skull was moving extremely fast, and Shi Daohan lost track of it in the blink of an eye, landing on a cliff and looking ahead.

The so-called "deepest part" is just ahead, with a dense cluster of ancient Western buildings. Although they have all collapsed and become ruins, one can still imagine their former grandeur.

"That is..."

Shi Daohan narrowed his eyes slightly. In the center of that endless stretch of architectural ruins, there was a black mountain.

It stands over three thousand feet tall, majestic and imposing, giving people an immense sense of oppression and awe.

At that moment, flames soared into the sky, and bubbling lava surged within the oval-shaped mountain pass, the terrifying heat turning half the sky scorching red.

"It's actually an active volcano?!" Shi Daohan thought with a chill.

There is such a huge active volcano so close to Horagaka Academy. If it were to erupt, the consequences would be absolutely catastrophic.

When Horagaka Academy was established, did they not know that there was an active volcano nearby?

Next, Shi Daohan saw an extremely shocking scene: in the bubbling, boiling lava pool, an ancient and magnificent castle was floating up and down.

"Thump"

The dull, heart-pounding sound came from the massive black volcano ahead.

To be precise, it should come from that ancient castle that constantly floats and sinks in the lava pool.

The walls have lost their original color and are covered with the marks of time. Radiant, dazzling clouds swirl around them, as if showing off their extraordinary nature to the world.

In the dilapidated buildings beneath the black volcano, Shi Daohan saw living creatures!

It was a giant ape with golden fur that looked like steel needles. It stood more than four meters tall, with arms as thick as water tanks and a high bulge on its back. It looked incredibly powerful, as if it could smash a mountain with a single punch.

This was not the only living creature in the area. In the ruins of other dilapidated buildings, there were nearly twenty ferocious birds and beasts, all of which were extraordinary and possessed immense power and vitality.

(End of this chapter)