71: Chapter 71 Instant Kill!

Rushing in front of Aunt Mi Xue, she rapidly connected the Star Pattern.

That speed shocked Lin Fan once again; it was even faster than Su Linlin's.

In just a little over a second, the Star Pattern was complete!

The moment the Star Pattern took shape, Fang Lu shouted the name of the spell:

"Icebound Waves!"

The temperature inside the warehouse plummeted.

Chilling air swept out from her Star Pattern, and visible frost spread rapidly, instantly covering the entire warehouse.

The water that had just hit the ground...

...along with those giant ants, were all instantly frozen, temporarily unable to move.

Lin Fan watched, slightly dazed.

This was what a battle between mages was truly like.

Fang Lu's spell was clearly only Tier 1.

Yet its power was infinitely magnified because the water element had set the stage.

They had directly turned the entire warehouse floor into a frozen land.

So strong!

This was... the amplified coordination between elements.

The two elements complemented each other, achieving an effect far beyond Lin Fan's imagination.

At this moment, all the Magic Ants were frozen in ice—more than fifty of them!

Some were completely encased in ice, unable to even move their heads.

Others were only partially frozen and were frantically gnawing at the ice with their mandibles, trying to break free.

Lin Fan took a closer look.

He noticed these Magic Ants were somewhat different from the one he had killed outside the city, mainly in size and color.

These Magic Ants were covered in red carapaces with a metallic luster.

They were only three meters long and one and a half meters tall, much smaller than the black giant ant he had killed before.

Everyone also noticed...

...that there were some black spots and dents on their bodies, looking like bullet holes or burn marks.

It seemed the police had been here and tried to attack, but their weapons were ineffective.

"Alright, everyone, let's finish off these little guys before they break free!"

With a command from Aunt Mi Xue, she was the first to charge out, heading straight for the nearest Magic Ant and smashing her fist into its head.

Bang!

Her fist landed heavily.

That Magic Ant didn't even have a chance to struggle; its head, along with the ice, shattered instantly.

Having dealt with that one, Aunt Mi Xue immediately lunged toward the next.

Seeing this, the other Magic Ants let out piercing screeches, and their speed of gnawing through the ice suddenly increased.

Ge Ying, Fang Lu, and Qiao Yu didn't engage in melee combat like Aunt Mi Xue.

Their physical strength might not be enough to pierce the Magic Ants' hard carapaces.

Of course, Ge Ying might have been able to, but she couldn't be bothered to exert the effort.

She stood where she was, her eyes glowing with purple light.

Purple lightning-element starlight emerged above her head, connecting rapidly.

"Thunder Strike!"

A Tier 2 lightning-element spell!

Two thin streaks of purple lightning carrying an aura of destruction...

...shot out from the Star Pattern above her head, heading straight for the struggling Magic Ants.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

The thunder's power was fierce, piercing through in a straight line, hitting five Magic Ants in a row.

It exploded next to the sixth one, shattering its carapace and charring its insides.

As for the first five, they were left with massive charred holes in their bodies, their internal organs completely incinerated by the residual electricity, killing them on the spot!

Ge Ying didn't stop, continuing to summon thunder.

Fang Lu and Qiao Yu weren't idle either.

Some Magic Ants had already broken free from the ice and were charging toward them.

Fang Lu summoned starlight once more, unleashing "Icebound Fangs!"

Three ice spikes, half a meter long and three centimeters thick...

...shot out from the pale blue Star Pattern, heading straight for the Magic Ants, pinning them to the ground and freezing them completely.

As for Qiao Yu, he pressed both hands to the ground and cast "Earth Manipulation."

With him at the center, sharp stone spikes suddenly erupted from the ground within a ten-meter radius, piercing the Magic Ants charging from a distance one by one.

Every Magic Ant that came within ten meters of him...

...was instantly impaled by the stone spikes erupting from beneath the earth.

In less than a minute, fewer than ten Magic Ants remained.

Their clearing speed was ridiculously fast!

"Compared to them, the students at the academy are like children playing house. These are true mages."

Lin Fan watched with great interest.

Earlier, Aunt Mi Xue and the others had told him not to act, just to observe.

Although he was a bit annoyed...

...he still obediently stood guard at the entrance, watching everyone clear out the Magic Ants.

But just then...

Lin Fan suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Not far to his left, a large wooden shelf lay overturned.

Behind the shelf, a pair of red eyes was staring fixedly at him.

The distance was less than five meters!

He had been so focused on watching the others just now that he hadn't noticed at all.

The moment it was discovered...

The owner of those eyes suddenly leaped from its hiding place and pounced straight at Lin Fan!

It was a giant ant, twice the size of the other Magic Ants!

Lin Fan: "..."

Not far away, Qiao Yu also sensed the movement and whipped his head around.

Seeing the giant Magic Ant pouncing on Lin Fan...

...his pupils shrank, and he shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Lin Fan, run!"

His shout drew everyone's attention.

Everyone turned to look, their hearts leaping into their throats.

That giant ant had already leaped above Lin Fan's head.

It was about to land in the next second.

Yet Lin Fan showed no intention of dodging.

Everyone thought he was paralyzed with fear, unable to move.

Cold light flared in Aunt Mi Xue's eyes as she gritted her teeth and turned.

At the same time...

...the giant ant had already pounced above Lin Fan, its sharp claws less than a meter away from him.

"So slow,"

Lin Fan thought to himself.

He only needed to take one step back to easily dodge it.

But that would be too abnormal.

In the eyes of others, he was just a First-Order Mage on his first mission; he shouldn't be so calm.

To make it look realistic...

...Lin Fan suddenly ducked and threw himself to the ground just before the giant ant landed.

With this, the giant ant flew over his head and crashed heavily on the other side.

Lin Fan rolled on the spot and knelt on one knee, facing the giant ant head-on.

Right then...

...a three-meter-long Water Blade appeared out of thin air, slashing fiercely into the giant ant and slamming it against the warehouse wall.

Squeak...!

The giant ant let out a piercing screech, staggering as it tried to steady itself.

The Water Blade left cracks on its carapace but failed to pierce through completely.

Lin Fan looked toward the direction the Water Blade had come from.

Aunt Mi Xue was charging over with a cold expression; she was the one who had unleashed that Water Blade.

Although it was only a Tier 1 spell...

...it was the fastest way she could intervene in an instant.

Lin Fan secretly marveled at her reaction speed.

If he had not been able to dodge just now, this strike would have been enough to knock the giant ant away.

Withdrawing his gaze...

...Lin Fan no longer hesitated. His eyes lit up with a silver-white glow, he aimed his right hand at the giant ant, and starlight emerged behind him.

"Telekinesis."

The four people who were about to cast spells with all their might to rescue him all froze in their tracks.

They all stared wide-eyed at Lin Fan and the giant Magic Ant.

They saw that after Lin Fan dodged...

...he casually raised his hand, and the silver-white starlight behind him condensed into a Star Pattern at an incredible speed.

The moment the Star Pattern formed, the giant ant, which had steadied itself and was pouncing again, suddenly froze in mid-air as if being held in a death grip by something.

It screeched and struggled frantically with its hard mandibles, but it could not break free in the slightest.

Then, it exploded directly.

Bang!

Hard carapace, flesh, and blood instantly burst apart, splattering everywhere.

Aunt Mi Xue: "..."

Fang Lu: "..."

Ge Ying: "..."

Qiao Yu: "..."

The four of them were completely stunned.

That giant ant, which would have required two or three Tier 1 spells from them to deal with...

...had actually been instantly killed by a single spell from Lin Fan!