Chapter 20: The Destruction of the Blood-Patterned Giant Rat!

Just as Mo Fan was about to retrieve the fire magic scroll, Song Jie made his move.

«Radiance!»

«Ultimate Explosion!»

In an instant, Song Jie raised his hand and released a massive golden light sphere towards the blood-patterned giant rat, a light even more dazzling than the sun!

The blinding golden light forced Mo Fan to shut his eyes.

The golden radiance engulfed the blood-patterned giant rat, sending it flying.

The next moment, a thunderous explosion shook the entire underground base.

Mo Fan looked towards the blood-patterned giant rat, now torn into pieces, with blood splattered everywhere. Its death was gruesome!

Mo Fan stared at Song Jie in disbelief, swallowing hard.

Was this really the same Song Jie he knew?

Had he just killed a warlord-level demon like that?

Song Jie's ultimate explosion was on par with advanced magic, easily defeating a warlord-level monster!

Soon enough, the door to the Holy Spring chamber shut quickly.

«Song Jie, was that your magic just now?» Mo Fan asked in disbelief.

He just wanted to confirm that it was real…

Song Jie nodded and began searching the chamber for the mechanism to collect the Holy Spring.

After a while, he found a button on the central altar.

Mo Fan watched in amazement as the Holy Spring gradually gathered into a bottle. He couldn't understand how Song Jie knew all this!

However, he didn't ask more questions.

«The door is closed. How do we get out?» Mo Fan asked.

«Instructor Zhankong told me there's a secret passage here. Let's find it together,» Song Jie replied.

Upon hearing this, Mo Fan immediately nodded, understanding why Song Jie knew so much.

It was all thanks to Instructor Zhankong!

They searched for a while and finally found the entrance to the secret passage.

«Let's go.»

With that, Song Jie headed into the passage.

The military mage who appeared earlier was likely sent to notify them, but was unexpectedly killed by the monsters!

Judging by the state of the bodies, they had been dead for a few days.

Zhankong and Tangyue probably sensed something wrong and sent someone to notify them to leave.

However, the messenger was killed by the invading monsters.

Song Jie and Mo Fan moved through the passage and finally saw light after a long journey.

Emerging from the passage, Mo Fan scanned the surroundings: «Is this the back mountain of the school?»

Song Jie followed, nodding in agreement.

He looked towards Tianlan Magic High School, which was now devoid of students.

Clearly, they had been evacuated.

Mo Fan exclaimed, «What's going on? Has Bo City been invaded by monsters?»

«Isn't it obvious?» Song Jie responded, looking towards the city.

«I need to find my dad and Xinxia!» Mo Fan suddenly remembered, hurrying off.

«All Tianlan Magic High School students have been evacuated. Xinxia should be safe. Your dad is likely in the safe zone too,» Song Jie said.

Hearing this, Mo Fan calmed down a bit but was still anxious.

«We should think about how to get to the safe zone,» Song Jie said, eyeing the monster-infested streets.

Though his power was comparable to an advanced mage, his magic energy wasn't limitless.

Being surrounded by monsters could be deadly, no matter how strong he was.

Mo Fan nodded, deciding to first see if his dad and Xinxia were in the safe zone.

He couldn't rescue anyone alone—it was a foolish dream!

«Song Jie, any ideas?» Mo Fan asked, knowing he stood a better chance of survival with him.

Song Jie pondered. The original storyline was already disrupted; they wouldn't be escorting students to the safe zone.

Their only option was to head to the safe zone themselves to survive.

«Nothing special. We'll find the shortest route to the safe zone,» Song Jie said.

Mo Fan could only nod in agreement.

Without Song Jie, encountering a warlord-level monster would be certain death.

«I'll follow you,» Mo Fan said, determined to survive.

«We'll go through the southern district. It's the closest to the safe zone,» Song Jie suggested.

«Alright!»

Mo Fan agreed immediately.

With Song Jie's strength, as long as they weren't surrounded by monsters, dealing with individual ones would be no problem!

«Let's go!»

With that, Song Jie led the way, Mo Fan following closely.

They descended from the back mountain towards the streets.

The streets were filled with wandering monsters, mostly servant-level.

«Wait until they pass, then we move,» Song Jie instructed.

If they couldn't avoid them, they'd have to fight, even if it alerted other monsters.

As they moved, they saw houses turned to rubble and cars blocking the roads.

After some time, they encountered a group led by three warlord-level monsters.

«There are three warlord-level monsters!» Mo Fan exclaimed, surprised.

But he knew that with Song Jie's magic, these monsters would be doomed.

However, fighting here would make escaping difficult.

Too many monsters. Mo Fan asked, «Song Jie, what now? Should we keep circling around?»

«No need. I'll give them a surprise,» Song Jie smiled.

«Surprise?» Mo Fan was curious but trusted Song Jie wouldn't risk their lives for nothing, so he didn't ask further.

«Once I deal with them, we move quickly. Don't hesitate,» Song Jie warned.

«Got it!»

Mo Fan nodded firmly.

Song Jie saw the gathering of monsters, numbering over a hundred!

Taking them out would ease the pressure on Bo City's military mages.

And he had the power to deal with this many monsters!

«Radiance: Ultimate Explosion» was too limited in range for this many monsters.

So, he would use the second level of his light-element magic, enhanced six times!

His light-element second-level magic had evolved from «Radiance: Flicker» to…

Radiance: Light Arrow → Radiance: Multi-Light Arrows → Radiance: Laser → Radiance: Multi-Laser → Radiance: Rapid-Fire Laser → Radiance: Explosive Laser!

His six-times-enhanced «Radiance: Explosive Laser» was on par with high-level second-stage magic!

Such power was more than enough to handle this many monsters!

«Mo Fan, get ready!»

Song Jie called out to Mo Fan, preparing to unleash his magic on the monsters!

Mo Fan nodded, eager to see how Song Jie would handle the monsters.

Song Jie slowly raised his arm, his palm gathering a massive golden light sphere!

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(End of Chapter)