When the Crested Wyvern fell, a plump and crystalline little light spirit drifted out from its shattered body, floating in midair.
"A Commander-level Soul Essence!"
Fang Yu was overjoyed. He quickly used a Soul Vessel to collect the Soul Essence, then harvested all the valuable materials from the Crested Wyvern's body.
After cleaning up the spoils of war, countless frost feathers formed behind Fang Yu, piece by piece assembling into dazzling wings that attached magnificently to his back. The Ice Wings spread wide as he soared into the air.
He still needed to find Jiang Yi. She should still have a backup Blood Benefactor on her.
Although he did not know whether he could actually use it, with four Elements at his disposal, he possessed a certain degree of resistance.
If one day he encountered an enemy he could not defeat and was pushed to the brink of death.
It could serve as a hidden trump card to fight for a slim chance of survival.
With Fang Yu's powerful spiritual perception, he quickly located the four military mages led by Jiang Yi.
In an instant, the ground froze over as Ice Locks danced wildly, spreading across dozens of meters.
Jiang Yi and the others were caught within the attack range. Layers of defensive magic rose around them, yet all of it shattered beneath the assault of the Ice Locks.
The defenses deployed by those Mid-Tier mages were completely unable to withstand the attack. The Ice Locks pierced straight through, shattering bones apart.
Fang Yu then used "Telekinesis" to locate the Blood Benefactor.
After that, the few of them exploded into icy fragments.
Fang Yu did not want anyone knowing he had made a move.
After all, regardless of whether he would use the Demon Element in the future or not, it needed to remain hidden.
Meanwhile.
Countless wolf-like shadow claws danced around Lu Nian's body. The shadow claws possessed the ability to attack the soul itself. Their sharp blades tore Commander Lu Nian's soul apart piece by piece, leaving him without even the chance to become an undead spirit.
After personally killing Lu Nian, Mo Fan's mind suddenly became both completely blank and violently chaotic at the same time.
"ROOOAR~~~~~~~"
Mo Fan roared like a wild beast as flames and lightning burst uncontrollably around him.
"Mo Fan."
Zhan Kong, who had rushed over from afar, stared intently at Mo Fan.
Mo Fan also turned to look at Zhan Kong, but did not attack.
He still retained a faint trace of consciousness, though his condition was clearly extremely unstable.
At that moment, Fang Yu descended onto the battlefield as a streak of frost-white light and spoke.
"Listen carefully. Based on the information I know, the Demon Element requires massive amounts of Soul Essences to survive. That's the price for overdrawing the power of the soul."
"You need enormous quantities of demon Soul Essences in order to withstand this soul backlash. Dongting Lake is filled with demon creatures. There are enough there to sustain your consumption this time."
Demonized Mo Fan did not speak.
He merely stared at Fang Yu.
However, just as his consciousness was about to disappear, he raised his head and howled toward the sky like a ferocious wolf. Then he leapt upward, shooting off like an arrow at incredible speed, vanishing from the sight of Fang Yu and Zhan Kong.
Seeing Fang Yu preparing to leave, Zhan Kong immediately wanted to chase after Mo Fan.
"Forget about chasing him. He has a vessel capable of absorbing Soul Essences. As long as he gathers enough Soul Essences, he can survive this calamity," Fang Yu reminded him.
Zhan Kong froze for a moment before asking in surprise, "Fang Yu, how do you know so much about the Demon Element?"
"I overheard those military mages talking about it. Let's discuss the rest after we return," Fang Yu replied, clearly unwilling to say more as he changed the subject.
"RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!"
Sensing the death of the Crested Wyvern, its tribesmen abandoned all thoughts of retreat. Fearless of death, they smashed through the frost walls created from ice and surged forward in overwhelming numbers toward Fang Yu and the others.
"Retreat first."
Fang Yu spoke as he looked at the encroaching Lizard Skull Monsters.
This was not merely a handful of demon creatures, there were endless hordes of them. Even he could not withstand being surrounded by such numbers.
At times like this, leaving was the wisest option.
At this moment, the academy students participating in the training exercise had also regrouped.
The emotions of this group right now were like riding a roller coaster, constantly rising and falling.
This ruined city training mission had simply been too thrilling.
It even made some of them reluctant to return to Safe Zones.
Fang Yu turned his head toward the continuously approaching Lizard Skull Monsters.
Rather than retreating with the others, he had Zhan Kong escort the students away while he himself stayed behind to hold the line.
Looking at the dense black tide of Servant-level and Warrior-level demon creatures, Fang Yu began unleashing his terrifying magical power.
"Ice Lock Formation!"
Snow and ice burst everywhere as Fang Yu stomped heavily onto the ground. With that single step, all the frost and snow rose floating into the air.
With a movement of his thoughts, all the freezing frost and snow began combining on their own, transforming into countless lock rings. The lock rings linked together continuously, forming chain after chain of Ice Locks.
After forming, the Ice Locks seemed as though Fang Yu had granted them life itself, hanging and coiling around him.
Each Ice Lock was forty to fifty meters long. They danced wildly across the sky, endlessly sweeping toward the Lizard Skull Monsters.
Red stained the frost-white Ice Locks as corpse after corpse froze and shattered apart, filling the air with icy frost.
Viewed from above, patches within the dense demon tide were continuously being cleared out.
Fang Yu raised his eyes toward the distant demon horde. He had already slaughtered the Lizard Skull Monster pack to the point of steady retreat.
"ROOOAR ROOOAR ROOOAR!!!!"
Time continued to pass. Explosions thundered endlessly as miserable roars echoed throughout the skies above the ruined city of Jinlin.
Yet the demon tide was still gathering.
At this moment, Zhan Kong was leading over a dozen training students as they fled toward the outskirts of the city. Hearing the distant rumbling of magic, they could not help but look back.
Watching Fang Yu's silhouette, they sighed in amazement.
"What realm has Fang Yu actually reached?"
"Does this still count within the High-Tier range?"
Mu Ningxue remained silent.
She was deeply shaken.
Even if her Ice Element Domain evolved further, she feared it still would not compare to the destructive power of his Ice magic.
Not long after the group moved away—l.
"Spatial Rhythm: Fissure!"(Mid-Tier Level 3)
Silver brilliance flashed within Fang Yu's eyes as space itself fluctuated. Deep radiant fissures suddenly tore open in the void, delaying the advancing demon horde.
At the same time, snow and frost spread out once more. After accumulating to a certain extent, Fang Yu directly used his thoughts to reshape the ice and snow.
The ground was already covered entirely in ice, with layers of frost stacked countless times over.
Fang Yu commanded the ice elements, causing towering icy mountain peaks to rapidly rise ahead.
The icy hills erupted from the earth, each over thirty meters tall. The towering ice peaks became the strongest defensive barrier aiding everyone's retreat.
At this moment, the Lizard Skull Monsters looked at the towering mountain peaks before them. They roared and launched attacks, attempting to break through.
But after discovering they could not open any gaps, they finally halted their advance.
Thanks to Fang Yu's interception, the academy students finally reached the safe zone.
A short while later, Fang Yu also arrived shortly afterward.
When they returned to the city, Zhan Kong did not allow the academy students to leave immediately. Instead, he brought them to the military headquarters.
The Demon Element was an experiment that could never be exposed publicly.
The fewer people who knew about it, the better.
Otherwise, if certain "interested parties" set their sights on this experiment, it would become an extremely troublesome matter.
Because the incident had such a major impact, the military gave every one of them a formal warning at headquarters, forbidding them from leaking any information about what had happened.
If news of this incident spread, it could even result in a military tribunal.
It was quite intimidating.
Even though most of them came from extraordinary backgrounds, they still took such a warning very seriously.
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