"Attack!"
Based on the experience accumulated from several secret realm explorations, Solo-Flame didn't hesitate at all. He just exchanged a glance with Richard-Eva, picked up his magic staff, and directly launched an attack.
"Sizzle—"
Heat waves rolled. As a scorching High Temperature fire line shot out, caught off guard, the projection dummy "Luo - Yinhu" standing on the edge had half its body directly burned to charcoal by the High Temperature.
"Bang—Bang—Bang—"
At the same time, Richard-Eva next to him also activated Witchcraft. Dense blood explosions continuously erupted on the projection dummy opposite. In just one encounter, the "Richard-Eva" standing at the very front was already severely wounded, caught off guard.
"Not much, huh..."
Looking at the embarrassed appearance opposite, Solo-Flame, whose Witchcraft didn't stop, couldn't help but let out a disdainful laugh.
"La—Lalala—"
Suddenly, a chant sounded. The enchanting melody turned into sound waves spreading out, causing the minds of the few people within the 【Guardian Veil】 to momentarily become dazed.
"It's 【Siren's Chant】, first deal with that fake 'Jia Na'..."
Before Richard-Eva could finish speaking, the fake "Solo-Flame", covered in Flame scales and dragging a dragon tail, carrying astonishing High Temperature, extended a sharp claw covered in Flame scales and directly attacked Jia Na and Luo - Yinhu, who were hiding behind the large tree.
"Clang—"
Like metal colliding, just as the dummy's sharp claw was about to pass through the 【Guardian Veil】, Solo-Flame, who had also undergone Local Deformation into the "Lava Lizard" form, quickly blocked in front of the two, directly repelling the opponent's attack with a heavy punch.
"Hiss—"
One wave hadn't settled, and on the other side, a venomous snake formed by blood quickly opened its bloody fangs and viciously bit towards Jia Na and the other person.
The veil shadow flickered. Just as the blood-colored python was about to attack, the 【Guardian Veil】 directly isolated the Witchcraft attack, leaving only a pool of bloodiness lingering in the air.
"So they also know to pick the soft target."
Looking at the continuous attacks, Luo - Yinhu beside him couldn't help but complain while adjusting his breathing rhythm. Immediately, he opened his right hand and lightly exhaled, causing silvery-white petals to scatter and float in the air, forming a curtain to cover Jia Na and the other person.
"False Appearance, True Form—"
Then, two straw figures only the size of an index finger were gently thrown out by Luo - Yinhu. After the incantation was finished, the straw figures grew wildly. In an instant, the two straw figures transformed into the appearance of Jia Na and Luo - Yinhu, blocking in front of them.
"Lola!"
Seeing that Luo - Yinhu had finished casting, Jia Na immediately gave instructions to the Thorn Flower Fairy. As the pink flower buds bloomed layer by layer, in just a few breaths, Jia Na and Luo - Yinhu's bodies were wrapped by the Thorn Flower Fairy's petals, directly drilled into the ground, and disappeared from the spot.
"This move of yours is quite good. If combined with illusion techniques, it's very suitable for assassination."
Looking at the tightly wrapped pink petals around them, Luo - Yinhu, inside the flower bud, sincerely praised Jia Na.
"Can this move?"
"No, it can only hide in place, and the longer you stay underground, the greater the risk of oxygen deprivation and suffocation."
"This is indeed a drawback of plant-type creatures..."
Bang bang bang bang—
Intense fighting sounds continuously came from the ground. The straw figures that Luo - Yinhu had transformed into their appearance had also fallen into a pool of blood, completing their feigned death.
Richard-Eva and Solo-Flame, now without restraints, had already jumped out of the 【Guardian Veil】's defensive range. Blood shadows and Flame light continuously bloomed. Under the dense strong attacks, only the Rank 3 apprentices from both sides were left fiercely fighting on the scene.
"Thwack—"
A sharp dragon claw pierced through the chest, then squeezed the beating heart, bursting it into blood pulp.
"This imposter's strength is decent, but it's just a soulless puppet."
Watching the projection dummy slowly fall, Solo-Flame, who had completed the kill, withdrew his hand and kicked the corpse directly aside.
"How is it on your side?"
"Solved."
Looking at the dried corpse also lying on the ground, Richard-Eva elegantly wiped his hand with a handkerchief, then lightly tossed it out, turning it into a pool of Flame, completely incinerating the four corpses on the ground.
"The source energy fragments were originally hidden within these projection dummies."
A blood-colored hand condensed out of thin air. Under Richard-Eva's control, four source energy fragments were held in the Wizard's Hand.
"Crack—"
Deep pink flower buds slowly emerged from the ground. After confirming that all enemies had been cleared, the petals bloomed, and Jia Na and Luo - Yinhu, who were hiding on either side of the Thorn Flower Fairy, also jumped out from within the flower buds.
"You two hid quite well. I didn't expect this plant-type spirit could actually hide people underground."
Although she was only a Rank 1 apprentice, Jia Na's various dazzling Witchcraft methods always brought surprises.
"When we go back this time, those guys in the club will probably be lining up to ask you to join their exploration teams... Especially that guy Hugh-Stone, he's most worried that his mercenary team doesn't have a pure White Wizard Apprentice like you... Of course, if you're willing, my team is also always welcome..."
Although the academic style of White Coral Academy leaned towards White Wizard research methods, most apprentices there cultivated dark particles.
The remaining portion of White Wizard Apprentices were mostly elemental types like Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, or Bloodline Side apprentices, and a small number of mystic side apprentices.
Among these people, very few could master healing Witchcraft, let alone Purification Witchcraft.
And Jia Na, as an apprentice already somewhat famous in White Coral Academy, besides those who wanted to bring her into their Wizard families, there was also a large portion of people in the higher grades secretly befriending Jia Na.
Otherwise, Jia Na wouldn't have received so many tasks during her time as an apprentice to purify pollution for higher-grade apprentices.
Of course, this was also partly due to Jia Na being friendly with others in her daily life, making good use of her own advantages, and actively building connections.
"Awooo—"
Before Jia Na could answer, a wolf howl instantly broke the current tranquility.
In an instant, the stars shifted. The sky that had just shown the first rays of dawn turned into a long, dark night the next second. Along with the surrounding scenery, it also abruptly changed, from a valley to a deep, dense forest.
Awooo—
"It's the Howling Moon Demon Wolf from last night!"
Dragon scales covered him. The moment Solo-Flame noticed the anomaly, the dragon scales that had originally only covered his arm instantly spread across his entire body.
Fierce Flame burned. Through the Flame light, it could be seen that at this moment, there were more than twenty Howling Moon Demon Wolves surrounding the four people, their eyes glowing eerily, ready to devour.
"Seal off hearing!"
Flower buds bloomed, and they escaped into the ground.
As the Thorn Flower Fairy re-wrapped Jia Na and Luo - Yinhu within the deep pink flower buds, an ethereal voice, carrying endless charm, quickly rippled outwards from Jia Na as the center...