High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 2198: Chapter 419: Isolation

”Prepare the Five Elements Reversal Formation! Yang property and wind property magic, ready at will, prioritize expelling the surrounding snow dust! Divination spell, confirm the position of the Qing Jiao!”

After a few brief commands, a faint red magical envelope slowly appeared around the five people, blocking the erosion of the dragon’s roar and the wind and snow. The young wizards finally managed to free their hands and copied down a series of spells:

”The bright sun rises, the valley wind howls!”

”Flowing Fire in July, the strong wind whistles!”

”Flowing Fire in July, the wind rages fiercely!”

”Possesses the four directions, clearly visible!”

”Fixed in the middle!”

The multicolored spell light broke through the magical envelope of the battle formation and shot in all directions, but to little effect. The orange-red sun had not yet risen when it was swallowed whole by a large mouth reaching out from the wind and snow; the dense flowing fire descended from the sky, but was exhausted of magic mid-air, turning into wisps of blue smoke, dissipating into the boundless snow dust.

”I can’t see anything!”

The diviner of the patrol shouted to his companions: ”The snow dust stirred up by the Qing Jiao contains a strong magical interference, I can’t even determine our position now...”

”The snow dust is not harmful, this beast seems to just want to trap us here.” Another companion quickly added his findings.

Everyone involuntarily looked at the leader.

Victor frowned, looking into the depths of the snow dust, as if he could see the position of the Qing Jiao.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze.

”You all know the Four-Phases Battle Formation, right?”

The tall teaching assistant glanced around, with a serious expression: ”I can slightly capture its position... Later I’ll go out and stall it, you all follow the Azure Dragon transformation of the Four-Phases Formation, try to break through this snow dust... make sure the school is on high alert. Don’t worry, it’s just a normal Qing Jiao, it won’t kill me.”

Indeed, a middle-level registered wizard from the First University has a high chance of not dying against a wild flood dragon on the verge of becoming a high-level registered wizard, but there is also a high chance of being severely injured, possibly causing irreparable harm to his future path in magic.

This is a very brave combat plan.

It’s also a plan very much in line with the character of Starry Sky Academy.

Within the patrol, another student from Starry Sky Academy thumped his chest silently to express his respect; students from Jiuyou Academy and Atlas Academy bowed their heads to bless the leader.

Only Linda Barnes from Alpha showed a slight hesitation on her face. Then this hesitation turned into determination amid the low prayers of her companions.

”Perhaps there’s another way.”

As soon as she spoke, the other four looked over, causing the deputy editor of the campus newspaper, who could speak fluently in front of hundreds, to feel an unspoken pressure. She quietly exhaled a small breath before simply explaining: ”I have a rather special talisman here... it was made by Dean Yao of Jiuyou Academy himself... maybe it can be used against the Qing Jiao.”

”What type of talisman?” Victor gave her a surprised look.

”Sleep-inducing.”

”When did Dean Yao create it?”

”Some time ago, after the Moon Hunting, he rewarded a hunter from Jiuyou Academy...”

”I’m also a student of Jiuyou Academy, why didn’t I get one!” The wizard from Jiuyou Academy sighed enviously, muttering: ”This Old Yao...”

This remark seemed somewhat delicate.

The witch pretended not to hear, reached into her clothes, and took out a small gray scroll about an inch long, tied with a red ribbon, the ribbon densely covered with spell text woven from fine threads.

”Just a moment.”

Victor placed his hand on the ribbon, with a slight tone of reminder: ”Hmm, this talisman must be very precious, the school might not offer corresponding compensation, hmm, what I mean is, the classmate who originally gave you this scroll...”

”It was my Thanksgiving gift.”

The witch laughed boldly, pulling the scroll from Victor’s hand, releasing the red ribbon tied on the talisman: ”He told me I might need to use it. Just didn’t expect this ’might’ to come so quickly.”

As she spoke, the small scroll already left the witch’s hand, floating in mid-air, unfolding itself into a piece of parchment about a foot long, emitting a hazy golden glow.

The witch closed her eyes, recalling the reminder from the staff when she received this scroll, striving to outline the image of the Qing Jiao in her mind, imagining its appearance, then called out in a sharp voice:

”Sleep Without Hearing!”

The next second, a wisp of green smoke rose from the parchment.

An extremely deep and distant aura suddenly rose, like a boulder plunged into the calm lake water, ripples spread in all directions, and the entire Silent Forest seemed to shudder for an instant.

Of course, this shudder might just be the witch’s illusion.

But when she opened her eyes, she saw a scene that was not an illusion — the snow dust originally stirred by the Qing Jiao’s frenzied aura instantly fell, the world became crystal clear, and the Qing Jiao floated not far from the patrol, curling into a clump.

...

...

”... I gave the ’Sleep Without Hearing’ that Old Yao awarded to Linda as a Thanksgiving gift. To ensure the talisman isn’t misused, during the transfer, the school attached a ’Linked Contract’ to it... The contract came in two copies, one attached to the talisman paper, and one I kept, which I tied directly to my wrist.”

With the help of his companions, the calm Xin Fat Man opened his palm.

In his palm lay a red string, only an inch remaining, with scorch marks at both ends, the string densely covered with spell text woven from fine threads:

”... This ’Linked Contract’ will ensure that the person ’vouching’ for the talisman, namely me, knows immediately when it’s used.”

At this point, a hint of anxiety appeared on Xin’s face, and his speech sped up slightly: ”Several days ago, Senior Linda told me she was recalled by the school to join the patrol on the outskirts of Silent Forest, and just now...”

He pointed in the direction that still rumbled in the distance, his indigo face somewhat pale: ”... just now something happened over there, you all heard it too.”

By now, the cause and effect were very clear.

Zheng Qing quickly scanned the surroundings, Zhang Ji Xin had a serious expression, Xiao Xiao was pensive, Dylan eager to try, Blue Bird’s eyes also flashed with a light, and Jiang Yu was looking at him at the same time.

Their gazes, warlock and witch, met briefly and then parted, the young scholarship student’s heart inexplicably calmed down a lot.

”Doctor, immediately report our findings to the school.”

The captain of the Atonement Hunting Team issued clear commands one after another: ”Monitor, attempt to contact the other two hunting teams in the two hunting areas on the left and right. Everyone else, maintain the Father Bo Clan formation on the spot, await the school’s...”

Buzz!

A faint tremor sound came from behind, interrupting the young scholarship student’s commands, and Zheng Qing turned around with great effort, startled to find a golden curtain slowly rising with the tremor sound, like an eggshell, or a mimosa reacting to a stimulus, enveloping the entire First University within it.