51: Chapter 51 Three Fireballs, and Excrement

Holding his breath and concentrating, Ross quickly focused his own mind.

Even the vine tentacles condensed by the spell [Hand of Vines] cast around his body disappeared at this moment.

They turned back into the original "Water Lily Magic Plant", and were instantly retracted by Ross into the magic pocket on his body.

This Water Lily Magic Plant was still quite useful, bringing Ross quite a few functions at least during the apprentice stage.

Facing the swarms of Ghouls at this moment, even using the Water Lily Magic Plant to fire all its magic missiles would not play a huge role.

Instead, it would consume the magic power stored within the magic plant itself, and Ross would also have to continuously consume magic power to maintain these vines while casting.

Furthermore, the execution of this spell would occupy Ross's extra mental energy, preventing him from concentrating his magic faster in a short time to unleash his [Magic Flame] attack.

Even the [Hand of Magic] around his own body was cancelled by him.

The faint, blurry protective shield that had been present all along silently vanished.

At this moment, almost all of Ross's mental energy was used to manipulate the void elemental particles in the surrounding space.

These rare particles were originally scattered in the surrounding space.

The void elemental particles that had originally been squeezed to the edges by earth and wind elements.

Gathered from all directions as if pumped full of adrenaline.

In an instant, they rapidly gathered from the entire secret realm space into a fist-sized, pale-black fireball in front of Ross's chest.

Under Ross's control and the attraction of his own Void Body, they rapidly concentrated.

[Void Magic Flame]

This concentrated nearly one-tenth of Ross's mental energy and magic power, meaning that his current mental energy had reached over eight hundred.

This was equivalent in effect to condensing one-third of his own mental energy and magic power when his mental energy was previously at four or five hundred.

"It seems that as mental energy increases, the pressure of manipulating magical elements will also decrease."

"No wonder there is a world of difference between wizards even across a single minor realm."

At this time, that group of Ghouls had already been provoked and attracted by the [Fire Element Magic Flame] that Ross had cast in advance.

Accompanied by the surging, brutal sounds of the Ghouls, they rushed toward Ross.

These crimson-eyed demons, a group of evil spirits scavenging in gutter tombs.

They briskly closed in around Ross as if without a shred of fear or consciousness.

At this moment, Ross's own [Void Magic Flame] finished condensing.

Just when this group of Ghouls was still more than two hundred meters away from him.

At such a short distance, if they ran at full speed, these Ghouls could almost rush in front of Ross within a dozen seconds.

However, faster than these Ghouls was Ross's casting speed.

Within just a few seconds.

Not only did Ross dismiss the other spells he had originally maintained within a single second.

He also rapidly concentrated and absorbed the surrounding void elemental particles within two seconds.

"Watch closely, you scavengers in the tombs. No matter where you come from."

"If you mess with Lord Ross, my big fireballs are no pushover."

During this period when Ross concentrated on casting, these Ghouls closed in on Ross by another hundred meters.

Ross did not interrupt the movements in his hands either, and saw that he concentrated and condensed two more [Void Magic Fireballs].

At this time, the [Void Magic Flame] in Ross's hands already consisted of three fireballs exuding a dim black light.

Among this group of Ghouls rushing toward Ross, the one closest to him was already within a range of three to five meters from Ross.

At this moment, within Ross's nasal cavity, he could more finely smell the stench carrying faint corpse spots on these Ghouls.

That was a kind of odor formed by long-term corrosion and lingering for a long time in a dim, dry wasteland.

With a swish.

The three fireballs successively passed through the bodies of the nearest Ghouls.

This nearest Ghoul collapsed to the ground with a bang, and was then devoured completely by the ignited void elemental particles.

The power of the Void Magic Flame, which condensed nearly 3/10 of Ross's mental energy and magic power, did not disappoint Ross either.

The number of Ghouls in this batch that rushed over recently was about five or six; the one that fell earlier had already vanished from the biological world, leaving not even ashes.

The remaining Ghouls were also alarmed. Although they lacked strong self-awareness, they still displayed expressions of fear toward Ross's side.

However, Ross's Void Magic Flame did not stop its pace because of these Ghouls' fear and hesitation.

In the air, it shuttled through the gaps between this group of Ghouls like a straight parabola.

Originally, if these Ghouls had attacked in a scattered manner, the mental energy required for Ross to manipulate the Void Magic Flame would have increased exponentially.

But the advantage of rushing over concentrated was that once contaminated with the [Void Magic Flame], it would stick like bone-gnawing maggots.

These Ghouls were like wooden boats connected by iron chains, burning fiercely under the spell effect of Ross's flame.

The five Ghouls closest to Ross were tightly entangled by the Magic Flame.

At this moment, the stench produced by the charring of rotten meat had already wafted to the tip of Ross's nose.

But these monsters had at least all lost their combat effectiveness, and were now lying on the ground under the raging flames, constantly struggling and roaring.

At this time, the remaining batch of rushing Ghoul monsters had been scared out of their wits upon seeing this scene.

At this time, Vera and Edmund finally escaped from the original circle of monsters, and then successfully converged with Ross around the surrounding barren earth slopes.

"Thank goodness for you, Ross." Vera's voice rang out.

"If you hadn't arrived in time, Edmund and I would have been in danger."

Although each of these 20 Ghouls possessed strength only at the stage of a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice.

Yet the swarming monsters surrounding them feared neither life nor death.

Even with Edmund as a Level 2 Wizard Apprentice, they were ultimately caught off guard by the spatial rift, had not yet fully recovered from their injuries for a time, and were then surrounded by monsters.

Coupled with magic power consumption and the fact that his means were not as abundant as Ross's.

"Indeed, thank you, Junior Brother Ross. If it weren't for you, my sister and I might have suffered greatly."

Edmund also had a sheepish look on his face at this moment.

He had never expected that simply coming to take on a resource-based mineral town within the academy's scope would lead to such tricky tasks and troubles.

If not for Ross's timely arrival and the attack of the [Magic Flame] in his hands.

Afraid that after the two of them held out for a while, their magic power would be exhausted, and they would become nourishment for these Ghouls.

By then, even if academy wizards came to support, they would only be left with a pile of Ghoul excrement.