143: Chapter 143 Spatial Vortex

Aunt Mi Xue waved with a smile and walked over.

Behind her, several members of the Wave Squad followed.

For some reason.

As soon as Lin Fan saw Aunt Mi Xue, a strong sense of unease rose in his heart, as if he were about to be caught red-handed.

"Aunt Mi Xue, what a coincidence to run into you here."

Seeing her friend, his mother said in surprise.

"Thank you so much for the matter at the auction earlier. Lin Fan told me everything; it's all thanks to you helping him bid for these rings."

Aunt Mi Xue: "..."

The members of the Wave Squad: "..."

Lin Fan went to an auction?

Lin Fan: "..."

"Damn, no wonder I felt uneasy just now!"

Aunt Mi Xue and the squad members looked at the rings on Lin Fan's mother's hand.

Then they looked at Lin Fan, completely bewildered.

They didn't recognize these rings at all; was there such a thing at the auction?

Lin Fan immediately put on a pleading smile, frantically hinting for them to play along.

The squad members understood instantly...

This kid must have used them as a cover to sneak out for a date at night and then bought rings to fool his parents.

Yeah, their deduction must be correct.

Their little brother finally had a little girlfriend.

They would help him hide it for now and tease him properly later!

"Oh, the rings. It was a small matter, don't mention it."

Aunt Mi Xue smiled sweetly.

But to Lin Fan, this smile looked like she wanted to skin him alive.

"Exactly, exactly. Lin Fan is the youngest in our squad; it's only right that we look after him."

Fang Lu chimed in from the side and even winked at Lin Fan.

The others also wore "I get it" expressions, leaving Lin Fan completely confused.

"That's right, he's just like a brother to us. Helping him is only natural."

Yao Dong grinned and said.

Lin Fan: "..."

"I'm more confused than you guys right now."

Aunt Mi Xue quickly changed the subject, congratulating Lin Fan's academy on their first victory and asking why he hadn't played.

Lin Fan explained to her as he had to his parents—that he was only competing in the individual matches and wasn't on the team roster.

Aunt Mi Xue and the Wave Squad members realized the situation and nodded repeatedly.

They had thought Lin Fan hadn't been selected, which would have been ridiculous given the strength he had shown.

"It's getting late. Why don't I see you all home?"

Aunt Mi Xue took the initiative to suggest.

"Would that be too much trouble for you? We can head back on our own."

His mother waved her hand with a smile.

"It's no trouble, no trouble at all. These few can head back to the base on their own."

Aunt Mi Xue assured her, while glancing at the squad members behind her.

The squad members didn't dare to object and all nodded in agreement.

Seeing how enthusiastic she was, his mother agreed and let Aunt Mi Xue escort them to the outskirts of the city.

"Follow me, the car is parked over here."

After Aunt Mi Xue finished speaking, she walked off in one direction.

"Um... Captain, you forgot the keys."

Yao Dong reached out and handed over the car keys.

Aunt Mi Xue didn't take them; instead, she turned around.

She looked at Yao Dong with a puzzled face, as if asking why he was giving her the car keys.

Yao Dong felt a bit awkward under her gaze.

"Aren't... aren't you going to drive them back?"

"Yes."

"Then you need the keys."

"Why?"

"To drive!"

"Who told you I was going to drive?"

Yao Dong: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Everyone looked at Aunt Mi Xue in a daze.

Aunt Mi Xue also tilted her head, looking at Yao Dong with a look of incomprehension.

You're not driving?

Then how are you going to use a car to take them home?

"Don't just stand there, let's go."

After Aunt Mi Xue finished speaking, she turned and left.

Only then did everyone realize...

It turned out she was having Yao Dong drive Lin Fan's family.

She was just hitching a ride.

The others had to find their own way back to the base!

...

A few minutes later.

Yao Dong dropped Lin Fan's family off at their doorstep and then drove Aunt Mi Xue back to the Wave Base.

The family of four walked into the house.

The others went to their rooms to wash up.

His mother went to heat up the dinner she had prepared before leaving this morning.

Before long.

The family sat around the dining table.

After finishing dinner, everyone returned to their respective rooms.

Lin Fan didn't go to sleep immediately after returning to his room.

After waiting for a moment, he cast Void Walk and silently left the room.

He appeared directly on top of a tall building in the center of Baiyun City.

Once steady, he summoned the stars and cast [Seamless Space Perception].

Four massive white Star Arrays flashed across the sky.

Lin Fan's eyes lit up with a glow like white torches as he looked down upon the entirety of Baiyun City.

Nothing could hide from him.

He could even hear that Fifth-Order Mage still pestering Jiang Tianhai, asking how to contact Mr. Chen.

This was something Lin Fan had been doing frequently lately...

He was like a hidden guardian of the city, conducting frequent patrols to search for traces of the Dark Alliance members.

However, he couldn't directly distinguish who belonged to the Dark Alliance.

He could only keep an eye out for familiar faces and suspicious conversations.

So far, he had found nothing, which was actually a good thing.

Either the Dark Alliance was scared off by him and didn't dare return;

Or they were investigating him in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Either way, for Lin Fan, it was fine as long as they didn't cause trouble in Baiyun City.

After patrolling for a while, Lin Fan deactivated the skill and used Void Walk again to return to his room, appearing silently.

He called up the System panel.

Looking at his experience points, he pondered how to use them... he was temporarily unable to level up.

His gaze swept across the System's ability list.

He clicked on [Spell Creator], an ability that allowed him to create his own Spells.

The skill activated, and a familiar window appeared before his eyes.

[Skill: Spell Creator ... Create Spell. Please select the element the host wishes to use for Spell creation.]

Lin Fan casually selected the Space Element.

[Selected: Space Element! Please choose the creation method.]

[Custom Creation / Automatic Creation]

Lin Fan hadn't decided on a specific Spell to create yet, so he chose Automatic Creation.

[Selected: Automatic Creation! The System is beginning to randomly generate a Spell!]

[Generating...]

Once the selection was made, the System indicated it was generating, and Lin Fan waited quietly.

It didn't take long; it was finished in less than a minute.

The Spell generated by the System appeared before him.

[Spell: Space Vortex]

[Space Vortex: Creates a Space Vortex at any location around the host. It uses powerful suction to absorb enemy attack Spells and can redirect them back at the target.]

[Rank Requirements: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4, Tier 5, Saint Tier]

[Cost: 50,000 Experience Points]

[Note: Each Rank increase allows for one additional vortex to be summoned. The vortex can only absorb Spells of the same Rank or lower; excessively powerful Spells will cause the vortex to burst.]

Lin Fan: "..."

After reading the description, he was completely stunned.

A Space Vortex that can absorb Spells and redirect them, and he can open up to six at once?

Then, as long as his opponent doesn't exceed the Saint Tier, wouldn't he be nearly invincible?

He could even use the enemies' own magic to strike back.

This was way too strong; he loved it!

Lin Fan looked at the System panel again.

[supreme path system (Glitch Version)]

[Host: Lin Fan]

[Rank: 44]

[Experience required for next Rank: 31800 / 100 (Glitch)]