70: Chapter 70 Auspicious District
As for the exact number, it is temporarily uncertain.
Their mission was to go and exterminate them, leaving none behind.
"Ant-type magical beasts... I've encountered them before."
Lin Fan recalled the giant ant he had slain outside the city.
He still remembered how hard its shell was.
Back then, he had only managed to pierce it by relying on a Tier 2 spell.
After driving for a long time, the car finally arrived at Jixiang District.
Under Aunt Mi Xue's guidance, Qiao Yu drove the car to the mission location.
After getting out of the car, Lin Fan looked toward the massive building.
The area around it had already been cordoned off by a large number of police officers in Alliance uniforms, each holding magical firearms.
Using the warehouse as the center, they had marked off a ten-meter exclusion zone, prohibiting anyone from approaching.
"Let's go."
Aunt Mi Xue said to the four of them.
Everyone immediately followed, walking toward the blockade.
The officers quickly noticed them and sternly shouted for them to stop.
"This is a restricted area. If you don't want to die, turn back immediately!" one officer yelled.
But Aunt Mi Xue completely ignored him and continued walking forward.
The four people behind her naturally followed closely.
Seeing this, more officers swarmed forward, gripping their weapons, ready to act at any moment.
Just as one was about to speak again, Aunt Mi Xue suddenly appeared right in front of him.
"If you don't want to get hurt, shut up and move aside."
Aunt Mi Xue expressionlessly flashed her explorer identification, her cold gaze sweeping across their shocked faces.
"Mi... Aunt Mi Xue the Explorer!" an officer exclaimed in shock.
What shocked them wasn't Aunt Mi Xue's identity as an explorer, but her speed just a moment ago.
"We are the Tide Expedition Team. We are responsible for dealing with the magical beasts here. Move aside."
Fang Lu pointed to the warehouse behind her and said to the officers.
The officers finally came to their senses and hurriedly cleared the way.
"Yes, yes! We're sorry, please forgive our offense earlier." The officer who had blocked their path apologized hastily.
Aunt Mi Xue didn't respond and walked straight past.
Lin Fan and the others followed closely behind.
They arrived at the warehouse door, which was several meters high, with a smaller door built into it.
"Are you ready?"
Aunt Mi Xue turned her head to look at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan nodded.
Bang!
Aunt Mi Xue kicked the small door open.
Lin Fan: "..."
The five of them entered the warehouse through the opening Aunt Mi Xue had kicked in.
Upon entering, the first impression was... huge.
The interior space was fully a hundred meters wide! And the light was extremely dim.
The next second, a strong, putrid stench rushed toward them. The air was thick and stagnant, as if it hadn't circulated for many days.
Broken wooden crates, damaged shelves, and dismantled mechanical parts were scattered everywhere.
In many places, there were marks left by sharp mandibles gnawing on them.
The concrete floor and metal walls were covered in deep scratch marks and viscous slime, signaling that this place had been occupied by magical beasts.
The ground was uneven, with large amounts of rubble overturned from underground, clearly indicating that something was digging tunnels beneath.
In several places inside the warehouse, there were large holes big enough to swallow two or three people, leading darkly into the underground.
From the darkness came a faint, crisp clicking sound, echoing through the towering warehouse, like a warning to the intruders.
The dim red emergency light overhead flickered, occasionally illuminating the broken crates and glass shards on the ground.
Even though the lighting was extremely poor, the five of them could see everything clearly.
After all, they were mages, and their eyesight far exceeded that of ordinary people.
In the deepest part of the warehouse, a pile of things that looked like discarded uniforms and tools was half-submerged in viscous, translucent slime.
The magical beasts occupying this place hadn't just moved in... they had completely transformed it!
"Tsk, disgusting."
An impatient clicking of the tongue rang out.
It was Ge Ying.
She was scanning her surroundings; because of the darkness, her eyes were faintly glowing.
In fact, not only her, but Lin Fan and the others were in a similar state.
As a Tier 3 Mage, Lin Fan could clearly sense that there were things moving beneath the warehouse.
He believed Aunt Mi Xue was the same... the number was as many as dozens!
"Alright, let's get to work. Lin Fan, watch closely; there are some things you can't learn in the academy."
Aunt Mi Xue suddenly stepped forward.
Everyone's gaze immediately focused on her, wanting to see how she would strike.
Aunt Mi Xue stood two meters in front of the group, her eyes suddenly lighting up with a blue glow, illuminating the front like torches.
The next moment, twenty-five brilliant blue points of starlight appeared before her.
One after another, at an astonishing speed, reaching twenty-five in the blink of an eye!
"So it's the Water Element."
Lin Fan was somewhat surprised.
Given Aunt Mi Xue's personality, he had assumed she would be a highly aggressive element.
Under everyone's gaze, the twenty-five blue points of starlight rose above Aunt Mi Xue's head, bursting with intense light, illuminating the entire warehouse and dispelling the darkness.
Immediately after, thin blue threads of energy connected the starlight into a Star Pattern, and then combined the Star Patterns into a massive blue constellation, like a glowing magic circle, hovering above her head.
What shocked Lin Fan was that Aunt Mi Xue had completed this constellation in just two seconds!
Her speed of condensing Star Patterns was the fastest he had ever seen!
The moment the constellation took shape, a terrifying aura of the Water Element permeated the warehouse, as if an invisible giant wave was enveloping everyone.
Several seconds passed without any movement.
Until a teardrop-shaped droplet of water appeared in front of Aunt Mi Xue.
At first, it was only the size of a fingernail, but it expanded rapidly, becoming increasingly dazzling.
In less than ten seconds, the small water droplet had transformed into a water mass even larger than the car they had arrived in.
Aunt Mi Xue stood in front, appearing exceptionally petite.
This scene left Lin Fan completely stunned.
Is this really something a person can do?
He had never heard of such a thing.
The water mass continued to expand.
Aunt Mi Xue turned back to look at Lin Fan and asked with a smile:
"Tell me, if a mage concentrates and condenses elemental power for a long time, what will happen?"
Lin Fan was taken aback by the question.
Condensing elemental power... what was that?
Aunt Mi Xue didn't wait for his answer and waved her hand casually.
The house-sized mass of water moved like a living thing.
It drifted in the air following her gestures, and under her control, flew toward the depths of the warehouse, smashing fiercely into the ground.
Boom...!
The ground shook violently, the water mass exploded with a roar, instantly flooding the entire floor.
Lin Fan was even more shocked.
He stared blankly at Aunt Mi Xue, not understanding what she wanted to do.
Could flooding it with water really force them out?
But seeing the calm expressions of Ge Ying and the other two, he suppressed his doubts and watched quietly.
Under the warehouse's tremors, the water flowed into the underground through countless holes in the ground, leaving only a small amount on the surface.
The next moment, frantic clicking sounds from the magical beasts came from underground, clearly thrown into chaos by the rushing water.
Immediately following, with a loud bang, water sprayed madly out from the underground holes, blasting giant ants one by one into the air.
Inside the warehouse, it was like a rainstorm of water and ants.
"Fang Lu, now!"
Aunt Mi Xue watched the falling swarm of ants and shouted in a low voice.
"Coming!"
The short-haired Fang Lu rushed out in response, summoning pale blue starlight... She was a First-Order Mage, with only five.