620 49 Stars! (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
The end of the crowd had gradually reached the middle of the street. It was no longer meaningful for Mo Fan to stay at the higher ground. Speaking of which, they had not arranged people to cover the rear, since they were in a rush planning.
Left with no choice, Mo Fan jumped down from the higher ground and protected the rear of the crowd.
The truth was, they did not specifically appoint people to cover the retreat as Magicians were people too. It was definitely the most dangerous job, and anyone who was planning to stay alive would not want to fill a position that could be surrounded by undead at any second.
The back of the crowd was indeed the most dangerous, as the casualties were higher than being on the sides. If it weren't for Mo Fan and the Swift Star Wolf guarding the rear, everyone at the back would have been overtaken by the skeletons and phantoms in the middle of the street.
Once people were split from the crowd, there was no chance of them surviving.
Mo Fan pinched another Undead Crystal into pieces, which only restored a sixteenth of his energy, almost negligible.
The energy was not even enough to draw an Intermediate Star Pattern. It was barely enough to cast a Lightning Strike to slow down the pace of the undead catching up from behind.
Luckily, the Swift Star Wolf was around to eliminate the undead getting closer to him, allowing him to focus on channeling spells without worrying too much.
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A huge roar came from not far away down the street.
Following the roar, a wild black gust surged in the direction the crowd was fleeing into. The vehicles on both sides were swept away.
As soon as the vehicles were swept away, it cleared a huge path for an enormous body. Mo Fan turned around and was stunned when he saw the black gust had started from a hundred meters away. His face immediately turned grim.
-Flesh Mound Corpse Official!
-It's the Flesh Mound Corpse Official's breath!
-Damn it, did the two Advanced Magicians fail to suppress it?-
A Warrior-level creature that made it to the crowd would simply reap human lives like a crop harvester. If a Commander-level creature reached the crowd, not only were the few hundred people who were still crossing the street going to die, even those who made it to the other end were in danger!
When Mo Fan recalled how the Flesh Mound Corpse Official was able to turn the bodies it swallowed into skeletons, he immediately felt his hair standing on end!
”Shadow Magician, evacuate the crowd at once. We two are pinned down. The Corpse Official is going to kill everyone!” Zuo Feng's voice came into Mo Fan's mind with a hint of fear and self-accusation.
”Damn it, you shouldn't have sent your comrade away!” cursed Mo Fan.
”If we didn't bring back the information, more people would die!” said Zuo Feng.
”It's coming!” screamed Mo Fan.
The breath of darkness stopped around fifty meters away from the crowd. The Flesh Mound Corpse Official was obviously not planning to use it to attack the crowd. It was only trying to clear the vehicles along the path.
The Flesh Mound Corpse Official extended its strong back limbs. Even though its mass was huge, it actually moved forward by leaping like a frog. Each leap would cover between fifty to sixty meters. As such, it only needed a few leaps to travel a distance of a few hundred meters!
”Run, there's no point of risking your life too!” Imperial Magician Zuo Feng chased behind the creature. Unfortunately, he did not have any spells that could stop the Flesh Mound Corpse Official.
Every time the Flesh Mound Corpse Official leapt forward, the street and the buildings on two sides of the street rocked wildly.
Its size and its jumping ability gave Mo Fan the feeling that a mountain was charging right at him with the speed of a race car. The visual impact of seeing such an enormous body approaching him made his heart race!