934 Advanced Shadow Spell, Nyx Regime (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Lightning arcs surged fiercely through the air less than twenty meters above Mo Fan's head and landed on the footprint that he had just left behind. The area around the footprint immediately turned scorched black, with blue smoke rising from it.
The wind was so strong that his face was hurting as if it was being sliced by knives. The wind even cut off the tips of his hair and blew them into the air!
Frankly speaking, Mo Fan had not thought going into the storm was a brilliant idea. They had come so deep that even if they stopped moving forward, the wind would still drag them forward now!
The only thing that he was grateful for was that the light of the Essence Orb was actually growing stronger, implying that he was getting closer to the source of energy that could fill it up.
The cries of the birds felt even closer. Even the roar of the strong wind could not hide their cries. As they ventured deeper into the blurry storm, Mo Fan noticed several green figures beating their wings hard to resist the wind while diving at them.
How deep was the grudge the birds had against them, that they were willing to enter the storm just to pursue them?
”Prepare for battle!” yelled Ai Jiangtu.
”Are these sons of bitches out of their minds?”
”The birds that are weaker won't be able to come this far, meaning that their numbers aren't as overwhelming!” claimed Jiang Yu.
However, even as Jiang Yu's voice was still spreading in the storm, a huge group of strange birds with green bodies were diving right at them. They were fierce and agile, and knew how to control the airflow, too. The creatures were a lot stronger than the team had imagined!
”Don't get separated, maintain the formation!” commanded Nanyu.
Visibility in the storm was extremely low. The communication devices were not working due to the interference of the lightning. The loud cries of the birds and the rumbling of the wind simply meant that the team could only communicate by shouting at the top of their lungs. That being said, Nanyu was a Sound Magician, and could easily transmit her voice to the team.
”Maintain the formation and go a bit deeper. There are simply too many of them, we don't stand a chance here,” ordered Nanyu.
The team continued to move deeper into the storm, hoping that the storm would form a boundary and quarantine them from the birds...
Unfortunately, the strange birds were adept at controlling airflow. They continued to pursue the team relentlessly.
”Mo Fan, behind you, watch out!” Nanyu released her awareness and listened to the surroundings.
Visibility in the wind was simply too low. The team could not even see one another's faces. They could only rely on Nanyu's commands.
Mo Fan turned around and saw five strange birds with green bodies and blue wings flying close to the ground. They reached out their sharp claws as they were approaching Mo Fan, trying to lift him up into the air.
Many strange birds in the air had already placed their serviettes and were holding their knives and forks. They were prepared to enjoy a grand meal once the humans were lifted into the air.
”Choosing me as your target, have you asked my needles for permission?” Mo Fan spread out his fingers. The presence of the Shadow Element circled around his fingers...
Giant Shadow Spikes in the form of pocket-size swords appeared between Mo Fan's fingers. They were as thin as needles when they were between Mo Fan's fingers, but as they sprang forward, each sword immediately split into twelve in total, forming a dark star formation rapidly!
The five strange birds were too focused on their coming meal. They did not notice the trap of Giant Shadow Spikes on the ground. As they passed above the Giant Shadow Spike Star Formation, several Giant Shadow Spikes sprang up and nailed the shadows of the birds while unleashing a strong binding force to immobilize them right above the star formation!
”Fourth-tier Giant Shadow Spikes, brilliant!” Zhao Manyan could not help but exclaim after seeing Mo Fan's move.
As a fuerdai, Zhao Manyan was always embarrassed whenever he saw how resourceful Mo Fan was, despite being just a commoner. As he expected, the guy had enhanced all his Intermediate Spells, too!
Mo Fan smiled. He could feel that his Shadow Element was a lot more responsive than before.
”Help me attract the attention of the strange birds, I'll give them a big one!” Mo Fan told Zhao Manyan.
”Don't you play with fire!”
”Trust me!”
Zhao Manyan followed Mo Fan's instructions. He began to use all he had to attract the attention of the birds.
Zhao Manyan was stacked with defensive spells. Even when more than ten birds were surrounding him and attacking him for several rounds, he would still be perfectly unharmed.
”Plummeting Rays!”
Zhao Manyan controlled the light arrows and fired them in all directions fearlessly. There were lots of light arrows, so even if he was not aiming at the birds on purpose, he could still attract their attention of the birds.
As he thought, the Plummeting Rays were too dispersed, and he only killed some of them. However, a huge group of them began to fly toward him. Their wings almost filled up the entire sky.