935 The Ward in the Storm (2/2)

”Retreat, retreat, there's something strange about these birds!” Mo Fan immediately told Zhao Manyan and Jiang Shaoxu when he noticed the number of birds in the air growing rapidly.

The birds above them had almost turned into a giant tornado. Mo Fan's Nyx Regime was unable to trap such an enormous number of strange birds. It was better to withdraw for the time being.

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The team continued to move toward the center of the storm. The wind was now strong enough to tear Servant-class creatures into pieces. Their team of Advanced Magicians needed to cast a defensive spell on everyone just to venture deeper.

”It looks like the birds have stopped chasing us,” said Nanyu, listening to the noise coming from behind.

”They knew how to withdraw temporarily, too!” said Mo Fan.

The birds were only a bunch of puppets. Normally, they would brainlessly enter the storm like moths diving into a fire if they were following someone's orders, but they stopped chasing...

”Are they waiting for us out there since we can't stay in the storm for too long? The wind is just consuming our energy continuously. If a bolt of lightning sweeps past, we might even have to use our defensive equipment,” noted Jiang Yu.

The others were clueless about what to do too. They could only hide inside the storm and try to come up with a plan. Staying inside the storm was no permanent solution. No one knew how stable the storm and lightning was. If it somehow grew stronger all of a sudden, wouldn't it simply drag the whole team toward the center?

”Are you seriously saying that now? If you didn't bring the team wandering around to that place, why would we be chased around by those strange birds!” said Zu Jiming, pointing at Jiang Yu.

”Jiang Yu, you're fully responsible for this!” Li Kaifeng and Mu Tingying complained too.

Jiang Yu fell silent.

Mo Fan rose to his feet and started walking around when he saw the members quarreling among themselves instead of trying to figure out a plan.

”Stop wandering around, you're just going to bring us more trouble!” snapped Zu Jiming in annoyance.

”I'm really annoyed by your voice. Can you shut your birdy mouth up? Besides, these legs are mine, I can go wherever I want. How is that even your birdy business?” Mo Fan's mind was fully occupied by the birds, and even his curse was full of them. After all, he was the one in the worst mood. He was dragged into this mess out of nowhere, even though it was the team that poked the beehive, not to mention that they did not even bother telling him!

Zu Jiming remembered how Mo Fan had gotten rid of Lu Yilin. Despite being furious, he did not dare to quarrel further.

After seeing Zu Jiming quiet down, Mo Fan proceeded in the direction the light of the Essence Orb was pointing to...

Since he had already come this far, he did not want to go back empty-handed, right?

Zhao Manyan and Jiang Yu followed Mo Fan, worried about him. It was better to look after one another in the storm. Jiang Shaoxu seemed to be tired of seeing the dark expressions of Zu Jiming and the others, and decided to follow Mo Fan after a slight hesitation.

Ai Jiangtu knew everyone was in a bad mood after being trapped in the storm. He did not really care if the team was splitting up. He simply asked the relatively more reliable Nanyu to follow after the group, ”We'll be waiting here. Keep us updated!”

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The four members followed Mo Fan as he ventured deeper into the storm. The wind was now strong enough to hurt Warrior-level creatures.

The lightning flickered even more rapidly above them. A lightning bolt would land right in front of their feet at times, sending a chill down their spine.

”Say, are we still going deeper?” asked Jiang Yu softly.

”Why not, it's better than staying there yelling at each other!” answered Jiang Shaoxu.

Even though they were on the same team, there was not much teamwork between them. If it weren't for Ai Jiangtu's overwhelming strength and reputation, the team would be fighting one another by now. They would disband before they could reach Venice.

”The lightning is too rapid ahead,” said Jiang Yu.

As they went deeper, the lightning started to increase. The dark yellow lightning flickered rapidly, tearing the wind apart and forming a net around the place, applying pressure to the group of people approaching it.

”Nanyu, do you feel that yellow lightning is somewhat familiar?” Mo Fan turned around and looked at Nanyu.

Nanyu suddenly remembered something after hearing his words. ”It's a magic ward!” she exclaimed.

Most lightning from magic wards was yellow, and they had seen similar lightning before. It was at the Twin Guardian Towers in Japan.

”This lightning… is not from nature, but an artificial magic ward?” Jiang Shaoxu asked in surprise.

”Aren't you curious what's inside the magic ward?” Mo Fan turned around and looked at the group with a wide smile.

If someone had constructed a formation as a magic ward in the storm, wouldn't it imply that someone was trying to hide the secret at the center of the storm? Why would anyone go so far as to hide it in a terrifying storm?