Chapter 263 – Treasure Pilfering (2/2)

Bam! Slapping away the pillar attack, the NPC’s expression grew serious. “The Mutated Fire Kite set up a magic formation in here. It’s impossible to solve it in a short time.”

“Then cut off the energy source for the Spatial Tray, just for a short time so that the Teleportation Portal can operate!” another NPC shouted.

“I’ll try my best.” The space mage didn't seem optimistic. A magic staff appeared in his hand, shooting out a faint white light that aimed to interrupt the energy transference between the magic stones and the Spatial Tray.

From who-knows-where, the Mutated Fire Kite had actually gathered a bunch of magic stones and placed them all in the lava pond. The energy to power the Spatial Tray came from those stones.

As the NPC cast his magic, the connection between the Spatial Tray and the magic stones were gradually severed. If it succeeded, the Spatial Tray would stop functioning for several minutes, giving them enough time to operate the Teleportation Portal.

Hooo… Fatty suddenly felt the temperature rise. Lifting his head, he instantly saw the massive firebird hovering above and looking down at them with mocking eyes.

“Crafty motherf*cker!” Hastily swallowing a red pill, Fatty scrambled for the NPCs’ monster mount and climbed on. “Go! The bird is back!”

“What?” The NPCs jumped. Looking up to see the Mutated Fire Kite, everyone paled in shock.

“Just a little more, I’ve almost got it!” the space mage shouted.

Boom! A big fireball descended and directly shattered the magic barrier above their heads.

“There’s no time! Go!” an NPC shouted. He urgently controlled the mount to turn and run.

Whoosh! When the bird attacked again, the mount had already managed to escape from the crater.

“Screeeech!”

With a long hum, the firebird slowly landed into the lava pond. It swept its huge beady eyes around before once again falling asleep.

“Aiii, I was so close. A few more minutes and I could have cut it off…” The space mage sighed.

“Looks like there was some problem on the general’s side. Otherwise, the general definitely could have held it for ten minutes as he had said.”

“Everyone, be safe on your way back.” Fatty jumped off the monster mount.

“You want to go back in there?” An NPC was startled.

“If you can resolve this crisis, we’ll definitely thank you, big time.”

Fatty smiled wordlessly. Bobbing his head a little, he disappeared into the night.

When he arrived at the crater once more, the firebird was sleeping soundly in the lava pond just like before.

Fatty patiently lay in wait until sunrise.

“Screeech!”

With a long screech as usual, the Mutated firebird flew up and headed towards the townlet for a new siege.

Fatty carefully snuck his way down to the pond edge. Then, he stood there with a worried frown.

The NPCs who came here yesterday were at least of the 7th class enhancement, and yet they couldn’t break the magic formation around the tray. What could someone like Fatty do then?

The Spatial Tray emitted a gentle white light that spread wide and long, obviously controlling this area. Fatty wondered how the Mutated firebird operated this Divine spatial remnant.

“Inky,” Fatty called out. The Dark Sacrificer appeared from thin air and floated toward the Spatial Tray.

Bam! Several flame pillars rammed onto Inky and sent it flying. A white light rose up; the pet was insta-killed.

The fire monsters above heard the commotion and dived down from above. Fatty was forced to retreat and hide.

“Fire-attribute magic formation.” Fatty’s eyes sparkled. Escaping from the monsters’ detection, he jumped into the lava pond.

Puff. The moment he jumped in, Fatty used Firewalk.

Boom! As the magic formation was triggered by Fatty, several flame pillars shot up from the bottom of the pond.

The moment these flame pillars were about to disperse, Fatty dashed out from the fire remnant and grabbed the Spatial Tray.

Bzzzzz! The tray resonated and emanated ripple upon ripple of white halos. The halos, or the force of space to be exact, crushed Fatty’s grabby hand.

“F*ck! It hurts!” Fatty’s face distorted with pain. He lifted a hand, and a bolt shot right at the middle of the Spatial Tray.

Ting! A bolt struck the tray. The latter only swayed ever so slightly before it also sliced the bolt to shards.

Hooo… A flame pillar headed at Fatty. If it hit him, Fatty would definitely die with his little amount of health left.

Whoosh! Fatty quickly deployed the Zephyr Wings and steadied himself in the air. The Elemental Skill Book appeared in his left hand. With a ferocious face, Fatty heavily slammed it down.

Puff! Fire sparks burst in all directions. The skill book actually smashed the pillar to pieces, completely disabling the attack.