Fang Zhou finally figured out where gold coins could be acquired so quickly. It turned out that killing wild monsters was the real way: a single Servant-class remnant soul meant one gold coin credited to his account!
He didn't yet know how remnant souls of other tiers were calculated, nor how soul essences were counted, but Fang Zhou was determined to claim these three One-eyed Magic Wolves right before his eyes!
Three One-eyed Magic Wolves meant three gold coins, hey! That was equivalent to idling at home for three whole days; he absolutely could not let this opportunity slip by!
Naturally, the One-eyed Magic Wolves had no intention of letting go of this tiny human either. One of the sturdiest among them leaped up, pouncing straight at Fang Zhou from mid-air.
"Light Element: Blind-Your-Dog-Eyes!"
Fang Zhou thrust out his left hand with a flash punch. Even though it was clearly just a Light Element Initial Level 1 spell, he bellowed it out with the commanding aura of a Super Level Magic. Still, this sudden flash of light did indeed leave the One-eyed Magic Wolf dizzy and disoriented. After all, this creature only possessed a single massive eyeball; the larger the eye, the better it gathered light, which instead became a disadvantage. Moreover, with one eye temporarily blinded, the One-eyed Magic Wolf lacked another eye to survey its surroundings.
Actually, the Light Element still possessed some lethality in the early stages, primarily manifested in its ability to blind other people's eyes. Of course, the actual Light Element Initial Level 1 spell was called "Light Element: Purification", which exerted a strong suppression against dark magic. But the problem was, how many people awakened dark magic at the Initial Level? You couldn't find one even among tens of thousands of people, so who was there to fight against?
The Light Element Initial Level 3 spell, on the other hand, was the true "Light Element: Blinding", which could step up the scorching intensity to easily burn and blind the eyes of Servant-class monsters.
The spell Fang Zhou had just cast was merely an Initial Level 1 spell, carrying no scorching power whatsoever; it could only temporarily blind the One-eyed Magic Wolf, and it would recover very quickly.
Therefore, Fang Zhou swiftly completed his other spell.
"Thunder Seal: Furious Strike!!"
This was still the most aggressive spell he could cast the quickest. The casting time for Intermediate Magic was simply too long; with all that time wasted, he would have long since been torn to shreds by the One-eyed Magic Wolves. Thus, using a Thunder Element Initial Level 3 spell was the correct approach in battle.
Not only was he more familiar with it and faster to cast, but the power of an Initial Level 3 spell was also sufficient to make the One-eyed Magic Wolf howl in pain. Furthermore, the power of his magic was a full 1.5 times that of ordinary people, making a single spell inherently half as strong again as a standard Initial Level 3 spell!
A single Thunder Seal: Furious Strike hammered this One-eyed Magic Wolf, causing its entire body to spasm.
Had it been a one-on-one fight like before, Fang Zhou would only have needed to follow up with a single strike to finish it off, but at this moment, the other two One-eyed Magic Wolves had also charged over.
Fang Zhou frowned, star paths rapidly connecting. With a violent grip of his palm, wild arcs of thunder seals burst forth from the air, whipping toward the two One-eyed Magic Wolves. Although their power was somewhat lacking due to the dispersion of force, they still managed to block the initial assault of both beasts.
Moreover, the two One-eyed Magic Wolves were very close to each other, causing the electric arcs on their bodies to intersect and pierce through one another. Each sweep sent a low, painful roar through both creatures, causing the muscles all over their bodies to convulse.
"I've been waiting for you two to come together!"
Fang Zhou let out a cold snort. The power of the Thunder Element possessed conductive properties. Instead of using Level 2 or Level 3 spells again, he directly employed the simplest and quickest Thunder Element Initial Level 1 spell. Streaks of lightning arcs flashed across all three One-eyed Magic Wolves in succession, leaving behind one thunder seal after another on their bodies. As long as a lightning arc touched another One-eyed Magic Wolf, the remaining thunder seals would snap onto the target like magnets, relentlessly striking and whipping deep into their flesh!
Dense purple electric arcs gradually crawled all over the bodies of the three One-eyed Magic Wolves. Finally, taking advantage of the moment they were completely paralyzed, Fang Zhou unleashed his Initial Level 3 spell, battering all three One-eyed Magic Wolves until their flesh was torn and they were on the verge of death.
Then came the deposit of three gold coins. Oh, the joy!
"Clap, clap, clap." Dean Xiao clapped his hands, considering it an expression of satisfaction with Fang Zhou's performance.
"Well, did I pass the assessment?" Fang Zhou shouted toward the outside.
Dean Xiao nodded, then shook his head again and said, "This is your first time facing monsters, and your performance can be described as extremely dazzling. You probably couldn't find a few people nationwide who are as fearless of monsters as you are. But you are already an Intermediate Mage. Although the tiers between mages and monsters do not directly correspond, in the wild, monsters will not talk to you about mutual equality. And we do not have that many mages to deal with monsters, so in most cases, an Intermediate Mage has to face Warrior-class monsters directly."
"Are you for real?" The corner of Fang Zhou's mouth twitched. Dean Xiao wasn't actually going to pull out another Warrior-class monster, was he?
"Of course," Dean Xiao said with absolute certainty. "I put a lot of effort into catching this one, so I simply have to let you meet it."
Fang Zhou didn't want to listen to his nonsense. The moment Dean Xiao uttered the first two syllables, he had already closed his eyes and begun preparing his spell.
Dean Xiao didn't mind him preempting the action; this was prepared for Fang Zhou in the first place. Since Servant-class magic wolves couldn't scare this kid, could he still remain indifferent to a Warrior-class one?
"Whoosh~~~~~"
Heavy footsteps rang out, causing the earth to tremble slightly. A creature emerged covered all over in sharp, angular bone spikes, with a body as sturdy as iron. Most noticeably, it had a field of vision on top of its head that could rotate a full 270 degrees, because this thing possessed a full three large eyeballs!
A Warrior-class monster — the Three-eyed Magic Wolf!
Also known as the Bone-Spiked Fierce Wolf, it was an extremely dangerous monster.
While the One-eyed Magic Wolf had only one eyeball, the Bone-Spiked Fierce Wolf had three—one could only marvel at the wonders of nature's creation.
Stepping into the dueling arena, the Bone-Spiked Fierce Wolf exuded an aura that was on a completely different level from the four Servant-class One-eyed Magic Wolves before it. Its mere presence alone made it somewhat difficult for Fang Zhou to breathe.
This was captured by Dean Xiao from Nanling, absolutely in a wild state.
"Bolt: Heavenly Lightning!!"
Fang Zhou aligned his star map and rapidly chanted the name of the Intermediate Magic.
He pointed his hand toward the heavens with striking finality, and a purple bolt of lightning cleaved the air in two without warning. Its thick purple form emitted a sharp, explosive roar as it plunged swiftly toward...
The lightning bolt descended with peerless speed—a literal bolt from the blue!
When the Bolt: Heavenly Lightning struck, the ground at the center abruptly shook, then began to fracture and sink.
"Boom!!!!!!!!!"
With a violent roar, the beast that had just been swaggering about collapsed directly under the violent power of the heavenly lightning, bearing shocking and horrifying injuries.