Chapter 59

"Fan Mo, you step back, leave this beast to us!" Captain Xu Dahuang and Fei Shi arrived just in time.

These two seemed to be standing on an accelerated version of a moving walkway, their steps not moving at all, yet their bodies slid along the ground to get here, comparable to the high monk in the Food God!

Mo Fan knew that this was the earth element's basic skill - Ground Wave!

Ground Wave is also a displacement skill, allowing for rapid changes in position by controlling the movement of the ground. Wang Sanpeng also knew this skill, but he was far less proficient than Fei Shi.

"This is a Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat, a creature that lives underground, an expert at digging tunnels. It prefers to live in places in city sewers that are hard to find. Its neck can extend, and its eyes can release a piercing crimson beam... This thing, like common rats, reproduces quickly and has strong survival skills. A few of them can be found in the soil of the underground passages and garbage dumps of any city. They usually only eat human leftovers, but will eat humans if they are extremely hungry. It belongs to the category of cowardly yet omnipresent demons!" Deputy Captain Guo Caitang quickly provided the information about the monster.

A Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat??

In the Demonology class, they had spent several lessons specifically on this creature, known for its underground survival and tunneling skills, the Blue翔 (Blue翔 is a cultural reference, often translated as 'Blue翔' or 'Blue Sky' in this context, but it can be left as is for cultural accuracy) of demons!

They say that these creatures would run away in fear when encountering a magician, so why did this one dare to attack him!

"This one is clearly very agitated, probably extremely hungry, needing a lot of food and energy. Fortunately, we found it!" Fei Shi said with a grin.

Unlike the students who were scared stiff the first time they encountered a demon, whether it was Captain Xu Dahuang, the girl Xiao Ke, the wind mage, Guo Caitang, or the uncle Fei Shi, they all had a completely different demeanor when facing the Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat.

They stood in a loose formation, but maintained a distance where they could support each other.

They formed an offensive formation, ensuring they could retreat immediately if danger arose.

Only Mo Fan, the newly joined member, stood in an awkward position, looking as if he had told his teammates, "You all step back, I'll take on this beast alone." In reality, he was slowly moving behind his teammates, secretly cursing Fei Shi for not giving him a Ground Wave.

"Grumble grumble grumble~~~~~~~~~~~!"

This Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat was indeed very agitated. Seeing so many people, it did not run away. Its eye immediately locked onto the wind mage Li Wenjie, who was closest to it.

It was a crimson beam, and this creature, living in the dark corners of human cities, seemed to want to pierce through everything that moved. The sharp cry was particularly piercing in the night school campus.

"Want to attack me?" Li Wenjie had a calm and graceful demeanor.

Mo Fan hardly saw Li Wenjie deliberately focus his mind to connect the star tracks; a green wind trajectory appeared around him, making his white shirt flutter continuously.

"Whoosh!"

The crimson beam shot over, but Li Wenjie left a chaotic airflow in place, his figure already flashing five meters away. How could one word describe his cool and handsome appearance?

"Idiot, is this all you've got to harm people!" Li Wenjie paused at the ping-pong table, sneering at the Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat.

Seeing that its beam was ineffective against this agile human, the Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat became even more enraged and moved its sharp limbs.

With such a strange neck and head, the Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat's speed was actually a bit faster than the Shadow Wolf Mo Fan had seen before. At this speed, if it reached the students, even if they could calmly complete the star tracks, they probably wouldn't have time to release their spells!

The students usually took about 4 seconds to release their spells, but this Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat reached Li Wenjie in just 2 seconds from 40 meters away, its sharp claws aiming for Li Wenjie's face.

Mo Fan couldn't help but feel a jolt of fear, worried that Li Wenjie might die.

Looking around, whether it was the water mage Xiao Ke or the earth mage Fei Shi, none of them showed any intention of helping Li Wenjie.

"Wind Track · Flash Step!" Li Wenjie's eyes showed no panic, his gaze calmly focused on the approaching Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat as he coldly uttered the name of the skill.

"Whoosh~~!"

Li Wenjie's figure disappeared from the spot, and the Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat's claw hit the stone ping-pong table, sending stone fragments flying.

Realizing its claw had missed, the beast immediately pursued Li Wenjie again.

"Whoosh~~~!"

Li Wenjie took a step, leaving a trail of dust and quickly flashing twenty meters away.

"Whoosh~~~!!"

Li Wenjie paused briefly under a kapok tree, then quickly disappeared from Mo Fan's sight again.

A crimson beam followed closely behind, striking the kapok tree where Li Wenjie had just paused, creating a hole through the tree. The kapok flowers fell in large patches, like used sanitary napkins thrown into a trash can.

Wind Track · Flash Step!!

Mo Fan was amazed.

In school, all the wind element students mastered Wind Track · Swift Run. Swift Run could only follow the wind channel created, allowing for rapid movement, but it was far from the quick directional changes of Li Wenjie's Wind Track · Flash Step!

If Zhang Xiaohou had mastered Wind Track · Flash Step, he could have easily outmaneuvered the Shadow Wolf, avoiding the embarrassing chase to the bottom of the cave.

Even though it was a basic skill - Wind Track, the effects were clearly on a different level. The Giant-Eyed Gorilla Rat was even more agile than the Shadow Wolf, yet it couldn't even touch Li Wenjie's clothes.

Indeed, what they learned in school was too limited. Only in such an environment, through constant battles, could one truly improve their strength.

Choosing to hunt demons was definitely a wise decision. Only by following these demon hunters, who could face demons without changing their expressions, could he grow quickly. Those students who were scared to wet their pants at the sight of demons had no future at all!

It wasn't that Mo Fan had a lot of complaints about his classmates, but after that battle with the Shadow Wolf, he realized many things.

Chasing evaluations, chasing scores, chasing target practice, taking demonology classes, analyzing combat techniques—none of it was useful when truly facing a demon. Only through combat, only by constantly facing real demons, could one truly improve.

"Taste the flavor of fire!"

Captain Xu Dahuang was confident and exuberant, a flame already rising in his palm, burning hot. The firelight illuminated the corners of his broad, slightly upturned, and somewhat disdainful mouth!