High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 601: Chapter 270 Flee and Flee, Dazzling Brilliance_1

The brief blindness caused by the self-explosion of the fireflies quickly faded.

The dark forest, mottled sunlight, and the densely hanging aerial roots reappeared in the young wizard’s sight.

”Doctor, take my place.” Before the effect of ’Ram’s Tombstone’ eventually disappeared, Zheng Qing seemed to remember something and softly instructed, ”I need to replenish some spells.”

”Understood.” Xiao Xiao, with a turtle shell on his head, swapped places with Zheng Qing.

The attacker lurking deep in the forest apparently noticed the slight flaw in the defense, and without hesitation, launched an attack.

”Bang!”

A huge shadow, like a giant python, suddenly shot out from the dark, heavily piercing through the wizards’ somewhat illusory figures, skewing into the soft humus layer beneath their feet.

Realizing that the attack did not work, the shadow did not give the young hunters of the Absolution team a chance to react. It quickly retreated, not lingering, bringing up a scattering of dry leaves and branches that slowly fell in the mottled sunlight.

”Maintain a stable formation, don’t panic, we are still within the protection of the doctor’s spell.” Zhang Ji Xin shouted loudly, cheering up his companions at the other two nodes of the Triangle Defense Array.

But Xiao Xiao immediately pointed out another problem.

”The effect of ’Ram’s Tombstone, Three stars in Lu’ can still last for one to two minutes. The moment the spell loses its effect, it may interfere with the Triangle Defense Array to some extent.” He said in a hoarse, hurried voice, ”according to the attacker’s just response, it has more than 90% chance of seizing this loophole...We need a remedy.”

”Merlin Above, do you still have this spell in your Law book? Do it again!” Xin Fat Man’s weak voice echoed from the other side.

Compared to confronting some unknown demon in reality, Fat Man would rather hide in a safe illusory space.

”This spell is very obscure. I tried many times and only successfully transcribed it once.” Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly, vetoing, ”It was originally just a boring exercise, I didn’t expect to use it so quickly...”

”Even if Doctor’s law book still has the spell, I don’t recommend using it again.” Zhang Ji Xin emphasized with a solemn tone, ”Can we hide in this spell forever? The hunting competition has just begun!”

”Damn hunting competition.” Fat Man couldn’t help but hum, ”Since that puppet...his highness appeared, do you think our previous tactical plans make any sense?”

This sentence indeed hit Zhang Ji Xin’s Achilles heel - all his judgements were based on a regular hunting competition. It’s questionable how accurate his judgements are in the face of the currently slightly out-of-control situation.

”The specific tactical design may no longer be applicable...but the thought process in designing tactics is not wrong.” Zheng Qing’s voice timely interrupted the argument of the team members, ”The elders are right, we can’t sit and wait in the defensive formation.”

”In nature, most predators attack with a burst of energy, the three-strike effect--many demons do the same. They only have a few moves back and forth. If they can’t succeed at the beginning, it’s hard for them to come up with any new tricks later. After all, hunting in nature is not a chess game, no one would hide their last trick after the opening--this is when we fight back.”

”That’s the meaning of the defense counterattack.”

”We already know the opponent’s attack method, nothing more than a well-hidden creature that only uses a big whip back and forth...compared to us, its whip technique is much too crude.”

His words quickly brought low laughter from the team members.

”Binding Spell.” Xiao Xiao nodded.

”Bingo!” Zheng Qing was still holding the Law book, transcribing spells quickly, but it didn’t prevent him from multitasking, giving Xiao Xiao a big encouragement, ”If Old Yao proposed this, he would definitely award the Doctor a point... It is the Binding Spell, the first spell we learned.”

Xin Fat Man obviously didn’t understand the implication.

”But it moves so fast, how can we catch it?” Fat Man’s voice was full of doubts, ”Even if we weave a big net, it can pass through the mesh...”

”What would you do if someone used a Binding Spell on you?” Zheng Qing retorted.

Fat Man was momentarily speechless.

”Cut the binding vines, escape from the vine’s binding, or whip it back.” Xiao Xiao suggested his own view.

”Blue Bird is not here, given the current situation, whipping back seems to be a good option.” Zheng Qing made a decisive call, determining the combat strategy for the Absolution Hunting Team a minute later.

In the midst of tension, time always seems to flow slowly, but thoughts race incredibly fast.

When Zheng Qing finished transcribing the spell and looked up again, outside the defensive formation, the other three were already commanding dozens of vines to build a broken frontline, fighting joyously with some serpent-like creatures that emerged deep from within the forest.

Just as they had speculated before, the attackers hidden in the shadows did indeed attack in a monotonous manner. Apart from whipping and poking with those thick whips, they seemed to have no other modes of attack.

”This feels a little bit different from typical demons.” The captain of the Absolution Hunting Team involuntarily furrowed his brows.

Whether it was the faint demon energy emanating from the attackers or their quiet, rigid attack methods, they were vastly different from ordinary demons—this gave him a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had seen this somewhere before.

”Vine Monster!” Xiao Xiao’s urgent explanation came from the front: ”There should be a Vine Monster in the forest! They attack from all directions by disguising themselves as aerial roots of banyan trees...FUCK! Help Fat Man quickly!”

Without his reminder, Zheng Qing had already noticed Xin Fat Man’s predicament.

Compared to everyone else present, Fat Man’s mastery of curses wasn’t as advanced—he was more adept at potion concoction and some rough combat techniques, rather than commanding the vine to form a hangman’s knot—which led to him being the first to fall against the Vine Monster’s attack.

”Quickly cut these soul lights!”

Fat Man was waving his arms around, swaying as if in a dance. Under his feet, several large vines were creeping and slithering around, wrapping themselves around his legs and tying a bow around his belly, binding him firmly in place.

Above his head, a few strange air roots were faintly forming a web, hesitantly moving closer to the top of his head.

”They’re stronger than steel!” Fat Man shouted, his face turning slightly blue.

Zheng Qing noticed the veins on his hand bulging, as he forcefully tried to pull the vine circling around his waist and legs, but the vine did not budge, only tightening its hold.

Perhaps the Vine Monster was used to slowly strangling its prey before consuming it. But for wizards, this method of death was far from friendly.

Facing Fat Man’s predicament, the captain of the Absolution Hunting Team was slightly hesitant—it was clear that Fat Man’s situation wasn’t as bad as it seemed, and he could even maintain a normal physical state.

Should they allow the Vine Monster to tighten further, in exchange for the quiet Blue Giant to appear, or should they first keep the noisy Fat Man, who never stopped chattering and babbling in the team?

After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally decided to keep the noisy Fat Man first.

Considering the upcoming combat plan, it was essential to ensure that Fat Man was full of energy. After all, although the Blue Giant was quiet, he was often too quiet and ignored the team’s tactical arrangements during previous training.

With this decision made, he no longer hesitated:

”Flee and flee, shining resplendently!”

With one hand on the Law book, Zheng Qing looked at Fat Man while calmly reciting the spell he had just transcribed.