High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 605: Chapter 274: Triple Fire Fury_1

As Xin Fat Man performed the first segment of the ’Barrel Ambush, Fire Rages On,’ the atmosphere of the previously dark and damp forest suddenly became more lively, as if it felt something was happening.

Huge trees, low shrubs, stemless ferns, colourful fungi, and so on—the generations of plants residing in the forest seemed to have picked up on the anxiety filling the air. Like frightened creatures, they wildly secreted a wet liquid, which trickled down tree trunks and leaf veins, cloaking themselves in a life jacket of dampness.

Meanwhile, the collisions of tree branches and leaves emitted a rustling sound, almost as if they were begging for mercy. The vines that had previously been chasing the Absolution Hunting Team curled up into balls and rolled back at full speed. Even numerous trees toppled themselves, causing abrasive scraping sounds, as they tried to create a firebreak>.

The young wizards found their path to the exterior of the forest suddenly cleared in next to no time, including weeds, trees, and lush vines, shrubs, ferns, and other plants, all of which moved aside, providing them a broad highway of their own.

”Is this ... pleading for peace?”

Zheng Qing studied the forest’s behaviour with great interest, his mind mulling over the concept. Perhaps they had underestimated the power of the vine monster. Considering the orderly adjustments being made around them, it was evident that the vine monster’s influence was much stronger than they had originally assumed. It was even possible that the forest was its backyard.

”Carry on.”

Noticing Zhang Ji Xin’s questioning gaze, the leader of the Absolution Hunting Team shook his head slightly, clear with his opinion.

Even without the experience of his shadow, the young wizard still remembered what Old Yao said in a class not so long ago— the relationship between wizards and demons is a matter of life and death. There are no compromises, no appeasement, no mercy.

This is not a struggle; it is a war, a devastation!

Upon receiving a definite answer, Zhang Ji Xin’s mouth spread into a satisfied grin.

He held up one hand in front of him, on the palm of which he held the Law book, while the other hand was placed on the Law book. After clearing his throat and receiving a gesture from Zheng Qing, he read aloud:

”Barrel Ambush! Fire Rages On!”

The formerly fragile sparks hanging on grass tips, tree branches, and twigs suddenly expanded under the power of this spell, and the fire’s intensity flared up considerably, transforming into colossal balls of flame, like inflated orange balloons.

If the forest had been in full bloom one moment ago, at this very moment, it had turned into the fruitful season of autumn.

Except, instead of sweet abundant juice in these fruits, there was only brutally hot fire poison.

The forest began to roar.

Chunky branches, vines, and air roots stretched out again, waving around in panic. Fuelled by wetness, they wildly swatted at the surrounding raging balls of fire. However, the orange ’fruits’ were all attached to the trees, so the more they were struck, the further they spread out.

Zheng Qing raised his hand to stop Xiao Xiao from reciting the third ’Barrel Ambush.’

Following that, he opened his Law book, took a deep breath and called out:

”Blazing as red, clouds have no hold on me!”

”Strong winds blow freely, leaving nothing untouched!”

An invisible wave radiated from the center of the Law book, instantly eliminating the moisture in the forest. The radiant sun overhead seemed to have been drawn down by the spell, engulfing the whole world in sweltering heat. Then, a fast and fierce wind blew in from outside, passing through the forest and driving the burning fireballs deeper into the forest, as though the catastrophe was never-ending.

These were two spells that Zheng Qing had dredged up from the depths of his consciousness— his subconscious told him that they were called ’Splicing Spells’— even though he didn’t understand which spells they were combined from, and he hadn’t ever learned them, Zheng Qing easily cast them.

Now it seems, the effect is quite satisfying.

Particularly, the expressions of shock on the faces of the other Absolution hunting team members were utterly gratifying.

”Now it’s your turn, Doctor.” Zheng Qing snapped his fingers, swinging his arms rhythmically, then continued to beat his own rhythm, ”Be ready, three, two, one, now!”

Xiao Xiao smoothed the shocked expression on his face, held the law book in one hand, pointed to the spell with the other, and read out the last section of the ’Barrel ambush’ incantation calmly, word by word:

”Barrel ambush, Fire rages on!”

In the incantation, orange-red fireballs linked up, flames like golden chains securely encircling the middle of the forest. When the lingering sound of the incantation ended, these chains abruptly tightened, pulled in, and then burst one after another. The wail of the Vine Monster pierced everyone’s eardrums, echoing above the flames.

Zheng Qing looked around, seeing nothing but fire in all directions, even the air seemed to be ignited by the raging fire.

Counterattack? There couldn’t possibly be a counterattack now. Under the combined forces of wind and fire, the Vine Monster had to concentrate all its effort on escaping, leaving no energy to trouble these wizards!

”North Wind.” Xiao Xiao waved his hand and summoned another spell.

However, the cold wind that should have been chilling had turned into a hot wind under the intense fire.

”I have a ’Cold Spell’ here,” Zheng Qing took out five pieces of grey talisman paper from the grey cloth bag, and handed them to his teammates, ”You guys are just lucky, these talisman papers were ’borrowed’ from the master’s closet, originally intended for cooling down in summer.”

”Aren’t you the master?” Zhang Jixin seemed a bit confused, but readily accepted the talisman paper and slapped it on his forehead without hesitation.

As the green smoke rose between the talisman papers, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

”We should get out of here first, before the Elders’ brains cook in this heat.” Xin the Fat Man complained, ”Their brains aren’t too big to start with. Once they get cooked, they might only be left with muscles.”

Zhang Jixin’s face went purple, but he didn’t argue with the fat man, instead gave him a threatening look and signaled with his fingers.

Xin promptly looked down, concentrating on the Cold Spell on his belly.

”Are you prepared for the Teleportation Spell?” Xiao Xiao looked at Zheng Qing, ”Without the interference of the Vine Monster, we should be able to teleport out of this forest precisely.”

Zheng Qing nodded, quickly flipped the law book to the position of the last few pages:

”Five pengs rise, ten luan bells ring!”

With a low chant of the spell, Zheng Qing knocked on the page. Five rings of light rose from the book, falling neatly onto five people.

Accompanied by a clanging bell sound, the five figures vanished abruptly, disappearing into the raging fire of the forest.

Behind the five, the forest twisted wildly in the fire, thrashing against the whipped strips, roaring before subsiding into a low whimper, and finally lying still, gradually hardening.

The orange flames, along with the corpses of the stiff trees, gradually faded, leaving only a charred, quiet world behind.