Chapter 283: 289. Chapter 289: Pulling Chestnuts from the Fire

289. Chapter 289: Pulling Chestnuts from the Fire

The rules, goals, and requirements were actually not complicated.

On the premise of not using large-scale wizard artifacts, go deep into the depths of the lava world and rescue a fire elemental spirit that had lost its ability to move due to injury, keeping it intact.

But not complicated did not mean simple.

The lava world, as the name suggested, couldn't find much other matter besides fire and lava.

Not to mention the lack of water, food, and oxygen to maintain human survival, the scorching high temperature alone made it impossible for humans to survive normally.

Wizards possessing great power were no exception.

The Mental Power and Magic Power consumed in an environment like the lava world were consumed.

Where could they be replenished?

There was no replenishment!

Want to meditate in an extreme environment like the lava world to restore Mental Power?

It was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Want to restore Magic Power during meditation?

Where were there so many free magic elements for wizards to absorb?

Therefore, when a wizard had consumed their Mental Power and Magic Power, the wizard couldn't survive in such an environment of high temperature, high pressure, and lack of water, food, and Magic Stones.

Even a wizard with single-element affinity for fire.

Look again at the rules, goals, and requirements summarized in one or two sentences on the parchment.

Rule: Not allowed to use large-scale wizard artifacts.

This meant that Lin Ke couldn't artificially provide himself with a suitable environment or platform.

In other words, there was no logistical support, the fault tolerance rate was extremely low, and he had to succeed in one go.

Otherwise, once the Mental Power and Magic Power were consumed, he would be completely helpless.

This extracurricular practice activity would then be declared a failure.

Credit points would be deducted, and a black history would be left on his file.

Goal: Go deep into the depths of the ground and rescue the trapped fire elemental spirit.

This meant that Lin Ke had to withstand the sinister external environmental conditions of ultra-high temperature and ultra-high pressure, and while ensuring his own survival, actively drill into the depths of the ground where the temperature was higher, the pressure was greater, and the danger was more.

In addition, he had to think of a way to rescue the injured fire elemental spirit, whose body core temperature could reach 5000°C by Lin Ke's past life standards.

According to the rules, he couldn't use large-scale wizard artifacts; what could he use to hold the fire elemental spirit?

Use his own hands?

His ruthless iron hands would also be melted, right!

Requirement: Intact.

This is a trap!

The fire elemental spirit lost its ability to move because it was injured; how could it be kept intact?

This was asking Lin Ke to treat the injuries of the fire elemental spirit, and it had to be a complete recovery without leaving any sequelae after being cured.

Otherwise, how could it count as meeting the standard of being intact?

Although the extraordinary medical system knowledge and wizardry taught by the Academy were not just aimed at humans/wizards, they also included various treatment methods for various extraordinary species/professions in the heavens and worlds.

However, treating any elemental spirit was a topic Lin Ke hadn't come into contact with yet!

This requirement was out of bounds!

Lin Ke also had to integrate his extraordinary medical knowledge based on the injuries suffered by the fire element and formulate a medical plan on the spot to treat it.

Presumably, what the person who designed this requirement wanted to assess was the flexible application of knowledge, right?

"Fuck!"

Thinking of this, Lin Ke couldn't help but curse again.

You come and withstand this ultra-high temperature that can roast a person directly, and try to apply it flexibly once?

Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, right?

What the hell!

Even wearing the defense-mode battle armor, it isolated the damage of high temperature and high pressure.

However, the body surface feeling was still affected to some extent.

If he didn't control it deliberately, sweat would flow down involuntarily, and he would be drenched in sweat in an instant.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Ke came out of the cross-boundary portal and arrived at the lava world, he began various curses.

It was truly so hot that people felt uncomfortable in their hearts!

Suppressing his indignant mood, Lin Ke switched his Natal Wizardry "Battle Armor" from defense mode to extreme survival mode.

And he focused on increasing resistance to high temperature, high pressure, corrosion, and scorching.

In order to isolate the influence of the lava world's sinister environment on himself as much as possible.

The price was a significant reduction in attack and defense capabilities.

There was no way; to prevent accidents, Lin Ke could only let Flandre heighten her vigilance and prepare to summon him into the Fairy World at any time.

After doing all this, Lin Ke found his direction based on the coordinate information given on the parchment.

Then, with a leap, he plunged headfirst into the magma.

Lin Ke took a straight line and advanced rapidly toward where the fire elemental spirit was trapped.

He smashed through any obstacles encountered on the way, whether they were rocks, whirlpools, or flames burning more fiercely.

The momentum was extremely violent.

Since he couldn't think of a clever method, he would just cut the Gordian knot and advance violently!

Anyway, there were no restrictions in the rules, goals, or requirements regarding this aspect.

Moreover, Lin Ke was not an ordinary Level 2 Wizard.

For other Level 2 Wizards or Lin Ke in a state of self-cultivation, the rules, goals, and requirements that appeared too abnormal were actually just a small trouble in the eyes of Lin Ke, who was "berserk," didn't care about consumption, and only wanted to complete this extracurricular practice activity quickly.

Although it made him very unhappy, it was far from the point of leaving Lin Ke completely helpless.

He had even intended to participate in this extracurricular practice activity with the identity of an ordinary Level 2 Wizard.

He had even spent more than a week conducting various simulated rescue training in complex situations.

As a result, the various methods he had learned were not as direct and efficient as violent advancement at this very moment!

Sure enough, if you hold a hammer in your hand, you should see everything as a nail.

There was no need to play any fancy operations!

Then he wouldn't pretend anymore; he would show his cards.

Eighty for a big hammer, forty for a small hammer; one hammer down, and it's done!

Academy Headquarters.

The team responsible for formulating the rules, goals, and requirements for this extracurricular practice activity, in which nearly a hundred advanced wizards participated, soon discovered Lin Ke's unusual movements through monitoring.

Compared to other wizards, including Mo Li, who were conventional, trying to bypass, overcome, or solve the troubles brought by the rules, goals, and requirements, the violent advancement method adopted by Lin Ke appeared too prominent.

The style also appeared too fresh and refined.

Encountering any obstacles, Lin Ke didn't use wizardry at all, only using a pair of fists to smash fiercely, looking even more like a body-refining wizard than a body-refining wizard.

However, in Lin Ke Grande's official file, it was specifically noted that he chose to major in Elemental Wizardry and minor in True Spirit Wizardry.

Could it be that being unconventional is popular these days, and Elemental Wizard + True Spirit Wizard = Body-Refining Wizard?

The wizard responsible for monitoring and preventing accidents was speechless.

This person was truly not afraid of excessive consumption of Mental Power and Magic Power, leading to an inability to return, or an inability to heal the fire elemental spirit, or an inability to maintain life, thereby having to give up halfway, or failing to pass the assessment and not completing this extracurricular practice activity!

"I thought Sage Rivers' performance back then was already unique; I didn't expect there to be someone even fiercer than him. Which faction's wizard is this?"

The leader of the rules, goals, and requirements formulation team, a Level 5 Sage who had just returned to the Academy Headquarters from the front line of the Wizard World and God World war for rest not long ago, let out a sigh and a question.

"Lin Ke Grande, Level 2 Wizard, claimed to have combat power comparable to an ordinary Level 3 Wizard, had his advanced study procedures handled by Dean Forrest himself, and was received by two Great Sages as soon as he arrived at the headquarters."

A quick-witted subordinate reported Lin Ke's simple information while operating the office smart brain to pull up Lin Ke's detailed file.

"Forrest's person, huh."

The Level 5 Sage glanced at the file, curled his lips, and didn't say anything more, just paying a bit more attention to Lin Ke.

Forrest Diomand, among the third generation of Diomands, was neither as arrogant as the eldest, Rodrigo Diomand, nor as willful as the second, Lisandra Diomand; his personality was steady, and his actions were grand and atmospheric.

On the surface, he looked like a very kind person who was extremely easy to deal with, but in reality, his vision was extremely high, and there were very few people who could truly enter his eyes.

The Level 5 Sage was of the same generation as Forrest Diomand and had once thought about leaning toward Forrest, but was politely declined.

This matter had always been regarded as a shame by the Level 5 Sage.

Since this Level 2 Wizard Lin Ke Grande, who was claimed to have combat power comparable to a Level 3 Wizard, could be valued by Forrest Diomand, he must have some special reliance and ability.

A mere rescue in the depths of the lava world would certainly not stump the other party.

Since that was the case, why not...

The Level 5 Sage thought of this, realized something was wrong, shook his head, and threw wizardry for calming the mind and spirit onto himself as if it didn't cost anything.

After calming down, he suddenly looked toward the shadow on the left and shouted in a deep voice: "Who is it? Come out!"

"Long time no see, Fletcher Domingo."

Lisandra Diomand's figure emerged quietly, greeting him with a smile.

"It's you? Lisandra, are you trying to plot against me?"

The Level 5 Sage Fletcher Domingo's face was gloomy, his expression unhappy.

"Where? Just giving you a kind reminder."

Lisandra smiled, not admitting it.

"What reminder?"

Level 5 Sage Fletcher Domingo's voice became increasingly deep, "Need you to appear like this? Directly use 5-Ring Cognition Wizardry to try and tamper with my cognition?"

Lisandra restrained the smile on her face and said seriously:

"After you finish hosting this extracurricular practice activity for advanced wizards, you will receive a mission to lead a team to ambush a Shadow City squad and seize a batch of supplies. However, ambush is ambush, and seizing is seizing; you must control the intensity of the struggle. Don't let your temper flare up and do unnecessary things, causing unnecessary casualties on both sides!"

Pausing, Lisandra emphasized: "Especially strengthen the defense against Cognition Wizardry, just like you did just now. After all, there will be more than just our Academy appearing there. There will definitely be people trying to make our Academy and Shadow City have a bloody incident."

"Is the Academy going to deal with Sage Michelle's Tower?"

Fletcher Domingo understood Lisandra's subtext and chose to directly ask the question he wanted the answer to.

He was a Level 5 Sage, it was true, and he commanded a powerful legion, but in the Academy, his voice was not high.

Not to mention the core management, he hadn't even squeezed into the periphery.

His status and position were both extremely limited.

In many important matters, he only had the part of execution and could not participate in decision-making.

In other words, he was a chess piece, not a chess player. In the entire Riverside Academy, those who could be counted as chess players, besides the Diomand family, were just a few Level 6 Sages.

Since he was a chess piece and couldn't participate in decision-making, and could only execute, then before executing, Sage Fletcher would definitely ask for all the information he could ask for.

Fletcher Domingo didn't care whether his direct questioning would annoy Lisandra, who spoke in circles and was not straightforward at all.

Even if she was annoyed, so what?

At worst, he would be thrown back to the front line of the God World war.

It wasn't like he hadn't been thrown there before!

Living on the front line was even more comfortable; every day, all he needed to think about was how to kill gods, without needing to consider these twists and turns.

Lisandra stared coldly at Fletcher Domingo, a flash of vicious light suddenly appearing in her eyes.

However, Fletcher Domingo was not afraid at all, meeting Lisandra's gaze calmly and insisting on an answer.

"My mission is just to give you a reminder."

Lisandra took half a step back, her body melting into the shadows, disappearing in the blink of an eye, leaving only her voice echoing, "As for how to do it, that's your business, Fletcher Domingo!"

Staring at the direction where Lisandra disappeared, watching for a long while with deep eyes, Fletcher Domingo's thoughts turned over and over, and he didn't move for a long time.

After a long while, Fletcher Domingo waved his hand, dispersing the several layers of anti-eavesdropping rune barriers that had been quietly set up when Lisandra Diomand appeared.

All the wizards in the rules, goals, and requirements formulation team hadn't noticed Lisandra's appearance or the previous conversation.

One by one, they were all focused on the nearly one hundred monitoring screens.

Fletcher Domingo looked at the monitoring screen where Lin Ke Grande's figure was, his gaze subtle.

Lisandra Diomand hadn't chosen anyone else, but specifically chose Lin Ke Grande, attempting to increase the difficulty by tampering with Fletcher Domingo's cognition.

In Fletcher Domingo's view, Lin Ke Grande must be in the team he was about to lead to ambush Shadow City.

Otherwise, why would Lisandra focus on a Level 2 Wizard?

Fletcher Domingo wanted to see what was so special about this Lin Ke Grande.

He had actually attracted the attention of both Forrest and Lisandra, this pair of siblings, at the same time.

Lava World.

Lin Ke was speechless and complaining.

One week before the second extracurricular practice activity, the Academy gave a subtle hint that this single-person rescue needed to deal with a complex natural environment, not an enemy hiding in the dark.

But what about that giant fire salamander blocking Lin Ke's path not far away?

This giant creature, over 250 meters long, over 20 meters wide, and over 5 meters high, was a proper Level 3 extraordinary creature.

And the path it blocked was the only passage that could lead to where the injured fire elemental spirit was located.

The other three sides were solid mountains; wanting to break through them wasn't something that could be done by just smashing a few punches.

"What should I do with you?"

Floating in the air, looking at the giant fire salamander, Lin Ke was stumped.

The giant fire salamander lay there lazily, its window-sized eyes ignoring Lin Ke, without any reaction.

This was the typical characteristic of the fire salamander clan.

As long as you didn't disturb them while they bathed in magma, the fire salamander's aggressiveness was actually very low.

"Flandre, do you want to raise a pet?"

With a roll of his eyes, Lin Ke suddenly asked this.

Flandre, following Lin Ke's instructions, was prepared to summon him back at any time and had been sharing Lin Ke's field of vision.

What Lin Ke could see, Flandre could also see.

The giant fire salamander blocking the way was naturally no exception.

This question immediately angered the little one.

"Hmph!"

Flandre put her hands on her hips, pouted her lips, and launched a strong attack on Lin Ke, "Master is so annoying, actually wanting Flandre to raise such an ugly thing!"

"Uh..."

Lin Ke was stunned upon hearing this, looked carefully at the fire salamander's image, and found that it was indeed not the type that girls would like.

Dismissing the idea of letting Flandre raise a pet, Lin Ke didn't give up completely, immediately saying: "Find a suitable volcano; Master, I'm going to catch this fire salamander and put it in, let it stay in the 'Small World' for a while, and move the passage away."

"Oh."

Flandre breathed a sigh of relief; she was still quite relieved in her heart that Master hadn't forced her to raise such an ugly pet.

With a move of her mind, Flandre communicated with the "Small World's" origin and soon found an active volcano that was quite suitable for the fire salamander.

Lin Ke wasn't idle either.

Since the fire salamander had a lazy temperament and didn't want to move, he would just set up the teleportation rune array in front of it.

Before long, a teleportation rune array sufficient to capture the giant fire salamander was set up.

Lin Ke flew to a position diagonally above the giant fire salamander and, catching it off guard, fiercely activated the teleportation rune array.

At the same time, Lin Ke cast a 3-Ring composite wizardry of an Elemental Wizard, "Blood Qi Confinement," onto the giant salamander.

This wizardry, "Blood Qi Confinement," was extremely obscure and had been created more than three hundred years ago by a Level 5 Sage of the Riverside Academy specifically targeting body-refining wizards.

Its effect was similar to a super-charged version of muscle-softening powder.

If the target was caught off guard and hit by one, they would immediately feel numb in their hands and feet, and their whole body would be weak.

Considering the giant fire salamander's huge size and the strong physique tempered by bathing in magma all year round.

Lin Ke specifically mobilized the dual source power amplification of the Sea of Consciousness Small World and the real "Small World."

"Moo!"

Suddenly encountering an attack, the fire salamander opened its mouth and let out a roar similar to a cow.

It wanted to resist the despicable wizard, but found that its body had no strength and couldn't move.

By the time the fire salamander gave up the idea of using its tough body to ram and turned to want to use its racial ability, it was already too late.

The teleportation rune array set up by the despicable wizard in front of it had already been activated and exerted its effect.

In order to increase the force of the teleportation, Lin Ke disregarded the damage to the array materials, maximized the characteristics of the materials that could have been recycled, and specifically set up a one-time rune array with doubled power.

The moment the irresistible teleportation force was applied to the giant fire salamander, Flandre immediately cooperated, opening a gap in the real "Small World" to receive the teleported fire salamander.

With a "Boom."

The giant fire salamander fell into the largest active volcano in the real "Small World," splashing up rolling magma.

The effects of "Blood Qi Confinement" and the teleportation rune array applied to the fire salamander disappeared at the same time.

Rolling a few times in the active volcano, where the scalding degree was slightly weaker than the magma in the depths of the lava world, the fire salamander recovered its lazy posture.

As long as it could bathe in magma, it didn't care about any wizard or how despicable they were.

It was too lazy to bother.

Sleeping was the most comfortable thing.

Academy Headquarters.

Level 5 Sage Fletcher Domingo saw the whole process of Lin Ke moving away the giant fire salamander, and his mood became incomparably complex.

In the initial plan formulated by the team, there was originally no setting for the fire salamander to block the way.

It was Fletcher Domingo who felt that since it was an extracurricular practice activity for advanced wizards, it needed a bit of a challenge.

A fire salamander with a gentle temperament, that liked the environment of the lava world, and was also a Level 3 extraordinary creature, was quite suitable as this challenge.

How should an ordinary Level 2 Wizard deal with such a Level 3 extraordinary creature that wouldn't actively launch an attack?

This point was exactly the intention of Fletcher Domingo in designing this segment.

Where could he have imagined that he would encounter a Level 2 Wizard who possessed a "Small World"!

Fletcher Domingo was a figure of the same era as Sage Rivers, having personally witnessed and witnessed from the sidelines the demeanor of Sage Rivers during his prime.

That heroic posture of being invincible at the same level, looking down on the world, and traversing the heavens, Fletcher Domingo still couldn't forget to this day.

"So that's it! So that's it!"

Stunned for a moment, Fletcher Domingo let out a sigh.

Many things connected into a line at this moment.

Staring subtly at Lin Ke Grande, who plunged into the scalding magma again and advanced violently, Sage Fletcher finally understood why Forrest and Lisandra valued this person so much.

Another Rivers!

Mentioning Rivers, Fletcher suddenly thought that the news of Rivers preparing to impact the Level 7 Great Sage had been circulating in the Academy for a long time.

Why hadn't there been even the slightest movement until now?

Could it be that something had gone wrong?

Lava World.

Without the obstruction, Lin Ke swam to his destination in one breath and found the fire elemental spirit in a coma.

The so-called elemental spirit, its life form, was similar to a "World Spirit" like Flandre, and could be virtual or real.

One of the signs of a Sage-level wizard, elementalization, was a means that the predecessors of the Wizard World realized only after being inspired by elemental spirits.

"Flandre."

Lin Ke didn't touch the fire elemental spirit but set up a teleportation rune array again, then called out in his heart.

An elemental spirit that had suffered heavy injuries and was in a coma would basically set up vigilance and counter-attack measures.

The fire elemental spirit's means was ultra-high temperature!

At this very moment, the body surface temperature of the fire elemental spirit in front of Lin Ke was comparable to the surface temperature of the sun.

"Alright, Master."

Flandre replied sweetly, once again cooperating with Lin Ke to take the fire elemental spirit in a coma into the real "Small World."

Just as Lin Ke intended to return to the surface of the lava world and think about how to treat the fire elemental spirit in an environment where the temperature was still considered pleasant, the newly born Sea of Consciousness Small World caused trouble again.

The sun of the Sea of Consciousness Small World emitted a beam of light, following the special connection between the two Small Worlds, and through the transit of the Great Sun in the real "Small World," shone on the fire elemental spirit.

It gave the fire elemental spirit some things and took some things away from the fire elemental spirit.

Could it be that this was the legendary equivalent exchange? ===== CHAPTER 284 =====