Versatile Mage (Web Novel)
chapter-1904

Chapter 1904: Parasitic Steam Locusts

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Xiaohou nodded seriously. He cast a spell to refresh the Wind Wheels’ duration so Mo Fan could find a better spot to observe the Vast Sea Monster.

Mo Fan rode the wind and flew above the fierce waves of the strait. He reached a spot close to the sand island that had been destroyed. His job was to observe the clawed tail on the Vast Sea Monster’s back. He had noticed something very minor previously when the creature was attacking with the spinal whip.

Assuming the spinal whip was located along the monster’s backbone, which extended along its back to its lower body, it was impossible for the tail to be snapped perpendicularly to the strait, judging from the sea monster’s current position.

The angle of the whip had to match the angle of the force. Demon creatures had their own body structures, even though there were some with unusual shapes. However, in order to fully utilize their strength and land their attacks accurately, their attacks still had to follow certain patterns. It was similar to a person maximizing their force by throwing their fist ahead. It would be weird to throw punches backward!

Maybe the Sound Mage made a mistake? The bone whip isn’t on the Vast Sea Monster’s back, and is on its arms instead?, Mo Fan thought.

The Vast Sea Monster’s body was extremely massive. Mo Fan was currently studying it from the side. He could barely see the creature’s outline amid the waterspouts, like it was hiding in a mist.

It was reluctant to show its true appearance. It was a very cunning approach, since the human Mages were struggling to target its body parts.

The sea monster attacked once again. The spinal whip Mo Fan was asked to take care of sprang out of the waterspouts once again. It had just killed a Super Plant Mage in Mo Fan’s direction not long ago, yet it had already appeared on the other side. Luckily, the clawed tail was targeting the advisor in a blue outfit. He was a very powerful Mage, so it was unlikely he would die so easily to the bone whip.

How strange, the bone whip shouldn’t be able to go from one side to the other so quickly, even though we couldn’t see it clearly in the heavy rain! Mo Fan was quite confused.

The bone whip was surprisingly large. It was not even exaggerating to describe it as an evil serpent. Mo Fan had been staring at the clawed limb from the beginning. He could faintly see the bone whip extending out from the back of the Vast Sea Monster’s right arm. He did not notice it moving, so how did it suddenly move to the Vast Sea Monster’s left and attack the advisor in the blue outfit?

Mo Fan frowned. He felt like he had to go a little closer. Otherwise, he would not be able to figure out where the bone whip was coming from, or where it was hidden on the creature’s body.

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The heavy rain was pouring down from the clouds like a waterfall, while waterspouts were rising continuously from the strait to the clouds. The combination formed a spectacular sight of hundreds of water pillars connecting the sky and the city.

Mo Fan boldly flew to the spot where the island had sunk in the mist. He was able to see the Vast Sea Monster more clearly from there.

The Vast Sea Monster had extremely sharp senses. However, Mo Fan was not really posing any threat to it. After all, it was busy fighting the three advisors, while nine other Super Mages were backing them up, not to mention the hundreds of Advanced Mages close to the bridge.

Mo Fan stood on what was left of the island. The Vast Sea Monster immediately opened a line of valves like gills on the side of its body to release some blood-red steam!

Mo Fan had no clue what the blood-red steam was. He immediately moved three hundred meters away with Blink when he noticed something did not feel right. However, the steam kept chasing after Mo Fan eerily!

“What’s going on? Does it have eyes too?” Mo Fan was dumbfounded when he saw the blood-red steam approaching him.

“Damn it, it’s a bunch of parasitic grasshoppers!”

Mo Fan was not the kind to panic so easily. He soon noticed the blood-red steam was actually groups of flying grasshoppers. These insects were most likely another species of parasite living off the sea monster like the demon leeches. The only difference was that these flying locusts were living inside the Vast Sea Monster’s body!

The parasitic grasshoppers were constantly emitting heat, almost like they were burning. They would pounce at their target and melt their enemies with the heat they were generating.

Luckily, Mo Fan was not afraid of flying species with overwhelming numbers. Little Flame Belle’s Ardent Sunset was the nemesis of these creatures. Were they planning to burn him with their heat? He would let them have a taste of real fire instead!

Mo Fan did not have to control the Ardent Sunset himself, as it would spread swiftly among the insects. Mo Fan soon reduced the blood-red cloud to ashes, which scattered across the strait.

“Demon leeches, parasitic grasshoppers; it seems this creature is raising a lot of strange species. It’s using them to attack nearby enemies that are posing a threat to it! It’s most likely one of its abilities!” Mo Fan murmured to nobody in particular.

The Ardent Sunset was extremely effective against the parasitic grasshoppers, or those creatures might have troubled him. Even though his life was not in danger, the creatures could keep him busy for a long time. More people were going to die if the bone whips continued to attack the Super Mages freely.

Mo Fan quickly eliminated the parasitic locusts, but did not recklessly get any closer. It was obvious that the sea monster was still observing its surroundings while it was busy fighting the Super Mages. It was not giving people like him any chance to intervene in the battle.

He purposely waited for a while before Summoning a shadow clone that looked exactly like him, timing it for when the advisor in the silver outfit cast a Super Space Spell. He applied the Chaos Element to the shadow clone just to make it look like it was him moving around with his Shadow Element.

CREATORS’ THOUGHTS XephiZ

Swarms are nasty business. Happily, Our Hero has a perfect counter, even if they are fire-type bugs…

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Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Mo Fan did not kill all the parasitic grasshoppers. He purposely used his Rebelling Shadow to keep the burning locusts busy just so the Vast Sea Monster would assume the insects were dealing with him.

The method was surprisingly effective. The Vast Sea Monster was keeping the focus of its attention on the outstanding Space Spells from the advisor in the silver outfit. His spells were obviously the real threat to it. More blood-red Parasitic Steam Grasshoppers appeared from the other side of its body to protect it. The Vast Sea Monster did not notice Mo Fan moving boldly closer to it.

“Phew, it hasn’t noticed me yet. I can finally see its deadly bone whip clearly!” Mo Fan let out a relieved sigh. Even getting closer to the Vast Sea Monster to learn its traits was like walking on thin ice.

Mo Fan stayed between the shadows, as it was quite dark in the area. He looked through the curtain of water that was pouring down ahead, until he could finally see the real appearance of a huge mountain behind the clouds!

Mo Fan had to admit that he had only seen the tip of the iceberg, which was the Vast Sea Monster’s back and shoulders. Unlike most ocean creatures with strange shapes and sizes, the Vast Sea Monster was more like an enormous mountain beast. It had a neck, shoulders, backbone, and the two sides of its stomach were like cliffs with lines of gills that acted like valves, everything covered in gleaming scales. It looked like the huge machinery that served as the core of an automated factory!

The scorching parasitic locusts were flying out of its gills like squadrons of fighting jets leaving a huge aircraft carrier. It was lucky Mo Fan was relatively experienced. Ordinary Mages would immediately lose their will to fight after witnessing the astonishing sight of the creature’s true appearance!

“What’s going on here? The bone whip that killed the Super Plant Mage is still on this side!” Mo Fan looked up and noticed the bone whip attached to the back of the Vast Sea Monster’s right shoulder!

The creature had a ravine on the back of its shoulder. The deadly bone whip was currently inside the ravine, but as Mo Fan looked to the other side, another bone whip was clearly attacking the advisor there!

There were two bone whips hidden on the back of the Vast Sea Monster’s shoulders!

“Crap!” Mo Fan blurted out.

He had witnessed how deadly the bone whips were. No defense was going to save him if the bone whip was flung at him with full strength. He was going to die just like the Super Plant Mage.

Mo Fan was only bold enough to go closer because he saw the bone whip attacking someone else. To his surprise, the Vast Sea Monster had two bone whips. He had exposed himself inside the range of the bone whip. He had found himself in an inescapable situation!

As he thought, the terrifying bone whip started moving. It was like a bone serpent that had just regained control over its joints. It was slowly extending from the fold in the creature’s body as it swung in the sky like it previously had before killing the Super Plant Mage.

Mo Fan was going to die without a doubt once the bone whip landed on him!

Cold sweat started falling like rain. Mo Fan was already extremely cautious, but the Vast Sea Monster had outmatched him with its cunning. Mo Fan did not actually trick it. It simply allowed Mo Fan to come closer so he would not have a chance to leave in one piece!

“Screw you, I’m not afraid of you!” Mo Fan was enraged.

The terrifying Ruler-level creature was no reason for him to cower. Besides, many Mages were around to keep it under control. The only threat he was facing was the bone whip. It was only one of the weapons that the Vast Sea Monster possessed!

He had no idea whether he could survive if he backed away now. The bone whip could reach up to a kilometer away. Mo Fan’s Blink was not strong enough to relocate him a kilometer away, even if he combined it with the Fleeing Shadow.

“Seal of the Nine Laws!”

Mo Fan did not withdraw from the scene. He started drawing the Star Orbits as soon as he saw the bone whip moving!

A Star Palace consisted of three hundred and forty-three Star Orbits. Hundreds of Lightning Star Orbits rapidly connected with one another precisely in Mo Fan’s Spiritual World to construct a purple Star Palace.

“Quick, hurry up!”

Death was approaching from above. The bone whip had reached its highest point. It was seriously going to destroy everything once it came down. Mo Fan had to be quicker than it!

Mo Fan’s speed when casting a Super Spell was something he was trying to work on. Cultivating in safe environments would only help familiarize him with the process, but situations of life and death were able to make him concentrate, thus increasing his speed when drawing the Star Orbits, Star Patterns, and Star Constellations. Mo Fan could not remember how many times he had exceeded his limits in situations where his life was being threatened. He did not back away, as he believed he could do it this time too!

“Lightning Halberds!”

Nine lightning halberds appeared after Mo Fan’s roar, combining into a powerful Magic Formation!

The deadly bone whip was hanging above Mo Fan’s head. Mo Fan had a hard expression as he forcibly targeted the back of the Vast Sea Monster’s shoulders with the Super Lightning Spell. The lightning halberds landed continuously at the end of the ravine, where the root of the bone whip was anchored!

The Super Lightning Spell, the Seal of the Nine Laws, might not be enough to imprison the massive creature, yet it had no problem sealing off a certain body part of its target!

The bone whip suddenly stopped as dense lightning Runes crawled onto it, freezing it in mid-air.

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“That Lightning Mage has managed to Seal its bone whip!” The Sound Mage could clearly see the lightning halberds of the Seal of the Nine Laws hanging above the creature’s shoulder.

“He did well!” the advisor in the silver outfit agreed.

“However, I must say that I didn’t expect the monster to have two bone whips. If we had known that before, the Plant Mage wouldn’t have died,” the Sound Mage sighed.

The cunning Vast Sea Monster was reluctant to show its true appearance, trying to keep one of its bone whips hidden. The Super Mages might die a horrible death to the bone whip if they were being careless.

Luckily, the young Mage was extremely calm, even when his life was in danger!

A breeze came from behind them. The Sound Mage turned around and saw a Mage who had been heavily burned approaching on his Wind Wheels.

“Senior, that creature’s field of vision is around two hundred and seventy degrees. It has a blind spot behind its head, extending from the back of its neck to its bottom. Its head and body aren’t very flexible when turning around,” reported Zhang Xiaohou, who was now suffering from severe burns.