CHAPTER 121 - DEVIL'S THORN
Translated by Luxican
Edited by madghost
She left the library with a calm face.But, only God knew that Yun Sheng's heart was beating like a drum at this moment. The reason was the little note lying in the beast language ring.
She concluded that the dormitory would be too crowded, so she went straight to the Scholarship Students' Herb Field.
In order to conveniently take care of the herb field, the academy had built a small utility hut there.
After arriving at the small utility hut, Yun Sheng touched the note.
As soon as the little note entered her hand, the black Magic Soul part in Yun Sheng's body began to boil like more wood was added to the fire that was already boiling water.
Her magic power was like a tentacle, probing the small slip of paper in her hand.
If anyone else saw Yun Sheng's appearance at that moment, they would be shocked.
Her already dark eyes pupils became even darker, her eyes grew larger, and her pupils were as deep as two black holes.
Under the half-length bangs, the small face looked like white jade, and with a breathtaking light swallowing pair of eyes, she looked like a demonic beauty!
The magic runes on the note changed from chaotic to orderly, and soon, a brand-new spell appeared in her mind.
"Devil's Thorn, elementary darkness spell, gloomy and invisible, it comes and goes, killing enemies and beasts silently."
The palms of her hands started to sweat; this was Yun Sheng's first exposure to black magic.
Even though she possessed a five-elemental Magic Soul, under the warning of her father, Yun Sheng had never practiced any darkness spells. In her mind, black magic was more or less unknown magic.
While Yun Sheng was hesitating, she also discovered a brand-new concept of magic on the note, the principle of magic attribute compatibility.
Between the four natural attributes of magic, water and fire contradicted each other, same with earth and wind.
Besides, demon beasts of the light and darkness attributes were mostly immune to the four natural attributes. But their damage towards demon beasts of these elements was doubled.
After reading this, Yun Sheng thought to herself; it seemed that she had to master the darkness spell. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to dispel the insects in the herb field.
Yun Sheng's comprehension was high,and with her previous study of the other elementary spells, she quickly learned this spell.
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Yun Sheng intended to test the difference between the mysterious darkness spell and the normal earth spell.
From the records, this elementary spell called Devil's Thorn didn't seem to be much different from the Earth Spikes that Yun Sheng had already mastered.
Yun Sheng found two similar-sized rocks and planned to experiment with both the Earth Spike and the Devil'sThorn.
Yun Sheng had used Earth Spikes countless times, and she was already very skilled at conjuring the spell. She had been practicing in the Magic Tower for quite a while. Her magic power had also increased recently. Using the spell would instantly cause two earth spikes to emerge. Brown and yellow earthspikes, following each other closely, pierced through the dozens of kilos of rock, shattering it into four parts.
And now the newly learned darkness spell.
Yun Sheng chanted, after a split second, she could feel a fluctuation in the magic elements.
Yet the rock in front of her didn't move at all.
Could it be that the darkness spell was even less effective than Earth Spike?
Yun Sheng was depressed; she walked up to take a look.
As soon as she touched the rock, the original sturdy rock, which had been whole up until now, collapsed into a cloud of dust.
"!!!"
Yun Sheng was taken a back, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have never believed that an entire rock had been destroyed in an instant.
What a domineering darkness spell, Devil's Thorn. And this was only the first time she had used it, if she got more proficient in the spell, not to mention a rock, even a demon beast would instantly receive an internal wound.
Yun Sheng's heart was slightly moved, suddenly it occurred to her that the principle behind Devil's Thorn seemed to be similar to her Healing Spirit Needle. If the two could be fused together, how effective would that be? And if they were combined, she would also be able to hide the traces of the spell as well.
But right now, Yun Sheng wasn't in a hurry to combine the two. She was more impatient to know whether this newly learned spell would be useful in destroying the Darkness Worms in the herb field.
Earlier, Yun Sheng had also tried to use earth spikes and other magic to harm the insects, but they all just damaged the herbs while the insects were perfectly fine.
Her only option now was the new spell Devil's Thorn.
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Stepping in front of the Scholarship Students' Herb Field, Yun Sheng chanted the Devil's Thorn incantation, and dark energy invisible to the naked eye surged into the herbs.
As thin as hairs, the Devil's Thorns instantly entered the herb.
The stubborn pests inside the roots and stalks of the herb were penetrated by the thorns. Yun Sheng felt their dark magic elements pouring into her body.
It felt like the magic element gathering after meditation.
The darkness elements from the killed beasts surprisingly gathered in Yun Sheng's body with the use of Devil's Thorn.
Yun Sheng was overjoyed; she had never imagined that Devil's Thorn could be used in such a wonderful way.
Not only could it kill the insects, but it could also suck the magic elements from the demon beasts it had killed.
There weren't many magic elements in the insects' bodies, but the insects were abundant in the herb field. Through repeated testing, Yun Sheng's magic power not only didn't decrease, her black Magic Soul part even grew a bit.
In order to test if Devil's Thorn would work on all of the demon beasts, regardless of the magic attribute, Yun Sheng tested it a few more times.
At that moment, an Earth Lizard jumped out from beneath the earth's surface of the herb field. With only athought, Yun Sheng's Devil's Thorn instantly pierced through the Earth Lizard's abdomen, and a tiny bit of earth element entered Yun Sheng's body.
She successively tested it on rocks,trees, and water, living and dead things.
Soon, Yun Sheng verified one thing.
Devil's Thorn not only killed enemies invisibly, but it also drew magic elements from any demon beasts' body, but it had no effect on inanimate matter and would only shatter it to pieces.
As for whether it had an effect on humans or not, Yun Sheng did not know for the time being.
There wasn't much time left before the midterm exam, so Yun Sheng decided that she would test the effects of Devil's Thorn then.
After watching the herbs of the Scholarship Students' Herb Field return to its formerly thriving landscape and the dark elements in her body had recovered in the afternoon, Yun Sheng sneered: "Magic Fighting Association, this time, I will definitely make you die an ugly death."
***
Cheng Lian and the others were still completely unaware of the quiet destruction of the insects in the Scholarship Students' Herb Field.
That night, a sneaky figure arrived next to the herb field.
This person was Chu San of the Magic Fighting Association, a wind magician, who had been ordered by Cheng Lian and Song Xiangru to monitor every change of the herb field.
Under the moonlight, the mu of the herbfield looked energetic, like it hadn't suffered any damage at all.
T/N: Finally some dark magic!
Thank you for reading!!
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