Full-Time Magister: Super Mage

Chapter 392 Mo Fan Enters the Advanced Level, A Difficult Choice

As Mo Fan arrived at the dead corner of the palace, the little mudskipper eagerly pounced on the demonic lotus in Mo Fan's hand. As if it had come to life, the little mudskipper tilted its head back and inhaled the demonic lotus, which instantly compressed into an incomparably bright soul light and was gradually absorbed into the little mudskipper pendant.

After the little mudfish swallowed the demon lotus, it immediately shone with a strange brilliance, making the palace much brighter.

"Huh? The palace seems to have suddenly become much brighter," Su Xiaoluo said in surprise.

"Is something wrong with Brother Fan?" Zhang Xiaohou said with some concern.

"He'll call us if something really goes wrong," Jiang Han said calmly.

Jiang Han had already guessed what Mo Fan was doing. After all, they were brothers, so he could only cover for Mo Fan here, otherwise there would be considerable trouble later.

After the little mudfish devoured the demon lotus, Mo Fan sank his consciousness into the little mudfish's internal space. On the Styx River, which was formed from the Earthly Sacred Spring, besides the remnants of souls he had collected not long ago, a demon lotus blooming with azure light appeared in the deep blue water.

As the little mudfish continued to devour the demonic lotus's energy, the lotus, which had originally been radiating a blue light, gradually showed signs of withering. At first, it was just one petal, then two, three, four...

The little mudfish not only advanced after absorbing the energy from the demonic lotus, but also fed back a large amount of pure energy to Mo Fan, allowing him to break through the bottleneck of the high-level fire element.

Mo Fan had already cultivated his fire element to the peak of the intermediate level, and he was just one powerful boost away from stepping into the advanced level.

The cyan energy fed back by the little mudfish is now propelling him forward. Mo Fan guides that energy to break through the barrier of the fire nebula. Under the continuous impact of the cyan energy, the cracks in the high-level barrier are growing larger and larger!

Each impact is accompanied by immense mental anguish; the splitting headache is not something everyone can bear. Under such mental pressure, one cannot afford to relax, or one's mental state may be damaged.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Mo Fan's painful roar echoed throughout the palace. Zhang Xiaohou and Fang Gu, both mages, were somewhat surprised, while Su Xiaoluo was a little worried. After all, Mo Fan's appearance was somewhat frightening, with bulging veins on his forehead and a constant stream of frenzied nebula energy emanating from his body.

"Using the energy within the demonic lotus to advance to a higher level, what an audacious fellow!" Fang Gu exclaimed.

"Brother Jiang, you knew beforehand?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.

"It's just a guess," Jiang Han said.

When he first advanced to the advanced level, he was in the Three-Step Tower. With the amplification of the system's cultivation space and the rich elemental power in the Three-Step Tower, he made several attempts before finally reaching the advanced level. However, Mo Fan's advancement this time was only achieved with the help of the demon lotus's energy, making it several times more difficult than his previous advancement.

As Mo Fan continued to break through the high-level barrier, his whole body gradually ignited with blood-red flames, making him look like a volcano on the verge of eruption. In the end, Mo Fan successfully stabilized the raging energy, allowing his fire element to enter the high-level realm.

"It's a success! Brother Fan has become a high-level mage!" Zhang Xiaohou shouted excitedly.

"Hmm." Mo Fan smiled and nodded, then asked, "Wasn't it said that a bridge to the altar appeared when the Demon Lotus died? Now that I've absorbed the Demon Lotus, where is the bridge?"

"It should be at the end of this road," Fang Gu said, pointing to the path behind the stone platform, lined with white jade statues on both sides.

This path appeared when Mo Fan stepped into the advanced stage. Originally, there was a heavy stone gate there, but after the demon lotus withered, the stone gate opened, revealing the lifelike statues inside.

The white jade statues were all of women with graceful figures and slender feet. Their postures were all different, some bowing their heads, some bowing, some kneeling, and some smiling. Walking past these statues was like an emperor inspecting his harem beauties.

As they passed by the statues, Mo Fan jokingly asked Zhang Xiaohou which one he liked. If Jiang Han hadn't coughed twice to signal him to be careful of the girls nearby, Mo Fan wouldn't have let Zhang Xiaohou off so easily.

After the white jade statues on both sides of the road disappeared, the road turned pitch black. Further ahead was a narrow jade platform, with endless darkness on both sides, giving one the feeling of walking on a cliff.

"Huff huff huff~~~~"

Black gales howled across the platform, swirling endlessly on both sides of the stone, threatening to sweep one into the abyss if one was not careful.

Zhang Xiaohou awakened wind magic, so he actively extended his senses to the surroundings. However, he quickly withdrew his senses in a panic and said with a horrified expression, "This is a very high-grade wind element. Even my senses cannot pass through it. I estimate that even a monarch-level creature would be torn to shreds if it came."

"Hmm, it's even stronger than a Soul Seed, but whether it can tear apart a Monarch-level creature is still uncertain," Jiang Han gave a fair assessment.

Reaching the end of the stone platform, Jiang Han and his companions saw a gray-white arched bridge. This was not the kind of arched bridge with flowing water, but a magnificent and imposing flying arched bridge, its gray-white body resembling a dragon soaring into the darkness.

There are ten gray-white arched bridges in total, and they seem to stretch as far as the eye can see.

Upon seeing the gray arched bridge, Fang Gu's expression turned extremely grim.

"Let's go. There are no black gales on the bridge. As long as we cross the bridge, we'll reach the Blood Throne Altar." With that, Zhang Xiaohou stepped onto the arched bridge.

"Wait!" Su Xiaoluo and Jiang Han called out at the same time.

Jiang Han felt there was something wrong with the arched bridge ahead, while Su Xiaoluo recognized it as the "Nine Deaths and One Life Bridge" mentioned in ancestral teachings.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xiaohou looked at Jiang Han and Su Xiaoluo with some confusion.

"There's something wrong with this bridge," Jiang Han said gravely.

"Hmm, this seems to be the 'Nine Deaths and One Life Bridge' recorded in the ancestral teachings. Nine of these ten arched bridges are death traps, and only one truly leads to the Blood Throne altar," Fang Gu said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Han, Mo Fan, and Zhang Xiaohou all turned to look at Fang Gu, hoping to find the right path from his words.

Unfortunately, the more you think about something, the less likely it is to happen. Fang Gu didn't know that it was the Bridge of Life, so they could only rely on luck to get to the Blood Throne Altar. If they were lucky, they would walk across the Bridge of Life and reach the Blood Throne Altar; if they were unlucky, it was up to them to decide.

"One in ten? That's such a low probability!" Zhang Xiaohou said anxiously.

"It's not exactly a choice between ten. We have five people now, so if we really have to make a decision, it's only a 50/50 split," Mo Fan analyzed rationally.

"That's right. If the five of us each choose a different bridge to cross, the odds will increase considerably, but the chances of survival..." Fang Gu didn't finish his sentence, but Jiang Han and the others understood.

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