Chapter 353: Purification and Growth
“Imprisonment—!”
The moment Utaz-Dark Sun chanted the prayer, an overwhelming tide of undead creatures, under Anthony-Black Sparrow’s command, instantly engulfed him like a white ocean.
At the same time, outside the Law Domain, a barrier constructed from dense, greyish-white fog, like a massive curtain, completely enveloped the entire back mountain, leaving no gaps.
“Jia Na, can your contracted creature divine if the principal is currently safe?”
Outside the mist barrier, Vivian, who was with Jia Na, was staring intently at the distant greyish-white mist, then asked Jia Na with a grave tone.
“No—my contracted creature’s rank is still too low to divine Formal Wizards.”
Jia Na, who was in shallow meditation to recover her mental energy, simply replied calmly when she heard Vivian’s words.
“Yes, that’s a wizard-level battle; it’s usually hard to see. If only this layer of mist wasn’t here.”
“If it weren’t for Professor Utaz’s barrier protection, not only you and I, but all the Wizard Apprentices would probably die terribly.”
The mist barrier covering the back mountain was personally set up by Professor Utaz. The reason for setting up the barrier was also to protect the various supernaturals within White Coral Academy from the soul pollution of the Dark Sun Apostle.
After all, Jia Na had personally witnessed Anthony-Black Sparrow and Losia-Haigo fighting the Dark Sun Apostle together before.
At that time, just the sound emitted by the Dark Sun Apostle, or even inadvertently seeing the opponent, would cause Jia Na’s body to show symptoms of Curse and pollution.
At that time, if it weren’t for the continuous Purification treatment from the Celestial Sparrow, Jia Na would have likely already mutated and died without a cure.
“Crack—!”
Just as everyone was quietly waiting for the final outcome, suddenly, a sound like an eggshell cracking came from the direction of the back mountain.
“Crack, crack, crack—!”
As the sound grew louder and more frequent, the originally calm mist barrier began to churn violently, like boiling water.
“Professor Utaz, are you alright?”
“I’m fine, just unstable magic power—”
Crack—!
Before Professor Utaz could finish speaking, a long, narrow spatial crack rapidly split open above the mist barrier. Immediately after, a swarm of black bats, like a dark smoke, flew out from the spatial crack and surged towards the entire White Coral Academy.
“Where did all these bats come from!?”
Watching the approaching swarm of black bats, Vivian, standing beside Jia Na, directly transformed into the Cornas King Snake bloodline form, ready to engage in battle at any moment.
“Don’t worry, they can’t harm us.”
Compared to the Wizard Apprentices around her who were already on high alert, Jia Na, who knew the power of the Magic Tower, was not worried at all.
“Whoosh—!”
Sure enough, just as the bat swarm was about to rush into the crowd, a wave-like torrent of magic power rapidly rippled out from the Magic Tower.
The bat swarm, covered by the magic power torrent, seemed to be under a petrification Curse, freezing in mid-air, unable to advance an inch.
Even the spatial barrier above the mist barrier gradually began to shrink, stopping its further expansion.
“It really stopped—!”
Watching the Vampire Bats continuously falling from the sky, Vivian also transformed back into her human form from her bloodline form, looking at the Magic Tower behind her with a surprised expression.
“No wonder my father told me to seek refuge at the Academy—is the Magic Tower really that strong?!”
Crack—! Before Vivian could finish her exclamation, another anomaly occurred.
The spatial crack, which had originally stopped expanding, once again let out a piercing cracking sound. Immediately after, a colossal, pale hand, blotting out the sky, appeared without warning from the spatial crack, and resisting the Primary Material World’s Law Domain repulsion, it directly slapped down towards the mist barrier below.
“Ah—!”
Gods cannot be looked upon directly. The moment they saw the pale giant hand, the Wizard Apprentices of White Coral Academy all let out screams of varying degrees of intensity.
Conversely, ordinary mortals without supernatural abilities merely looked at the pale giant hand in the sky with terror, but aside from the shock to their minds, no other abnormal situations occurred.
“Boom—!”
The moment the pale giant hand descended, the mist barrier covering the back mountain collapsed with a tremendous roar.
And Professor Utaz, as the barrier caster, suffered a severe magic power backlash the moment the barrier collapsed.
Professor Utaz’s eyes, nose, and mouth were all covered in crimson blood, and his body was swaying, almost falling down.
“Professor—!”
Looking at Professor Utaz’s tragic appearance, Jia Na endured the stinging pain in her soul, supported him, and at the same time took out the Life Essence that Human-faced Willow had previously given her from her thorn bracelet, handing it to Professor Utaz.
“Thank you.”
Utaz, who had intended to refuse, felt the rich Life power of the Life Essence in Jia Na’s hand. He first looked at Jia Na in surprise, then decisively chose to accept it and swallowed it.
“Jia Na, next I will use the power of the Magic Tower to repair the Shadow Rift—during this time, please protect them for me.”
In just an instant, the immense energy contained within the Life Essence completely healed Professor Utaz’s injuries.
And after Professor Utaz finished instructing Jia Na, he left, but not before placing two gems filled with pure energy into Jia Na’s hands.
“So, it’s Light Essence and Plant Essence.”
Looking at the two top-quality elemental essences in her hand, Jia Na naturally understood Professor Utaz’s meaning.
As a Third-level Wizard Apprentice, even if Jia Na’s talent was strong, with her current strength, it would be impossible for her to protect the residents of a city in place of a Formal Wizard.
However, there were two things in particular that Jia Na was currently most skilled at—
“Afu, this Light Essence is for you. Remember, no matter what happens next, you must first ensure your own safety.”
“Yes, Master—!”
After receiving the Light Essence from Jia Na, the Celestial Sparrow, accompanied by a clear chirp, flew towards the Wizard Apprentices whose bodies had begun to undergo contaminated mutation due to witnessing the pale giant hand’s descent with their own eyes.
On the other side, under the amplification of the top-grade Plant Essence, a vibrant green light rapidly bloomed from Jia Na’s hand.
As the power of the Growth Law Fragment was once again pushed to its limit by Jia Na, large swathes of vines rapidly grew from around Jia Na.
In a short while, the vines intertwined, and a tall, arc-shaped vine wall impressively appeared before everyone—
