Chapter 158: Team Battle Breaks Out
After about half an hour, Jia Na, who had been flying at high speed the entire time, finally found Maluo-Hai Ge's location based on the "seed" aura.
Also, because the Curse had begun a new round of strengthening, Maluo-Hai Ge's body once again showed symptoms of fever and coughing.
Seeing this, Jia Na sold a "disease rot fruit" in her hand to Maluo-Hai Ge for the price of thirty-five "Swamp Magic Frog" tongues, plus one nameplate.
This "disease rot fruit" was one that the Thorn Flower Fairy had secretly hidden when she destroyed the "disease rot fruit" guarded by those few Black Wizard Apprentices.
After the battle ended, the Thorn Flower Fairy presented it to Jia Na as if offering a treasure. It was precisely this disease rot fruit, worth fifty-five points, that emptied Maluo-Hai Ge's current savings.
However, he didn't feel any reluctance about this. Instead, he felt that he had made a huge profit, which further strengthened his resolve to continue clinging to Jia Na's leg.
After all, if not for Jia Na's appearance, with Maluo-Hai Ge's strength, which had just broken through to Second-level Wizard Apprentice, he should have been eliminated when he was surrounded by Black Bone Forest Apprentices yesterday.
Being able to stay until now was already extremely lucky.
Time passed extremely quickly in the Secret Realm. The ten hours of hunting felt like just a blink of an eye to Jia Na.
With Maluo-Hai Ge's active cooperation, the hunting efficiency of the two further increased. As of now,
Jia Na had successively harvested over four hundred more Swamp Magic Frog tongues.
During this time, a small incident occurred.
Because Maluo-Hai Ge was once again discovered by four Black Bone Forest Apprentices, he was attacked again.
Seeing this, Maluo-Hai Ge not only didn't hide but also actively acted as bait. He not only cooperated with Jia Na to lure the opponents into the mirror illusion constructed by the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon, but also took the opportunity to lead them into the "Mirror Layer Domain" to complete a desperate counter-kill.
However, this time, Maluo-Hai Ge, who acted as bait, paid a considerable price.
Not only was he severely poisoned, but his injuries also continued to worsen under the influence of the 【Severe Injury Curse】.
He was already on the verge of death.
It was also because of this incident that Jia Na clearly realized how persistent Maluo-Hai Ge was about staying in the Secret Realm.
At the same time, Jia Na, who had already recognized Maluo-Hai Ge's value as a "teammate", also meticulously healed all of his injuries, bringing him back from the brink of death.
Afterward, the awakened Maluo-Hai Ge also decisively returned the two nameplates he had received as bait to Jia Na and acted even more diligently as a "tool man". "There are only four hours left until the assessment ends—"
Looking at the Swamp Secret Realm, which was completely enveloped in a layer of dark purple poisonous mist not far away, a hint of lingering fear flashed in Maluo-Hai Ge's eyes.
Just five minutes ago, the entire Secret Realm was suddenly enveloped in a layer of purple mist with a faint sweet fragrance. Maluo-Hai Ge, who had some understanding of the Swamp Secret Realm, immediately deduced that a 【Poison Curse】 had been added to the Curse ritual.
Seeing the purple poisonous mist getting thicker and thicker, Jia Na, who was already clearly feeling unwell, immediately gave up on the swamp water in front of her and, together with Maluo-Hai Ge, rushed towards the further shrinking inner circle at the fastest speed of their lives.
However, as a Water-type Wizard Apprentice, Maluo-Hai Ge's poison resistance was far inferior to Jia Na's, who had Plant-type talent. Before running far, he began to vomit continuously due to the strong dizziness.
Seeing this, Jia Na immediately tied him up like a zongzi with a vine, then her butterfly wings retracted, and her two arms transformed into a pair of huge white wings under a deformation spell, once again carrying the nearly comatose Maluo-Hai Ge out of the poisonous mist range and into the core circle. "Miss Jia Na, if it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid I would have been eliminated again."
Feeling the 【Poison Curse】 on his body that had been completely purified, Maluo-Hai Ge expressed his deep gratitude, and in his expression, he couldn't help but feel guilty about his frequent "dragging behind" behavior.
"Me too. If it weren't for you this time, I wouldn't have found so many Swamp Magic Frogs."
Hearing this, looking at the calm expression on Jia Na's face, which didn't show any hint of perfunctoriness, Maluo-Hai Ge's originally low mood suddenly calmed down a lot for no reason.
"The luckiest thing about this assessment is being able to meet Miss Jia Na—from now on, no matter what it is, as long as Miss Jia Na speaks, I will definitely do my best to do it with all my strength!"
In addition to clinging to her leg, Jia Na's Life-saving grace of repeatedly helping Maluo-Hai Ge escape danger could no longer be measured by a few credits.
It was precisely because of this that Maluo-Hai Ge secretly decided in his heart that no matter what request Jia Na would make in the future, even if it meant using the power of the Hai Ge family, he would spare no effort to satisfy her. "Mr. Hai Ge, we are teammates now, and the reason I help you is because you have also helped me—·So, you don't need to be too concerned."
Perhaps because he had just escaped from danger, Jia Na could clearly feel that Maluo-Hai Ge's emotions,
were still relatively unstable.
In response to this, Jia Na, who had rich social experience, while quickly adjusting her facial expression using the 【Muscle Control】 talent to respond, did not forget to use the effect of the 【Heavenly Voice】 talent to softly soothe the other party's emotions and prevent the occurrence of stress reactions after poisoning.
"Bang bang bang bang—"
Just as Maluo-Hai Ge wanted to express further thanks, suddenly, a fierce fighting sound came from behind them.
Seeing this, the two simply exchanged a knowing glance and both nodded.
Under the cover of the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon's illusion, the two cautiously and quickly moved towards the place where the fighting sound erupted.
"As expected, they are apprentices from the three major academies—"
In the core area of the inner circle of the Secret Realm, there were about twenty people engaged in a large-scale team battle.
In addition to the apprentices from Black Bone Forest and Mist Tower, there were also apprentices from White Coral Academy participating in the battle.
"These Black Wizard Apprentices are surprisingly united at this time!"
According to the current team battle situation, Maluo-Hai Ge on the side could clearly see that the apprentices from Mist Tower and Black Bone Forest were subtly forming a pincer attack on the White Coral apprentices.
Of course, the alliance between Mist Tower and Black Bone Forest did not mean that the relationship between these two parties was good. On the contrary, it was because their relationship was very poor that they prioritized joining forces to eliminate the White Coral apprentices who liked to stick together.
Only after eliminating White Coral, this major hidden danger, could these Black Wizard Apprentices confidently fight individually,
and compete for the final victory.
"Are Vivian and Bell already eliminated?"
There were a total of eight White Coral apprentices participating in the team battle. Besides Niya-Flame from the same class, and Luo - Yinhu and Hugh-Stone from the Bai Wu Xie Club, there were no other apprentices that Jia Na was familiar with.