Chapter 6: The Twin Sages

  A faint shadow rippled like a water wave... Gradually emerging.

  A slender figure, clad in a black bodysuit, wiped the blood-stained dagger on the clothes of the corpse at his feet and silently sheathed it back into his waist.

  He rummaged through the corpse and pulled out several bags. At this time, two masked swordsmen and a mage wearing a cloak also walked over.

  These people are all dressed in black, and their entire bodies exude a dark and murderous aura.

  One of the masked swordsmen said in a gloomy tone: "Gis, how's the harvest?"

  The thief tossed over a few bags and a hoarse voice came from under the mask: "Not bad."

  That swordsman took a look and sneered with a smile: "Another big fat sheep, the things inside are worth at least 3,000 gold coins... These days, Tianxing Academy's top students are all rich to the point of overflowing..."

  Another swordsman pulled out a red fruit from his bag and laughed: "And these high-born students, one by one, are pampered in the academy, without any experience of life and death, not even basic vigilance. Using a fire cloud fruit as bait to set up magic traps, they came to their deaths one after another... These idiots didn't think that such a rare spirit fruit could grow here so easily, haha..."

  "Rude, now you believe it, right? Look at these few votes we've done, and we've already made almost 10,000 gold coins. If we do tasks, damn it, it'll take until the year of the monkey."

  Lawyer Road nodded, in this way, money comes quickly indeed.

  "But we can't stay for long, or else the team leader of Tianxing Academy will become alert and come in to capture us. They are all high-level professionals above seven stars, and we will be in danger."

  "Alright, at most three more days, we'll leave in three days."

  "Let's go, let's change places."

  The four quickly left the blood-stained land, they were obviously very familiar with the edge area of the Black Blood Swamp, and their speed was very fast.

  Suddenly, the bandit in front of him made a fierce gesture.

  The thief slipped away in a circle and beckoned, then the two swordsmen and one law enforcement officer followed.

  "What's wrong?"

  The thief didn't say a word, pointing ahead. Several people took a look and gasped in unison: "Spine-chilling wild boar."

  "It's dead!"

  Making sure there was no one around, the four of them cautiously approached, a huge wild boar carcass lay on its side on the ground, some flies flew back and forth on the body, and when people got close, they buzzed away.

  The boar's body had no injuries except for a missing hind leg. Only around the eyes were two deep black cavities, with some red and white mixture congealed into lumps at the edges of the cavities.

  Lude walked around the wild boar, finally stopping in front of its head, his fingers probing the eye sockets, and said with great certainty: "It's a Wind Blade spell, directly piercing the wild boar's eyes, crushing its brain, one hit kill..."

  "Wow, so fierce!"

  Everyone present was a seasoned veteran with unparalleled combat experience, and they naturally understood what this meant.

  The Wind Blade is not strong, on the contrary, it's a one-star low-level spell that even a one-star wind elementalist can use.

  But it's precisely because of this that it becomes terrifying.

  The wild boar, with its thick skin and powerful physique, is renowned for its immense strength. From birth, it has a fondness for rolling in the mire, never cleaning itself, and over time, its body develops a hard layer of "mud armor" that provides formidable defensive capabilities.

  Moreover, the Spineback Boar has the potential to evolve into the advanced demonic beast "Spineback War Boar", inheriting the beast tribe's innate battle technique "Boar Charge". When charging forward, its speed is comparable to that of a high-level swordsman. It can be said that it is a formidable opponent, and even high-level mages dare not underestimate its power.

  To be able to control such a low-level Wind Blade to hit the small eyes of a wild boar in high-speed movement, what kind of control is that? At least, Rud understood that he absolutely couldn't do it.

  "Look, both of the wild boar's eyes have been pierced through. Could it be two Wind System warriors?" a swordsman exclaimed in surprise.

  "It should be two Wind-style users..." Rude observed, with a hint of uncertainty in his response. Judging from the wounds, the two injuries were almost identical, and it could be said that they simultaneously pierced the wild boar's brain.

  It should be two men in black, and they are so tacitly coordinated... Could it be...

  "Could it be the Gemini twins?" Lude exclaimed in surprise.

  Thinking about it... it's getting a bit scary...

  Several people's faces turned pale.

  Twin Mages are a unique and terrifying group on the mainland, said to be twins born with identical talents, practicing the same system of magic. Due to their innate spiritual connection, they have an unparalleled rapport when together, making their combat strength simply terrifying... There are even legends on the mainland of Twin Mages who have slain high-ranking mages in battle despite being at a lower level themselves.

  This sounds terrifying. Fa Shi and Fa Shifu, with only one word difference, that is, one is a beggar, the other is a noble family, a big shot.

  It's unimaginable and unthinkable for a wizard to kill another wizard of a higher level, just like a beggar offending the emperor's dignity and then trampling him to death. It's a legend, a myth, and completely different from a star-level assassination between wizards.

  "Twin mages, and this terrible magic control, so precise... Could it be the instructor from Stellaluna Academy? ...Or should we just leave?" A swordsman said with a slight tremble, they had been through life and death, tempered in bloody battles, strong-willed and not afraid of death, but sending themselves to their deaths was unnecessary.

  Several people were silent.

  The only thief with a hoarse and gloomy voice coldly laughed: "What's there to fear, twin mages are extremely rare, even the Celestial Academy may not have one. Besides, the Celestial Academy's trials take place every year, I've never heard of two high-level mages leading a team... usually it's just one high-level swordsman and one high-level mage."

  "Right, several people came to their senses and the more they thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. A masked swordsman analyzed: 'My brother Doton has come to hunt and kill these students before, indeed, what Jisu said is right. I think it's very likely that the twin mages who passed through the swamp area took them away. Look at this wild boar's hind leg wound, it's clearly been cut off after death, probably taken as food. The instructors of the Tianxing Academy wouldn't eat such trash..."

  The meat of the Spiny Babbler is very difficult to eat. How could a prestigious instructor from Tianxing College possibly come here to eat?

  Only demon hunters and adventurers who are not bound by trivial matters can enter the swamp's inner area for a long time to eat this kind of meat.

  Inner District, the true horror zone of Black Blood Swamp, and also its essence. There are many rare treasures inside, even genuine magical beasts. Without power above seven stars, entering is suicidal.

  These students were just trying out in the outer suburbs on the edge.

  Suddenly, everything made sense...

  All four people thought the reasoning was completely correct.

  "Twins, you're so powerful, it's impossible for you to stay in the outer district, that's a waste of time."

  "We should be careful and avoid those who are not from Tianxing Academy."

  "Kill a few more strokes..."

  "Right, continue hunting, no room for mistakes."

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  At noon, the sunlight is somewhat intense.

  Xiao Chen was sitting under a tree, in his hand was a piece of dark red meat.

  The meat of this wild boar is really tough, roasted for half a day, it's still like this, the texture is like stone, it's not delicious, but it can indeed alleviate hunger. Xiao Chen originally took one hind leg, halfway through he threw it all away, leaving only this piece, which can last two days.

  He casually took two bites and then threw it aside.

  He narrowed his eyes, and in the palm of his hand, a cyan-colored vortex slowly took shape.

  A wisp of divine thought split out to control a small whirlwind.

  Last night's battle gave him a spark of inspiration. Simply controlling the Wind Blade, its power wasn't particularly strong. However, after successfully splitting the "Wind Blade", he began to think about how to remake this one-star low-level magic spell. After all, this was currently his only mastered attacking magic technique.

  The means of splitting attacks are not uncommon in the cultivation world, such as Mount Shu's "Ten Thousand Swords Technique". When cultivated to the top level, it can split a massive sword energy into tens of thousands of sword energies in an instant, covering the sky and earth, shining brightly like the sun, easily crushing a large mountain.

  But this requires strong soul power.

  Xiao Chen's current strength is still far from enough.

  Under his mental control, the air vortex in his hand split into two, then four, and finally eight! Xiao Chen's forehead was already covered with sweat, and there were blood vessels visible in the corners of his eyes.

  This is already the limit.

  Eight cyclones.

  A whirlwind, one after another, floated into the air and formed a circle around Xiao Chen's body. Just as Xiao Chen wanted to use his transformation again, bang! The eight whirlwinds all dissipated in mid-air.

  "Alright, it's too forced." Xiao Chen took a deep breath.

  "Alright then, let's try controlling four of them first."

  This time, it was much easier, four whirlwinds danced in mid-air according to his will, like elves.

  "Unite!"

  The cyclone is compressing continuously, but its color has turned deep blue, and the rotation inside is extremely fierce.

  This time, however, it was not Wind Blade's thin disc shape.

  But a bullet-shaped cone shape, constantly rotating, with a feeling like an electric drill at the tip.

  Xiao Chen's gaze was fixed on a large tree thirty meters away, and his staff stabbed fiercely.

  "Whoosh~~" Four cyan-colored afterimages crashed into that tree.

  After a slight explosion sound, four fist-sized deep holes were lined up on that tree, and the big tree shook for a few times before crashing down.

  "As expected, with just a slight modification, the power increased greatly. The power of this spiral drill head is even more fierce than a simple wind blade. I am indeed a genius, a true genius."

  Xiao Chen pinched his staff, stood up, with a smile at the corner of his mouth, and had an air of looking down on the world.