Time went back to June 5th.

  That afternoon, after bidding farewell to three good brothers, Lin Lei set out on the road to the Magic Beast Mountain Range with a sturdy leather backpack on his back.

  "Squeak squeak~~~" Xiao Ying Mouse happily jumped on Lin Lei's shoulder.

  "Boss, we're finally setting out to the Magic Beast Mountain Range! Wow, I'm so excited!" Little Shadow Mouse's voice echoed in Lin Lei's mind. Lin Lei just smiled slightly, and at this time, a figure in a moon-white long robe, Deling Kowert, was also walking beside Lin Lei.

  De Lin Ke Wu Te said: "Lin Lei, be careful when you're alone, you might run into a robber."

  "I know, Grandpa De Lin." Lin Lei smiled and said.

  About the precautions for being alone outside, Grandpa Derrin has said many times. At this moment, Lin Lei is wearing sturdy hemp pants and a sleeveless vest. The bulging muscles, just from the appearance, are a full-fledged warrior.

  According to Thrall's narrative, in the mountains of Mor'Dhul, wearing a wizard's robe is indeed troublesome, or so it seems.

  Lin Lei's speed was very fast, and even though the road to the Magic Beast Mountain Range from Ernst Academy was not easy to travel, Lin Lei, a fourth-level warrior, could easily advance forty miles in an hour. At this time, Lin Lei suddenly saw three people in front of him.

  "Huh?" Lin Lei's gaze suddenly fell on one of them.

  Because the man was wearing a formal long gown of Ernst College, the other two people among the three had one person with an exceptionally strong physique and carrying a giant war knife on his shoulder, while the other was slender and had a short knife at his waist. The slender young man turned his head vigilantly towards Lin Lei.

  Lin Lei didn't bother to reason with these three people and accelerated from the side, preparing to overtake them.

  "Lin Lei, is that you?" A voice suddenly rang out.

  Lin Lei looked back in confusion, only to see the young man wearing an Ernest Academy uniform robe laughing and shouting: "Lin Lei, I'm Desharte! Do you still remember me?"

  "Desert, it's you." Lin Lei stopped in his tracks.

  This De Shate, Lin Lei still knows him.

  De Sart is also a fifth-year student of the Wind Department, and although he and himself are not close friends, they are also students in the same class.

  De Sart walked over with two other warriors, De Sart smiled warmly and said: "Lin Lei, I didn't expect a magician like you to dress up like this, I almost couldn't recognize you. When I saw the little Shadow Mouse on your shoulder, I took another closer look before confirming it was you."

  "Kava, Mate, let me introduce you. This is one of the two super geniuses of our Ernst Academy, 'Lin Lei', who is only fifteen years old and already a fifth-level magician." Desharte introduced enthusiastically.

  Kava is that sturdy fellow who looks like a bear and Matt is that lean warrior.

  "Ernst Academy's two super geniuses, I've heard Desharte mention you before, I didn't think I'd be lucky enough to meet you today." Matte said very politely, while Kava blinked his cow-like eyes in surprise and asked: "You're a magician? You look like a warrior to me?"

  Lin Lei didn't say much and asked: "Are you also going to the Magic Beast Mountain Range?"

  De Sha nodded and said, "Yes, Ka Wa and Ma Te, we went out for trial together last year, and the coordination was very good. This year we plan to go to the edge of the Magic Beast Mountain Range to explore, Lin Lei, you come with us too, it's safer that way."

  Lin Lei nodded slightly.

  "For the time being, I'll follow them. This Desa is from the same academy as me and can still be trusted. We can part ways when we reach the Monster Mountain Range." After making up his mind, Lin Lei followed Desa and the other three towards the Monster Mountain Range.

  The four of them were extremely fast all the way.

  Even Deshaut with the worst physical condition can cast auxiliary magic 'Extreme Speed', and a group of people are advancing quickly on the desert road.

  Kavana's loud voice rang out: "Lin Lei, if you join us, we'll have two fifth-level mages. When the time comes, our four-man team might be able to take down a sixth-level magical beast! The magic crystal core of a sixth-level magical beast is worth 1,000 gold coins. If we kill a few more, we won't have to worry about living expenses for a hundred years."

  For ordinary people, tens of gold coins a year is absolutely enough for living expenses.

  One thousand gold coins, that is a very substantial wealth.

  Lin Lei's heart skipped a beat as he recalled the books about magical creatures he had read in the Ernst Academy library, which also introduced the energy core of magical creatures - the magic crystal nucleus.

  "This magic crystal core can only be formed in the brains of third-level or higher magical beasts, but the price of sixth-level and below magic crystal cores is not high, I'm afraid it's not even as valuable as my stone carvings." Lin Lei thought to himself.

  A level 6 magic crystal core usually costs around 1,000 gold coins.

  According to Delingcourt, Lin Lei's stone carving is absolutely qualified to be compared with the masterpieces in the Prox Hall of Fame, and its price is naturally over a thousand gold coins. Compared to killing a sixth-level magical beast, the difficulty and danger level are far beyond creating a stone carving.

  "To the Monster Mountain Range, to truly temper oneself is the real goal. The Magic Crystal Core? That's just an incidental gain." Lin Lei thought to himself as he looked towards the other three people.

  De Sart and the other two were discussing it enthusiastically, obviously very much looking forward to the magic crystal core.

  "The crystal cores of third, fourth and fifth level magic beasts aren't expensive at all. Even sixth level ones are only a thousand gold coins." Desarte shook his head nonchalantly and said, "If we were to kill a seventh level magic beast, that would be a real fortune." As he spoke, Desarte's eyes also lit up.

  Like humans, advancing from a 6th-level magician to a 7th-level magician is a leap; similarly, advancing from a 6th-level magical beast to a 7th-level magical beast also represents a significant increase in strength.

  A level 7 demon beast's magic crystal core, worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

  As long as you hunt down one, you can really be a small rich man in the countryside and never worry about it for the rest of your life.

  "A seventh-level magical beast? With our four-person team's strength, it's likely a death sentence." Lin Lei said casually.

  In the seventh-level demon, 'Swift Dragon' Lin Lei is one of them. With Swift Dragon's astonishing defense, even now Lin Lei would find it very difficult to break through his defenses. Not being able to break through, how could he possibly kill a seventh-level demon?

  The seemingly most astute of the three, Matt, nodded and said: "Whether we four can defeat a sixth-level magical beast is hard to say, but fighting a seventh-level one would be suicidal."

  "I'm just saying," Kava said with a shrug, rubbing his head and curling his lip.

  Just as the four of them were chatting and laughing, a man wearing a green robe with his face also smeared with green liquid stood over a hundred meters away in the mountain forest to their right rear, holding a composite powerful longbow and staring at Lin Lei's group indifferently.

  The man's lips kept moving as if he was muttering a magic spell.

  At the same time, the longbow was drawn to a full moon shape, and suddenly the arrow shot out at an extreme speed. The tip of the arrow had a faint blue glow, and the entire arrow reached a terrifying speed, tearing through the air, ripping through the sky, and crossing over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

  Lin Lei, who was chatting with De Shate and a few others, suddenly felt all the hairs on his body stand up, and his heart hung to an extreme point.

  "Watch out!"

  Lin Lei swiftly dodged to the side, "Pfft!" The extremely fast arrow shot through Desharte, who was wearing an Ernest Academy robe, from behind. The arrow pierced Desharte's neck from behind, creating a hole, and then flew out tens of meters before falling down.

  De Shate covered his throat, his eyes wide with fear, and a muffled voice came from his mouth. Fresh blood continued to flow out of the neck.

  "Ah, ah~~~" De Sart's eyes were filled with a longing for life and endless fear, but as the blood gushed out from his throat, in just an instant, De Sart's eyes completely dimmed, and he fell to the ground powerlessly.

  Lin Lei, Kava and Mate quickly lay down in the dense grass, cautiously looking to their left rear.