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Chapter 12 - Chapter 12: Magic Riot

Before the words were even finished, a roar suddenly came from the forest behind, carrying a fierce and ferocious aura.

Zhang Ye shuddered all over and took off running without even thinking.

While running, he said, "See, I was right. There must be danger!"

"Judging from that roar, it sounds a bit like a bear's growl. I bet it's the mother of that bear cub."

"This is such a sneaky bear. It even knows how to hide in the bushes!"

"Because of Leona's magic fluctuations, it didn't dare to approach. If I hadn't been a bit farther away, it would have caught me for sure!"

Aira opened her mouth but finally nodded. "You're right..."

She was even a bit impressed by Zhang Ye's foresight.

While running, Zhang Ye also looked back from time to time, and his scalp immediately went numb.

He could see that from the distant forest came continuous roars, and at the same time, the trees and the ground began to shake. Zhang Ye could make out a huge black figure rampaging through the forest. Those giant trees with thick roots couldn't stop it at all and were broken by its massive body as it charged straight towards Zhang Ye.

"Damn it!" Zhang Ye was startled and without hesitation cast [Wind Sprint] on himself and fled frantically in the direction of the cave.

However, the figure behind was extremely fast. Even though Zhang Ye had already cast [Wind Sprint], he still couldn't match it, and the distance between them was shrinking rapidly.

"I knew it was coming after me!" Zhang Ye gritted his teeth and buried his head as he ran like crazy.

If he had walked just a hundred meters further earlier, when that thing suddenly attacked, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

But it was also extremely dangerous at this moment.

The figure behind was getting closer and closer. The original distance of a hundred meters was reduced to just dozens of meters in no time. Zhang Ye could see that ferocious, gaping maw when he looked back.

Raging Bear Beast!

An adult Raging Bear Beast!

Once an adult, the Raging Bear Beast was at the fifth rank!

A fifth-rank Raging Bear Beast could be compared to a seventh-rank existence. If Zhang Ye was caught, it would basically be a death sentence!

At this speed, it would surely catch up with him in less than a minute!

Zhang Ye was burning with anxiety and his mind was racing.

"[Chains of Entanglement]!" He waved his hand, and a magic array appeared behind him. Then numerous chains shot out from the magic array and wrapped around the surrounding tree trunks, forming an obstacle.

"Come on, try to break through it!" Zhang Ye roared as he looked back.

Aira: "..."

Are you still being cheeky at a time like this?!

However, this third-rank [Chains of Entanglement] hardly had any blocking effect. That Raging Bear Beast just charged through, and the chains broke one after another, and its figure didn't even pause!

Zhang Ye gritted his teeth.

If one didn't work, then ten!

"Ten times - [Chains of Entanglement]!"

In an instant, the section of the road he passed through was covered by numerous chains.

"Roar!"

This time it had a blocking effect. The Raging Bear Beast slapped out a paw, directly breaking the chains along with the tree trunks, but it also made its figure pause for a few seconds.

In those few seconds, Zhang Ye rushed dozens of meters forward!

After a short while, the Raging Bear Beast caught up again!

"Oh my god, has Leona's magic fluctuation lost its effect?" Zhang Ye exclaimed in surprise.

Aira said, "You killed its child. It definitely won't let you go easily. Moreover, when the Raging Bear Beast is in a rampaging state, its resistance to fear will also increase. So the effect of Leona's magic fluctuation on it has been greatly reduced. I guess you have to run within three miles of Leona before it will stop chasing you."

"Three miles..." Zhang Ye frowned.

At this moment, he had already been chased for more than two miles. There were still over five miles to the cave, so he still had to run another two miles.

At this rate, it wasn't impossible!

Zhang Ye immediately stopped talking and kept releasing obstacles while running.

Ten times [Chains of Entanglement].

Ten times [Earth Steps].

Ten times [Quicksand Pit].

He cast whatever could delay it for a long time. That Raging Bear Beast was almost able to catch up with Zhang Ye several times because of his tricks, but was also delayed time and time again, allowing him to widen the distance.

In this way, Zhang Ye managed to hold back the Raging Bear Beast by relying on his magic with no cooldown and fast magic recovery.

Sure enough, just as Aira had said, when he ran within the range of three miles, the speed of the Raging Bear Beast slowed down, and it roared less frequently, and its voice was full of fear.

Finally, the Raging Bear Beast chased for another few hundred meters and then finally stopped. It then let out a reluctant and angry roar towards Zhang Ye before turning around and running away.

Zhang Ye heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this.

It was good that the effect of Leona's magic fluctuation was still there. At least within a few miles around, the magical beasts wouldn't dare to approach.

After all that commotion, Zhang Ye no longer had the mood to fight monsters and level up. He returned to the cave and began to practice.

Eat, practice, eat, practice. In between, he took care of his physical needs and petted Gu Jiu. For the next two days, Zhang Ye was just repeating this cycle.

Because Zhang Ye didn't know if that Raging Bear Beast was still around or not. He was afraid that if he went out, he would be caught again. After all, he couldn't escape every time. What if that Raging Bear Beast got smarter and hid deeper in the bushes? Then he wouldn't even know how he died.

Two days passed, and Leona still hadn't woken up.

If it weren't for her even and long breaths, Zhang Ye would have even thought that Leona was dead.

"Doesn't she really need to pee?" Zhang Ye said as he sat cross-legged beside Leona, unable to hold back his words.

Aira covered her face, a bit speechless. "I think the thing you're concerned about is a bit strange. Others are all concerned about whether she's good-looking or has a great figure, but you're worried about whether she needs to pee or not?"

"Yeah, isn't that something that should be worried about?" Zhang Ye blinked and said, "Whether she's good-looking or has a great figure doesn't really affect her. But if she holds her pee for too long, her bladder will burst, and she might even get bladder cancer and die!"

Aira: "..."

She didn't even know what to say.

A Holy-rank who cultivated both magic and martial arts had an extremely strong physique and was hardly affected by diseases. Bladder cancer?

"By the way, Aira, don't you feel... it's getting hotter?" Suddenly, Zhang Ye fanned himself and asked.

"A bit, but it doesn't affect me. I'd be fine even if I were in the Hell Volcano," Aira said.

"But it affects me," Zhang Ye said. "I've been sweating all over since I started practicing this morning. It's so sticky and uncomfortable. I don't know if the weather has warmed up."

Aira said, "Impossible. It's now the beginning of winter. The temperature in the Ten Thousand Beasts Forest will only drop, not rise."

"Is that so?" Zhang Ye said, and then he got up and went outside the cave. Sure enough, he found it was much cooler outside.

So it was just getting hotter inside the cave?

But what was the source of the heat?

You know, the entrance of the cave was huge, and Zhang Ye had also controlled the fire to keep it ventilated to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. There couldn't be a build-up of carbon dioxide either. So the reason for the temperature increase shouldn't be from the fire.

Then... was it Leona?

Zhang Ye looked at Leona and reached out to touch her forehead. Immediately, his hand shrank back as if it had been electrocuted.

"Damn it, it's so hot!" Zhang Ye sucked his fingers.

This wasn't an exaggeration. When people had a fever, it was at most forty degrees, but this Leona, it must be seventy or eighty degrees, right?

It was shockingly hot!

It wasn't normal, not normal at all!

"Aira, what's wrong with her?" Zhang Ye asked anxiously.

Aira shook her head. "I can't tell just by looking. Cover her body with your magic, and I'll check the flow of the magic."

"Okay, I'll give it a try," Zhang Ye nodded, opened his hands, and released gentle white magic, which gradually covered Leona's body.

Aira's gray eyes flashed with light, and immediately her brows furrowed.

"Your magic is immediately absorbed as soon as it touches her body. And I felt the flow of your magic inside her body and found that the magic flowed very fast. Then when it reached her left eye and heart, it would be completely absorbed. So I judge... it should be due to the erosion of the magic inside her body."

"She's currently trying her best to fight against the erosion of the magic inside her body, but her magic is almost depleted. And after fighting for so long, her mental power is probably almost gone too, and her control over magic has dropped drastically. This has led to the remaining magic in her starting to riot!"

"The fire-attribute magic is rioting, and it's of Holy-rank magic quality. Once it completely riots, then the temperature on her body surface... no, the temperature in a large surrounding area will rise sharply and turn into a sea of fire!"

"And finally, the magic riot will consume the last bit of magic in her body. If she fails to fight against the magic erosion, she will surely die!"

"This..." Zhang Ye was shocked. "Then what should we do?!"

"Transfer magic!" Aira said. "Now you need to immediately transfer magic to her. Because she's extremely lacking in magic right now, that's why she's absorbing your magic as a supplement."

"As long as there's enough magic, she won't have a magic riot!"

"Okay!" Zhang Ye didn't waste any time and immediately started to transfer magic to Leona.

However, the temperature inside the cave was still rising slowly. At this moment, the temperature inside the cave was already forty degrees, and Zhang Ye's forehead began to constantly break out in sweat.

"No, this is too inefficient. When the magic covers her body surface, she will instinctively absorb it, but part of your magic will also be lost. And the speed at which she instinctively absorbs it is too slow and can't keep up with her magic consumption!" Aira said. "Use your hands to make physical contact and pour magic into her body directly!"

"Pour it directly?" Zhang Ye asked. "Will something go wrong?"

"With your little bit of magic, what could go wrong for a Holy-rank?" Aira gave him a disdainful look. "And I don't even know if it's enough for her to absorb."

Zhang Ye smiled sheepishly and then took a deep breath and grasped Leona's hand.

What, you ask why it's the hand?

Come on, do you think Zhang Ye is the kind of old pervert who likes to be inappropriate?

"Oh my god, her chest is so hot..." Zhang Ye muttered.

Aira: "..."