Chapter 125: Pursuit

Chapter 125: Pursuit

The injury to his eyes made the alien man’s voice exceptionally loud, and his words were heard clearly… a Juvenile Dragon? Whose Juvenile Dragon was bold enough to interfere with the Witch Hunt? Or was this the Dragon Clan’s doing behind the scenes?

The Sanctuary Church quickly made a decision regarding this news: they would ignore the dragon. If the Juvenile Dragon continued to act, they would take it out or capture it. The Witch Hunt could not afford any mistakes, even if the Dragon Clan got involved. As for the Dragon Clan coming to demand explanations later, the Sanctuary Church would take the responsibility!

This response immediately made many people’s eyes light up. Since the Sanctuary Church would shoulder the responsibility, there was much room for maneuvering in this matter. After all, in combat, some unavoidable accidents were bound to happen… Not to mention outright killing the dragon, even if that dragon ended up missing limbs or suffering injuries, it would be unavoidable.

At the very least, losing a layer or two of Scales would be understandable.

“Huh? What are these people trying to do?” Zheng Yichen noticed some changes in the Campsite and felt a bit unnerved. He had been keeping an eye on the area where the big shots gathered, just in case they made any moves. Earlier, the one who shot down the Missile had been one of them, but that person had been badly messed up by Zheng Yichen.

Now, there was a new development. Zheng Yichen clearly saw many of the big shots leaving that area and either flying or rushing toward his location.

He looked around. Although the White Moonlight had already reached his position, he had quickly moved after blinding the hawk-eyed man, so he shouldn’t have been exposed.

A scouting Magic?

Muttering to himself, Zheng Yichen flipped through his Magical Grimoire and soon found a series of anti-scouting spells. Some blurred scrying effects, some misdirected, and others simply inflicted scrying backlash. He selected a scouting counter-spell that he could cast quickly. Mana Threads swiftly traced out a Magic Rune Array.

“Huh!? How is this possible!?” a Mage flying at the forefront had been watching Zheng Yichen’s movements the whole time. When Zheng Yichen used Mana Threads to weave a Magic Rune Array and successfully cast a spell, the Mage’s eyes widened to their limit. Using Mana Threads to weave a Magic Rune Array to cast a spell? Did he think he was a Magic God or something… with so much Mana?

After all, maintaining Mana Threads to prevent assimilation by the external environment required high Mana concentration, and maintaining that level of concentration wasn’t cheap. In his view, Zheng Yichen’s method was incredibly wasteful. The Mana spent on maintaining the Mana Threads could have been used to cast many other spells! Dragon Clan, so damn wasteful!!

As for Zheng Yichen using a spell that could weave Mana Threads? Ha! That… didn’t exist! As for the spell Zheng Yichen cast, the Mage had already identified it through the Magic Rune Array—it was a scouting counter-spell. But he wasn’t too worried. To lock onto Zheng Yichen, they had used a high-level scouting lock-on spell. The target of the scrying would also be marked with a lock-on effect.

So, a mere scouting counter-spell would have no effect. Even if the scrying was broken, the subsequent lock-on remained, making Zheng Yichen the brightest beacon in the night.

“Anything else?”

Zheng Yichen clearly felt that the scouting counter-spell he had cast had no effect, as if it had vanished into thin air. This situation… was simple. The spell he cast wasn’t enough to break this scrying spell. How embarrassing… Well, even though it didn’t succeed, it showed the opponent’s strength.

If Magic didn’t work, then he’d just fight back directly!

Zheng Yichen aimed the cannon barrel at the Mage flying at the forefront and simply fired. A Shark-head Missile quickly shot toward the Mage. The Mage was approaching fast, and the Missile was also fast. Both were moving toward each other… How long until they collided?

Staring in shock at the Shark-head Missile, the Mage knew exactly how powerful it was. A member of the Sanctuary Church maintaining the Light Screen had been blown away. He was well aware of the Light Screen’s defense, which was stronger than some of the defensive spells he could cast. After all, it was powered by the combined strength of tens of thousands of people in the Campsite—it could easily overpower him alone.

So, facing such a Missile, he didn’t dare be careless. He took a red crystal from a pouch on his person and quickly launched it from his hand. A Stream of Light flashed across the night sky, colliding directly with the Missile and causing an incredibly powerful explosion.

“Tsk… I really hate Magic and stuff.” Zheng Yichen slightly pursed his lips. On Earth, the chance of a Missile being directly shot down was extremely low, but in the Otherworld, it was quite common. The old man had taken out a red crystal—a physical object—and used Magic to carry it into a collision with the Missile. Even if the Magic was dispelled, the Missile hitting the crystal at high speed would be enough to trigger the explosion.

Many Earth weapons didn’t have such significant effects in the Otherworld, at most producing a surprising, victory-securing outcome—like the two Sanctuary Church members who were tricked to death earlier. For Earth weapons to reach a level where they could directly defeat most enemies, the enhancement from Otherworldly power was essential!

If Zheng Yichen had cast a sufficiently strong Protection Magic on the Missile earlier, would a mere fire crystal have been able to blow it up? Too wishful.

But it was a bit late to talk about that now. After adding defensive Magic to the Missile, he’d also have to consider the collision and detonation issues, all of which required subsequent adjustments and designs. Even though he had discovered such a flaw, Zheng Yichen couldn’t make adjustments on the spot. However, for this Mage flying at the forefront, besides Missiles, Zheng Yichen had other methods. Putting away the cannon, Zheng Yichen took out a large Sniper Rifle from his pocket.

This Sniper Rifle wasn’t meant for humans at all; it was completely custom-made for his own size. Both its caliber and power far exceeded that of ordinary sniper rifles.

This thing wasn’t as good at area damage as Missiles, but its single-target damage was much more powerful, not to mention the bullet’s flight speed, which far exceeded that of Missiles. Being aimed at by the dark, gaping muzzle, the Mage suddenly felt an uncontrollable sense of panic. His flying speed immediately slowed down. With this slight delay, the others following behind quickly overtook him.

But everyone present was shrewd. Seeing the fastest among them inexplicably slowing down, they naturally reduced their speed as well, asking about the situation…

“Everyone, be careful! That’s a very dangerous weapon…”

Bang!!