High-Rank Mage

"Uncle Bai, save me!"

Upon hearing this, the young man with kidney deficiency felt as if he had heard heavenly music and pleaded for help from the middle-aged man who had spoken.

"What if I say no!" Lin Chen didn't act immediately, but instead had Gabumon take him hostage.

Feeling the sharp claws that were only centimeters away from him, the young man with kidney deficiency was completely terrified. He no longer had the arrogant attitude he had before and began to plead for help from the middle-aged man.

"If you won't release him, then you'll all be buried with my young master!"

No sooner had the middle-aged man finished speaking than Agumon charged toward him with lightning speed.

However, the middle-aged man showed no sign of panic, and a star map instantly appeared beneath him.

"Fierce Fist - Nine Palaces!"

Nine pillars of flame shot into the sky, their intense heat deterring Agumon from recklessly charging in, and they were easily intercepted.

"Intermediate-level third-tier magic!" Lin Chen was slightly surprised. It seemed that this was the person who had cast the magic the previous two times.

"If this is all the strength you have, then your young master is beyond saving," Lin Chen said.

"And now?" the middle-aged man asked.

Amidst the puzzled expressions of Lin Chen and the others, one star after another appeared around the middle-aged man, so numerous that it resembled a sky full of stars.

"This! This quantity doesn't seem like a mid-level spell!" Liu Lin exclaimed in shock.

"Haha! This is definitely not mid-level magic!" The weak-kneed youth, Sun Yun, suddenly burst into laughter. "Uncle Bai is a high-level mage; this is high-level magic! You'd better release me quickly!"

Stars connect to form orbits, and star orbits intertwine to form a pattern.

A series of dazzling star charts complement each other, forming a breathtaking constellation.

"Agumon, retreat!" Lin Chen shouted. Only then did Lin Chen realize that the young man with kidney deficiency was actually relying on this middle-aged man.

"It's too late to escape!"

"Heavenly Flame Funeral - Flame Rain!"

A cluster of blazing flames was thrown into the sky above Agumon's head by Sun Baichao, and it exploded like fireworks at the very top of the sky.

But this wasn't a dazzling display of fireworks; it was a baptism from blazing flames.

The exploding flames instantly transformed into a cloud of fire, completely enveloping the area around Agumon.

"fall!"

Sun Bai looked up at the fiery clouds in the sky and used his mental power to make the clouds continuously rain down flames.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

From within the fiery clouds, massive bursts of flame descended like a sudden storm, hurtling towards Agumon.

Agumon was agile and dodged one flame after another. However, these flames continued to burn and spread after touching the ground. Before long, Agumon was completely surrounded by a raging sea of ​​flames.

"Boy, hurry up and let my young master have his way, or you'll end up like your summoned beast, perishing in the sea of ​​fire!" Sun Bai said viciously.

"Agumon!"

Lin Chen shouted loudly, he couldn't believe that Agumon would die so easily in the sea of ​​fire.

"Stop calling it, it can't get out," Sun Bai said.

But what happened next surprised him.

With a whoosh, a dark shadow darted out of the flames—it was Agumon.

Agumon successfully escaped the sea of ​​fire and appeared directly beside Lin Chen. However, the high temperature emanating from its body prevented Lin Chen from getting close for the time being.

"Thank you for your hard work, Agumon!" Lin Chen comforted him, then turned to Sun Bai and said, "Let us go, and I'll release your young master."

Even though Lin Chen desperately wanted to kill Sun Yun, he had no choice but to compromise due to Sun Bai's pressure. After all, high-level mages were not something they could handle, and besides, he had several mid-level mages as helpers.

"Release my young master first, return my Ice Soul Sword, and then I'll let you leave," Sun Bai said, disagreeing.

"So there's no point in discussing this?!" Lin Chen said, as Gabumon's claws moved a little closer to Sun Yun's neck, and a drop of blood flowed from Sun Yun's neck.

Seeing Gabumon's actions, Sun Bai felt a chill in his heart and said in a deep voice, "Young man, I, Sun Bai, keep my word. As long as you release my young master, I will let you leave. With the strength of my Sun family in Poyang Lake, if we wanted to deal with you, we could prevent you from ever returning to Anjie. There's no need for us to deceive you here."

"You're threatening me!" Lin Chen frowned, his voice growing even colder.

Gabu's claws went a little deeper down.

Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, a violent tremor came from afar, causing everyone's bodies to tremble involuntarily.

Immediately afterwards, a red light appeared on the horizon.

Finally, a dazzling firework appeared beside the red light.

Seeing the scene before them, Sun Bai and the others' expressions suddenly changed, but they quickly returned to normal. He pretended to be nonchalant and shouted at Lin Chen, "Release my young master, and I'll let you leave."

Lin Chen, who was paying close attention to Sun Bai's movements, naturally did not miss the change in his expression in that instant.

Lin Chen immediately changed his mind and said, "Let's go first, and release your young master when we get to a safe place."

"Don't even think about it..."

Before Sun Bai could finish speaking, Lin Chen continued, "What's about to happen over there must be quite important to you, right? If we wait any longer, it will be too late."

Upon hearing this, Sun Bai immediately realized that Lin Chen had caught him off guard. His expression changed rapidly, and he finally said, "I hope you keep your word."

"Although I really want to kill him, I don't want to pay for his life." Lin Chen said, putting Gabumon and Guilmon away.

Liu Lin then used magic to temporarily freeze Sun Yun's limbs to prevent him from cheating.

Then, Lin Chen dragged Sun Yun onto Agumon's back, and Agumon picked up Liu Lin and Rou Rou respectively, then turned and fled away from the red light.

Once Agumon was some distance away from Sun Bai and the others, Lin Chen threw Sun Yun down and then disappeared completely.

"Young Master, are you alright?" Sun Bai came to Sun Yun's side and shattered the ice on his limbs.

"Do I look like this?" Sun Yun was a little annoyed, and his voice unconsciously rose, but he quickly came to his senses: "The Ice Soul Sword is still in his hands, Uncle Bai, hurry and chase after him."

"There's no time. The patriarch has even fired a signal flare, so the situation must be dire. We need to get there as soon as possible," Sun Bai said. "As for the Ice Soul Sword, things from the Sun family aren't so easy to take. If we resolve this quickly enough, we can stop them before they return to Anjie."

Upon hearing that Sun Bai refused to retrieve the Ice Soul Sword, Sun Yun couldn't help but recall the scene of his father being scolded again. His body trembled involuntarily, and he began to complain about why Sun Bai hadn't made a move in the first place.

Upon hearing this, Sun Bai's expression froze, and he sighed, "I never expected that you, who controlled the Ice Soul Sword, could still be captured, and I certainly didn't expect that the summoned beast, which clearly only possessed the aura of a minor general, to be so powerful..."

On the other side, after running a distance, Agumon's aura suddenly weakened, and its entire body abruptly crashed to the ground.