Chapter 87
Mo Fan's Overt Scheme
Inside a food processing plant, five young men were carefully searching for something when one of them suddenly spoke up.
"Brother Shen, are you sure that Shadow Beast is here? We've searched this place several times and haven't seen a single hair of it."
"Brother Luo, don't worry, it's definitely here. This location was found by my elder brother using the resources of the Hunter Alliance," Shen Ming said with a smile, patting Luo Song on the shoulder.
"Ring ring~" Shen Mingxiao's phone suddenly rang.
Shen Mingxiao took out his phone and saw that it was his older brother Shen Lin calling. He answered the phone and was about to speak when his older brother's voice came through the phone.
"Don't bother looking for that shadow beast anymore, it's not in that place."
"It ran away?" Shen Ming asked with a puzzled smile.
"It was captured by a guy named Mo Fan. He will appear at the beast-taming cage with the Shadow Beast in an hour." Shen Lin hung up the phone immediately after saying that.
"Mo Fan? Where did Mo Fan come from? I've never heard of him before." Shen Mingxiao looked at Luo Song with a blank expression.
"I know him. He's a summoner, a mid-level mage with both summoning and lightning magic. His strength shouldn't be underestimated." Luo Song said, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. "We had some conflicts during the entrance exam."
"Who cares? But this kid actually stupidly revealed that he caught the Shadow Beast. Let's go over there now and find a way to snatch the Shadow Beast back, and also help you get revenge." Shen Ming sneered and turned to head towards the location of the beast-taming cage.
……
The beast-taming cage was placed at the very edge of the Qing Campus by Mingzhu Academy, near an old mountain, where hardly anyone usually passed by.
But ever since Lingling spread the news that Mo Fan was going to bring the Shadow Beast to the Beast Taming Cage, almost all the students who participated in the main campus ranking assessment have been lying in wait here, waiting for Lin Mo Fan's arrival.
"Damn it, is Mo Fan really an idiot? He actually managed to spread this news so widely that everyone knows!"
Shen Ming was furious. When he received the call from his older brother, he thought it was an exclusive news story. But when he arrived, he found that people were practically hiding everywhere, or rather, they were openly standing right next to him.
Shen Mingxiao isn't like Lin Chen, a monster who can single-handedly take on a thousand people. With so many people vying for it, it's uncertain who will ultimately win.
"Sister Mu, this Mo Fan actually found the Shadow Beast!" Ai Tutu said excitedly from the rooftop.
"We've been waiting here for you, and you're only just realizing it now? Your reaction time is way too slow." Mu Nujiao pressed her right hand to her forehead, somewhat speechless.
"No, that's not it. I remember Mo Fan is a summoner, so I just sent a message to Lin Chen to ask him. It turns out that Lin Chen and Mo Fan are actually friends. Lin Chen told me that he saw the photo on Mo Fan's WeChat Moments."
As Ai Tutu spoke, she turned her phone over and held it up in front of Mu Nujiao. In her chat history with Lin Chen, Lin Chen had sent her a picture of Mo Fan leading a Shadow Beast.
"Mmm." Mu Nujiao nodded heavily. She had come with a "what if" mentality, and now it seemed that it was indeed true.
"No wonder Mo Fan and Lin Chen are good friends; they both wear Metersbonwe," Ai Tutu muttered cautiously.
"You know that too?" Mu Nujiao was a little puzzled. He remembered that Lin Chen didn't seem to wear this brand of clothes.
"Hehe, I'm not following the usual path!" Ai Tutu chuckled.
Upon hearing this, Mu Nujiao thought for a moment and nodded again. Who wouldn't secretly send the Shadow Beast to the Beast Taming Cage? But Mo Fan actually posted it on his WeChat Moments and announced it to his friends and family, which ultimately led to everyone knowing. It was just like Lin Chen taking on the whole school, both of them craving attention.
Time ticked by, and everyone's patience began to wear thin.
Just when everyone thought Mo Fan wouldn't come and that it was just a prank, a voice suddenly rang out from some corner and spread throughout the entire venue.
This seemingly quiet and secluded corner suddenly became bustling with activity.
"Mo Fan is here!"
"I saw it too. He was leading a Shadow Beast, and a Spectral Wolf Beast was following behind him!"
……
In the early hours of the morning, Mo Fan arrived as scheduled with the Shadow Beast, and he walked along the asphalt road lined with maple trees on both sides.
Under the maple trees lining both sides of the asphalt road, students were everywhere using some low-level methods to hide themselves.
At that moment, the only thought that flashed through their minds when they saw Mo Fan was: This guy, has his brain been slammed in a door, and not just once?
As Mo Fan continued forward, some students with weaker willpower could no longer contain themselves and emerged from their hiding places. However, they did not make a move, knowing that there were far more people here than just them.
When Mo Fan reached the end of the road and arrived at the pool in the center of the square, all the students who had been hiding in the shadows came out and surrounded him in layers. However, no one dared to step forward, fearing that their rash actions would make them the target of everyone's attacks.
Despite being surrounded by so many mid-level mages, Mo Fan showed no fear. Instead, he scanned everyone around him with his eyes. He knew that the bastards of the Black Church must be hiding among them, but unfortunately, he still didn't know who they were.
"Who wants it?!" Mo Fan pointed at the Shadow Beast and shouted.
Who wants it?
"Isn't that obvious? Everyone here wants it. If they didn't want it, they wouldn't have come here in the first place," the people around couldn't help but curse inwardly.
Mo Fan is an idiot. His strength is unknown, but he definitely has something wrong with his brain.
"Oh, by the way, let me tell you something. Anyone who wants this Shadow Beast can take it without worry; I won't stop them. But there's a very special spring in my hometown. Just as I was about to form a contract with this Shadow Beast, it swallowed the entire spring, bottle and all. If any of you end up getting this Shadow Beast, just remember to return the spring to me."
Mo Fan stated quite bluntly that he was afraid the bastards of the Black Vatican, who were hiding among the students, wouldn't make a move.
In front of everyone, he clearly told that bastard from the Black Vatican who was hiding among the students that the Holy Spring of Earth was right here with him, but he was using it to feed the Shadow Beasts.
Mo Fan used an open strategy, revealing his trump card to the Black Vatican.
If you want the Sacred Spring, come out and compete with these thousand-plus mid-level mage students; otherwise, wait for the Pearl Academy and the military to obtain it.