SUPREME ARCH-MAGUS

"Ohh… You can see my cultivation?! I never thought you were a grand master magus." Kent exclaimed in a praising tone.

"Nooo… I'm still a master magus. Due to a special item in my possession, I could perceive your cultivation." Sophia replied hurriedly while receiving an herb from Kent's hands.

"What is that item?" Kent asked curiously.

"Sorry… It's kind of a secret. By the way, you still didn't answer my question." Sophia said while moving forward. Kent followed her closely. When compared to other disciples, Sophia and Kent went a little further into the forest. But they are still in the visible range for other disciples.

With a sigh, Kent began explaining Elder Sinara's recommendation letter and how things went with Peak Master Porus.

"What? How can she do that?" Sophia cried out when she heard about the cursing letters. Kent just smiled awkwardly and continued to explain how he ended up at the healing sun peak.

"So, you are still not accepted as a disciple? What will you do if Peak Master Porus denies your request in the end?" Sophia asked while staring at Kent's face.

"In the worst case, I will join the burning sun peak." Kent replied with a deep sigh.

"Stop dreaming. The selection criteria for the burning sun peak are very high, and they won't even consider a secondary magus. Also, my brother has strong control over the disciples of the burning sun peak. It won't be easy for you." Sophia replied while picking leaves from the moon shadow lily plant.

"Do you think I'm afraid of your brother? I might be the only guy here. But I'm a tough nut to crack. I won't give up anything that easily. All I need is 6 months of hard practice with proper guidance to catch up with anyone here." Kent replied in a confident tone while staring into the horizon. He felt someone staring at him from a long distance.

Sophia did not understand where Kent's confidence coming from. But she liked his attitude of not caring about her brother.

Just as she prepared to ask something, a magical serpent appeared in the distance, and it reached Sophia in the next instance. Like an electrocuted person, she fell on the ground, and the magical serpent began encircling her body, binding her tightly.

Kent didn't even have time to react to that serpent spell, which came in a flash. With a loud cry from one of the disciples, everyone took out their weapons in a hurry.

Just then, a mob of more than 50 people came out of the woods. They all stood in a triangle formation, covering all the sides, and moved forward with uniform rhythm. Each one of them is holding a shield on their left hand, which has a glowing cobra symbol on it.

After seeing their faces, which were covered in black powder, the disciples began crying and shirking shaking tone.

"Run. The poison sect is attacking. Run." Loud cries followed as a few disciples already began running away on their pets.

"We don't want to hunt anyone. We came for the Chen family girl. Don't try any funny business." A tall guy from the poison sect, who is leading the mob, shouted with triumphant laughter.

But in the next second, an arrow struck at the front of the formation and created a loud, explosive noise. The poison sect people took a back step while covering themselves in the shield.

"How dare you...?! Boy, run away before I change my mind. We only want that girl." The tall guy shouted angrily as the formation moved forward.

Kent's hands were shaking as he acted on instinct. Instead of thinking of saving his life, Kent stood like a blockade, covering Sophia. The bow string in his hand is quacking as he hesitates about what to do.

"Leave…" The tall guy shouted angrily and released a threatening attack. Most of the mob attacking were master Maga's, and Kent is definitely not a match for them.

"Vaccus Dissolvo Impetum" Kent released the void breaker arrow to block the attack released by the tall guy.

Thankfully, the tall guy didn't use all his strength, and the void-breaker arrow easily dissolved the enemy attack. By this time, all the healing sun peak disciples had run away from the forest.

As Kent looked back, he saw the face of Sophia, who was staring at him with a painful look. With an angry roar, Kent began releasing multiple arcane bolt arrows. Understanding his unwilling cry, the Fire Kirin soon joined the gamble as it began releasing fire balls.

Soon, the forest will be filled with loud explosions, dust, and smoke. All poison clam members kneeled down on one leg and raised their shields in formation to fend off the fire balls. The long-haired girl, who still stood in the forest, continued to stare at Kent willingly. She had already begun communicating with the tall guy to stop attacking Kent.

Kent, using the defensive state of the poison clan mob, hurriedly grabbed Sophia's waist and mounted the Fire Kirin in one jump.

Soon, the Fire Kirin blazed and flew into the air. But in the nick of the movement, one of the poison sect disciples fired a poison dart from his blowpipe. With the support of aura magic, the poison dart traveled high into the air and pierced the back of Kent.

Ignoring the thing struck on his back, Kent flew towards the healing sun peak. With a painful face, Sophia gritted her teeth and continued to stare at Kent with unwilling looks.

"Cha..., we failed this mission. Let's hurry back." The tall guy uttered with a heavy stomp.

Just as they turned around to leave, a loud smack fell on the cheek of that short guy who fired a poison dart at Kent's back.

"Idiot, why did you attack that young man? Our mission is only to apprehend that Chen family lady." The long-haired girl, whom Kent saved last night, cried out with an angry roar.

"My lady, why are you slapping him? He just tried to finish our enemy." The tall guy hurriedly came in the middle to stop the long-haired lady.

"Idiots, that young man is the one who saved me last night. How dare you poison our benefactor?" She clenched her fists and moved forward to beat the short guy. But the tall guy, who is the leader of the mob, stopped her, urging her that, it all a mistake.

"Jain, if something happens to that young man, kill this fellow with cruel means." The long-haired girl declared and began walking inside the forest.

Afraid of a counterattack, all the poison sect disciples hurriedly ran inside the forest.