Chapter 225: Tactical Change of Home!
Of course, Tan Han was not doubting the power of the Excessive Consumption Spellbook, but was worried about facing so many people.
The divine arts of the Holy Angel Academy are extremely terrifying in power, though slightly more complicated than the spellbooks of the Witch Academy.
The tactics of the wizards from the Wizard Academy are even more bizarre. Tan Han had made direct contact with them; don’t think that the so-called threats to the Holy Angel Academy and Wizard Academy were anything serious. Right now, the Witch Academy was already in a crushing state, which is impossible. It’s not at that level yet.
If these two sides join forces, it could become quite troublesome.
“Tan Han, do you still have enough recovery potions over there?”
I looked at my own stock first, and it was barely enough. If I were to use the Excessive Consumption Spellbook again, and I didn’t want to fall into a state of magic fatigue afterwards, I might run out of these recovery potions.
The rate of use is naturally quick, mainly because not many resources were collected during our plundering, and now they are gradually running out.
“There are still some, enough.” Tan Han nodded. If it comes to that, fighting to the d*ath may not be a bad option.
“Those witches over there! Look at this!”
Just as Tan Han and I were on guard against those coming from afar, the dwarfs on our side directly fired a shot at us.
The forward cabin, which I had previously broken, had now been replaced with a new defensive holy artifact. Only the core movement was damaged, but those weapons were unaffected.
At most, they couldn’t move; it’s not a total loss.
After dealing with the witches and the distant threats, they were confident they could repair the damaged core.
Moreover, the Witch Academy was under siege from another academy, so they thought this was a great opportunity.
But I wouldn’t waste time talking with them. The dwarf I had grabbed earlier was gone – either hiding or resurrecting.
In any case, I used the same trick again.
And this time I wouldn’t deliberately miss.
A terrifying concentrated high-temperature attack pierced through their newly replaced defensive holy artifact, this time hitting precisely the pilot’s body in the control room, leaving a large hole in the chair.
Although the opponent was dead and resurrected, the terrifying large hole and the blazing flames burned bright bl**d marks on the chair.
Such a tragedy, or deterrent, made me see how many dwarfs dared to come here to operate this big guy to interfere with us.
Unless they had a second emergency control room, otherwise, if they came here, I would k*ll one.
Unless I fell into a bitter battle and couldn’t pay attention to this.
However, the current situation wasn’t very optimistic. Although on the surface, Tan Han and I had the Excessive Consumption Spellbook, our spell effects were counteractive.
Reality shows that there’s no such thing as friendly fire immunity. If there was, it must be at a level I couldn’t reach.
Even I, as a caster, would be affected while standing in the fire rain field.
Even if I could create magical blind spots to avoid damage to myself.
But I couldn’t remain stationary all the time, and I also couldn’t always predict Tan Han’s actions.
And creating magical blind spots effectively reveals my next path to the other side, doesn’t it?
If the enemy got too close, they could maximally avoid spell damage.
And, in doing so, the Witch Tea Party would also be affected.
It seems that Tan Han’s Ancient Relic Ice Transformation technique was indeed the most suitable for this situation.
“It’s the witches from the Witch Academy.”
Upon seeing that the most unwelcome individuals had arrived, the individuals from the Holy Angel Academy and Wizard Academy felt a sudden shock in their hearts.
If the witches were merely there to disrupt the ritual, then everything would proceed as normal, which would be the best outcome.
If this ritual was indeed the Witch Tea Party, then they needed to prepare for the worst.
At this moment, with all the heavyweight contestants present, it had become a standoff where one could hear a pin drop.
The witches were on the defensive, while the others were cooperatively launching an offensive.
“Tan Han, didn’t expect to see you so soon again. The tactics of your Witch Academy are truly breathtaking.”
The first to speak from the Holy Angel Academy had their gaze locked on Tan Han, obviously very familiar with her.
“Too kind. What brings you here with such a grand setup?”
“Tan Han, no need to beat around the bush, right?”
The leader of the Holy Angels looked at the ritual’s light pillar underground, where Witch Academy students had just popped their heads up. Therefore, there was no need to see with their own eyes; this was the Witch Tea Party being held by the witches.
This is the Land of Eternal Darkness, an environment that made the members of the Holy Angel Academy feel quite uncomfortable. Fortunately, they had adapted to it the previous night, and the bl**d Clan had paid a corresponding price as well.
It now appeared that the Witch Academy had taken control of this place and cleared out the bl**d Clan members.
“Beating around the bush? That’s not it. I only want to confirm whether you guys are truly here to disrupt our enemies.”
“Of course, they are enemies. Tan Han, why are you still wasting words?” At this moment, wizards from the Wizard Academy interjected.
They were not impressed with the holier-than-thou attitude of the Holy Angels. If it weren’t for the Witch Academy’s ability to quickly hold the ritual, they wouldn’t have been so desperate.
“Since they’re enemies, shouldn’t you find out more about…”
“Wait, you can’t just know Tan Han, what about me? Don’t you think it’s shameful to threaten only a girl?” I called out loudly while suppressing the dwarfs from atop the War Fortress.
Although this shout drew everyone’s attention toward me, and it was indeed somewhat embarrassing, if they didn’t look at me, how could the situation be resolved?
“You are… Yang Yuelan? I remember you.”
“Really? I don’t know you at all. Did I become that famous?” I laughed and scratched my head.
“You were able to deal a fatal blow to Tan Han, so I won’t underestimate your abilities.”
“Eh? Is that it?” Suddenly my expression fell – turns out I wasn’t sure what means were used to view the combat records of me and Tan Han online.
“It’s that witch of yours! d*mn! How could you be here!”
Suddenly, a somewhat angry yet fearfully surprised voice came from the Holy Angel Academy, which made other students look at him with disdain.
Even the wizards from the Wizard Academy wouldn’t even glance at the embarrassing individual.
“Oh? Someone knows me! Who are you? You look a bit familiar… Oh, I remember! Your girlfriend, what was her name, Elvis? The sound of her wings breaking is beautiful!”
“I’ll take you on…”
“Don’t be impulsive. Be careful of that witch; any movement from her could be a terrible trap!”
“I…” At that moment, the angel had a grim expression, but was stopped by the leader of the Holy Angels, and he could only comply, or else this leader would quickly make him understand why he was the leader.
“Come on, bring your leader along and let’s fight! Are you too scared to move? You’ve died once, but it seems you’re back home pretty quickly. Also, your girlfriend’s angel ring fireworks are beautiful!”
“By the way, why isn’t your girlfriend here? Could it be that you’re too heartbroken to let her come out?”
“Don’t act impulsively.”
With that one statement from the leader, he immediately calmed down. Although he had a crush on Elvis before, everyone could see that after becoming a Holy Angel, he had lost the ability to give her pleasure.
“Can you actually endure this? I heard that Holy Angels lack s*xual characteristics; you aren’t saying that you’ve lost the ability to please your girlfriend too, right? Is this what it means to be a Holy Angel? Wouldn’t it be better to be a ninja?”
At this point, my words were like knives cutting into their flesh, with each one either painfully stabbing all of them or hitting their points of anger.
Breaking wings and shattering angel rings are acts of desecration for the Holy Angels; rather, mocking their lack of s*xual attributes is the weakest form of insult.
After becoming angels, they approached a state with little to no worldly desires, but their new ideologies would not change that quickly, just like Witch Transformation. Changes in awareness happen gradually.
It’s a pity I had little interaction with the Wizard Academy, and I didn’t have the corresponding achievements to provoke them. Besides, the wizards didn’t seem like the type to be provoked by trash talk. They valued absolute rationality; under such a mindset, they wouldn’t get angry at such remarks.
At this moment, I was also quietly counting the members of the Holy Angels and the Wizards.
There were only four from the Holy Angels, while five came from the Wizard Academy, which was practically equivalent to directly confronting the total number of individuals from a top academy. Moreover, don’t forget, one Holy Angel was still in the bl**d pool.
In this case, the situation of the Holy Angel Academy was already clear.
Excluding this guy whose name I couldn’t recall, there were already five known here.
That means there could be at most five Holy Angels on the floating island.
The first time I encountered three Holy Angels, I was clear on their powers, so it can be said there were two known powers on that floating island. Adding the two unfortunate fellows I ran into in the Sea Tribe, there are four I had encountered, and even if there was a powerful one guarding, I might still be able to break through.
All tactics changed homes!
Tan Han was right; the Witch Academy losing at most meant losing a ritual, while the Holy Angel Academy was losing the floating island!
Their core of power!
They wouldn’t think leaving just a few to guard home would suffice, would they?
Thinking that powerful academy elves wouldn’t dare invade, the Wizard Academy dispatched just as many, losing the energy to launch sneak attacks; the Dragon Clan on the Dragon bl**d Nest could handle that.
What about the Witch Academy?
Could it be that they had assumed from the very start that this was a ritual for the Witch Academy?
Actually, it seems pretty deductive; there aren’t many academies that can hold a ritual in the Land of Eternal Darkness.
Leaving a Holy Angel member behind here indicates that the bl**d Clan was wiped out by the Holy Angel Academy last night; any new ritual needed would come at too high a price.
Now, two choices lay before me.
While their attention is drawn to the upcoming Tan Han, I could directly vanish into thin air and rush toward the floating island without hesitation, because hesitating would lead to defeat.
The other option is to threaten by changing homes, preserving the normal holding of this Witch Tea Party, allowing the Witch Academy to secure points, and subsequently dominate the academy rankings.
Being a witch who fears chaos in the world, I naturally choose to take it all.
“Didn’t expect the Holy Angel Academy to suffer so much trouble from Xiao Han, huh? This is truly unexpected.”
At this moment, Tan Han’s words pulled their attention back, as they could obviously see that the real leader of the Witch Academy was Tan Han. However, Yang Yuelan’s say was no less than Tan Han’s, but the opponent’s behavior was very erratic. When facing such a grand situation, it’s still prudent to let the stable Tan Han make the decisions.
Although at this moment, all three parties felt that there would be no escape from today’s battle.
Moreover, the War Fortress from the dwarfs was quite conspicuous, and they couldn’t afford to neglect it. However, that War Fortress seemed to be experiencing quite a problem, with thick smoke and steam rising from the core area, and with a witch watching, it was clear that the massive setup had been rendered inoperative by the Witch Academy.
That made it even more worthy of attention.
“So what? Tan Han, you understand that today you won’t be able to hold the first ritual. If we make a move, it will be a mutual destruction scenario. Your Witch Academy has already taken the lead in scoring, so why resort to such means!”
“What means? It sounds like we cheated. Everything here is legal and compliant. What? Is it so hard to admit your own incompetence?”
“Sharp-tongued, Tan Han. Let’s settle the score for you disrupting our Wizard Truth Ritual last time along with this one!”
“Ha ha, do you have amnesia? It was the Holy Angel Academy standing next to you that also contributed to disrupting your ritual. If you have the ability, deal with them first, and I’ll give you a fair chance for a duel!” Tan Han also spoke without holding back, her tone aggressive and stifling.
“Don’t listen to her provoke you. You must understand that right now we…”
“I don’t need you birdmen to remind me. Of course, I know why we are cooperating. I will manage my people and deal with the Witch Academy and this Tan Han before I’ll make any black moves against you guys from the Holy Angel Academy.”
“Hey～ don’t forget about me, okay?”
At this moment, this voice caused many to look again to the side, as they watched me jumping down from that War Fortress and walking toward them.
For them, I was also a tricky character, or rather, anyone from the Witch Academy was tricky. Those spellbooks could pose a terrifying threat, even in the hands of children, let alone with this group of witches!
“Forgot about you, huh? I heard you burned the elves’ World Tree. What a good method!”
“Oh, and you guys are late on the news. The Land of the Fallen has also been submerged by me; now it’s practically part of the sea, right? The sea’s erosion is more terrifying than I expected, even worse than the erosion of the Central Ancient Battlefield.”
“Wasn’t that tsunami caused by the Sea Tribe?”
“It was raised by me and the Sea Tribe. I assisted the Sea Tribe in holding the ritual, and they assigned the responsibility for the tsunami’s erosion on land to me. Wonderful, right～”
“You witches from the Witch Academy are indeed crazier than us wizards. You’ve sent all those filthy fellows from the Land of the Fallen out.”
“Indeed, they might be like weeds on the map, appearing everywhere.”
“Do you have a grudge against those guys from the Land of the Fallen?”
“Of course! A deep grudge! You’re not wrong; those filthy, ugly creatures whose mere existence is an affront should be purified. The seawater I brought is to wash away their sins! Ah ha, it should be the Holy Angels carrying out this duty more justly, right? Sorry, but I’ve taken away your Holy Angel Academy’s right to judge them.”
“Xiao Han.” At this moment, Tan Han also called out; it was the first time she had seen Xiao Han like this, almost like someone who truly acts as a madman without regard for their image.
This feeling is somewhat akin to… that Illusionary Clone?
Wait… Illusionary Clone?
After realizing this problem, Tan Han instinctively thought of purification and other means, but she suppressed it. Xiao Han’s Illusionary Clone had not caused harm; if this is truly an Illusionary Clone, then after purification, she wouldn’t know what Xiao Han intended to do. If she couldn’t retrieve information causing an information imbalance, letting the opponent see through would be too costly.
Since Xiao Han might be an Illusionary Clone, it was best not to let her become the visual focus at this moment, or the chance of getting exposed would increase significantly.
“Xiao Han, stop talking and come behind me.”
“Tsk tsk～ Tan Han, I’m not saying you. What tone is that ordering me around?”
“I said come behind me; leave the negotiations here to me and don’t mess things up.” Tan Han spoke again, having confirmed that this was the characteristic of an Illusionary Clone. Upon realizing that the counterpart was fake, this clone became ethereal in her eyes.
“Are you guys from the Witch Academy starting to have internal conflicts? Tan Han, are you still the leader of the Witch Academy? Can’t even manage your own team members?”
“Our internal affairs in the Witch Academy do not require you to manage.”
Tan Han flatly rejected the provocation, but at this moment, the Clone also approached Tan Han.
“Xiao Han, you are a clone, aren’t you?” Tan Han whispered.
“Isn’t it obvious? You already knew.”
“What about your main body? What does your main body think?”
“My main body is outside the control of the spell’s effect range now; the current me is formed based on your fixed impression of me; how would I know what my main body wants to do～”
“Exiting the control of the spell effect…”
That means Xiao Han had left, and quite far away. She had learned about the control range of the Illusionary Clone.
Suddenly, a thought sparked in Tan Han’s mind, and she was instantly shocked but quickly managed to keep her composure without revealing anything.
“Looks like you’ve thought of it～ That’s right, I won’t pretend anymore, change homes! So… please delay a bit longer.”
