Chapter 228 From Now On, I Decide Where the Floating Island Goes
At this moment, the floating island already standing in the clouds, I added a stroke of fiery sunset, with intense flames lighting up the entire island.
A hint of sunlight seemed to reappear on the entire exchange competition map.
The scorching heat enveloped the entire area, even the clouds dissipated under the wash of high temperatures.
Flames condensed into raindrops, falling onto this sacred flying island, such a terrifying phenomenon seemed to pull this place into a fiery realm.
I then walked into the central cathedral.
Inside, the vast and magnificent decor, along with the statue of the Holy Angel that was immediately visible, made the huge statue appear so solemn and dignified within the cathedral.
The colorful glass at the top shimmered with the fiery red flames from outside, casting a predominantly red glow on the cathedral’s floor, creating an apocalyptic feeling reminiscent of the Twilight of the Gods.
“What is going on? Who are you!”
At this moment, the Holy Angel, who was praying in the cathedral, could no longer hold back.
Such a vision almost made her feel that the Holy Angel Academy was about to be obliterated. But when she turned and saw the unfamiliar figure at the entrance of the cathedral, along with that iconic witch’s attire, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Especially upon seeing the familiar face that had broken her wings, terror emerged in her eyes.
Did she first think that the Witch Academy had come for an attack?
But in the next moment, she thought of getting up and running forward.
Why so fast?
But in fact, it was indeed true; the Witch Academy had come, and only I was here.
“Good to see you again, Miss Elvis. It seems your wings have healed well, but this time I won’t indulge in twisted amusement and play with you.”
I said to her with a smile.
At this moment, the flames of the Fire Rain domain had already burned through the cathedral’s glass; even the stone dome was now spreading flames that could not be extinguished.
“Here, I ask you to d*e.”
I stepped forward, not giving her a chance to continue speaking or to run toward the huge statue within the cathedral.
While it is said that villains d*e from too much talking, one can speak while attacking.
The most important source of Holy Light, power for the floating island, naturally resides in this central cathedral, or rather, in the gaze of the Holy Angel statue, looking down at the sphere of Holy Light held between its hands, intense like a small sun.
The most prominent energy transmission path leads here; I have reason to believe this.
And this statue is part of the ritual that condenses this core.
So, if I want to destroy their power core, perhaps… destroying this statue would suffice.
This power is not only closely related to the Holy Angel; under Spirit Vision, I can see that it connects the entire floating island, with dense energy transmission extending towards every place centered around the statue.
As expected, the floating island still has defense measures. The floating white jade pillar I saw earlier was never a mere decoration, but a structure that drives the power of Holy Light for self-defense.
Perhaps the all-encompassing activation consumed too much extraordinary Holy Light power, or perhaps they are quite confident in their defense of the floating island.
Most crucially, guarding the most important cathedral was none other than this girl named Elvis. I assume she must be performing some kind of penance or prayer after I broke her wings.
At this moment, two Holy Angels had already been eliminated. What about the remaining few?
“Witch! I knew you were lying to me! You’ve really come here!”
“But sorry, you’re too late. I have doubts about your academy’s ability to defend your home. Do you really think one angel can stop me? Call everyone out; you should still have three angels left, right?”
At this moment, I was consuming recovery potions while turning to look at the one who let me in.
Although I didn’t know his name, it was certain that he suffered quite a bit while crossing through the Fire Rain. Many of his pure white feathers were charred, and even his clothing had several tears. Now standing in front of me, the Holy Light protection on him had yet to dissipate.
Unfortunately… the Fire Rain domain now is not like Tan Han’s Ancient Ice Transformation, where the damage threshold is low, but the upper limit of utilization is certainly higher than the Ancient Ice Transformation.
However, it is now me using the Fire Rain domain, and I still cannot fully control this domain. At this moment, any angel can pass through my Fire Rain domain and come before me.
Recalling the last time I used it, I had forced those elves to stay hidden beneath the World Tree and dare not come out.
Although last time it was targeted, this time I did not intervene, so it can’t be compared, but that is still a fact.
I looked up at the dome of this cathedral; it was still too obstructive.
But unfortunately, I didn’t have any good means to tear down their dome.
Oh, not necessarily… Crumbling Stone should work. Although it’s just a basic consumption spellbook, adding the application of Soil Resonance to break should be very effective. Perhaps not only would this cathedral collapse, but the entire floating island could also experience fissures and other issues.
But the extent of the destruction would depend on the practical situation; to put it simply, this is just a basic shaping spell.
I gathered the Fire Rain to scorch the stone; I can also use high temperatures to make them crack, so don’t underestimate the temperature control of Fire Rain within the domain.
“Witch! d*e!”
At this moment, another Holy Angel approached, leaving only these two in front of me.
Even they were somewhat astonished as to why the floating island encountered such a significant crisis, why were only the two of them in the core area?
“Where is Elvis? She’s in the cathedral! What have you done to her, you witch?”
“Sent her away. Isn’t it a bit much to have a wounded girl guard such an important place?”
“You! I’m going to fight you!”
“If you dare come closer, I will destroy your statue, sabotaging the core ritual, leaving you utterly powerless!” At this moment, I had already reached that statue, threatening them.
However, the fear I expected to appear on their faces did not come.
Instead, they seemed poised to take me down with them.
“Did you hear that! This is the core of your floating island! Without this, your angel rings will dissipate and shatter!”
To ensure they understood, I reiterated as I took the energy sphere that the Holy Angel statue was holding in its hands and held it up.
I could feel the energy supply from the entire floating island being interrupted; however, apart from that, it seemed there was nothing else.
“I have never seen such a foolish witch. That is the energy source for activating the floating island’s defense facilities after our ritual. Do you really think this can shatter our angel rings?” The other party sarcastically replied to me at that moment.
“Thank you, thank you…”
I gritted my teeth, realizing that their expressions of terror weren’t appearing; I had guessed this might not be the core I thought.
Ultimately, I paid the price for being inexperienced, so I unhesitatingly put the energy source away. Originally, I wanted to crush it, but the energy inside was too much—I feared exploding it would take me down with it.
Since there was nothing to threaten them with, I would directly switch to a strong attack!
But at this moment, after using the Fire Rain domain spell and with so much consumption, even after taking potions, my body still felt somewhat weak.
However, dealing with these two weak Holy Angels was still more than enough; after they entered their Holy Battle Angel state, they indeed became somewhat troublesome.
Since there was nothing threatening them in the cathedral, I couldn’t be bothered to think about tearing down the dome and directly activated the protection of the Fire Elemental Sprite.
Outside was my stage.
At this moment, feeling the raindrops of Fire Rain falling, destroying everything visible around here, the once white floating island had now been ignited by flames, and anything combustible had turned to charcoal.
As I resonated with the Fire within the domain, that sense of control over the domain returned once more.
The two Holy Angels coming out of the cathedral were directly slapped away by the Fire Elemental, crashing into the distance.
“Are there only you two Holy Angels left on the entire floating island?” I asked calmly.
But in reality, I just wanted to pull back some distance to use Spirit Vision to check exactly where on the floating island was their source of power. If I didn’t destroy this, they could still flaunt their power.
I had been too presumptuous before; I must now retract this underestimation because I was in the process of destroying the enemy’s base!
No room for carelessness.
“Even if it’s just the two of us, don’t think you can destroy the source of Holy Light. You can’t do it alone, no matter your means!”
“Very confident; who gave you that confidence?”
I struck again, knocking them to the ground in disarray. That set of angelic armor certainly took a beating, but I wasn’t willing to k*ll them now; I wanted to inquire about other information. Otherwise, with all the effort I put in, would it just end up being the d*ath of a few Holy Angels and a “renovation” of their floating island?
That would be too unprofitable.
“Tell me where your source of power is!” I grabbed one of them and questioned.
Even if I didn’t ask, I could surmise the so-called source of power was beneath… the very center of the floating island.
But it was well-guarded; without a concentrated approach, this domain couldn’t destroy the entire floating island. They were right; my method couldn’t cause the damage required.
But they couldn’t remain invincible; there must be a way to destroy it. This was an exchange competition, after all, and everything had to accommodate “fairness.” Otherwise, why should our Witch Academy face so many restrictions?
“Wait to d*e! I’ll never tell you! Never! Spit!”
“Interesting, but it’s okay.”
With a wave of my hand, the target of the Fire Rain resonance headed toward their angel rings. I wanted to see how an ordinary person would fare without their angel rings.
This time, I had learned; I would remotely destroy the angel rings so that their explosion would not affect me.
With the explosion of two Holy Light powers, they began to resemble fried objects in a pot of oil amidst the Fire Rain, had I not reached out to protect them as they came to the cathedral, they might have perished in the next moment.
Although now they were not far from d*ath.
“If you keep being so stubborn, I’ll toss you into the Fire Rain. Had I known you were this easy to deal with, I wouldn’t have wasted my magic with such means.” I frowned and spoke, having originally thought it would be a tough battle now felt like child’s play.
“k*ll me, witch!”
“Are you really seeking d*ath?”
Now that they had become ordinary people, they posed no threat to me anymore. However, their current mindset was really tricky.
No one could pry useful information from someone who was determined to d*e.
By the way, how many times have I heard similar phrases like “k*ll me” from others?
I couldn’t remember clearly, but that wasn’t very important; at most it just proved that I had done something very excessive and malicious to them.
“That’s fine; even if you don’t tell me, I still know that this cathedral is located at the very center of the floating island. Your Holy Angel’s source of power is actually beneath the church, right?” I stomped my foot and smiled.
“Hehe… and so what? You can’t touch it.”
“Yes, I can’t touch it.”
I nodded, but my gaze was focused on the gigantic statue in front of me. I had already observed that this statue was the “hub” guiding that energy source, and also part of the ritual.
I hadn’t thought too much before, but now, looking back, taking the energy source away was indeed wrong. Since this controlled the energy supply for the entire floating island, there must be a control hub.
I placed the energy source back into the hands of the angel statue. At that moment, the entire floating island seemed to “restart.”
A light screen appeared in front of the statue, and I quickly connected this UI design to the “Earth Vein Operating System.”
“I wondered why this looked so familiar.”
I interacted with the light screen, and it indeed had the flavor of the Earth Vein Operating System.
And at this moment, the two angels saw me forcibly opening the control hub for the floating island’s defenses through “rebooting,” causing a flurry of panic. How did they know this!
“No! Impossible! How could you…”
“Look at what nonsense you’re talking. I’m not a primitive person; how could I not know? You haven’t used the Earth Vein Operating System, right? This is too similar.”
“It’s useless! The permissions required for the defense system are with Lord Achir; you can’t use it!”
“With him? So that’s why I could invade so quickly without any defense—because you don’t have the permissions.”
I smiled and shook my head, continuing to explore the remaining functions. Unable to control the defense system means the protective shield that envelops the entire floating island and those white jade pillars creating Holy Light magic cannons, among many other functions.
It turns out that the students of the Holy Angel Academy who hadn’t completed the ritual were not the true masters of this floating island.
Last night, the Holy Angels completed the ritual, obtained the energy source, activated these functions, and enabled all floating island features. No wonder… their arrogance left these guys to guard the place.
They also never expected a witch would invade their home.
At that time, the girl named Elvis must have been trying to manipulate this to launch a counterattack, right?
Perhaps Achir had granted her permissions.
Such a pity… I killed her. But even if I hadn’t, she wouldn’t have cooperated. In fact, it would be the same whether I killed her or not.
The floating island’s basic functions don’t require permissions; I still don’t know how to change this permission. Is the default captain of the Holy Angel Academy?
“By the way, your floating island can move? I thought it couldn’t move after being stuck here.”
Unfortunately, some very important operations seem to require permissions, including moving the entire floating island.
At this moment, these two Holy Angels had no strength left to curse at me, perhaps knowing that I had no permissions, their responses were not very vigorous now.
“By the way, do you know how to transfer permissions?”
“Hehe, do you think I would tell you?”
“Doesn’t that imply that permissions can be transferred? Hehe.” I mocked with a smile, which completely silenced them since they knew the more they said, the more information they divulged.
At this time, as I turned around, I felt a slight headache. This floating island felt like a safe protecting the Holy Light source at its core; even now, I couldn’t destroy it with all the high temperatures of the Fire Rain concentrated.
After all, this floating island was not the World Tree; even with the World Tree, I had only broken off a branch of its bough.
And my gigantic sword summons had now become a joke; its gravitational damage was definitely overshadowed by all-destroying Fire Rain damage.
It’s safe to say that I was trapped by the permissions prompt that popped up. It’s rather amusing to think about.
Following these operations, I finally found the person who had permission at this moment, one was the Achir mentioned by them, and the other was indeed Elvis, although now Elvis’s icon was dimmed.
Perhaps it was temporary loss due to being killed?
While I was checking if I could find more information, I clicked on Elvis’s icon, and an option “Request Emergency Permission” popped up.
Without hesitation, I clicked to apply, and then a backup qualification was presented.
“Is it this simple…”
I couldn’t believe it, and then there was a confirmation prompt, asking if it was a personal operation.
“It seems you still have some residual value.” I went to them, dragging them over for identity verification.
“What! You! Don’t even think about it!” At that moment, this Holy Angel student struck a posture the likes of which she had never done in her life, desperate to avoid successful verification.
“Be honest.” After I slapped him, causing some confusion in his consciousness, he actually became somewhat obedient.
“Verification successful, welcome, Peddy Peter. You have obtained temporary permissions for the floating island.”
“Well done.”
I smiled and knocked him out cold to prevent him from committing s*icide and letting the permissions disappear. The other would receive the same treatment, for backup, just in case he tried to k*ll the other.
I casually put them under confinement; confinement posed no possibility of resistance for them without power.
“Now I am the master of the floating island! Open all-round shields; not even a mosquito is allowed to enter; all magic defense systems enter charging mode!”
At this moment, the command issued felt immensely satisfying; the floating island’s powers were actually terrifying!
This reminded me of the Wizard Tower; that Wizard Tower must be similar, right?
However, amidst my excitement, I also noticed that the energy source in the statue’s hand was rapidly depleting.
No wonder the Holy Angel Academy didn’t directly use the floating island to trouble us at the Witch Academy; it turned out the energy source consumed so quickly?
Perhaps they were reluctant to use it?
Even if this set of operations could not cause any damage to the floating island, at least I could deplete their concealed rules obtained from the ritual, and they would at least regret it for quite some time!
As for what I wanted to do after activating the floating island… that was naturally to maximize benefits, attacking the Wizard Tower!
No matter who wins or loses in the end, I won’t lose out. I remember the terrifying charging power of that great magic above the Wizard Tower. I wonder if that strike could break the floating island’s defenses?
If it could, then it would be a great joy; if not, then sorry, Wizard Tower, you might get crushed to dust by the floating island of the Holy Angel Academy.
“Oh, right, I haven’t taken the storage equipment from these two fellows; I forgot about the previous two as well… ahh… how much material has been wasted.”
At this moment, I slapped my head, realizing such an important thing. Of course, what I needed the most was still recovery potions.
I wonder if the Holy Angels would store potions.
Even if the floating island is their source of power, they can’t possibly not have recovery potions, can they? Recovery potions can also restore the power of Holy Light.
