Chapter 1331: The World’s “Fireworks” Show
At that time, that guy probably did see me after all; my Ordinary Topic was merely at a level of basic practice.
Looking at that departing individual, it’s hard to imagine that such powerful beings exist casually within any world.
Or perhaps in this domain, the barriers between worlds aren’t as heavy, and the strong remain strong. Naturally, one should not underestimate any powerful being from any place.
“That guy carries too much hostility,” Sister Bai said as she approached me in response to my words.
If hostility is just a vague recognition and feeling for others, then the Perfect Witch awakened has a more specific and precise perception of hostility.
Besides a slightly uncomfortable tone, this general manager showed no signs of targeting or animosity.
So many people were even willing to believe it was just this brainless fool.
“And a bit impatient,” I added.
However, the atmosphere didn’t cool down due to this incident; with a few helping to smooth things over, a number of witches began turning the event into a topic of conversation and started weaving absurd little stories.
I believe it won’t be long before negative comments about this hotel start spreading here.
“What a boring banquet. Let me see what other dull arrangements follow.” As I browsed through the detailed schedule of the banquet, I confirmed the time slot and discovered that there would actually be a fairly long “fireworks show.”
The concept of fireworks, although called differently in various worlds, is essentially similar; it represents life’s instinct for appreciating brilliant explosions.
This fireworks show was set to take place in the central area of five-star world hotels.
In other words, it would be “launched” within the “Life Forbidden Zone,” an area with almost no material and air medium.
Moreover, the final display needed to be visible to the customers of all five hotels, which meant that each brilliant firework was supported by the terrifying magnitude of a “large yield nuclear bomb.”
Seeing them manage this so skillfully proves that this isn’t their first time doing so.
Although it seems extravagant, such expenses might not even match the basic decor of the hotel.
“Xiao Han~ There’s a fireworks show later; do you want to go outside the hotel to feel the atmosphere?”
“Feel the atmosphere?
Sure, let’s go together!”
I didn’t refuse; after all, even I hadn’t appreciated fireworks of such scale before, so it was a chance to broaden my horizons.
Of course, more importantly, it was to leave this hotel lobby, which had become a social venue; the atmosphere here was already suffocating me.
Meanwhile, I was more concerned about those Betraying Witches prepared to act against me—would they make a move in this setting?
At the same time,
What do you mean by “you can’t lock onto what you can’t perceive”? This is a Deity’s ceremonial artifact! Why can’t even a Witch who has just recently been in the Void deal with it?
A relatively restrained angry voice indiscriminately targeted the figures currently making final preparations.
Without a doubt, these figures were the Betraying Witches plotting in the Warehouse Domain.
At this moment, they encountered a very difficult and tricky issue.
Previously, their target was Bai Yu, the Deity’s ceremonial artifact; targeting a Witch would have been easy.
However, bad news spread: the long-missing Perfect Witch appeared, and in a manner they could not imagine, came to Bai Yu’s side.
This instantly disrupted their plans and rhythm.
On whether to target this Perfect Witch in the Tree Kingdom, many discrepancies emerged.
Some Betraying Witches felt it was inappropriate; constrained by their experience and aura, along with the intimidation of the God-slaying Artifact, they believed that even if it was a Deity’s ceremonial artifact, it was merely a sacred artifact infused with the World Master’s aura and power.
If this Perfect Witch were to break through with one blow, they would be the biggest laughingstock amongst Betraying Witches in history, and in the end, would definitely be left with no place to bury their bodies.
Another group of Betraying Witches, however, saw this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Unlike those ignorant Betraying Witches, these knowledgeable about the Tree Kingdom understood that this “sacred artifact” once trapped beings of the World Master’s level.
Such a terrifying ability to restrain the enemy, even if the current bearer of the sacred artifact was no longer the World Master, was certainly more than enough to deal with a Perfect Witch.
However, as they debated, a bloody reality struck those who held onto the second option with disbelief.
At this critical juncture, they found that the methods of the Perfect Witch were incredibly terrifying; the technique of lowering presence was known to any Witch. It was an application skill from the Ordinary branch under the Soul Topic.
While there are solutions within the Ordinary Topic to deal with such techniques, these methods were completely ineffective against this Perfect Witch.
Even with hints suggesting this Perfect Witch was at a specific location, they just couldn’t perceive her; it wasn’t just a lack of Mental Power or Magic Power sensing, but even “seeing” her seemed impossible.
It was as if there was a perceptual black hole there.
They couldn’t even recognize her at all, so how could they possibly lock onto and target a “goal the user can’t even perceive”?
“Our hotel general manager has arrived; she didn’t even greet us,” just as the Betraying Witches were busy, a figure approached.
“I have no obligation to do that.”
“Fine, but we’ve put you to trouble; how’s the investigation going? Is that Perfect Witch definitely here?”
“Certainly, and I’ve personally confirmed it.”
“Oh? It seems I’ve troubled the general manager herself to go; I thought just a distant glance would suffice.”
“The power of that Perfect Witch is rather strange. Your so-called techniques for breaking the Ordinary Topic have no effect; even if I get slightly further away, I begin to lose perception of her.”
“Then you are truly useless…”
Before this comment was finished, the Betraying Witch felt a force tightly restraining her neck, followed by a killing intent locking onto her.
“What did you say?”
“Let go of me! Don’t tell me you want to cause internal strife before the cooperation has even begun!”
“Hmph!” After tossing aside this unaware Betraying Witch, the figure coldly scoffed, “Cooperate? I have no cooperation with you Betraying Witches. The one I cooperate with is that lord behind you; with you mere rats in the Void, you don’t have the qualifications to make me take a step further.”
“It’s starting! It’s starting!”
“Clear the way~ Clear the way, thank you.”
As dark-toned fireworks burst elegantly against the dark night sky, some guests familiar with the banquet proceedings quickly headed up to the hotel’s observation deck.
In just a short while, countless figures congregated at the facing hotel.
Meanwhile, in a corner beneath the hotel, two figures stealthily peeked through a gap, catching a glimpse of the long-lost sky.
“I’m not saying this… We went through all this trouble, and in the end, you tell me it was just to come here to watch fireworks? Have you lost your mind? If you continue like this, I’m not accompanying you anymore!”
“But we’ve come this far~ And besides, returning means going through such a long blocked area, are you sure?”
“Ugh… I only heard there was a very important banquet at the hotel during this time; you even know the time of the fireworks show—where did you get your intel from?”
“Don’t worry about that. After watching the fireworks show, there’s another opportunity coming.”
“Opportunity? You’re not lying to me, are you?”
“Of course not; although we haven’t cooperated for long, have you ever seen me trick you?”
“Fine… I’ll trust you this time, since it’s not the first time. We’re both in the same boat here; if I die, you die. So what’s the opportunity?”
“Opportunity, hehe~ Have you heard of… Perfect individuals?”
The scene shifts back to above the hotel.
As the fireworks, resembling an artificial sun, burst forth, the fireworks show began.
This was a grand performance; in this world, the five five-star world-class hotels presented a regular five-point cluster, a scene rarely seen even without the fireworks show.
Guests waved and signaled between one hotel and the others.
This banquet held in celebration of the Human Cultivation Competition also welcomed many guests from afar.
And the first round of fireworks was presented by a group of Forest Elves.
Their uniform attire and synchronized movements guided the first wave of rich wood element energy to burst forth from the five worlds.
The plants and trees, seemingly rooted on planets, adorned this world under their brilliant debut, casting a verdant layer over the entire world.
Sister Bai and I were among the first group of witches to reach the observation deck. I reached out and plucked a green leaf that seemed to extend like a lifting structure of the observation deck toward the sky.
The green leaf in my hand emitted a faint green glow, ultimately revealing only the veins of the leaf, until it completely dissolved into nothingness.
This was a manifestation of Wood Elemental Sprite magic detached from actual material carrier, and as a visual display effect, it was indeed very competent and easy to handle.
Those lush giant tree apparitions coalesced into plump fruits; they were so enticing that many people casually flew up to take a few and play with them in their hands.
However, in the next moment, these fruits seemed to be drawn by some guiding force, departing from their mother trees and falling into the starry sky.
Ultimately, those fruits violently exploded within the Life Forbidden Zone, scattering endless crystal-like fluorescence across the starry expanse.
Unlike ordinary explosive fireworks, the bursting fruits created beautiful patterns, as if they were engraving life onto the Life Forbidden Zone.
This scene reflected in the eyes of every person gazing upward; even powerful beings drifting through the Void would be astonished by the splendor within this world.
Of course, among the guests were those who were indifferent to this display, quietly leaving the observation deck to make way for those beside them.
For these people, the fireworks blooming in the Life Forbidden Zone could never compare to the shock brought by an exploding Small World.
Yet, clearly, this hotel did not have the capability to explode a Small World to entertain these hard-to-please guests.
“Indeed very beautiful~”
I turned my head to lean against Sister Bai’s shoulder and said.
At this moment, I had completely activated the “shielding” of presence perception.
This led to the Forging Elders not being able to perceive me even from a distance.
But it didn’t matter that they couldn’t perceive me; all they needed to do to find me was to locate Bai Yu.
“Xiao Han, you’re right here, aren’t you? Although I can’t perceive you anymore.”
“One Forging Elder, is something the matter? Xiao Han is indeed right here,” Sister Bai replied.
“You all should leave here quickly. If nothing unexpected happens, this is a formation, a world-level array capable of world destruction based on the five star hotels.”
The Forging Elder, being the master of such techniques, particularly the first among the “One Forging” level, couldn’t possibly be mistaken about an array like this.
World destruction? Even if this world perished, we wouldn’t die; aren’t you being overly cautious, One Forging Elder?
“No, when I say world destruction, I’m referring to the scale, not the power or effects,” the One Forging Elder immediately clarified for Bai Yu.
World destruction is a very general term and not a formal grade classification, but it’s a very special and frequently mentioned concept, the most unique critical scale. If this scale carries damaging effects, then it can lead to world destruction. If it carries healing or spatial transfer spells, that’s another story.
Then it will be fine.
Bai Yu confidently replied while tightening her grip on my hand, as if nothing could separate us.
Alright… I won’t push any further; stay safe. All the witches here can be your solid backing; seeking help is nothing to be ashamed of.
Rest assured~ Besides, who even knows if this is the means of the Betraying Witches?
Just after Sister Bai finished speaking, my words quickly followed:
“No… it can already be confirmed; this time, it’s probably truly the work of those Betraying Witches.”
But the One Forging Elder didn’t hear; she merely responded,
“Indeed, I suppose I was overly concerned this time.”
Watching the One Forging Elder being pushed aside by the excited crowd,
A brand new leaf in my hand also disintegrated.
“Xiao Han, why did you say that?”
“Oh, it’s like this; the One Forging Elder shared quite a bit with me.”
“Um, I knew about that; although I wasn’t beside you, I still heard everything,” Sister Bai explained.
“Then Sister Bai, you also know about that Deity’s ceremonial artifact, the Tree Kingdom, right?”
“Although I can’t confirm that this is the aura of the sacred artifact, the lush vegetation is indeed suspicious, and among them, I felt an order of Field that ordinary people simply couldn’t detect. An artifact with the ability to encompass such a vast range must not be simple.”
“It seems… they really made a move, huh.”
