**Chapter 985: How come my clones are having back-and-forth combat?**
After the team from the Sunrock Elves was wiped out in the Gruen Lossen Wilderness, the others who arrived from different academies only understood what had happened under the reminders of their respective instructors.
It’s not surprising that the Extraordinary intervenes secretly; they simply can’t stand to see their own students die.
It’s not out of care for their students, but because they don’t want to lose face—after all, a student’s life isn’t as important as their own reputation, is it?
Watching them come to offer their help, isn’t this just providing a source of amusement for the witches?
The Secret Realm Core here has gathered nearly a hundred students from various academies.
Even if they have become mere corpses, this number is something that a few individuals or small squads can’t possibly contend with.
“By the way, where are the students from the Witch Academy? To kill a hundred in one go without any news? Something doesn’t seem right.”
Even the Extraordinary hidden in the space exchanged words among themselves; they indeed were not clear about the situation.
Even if they asked the responsible students at that time, they were unaware, only knowing that everyone occupying the secret realm had gone missing, and no communication had been received.
Before they could leisurely send someone to explore the situation, they received direct orders from their instructors.
Even if those people had all died, it was the arriving instructors who informed them.
However, while the academy level was not clear on the matter, information exchange at the family level was still quite rampant.
After all, the academies are rivals, but outside, the interest links between families are intricate, and some information flows more easily than knowledge among students.
So it wasn’t long before, after a series of transmissions, they finally obtained information.
This information included but was not limited to details of the personnel involved in this raid, as well as the entire spell footage.
“Only one?”
“Yang Yuelan… that name sounds somewhat familiar.”
Several of the unclear Extraordinary momentarily did not recall the name, but for more of the Extraordinary, its mention caused a flicker of killing intent in their eyes.
For the Extraordinary to harbor killing intent towards a non-Extraordinary, it shows how much they cared about this little witch.
Sometimes killing intent doesn’t represent hatred; rather, it’s a consideration made for self-interest.
But compared to the name they cared about, it was the transmitted footage that concerned them even more.
Such a bizarre method of murder indeed caught their attention, yet not many were taking this matter seriously.
After all, expecting them to repent was only first about pushing the limits of an Extraordinary’s life, and then they could talk.
The arrogance of the Extraordinary isn’t something that can be shaken with a single failure.
However, not long after, the Extraordinary Wizards present at the scene suddenly changed their expressions.
Because they suddenly received a temporary mission notification dispatched by the Vice Principal!
The content was to capture a little witch named Yang Yuelan alive, preferably without killing her.
As soon as this task appeared, it left them bewildered—a little witch? According to the footage they just saw… wasn’t she inside the secret realm?
Many Wizards with connections directly inquired about the deeper insider details of this temporary task.
After all, they were quite curious why the Extraordinary were told to deal with a little witch who wasn’t even Extraordinary.
This was simply using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
But even the wizards with connections understood that the academy seemed to want to use this little witch to threaten the Witch Academy for some matter.
In reality, it was the direct order from Principal Tusk, instructing the Vice Principal to handle the situation at this time.
Considering the previous awkwardness of the Witch Academy, they planned to control the conflict in the Gruen Lossen Wilderness at the student level and capture that little witch.
The aim was to intimidate the Witch Academy to stop that damned Qi Observation Technique class.
Even if they weren’t clear about what use this technique had, its name suggested it was a method of observation.
This forced them to recall their own Spiral Heart Observation Tower; the fluctuations of the World’s Pulse had them on edge, making them want to try every possible method.
If capturing that little witch couldn’t threaten the Witch Academy into stopping this subject, that would mean the value of this topic was greater than that of a genius little witch!
This directly implied that the Qi Observation Technique project was indeed aimed at plans concerning the World’s Pulse.
They could directly kill this little witch, whom they couldn’t eliminate previously, and employ ultimate methods to threaten the witch into halting this project with the World-Destroying Staff.
If they could threaten the witches into stopping that project, at least it would indicate the value of this little witch was even greater than anticipated.
Furthermore, the prototype of that Qi Observation Technique was indeed the result of a little witch’s efforts.
They thus had a legitimate reason to eliminate this little witch; wizards do not speak of credibility or ethics.
Unless they formally establish a credibility based on the rules of exchange, then at this time, wizards would speak of fairness.
But regardless of the outcome, that little witch had to die.
They didn’t believe that by eliminating a little witch, those witches would crazily charge at them, armed with the World-Destroying Staff plan to perish together.
However, this plan ran into some obstacles at the frontline of execution.
Their students seemed incapable of even breaking through a single corpse idol spell from that “little hand,” let alone entering the battleground alive to capture that little witch.
Must they mobilize more students?
Faced with such a humiliating decision, they directly chose to be humiliated.
What a joke; they were executing a task, and achieving it merely by sending personnel isn’t a disgrace.
It was the students’ lack of quality, what does that have to do with the academy?
At this moment, those who took action were not just on the wizard’s side.
Students from Aphhemia Academy and Holy Angel Academy also quickly responded.
There was no other reason; it was because Principal Tusk, this wizard academy head, was quick to act.
After all, it involved the World-Destroying Staff plan.
On the other hand, the two top academies would certainly not take it lightly.
The effective information exchange and execution capability among the Extraordinary was not something the students could compare to.
Do they know what it means to have quick-responding members within the academy?
The leader of the Wizard Tower, the Missionary Angel from Holy Angel, and the Elves’ protection team… they were similar to teaching assistants at the Witch Academy, but they must resolutely execute the academy’s instructions.
When the elite combat forces from various top academies and other Extraordinary academies gathered here, the assault on the Gruen Lossen Wilderness truly began.
“Just a secret realm… why does our academy care so much?”
“So many people gathered… is this a multi-academy joint task?”
A group of individuals forcibly dispatched to this lively scene felt a sudden relaxation in the atmosphere.
“I see some familiar faces… according to task descriptions, these people have been controlled, and with just them, can they really resist so many elites?”
“I heard the target is a monster within the secret realm; I’ve only heard that a lot of lower-year students have fallen inside.”
“That seems like making a big deal out of nothing?”
Many were engaged in fervent debates when soon, those dispatched to be responsible for recording footage from the Witch Academy seized several of their members.
After all, these club members were just ordinary students, while those coming here were at least as strong as substitutes for teaching assistants at the Witch Academy.
Naturally, they couldn’t escape from such grasp.
Even club members who always monitored the situation within the academy hadn’t expected things to develop this way.
Why?
Why did Yang Yuelan attract so many people shortly after she entered the secret realm?
They hadn’t received any updates or actions at all!
At this moment, the few student recorders, even when captured, were “diligently” recording the scene before their eyes.
In the footage, they saw too many familiar faces.
These individuals… were all top talents from various academies!
If only combat strength is considered, there are plenty of teaching assistants or senior sisters in the Witch Academy who wouldn’t fear any one among these people.
However, the pressure created when all these people gathered together pressed down upon them through the spell footage.
The reason they didn’t eliminate these several club members was that they had explicitly revealed their identities.
They stated that they were merely responsible for real-time recording for the club.
Leaving them behind could be said to be a way to humiliate the students from the Witch Academy.
“Has there been no movement from the Witch Academy yet?”
Seeing the ongoing situation without any stirring from the Witch Academy or even reinforcements arriving, truly surprised them.
Could it be that the Witch Academy has really given up on this little witch?
But doubt aside, time could not be delayed any longer; this little witch could very likely be the culprit of the incident’s spells and may even be dragging down the academy’s progress.
Thus… leaders from various academies began to sequentially receive direct orders to launch a strong assault to occupy the Witch Secret Realm.
“Get on with it—kill! Capture the secret realm! Don’t give other academies a chance!”
Accompanied by the peculiar laughter of student apprentices, the bloodlust buried deep within them was stirred awake.
For wizards, what’s termed rationality is reserved for the exploration and application of knowledge, while battles demand savvy experience, instinct ingrained in their bones, and killing intent fused into consciousness!
They often assume the role of aggressors, willing to go to any lengths for profit, and won’t stop until their objectives are met.
As for those familiar people at the Secret Realm Core, they could kill them without hesitation.
Even if they were classmates they recognized, they didn’t care, let alone the fact that these people were already dead.
When the Wizard Apprentices began their slaughter, other academies quickly joined this small-scale melee.
Collisions in the chaos were inevitable, but the anticipated massacres did not unfold.
These so-called fools fought as if they were real people, whether with sorcery or elven magic, even archery—none missed.
Their mutual cooperation was tighter, encompassing ranged, melee, support, and hindrance…
Chaos is the greatest means to reduce an individual’s combat strength; perceived loopholes are merely live targets like lone wolves.
The original plan for an unharmed occupation of the secret realm was shattered, facing temporary clones unafraid of death, they had to adjust their combat response.
Moreover, more crucially… as the chaos unfolded, it became difficult for both sides to distinguish friend from foe, and personal vendettas among the academies exploded at this moment.
“Damn it… don’t shoot at our own people! Damn! Don’t hit!”
“I see you as the one being controlled! You’re acting pretty well! Watch me kill you to prove it!”
“I don’t care about that… kill them all! If they respawn later, it’ll be fine!”
At that moment, the commotion outside the secret realm was overwhelming.
Those hidden in space shook their heads.
And inside the secret realm…
My vision gradually focused as I fell from an unknown domain into an expanse of icy snow.
The beauty unique to the Real World gradually faded away, but I believed… that height I ascended to, I would surely reach again!
Then my figure dropped from up high, plunging into the snowy ground.
The burden the Spirit Vision from the Real World placed on me surpassed my understanding.
Even though my life level had risen to where I could exert life pressure, it was only through prolonged adaptation that I gradually mastered the Soul Level Spirit Vision.
The Real World… at least I must be elevated to Extraordinary before it can be treated as an ordinary method.
As for the current stage, its pressure far exceeded my understanding, and its applications were limited.
Usually, maintaining premonition or imaging phases suffices.
Lying in the snow, relying on the extremely low temperatures forced me to muster some spirit.
Though I lost consciousness in the final moments of True Time, there were still some things I remembered…
I lifted my hand in the snow.
That was a particularly special alchemical item that Principal Serena Palizel had given me.
It was used to suppress the curse of misfortune that the world had placed upon me.
The collar style that Principal Nan had given me had already been damaged during the self-generated magic power experiment.
I vaguely remember that Principal Serena had also advised about the collar style given by Principal Nan.
However… at this moment, I removed it.
When the item suppressing the misfortune curse was taken away, the originally overwhelming misfortune did not strike.
Because at this moment, I bore the blessings of the Main World.
This was a gift from the world’s consciousness as I was about to leave…
Now confirmed that this gift indeed took effect, I stowed the accessory gifted by Principal Serena.
I really liked this gift, but… it came a bit too late.
Though unclear what other effects this blessing might have, for the moment, it allows me to ignore the curse of misfortune in this world.
“Now! I’ve had enough fun.”
I crawled up from the snowy ground, the powerful recovery granted by body cultivation, and the mastery of my soul essence naturally wouldn’t allow me to fall into a state of exhaustion under the Spirit Vision at the level of the Real World.
But to say I’m in good condition right now… that wouldn’t be entirely true.
As I said, due to this incident, I’ve had my fill of fun.
Continuing further could pose risks.
At this moment, my gaze turned towards the false horizon of the secret realm, piercing sunlight streaming through the viewpoints of dozens of clones outside the secret realm.
The ruckus outside was nearing its end.
Even I hadn’t anticipated that these people could engage in combat so effectively with my temporary clones.
