Chapter 154 : Chapter 154

Chapter 154: This Strike, Destroys the Same Batch of Matches

"Ancient Glacial Ice?"

I subconsciously repeated the name; it was obvious I didn't understand this spell.

But soon, my body understood its nature faster than my mind.

When Tan Han threw away the energy-storing alchemy jar in her hand, a terrifying pressure emanated from her body.

A wave of cold air centered on Tan Han sent me flying like a shockwave.

Even though the energy shield blocked most of the impact for me, the chill penetrated the shield and burrowed into my body like maggots clinging to bone.

That aching, numbing coldness seemed to settle inside my body, making it feel as if I had stepped into a snowy plain at that moment.

In that rush, the situation seemed to reverse in an instant.

The only thing I could see was the most dazzling spellbook in my Spirit Vision.

Although I knew there were great differences between spellbooks, it was the first time I had seen one like this.

Was I really too ignorant?

This was the spellbook with a four-digit consumption.

Even just seeing it, I could feel the ancient pressure constantly emanating from it.

Although I didn't know what ancient pressure was, as it pressed down, it continuously created an optical illusion for me, as if I were in the depths of an ice field, facing a tall, unknown monster, while I myself was as tiny as a snowflake in the snow.

It's already starting to exert mental pressure...

I hurriedly held onto my witch hat.

Whether it was for its effect of stabilizing my mental power or its wide brim shielding me from the head-on cold wind, it could give me a final shred of security.

I finally understood why Tan Han said the spell wasn't afraid of being interrupted even if it hadn't been released...

How the hell could I interrupt this?

At this moment, the temperature of the entire open-air arena plummeted.

The Temporary Solidified Spell at the edge of Arena 1 was now unable to prevent this phenomenon from enveloping the entire field.

You must know that the lava domain created by the Flame Lord before had obediently stayed within the arena and not spread out.

Now, even the Temporary Solidified Spell has lost its blocking effect.

"I say, Lina, doesn't the competition have a spellbook intensity limit? Doesn't this count as a foul?"

In the teachers' seating area, seeing this scene, a witch spoke up and asked.

After all, such a terrifying ice and snow phenomenon had swept through the entire arena in such a short time; it might have even affected the area outside.

Many snowflakes drifting from the sky even landed on the witches' heads.

"There is indeed this restriction, but as the academy develops, some regulations must also keep up with the times."

Lina picked up the milk tea beside her and spoke nonchalantly.

"No, Lina, you're a Transcendent Witch, you can't be influenced by the script, right? You gave Tan Han this convenience? The past restriction on spellbooks was below four digits."

"I can't help it either, the Academy Head has received many guests. Here, it's fine to let you all see."

Lina took out several letters and placed them on the table beside her.

"What is this?"

"Newcomer Exchange Competition ah? What is this?"

Many witches gathered around to watch the excitement, but after seeing the contents clearly, many of them showed looks of confusion, but many also understood.

"Tan Han was snatched by our Witch Academy, they had no choice. Those old folks wanted to advance the plot quickly, so they deliberately pushed their academy's newcomers into the game. They also want a piece of the pie of this thing called 'destiny'."

"Sending them over as cannon fodder? They're that willing?"

"Yeah, they think they can get a share of destiny just like that? Tan Han's first blood isn't that easy to take."

"So you let Tan Han use this spell? Wait, you fought for this spell for her, didn't you? This is against the rules."

"But Tan Han is using it right now."

"Tan Han's temperament hasn't been honed yet, setbacks are naturally necessary."

Lina shook her head now, speaking with some helplessness.

"This little fellow named Yang Yuehan is really interesting, to be able to play Fireball in so many ways. Why don't you guys go look at the experimental logs this little fellow conducted a few days ago? It's quite interesting."

"Oh? Where can we see it?"

"The library, you can see it with high-level clearance."

"Worth a look."

Soon, the focus of the conversation in the witches' seating area shifted towards the experimental logs.

However, some witches still couldn't let go of Tan Han, so they went to talk more with Lina.

After all, Lina was Tan Han's counselor, and her decisions would have a huge impact on Tan Han.

"Lina, what are you thinking now? To raise Tan Han into a weapon of war? A spell turret?"

"Tan Han's potential is great. At this stage, she should be like Yang Yuehan, coming into contact with transcendent laws and learning transcendent knowledge, instead of holding so many spellbooks and magic power sources to dominate the arena."

"But you can't deny that Tan Han is only at the second-tier Imaging level of Spirit Vision right now. Following the script, strengthening her power, gathering the world's destiny to ascend to the top, it's not too late for her to come into contact with those things after she becomes a Transcendent Witch."

"In such a hurry, so this is the academy's decision? Afraid of having the pie shared?"

"Who knows, this main world can be opened up, but for transcendent races, four is enough. Our Witch Academy just needs to be the last one."

"Too shocking! The spell phenomenon from Arena 1 has spread outside the field! This means the solidified spell of Arena 1 has also been... Ptooey, a blizzard has started in the arena, the screen is a bit hard to see, we... we'll walk in a... let me cast a warming spell first..."

The on-site commentator was also very excited at this moment!

Snowflakes were even pouring into her mouth.

Rumor has it that Tan Han possessed a spell with a magic consumption of over a thousand.

Judging by this phenomenon, this was definitely a spell of that level.

One must know that even high-year seniors in the academy might not necessarily possess such a spell.

No one could believe that a newcomer possessed such means.

Of course, the commentator was also silently complaining that the protective measures for this newcomer competition were trash, but she didn't dare say it out loud.

So what was to be done?

Just guide others to think that Tan Han was amazing.

"We've moved closer and can see the huge figure in the ice and snow. Let's look at the Earth Vein Information to see what spell Tan Han is using... Ancient Glacial Ice Transformation Spell."

At this moment, the commentator didn't even use "Number One" to refer to her, but directly called her Tan Han.

Perhaps she herself was too excited to notice.

"Just from the name of this spell, we can tell its strength..."

"Hey, student, evacuate quickly, are you trying to get killed by still walking forward? Go back, non-contestants should not enter the arena!"

"Huh? Aren't you the referee teacher for Arena 3? What are you..."

"Evacuating students. This batch of competition matches is temporarily suspended. The academy will bear any personal losses caused."

"Huh? What about Arena 1!"

She was the commentator for Arena 1, and it was still live!

Would she have her resources deducted for encountering something like this?

"This accident was caused by Arena 1. You're the commentator for Arena 1? Perfect, go back. I will transfer the commentary authority to the referee of Arena 1."

"Huh? But..."

"You can't commentate on a scene like this. I'm turning it off for you, hurry back."

After saying that, the referee teacher from Arena 3 cut off her commentary authority.

And at this moment, I, in the middle of the blizzard, was enduring a bone-chilling cold.

Tan Han was really right.

This was truly the first time I had seen such a scene.

I could only rub fireballs together to maintain a certain temperature.

I felt like the little girl selling fireballs right now, about to see my grandmother...

Alright, actually I don't even know what my grandmother looked like.

But this was just a figurative analogy.

"Feel the crush of absolute power!"

A huge voice came from above, carrying ice and echoes, blowing away the ice and snow between her and me.

Only then could I see the other party's appearance with my own eyes.

At this time, Tan Han was already a towering giant, with ice-blue hard ice forming her attire.

Even so, her human form was still discernible.

Her body was like a deep layer of ice, exuding a deep blue brilliance.

Clad in hard ice, holding a scepter, spike-like remnant ice became her loyal guards, and icicles hanging high in the sky became her wings.

With every move, she brought down hail that smashed onto the ground.

This was the transformation spell shaped by thousands of magic powers.

After the initial shock, I also subconsciously started guessing the magic power conversion ratio of this spell.

After all, this thousand-digit consumption was much more high-end than the hundred-digit consumption from before.

This wasn't something that could be achieved just by piling up magic power; the spellbook's efficiency in magic power conversion must have improved.

You must know, from my research on Fireball, although this Fireball spell only consumed one point of magic power, its conversion rate was also very low, less than 1%.

This was perhaps the reason why this spellbook couldn't withstand a higher conversion ratio, and also because the spell itself was too low-end, its internal structure and ritual were outdated, limiting the conversion rate.

Although I couldn't imagine how terrifying the power of a 100% conversion rate Fireball would be, Tan Han's transformation spell allowed me to glimpse a corner of the power of high conversion rate spells.

After all, even if I consumed a thousand magic powers to cast a thousand Fireballs, I wouldn't be able to reach this level!

At this moment, I truly felt a sense of envy, envying Tan Han for being able to obtain such a terrifying spellbook so easily.

But there was no helping it, who asked her to prove her own worth, making the academy value her.

If Teacher Ji Niang hadn't given me the opportunity, I might still be struggling there now.

Only at this moment could I feel how foolish I was for rejecting Teacher Ji Niang's spellbooks before, but in reality, accepting those spells seemed useless, at least at this stage, even with those spells, I couldn't break the current situation.

In the end, the level of resources I had access to was too low.

But if we were to delve into its value, did I have no value?

Was I not worthy of such a tilt in resources!

How could that be possible!

Even though I didn't know much about myself, what Teacher Ji Niang told me also made me understand that my value was no less than Tan Han's, and even surpassed hers, but I have yet to enjoy the same treatment as Tan Han.

Just like now, I could only be chased around by icicles.

At this moment, the ground of the arena had frozen without water.

The ring that was previously in a lava state was now completely frozen.

Icicles were constantly falling, and if I were a step slower, I could be smashed to death on the spot.

Moreover, I also had to distinguish the edge of the arena.

If I went out of the arena's range, I would lose.

Originally, there were solidified spells at the edge of the arena, but now those temporary solidified spells might be malfunctioning.

The referee at the edge of the arena could rush over to terminate the match at any time, but I also looked at the referee to indicate that it wasn't necessary for now.

However, I seemed to vaguely hear the referee teacher saying something.

"As Number 1 completes the spell transformation, Number 14 has fallen into a completely passive state. The icicles filling the sky are just one step away from ending the match completely."

"Just now, Number 14 signaled to me to continue the match, so we will uphold the spirit of competition and continue with the commentary. I am the referee for Arena 1. Due to force majeure, I will be taking over the commentary from now on..."

"Give up! Little Han, futile struggles will only make your loss more unsightly."

Tan Han, now transformed into the Ancient Glacial Ice, holding the Remnant Ice Scepter, swept it in my direction.

"Fighting up to now, I've basically figured out your methods. Before this, I was actually looking forward to a battle with you, but I didn't expect everything to happen so quickly. The fact that you could push me to this point is enough to prove your strength, but it's not enough!"

"I heard that you have course exemptions just like me. When there were no classes, I was practicing spells. For so long, I was using spells. In my free time, I was constantly challenging opponents in the Dream State device. Little Han, what about you?"

Tan Han's voice came over, as if it were a speech before the final battle, or as if she were showing off her hard work, because her tone was filled with arrogance.

Perhaps the transformation spell had changed the tone of her speech.

"What are you trying to prove to me? Your hard work?"

I didn't answer her, but asked back.

After all, Tan Han was a rich young lady.

I could naturally understand her having such an arrogant personality, but I didn't agree with it.

But more importantly, I was stalling for time.

I needed to break the current situation.

If I didn't, I would be waiting for death.

She could wear me down to death.

The only thing I could rely on was Spirit Vision.

In the past, Spirit Vision was my burden, but now, it was my most handy tool!

"That look again, Little Han, your eyes are really special. Is it your talent? But this time I won't give you the chance to pry!"

Tan Han seemed to have felt my Spirit Vision's inspection.

Tan Han was very familiar with this gaze, just like during the meditation last time.

Just like last time, trigger her talent and sweep away this feeling of being pried into!

Only after that time did she discover what the talent she had awakened upon enrollment really was.

Initially, she couldn't know what her talent was; the content on the Earth Vein Information was just gibberish.

She had asked her counselor and the academy, but no one gave an answer.

It wasn't until her talent was passively triggered that time that she gradually felt what that thing was.

It was a seed like a vertical pupil, enveloped by an unknown power.

And on the Earth Vein Information, its name finally appeared, "Spirit Eye".

The power surrounding the Spirit Eye was very magical, even more terrifying than magic power, but she couldn't actively control it.

But now, as if destined, she had fallen into such a situation.

Especially after meeting Little Han's gaze, her Spirit Eye was stimulated, and the restless power seemed to want to break free from her body to expel that gaze.

So Tan Han directly followed this sensation and placed it inside the Ancient Glacial Ice Transformation spellbook.

And my Spirit Vision at this moment quickly saw through this Ancient Glacial Ice Transformation spell.

Every energy node derived from the spell was spread across this huge body like a network structure.

I even saw Tan Han's own body, and that was the root of this spellbook.

It was called a transformation spell, but to understand its essence abstractly, it was still just like putting on an outer shell.

Hit the core, awaken the main body, interrupt the energy nodes, and detonate to destroy the transformation spell's ritual.

The method was very simple, but even if I knew it, I might not be able to do it.

After all, my means were limited, unless...

I sacrificed my Fireball spellbook to create a more powerful strike.

I had more or less completely figured out the Fireball spellbook, including the part about the efficiency of converting magic power into fire element.

It's not that I didn't want to use a more powerful Fireball before, but that kind of Fireball was my trump card, the kind used for the final blow.

Who reveals their trump card right at the start?

And the higher the conversion rate, the longer the spellbook's cooldown.

The spellbook itself is a highly integrated product of a spell, so it naturally has a cooldown when used.

Otherwise, continuous high-intensity use would wear down the spellbook itself and could also lead to spell casting failure and so on.

Once a spell fails, it's best if nothing happens.

Otherwise, internal wear and tear of the spellbook is a normal phenomenon.

The worst case is the complete destruction of the spellbook, accompanied by a mental power backlash.

I had already played with one and destroyed it before; it was made into a structural specimen of an unfolded spellbook by Teacher Ji Niang.

But just as I was ready to sacrifice this spellbook, an anomaly occurred again.

I didn't know what Tan Han had done, I only felt that from the perspective of Spirit Vision, a huge golden vertical pupil appeared above the Ancient Glacial Ice that Tan Han had transformed into!

Isn't this the one I saw when I was meditating with Tan Han back then!

Recalling that scene, I subconsciously shivered, as if it was a suppression of a higher level, making me unable to resist.

This thing seemed to be my natural counter, and it used absolute suppression to make me unable to resist...

Cheating!

This must be cheating!

If she uses this kind of power, wouldn't I be done for?

My Floating World level Spirit Vision met that eye.

Through it, I looked at the deep, starry sky behind it, until I saw nothingness...

Such a scene was naturally not something ordinary people could see.

The students in the audience naturally couldn't see such a terrifying scene.

That golden eye carried the Ancient Glacial Ice, as if connecting heaven and earth, dominating Tan Han's body at this moment.

And at this moment, in the teachers' seating area, many witches suddenly stood up.

"The Seed of Destiny has been triggered? How is that possible?"

"There's a bug in the script's track, it actually judged that Tan Han would be defeated in the upcoming clash?"

And among them, the most shocked was Lina.

As Tan Han's counselor, she naturally knew Tan Han inside out, but the Yang Yuehan before her only had four spellbooks in his body, how could he turn this around?

Being able to trigger the Seed of Destiny means a pivotal plot point has a turning point-like loophole that needs to be "corrected."

The power of plot correction is no joke.

It's like a plot kill in a game.

It seems reasonable in its presentation, but the target will definitely be killed.

The unreasonable part of it is that the trajectory of the plot's development is locked, with no possibility of the opponent winning...

"Tan Han's first blood is being given away just like that?"

Many teachers asked in disbelief.

Of course, the first blood of Tan Han that the witches were talking about was not that kind of first blood, but rather Tan Han, as the protagonist of the plot, having her destiny stripped away and corrected for the first time due to a loophole.

"Plot kill" is one of the script's self-correction methods.

But for the person being plot-killed, this isn't a bad thing.

Even if they are the protagonist of the plot, they are still a living person, an individual living under the world.

This is a process of "equivalent exchange".

The destiny consumed by the Seed of Destiny does not disappear but is transferred to the other party in another form.

This is the so-called "sharing a piece of the pie".

If one's vision and cognition are not high enough to see this level, it's not entirely wrong to say that the person being plot-killed is a failed cannon fodder.

"By the way, why isn't Xi Lan here? Her precious student is fighting, does she know what's going on?"

"Haven't seen her, but I'm still curious, if there was no script interference, how would Number 14 turn this around?"

"You all don't know, do you? The magic power conversion rate of the Fireball spellbook. This Yang Yuehan has already destroyed one spellbook in previous experiments. For him, sacrificing another spellbook, it doesn't need to be very high, just reaching a 10% conversion rate is enough to break this transformation."

"Isn't that overestimating it? You think it can be solved in one hit?"

"Yang Yuehan is the first case of an Innate Spirit Visionary, Floating World level Spirit Vision, it's terrifying just thinking about it. Wasn't that Flame Lord before destroyed in one hit just like that?"

"Seems so."

"Huh? Lina, what are you doing?"

The witches saw Lina seem to have thought of something, immediately stood up, and headed towards the arena.

"Your words just now reminded me, this Yang Yuehan's Spirit Vision level is Floating World. This time, clashing with the Seed of Destiny, I'm afraid he might come into contact with information about the World Script Theory. I'm going to prepare a secrecy contract, this kind of information cannot be spread in the main world."

"Indeed, I almost didn't think of this possibility."

And at this moment.

I looked at Tan Han opposite me.

The Tan Han at this moment was so unfamiliar, she didn't even say a word to me.

That giant golden eye seemed to have locked onto me, and I was powerless.

"You're cheating, aren't you... Tan Han, then I'll have to go all out!"

But Tan Han did not reply.

In that case, my hand rested on my chest, and a ball of light appeared.

Since I was prepared to sacrifice this spellbook, then let this spellbook unfold outside my body.

Dismantling with mental power, the protective layer outside the spellbook was completely useless.

Once the outer protection was removed, the internal structure would unfold without reservation.

This method of using a spellbook only once in its lifetime was now activated by me.

I had never been so crazy even in the laboratory.

Just as I was modding this unfolded spellbook, I felt myself abruptly lose consciousness in that instant.

Everything was like a smooth transition, and my consciousness became clear again.

My surroundings became completely silent.

There was no blizzard, no arena, and no surrounding audience.

Only a piece of nothingness, and a patch of golden light in the distance.

"Tan Han...?"

I tentatively looked at the figure within that golden light.

"Mmm... Little Han... where... where is this?"

"Huh? Didn't you cause all this? You're asking me?"

"Me?"

At this moment, Tan Han was also extremely confused.

She only remembered that she had followed her instincts and placed that seed of talent into the spellbook, and then she lost all consciousness.

When she woke up again, she was here.