Chapter 240 : Chapter 240

Chapter 240: Ultimate Provocation and Mockery

As a fireball exploded in the sky of the exchange competition venue, the sound and light echoed across the sky, as if adding a final celebration to the impending conclusion of the exchange competition.

But such a signal made the people from the other academies at this moment feel a chill down their spines, like frightened birds.

Among the spellcasters in the exchange competition, the most unique were naturally those from the Witch Academy.

They didn't know what this sound represented.

Was it a signal to gather?

A full-scale assault?

Or the beginning of an unknown plan waiting for the harvest?

They only knew that the direction it came from was the location of the Dwarf Academy's massive War Fortress.

But it was definitely a means of signaling.

However, after a long wait, everything seemed to be the same as usual, with no changes at all.

The only change was the strength of the Phantoms of the Past, which had shown a cliff-like increase during this period.

Such an abnormality made the Beast Academies and the elves feel immense pressure.

Don't think that the dwarves' War Fortress would help the elves clear out the Phantoms of the Past.

When the phantoms charged over, the War Fortress directly entered turtle mode, not moving an inch.

The Phantoms of the Past couldn't budge it, so they simply bypassed it and headed towards the elves.

With this free labor, Minian and the others didn't even need to go up and trade insults with the other side.

"Wait... why is this commotion a bit big... didn't the Phantoms of the Past stop attacking us?"

The people inside the War Fortress finally sensed something was wrong.

After welcoming the first wave of Phantoms of the Past charging out of the Ancient Battlefield at night, the commotion had indeed gradually quieted down, but now it had intensified again.

This looked very problematic no matter how you looked at it.

"This isn't good... outside, it seems the ones outside aren't the Phantoms of the Past. We've been surrounded by that group of elves."

At this moment, Eike saw the situation outside through the observation port in the cockpit and then reported to everyone.

"Huh? Are they going crazy? Why? We Witch Academy haven't even taken the initiative to attack, and they're already coming to mess with us?"

"Maybe they can't bear the pressure anymore..."

"The signal has been sent out, Big Sis Tan Han should be arriving soon. Why did it have to be at this time?"

"We still have Big Sis Xiao Han..."

"But Big Sis Xiao Han went back to sleep, right? Wouldn't it be bad to wake her up again? Besides, it's not like we don't have any combat power."

"But... aren't there a few too many of them?"

Everyone stood by the window and looked outside.

At this moment, there were not only elves outside, but also people from the Beast Academies.

Were they preparing for a last-ditch struggle at this final moment?

"Anyway, no matter what, let's go out and see what's going on. They can't just launch a direct assault like this."

Regardless, Minian opened the hatch first, but just as she was about to go out, an arrow flew right past her scalp.

The intense power of nature, carrying a gust of wind pressure, scared Minian so much that she immediately shrank back.

"Wait... what's with that group of elves? I just showed my head and an arrow flew past my scalp!"

"Shields, Minian. Don't be scared by this kind of thing, it'll be embarrassing if others see you."

"Of course you don't need to remind me. I just didn't expect them to not give me a chance just now."

Just as Minian and the others were preparing to cast shields and go out, I walked out of the rest cabin.

The commotion just now was a bit loud, and I had just been woken up once.

Now, my light sleep was disturbed by a loud noise.

"Let me handle it. I'll go see what's going on outside."

"Big... Big Sis Xiao Han? You're awake."

"Awu Yeah, the noise is quite loud. It's better for me to handle this."

I yawned, "Just consider it stretching my muscles."

I pushed open the hatch and casually put on a shield.

Being woken up twice in one night of sleep had already caused me great distress, and I needed such an opportunity to vent my emotions.

When I walked out, many attacks flew towards me, and the energy shield I casually released had already reached its limit.

"Enough, all of you, stop!"

My angry shout instantly made many people pause, especially the elves, who felt a trace of instinctive fear upon seeing me.

"Who do you think you are! You tell me to stop, so I stop!"

At this moment, a hothead from the Beast Academy who didn't really know me charged towards me on the War Fortress, relying on his powerful transcendent physique.

"You can't block this single strike."

Facing this guy rushing towards me, I just casually swiped, and a wind blade with restrained but powerful wind element shot out.

Even though the opponent quickly tried to block with his armor, he still couldn't withstand the force.

The moment his armor shattered, he was sent flying backwards with serious injuries.

I was still a little dissatisfied with this final result.

I had already enhanced the power of this wind blade again, yet it still couldn't kill him in one hit?

If I used the "Focus Point" technique, it should be able to easily pierce through his body.

"Yang Yuehan? What are you doing here?"

The most nervous about my sudden appearance were naturally the elves.

They had personally experienced my strength, and that Fire Rain Domain spell...

As for the Beast Academies, there were many of them, and I hadn't had much contact with them.

Their understanding of me was mostly based on collected intelligence, rumors, and the various phenomena they had seen.

But among them, some were still very clear about my power.

For example, the group that was there when I went to snatch the so-called Fruit of Life.

"Why shouldn't I be here? What kind of question is that? It's the middle of the night, aren't you guys going to sleep?"

As soon as I said this, many people were left speechless.

It had already come to this, who could still sleep?

And the elves felt that this was all too surreal.

They had been probing earlier, thinking that Tan Han and Yang Yuehan were probably not here, that they might have gone to guide the Phantoms of the Past to erode the map.

But now, they knew they had stirred up big trouble.

Originally, they thought of uniting with the Beast Academies to drive away these dwarves and the Witch Academy members.

After all, they had truly caused the elves great trouble.

And the big fire in the Beast Academy's forest had caused them considerable trouble, so they quickly formed a united front.

"Sleep, you can actually sleep peacefully! Your Witch Academy is manipulating the Phantoms of the Past to erode various places, forcing everyone here, giving us no way out!"

"Yang Yuehan, I admit you are strong, but facing so many of us, you won't be arrogant for long!"

"Arrogant..."

My gaze shifted to the distance.

It was brightly lit here by flames.

Since it was night, firelight was needed for illumination, otherwise, how would they fight a group battle in the dark.

But the most conspicuous thing right now was the ritual pillar of light over at the sea region.

At this time of night, this was the only ritual, so it was indeed eye-catching.

Based on my clear understanding of ritual pillars, their ritual had already reached the coronation stage.

"I don't know what gave you the confidence and courage. Although I don't want to lecture you, I can't help but tell you that you are already people who have mastered transcendent power. Stop thinking with your old mindset. For example, right now, the only use for numbers is to add more corpses to the coming death."

When I finished this sentence, even before I finished, they felt that arrogant, self-righteous conceit of mine!

That's right, they admitted that even with more people, they might not be able to defeat a powerful expert.

But everyone here was a newcomer, people who had just mastered transcendent power.

Each of them was even a top student in their respective academies.

On what grounds could she say that numerical advantage was not worth mentioning?

"Not convinced? Then you can all give it a try."

When I said this and even stretched out my hand, the elves immediately took a defensive stance.

Among this group of people, I also saw some familiar elves, but I had no intention of greeting them.

"Look at you, what are you so afraid of?"

My gaze turned towards the elves.

The Beast Academies were also made a little panicked by the elves' pre-battle cowardice, but some also looked down on such behavior.

"Do you think my opening move will be the Fire Rain Domain? The Fire Rain Domain spell was the one I used to burn the World Tree. You should have all seen the fiery clouds that swept across the sky back then."

Following my description, many people recalled it.

Everyone had seen the huge phenomenon that enveloped the Aphrodite World Tree back then.

If a spell of that level was used, they would indeed be quite scared.

"I'm very glad that none of you made a move and listened to me tell my story."

At this moment, everyone looked at the guy I had seriously injured with one blow earlier.

It could be said that the effect of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, coupled with the elves' natural performance of cowardice, did have a significant effect.

After all, the Beast Academies didn't want to be the elves' scapegoats.

"The Fire Rain Domain spellbook is a Super Consumption Spellbook, consuming up to a thousand magic power. My magic power just broke a thousand, which means the price I have to pay to use this spellbook is very high. But once it is used, I believe everyone present will have an unforgettable experience."

"Do you feel that the Witch Academy's methods are too unfair? Actually, I think so too. I can even foresee many newcomers of my year, filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred towards me."

When I said these words, many people were stunned, including the few from the Witch Academy.

This was simply stirring up hatred!

Directly pointing out things that were inconvenient to say, bringing everything from the shadows into the open!

"I'm not saying this to prove anything. After all, it's so late, most people are probably already asleep. There shouldn't be many people watching the so-called livestream. I just want to do one thing, and that is to make you recognize your own ignorance."

"Yang Yuehan! You are far too conceited! Who do you think I am!"

"I am Reserve Witch Yang Yuehan."

I answered his question directly.

"If this level is already considered conceited, then how will you describe my next actions?"

While I was speaking, things that looked like balls of light fell at my feet.

Those were spellbooks.

"This first one is the Fire Rain Domain spellbook, this is the Protection of the Elemental Spirit, this is the Shadow Legion Summoning Spell that I haven't used yet..."

I threw the spellbooks on the ground one by one, right before their eyes.

"You... what do you mean by this!"

At this moment, they couldn't figure out what I meant.

Taking out the spellbooks and throwing them on the ground, was this digging her own grave!

Tying her own hands!

"All of my offensive spellbooks that exceed the basic consumption level are here. This means that right now, my only offensive methods are basic consumption spellbooks that cost single-digit magic power and other non-offensive spellbooks."

As I said this, the corners of my mouth lifted slightly.

In their eyes, this looked like a mockery of them.

"Spellbooks will self-destruct after being separated from their medium for a period of time. The Yang Yuehan you are facing now is the one closest to the average level of a newcomer..."

"You! You're a lunatic! What are you trying to do!"

"Big Sis Xiao Han, don't be foolish at a time like this, what are you doing?"

"Big Sis Xiao Han, quickly pick up the spellbooks!"

"This is the Dream State, it's not real, it's okay."

I stopped them from persuading me and looked at everyone with a smile.

"You're still not making a move? Don't you understand what my current situation means? What I mean now is... I am confident that I can finish all of you off before these spellbooks self-destruct."

I said these words calmly, as if stating a fact.

Because I knew very well that I needed such a battle to push myself.

So far in the exchange competition, I hadn't encountered a single battle that was valuable to me.

Of course, that guy Saint Angel Aqier was a bit special, and at that time, the main focus was still on the exchange competition, using the opponent's strength to attack the Wizard Academy.

If I hadn't seized the opportunity, the exchange competition wouldn't have developed to its current state so quickly.

It could be said that I also felt it was a bit of a pity, but I don't regret not having a direct confrontation with him.

After all, one has to be self-aware.

I won't do foolish things.

To them, I gave up so many spellbooks, but does abandoning those spellbooks have a big impact on my strength?

Actually, not much.

The Fire Rain Domain is something even I wouldn't use lightly.

I've used it twice so far in the exchange competition, once as a trial against time, and the other time was the same.

But the results were not satisfactory; I didn't kill many people.

It was mainly for deterrence and destruction.

The same goes for other spells.

They just added icing on the cake and were convenient to use.

Besides, I didn't throw away my protective spells.

I only threw away the offensive ones.

But the deterrent and mocking effect was definitely maxed out, which perfectly met my expectations.

I needed such a battle to add new inspiration to my spells.

Of course, the main reason was that I wanted to try if spells could have techniques other than "Floating," "Resonance," and "Focus Point," for example, the "Domain" I had been thinking about before.

Take the most basic Fireball spellbook, for example.

Can I rely on this spellbook to achieve an effect similar to the Fire Rain Domain?

A Fireball Domain...

Just thinking about it felt very motivating!

And with my last sentence, the anger of everyone present was completely ignited!

Such a conceited person, they must make her suffer!

But the next moment, they knew that the ones who would suffer would probably be them.

"This spellbook is the Fireball spellbook. Perhaps you will wonder why there is such a strange spellbook, how a Fireball spellbook could have this effect. Then I can only say that your understanding of spells is still too shallow."

At this moment, five evocation spell effects appeared around me like floating cannons.

Perhaps these elves, Beast Academy members, and students from other academies who didn't know much about spellbooks didn't know what this meant or what it represented.

But the senior sisters from the Witch Academy watching the livestream right now must be very curious why.

Why is it that the Fireball spell they had used for so many years didn't follow the spellcaster like this one?

Were they using a fake spellbook?

"There are techniques to using spellbooks. Back when I first obtained a spellbook, it was just a Cleaning Spell. It was also then that I learned about the existence of spellbooks."

"At that time, I was thinking, how could a spellbook be such an inconvenient thing? Now I understand that I just didn't know how to use it properly."

At this moment, I was strolling through their attacks.

Whether it was long-range or close-quarters, the most direct fire suppression could break most offensives, and the large number of people had instead become their disadvantage.

Even with more people, their attacks couldn't merge to cause me harm.

They still had to rely on each individual's single attack on me.

Without the blessing of the World Tree, the elves' firepower could no longer achieve absolute suppression against me, and I had already activated the Flexible Learning and Application Spell and the Unity of Knowledge and Action suggestion.

And I was trying out the feasibility of the Fireball Domain technique.

Although I already had a clear direction, my understanding of spellbooks seemed to be insufficient to support the completion of this conjecture... This was an intuition born from continuous failure.

And it also told me that the missing piece of the puzzle was very likely the so-called runology.

The so-called True Editing technique, and the Rune Ritual of the spell itself.

The infinite possibilities that runes brought to spellbooks, I had tried it before.

That wind blade with the hidden fire element back then...

But it was a pity that I didn't have time to put it into action.

What followed was the Newcomer Competition, and then the Academy Exchange Competition...

If all this hadn't been so troublesome, then I should still be immersed in analyzing the mysteries of spellbooks right now.

"Impossible! This is impossible! This person is already in this state, why can she still crush us!"

"Because you have not yet faced your own ignorance. Brutes who only know how to squander transcendent power simply do not understand what your power is."

To this person who was already frightened by me, I attached my most sincere explanation.

Sometimes, many people will overlook what the transcendent power they have mastered truly is.

This is especially true for the Witch Academy.

The Magic Power Source and spellbooks seemed to be like pre-made meals fed directly into everyone's mouths.

Now I know why; it's probably for further screening.

For those who are addicted to pure power, give them a channel to immerse themselves in the beauty of power.

Smart people will discover the mysteries within this confusing appearance and thus walk another path.

The time required to stay in the Witch Academy is as long as ten years.

Even after graduation, one can still stay in the academy.

No matter when anyone sees through the mystery, they will probably awaken.

As long as they awaken, it will not be too late.

This is my current understanding of the Witch Academy.

As for whether it's an over-interpretation or being kept in the dark, it's actually not important.

What's important is what I'm going to do.

The battle was still in a white-hot stage, and at this moment, a figure hurried over, its destination being the dwarves' War Fortress.