The Witch's Imaginary Land: Redemption Comes After Sticking Together

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"How dare you ask!" Jiang Kehan ​​glanced at her teacher sideways, but ultimately swallowed her complaints. Ai Li'er also looked at her teacher with a strange expression.

This was also the first time she had ridden on her teacher's back after he transformed into a dragon. In the past, her teacher would always wait for her at the destination in advance. She never expected him to be so unreliable, which was completely different from his usual gentle image.

No wonder Li Hui didn't miss a thing; it turns out he had anticipated this. Thinking of this, she looked at Li Hui with a hint of admiration.

At this moment, Li Hui was looking up at the sky, as if there was something interesting up there. She felt that there was still some warmth left on her arm, but she didn't want to use magic to remove it, for fear that Jiang Kehan ​​would notice what had just happened.

Lu Xiangtong realized what had happened and said with an embarrassed smile, "Oh, this is the first time I've flown with someone after transforming into a dragon. I forgot to use my scales to make a seatbelt. I'll remember next time."

"Cough, it's not a big problem. Let's go to the Mi Yiling Qiba Shi Qi E Si 5 Li; Junman Hunting Ground first."

This place is still some distance from the Misty Hunting Grounds. The Worry-Free Sky Island is very large, including a main island and more than 400 affiliated sky islands, with a total area of ​​over 2000 square kilometers. It is home to nearly 100,000 witches and is the largest commercial sky island in Pingjiang City. Therefore, high-altitude flight is prohibited on it, and even witch brooms can only fly close to the ground, with speed limits.

They then landed on a small, attached floating island specifically for witches.

This was the first time Jiang Kehan ​​had ever seen such a massive floating island. It looked like a continent floating in the sky, and just the sight of it silently spoke of what vastness truly meant.

Hearing her teacher's call, she snapped out of her daze and quickly followed the others up the cloud ladder to the carefree sky island.

The area above is very modern, with skyscrapers and strange buildings everywhere. Jiang Kehan ​​saw many buildings connected to each other in the air, as well as spherical structures, showing that the magic has brought more possibilities to infrastructure.

The road is wide, like some kind of light blue transparent glass, but strangely, it doesn't reflect anything on the street, even though it looks like a very reflective material.

Besides, there was a scene here that Jiang Kehan ​​had never seen before in the Sky Island Street where she bought daily necessities—some witches were floating on the roadside on broomsticks, with goods displayed below them, somewhat like the stalls in her previous life, but these witches did not make any noise and quietly swiped their terminals.

"Don't they shout out their wares?" Jiang Kehan ​​asked the others, puzzled.

"Hmm? Why are you shouting about it? Isn't the value of these goods obvious at a glance?" Ai Li'er led Jiang Kehan ​​closer and gently scanned the items with her terminal, which brought up detailed information about the items and their official website prices.

Witches are generally knowledgeable and have a well-developed online business system. Their goods are actually listed online, and when someone buys them, they will collect them and arrange for logistics to deliver them. The purpose of setting up a stall is more to quickly sell off their goods.

Is this the consequence of the popularization of knowledge? Jiang Kehan ​​was somewhat curious and also a little dazed. It probably wouldn't be easy to be a shrewd businessman in this world, she thought to herself.

Then, as Jiang Kehan, like a curious child, looked left and right, the group arrived at the Misty Hunting Ground.

The hunting grounds looked like a manor, with a wooden gate on the outside, decorated with vines on the frame, allowing more than ten people to pass through at a time.

But once you step inside, you'll find it's very modern, like a reception center for a large tourist destination, with glass doors and a minimalist interior.

Jiang Kehan ​​looked up at the price list, her lips twitching.

Low-level hunting grounds contain pseudo-dragons of stages 1-3 and other creatures. The entrance fee is 300 Witch Gold per person and is valid for 3 days only.

Intermediate hunting grounds, containing creatures of stages 3-4, cost 1000 Witch Gold per person for entry, limited to 1 day.

The low-level hunting grounds were accompanied by descriptions of dozens of shattered spaces, while the mid-level hunting grounds only had five.

Good heavens, this price made Jiang Kehan's heart tremble violently. She couldn't help but tug at Lü Xiangtong's sleeve, looking at her teacher Yue Yiyi Qi Yin Er 8 Si IV.

Lu Xiangtong said somewhat helplessly, "The academy will cover the entrance fees, and the academy will also reimburse the taxes on the spoils of the hunt. How much you can hunt depends entirely on your skills."

"Great!" Jiang Kehan ​​casually withdrew her hand and walked over to the other two as if nothing had happened to ask them.

"How much witch gold can we harvest from a normal hunt?"

"It's probably around 100, but with Li Hui around, it should be able to break 300. If Jiang Kehan ​​is short of money, I can lend you my share," Ai Li'er replied after thinking for a moment.

Jiang Kehan ​​shook her head, declining the other party's kindness: "No need, just give me what I'm entitled to according to the original distribution method, I'm not in a hurry to use the money."

To maintain a relationship, you can't just keep demanding; you have to integrate into the other person's lifestyle first. Thinking of this, Jiang Kehan ​​secretly glanced at Li Hui.

Li Hui had already made her way to a nearby counter, an area piled high with special badges, and was talking to the salesperson next to her.

Chapter 15 Symbol of Fate

Jiang Kehan ​​curiously came closer, looking at the badges with a puzzled expression. She couldn't figure out what they were for. They looked like they were just random scribbles on iron, not even worthy of being called simple drawings, but rather marks left by an accidental collision.

She gently stroked her chin, pondering, and carefully circled the counter a few times. In the end, she still couldn't figure it out. She smacked her lips and thought, "It can't be a souvenir, can it? That would be too perfunctory."

At this moment, Li Hui also noticed Jiang Kehan ​​wandering around aimlessly. He raised an eyebrow, walked behind her, and tapped her on the head.

"what are you doing?"

"Hey, I'm guessing what these things are for." Jiang Kehan, who had been tapped on the head, turned around and pointed at the badges, her tone slightly lively.

A little tip for making friends: being cute and asking questions can help bridge the gap between people and reduce feelings of distance.

Of course, the premise is that you don't look like someone who will scare people away.

“These are hunting badges, things that ensure our safety in the hunting grounds,” Li Hui added, as if he had just thought of something. “You’ll use them often in the future.”

Hmm, can this little thing really guarantee my safety? Jiang Kehan ​​was a little skeptical.

Li Hui took a life badge from the counter and pinned it to Jiang Kehan's collar, explaining it to her.

"The Fate Emblem is a special item that can only take effect in the Witch Universe. Kehan ​​should know that the world itself can also give birth to will, right? In fact, the world will of the Witch Universe was transformed into one of us a long time ago and enjoys a special status among us witches."

"The essence of the destiny emblem is to use the power of the other party to inscribe our existence in the entire universe. Once the original body dies, it can be directly reborn by using this complete concept of existence."

The witches' immortality is special. They analyzed the so-called soul and the underworld very early on, and finally found that there were big problems with immortality through infinite reincarnation. So they chose another special path of immortal evolution.

They engraved their immortality on the concept of self, from the little witch who could regenerate as long as there were any remaining cells, to the great witch who could regenerate as long as there was a record of her in the universe. Gradually, they evolved a regeneration method that was more abstract than memes. Rather than immortal, it would be more accurate to describe them as hard to kill.

However, this does not mean that witches can truly ignore all dangers. At least among their own kind, they have a wealth of ways to completely kill other witches. Moreover, they also have a period of weakness after rebirth. Therefore, in order to solve these problems, the Fate Symbol was born.

The essence of the Destiny Emblem is to borrow the power of the world and have two "selves" at the same time. Only after one dies will the other appear in reality. Moreover, because both are in a complete state, it perfectly solves the problem of the weakness period after rebirth.

What did the witch do after solving this problem?

They excitedly changed the way witches judged their duels from striking until the opponent regenerated to completely obliterating the opponent's existence, preventing them from regenerating on their own.

Witches are that cruel; they can tear their enemies apart and devour them completely.

This is why Li Hui said that Jiang Kehan ​​inevitably had to deal with the Fate Emblem, and why the Duel Witch is the most popular and admirable witch.

Jiang Kehan ​​looked at the badge pinned to her collar and couldn't help but swallow. Death, had it been conquered just like that?

Her impression of the witch's power was refreshed once again. Although it could only be used in the witch's universe, wasn't this just like having a built-in resurrection pool in League of Legends? If other universes wanted to attack, their human wave tactics would be completely useless, and it would be a joke to compete with the witch in terms of cutting-edge combat power. She couldn't think of any way to win.

"Oh, by the way, while normal life badges can be used as soon as they are activated and don't need to be worn at all, the life badges used in the hunting grounds are engraved with spatial magic to prevent witches from being dissatisfied after death and challenging their prey to a duel again. They will teleport us back directly."

Jiang Kehan's lips twitched. Would anyone really be this reckless?

However, behind every seemingly strange design, there is often an even more outrageous truth, so she accepted this premise.

Li Hui took the two life badges from the waiter and joined Jiang Kehan ​​and the other two.

At this moment, Lü Xiangtong had also bought the tickets and was holding three spatial bracelets in her hand. When she saw Li Hui and the others coming over, she smiled and spoke.

"Take your life badges. Here, this is a space bracelet used only in the hunting grounds. If you encounter danger, you can use it to contact the witch who guards the hunting grounds, or you can be teleported back directly. However, if you do this, it will be considered that you have automatically given up, regardless of how much time is left. In addition, if the time runs out or you forcibly remove it, you will be teleported back directly. Please be careful."

Jiang Kehan ​​took the bracelet from her teacher. It had a display screen that was quietly showing a 3-day countdown, but the countdown hadn't started yet.

"By the way, I won't be going in with you this time. The space bracelet can automatically identify the value of the prey. Apart from the materials you need, you can sell them directly to the hunting grounds. I hope you have a good harvest."

Seeing that the three of them were ready, Lü Xiangtong took her leave.

"Then I'll head out first. Have fun!"

Jiang Kehan ​​was filled with questions. Sigh! Teacher, are you really leaving like this? I wanted to use your help to hunt more prey.

Jiang Kehan ​​was scheming and ready to sell her blood, even if it meant getting injured and acting stupid, so that her teacher could demonstrate hunting a few more times and she could make more money.

Unexpectedly, the teacher was completely uncooperative and left, leaving Jiang Kehan ​​with only her back view, which made her want to cry.

Li Hui and Ai Li'er were clearly used to this learning style that left the students to take care of themselves. For the academy, the entrance fee for the hunt was a small amount of money. If dying a few times inside could teach the little witch a lesson, it was obviously a good deal.

Ai Li'er looked at the shattered space of the dozens of primary hunting grounds and spoke to Li Hui.

Which shattered space are we going to this time?

Jiang Kehan ​​also looked over. For some reason, the two of them naturally regarded Li Hui as the backbone of the team.

Li Hui hovered his finger over the descriptions of each broken space, finally stopping at "Jungle Wasteland".

“Let’s go here. There are plenty of jungle materials, and it’s also the habitat of Frostwyrms. The complex environment and ever-changing ecology will allow Jiang Kehan ​​to quickly get the hang of the hunting process. Isn’t Ariel going to learn Nature’s Call? Let’s go inside and see if there are any potion materials you need.”

Neither of them had any objections, so that was the decision.

After checking their staffs and combat suits one last time to make sure there were no mistakes, they headed together to the hall where the "Jungle Wasteland" portal was located.

The portal resembled an upright oval, with a magnificent base at the bottom. The ellipse's border was outlined with an unknown golden metal, and the center resembled flowing mercury, obscuring the view on the other side.

Jiang Kehan ​​was the last to enter the portal. She put her hand through the door, which was thinner than paper. At the point where her hand met the door, she could clearly feel the foam-like texture. Then she walked through in one breath.

It was like stepping from one bubble into another, and I could vaguely hear a "pop" sound.

Chapter 16 Hunting

As soon as Jiang Kehan ​​stepped out of the portal, Li Hui and Ai Li'er cautiously picked up their staffs and looked around in vigilance.

Ariel's staff is a revolver commonly used by cowboys in the West. It can be preloaded with 5 different spell models and released quickly to suppress the rhythm. However, this requires the witch to have a good grasp of the battle. If the preloaded spell models are not useful, they will slow down the witch's casting speed and rhythm.

Jiang Kehan ​​also gripped her staff tightly. The mechanism of the teleportation portal was to first identify whether their space bracelets were in a team, and then randomly teleport them to one of the several relatively safe areas. However, this did not mean that there would be no cunning creatures that would deliberately ambush them.

The area they were in was a small grassy area surrounded by trees, which looked like it had been specially cleared. Behind them was a rock that was a little taller than Jiang Kehan, and looking around, there were dense trees and vines that blocked out the sky, and they wondered what was hidden in them.

“There’s no immediate danger. Jiang Kehan, don’t move. Ai Li’er, reload Fire Feather and Hurricane. I’ll test the waters. If any enemies appear, use Fire Feather to deal damage. If we can’t knock them down, use Hurricane to retreat and ensure our safety.” Li Hui decisively arranged the group’s actions, his short staff emitting a faint purple glow.

She waited a few seconds, estimating that Ariel had already filled the spell model, before activating the lightning gathered on the short staff, turning it into an extremely fine current that spread outwards from her.

After passing the other two, the lightning suddenly intensified, sweeping across a radius of a kilometer like an electrified whip, with just enough force to alarm other creatures.

The roars of several wild beasts rang out in unison, though most were moving away from the area. Only three pairs of bright green eyes shone brightly as they charged toward the scene.

"It's a lizard dragon, be careful." Ariel whispered a warning to Jiang Kehan, then pointed her revolver at one of them and pulled the trigger twice.

The lizard dragon looks like a raptor, but it is small in size, only about 1.5 meters tall. However, its skin color is basically the same as the surrounding leaves, making it difficult to spot if it is not moving. Its most obvious feature is its tongue, which shoots out at them like an arrow, making a whooshing sound as it cuts through the air.

Jiang Kehan ​​subconsciously used her short staff to transform the Frost Shield into a real physical shield, protecting Ai Li'er.

Fire feathers the size of willow leaves shot from the muzzle, almost possessing a tangible sheen, before piercing through the mouth of a lizard dragon, bringing with them enormous flames and shockwaves, but producing only minimal noise.

The lizard dragon was incredibly resilient. Even with half its body broken and brain matter spilling out, it did not die. But the second fire feather had already arrived, like a death angel, obscuring its eyes of life.

Li Hui appeared beside Jiang Kehan ​​without her noticing, took her hand and led her forward, speaking in her ear: "Use Prayer for Rain. You need to anticipate the opponent's actions. This thing is very cunning, or rather, no creature will walk straight towards you like a fool. Based on its muscle strength and eyes, predict when it will change course and when it will be unable to dodge in time."

Jiang Kehan ​​held her breath upon hearing Li Hui's words. Magic surged into her brain and eyes, greatly amplifying her dynamic vision. The lizard dragon relied entirely on its hind limbs for power, with short forelimbs. However, she noticed that the dragon's forelimbs would make slight movements each time it shifted, acting like a balancer to assist its movements.

So she pinpointed the location the other party might move to, channeled her magic to change the nature of her rainmaking, and used the ice she was most familiar with as a substitute for raindrops.

A human-like smugness flashed in the lizard's eyes, and its tongue suddenly accelerated again. This sneak attack method had been successful every time in its life, taking the lives of many creatures.

But it was too late. Before its tongue could reach its target, an ice blade fell from its head. The flat ice blade was half a meter long and extremely sharp, easily cutting it to pieces.

Finally, it collapsed a few meters away from Jiang Kehan, its eyes filled with confusion, as if it were roaring something unwillingly, but its proud tongue had been cut off by the ice blade, and it could only make helpless whimpering sounds.

The last lizard dragon had already been killed by Ariel, and she dragged the corpses of two lizard dragons that were further away as she walked over.