r18novel Chapter 759 : Chapter 759
Chapter 759 : Chapter 759
Chapter 759: Tan Han's Unrestricted Competition
Arena spectator area.
“Really! That person who appeared on that viewing stand just now was truly Yang Yuehan! I didn't see it wrong! It must be her!”
“And then? Where did she go?”
“I went and asked the people over at the arena; she went to the participants' preparation area to meet with Tan Han.”
“Tsk...”
Following this burst of clicking tongues, the sounds of conversation also fell into silence here.
It was as if the development of events had also exceeded their expectations at this moment.
They were current students of the Witch Academy, but also members of families that held secular power and economic networks outside the Transcendent Academy.
Although the families outside the Transcendent Academy were comprised of ordinary people and could not master Transcendent power, when a machine like a family operated, it was claimed to be an existence that could interfere even with the Transcendent Academy.
Although there was an element of exaggeration, this was enough to illustrate their influence.
Even if they were very clear that it was extremely simple for the Transcendent Academy to crush them to death, the long-term operation of the families had also long ago figured out the Transcendent Academy's attitude toward the outside world and the limits of its tolerance.
At the very least, before the existing teaching mode of the Transcendent Academy changed, the Transcendent Academy would not carry out acts of indiscriminate erasure against the families.
Because once an existence like a family was erased from this world, this world and this society would come to a standstill.
This was the families' most powerless yet most powerful resistance in the secular world.
Because this would destroy the order of the Transcendent Academy's operation and the annual recruitment of students.
Once the Transcendent Academy did this, the pressure it would need to face would be immense: the reconstruction of social order, the restructuring of the Transcendent Academy's teaching mode, the arrangement of current students, etc., were all things that could not be completed overnight.
What’s more, currently only the Witch Academy in this world was attempting to carry out a restructuring of the Transcendent Academy.
The big moves made by the Witch Academy during the holiday were known to many; the brand-new power network mode and the architecture of the root network had already begun to show their initial form.
However, if the Witch Academy wanted to take action against the families, it would face a very severe problem, namely the issue of student sources for the following year and even many years to come, and the purging of families would also lead to the collapse of social order in the area radiated by the Witch Academy...
One must know that the main student sources for each Transcendent Academy mostly came from the area—or rather, the continent—radiated by the influence of their respective Transcendent Academy.
This mode replaced the concept of a nation, so the series of chain reactions triggered once social order came to a standstill would cause trouble even for a Transcendent Academy.
Even if these layouts of the families were not worth worrying about from a Transcendent perspective... then other Transcendent Academies at the same Transcendent level would not give up such a good opportunity to target the Witch Academy.
But that would be the worst-case scenario.
It was a situation that any clever person with some brains would not facilitate.
And the reason why the families were so fearless was naturally that they had secretly obtained “backing” from other Transcendent Academies.
After all, the one who wanted to reform was the Witch Academy, the one who wanted to change the social structure was the Witch Academy, the one who wanted to repair the Main World was the Witch Academy, and the one who wanted to reshape the pattern of the Main World was still the Witch Academy.
As early as the very beginning, when the witches mastered the Main World repair technique, when the Witch Academy captured that game world... the witches had “arrogantly” begun to divide the cake of the future Main World, and the Academy Head of the Witch Academy personally went to various Transcendent Academies to carry out forceful “communication.”
If everything developed as the witches expected, then everything would naturally be happy for all.
But... was all of this possible?
Everyone had their own calculations, just like how the current accidents in the game world were not precisely the tests carried out by those Transcendent Academies on the witches' bottom line within the permitted range of the contract?
They admitted that a Transcendent race like the witches was indeed powerful, but this was the Main World; no one could represent the will of an entire Transcendent race behind them.
Until... the Witch Academy produced a genius who exceeded the level of the World Script.
No matter how a genius within the world level was, they were no more than adding one super-strong person.
This was a full utilization of the Main World's population resources; the other parties would look on with envy at most.
But when such a genius that everyone could not understand appeared in the Witch Academy, such a genius already had the qualification to become a Truth Witch.
Even if this probability was extremely low, this possibility could not be ignored.
And if a “Truth Witch” were born in the Main World, then this would mean that within the Main World, there was an extension of the will of the witch race!
This meant that the witch side of the Main World had given birth to an extended individual sufficient to represent the will of the witch race, breaking the original “balance”!
Therefore, other Transcendent races would absolutely not allow this situation to occur.
Not only because the threat of such an existence was extremely terrifying, but it also meant that if those Transcendent races still wanted to have a share of the pie in the Main World... then they also needed to have a powerhouse of an equivalent level as backing.
But such a powerhouse would not be produced out of thin air; they could only seek help from the race behind them, dispatching a fellow powerhouse of the same race who could talk to someone at the level of the witch race's “Truth Witch” in order to maintain their former status.
But... was this possible?
Impossible!
The witch race had produced a “Truth Witch” out of thin air, but they hadn't!
Among Transcendent races, every existence of this level was the foundation of the race, perhaps guarding another place far more important than the Main World...
Such existences could not act casually; or rather, every move they made involved too many variables.
Therefore, the Transcendent races in the Main World likely had no means of responding, and they could only leave the Main World with their tails between their legs under the absolute “Truth.”
Thus, although the Main World looked very calm, a silent confrontation had actually already begun.
And this confrontation was a highly unequal one.
With the Witch Academy's side... against all the remaining Transcendent Academies in the Main World!
Even if the witch race represented by the Witch Academy did not fear this kind of confrontation, this was the Main World, and the basic base of all the Transcendent races here was just a single Transcendent Academy.
Therefore, the signing of the Witch's Contract regarding the principle of non-interference by Transcendents in the beginning seemed like a disadvantageous contract signed by the witches out of arrogance back then, and it was subsequently exploited by various other academies, but on another level, this contract also gained great convenience for the Witch Academy.
That was... at least as long as they were still in the Main World, there would be no unsolvable situation where other Transcendent Academies all joined forces and broke through the witch blockade just to kill one little witch.
And under the situation where the various academies used their own racial interests as gambling chips, a brand-new match also kicked off within the Witch Academy's Myriad Connection Arena.
Even if this was just a challenge between students, undercurrents were similarly surging.
“Next, please welcome our two... heavyweight participants, and what they are going to carry out is... an Unrestricted Competition!”
Accompanied by the host's words intended to stir the passion of the spectators on-site, especially that term “Unrestricted Competition,” many people present were driven to frenzy!
An Unrestricted Competition was a special challenge match mode within the arena, a type of competition that could only be carried out with the consent of both parties.
And what was an Unrestricted Competition?
Just as its name implied, there were no restrictions!
Aside from the basic competitive rules, there were no limits on the number of Magic Power Sources, no limits on the types, consumption, or quantity of spellbooks, and even no limits on alchemical items, auxiliary potions, or other special Transcendent items!
Such a competition would undoubtedly attract many people's attention, not only because of those behaviors without a bottom line: ambushes, plots, and even unexpected means could all be used, as long as both parties remained within the specified area, until one side admitted defeat or died.
This kind of rule without rules would undoubtedly infinitely magnify everyone's methods, with both sides of the match going all out without any concerns; this was what the spectators loved to see.
Moreover, such battles were often full of drama and various reversals, and were also the events with the greatest gambling nature, being matches that the arena would focus on promoting and broadcasting.
In the last Unrestricted Competition, Tan Han, as a lower-grade student, had stubbornly ground a Teaching Assistant to death under circumstances where no one held a positive outlook!
Before the outcome was decided, no one felt that Tan Han would be the second “Yang Yuehan.”
Even though Tan Han was once an opponent of that legendary Teaching Assistant, the process of Tan Han's growth and becoming stronger was still within everyone's range of understanding.
Everyone had defaulted to the belief that the Teaching Assistant called Yang Yuehan was an exception beyond their understanding and an existence that could not be surpassed.
Even this genius Tan Han, who brought immense topics and heat upon enrollment, could not surpass her.
But... in the end, that challenge targeted at a Teaching Assistant initiated by Tan Han, she won!
This result exceeded everyone's expectations.
But everyone let out a sigh of relief after learning the details of the battle, because Tan Han was still within their range of understanding; what exceeded their expectations was only that magic wand in Tan Han's hand called the “Wand of Absolute Cold.”
Therefore, Tan Han was forced by everyone to wear the title of “Wand of Absolute Cold.”
This was a powerful magic wand that everyone deemed sufficient to match a Teaching Assistant's combat power if held!
Tan Han?
She was merely a supporting character.
Although everyone thought so, as long as the Wand of Absolute Cold was in Tan Han's hands, then the current Tan Han was an existence that no one could provoke.
And the reason why Tan Han had to participate in an Unrestricted Competition was because of the uniqueness of her magic wand.
Any kind of restricted match designed with the need to maintain a balance between both sides was not applicable to this kind of balance-breaking weapon.
And without using this means, Tan Han had no way to deal with opponents far stronger than her.
Not only the previous Teaching Assistant, but the senior girls before that who would provoke her all possessed Super Consumption Spellbooks.
Yes, Super Consumption Spellbooks.
Once this thing appeared, Tan Han clearly knew that the nature of many things had changed.
Xiao You had suggested returning the Ancient Glacial Ice more than once, but was refused every time.
Tan Han clearly knew that although Super Consumption Spellbooks were extremely rare in rumors, the level of the opponents she faced... was already different.
At the very least, in the rounds of provocation previously, Tan Han let them know that without a Super Consumption Spellbook, they had no qualification to lay a hand on Tan Han.
“Next, please welcome our first participant, that person with a first-year status... oh no, today is the first day of newcomer enrollment! So let us once again use passionate cheers for our warrior who dares to challenge a Teaching Assistant of the Witch Academy with a second-year student status! Her codename is... Wand of Absolute Cold!”
Accompanied by this slightly erroneous announcement from the host, the entire venue once again echoed with passionate cheers.
The spectators present didn't care whether this girl was a weakling who could only rely on a weapon to show off; they only recognized that legendary girl who turned the impossible into the possible and defeated a Teaching Assistant in an Unrestricted Competition with her own strength!
They used the most intense cheers, shouting toward the arena stage, hoping the person on stage would show them a “performance” most worth the price of admission.
And as everyone cheered, on the most conspicuous stand at the edge of the match field, a spatial channel suddenly tore open.
Without excessive flashiness and without attracting too much attention, four figures merely filed out from within.
“This... it's actually this stand? Doesn't this stand require...”
“Oh no, Shop Manager, stop marveling. If even Little Han’s status doesn’t qualify to come here, then I reckon this arena wouldn’t need to be open.”
Before Xia Li had finished her exclamation, Ying Shiqian grabbed the shop manager and offered an explanation ahead of time.
“That seems to be the case too...”
“Sit wherever you like; now we just have to watch Tan Han's performance.”
I also smiled and didn't say much, making them sit down as if it were my own home.
Although only I was the one with the special status, I didn't think the arena would bicker with me over this small matter.
The shop manager and Senior Ying Shiqian were not too polite, while only Xiao You on the side was somewhat restless.
Although from my perspective, I was too lazy to hold what she did against her, from her perspective... my impression of her was not good.
Even just thinking about those things she did back then was enough to make her breathing become a bit disordered.
“Shop Manager, do you think... Tan Han will win?”
After sitting down, I also took the initiative to start the conversation.
However, my gaze remained on the match field.
“She will win, definitely. Tan Han's own strength is beyond doubt; her combat skills, awareness, and instincts are all outstanding. What she lacks is just a means to achieve victory, and the Wand of Absolute Cold perfectly compensates for this. Even a Super Consumption Spellbook cannot be mentioned in the same breath as the Wand of Absolute Cold. What that Teaching Assistant has is merely more seasoned experience than Tan Han; even with a Super Consumption Spellbook, Tan Han has the ability to level this gap.”
“The Shop Manager really has confidence in Tan Han.”
I responded as usual.
Perhaps even the shop manager herself didn't notice the uncertainty and worry in her own heart.
She was just blindly piling all hope onto the Wand of Absolute Cold.
If the shop manager truly had confidence in Tan Han, then why was there any need to add such a large section of useless explanation afterward?
Rather than an explanation meant for me to hear, it was more like a comfort she was saying to herself.
But in this challenge, it was truly hard to say if Tan Han was a sure winner.
Tan Han... had no trump cards.
That was her greatest weakness, and in an “Unrestricted Competition” with ample preparation time, having no trump cards and admitting defeat directly were only a thin line apart.
What’s more, Tan Han knew nothing at all about her opponent.
Until appearing on stage, the information she obtained was all gotten from the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell of the Seed of Great Knowledge.
And I also synchronized the information Tan Han obtained about her opponent.
The opponent was also a Teaching Assistant, belonging to the group of people I didn't quite know.
After all, the Teaching Assistants I knew either didn't get involved in this matter or had already been removed from the academy after that end-of-term hunt.
And after I thoroughly understood this Teaching Assistant again, I suddenly understood why this Teaching Assistant had come to challenge Tan Han.
This person... had stayed in the Witch Academy for ten years.
If she were still a student, she would have participated in the graduation ceremony before the vacation, ultimately choosing between leaving the school or staying at the school.
But she was a Teaching Assistant without student registration; she had reached the limit of this status and had also exhausted the patience of the mentor she followed.
Perhaps after this match, it wouldn't matter whether she won or lost; this also meant that no matter the outcome, she had no worries about the future.
After all, she was already at rock bottom.
And she also planned to exert her last trace of light and heat at this moment, contributing a final measure of strength for her family.