Is It Weird for a Guy to Apply to a Witch School?-Chapter 576 -

Chapter 576: I Just Want to Cut You Down in Front of You

“What are you all huddled around looking at?”

At this moment, outside the dungeon.

The Transcendent Mentors who were paying attention to this dungeon had not left; they had also been monitoring the dungeon's movements.

However, a dungeon was ultimately a domain, and one that leaned towards isolating the material space with a severed order.

Ordinary means were almost incapable of probing the situation inside.

Of course, incapable of probing meant incapable of probing without being discovered by those Players.

All the Transcendent Mentors admitted that the means of a domain was indeed one of the terrifying tiers.

Some Mentors, even after advancing to Transcendent status, had not reached the threshold of a Domain Prototype because mastering a domain had little to do with sheer strength.

But they were confident that the power accumulated by them, as Transcendent beings, could still forcefully break this prototype domain before them.

However, the Witch Academy's statement that they could not destroy this dungeon made everyone stop their hands.

They followed the Mentors who had the means to observe the situation inside the dungeon, acting as if they were just watching a show, ready to gossip about the situation.

On the Witch Academy's side, quite a few small groups suddenly gathered, causing many people to be curious about what the Witch Academy was up to this time.

This then attracted more Witches to come and watch what they were doing.

“Hey, hey, what kind of thing are you all doing? Aren’t you going to post an announcement when the Great Seed of Knowledge function is updated?”

“Exactly! Why are you hiding it? Show me, what is this?”

“Aiya The function is still under testing. We mounted the Academy Network live broadcast platform onto the Great Seed of Knowledge, and now there's a malfunction. We didn't expect the dungeon to be able to isolate the information transmission of the Academy Network system.”

“Then what are you watching?”

“Watching the bullet comments. Little Han is chatting with us in real-time.”

“Chatting? Is this how you chat? What do these shifting symbols mean?”

“Just squint your eyes and look. It’s hard to explain clearly to you in a short while. In short, the Great Seed of Knowledge has not completely resolved the issue of mutual information sharing channels; it can only transmit images in the simplest, most rudimentary way.”

“This is… pixel block imaging, right?”

“Look closely; the image is composed entirely of primary colors and special symbols. Is this Little Han’s perspective?”

Very quickly, the Witches who were not yet fully informed about the situation gradually understood what was happening.

They all requested help to update the new function; they also wanted to watch the live broadcast!

……

Just as the Mentors outside were trying to find a way to observe the situation inside the dungeon, the students trapped within had already raised the banner of counterattack.

After going through twists and turns, everyone finally gathered in the same dungeon space.

After successively destroying numerous dungeon spaces, the success brought a significant positive feedback that built up their confidence greatly.

But at this moment, Tan Han and Ninglan Qiuyun did not feel very well.

“Are you feeling better?”

Tan Han used a Flesh and Blood Regeneration Spell to restore Ninglan Qiuyun’s now withered right hand to its original appearance.

“Mmm… but I keep having a vague sense of unease.”

Ninglan Qiuyun put away the Transcendent Item, the Heart of Ninglan; she did not wish for the existence of this item to be discovered by more people.

But without informing others of this capability, they also had no reason to stop everyone from continuing the so-called dungeon conquest.

She manipulated the threads of Destiny to guide Destiny to point the way for them, but when they followed the masses' choices several times, Tan Han informed her that the threads of Destiny she manipulated for guidance had snapped.

And everyone, including Tan Han, felt a sense of unease—this was already a very obvious sign.

“Me too. My intuition tells me that the smoothness of this journey is somewhat incredible. Those Players possess control authority over the dungeon; they wouldn't just let us attack wildly like this,” Tan Han agreed.

“It’s never wrong to be cautious.”

After their conversation, everyone cautiously passed through this passage.

On one side of the path they passed, there were transparent pixel blocks, embedded within which was a figure.

Those who passed by looked at him and sighed, but no one stepped forward to rescue him, even though everyone could sense he still had vital signs.

This was the fate faced by ordinary people who had not mastered Transcendent power and had no Transcendent beings to provide protection.

It was unknown if they were specifically targeted by the Players, but most of these ordinary people were persecuted by various traps, treated differently just like the Children of Destiny.

The reason they didn't break the pixels to save them was that once they broke these pixels, the people's bodies would shatter along with the pixels!

Even those who were carefully excavated and saved had difficulty surviving, as if their bodies were not embedded, but… assimilated.

So, they had to find a thorough way to break this place before these people died, to dispel this power.

Only then might these people be saved.

Although they didn't know if it was true, this was the only path they could try.

“This dungeon area… is huge!”

After passing through this passage, everyone arrived in a vast space.

This space was so large that the edges were almost invisible, and they could even see the azure of the sky and the drifting clouds.

However, all of this was composed of those pixels, and this "heaven and earth" was already larger than the entire hotel and the surrounding buildings combined.

Everyone's gaze was drawn to a giant square stele in the center, surrounded by pixel blocks, giving the overall impression of a magnificent spectacle.

Countless pixel blocks converged into a fluid, flowing into the sky like streamers, and beneath it, they were rooted in the ground like root systems.

It was like the most magnificent core of the dungeon, supporting its operation.

“The sense of unease is intensifying…”

Both Tan Han and Ninglan Qiuyun felt this abnormality, which formed a stark contrast with the joy of the surrounding people.

They cheered because they had finally found the final core of the dungeon.

No one had told them, yet they seemed to have foreseen that everything would end if they destroyed it.

Some, unable to wait, unleashed their power towards the central square stele.

“Be careful of an ambush!”

The intense sense of unease still compelled Tan Han to shout a warning, but unfortunately, Tan Han’s voice was insignificant compared to the cheers and shouts of the crowd.

Only those beside her paid attention and paused their steps.

At this moment, Tan Han felt the insignificance of individual power within the masses.

Even though she was a Child of Destiny, even though everyone knew her name, this would not be a reason for others to listen to her.

Tan Han also had to admit that after experiencing one battle after another, their exhaustion was indeed immense, as if everything was woven into a perfect trap.

Continuously depleting everyone's power, guiding those who were exhausted by repeated victories towards this place—this was a well-constructed trap, but she had no ability to stop it.

Thinking of this, Tan Han had to take out a calling card.

The dungeon exploration had gone so far that she had encountered almost everyone who participated in this auction and possessed some strength, yet she hadn't seen Little Han.

In fact, many people had discussed this matter.

After all, such a powerful combatant hadn't been found until now; if they had met her, they wouldn't have had such a hard time.

But now…

Tan Han had to take out the card in her hand beforehand.

If she encountered danger… she would have to use it, even if she didn't know whether Little Han at this moment could answer her summon.

And just as Tan Han hesitated, that group who had their victory-intoxicated minds completely overcome rushed to the giant square stele.

But what greeted them was a surprise monster attack!

The surrounding guarding pixels seemed to sense the enemy and continuously reformed in mid-air into a ferocious monster.

Its whip-like body coiled, contracted, and then exerted force.

Its sharp tail blade pierced through a person’s chest at extreme speed.

The sudden abnormality didn't scare everyone; after all, many people had prepared for monster ambushes and were the foolish ones rushing to the front, thinking there was no danger.

But soon, the crowd couldn't laugh anymore because all those floating pixel blocks turned into monsters at this moment.

Even the pixel clouds floating in the sky transformed into monsters and fell from above.

All environmental constructs in the vicinity materialized before everyone could realize it, delivering a fatal blow to anyone passing by!

The central stele poured out a large number of Transcendent Pixels at this moment, condensing into giant monsters.

They charged into the crowd with terrifying might, delivering a fatal blow to anyone who couldn't dodge.

Even looking up, one couldn't see the full form of such a monster.

Even a single sweep attack heavily injured those who couldn't dodge in time.

“Damn it… How do they still have such terrifying means? Clearly, before…”

At this moment, many people began to complain, but they also had to admit they were indeed careless.

Facing this emergency, they quickly took out their strongest means to fight: the Holy Angel's Divine Arts, the Wizard's combined Wizard Formation Arts, and the Elves' Elf Magic.

Even on the Witch Academy side, some Witch students consumed their last Recovery Potions, and the entire person burst forth with terrifying might, revealing the power of a Super Consumption Spellbook!

For a time, the entire dungeon descended into chaos.

The grand scenes were rendered by terrifying explosions and spell bursts.

The intense clashes and roars were dazzling.

Everyone seemed to stake everything on this fight.

But everyone subconsciously ignored one thing: even though they fought fiercely against those monsters, it didn't change the fact that they hadn't killed a single Player.

They only killed continuously reforming pixels, creations shaped by the dungeon reshaping order, while they used precious Transcendent energy to clash with these worthless things.

When the battlefield was covered with broken pixels, the remnants of the monsters were scattered everywhere.

These remnants and debris—all of it seemed like their spoils of war, the result and honor they achieved at a heavy cost.

When all the monsters were annihilated after they paid a tragic price, the stele, no longer guarded by any pixel blocks, was exposed to everyone.

At this moment, it seemed like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in everyone's eyes.

Some people consciously stopped, while others confidently stepped forward, feeling it was fitting for those who had contributed significantly to step forward under everyone's gaze to claim the fruit that symbolized the end of this farce.

Everything should have gone this logically.

The next second.

The stele shattered with a deafening crash under the combined efforts of several people.

But the dungeon did not shatter as they imagined, nor did they escape the dungeon.

Everything they did was like flipping a switch.

In an instant, a bloody, dark filter obscured the sky, and the hues of blood and black stained everyone present.

A chilling yet rhythmic resonance echoed in the dungeon space, the sound of resonance striking everyone's hearts and nurturing fear in their depths.

At this moment, even the dullest person understood that things had far exceeded their expectations.

The fragments of pixel blocks under their feet became illusory under an invisible force, finally converging into a terrifying phantom figure where the stele broke.

“So… that’s why I said you Transcendent beings are truly… too immature!”

The Player’s voice echoed in everyone's ears at this moment.

A massive phantom was projected into the sky, like a giant towering into the heavens.

And below it was a huge figure composed of all the pixel modules, reshaping itself on a shattered ground, also becoming the final killing machine to reap everything!

Everyone subconsciously looked up, their gazes drawn to the Player's figure projected against the sky.

The hidden hand responsible for all this finally appeared, but it appeared at the moment everyone least hoped for!

“I discovered that you are a group of players more qualified than us! You don’t think deeply about anything… you just proceed to conquer the dungeon as if it's a given. Did you really think we went through so much trouble just to play games with you!”

The Player’s words were deafening, slapping every self-assured person in the face.

“You didn't actually think you would escape just by destroying a seemingly important construct? Isn't that naive…”

When the consciousness of the individual cannot control the whole, the collective behavior manifests as utter foolishness!

At this moment, everyone demonstrated this vivid saying through their actions.

And now, they needed to pay the price for their carelessness.

……

“Is this the Players’ strongest means?”

I looked at the assembled figure condensing in the “Final Dungeon,” and my gaze turned slightly solemn.

This was an aggregation of avatars mastering a domain.

If it were a Domain technique, the number of people would truly be meaningless.

This would be like the final scene of my battle with Liliana—it would only be a crushing defeat, especially considering how many among them had a combat power comparable to Liliana’s?

However… I gambled that the Players would not immediately annihilate everyone.

But before that, I had to say that the guidance set up by the Players was quite ruthless—negating all their efforts at the final moment.

During this period, they continuously hinted through the dungeon layout, building up confidence and creating common-sense misconceptions, guiding them away from realizing the true enemy, and rationalizing everything.

These weren't exactly stunning feats, just unexpected, and… all of this was executed as an emergency plan after that Academy Head had already intervened.

The Players used specific psychological guidance to force everyone onto the wrong path.

After finally staking everything on it, they then denied everything they did, mocked their incompetence, trampled their will, and completely silenced them with irrefutable facts.

Forcing them to self-doubt, or at the very least, making them lose their composure due to overwhelming emotion.

And all of this was certainly not purely for fun; it was for plundering their Destiny.

Don't forget, Destiny isn't only held by the Children of Destiny.

Under the general trend of a Script Node, unowned Destiny can still be plundered.

And I was the most experienced with this; the Dream State exchange competition back then was exactly like this.

In other words, the Players' understanding of Destiny might indeed be insufficient, perhaps even their definition of Destiny differs from that of the Main World.

But they had too much practical experience; they understood what actions could yield more Destiny resources.

The existence of the Children of Destiny was just the most convenient medium, but not the only path.

“Yes, how about it? If it weren't for the fact that this method cannot be easily used, I would really want to use this method to kill you… to eliminate future trouble!”

“Then you can send me into the battlefield too,” I suggested, then looked intentionally toward one of the many angle screens.

That screen was facing Tan Han.

The Players seemed to pay extra attention to the Children of Destiny, setting up a separate perspective specifically for Tan Han and the others.

What I was paying attention to was the calling card Tan Han had been clutching.

I could indeed leave directly from the dungeon space I was in, but I couldn't guarantee that after leaving here, I could reach the dungeon space where they were the fastest.

So, if possible, I naturally wanted to adopt a more convenient method, like the item Tan Han currently held.

I only wanted to strike the most fatal blow against these Players at the most crucial moment.

“I suddenly feel that letting you watch them all die might be a good decision…”

“If you can’t do it, just say so. Stop making excuses, hmph!”

I also snorted coldly, ruthlessly exposing their thoughts.

If they could, they would absolutely want to kill me; at least I was the biggest stumbling block they encountered in this world.

So, after completing the probing, I also understood one thing.

That is, the control power the Players have over the domain—the dungeon—after authorization… is too weak.

But this didn't matter; things were developing in the direction I anticipated.

And at this moment, the corner of my mouth began to rise uncontrollably.

Without too many fancy moves, I couldn't help but reach out and place my right hand on the hilt of my saber…

“What? You can’t bear to watch the cruel scene coming up next and are preparing to chop the screen?”

“No… I want to cut down what you are most proud of right in front of you.”

After I finished speaking calmly, a reverse summoning ritual suddenly bloomed beneath my feet.

White light flashed, and the next moment my figure completely disappeared from the Players’ surveillance.