Chapter 695: If You Fall Into a Predicament…

At this moment, on the other side.

“Wow… then this… Big Sis Xiao Han, are you sure even that domain cannot be used? If nothing can be used, then why did you sign that contract so quickly back then?”

At this time, after hearing my account, Liffia confirmed with me in shock.

“I thought it was just sealing the magic power source and spellbooks and the like. If that domain of yours wasn't sealed, wouldn't it just take a snap of the fingers to kill a whole area?”

“That's right, any transcendent power that exceeds the rules of the game will be sealed. Is there a problem with that?”

I shrugged and continued to speak to Liffia, “Don't forget, if our own abilities weren't sealed, then what would the people from other academies have sealed? Would they have magic power sources and spellbooks sealed like the Witch Academy? Certainly not, right.”

“Saying it that way seems right too… In that case, wouldn't it mean those beastmen guys are getting a huge bargain?”

At this time, Liffia also suddenly reacted, “Even if they don't have transcendent power, that terrifying physical constitution of theirs surely couldn't be restricted, could it?”

“That is true… but who told them to train their muscles? The body is one's own capital, but a witch's physical constitution isn't exactly poor either.”

After all, I was very clear that the essence of Witchification was an alternative “passive Body Cultivation path,” it was just that the effect was much weaker than a Body Cultivation system that specialized in physical strength.

“True, for those of us who can become teaching assistants, our physical constitution is indeed very powerful, and even if we lose our original power, just relying on our own Undying Nature alone should be enough to remain invincible, right?”

“Undying Nature…”

Hearing Liffia say that, I also quickly thought of this point.

Indeed, Undying Nature was indeed a powerful trump card for a teaching assistant, but I had researched the essence of life.

Although I hadn't researched the level of life in great detail, I at least had a general understanding of it.

Undying Nature was also an excellent piece of evidence, proving that the physical body was merely a derivative of the essence of life.

And the “level” of the essence of life determined various characteristics of the “self-healing ability” of this derivative body, such as healing speed, efficiency, and so on.

Even that kind of “aura” coming from the essence of life was also a simple “attack method” of the essence of life.

No wonder I could use the power of self-awakened Body Cultivation to withstand the pressure of this level of life aura back then; in essence, this was a clash of powers of the same nature.

“Sorry, Xiao Han, have you perhaps not reached that Undying Nature level yet?”

At this time, Liffia suddenly thought of something and hurriedly lowered her voice to ask in my ear.

“It's fine, I indeed haven't reached the level of possessing Undying Nature.”

I waved my hand and said dismissively.

Because if I wanted to achieve the effect of that level, I only needed to use soul-substance.

Perhaps others could directly strengthen the life level of their own soul-substance by using special methods to absorb soul-substance, but I was a soul and couldn't do it directly that way.

However… I had the Mimetic Soul Technique. I didn't use Mimetic Soul to “rewrite” my own soul, but to “augment” my own soul additionally.

Then, I could immediately possess a life level close to Pseudo-Transcendent!

The level of life was merely an accumulation.

My Mimetic Soul could stack an additional accumulation that temporarily belonged to me, but this was only temporary.

For me, other than making me hard to die or hard to kill during battle, it was of no other use.

My current state was actually the best.

I could feel my own essence of life steadily improving bit by bit.

I didn't want to use some immature methods to pull up seedlings to help them grow.

Unless I perfected the Soul Drawing, but by the time I reached that point, perhaps I would have already advanced to Transcendent.

“That… Xiao Han, is it okay for you to say it out like this? Teacher Lina didn't say that teaching assistants couldn't mutually…”

“Are you afraid that I'll be targeted by those teaching assistants while in this special state?”

I turned my head to look at Liffia and asked with a smile.

“Yeah, you don't know how high your reputation was in the Expansion Realm back then. This restriction of the power network has indeed weakened them, but in essence, the one it weakened most was you. You originally had a grand spellbook, and many people criticized that, saying you only became strong by relying on it. Now it's sealed, and as a result, even the domain you used to deal with them is gone. If they don't hurry up and reclaim their dignity at this time, when will they wait?”

“If they really think that way, then that's all the ambition they have.”

I said with a light laugh, my gaze seemingly drifting toward the people who were walking out with us.

They seemed to be leaving, but after walking for a while, quite a few people really just happened to be going the same way as me.

In essence, they just wanted to fish for information about me.

“What's more, I am also a Body Cultivator. Although transcendent powers have also been sealed, don't forget that I can still strike out with Body Cultivation energy with a single punch.”

“Wow… I almost forgot! Xiao Han, you are also a Body Cultivator! Then wouldn't you still crush them!”

“Crushing is a bit of an exaggeration.”

I waved my hand and said modestly.

“Then at that time, do you plan to choose a close-combat class to play your advantages to the end, Xiao Han? Didn't they show many classes during the demonstration earlier?”

Liffia continued to inquire.

“Why? I'll just choose Witch Mage directly. We are witches; using spells is the path we are skilled in, okay?”

“Eh?”

“If you don't understand, then just assume I like using spells. Speaking of which, what about you? What will you choose?”

“Me? I'll also be a Witch Mage, of course.”

“Then there you go. So this is just a choice—choosing according to one's own situation, choosing according to one's own preferences, choosing according to one's own will. This is all just a single choice.”

I chatted with Liffia as we walked.

We intended to go directly to the Expansion Realm to familiarize ourselves with the current situation first.

After all, the official start time was tomorrow morning.

At this time today, it was actually just about when the theoretical exams had ended.

And just as we were chatting and laughing, a figure joined the conversation between Liffia and me.

“This witch sister… that, you haven't introduced yourself yet?”

I looked at this “girl” who was somewhat familiar; if I hadn't felt that terrifying life level that reached directly to Transcendent in that instant, I would have almost thought she was some senior student.

“Cheryl, you can call me Big Sis Cheryl. I've heard your name, Xiao Han. I've heard it almost every day lately.”

This mentor calling herself Cheryl picked up my words in a very natural tone.

“You! You are actually a mentor? Hello! My name is Liffia.”

“Oh, Liffia.”

Cheryl was clearly uninterested in Liffia.

Her attitude toward me and Liffia was like two extremes; even this single acknowledgement of her name had a feeling of not wanting to pay her any mind.

“Uh, that, Mentor, if I'm disturbing you, you can treat me as if I don't exist… Or should I go?”

“That won't be necessary. I came over this time mainly to see Xiao Han.”

Cheryl didn't heartlessly drive Liffia away, but she still acknowledged in a roundabout way that she didn't really want to talk to her.

“I wonder if Big Sis Cheryl came to find me for something?”

I asked curiously.

After all, the feeling the other party gave me was quite good, although… she was only good to me.

However, I reviewed my own memories and absolutely had no impression related to her, nor did I remember ever seeing her anywhere, so her coming over this time was definitely an accident.

But I didn't quite dare to use Earth Vein Appraisal Spell on her.

After all, the other party was a Transcendent Witch; otherwise, many things would have become very clear.

“I just saw you, so I came over to chat with you. We can talk about anything. For example… this joint exam you are about to participate in, will you feel afraid? It's no different from being an enemy to the whole world.”

“Afraid? It's actually fine. I'll just take whatever comes.”

“Then aren't you afraid of being besieged? If you fall into a predicament, how would you respond then?”

“Then I'll just make sure I don't fall into such a situation that's disadvantageous to myself from the start. Doing something while knowing it's disadvantageous is an unwise action.”

I continued to speak.

“Then what if you fall into a trap of being besieged in a way you couldn't predict in advance? This isn't something you can avoid just because you want to. What would you do then?”

Cheryl continued to question me.

“Hmm… I'll just fight my way out.”

I spoke after reflecting for a moment.

“Fight your way out? You are very confident?”

Cheryl seemed to find my answer quite beyond her expectations.

She knew very well that when facing a question about a dead-end situation, if one insisted on giving an answer to such a question, then there was no correct answer.

Any answer had meaning, representing the respondent's personal thoughts, philosophy, and attitude toward a desperate situation.

“Yeah, since they've already used such malicious means to deal with me, then I naturally have to return the favor. Big Sis Cheryl, your next question wouldn't happen to be how I would respond if their strength crushed mine, right?”

“Originally, I didn't plan to continue asking this meaningless question, but since you've said it, I'm curious about your answer instead.”

Cheryl said with a smile, “Of course, you can also choose not to answer.”

“My answer is… what virtue or ability do I have to make so many people stronger than me come to besiege me.”

“Oh? This doesn't look like a response method. What if it's because you are too valuable?”

Cheryl said.

“If I am too valuable, then the situation would definitely not be as simple as a group of strong people besieging me. There would certainly be another group of people wanting to protect me, right?”

“It seems that is indeed the logic. I actually can't refute it?”

Cheryl revealed a trace of a smile, but it made it hard to distinguish whether this was satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the answer.

“Then is Big Sis Cheryl satisfied with this answer?”

“It's alright.”

Cheryl didn't give a very clear answer, “But I hope you enjoy this hunting test. Perhaps answering a question only requires moving one's lips, but when you truly face a choice, that is when you truly give your answer.”

“True.”

“Let's end the topic here. I'm leaving first.”

“Eh? Leaving just like that?”

I asked with some surprise.

Clearly, at the start, she said she wanted to chat, but in the end, she just asked a few questions and left.

It was indeed very strange.

“Yes, I'm preparing to leave. We'll meet again if fate allows.”

When Cheryl finished this sentence, her figure vanished from here.

“Wow… that teacher just now felt so fierce.”

At this time, Liffia also hurriedly hurried up from the small distance she had pulled away just now.

“Fierce? I felt she was quite easy to talk to.”

“That was only to you. Look at her posture toward me, wow… it was simply something!”

Liffia directly began to complain now, as if she had suffered some immense grievance just now.

The pair of cat ears sitting on her head even shook.

“Were you targeted just now?”

Looking at her like this, she surely wouldn't have reached the point of her hair standing on end just from being given the cold shoulder.

“It's not that, actually I think I'm probably not that terrible, right? I also encounter some mentors I don't really know every day and such. Even if there's no friendship, it wouldn't be to that… sigh, in short, I just can't explain it clearly, and those questions she asked you just now were also very weird.”

As Liffia reached the end, she also sighed.

A feeling she couldn't quite describe finally turned her emotions into annoyance.

She directly stopped talking about this topic.

But Liffia was indeed Liffia; very quickly, she brushed this matter aside.

On the way to the Expansion Realm, she also told me many other things.

Until we arrived at the plaza of Ninglan New City in the Expansion Realm.

“So we're back in the Expansion Realm again. It's so good.”

“Back again? Speaking of which, I don't think I saw your figure in the Expansion Realm.”

I looked at Liffia and spoke.

“Sigh I'm just not as capable as you. Your name is enough to be sung throughout the entire Expansion Realm. As for me, I'm just a small transparent person.”

“Really? You managed to play the identity of a teaching assistant as a small transparent person? That's also a kind of ability. However, with my shallow understanding of you, how come you didn't blow up the Third Sanctuary?”

The Third Sanctuary was the sanctuary of those elves from Aphrodite.

Come to think of it, during the last final exam, Liffia seemed to have blown up that tree of the elves.

“I wanted to but at that time, Contractual Correctness was in vogue… but guess why those guys had such a difficult time building their sanctuary in the early stages?”

“Got it, no need to say more.”

I recalled the information I had obtained at that time and learned that other academies wanted to use the Witch Academy side as a springboard to quickly build stable channels belonging to their own academies.

As a result, they were busy for a long time.

I had even built the Calamity Shelter, and the Second Sanctuary was the same, yet at that time, their sanctuaries were still just a prototype.

Back then, I heard they changed locations again and again due to various reasons.

Looking at it now, it seemed it wasn't just a simple matter of site selection.

“It's fine as long as you understand, Big Sis Xiao Han. So this time, do you want to team up with me to pull off something big, Big Sis Xiao Han?”

Liffia also took this opportunity to invite me to team up.

This joint exam didn't have restrictions on teaming up for examinees, and the special hunting targets played by the teaching assistants also had no restrictions.

“Are you sure? Teaming up with me, be careful of being collectively besieged. I'm not just referring to the examinee group, but also the teaching assistant group.”

“What is there to be afraid of? I'll accompany you. Or should we go find Lin Yi again? Or maybe Edaline? Speaking of which, do you still remember Edaline? The one we were together with during the last finals.”

“Of course I still remember, but I think I'll pass. I want to try going alone.”

“Uh… okay I respect your choice. If you regret it, you can find me again. I'll be returning to the safety zone of this Ninglan New City from time to time. Maybe you'll run into me. When you see me then, you're welcome to team up anytime.”

“Thanks. You even deliberately left a back way for me, but I probably won't choose it. If you want to team up, you should go find Lin Yi instead.”

“Fine, fine I'll go give it a try. Actually, after being told that by you, I also want to try going solo. After all, going alone is a trait of cats, right Meow.”

While Liffia spoke, she made that cat-like posture toward me.

“Yikes, don't be like that. Be normal. I'm about to be unable to watch.”

“Fine then I won't be like that. However, the official exam only officially starts tomorrow. How about… we first familiarize ourselves with that power network and the resource procurement at those resource points.”

“And Big Sis Xiao Han. I heard this power network thing seems to have some connection to you. You must be very familiar with it, Pro guide carry me.”

“Yikes can you speak normally?”