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

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"Don't mind her, that's just how Wu Yuhan is. She just doesn't know how to express herself."

Then, taking advantage of Wu Yuhan's absence, she waved goodbye to the two of them.

"Come visit sometime," Qiao Wen said, squinting her eyes as she extended an invitation to the two of them.

Wu Yuhan seemed to click his tongue, but did not deny the invitation.

Li Hui stared blankly, somewhat helpless, but still spoke to Jiang Kehan, who was gently swaying her body and lost in thought.

"Don't let Wu Yuhan's appearance fool you, she's actually more afraid of being alone than anyone else. If you have time, you can talk to her more."

Jiang Kehan ​​came to her senses. She seemed to have seen a bit of herself in Wu Yuhan just now—that concerned yet slightly confused demeanor.

However, Wu Yuhan was different from her; he seemed to have some reservations, perhaps because he was wary of Li Hui's attitude?

"Okay, I understand. But the fact that you would take the initiative to care about other people is big news." Jiang Kehan ​​put on a teasing smile and secretly moved closer to Li Hui.

Li Hui reached out and placed her hand on Jiang Kehan's forehead, pushing her away.

"Well, Wu Yuhan is more special than you think. If you can get to know her, it might be a good thing."

"Also, are you ready? We're about to have a match."

Li Hui looked down at the training ground. In the short time it had been speaking, Ai Li'er had already cleanly and efficiently defeated her opponent and was walking towards the private room.

The host was rubbing his hands like a fly, and his handsome face actually revealed a hint of lewdness.

Before her was a disordered cat ball stuffed with small balls.

"Let's see what exciting duels will follow!" the host cheered, casually swatting away a powerless fireball that was fired at her, though he ended up covered in dust.

Boos rang out from the crowd.

This is a unique feature of the Witch Duel; unlike the opening draw, the draws during the intermission all require excluding participants.

The fireballs and boos are a strange blessing—the more dust the person drawing lots gets covered in, and the louder the boos, the more excited the Chaotic Meow Ball becomes, and the greater the chance of an exciting showdown.

What the audience finds exciting is simply a show with top-notch entertainment value, but for the contestants, it can be quite tiring.

The more you want to encounter an opponent, the more likely you are to encounter one; the more you want to encounter an opponent, the less likely you are to encounter one.

Sure enough, with the host's large gesture, the results were revealed.

"Next up is Jiang Kehan ​​versus Lingxi."

"Li Hui versus Ai Li'er!"

……

“Looks like we’re going to meet in the duel…” Before Li Hui could finish speaking, the door opened and Ai Li’er’s lifeless voice came through.

"Damn it, what kind of luck does the host have? Can Li Hui let me win later?"

Ariel squinted her eyes, looking somewhat weak and listless.

The thought of being beaten up by that pervert Li Hui filled her with despair.

"Hmm?" Ariel saw the scene inside clearly, her brows furrowing slowly as she looked at the two of them with suspicion.

"Are you two really planning to lay eggs?"

At this moment, Jiang Kehan ​​was leaning towards Li Hui, while Li Hui was pushing her head away, as if he wanted to resist her.

Ariel felt like an outsider.

She felt that whenever she disappeared from their side, they would always manage to pull some big stunts on her.

"Ahem." Jiang Kehan ​​straightened up. "Of course I haven't forgotten you either, sister."

“Come on, face me head-on.” Jiang Kehan ​​patted her thigh and smiled provocatively.

Ariel gave the middle finger expressionlessly and made a sound of surprise.

"Tell me what Wu Yuhan wanted from us earlier. Stop acting like a cat in heat."

However, she still swallowed her saliva discreetly, and even straightened her back a lot, truly showing that she was all talk and no action.

Jiang Kehan ​​cheerfully recounted everything that had just happened to Ai Li'er, including Li Hui's plan to go to Gensokyo.

"Is that so?" Ariel nodded knowingly, then looked at the two of them with suspicion.

"But what's going on with your relationship? I feel like Li Hui has suddenly gone back to how she was a few years ago, when I first met her?"

Jiang Kehan ​​smiled without saying a word, only able to say that Ai Li'er always disappeared at crucial moments, which she preferred to call "Ai Li'er working overtime!"

Sigh, why isn't Ariel in this scene?

Oh, she suddenly had to leave.

Chapter 178 The Light Standing Beneath the Ruins

"Sister, is this how you hold back?"

After being resurrected, Ariel gently rubbed her neck. Just now, Li Hui had kicked her hard in the neck with a flying kick, and she was sent flying dozens of meters away as if she had been hit by a truck.

Even now, one can still feel the faint phantom pain, which shows how ruthless Li Hui was and how utterly devastated his mental state was.

She looked at Li Hui, who was rinsing his mouth with water, with a resentful gaze, and snorted coldly.

"Who told you to have such ill intentions and spit blood into my mouth?" Li Hui said helplessly, glancing at Ai Li'er who was chuckling, her eyes filled with disdain.

"You know I'm a germaphobe, and when did you learn that Bloodstained spell?"

Just now in the training ground, halfway through the fight, Li Hui realized something was wrong. It seemed that the opponent had intentionally left his bloodstains on the ground. Later, the blood was like a swamp in the abyss, with tentacles with a fishy smell constantly emerging.

It's poisonous!

Thinking of this, Li Hui's face darkened, and she quickly poured herself another glass of water to rinse her mouth. Although those few drops of blood were not enough to summon tentacles, looking at the disgusting and nauseating tentacles dancing wildly in the training ground, she wished she could shove her fist into Ai Li'er's mouth!

The smell was like a mixture of canned herring, fermented stinky tofu, and rotting durian, all spread evenly over every corner.

What's most infuriating is that this person was born with a gas mask in advance!

Even if there was only a slight chance that these tentacles would end up in his mouth, Li Hui felt disgusted.

"Isn't this all to catch up with you freaks?" Ariel spread her hands, looking completely innocent.

"Just tell me if it's strong or not."

Li Hui was speechless for a moment and didn't say anything. He just turned around and kicked Ai Li'er's leg, making her let out a wail.

Ariel clutched her leg. Although it didn't hurt much, she still shamelessly wailed loudly, as if she had been hit hard.

She knew that playing the victim was still very effective for Emu 7-1 mixed with tumor Li regret.

However, in the training grounds, Ariel admitted that she had indeed gotten carried away and that when facing a powerful enemy like Li Hui, she could no longer suppress her own bloodlust as a witch.

Not only did she start bleeding, she even began biting, more impatient than a rabbit.

"Sigh, I still don't like this feeling of willingly running towards loss of control." Seeing that Li Hui's attitude gradually softened after she played the victim, Ai Li'er simply stopped acting and stretched with a sigh.

Like Eve encountering the forbidden fruit, the witch's bloodlust was like a snake coiled around her neck, intimately tempting her towards the edge of losing control.

And her final death was like a snake giving Ariel a final kiss, bringing suffocation and despair, setting her on a cycle of rebirth.

However, Ariel could clearly sense that her strength had indeed increased to Level 8 IV5.

This is the witch: either destroying, or being reborn under the oppression of destruction.

"If you act recklessly again, my fist will really shove itself into your mouth," Li Hui threatened, raising his fist as he squinted at him.

This is no ordinary Ariel; we must strike hard.

Aili'er shrank back and quickly changed the subject: "Um, Jiang Kehan ​​is about to win too, right? Next up is your duel. Are you ready?"

"Are you calling me?" Speak of the devil and he appears. Jiang Kehan ​​pushed open the door with a hint of doubt, but her eyes were also wary as she looked at Ai Lier.

There was nothing she could do; Ariel was just too dirty, and physically dirty at that. Jiang Kehan ​​insisted that she was still very clean.

"Uh..." Seeing the wariness in Jiang Kehan's eyes, Ai Li'er felt like crying.

Now look what's happened. She's ended up losing her right to choose a partner while fighting, and even the usually gentle Jiang Kehan ​​sees her this way, let alone others.

"It's nothing, I just hate dueling." Ariel lay listlessly on the sofa, like a wriggling maggot.

Jiang Kehan ​​felt a little embarrassed. Ai Lier was quite eccentric in front of familiar people, but she was used to it... but she still couldn't get used to it!

Jiang Kehan ​​looked at Li Hui, who had stood up, and the two stared at each other without saying a word.

Even Ariel, who had been entertaining herself nearby, quieted down and glanced at them.

The sunlight slanted through the glass wall, like paint in an artist's hand, placing the two people in light and shadow respectively.

Jiang Kehan ​​didn't close the door tightly. The breeze outside carried a slight chill, blowing her hair between the two of them. She gripped her sleeves tightly with both hands, feeling a mix of nervousness and anticipation.

Li Hui stood inside, and by chance, the sunlight shone directly on Jiang Kehan ​​from above, leaving her in the shadows. A gentle breeze lifted her trench coat, and she held an empty wine glass, as if savoring the subtle difference between light and darkness.

Surprisingly, there wasn't much hidden meaning in their eyes, only a sense of acceptance.

On this day, perhaps they had already been trying to reach out and touch it in their dreams and fantasies, so familiar that no words were needed.

"Let's go." Li Hui placed the cup on Ai Li'er's head, causing her to hold it with both hands and puff out her little face.

"Hmm." Jiang Kehan ​​hummed softly, then opened the door and walked side by side with Li Hui on the road.

For a moment, Ariel, holding her wine glass, seemed to hear the howling of the wind and snow, causing her smile to gradually widen unconsciously.

She heard the echoes of battle.

Sure enough, it's not that I don't like dueling, I just don't like having to duel myself... Ariel hummed a soothing song, remembering happy things.

Meanwhile, Jiang Kehan ​​and Li Hui had already walked together to the passageway of the training ground, from where they could clearly see the audience outside and the host waiting for them.

They slowed their pace slightly, but neither of them looked at the other.

They took a deep breath at the same time, and then took their first step toward the training ground together.

"despair"

"despair"

After the perfectly synchronized footsteps, cheers erupted from the audience and the host!

"Hey, let's see, the last two are coming from the same direction. So, is this going to be an exciting battle between friends and family?"

The host patted the disordered cat ball under his butt, and the other's dark eyes looked down, a smile gradually spreading across its face.

"Meow!!!"