Sakura Emma, ​​I'm going to control you fiercely!

Why--

"!"

Suddenly, Hong realized something and stared blankly at the anchor point behind her, which had not yet reached the planned mid-level of the Red rank.

"So, the backup plan was us."

puff!

Crimson also transformed into witch-elemental dust, merging into the High Priest's hand.

Xue watched this scene and gripped her sleeves tightly.

She quickly condensed a ball of light and tried to smash it at the high priest's phantom, but it passed right through her.

"How...could this be?"

"Blue, what on earth is going on?!"

Black, who was inside the territory, grabbed Blue's collar and questioned him sharply.

Lan's voice was even choked with emotion, yet she still fervently swore allegiance.

"High Priest, Lan swears to be loyal to you to the death..."

puff!

In the end, all that remained in Black's grasp were a few fragments of witch genes.

She stared blankly at the shattered fragments in her palm, then, as if struck by a thought, she quickly looked up at the phantom image of the high priest in the sky.

"Wait, please wait a moment!"

She cried out with utmost urgency.

"What happened to the witch factors extracted in the first phase?!"

"Although I have been fighting for you within the domain, I am aware of what is happening outside!"

"But didn't you still have most of those witch factors you just collected?!"

The high priest looked gently at the black figure.

"Those are still useful."

"...?"

Hei opened his eyes wide.

It's still useful...

Is that 8 more useful than us?

puff!puff!

Hei, along with the last remaining branch leader in a research suit, also became dust from the witch factor.

Hannah stared blankly at all of this.

"What...is this?"

Shirley still had a smile on her face, but she was... completely baffled.

But they still silently turned their gaze to the last branch leader—

White.

Bai also came onto the stage at this time.

She leaned against the wall, staring blankly at the phantom image of the high priest.

The high priest was also gazing at Bai.

Bai called her softly.

"Master Priest..."

no respond.

Bai Xiaosheng changed how he addressed her, calling her like he did when they were children.

"Mother……"

He gave a blank laugh.

"Bai doesn't regret it?"

A single tear slowly slid down the lower edge of the high priest's mask.

Suddenly, Hannah sensed something, and her expression changed drastically.

"You! Come here!"

She ignored everything else and quickly reached out to grab it.

Although Shirley was unwilling, she almost simultaneously activated a healing spell with ring magic.

puff!

Bai also transformed into countless witch-element dust particles, which joined the sphere in the High Priest's palm.

At this moment, all was silent.

Hannah's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, her fingertips passing through only a wisp of dissipating purplish-black smoke.

Sherry recalled the healing radiance of the ring just now, which couldn't even shake the so-called "divine tree-level guardian" on Bai's body.

Or perhaps... you don't have enough permissions?

The High Priest, holding the witch factor sphere, swiftly smashed it towards the research institute.

More accurately, it is Yukishiro from the research institute.

boom--!!!

The ancient temple on the surface of the entire research institute was instantly blasted into dust and completely submerged in the purple-black light tide!

Yuki Tsukishiro, completely enveloped in a surge of witch essence, stared incredulously at the High Priest.

"Stop...!"

The witch factor within her was surging, steadily moving away from the starting point of the red level and soaring upwards—

Wow!

A burst of colorful light erupted from Yukishiro's body!

The pink sky was suddenly filled with colorful light, as if it were covered with a rainbow!

The high priest gazed at the radiant light and said softly,

"You can't stop, Great Witch."

Keep moving forward, don't stop, and don't look back.

"Remember, you haven't forgiven anyone."

Volume 1: Chapter 356 I Can Steal Anything!

"Now, our contract is complete."

"Go do what you want to do."

The high priest's voice returned to calm, and then the phantom gradually thinned out.

Yuki Tsukishiro covered her head, breathing heavily.

The most profound memories and emotions of eight people before their deaths flooded into her mind, intertwined so much that she could hardly tell who they were.

But their fear, resentment, fervor, and relief before death... all sorts of extreme emotions made Xue's thoughts a jumbled mess.

And finally, there is Bai's memory.

Young Bai opens his eyes for the first time; the High Priest extends his hand; he calls his mother for the first time; he receives a pat on the head after completing the experiment; "Good boy"; Bai is afraid of being abandoned; finally, standing in the domain, he is terrified, but still feels that he did the right thing.

"What...you've been calling her 'Mom' the whole time?"

Yukishiro once even considered whether she should add Haku to her revenge list once she gained the power.

After all, the artificial witch and residue experiments that Bai was in charge of originated from the Primordial Witch.

Not to mention that little brat, who later kept thinking about her yang all the time.

But now... by a twist of fate, Yuki Tsukishiro has obtained the power that came from Shiro.

Moreover, Bai died because of the "rebellion" instigated by Xue.

Xue closed her eyes, took a light breath, and then exhaled.

At least, there are things you haven't finished, the world you want to see, and your messy rebelliousness...

I will do my best—

next moment.

The voice that belonged to Bai in Xue's mind suddenly stopped.

Those memories seemed to have been snatched from her consciousness by something.

Xue suddenly opened her eyes.

Not only did her memories suddenly disappear, but the witch factor that had just been incorporated into her also vanished at the same time.

Tsukishiro Yuki: "...?"

She blinked blankly.

Then I heard a sentence in my ear:

"Holy crap! They can steal this?!"

Tsukishiro Yuki: "???"

She turned around and then, to her surprise, discovered:

"Emma" had somehow appeared behind her, clutching a bundle of witch genes containing tiny white figures in her hand.

……

……

In reality, it only takes five minutes.

For Yang Wen and Emma, ​​these five minutes have been repeated more than a dozen times.

Yang Wengang wasn't actually doing nothing during the high priest's sacrifice.

He and Emma discussed it and tried more than ten save/load attempts in total.

But it could be that the roots of the underground sacred tree suddenly exploded, and the emerging witch factors ignited the Kamakura white-level permanent eclipse; or it could be that High Priestess Honoka rushed over from Kyoto, hundreds of kilometers away, and used her level 65+ Brilliant+ Grand Opening to fight the three Aihanxue sisters head-on... and so on.

They even tried to call for help—Saint Noah.

As a result, the High Priest used all his trump cards: the Witch Factor he had previously picked up, Honoka's full potential, and the Despair of the Divine Tree Roots, which directly overwhelmed the Saintess.

Noah just arrived, and I almost sent it.

LOL, they're all dead files.

In short, the corrupted save file is inextricably linked to "Witch Factor", "Yuki Tsukishiro", "God Tree Roots", "Honoka", and "Priestess".

Whenever Yang Wen blocks a certain node, the High Priest will automatically invoke another pre-set backup plan.

This is what Emma said:

"The High Priest has so many backup plans. Sacrificing the branch leaders is the best timeline."

Yang Wen thought so too.

The people of Kamakura didn't die; Tsukishiro Yuki was only enhanced to the point of just unlocking her full potential; only the Kamakura branch leaders sent her...

This is the timeline with the least loss that they have found.

Yes... that's how it should be.

However, Yang Wen was still somewhat unwilling.

Because...because!