Witch Redemption

In that instant, the witch's nape was grabbed and deformed, revealing her white spine, causing the witch to scream madly.

Li Lan can't attack with her left hand, but she still has her headbutt!

"Die! You bastard!"

It felt like her forehead had hit steel, but what did such pain matter to Li Lan?

With the help of the "divine power", Li Lan didn't need to use any extra means such as the Libra Cross Greatsword. He smashed the witch's head with his head and then pulled hard, tearing the witch's nape and shattering his spine.

The scene was extremely bloody at one point.

The Witch Hunt initially thought that the rogue witch Karen Elf would try to avoid the most powerful blow that would pierce her heart, but to her surprise, Doran didn't say a word and just stupidly ran into her, quickly grabbing him by the back of the neck.

The Empire's intelligence did not mention that the witch Kallen Elf possessed such exaggerated strength!

Such strength has far exceeded their limits!

It wasn't until that burning forehead shattered the witch's skull, extinguishing her last chance at life, that he realized with a start that things shouldn't have been this way from the beginning. From the start, they were the strongest; they couldn't possibly lose.

The only reason they would be defeated is that the witch in front of them was an unkillable being from the very beginning. Since she was unkillable, they absolutely could not risk their lives to fight her.

Indeed, Li Lan had no chance of winning from the very beginning; it was his ruthlessness and forbearance that allowed him to win this battle.

Li Lan pulled the limp, rag-like merman witch up again, slammed her to the ground, and then stomped on her chest.

At the same moment, the large amount of water, now free from its master's control, split into a torrential downpour, washing over the countless shocking chunks of blood and flesh on the stone surface.

"The opportunity has arrived! Let's go!"

Before her consciousness faded, her last thoughts were conveyed to her long-dormant humanoid followers, and the weak witch's breakout officially began.

Chapter 20 The Book of Root Replacement

"Mr. William, you've witnessed this witch's power too?"

With the greyish-white "dying" giant scythe on her shoulder, the witch Hope glanced over and saw a dejected man lurking in the bushes.

It was clear that William Elliott had been lying in wait under the protection of the Imperial Witches ever since the rogue witch Karen Elf launched her attack. He witnessed the entire attack and even saw firsthand the bloody scene of the rogue witch forcefully killing Eris, one of the Empire's strongest witches.

To be able to fight against such a large number of witches single-handedly, this guy's strength is probably far beyond that of the Dragon Witch who has been missing for many years.

At least in the eyes of the witch Hope, Karen Elf, this traitor to the empire, is almost beyond redemption.

"Whether you want to use that item or not, you can think about it."

After saying this, the witch Hope did not wait for William Elliott's response, because she was horrified to see that the second witch, the merman Wild Hunt, had already died.

"Three minutes!"

The rogue witch Karen Elf will not die; she has nearly three minutes to revive. The two strongest witches paid the price with their lives, and in doing so, they killed this guy once, creating their biggest opportunity.

Having made this judgment, the witch Hope did not hesitate to leap towards that bloody scene.

At this moment, William Elliott, the dejected middle-aged man still hiding in the shadows, gritted his teeth as his memories began to drift back to a very distant past.

Anger, regret, grief—a mix of emotions made him clench his fists.

William Elliott yearns for revenge; for a long time, he has dreamed of one day finally killing the witch Lana Sivir.

And today, that opportunity has finally arrived!

The witch Kallen Elf is strong enough, possibly even stronger than the witch Lana Sivir. If he could obtain the same power, he would surely be able to successfully take revenge!

"Margarita, and my unborn child, my dearest friends..."

In a final act of resolve, William Elliott swiftly retrieved the enormous box he carried with him. He roughly tore off the countless pure white sacred seals on it, and instantly, an overwhelming resentment began to seep out of the box, transforming into a cold black mist that swirled around William Elliott.

The sealed artifact, the book of origin replacement.

This is an extremely special evil object, which can only be used by humans who have never come into contact with divine artifacts, and the most important condition must be met: hatred.

In order to succeed, the user must possess an intense, extreme hatred and the determination to sacrifice everything for that hatred.

Inside the enormous box lay a large amount of viscous, purplish-red blood. In the center of this blood, a jet-black natal magic book lay quietly. The book's surface was covered in chaotic lines, devoid of any markings, like primordial chaos.

William Elliott dipped his calloused right hand into the purplish-red blood. The moment he touched the strange, viscous blood, it spread like living worms across his right hand, gradually covering his skin. It felt as if thousands of needles were piercing his flesh, causing him to groan in pain.

William Elliott was struggling to suppress the pain; it was hatred that kept him from losing his mind.

His gradually numbing right hand touched the book in the purplish-red blood. In that instant, the natal magic book, which should have been calm and undisturbed, gave him a feeling as if his heart was pounding.

The next second, William Elliott's eyes turned violet, his pupils suddenly elongated, and his short, gray-black hair behind him grew even longer, turning silver-white.

"Waaah—"

All the writhing purplish-red blood suddenly accelerated, instantly covering William Elliott's entire body, and then frantically devouring his flesh.

"what--"

The unbearable pain caused him to fall to the ground, struggling in agony. It was as if he were being subjected to a thousand cuts, every inch of his flesh and every bone being constantly slashed by an immense force of unknown origin, attempting to dissect his body to perfection.

His screams gradually changed from the hoarseness typical of men to the melodious high notes that should be heard by women.

At the same time that William Elliott's entire body underwent a transformation, the sealed artifact, the Book of Root Replacement, which had been lying quietly in the enormous box, began to slowly rise into the air. All the chaotic patterns on its cover came to life, swirling, combining, and condensing wildly, finally transforming into an exquisite leaf engraving, with all the veins radiating a golden glow, so detailed as to be unimaginable.

No one expected that this magical object, which was supposed to be a sealed artifact, would mutate into a witch's unique natal magic book at this moment.

Moreover, this natal magic book actually belongs to the runaway witch Karen Elf!

Indeed, the effect of using the Book of Origin Replacement is that the user can mutate themselves into any designated witch, gaining that witch's current race and class, as well as all the same levels and abilities. Furthermore, this mutation is irreversible, requiring the user to have the resolve to abandon everything from their past.

It can be said that, to date, this sealed artifact has only been used three times. Twice, it was used by Imperial assassins to test the artifact, and the third time was William Elliott's current desperate measure.

As a very special sealing artifact, in addition to the extremely demanding conditions for its use, it also requires a huge price to pay.

One of the costs is that the user will experience the greatest pain they have ever felt in their life. If the user cannot bear the pain and faints from the pain, then the user will be completely devoured by this sealed object in an instant, and the use will fail.

The second cost is that after successfully using the Book of Root Replacement, the user will be transformed into the body of the designated witch, seizing all her abilities, including her true name. Afterward, the user must kill the designated witch within a week to become the sole and unique individual, successfully replacing her.

The third cost is that, unlike normal witches, users of the Book of Root Replacement only have one year left to live. When the time is about to expire, the user's entire body will rot, and their natal magic book will revert to its original true form as the Book of Root Replacement.

In other words, such a sealing artifact is indeed specifically designed to counter witches, but the price to pay for using it is ongoing.

Pain, an unbearable, intense pain, filled William Elliott's mind as he lay dying, with nothing but the bloodied figure of the dragon-born witch. It was intense hatred that drove him to endure it, transforming all the pain into an even stronger rage that burned fiercely until his soul was about to be consumed.

The pain suddenly vanished, replaced by a miraculous peace.

William Elliott felt as if he had just woken from a long nightmare. The moment he opened his eyes, everything in his vision became incredibly clear, and the power surging through his body was unbelievably immense.

Even if a witch with a spellbook level of 45 is not a particularly high-ranking elven witch, her strength is enough to completely overwhelm any legendary adventurer.

Right now, William Elliott is feeling a sense of power, a power that makes him incredibly excited.

As he rose in confusion, William Elliott, now completely transformed into "Witch Karen Elf," could faintly hear the sounds of fighting in the distance and sense an intensely dangerous atmosphere around him.

"This is..."

The power of the witch Kallen Elf?

She wasn't as strong as he had imagined; in fact, she seemed somewhat inferior to the two strongest witches of the empire. But how could she possibly fight against so many witches around her with such a disparity?

Curious, he opened the natal magic book floating beside him. It displayed a series of job information, detailing the effects of every single skill. In addition, two incredibly powerful secondary jobs were finally revealed to William Elliott.

The creator of life and the pharmacist—that's the key to the witch Kallen Elf's immense power.

Surprised, extremely surprised, William Elliott opened his mouth, only to find strangely that he could not reveal any secrets about the grimoire. An invisible, strange force was preventing him from revealing any information related to it.

Why is this happening?

Little did anyone know that the previous user of this sealed artifact had encountered the same situation. It was precisely because he could not reveal any of the contents of his natal magic book that the effect of its use was only discovered by William Elliott today.

Thus, in almost half a minute, William Elliott had a complete understanding of all of the witch Karen Elf's abilities and knew her inside and out.

"Fine, as long as they possess such power, whether it's Karen Elf or Lana Sivir, they will all die!"

The naked "Karen Elf" stretched her limbs and, after getting used to her new body, placed one hand on her natal magic book.

The next second, a large number of humanoid creations emerged one after another, and the entire situation underwent an unprecedented reversal in an instant.

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The Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist is a unique killing move belonging to the Murloc witch Wild Hunt. This move is not a fist technique unique to boxers, but rather it draws on all the water elements swirling around the fist to form a spiral-shaped water drill, generating the most powerful penetrating and destructive force.

It's fair to say that the current Witch Hunt is focused on completely killing the rogue witch, Kallen Elf. If they manage to hit her, she'll instantly lose her fighting ability and die.

As the Witch Hunt had predicted, his fist did indeed pierce through Karen Elf, and the razor-sharp stream of fluid completely tore apart most of her chest, shredding countless shreds of flesh. But what he hadn't anticipated was that someone who should have died then would simultaneously grab him by the back of the neck.

Insane acts, risking one's life for another—that's how the witch Kallen Elf fights!

Just as the Witch Hunt was defeated and Li Lan, exhausted, could no longer support her body and collapsed, the humanoid followers who had been lying in wait hundreds of meters behind her began to burst out with their current fastest speed. With the help of the "God Speed" state, they reached their peak in one fell swoop and rushed into the Traso Corridor.

Just before the witch Hope could, he grabbed Li Lan's temporarily dead body and the Libra Cross Greatsword.

Damn it!

As soon as the witch Hope revealed herself, she saw as many as ten humanoid monsters bursting with unexpected speed, passing over the witch Karen Elf's body and frantically fleeing into the Traso Corridor. It seemed that in just a few minutes, they would be able to completely traverse the more than 20,000-meter distance and escape successfully.

"They must be stopped immediately!"

Originally, it was thought that the crocodile witch Eris and the fish-woman witch Wild Hunt could hold them off for a little longer, but witch Hope never expected the change to happen so quickly.

In a brief exchange, one of the two empires' strongest witches was defeated.

The witch Hope had originally planned to use the corpses of these two witches as sacrifices to cast a powerful necromancy curse on the witch Karen Elf, but she did not expect that this guy had laid an ambush. The murder and escape were almost done in one go, without any hesitation.

"Basic Necromancer Summoning!"

A massive number of undead skeletons kept emerging around the witch Hope, relentlessly pursuing her and also grabbing the corpses of the witch Eris and the witch Wild Hunt, intending to make use of them.

"Spiritualization!"

Another unique status skill of the Ravenfeather Necromancer, the witch Hope's body instantly became as ethereal as a ghost, and her speed increased once again.

Just as the witch Hope was in pursuit, another naked witch strolled up behind him. When the one who looked exactly like the witch Karen Elf opened her natal magic book, countless humanoid summons began to rush in all directions.

"I accept your power!"

"William Elliott, no, the new witch, Karen Elf," she said with murderous intent, then raised her hand and summoned her exclusive class artifact.

"Revelation!"

"Lightning speed!"

"Grandma Kree!"

The blooming golden sun symbolizes the Empire's final, unsolvable trump card, which is about to push all the traitorous witches to their doom.

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