Open Qualifiers Begin

The competition venue was once again set on the high seas, located atop a massive Sky Island.

The Witch Agency had put considerable effort into transforming a desolate Sky Island into a sizeable commercial Sky Island. Nearly five to eight thousand Sky Islands of varying sizes were moored nearby, each serving its own purpose.

The qualifier venues had been set up on different medium-sized Sky Islands.

As an official club, the Sea Shepherds Club naturally had its own resting Sky Island. With distinctive scenery, a small lake for fishing and camping, as well as an indoor training ground, its conditions were practically heavenly.

Beside the fishing pond, Jiang Han and Xiya had planted their rods in the fishing platforms on the ground, grilling food as they curiously watched the witches flying about outside.

"There must be over a million witches here, right?" Jiang Han had remained in a state of astonishment.

She had never seen so many witches! Not even during the Eileen Cup had she seen so many witches docked upon Sky Islands.

Histeria merely said with a beaming smile:

"I saw this many people during the Blood War—perhaps even more."

I nearly forgot Master was actually a demon girl, only turned into a Ghost Witch... Jiang Han asked curiously:

"I heard that in the Blood War, demons were counted in numbers of 'billions' or even 'tens of billions'?"

Histeria swung her feet adorably as she warmed herself by the fire.

"More or less, more or less... Witches never counted their numbers. But during that great hunt, nearly every witch became immersed in it... Any battlefield that made witches describe it as 'killing to their heart's content' had to be unimaginably brutal. So, in a sense, witches ended the Blood War."

Jiang Han could not imagine such a scene,