The First Azure Cloud Sect Urban Witch Hunt Finals (Six Thousand

"The sect's grand examination!"

Bai Mei rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought.

She was naturally very familiar with the sect's grand examination, having already reviewed it countless times.

Back when I was in the sect, I had looked forward to the Azure Cloud Sect's grand examination many times.

However, at that time, Azure Cloud Sect was still a small sect with few people. By the time she left, there were only four or five people left.

The fact that it was worthy of the sect's grand examination undoubtedly seemed rather shabby.

But things are different now. Not to mention the branches in other cities, just the main branch of the Beihai Azure Cloud Sect alone has more than twenty magical girls in the inner sect, excluding the seven true disciples and honorary true disciples.

There were also dozens of outer disciples, some from Beihai and others stationed in other cities.

In addition, there are magical girls who are not officially part of the organization.

There are definitely enough people if we're going to hold a large competition.

Regarding the Grand Competition, Bai Mei's favorite part is actually the storyline from Demon Slaying.

The protagonist, as the weakest junior disciple of Great Bamboo Peak, was brought along to make up the numbers, but he repeatedly defeated his opponents with "luck" and magical treasures until he entered the top four. In the end, because he held back, he lost to his future wife.

This humility—seemingly possessing some strength but actually lacking it, stumbling and struggling to reach the top four, and standing shoulder to shoulder with other truly capable disciples—has always fascinated Bai Mei.

If possible, I hope my students can replicate it.

Of course, this is just a hope.

This competition was not just a regular exchange between disciples; it was a competition within a competition.

Disciples below the level of a sect's true disciple participate in the Sect-Wide Urban Witch Hunt Finals, which are divided into two levels, and the participating areas are also restricted...

Those not based in Beihai can only participate in the second-tier East China Peripheral Hundred-City League, while disciples in Beihai can participate in the first-tier event— the Beihai Hunt Showdown Points Invitational —presided over by a true master.

The team with the highest score in the Sect-Wide Urban Witch Hunt Finals will be the champion and will receive the title of "[Azure Cloud Sect Glory Demon Soul Unrivaled Strongest Hunter King]" and a large number of rewards.

In addition, ranking by points also brings corresponding benefits.

During this time, Qian Jing and Shuiling have actually worked very hard. In order to bring Ruoyun back, they have trained much harder than before, and at least they have almost mastered the basic courses of the Azure Cloud Sect.

This speed was never possible before.

Could it be that this was also part of Master's calculations...?

That's unlikely.

After rejecting her own opinion, Bai Mei sighed as she looked at Qian Jing and Shuiling training in the courtyard.

She already has two of the sect's worst disciples, but the question is, can these two really rely on luck to make a name for themselves in the grand competition?

To reach the semifinals of a peripheral city league or something...

"You two."

Bai Mei asked casually, "Would you like to participate in the sect competition?"

"Huh? The sect still has a grand competition?" Qian Jing asked, her face full of curiosity. "How is it conducted?"

Shuiling said earnestly, "I want to participate, I want to become stronger!"

"Good ambition."

Bai Mei praised him, then said, "The rules for this sect competition are quite complicated. Simply put, the first part is a competition to deal with those miscellaneous Witch Association members who have infiltrated the city."

"Oh, isn't that what we do every day? It's easy."

"In the end, it will probably be a challenge against the sect leader."

After he finished speaking, the entire courtyard fell silent, except for a gust of wind that blew a few yellow leaves down from the small trees in the courtyard.

This courtyard was chosen for her by Master Bingtang. It has many rooms. Since it was bought outright and given to Bai Mei, Bai Mei would rent out the house to earn some pocket money for a long time.

In the bustling parts of the city, the tenants are mostly office workers who have gone to their companies at this time, which is the time when the two girls come over for training.

Bai Mei tilted her head, gently brushing aside the fallen leaves that drifted onto her shoulder. The leaves were neatly sliced apart by her fingertips. "What's wrong?"

Shuiling stammered, "Although, although I really want to become stronger, teacher, fighting the sect leader, I simply can't become stronger, right?"

"Yes, yes," Qian Jing nodded immediately. "Why do we have to fight the sect leader in the end? We can't even withstand one hit, can we?"

The magic that swept through Jiangming City back then, so precise that it connected every single Calamity Beast in every corner, was executed with maximum skill in both execution and numerical accuracy.

They had previously thought the sect competition was only for disciples within the sect, and they were quite interested in seeing the other powerful magical girls in the sect and also to see if their hard work over the past few days could be validated.

But upon hearing that it was the sect leader, they immediately abandoned the idea.

To be honest, these useless little magical girls don't have the guts to fight against opponents of higher levels; they simply don't have the ability...

Qian Jing, in particular, witnessed firsthand how the sect leader had linked all the Calamity Beast together. On one hand, she admired him greatly and realized just how powerful the foundation of the sect she had joined was.

On the other hand, there is still some fear.

After all, that method was truly terrifying. Later, Qian Jing often had nightmares that the sect leader accidentally strung her up and turned her into Feng Lei.

Although Qian Jing was very confident in her crystal's protective power, she still felt that it would be shattered when facing the sect leader...

Bai Mei smiled and said, "Forget it, I haven't had any hope for you anyway."

"Then why are you bringing this up...?"

"I just hope you can secure a position as an inner disciple of a branch sect as soon as possible. Maybe in the future, you can participate in the sect's grand examination, compete for a spot in the Beihai inner sect, and make a name for yourselves. That way, I'll have something to be proud of in front of Master."

"Teacher, are you concerned about your image too?"

"Who doesn't want to be praised by their elders, Shuiling?"

"That's true, the teacher is actually only in high school..."

Shuiling and Qian Jing then realized that although they had always regarded Bai Mei as a teacher or elder, they were actually quite different.

Actually, Bai Mei wasn't that much older than them...

Unaware of what the students were thinking, Bai Mei was simply lamenting in her heart that she couldn't participate in the election.

I made a wish in my heart that there would be a sufficiently formal sect competition in the future.

Her master had specifically told her beforehand that, as the chief disciple, she was not allowed to participate in this sect's grand examination.

Otherwise, Bai Mei would have loved to secretly stab her teacher in the back.

Avoid arrogance and impatience.

After all, Bai Mei's courtesy name Ningbing.

He felt a little regretful that he couldn't replicate that sword strike, but he also had some guesses. Perhaps his master felt there was no need to test his strength again after their previous encounter in Jiangming City.

In fact, her sword skills have improved again in the past few days, and she wants to show them to her master.

However, her master plans to give her a separate test later, which is a privilege, so we'll talk about it another time.

I hope the other true disciples can work harder and give their master a chance to defy their master with their love.

While the two disciples continued their training, Bai Mei received another message from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau during her meditation and Qi Concentration.

The last remaining student naturally became an inside agent within the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.

Whenever the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau receives news about Calamity Beast or the Witch Association, it promptly relays it to Bai Mei.

Another Witch Association coming to challenge us.

She, as a true disciple, knew what kind of evil the Witch Association up to lately.

As Jiangming City is the target of the Witch Association's three-star challenge, many Witch Association have recently come here specifically to challenge the Azure Cloud Sect.

It doesn't matter, she'll take care of it.

After receiving the specific location information, Bai Mei took out the seed and softly recited her transformation incantation:

"The sword opens the gates of heaven."

Pure, transparent magic erupted from his body, making little noise; it didn't even scatter the surrounding fallen leaves.

Because she was originally wearing white clothes, even after transforming, she still wore simple white magic attire, making it easy to not tell that she was in a transformed state.

There is also a certain chance that it can mislead the enemy.

What was originally just a mental construct in the courtyard rapidly expanded, and then, with the help of the magical girl's power, it extended all the way to the corners of the city's outskirts.

"Four people: one is Complete Witch, and the remaining three are ordinary members of the Witch Association who use Filthy Magic Power."

After confirming the information of the four people, Bai Mei brought two fingers together like a sword and pointed them at the Complete Witch.

"One sword."

The magnificent and clear sword energy swept across the city like lightning, piercing through layers of obstacles and accurately striking the head of the Complete Witch!

The sword energy pierced through the Blood Cross mark on the forehead of the Complete Witch Complete Witch, which resembled a target, and pulled her body backward.

Finally, it was nailed firmly to the wall!

That's enough.

After saying that, he covered his mouth and coughed a few times, a bright red stain spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Now that the sect's grand examination is underway, our branch sect can't lag behind. If we're not going to the Beihai, let's participate in the Hundred Cities League. Judging from the situation in the Beihai, we might be able to get more points here."

"Shuiling, Qian Jing, the rest of the Witch Association members are your training ground. Go."

"Yes!"

After saying that, Shuiling tucked one arm into her clothes and pushed Qian Jing, who was sitting in a wheelchair, out the door with one hand.

Without a doubt, they were following the path set by their teacher.

Using the imagery of Heaven Crippled Earth Deficient, Kongzheng that Body Transforms into a Sword!

This is their determination to win Ruoyun back!

The two people pushing the wheelchairs toward the Witch Association were both enveloped in sharp sword energy!

"Damn, can they really succeed in this challenge against the Azure Cloud Sect?"

"Isn't this a challenge level set according to the experience of Shuangsheng?"

"What I mean is, is it possible that she was just lucky to Shuangsheng?"

"Why don't you go and try to meet her?"

"Let's just forget about it..."

On the outskirts of Hulin City Hulin City, while surveying the surrounding area, Xilan, who was watching the live stream from the crystal, silently closed yet another live stream room.

The team, centered around the Complete Witch, headed to the three-star challenge area in Jiangming City, had their live stream shut down before they even saw her.

This is the true essence of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Taking a deep breath, Xilan looked around. The remaining people also had serious expressions.

In reality, many members of the Witch Association didn't come to challenge them voluntarily; most of them had no choice.

Either they couldn't make it elsewhere and had to try their luck here, or if they got a spot to enter the Mental Image Remnants, even if they didn't want to go in, they'd be rich by selling the spot to someone else.

Some were forced by their superiors to come and grab a spot, while others were simply curious or wanted to challenge themselves.

The people around him were mostly forced to come here to take on the challenge.

Xilan is different; she is Complete Witch who was dispatched to support East China.

The destination was Beihai, to support Jiang Motu, the new head of East China.

Before she came, her superior repeatedly warned her that the situation in East China was unpredictable, especially in Beihai, which was very dangerous, and that she should be very careful and prioritize her own safety if any danger arose.

Xilan knew that her boss always cared about her, but she scoffed at it.

Xilan was different from the other members of the Witch Association; she even looked down on the other Complete Witch.

Including Shuangsheng.

They're just a bunch of young girls with no sense of conviction.

Xilan was different; she joined the Witch Association voluntarily, with lofty purposes and pursuits.

Change the world.

Although she hasn't figured out how to change the world yet, taking down the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau first is definitely the right thing to do.

The current world order is anchored by the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, so let's take down the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau first, and then slowly figure out how to create new rules to make the world a better place...

Therefore, she has absolute loyalty to the Witch Association, because only the Witch Association can change this world!

Self-preservation?

Those two words don't exist in her dictionary.

If we can wipe out the Azure Cloud Sect, what does it matter if we pay the price with our lives?

For the Witch Association, I would go through fire and water without hesitation!

"Huh? Aren't there any disciples here?"

A magical girl dressed in light green magic armor appeared in the sky at some unknown time.

She even had a hood that covered her face, and the magic wand in her hand was like a rabbit doll, which she was holding.

The Witch Association, who had been resting, were all stunned.

Then someone rushed forward, filthy magic gathering on the controlled knife in their hand, and thrust it straight at the magical girl's face.

The magical girl made no movement, only slightly raising her head.

A gentle breeze swept by, and the arm of the Witch Association member holding the knife flew off!

He stood in front of the magical girl and suddenly froze.

The green-clad magical girl slightly raised her head, revealing only a pair of pupils like those of Dandelion.

It carried a chilling killing intent.

"The Witch Association, damn it."

As the magical girl walked past the Witch Association member whose hand had been severed, the man's head slowly slid off his neck.

Blood gushed out!

"Run!"

"It's the true teaching!"

The other members of the Witch Association, who had been huddled together, immediately scattered and fled!

I never expected to encounter a true disciple in Hulin City!

Jiangming City was designated as a three-star challenge area because a true disciple resided there.

Whether or not a true master is present has a huge impact on the determination of the challenge level of a challenge area!

The challenge that has become popular this time actually distinguishes between two concepts in detail: wanted star rating and challenge level.

Initially, there were only challenge levels, with a total of five stars.

As a result, because the death rate of the three-star challenge level was too high, in order to reduce the difficulty and the death rate, more people were encouraged to visit Beihai.

The legendary Perfect Witch Shuangsheng, the only ones to have completed a five-star challenge, have introduced the concept of wanted star ratings.

By linking the Azure Cloud Sect's pursuit star rating with the composition of the pursuers, six star ratings are created. Although this is only one star higher than the challenge level, it greatly reduces the difficulty of completing the task.

The distinction between wanted star ratings and challenge levels is largely the same in the first and second star stages.

The individuals targeted by the one-star wanted poster were miscellaneous servants and unofficial members of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Two-star wanted status indicates a branch of the outer sect.

Things changed with Samsung. The magical girls that Samsung wanted and was responsible for hunting down became the inner sect members of the branch sect and the outer sect members of the Beihai.

Four Stars is the home ground of the inner disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Five-star, True Disciple level.

Legend has it that the Azure Cloud Sect has seven true disciples, each of whom possesses terrifying strength.

Therefore, any region with genuine expertise can be considered a three-star challenge.

This comparison shows just how unfair the challenge levels are.

What you think is a three-star challenge is only of medium difficulty, is actually below the highest difficulty level in the wanted star system!

This is outrageous; if you don't die, who will? It's too sinister.

A bunch of people even tried to find out which challenge level classification was originally set up, what a mess!

If it weren't for the Shuangsheng ' intervention, everyone would still be in the dark.

However, this division only makes the members of the Witch Association who come to challenge Jiangming and Beihai more cautious, but it does not reduce the level of danger by much.

Because the Witch Association doesn't know where these seven true disciples are, the danger of the challenge in East China lies precisely in this.

Even if you only want to challenge a one-star wanted level, who knows if there might be a five-star master hiding behind you...

Fortunately, there were enough members of the Witch Association form a group this time. After they scattered and fled, even the true disciples could not capture them all in a short time.

Xilan followed a group of four people and wandered to a nearby construction site that had been shut down.

There are bunkers everywhere, so it's easy to hide.

"What, she seems to be a New Sprout magical girl?"

Once things had calmed down a bit, one of the members asked a rather strange question.

A magical girl who can control the wind.

According to information previously revealed in a live stream, Dandelion, one of the seven true disciples, killed a Complete Witch.

If you can survive her pursuit, you can be considered to have successfully challenged a three-star opponent.

However, the sense of oppression didn't seem that strong.

While they were hiding in the abandoned construction site, the magical girl wandered outside searching, but for some reason, she didn't seem to notice them.

One of the Witch Association members, panting, whispered, "Something's not right. Why are there only New Sprout? Is the intelligence wrong?"

"But just now, Acha and the others were killed instantly."

"It might be because of a sneak attack..."

Where are we supposed to hide here?

"What if it's a trap..."

They kept arguing and couldn't reach a consensus in time.

Then one of the more violent and reckless members said menacingly, "New Sprout Magical Girls, I've killed too many! Let me do it!"

After saying that, he actually rushed out of the shelter in the construction site and headed straight for the magical girl!

The group was startled, and one of the more cautious among them immediately said, "Let's run!"

Everyone understood perfectly well: with this idiot drawing attention ahead, when else would they run if not now?

Now the whole process is live-streamed; as long as you can escape, the three-star challenge is considered a success!

"You're playing tricks! Die! Ah!"

Sure enough, the Witch Association rushed forward didn't even have time to utter a second word.

The wind tore his body to pieces.

The attack is invisible, and you can't even feel it.

A gust of wind blew by, and the body split open.

The other members of the Witch Association were terrified and didn't dare to delay for even a moment, running frantically in four different directions without looking back!

However, the hooded disciple simply waved his hand, and three tornadoes rushed in three directions simultaneously.

He, however, chased after something else.

Soon, the abandoned construction site fell silent.

After a while, the ordinary crane suddenly started moving, until the wind had gone away.

Xilan's body gradually separated from the crane.

Only by dodging the Dandelion could Xilan have integrated her entire body into the inconspicuous crane on the construction site.

This is her ability: to assimilate herself with objects and completely merge into them.

Even the Filthy Magic Power will disappear in a short time.

This ability has helped her escape countless dangerous situations!

Looking up at her companions elsewhere, Xilan couldn't help but shake her head.

There's no escaping it.

From the moment Xilan first saw the other person, she knew there was no escaping it.

Xilan could sense the magical power of the magical girls, as well as the direction in which their magic flowed.

The control is too precise, the other side!

This level of precise control, and she's a magical girl who controls the wind.

Once she's locked on, she'll find her no matter what, as long as there's wind!

There's absolutely no way they could escape.

When Xilan got off the crane, she felt her legs go weak.

You must avoid the true teachings.

The aura was extremely dangerous!

Even the magical girl in Full Blossom in North China has never put this much pressure on her!

He took out the crystal and opened the live stream.

Just as she had expected, the live stream rooms of the four Witch Association were now completely empty.

They were all killed.

Xilan dared not use her Filthy Magic Power, but instead began running on foot into the distance, while simultaneously refreshing the live stream on her crystal ball.

The same applies everywhere else.

Many members of the Witch Association just want to challenge for the first star, find menial and unofficial staff in the outer sect, and earn some contribution points.

The result was that as soon as he made his move, a bunch of inner Azure Cloud Sect, and even true disciples of magical girls, appeared out of nowhere.

One star becomes three stars, then five stars...

This Azure Cloud Sect is like a hornet's nest right now.

A single touch and a whole bunch of them pop out, then they just blast you to death like dump trucks.

She was a completely different species from the magical girls she had encountered in other regions!

The same thing happened to those Witch Association members. They only wanted to challenge the two-star level, but then a true disciple appeared and they automatically leveled up.

There's nowhere to complain about the game's unbalanced challenges...

However, Xilan wasn't there to challenge anyone; she was just there to aid Hua Dongjiang, the demon slayer, and was simply passing by with the others.

So be it...

Jiang Motu has it tough; he manages to maintain the Witch Association in this godforsaken place.

While others come here merely to challenge, he has remained here to develop the Witch Association with Chilian, the captain, and others.

Even now, they are still managing to survive under the oppression of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and the Azure Cloud Sect!

Such unwavering loyalty is truly moving.

Xilan has always respected and admired such loyal members of the Witch Association, which is why she was willing to come to such a dangerous place to provide support.

The Witch Association is exactly lacking in people who are reliable, hardworking, and loyal.

Silently and cautiously, Xilan avoided all the magical girls, passed through Hulin City, and headed towards the Beihai.

Although the Beihai is now a den of demons, almost everyone who goes there dies in the four-star challenge.

But Xilan believed that since Jiang Motu was able to establish himself in Beihai, he must have found a loophole and was able to survive safely under the nose of the Azure Cloud Sect.

There's an opportunity!

It took Xilan two days to travel from Hulin City to Beihai, and she was even a little excited.

"Jiang Motu! I'm here!"

She fantasized that the two of them would gradually corrupt the Azure Cloud Sect in the shadows, corrupt those magical girls, make them fall into depravity, and eventually take control of the entire Beihai and East China!

Thinking about the current mess and difficult situation, it's hard not to feel a surge of emotion.

However, before she even got close to the Beihai, she saw a masked boy appearing in the distance above the Beihai.

After comparing the photos, it's definitely Jiang Motu, the one who contacted his boss!

Why is it so conspicuous in the sky...?

"Azure Cloud Sect!"

The resounding voice echoed outwards, seemingly reverberating throughout the entire Beihai!

The young man stood proudly, hands clasped behind his back, and declared, "The East China leader of the Witch Association's Guild is here! Come out and face your death!"

Xilan stared wide-eyed at the boy after his loud pronouncement. Beihai seemed to fall silent for a moment.

Then, a magical girl flew up from the city.

After a long while, there was only this one!

Xilan's eyes flashed.

So that's how it is. There aren't any magical girls left in Beihai!

Indeed, nowadays, the entire East China is filled with magical girls from the Azure Cloud Sect besieging and suppressing members of the Witch Association who come to challenge them.

The Beihai, a den of demons, has actually seen a decrease in magical girls!

That's why Jiang Motu dared to be so bold. Indeed, those who can survive in the Beihai Demon Cave always have more courage and vision!

I'll help you!

She laughed loudly and was about to fly forward.

The next second, hundreds of magical girls flew out of the Beihai!

Then, everyone's attention was drawn to this loud shout, and they looked towards Xilan.

Including the masked boy.

Xilan will suddenly brake in the distance and kneel down in mid-air.

With his hands clasped in front of him, he kept bowing and scraping, saying awkwardly, "Sorry, sorry, I mistook you for someone else, I came to the wrong place, please continue, please continue..."

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