Pineapple Castle West.

A stretch of undulating sandstone terrain.

The corner between two huge, yellowish-brown rocks.

A thin figure was carefully curled up in the small crevice.

She was sitting quietly with her knees drawn up, holding a long loaf of bread that was a little taller than her.

Looking up at the band of stars in the night sky, obscured by clouds and emitting a hazy glow, I wondered what he was thinking.

Anna is a third-year apprentice witch at the Witchcraft Academy in the main city of Lalar, the witch kingdom.

Because Anna's magical talent was only a pitiful D-level and her magical grades were consistently failing, but she had an adorable and endearing appearance, she became the target of bullying by other witches in the class.

The witch doctor didn't have a good impression of her either, believing that she was dragging down the class's grades and affecting the class average, and often turned a blind eye to the bullying of Anna.

So Anna didn't want to continue going to school at all. In her opinion, the academy was full of exclusion and targeting, making it very difficult to endure.

Anna's biggest wish is to graduate directly after completing her elementary witchcraft education in sixth grade, without continuing to higher grades, and to find a job that can support herself and her grandmother.

Although graduating from elementary witchcraft education might not lead to a good job, it's still better than my grandmother, who at her age, having to go out and wash dishes and clean for others, working hard to earn money to support the family and pay for my grandmother's schooling.

However, before little Anna's simple wish could be fulfilled, everything changed.

A giant screen suddenly appeared in the sky above the main city of Lalar, displaying a competition in progress.

Because the Witch Kingdom frequently hosts various competitions, some even more extravagant than this one, and because Anna believed that only the top students in school could participate, it had nothing to do with someone like her who was a loser, she didn't pay much attention to this competition.

That evening, while she was reviewing witchcraft exercises in her dilapidated hut at home, a mechanical voice entered her mind.

She then learned that she had unfortunately been selected for the Civilization Competition.

Moreover, this is a match with no turning back or withdrawal; it's a match to the death.

In a panic, she and a group of randomly selected witches arrived at the Civilization Preparedness Space.

Little Anna met the Witch Mushi, the Imperial Star of the Witch Empire.

The Witch Muxi is a representative figure of the new generation of witches in the Witch Kingdom. She is the kind of top student among top students and a genius among geniuses. She is the idol of all young witches in the entire Witch Kingdom.

According to the witch Muxi, she is one of the top contenders in this competition.

Sure enough, no matter what kind of competition it is, there are always people with connections who get their positions decided inside, Anna thought to herself at the time.

Then, the witch Muxi used her magic to summon a pile of bread and distributed it to all the randomly selected contestants.

"Try to survive."

These were the witch Muxi's original words, and the only sentence she ever said. After that, the witch Muxi ignored them completely.

Anna was also given a huge baguette, and then, with trepidation, she was teleported into this endless desert.

After struggling through the scorching sun and yellow sand all day, and finally making it to night, they were chased by giant sandworms for half the night.

Anna ran with all her might to a rocky area, finally escaping the sandworms' pursuit.

But they discovered... this sandstone area didn't seem to be very safe either.

There was always a clicking or tapping sound echoing among the rocks.

This made the night incredibly mysterious and terrifying, filling little Anna with immense fear.

I have no idea what kind of monster it is...

Suddenly, a strange phenomenon in the sky interrupted Anna's thoughts.

A thick beam of light, darker than the night sky, shot out from an unknown place, piercing through the clouds and scattering them before shooting straight into the distant depths of the sky.

This is....

Anna's eyes widened suddenly.

Wow, what terrifying witchcraft!

As an apprentice witch, Anna had never seen such powerful witchcraft before.

This place actually has such a terrifying monster!?

Little Anna became even more frightened and dared not continue staring blankly at the night sky. She tried her best to shrink her small body into the crevice in the rock.

.................................

That's really scary.

Li Qingyu looked at the night sky, which appeared even clearer as the clouds were dispersed.

This monarch-level skill is way too powerful!

It's almost launched into outer space!?

Or is this a qualitative change that only occurred after the Beast King's Heart was activated?

After using the Eternal Dark Destruction Wave, Erha finally managed to shake off the dead Sand Scorpion leader from its head.

The sand scorpion leader, who had been thrown off, had a round hole about the size of a bucket on his body. It looked perfectly round, as if it had been drawn with a compass.

Through the round hole, you can see the internal organs and blood of the sand scorpion leader. At this moment, they are slowly flowing from the sand scorpion leader's body onto the sand.

Having finally dealt with one enemy, the husky turned its attention to the sand scorpion leader that was enveloping its lower body and causing it immense pain.

A fierce glint flashed in the husky's eyes, and it grinned.

Li Qingyu saw the husky's mouth pointed at its own lower body, and it began to emit wisps of dark light.

I quickly stopped it in my mind.

That stupid dog, if the Sand Scorpion leader hadn't managed to hurt it, it would have ended up blowing itself up with a single shot. That would have been hilarious.

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