I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 56. The Roulette of Life
"Didn't you see the notification in the group chat? Mu Shen is having a concert at the sports center tonight!"

"What the hell?!"

"Mu Shen just entered the top ten of the national spiritual song competition yesterday. Now he is in the off-season preparation period. Today happens to be the music festival, so he has cooperated with the school to put on a concert."

Mushroom shoved the costume into Xia Feng's hands, urging him excitedly, "Hurry up and put on this cosplay outfit! Mu Shen said she's also a fan of Spade Venerable, and she specially made the tickets into these mask shapes. Today is a special event for the Peach Organization!"

Xia Feng took the clothes with a blank expression, his mind full of questions.

What kind of trouble is this world-destroying witch up to now?

Wasn't she supposed to be striving to improve her skills? Why is she still participating in the Soul Song Competition?

Xia Feng had a feeling that this guy was up to something big, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out.

The theology class ended quickly, and the group scattered like birds and beasts.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Mushroom excitedly pulled Xia Feng along with the flow of people out of the classroom, but when they reached the outside of the venue, Xia Feng's expression suddenly turned serious and he stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?" Mushroom turned around in confusion.

Xia Feng's expression was not good: "You go first, I feel... my stomach is not feeling well."

"what?"

"No, go ahead, I need to use the restroom first." Xia Feng urged her to push her inside, waved his hand, turned around, and quickly found a teaching building.

It wasn't a stomachache he was having; the Forest Scepter was malfunctioning!

A message entered my mind from the Forest Scepter.

The second evolution phase is about to begin.

[Teleportation countdown: 3 minutes]

【.】

A flood of information rushed into Xia Feng's mind. He paused for a moment, then roughly understood that there was a teleportation mark to another dimension on the Forest Scepter.

When the time comes, this marker will activate and teleport him into that alternate dimension.

A mysterious game will take place in this alternate dimension.

Xia Feng pondered for a moment, then an idea struck him.

The dark green forest scepter appeared out of thin air and landed in his palm.

"Sever the copy." As he pondered, the connection between him and the Forest Scepter suddenly disappeared, but since there was no alternative artifact, it automatically reconnected the next second.

But Xia Feng was not disappointed; instead, his eyes lit up.

According to the rules, the teleportation decision is made in an instant.

Therefore, if he can break the connection with the Forest Scepter at the moment of summoning, the teleportation will determine that the owner of the Forest Scepter is dead and stop the summoning.

But judging from the information that just flooded my mind, this game isn't very dangerous, at least not at this stage. On the contrary, it seems like there are some things to be gained.

After thinking about it, he decided to go in and check out the situation.

The Forest Scepter is entering its countdown.

【2, 1】

As soon as he stepped into the restroom, the surrounding scene instantly became blurry, turning into countless colorful pixels that rushed towards him.

The blinding light made him instinctively close his eyes. After the dizziness subsided, Xia Feng opened his eyes in confusion.

"What the hell is this?"

All I could see was pitch black.

Sudden——

Suddenly, a faint light appeared in front of him, and he realized that there was a strange control panel in front of him.

Take a step forward.

A panel with a faint glow is embedded in the center of the control panel, next to which is a thick stack of cards, and in the upper right corner is a dark gold card slot.

The panel is simple, with a dark red symbol in the center that rotates clockwise continuously.

Xia Feng tentatively clicked on it, and the panel flashed.

[Serial number: 10]

[Identity: Ace Black Card]

[Game Stage: Second Evolution Phase]

[Number of cards remaining: 16] [Number of life points remaining: 9]

It looks like a card game? Or perhaps some strange calamity? Xia Feng was filled with doubt.

At this time.

He looked up at the sound and saw dim lights gradually appearing in front of him and to his left and right. The thirty-six lights and his location formed a very large circle.

Xia Feng squinted. In the dim light, he could vaguely see thirty-six circular platforms, each two meters in diameter, with blurry figures standing on them.

He looked down in confusion and, sure enough, there was a truncated cone beneath his feet. However, calling it a truncated cone was not accurate; what he was standing on was actually a cylinder with no bottom in sight.

Looking down to the side, it was pitch black, like an abyss, and standing on the edge made me feel very unsafe.

Without time to think, he quickly opened the panel to check if there were any detailed rules.

At this time.

At the center of the circle formed by thirty-seven round platforms, a spotlight shines down, revealing a mysterious figure dressed in an elegant tailcoat, top hat, and pure black mask.

A dark red symbol adorned the center of the pure black mask, and a booming male voice emanated from within, loud and clear: "Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. We are now entering the second stage of evolution. This round of game skill cards includes... and real-world skill cards include..."

While listening to the man speak, Xia Feng quickly scanned the specific rules.

This is a real-life survival game called "Roulette of Life".

There are 37 players on the field, and their roles have a counter-relationship. Players can gain life points by killing the target player that they counter.

Life points are the standard for determining victory or defeat, and also the currency in the game. They can be used to buy skill cards during the evolution stage (auction stage), and skill cards help players gain more life points in later stages.

Whoever has the most life points at the end of the game wins the grand prize.

Feeling bored, Xia Feng shook his head and glanced at his life points: 9.

The player starts with 20 life points. Obviously, Yan Xujia did something to reduce it by a full eleven.

"Game Skill Card - Bloodlust: Player who acquires this skill"

As soon as the referee finished speaking, bids came from various high platforms in the distance, indicating that this skill was clearly very popular.

The final price went straight to 9 life points. Xia Feng glanced at the 9 life points in his account, his eye twitching slightly. Damn, are all these people this rich?
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"Real-world Skill Card - Spiritual Material: Jupiter Flower, 11 points once - twice -"

"Thump!" The masked man in the center slammed the gavel. "Deal! Congratulations to player number 11 for spending 11 points to obtain the Jupiter Flower."

Jupiter Flower seems to be a material for wood-type spirit masters to advance to the second rank. Xia Feng was surprised and doubtful. He did not expect that he could buy rare materials in the real world directly here.
It is important to know that the reason why spiritual masters whose spiritual nature is predominantly wood have difficulty advancing is because two of the materials—Jupiter Flower and Wood Calamity Spirit—are extremely rare and hard to obtain.

Miss Mu is a wood-elemental spirit master; I wonder if she managed to get these materials.

As Xia Feng pondered, several more spiritual materials with different attributes appeared, and even a C-grade spiritual garment appeared!
Xia Feng wasn't very interested in any of them, but according to the game rules, the skill cards that appeared would become more powerful as the rounds progressed. In reality, there were skill cards that included B-grade spirit robes and even A-grade spirit robes, which was quite outrageous.

"Evolution phase complete. Now entering trading phase. Please note that you only have thirty minutes of free trading time!"

As the referee's teasing tone faded, Xia Feng noticed a new icon unlocked in the lower right corner of the panel—the trading room.

According to the rules, players can initiate a trade request to a target player. Once the target agrees, they can be teleported into a trade room for secret negotiations.

Xia Feng stroked his chin, lost in thought. The game's trading information was very important.

Because there is a hierarchy of roles among the 37 players in the game, only the players themselves know their identities.

The identities are divided into three colors: red, yellow, and blue. Red cards can prey on yellow cards, and the cycle repeats from yellow to blue and from blue to red.

There are twelve identity cards of each color, which are arranged according to the twelve zodiac animals: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Dog, and Pig. The former can gain life points by preying on the adjacent latter. The twelve zodiac animals are connected end to end, forming a cycle of restraint.

For example, the Red Rat must hunt and kill the Red Bull to win and gain life points.

If the Red Bull tries to prey on the Red Rat, it will fail, lose life points, and give the Red Rat life points instead.

These are the 36 types of identity cards, but there are 37 players.

This is because there is also a very special identity card – the [Ace Black Card]

The Ace Black Card can hunt anyone, and can also be hunted by anyone; there is no counter-relationship! Therefore, obtaining this identity card is extremely dangerous. Once your identity is exposed, you will become the target of everyone's attacks.

Xia Feng glanced at his ID card and cursed inwardly.

[Ace Black Card]

This is just awful, what a hellish start.

Yan Xujia's luck is truly unbelievable, but thankfully, Xia Feng can choose not to enter this awful game next time.

But before that, he needed to understand the game better and be prepared for both possibilities. He had a vague feeling...
This game seems to have a major bug due to his cheat-like abilities?

(End of this chapter)