The buzzing sound echoed in Hyperion's ears, seemingly disrupting her sense of space.

All she could see was the silver liquid-like alien body crashing wildly through the classroom, each impact sending up a wave of silver and crimson, like steel rampaging through a cake.

The fifth-tier demon teacher, who had been standing at the classroom door, had already had a large chunk of his body devoured by the silver alien. Rending wounds tore open on his body, and blood gushed from between his bloody bones, soaking the grass. The remaining corpse was broken in two, lying quietly on the ground, trembling slightly like a puppet with severed strings.

The traces of life had completely disappeared from him, leaving only his hollow eyes staring helplessly at the dome of the botanical garden.

The botanical garden, which had been so peaceful just moments ago, had undergone a drastic change in an instant. Tranquility was swallowed by scalding black mist, plunging into a poisonous miasma filled with screams.

A harbinger of death, like an invisible ghostly claw, gripped Hyperion's heart tightly, as if an icy chill was crawling up her spine to her throat, making each breath abnormally heavy.

Her heart pounded, threatening to leap out of her chest.

"Duchess Hyperion, I've finally found you."

Accompanying this hoarse voice, the silhouette of a shadow gradually became clearer as it walked step by step from the distant doorway, emitting a thick malice that sent shivers down Hyperion's spine.

Her body also became stiff and immobile, as if bound by some kind of magic.

The fragile first-tier Great Love Poet beside her seemed unable to withstand the erosion of this poisonous fog and quickly dissolved into orange fluorescent light.

This rare, limited-time paradise had now become a bloody botanical garden of chaos and fear.

The screams of the demon students gradually weakened as the silver alien rampaged among them, quickly devouring them all like a harvester mowing down weeds.

And the silver alien's body grew larger and larger.

Hyperion wasn't worried about the Great Love Poet for the moment.

When a summon is killed, it automatically turns back into a card and returns to the holder, with a longer cooldown period than normal recall, preventing it from being summoned again.

Now, she had to worry about herself!

The dense botanical garden was filled with black mist produced by poison magic. Amidst the blood-splattered tree trunks, a dark figure gradually approached Hyperion, like a predator locking onto its prey.

The dark figure's coat rustled in the breeze stirred up in the botanical garden, and the steady and cold steps, like those of the Grim Reaper, were filled with approaching killing intent with each step.

At this moment.

Hyperion finally saw the true face of the person who had come.

It was a woman with a hideous scar on her cheek, and behind her was a warlock-like servant shrouded in black mist.

Although this woman would have been quite exquisite without those scars, her chaotic and aggressive eyes seemed to have been stained with countless murders.

A fifth-tier challenger?

The intense pressure of a strong opponent threatened to devour Hyperion.

She immediately used [Purification Magic] to remove the control on her body, then entered stealth, creating distance.

Even though Hyperion had temporarily concealed her form, the classroom exit was blocked by the silver alien, as if blocking her last ray of hope, leaving her with no chance to escape.

"You only needed to die naturally in this Shadow World with the mechanism."

The woman seemed unwilling to have to deal with Hyperion personally.

She wasn't sure if she had successfully run into this duchess.

But after interrogating many demon students along the way, she finally learned the whereabouts of someone suspected to be Hyperion—

Indeed, a tall, silver-haired girl with amber eyes had been seen at the school.

The woman controlling the silver alien seemed to know that Hyperion had concealed her form and that the figure left in place was a decoy, so she didn't waste her energy attacking.

"This Shadow World must have matched two experts, triggering the Demon Academy Principal's protection mechanism and achieving the Shadow World's mission objective."

The woman said slowly,

"But, for you, such luck won't happen a second time."

Although she didn't know where Hyperion's teammates had gone at this time.

But presumably, they were somewhere in the school's corridors, whiling away the time.

According to the information received from their informant in Hutton Kingdom of Yggdrasil before joining the match to snipe Hyperion—

The person who entered the Gate of the Void building with Hyperion was the chief freshman of the Sage Institute of Yggdrasil Academy.

Iron-level registered challenger.

Second-tier support.

The practical combat information from the entrance exam was hidden by Headmaster Loren of the Sage Institute.

Potentially threatening but currently low.

"..."

Hyperion maintained her stealth, holding her breath and concentrating.

If she hadn't been blessed with the limited edition meals from the Demon King's Royal Restaurant, boosting her to fourth-tier status, she wouldn't even have the confidence to deal with this fifth-tier enemy.

Even so, she wasn't sure how long she could hold out!

"Duchess, come out voluntarily, and I can make your corpse look less ugly."

The black shadow woman's words were filled with killing intent, and she spoke to the surrounding air with certainty,

"No one can save you."

...

Yggdrasil Academy at four-thirty in the morning.

The outdoor giant screen on Gerald Memorial Square was still lit, projecting the Shadow World's reality.

The surrounding buildings were quiet and majestic in the night, with only a few windows showing light.

The students on the steps slowly began to get up, stretching, chatting with tired smiles. Although they might be sleepy during class in the daytime, staying up all night to watch such a Shadow World was completely worth it.

After Lan Qi cleared the level and cut off the screen, students began to leave the square steps as if the movie had ended.

The crowd on the square gradually thinned out, leaving some students still watching the Great Love Poet's healing time in the botanical garden, like end credits, or slowly packing up, preparing to leave.

"I want to watch Lan Qi's Shadow World next time too."

"But for a fourth-tier Shadow World, the cooldown time is two months. The next time he can challenge the Shadow World will be halfway through the semester."

Suddenly.

The brightness on the warm and peaceful outdoor giant screen suddenly increased again, as if some major change had occurred in the picture.

It brought not a surprise, but a chilling scream.

The scene on the screen suddenly changed, causing many students who were packing up the garbage beside them to shiver involuntarily and quickly raise their heads.

"An attacker in the Shadow World?"

The students who remained on the steps were the first to exclaim in surprise.

Their eyes were fixed on the screen, attracted by the rapidly changing and terrifying scene!

(End of this chapter)