[Magic Tower - Upper Personality Realm]
The tower shook violently, cracks spreading from top to bottom, as if the entire structure of consciousness was collapsing.
Queen Night Cang Yomi's first personality resonance body floated in the abyss of the spirit, her body shattered, her face contorted in pain, the once-glorious red and black robe now dull and lifeless.
She muttered over and over:
"Jack's will... rewrites the rules... I... am no longer who I once was..."
Night Cang stepped into Queen's mind space and gazed at the "Queen of Personality" who had once given him his first strength and guided him on the path of magic. Complex emotions surged through him.
"Queen, I will not let you just... disappear."
The Queen smiled weakly:
"You have finally... grown strong, Night Cang."
"But your power has grown beyond my control. The Personality Tower is collapsing."
A warning flashed in her eyes:
"Jack is a deconstructor of personalities... If you lose control, the Magic Club will be destroyed."
Night Cang clenched his fists and replied calmly:
"Then I will use my own will... to redefine the core of illusions."
-[Personality Reconstruction - Queen Core Repair] initiated!
The powers of Jack, the remnants of the Queen, and Night Cang's own will intertwined to form a new structural system: the Autonomous Personality Loop.
Meanwhile, outside the tower, the battlefield had already descended into chaos!
[Battlefield - Outskirts of the Illusion Tower].
Sacred Growth Foundation's Awakened Purifier - Thirteen launched an attack on the Dongyun Magic Tower.
Clad in red and black battle armor and equipped with anti-illusion electromagnetic blades and mind disruptors, they were specially designed to counter illusionary and personality-based magic.
-Three figures blocked their path.
Bailan, Huangtang Saya, and Mitō Karuma stood shoulder to shoulder.
Mitō Karuma said quietly, "You two go ahead, I'll take care of the cleanup.
Huangtang Saya drew her crimson bow, a faint light shining in her eyes:
"...If you want to dissolve the Magic Club, you'll have to step over my body first."
Bailan calmly analyzed the field, reconstructing the layers of illusion with [Deceive the Eye - Thousand Mirrors Realm].
Karuma grinned, his whip flickering like a fire dragon:
"These tin cans... are perfect for warming up."
The three of them battled the Sixth Awakened Purifier - Mechanical Knight Belos!
The battlefield instantly erupted into a storm of illusion, fire, and lightning!
[Principal's Frontline - Tian Dao Jingyi vs. Kamihara Tsurunori]
Elsewhere, in the layers of the mind -
The principal of Dongyun Academy, Kamihara Tsurunori, had already revealed his true form as an "Otherworld Wanderer" - half personality, half machine, his will corrupted by an alien code.
Tian Dao Jingyi, dressed in a tattered swordsman's uniform, wielding the spiritual sword "White Dawn", stood against him.
Kamihara sneered:
"You shouldn't have interfered, Tian Dao - you're just a tool."
Jingyi replied calmly:
"My sword has always been a tool to cut fate."
"But now I will use it to protect Night Cang and the others... and to cut you down."
-[Heart Sword - True Break Illusion] slashed out, tearing a rift right through the void!
Kamihara roared, activating his [Principal Core Domain - Black Dream Law] projection engine system!
Jingyi smiled coldly, "Come, final battle, I will cut you down even in your dreams!"
[Fengke's Counterattack × True Identity Revealed]!
Meanwhile, the vice principal led another group of cleaners toward the heart of the tower, only to be blocked by Fengke.
Running his hand over an old Magic Club archive, Fengke spoke softly:
"Do you remember me, Vice Principal?"
The Vice Principal's expression darkened:
"You're the failed subject from that project."
Fengke removed his outer robe, revealing a scarred number branded with Project Eden.
"No... I am the only survivor."
He activated the Ancient Illusion Current [Mind Deconstruction Array - Dawn Form], shredding the vice principal's false illusion - and revealing his Otherworld Wanderer Core!
Fengke's voice was deep but determined:
"Night Cang is the last future I've staked everything on."
"None of you... will touch him."
[Return to the Depths of Personality].
At the heart of the Personality Tower, Queen's repairs were completed. But Night Cang's consciousness was pulled into a brand new Personality Gate.
Standing in front of a black-golden throne, he heard that familiar yet unfamiliar voice again:
"Having inherited Jack and Queen..."
"Are you ready to face the King?"
Golden veins lit up inside the tower.
Night Cang looked up and saw in his eyes...
A black card surrounded by gold: King of Spades.
-The ultimate personality test was about to begin.