Chapter 1

The city at night looks gorgeous against the backdrop of colorful neon lights.

People are walking on the straight road, accompanied by green belts composed of bright flowers, green grass and tall trees, which make the slightly hot summer night a little cooler.

Colorful lights.

The crystal clear river water.

Coupled with the shining lights of the Rainbow Bridge in the distance and the ubiquitous noise.

This is daily life.

This is a normal life.

Until...

Boom!

The explosion was like thunder, appearing very suddenly in a corner of the city.

In the corner of the broad street where people were coming and going, a black shadow smashed into the solid wall and swept out from the scattered gravel.

The black shadow was not big, about the size of an adult, but it was as fast as a speeding vehicle. In the blink of an eye, flying gravel and rubble rushed out onto the street.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a monster with wings like a fly, a body as bloated as a bee with distinct upper and lower segments and a colorful green body that made people feel physically uncomfortable.

The appearance of the monster caused the whole street to fall into chaos.

""Genma! ""

""The phantom demon appears!""

Run!

When people on the street saw this scene, they howled in horror.

They fled in panic and screamed in fear, causing countless vehicles to lose their balance and collide everywhere on the street.

People caught in such chaos did not realize that the creatures they called "phantom demons" were actually fleeing in panic at this time.

It stared at the strangers on the street, and what appeared in its eyes was a greedy, bloodthirsty and cruel light as if it were looking at a feast.

Obviously, to it, creatures called "human" are no different from food.

However, such a monster had no choice but to abandon so much food and rush to the other side of the street in panic.

At this moment, three figures rushed out from the wall that was broken by the monster.

They were wearing uniforms. They were not old at all and even had a little childishness on their faces. They were at most 17 or 18 years old.

But, seeing these three young guys, the monster actually ran away faster.

"Don't try to escape!"

A boy who looked like a frail scholar, held out his hand in the direction of the monster with anger.

A circle composed of mysterious words and lines suddenly appeared, sweeping from his arm to his wrist, and finally to the front of his palm, like the muzzle of a cannon, aiming at the fleeing monster.

[ Seventh Style: Ash Binding ]

The mysterious circle suspended in front of the uniformed boy's palm suddenly burst into light.

Amidst the buzzing sound, a burst of black ash appeared along with the sudden wind.

Black and gray entangled each other like ropes, and like streaks of gray mist, they wrapped around the fleeing monster at lightning speed and surrounded it.

Boom!

The monster was caught off guard and slammed into the wall of black and gray, bouncing off like a ball.

"Kir!"

The monster immediately let out an anxious scream, turned, crashed into the other side, but was still bounced off by the black ash.

"Lei Hao! Hurry!"

The white, clean scholarly boy shouted out.

"Leave it to me!"

One of the other boys from the same group rushed out, as he responded.

He is different from the weak scholar boy, has strong physique, strong limbs, slightly tanned skin, also carries a big sword in his shoulder, like a tank in the charge of the rampage, not only crashed through the road blocking a car, his legs left a deep pit when stomping through the road.

The speed brought by such a brute force charge is also incomparably amazing, making its body fly like a bullet, easily catching up with the monster bound by the black ash.

"Roar!"

With a beastly roar, the burly boy called Lei Hao stepped on the street under his feet, transformed into a humanoid cannonball, soared into the sky and scurried to the top of the monster's head.

"Go down!"

Under the roar, the big sword carried on Lei Hao's shoulder was suddenly raised high and slashed heavily at the monster's body.

"Plop!"

In the cracking sound, the monster could not even react in time and was directly cut in half.

Split into two body with splattered blood smashed on the ground, instantly stained the ground.

"Hmph!"

Lei Hao's face did not show any joy.

"Snap."

Before Lei Hao could fall from mid-air, the monster in the pool of blood suddenly squirmed all over and the body that had been split in two were approaching each other, ready to be reattached to one another.

"Geez, it's really hard to destroy these phantom demons with regenerative abilities without using the Spiritual Technique."

Lei Hao landed on top of a street lamp and said with hatred, before turning his head and rushing towards the other side of the street.

"I'll leave the rest to you, Su Ming!"

When Lei Hao's shout fell, the last boy in uniform among the three, is already moving slowly out.

He was different from the rest of the two, he is not burly, had a normal physique, not tough in appearance except for his eyes, which were deep and gleaming, giving people a feeling of not knowing what he was thinking about.

He slowly walked towards the monsters that had fallen in a pool of blood and were connecting with each other in preparation for their resurrection and on his arm, at some point, he turned a mysterious runic circle just like the previous scholarly boy.

There were three circles in total, on which there were mysterious words and lines flowing continuously, as if they were forming some patterns, and so the circles gradually became complete.

When the three mysterious circles were completely formed and swept to the front of his palm, Su Ming also came in front of the monster.

"Kiri!"

As if sensing the danger, the demon no longer cared about the body in regeneration and violently rose up, fiercely screaming, pouncing on Su Ming.

But at this time, Su Ming had already raised his hand.

"[28th Style - Spiral Fire]"

In a flash, hot flames erupted like a whirlpool.

The monster that hadn't fully regenerated was wrapped in the vortex of flames before it pounced on Su Ming.

Unspeakable screams rang out.

The temperature around them began to rise up.

A fiery red glow illuminated the corner of the chaotic street, coloring the surrounding buildings red.

By the time the ground was charred, the monster had already been burned to ashes amidst the flames, drifting away in the wind along with the black ash that had previously bound it to prevent it from escaping.

"It's done!"

In the distance, Lei Hao clenched his fist and let out a shout.

"Whew..."

The white boy also let out a sigh of relief.

"Pah-pah-pah-pah!"

The passersby who had calmed down from the chaos looked at each other in disbelief, and then warmly applauded.

"Good!"

"Well done!"

"A young man can actually destroy the Phantom Demon, how marvelous!"

"Looking at that uniform, they should be students of the Demon Hunting Academy, right?"

"So they're Warlocks?"

"They could also be Hunters."

"Regardless of whether they're warlocks or hunters, being able to kill phantom demons is amazing!"

"That's right!"

The crowd then began such a conversation between claps. At that moment, Su Ming slightly raised his eyebrows, looking at the surrounding clapping and discussing passers-by, not only did he not feel complacent, but instead, he became vigilant.

"Wouldn't it be too high-profile?"

Su Ming thought so.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have used the 28th Style, instead I would have used the Low Order Spiritual Technique to cover it up."

At the same time when Su Ming had such thoughts, Lei Hao carried a large sword in one hand and grasped a pair of wings in the other, leaping from the top of the crowd, causing many passersby to exclaim.

"Finally, I've finished this damn mission."

Lei Hao laughed playfully, and displayed the wings in his hands, saying, "The trophies have also arrived, call up Ye Bai, let's hurry up and withdraw!"

Lei Hao's playful statement made the scholarly boy, who squeezed through the crowd and struggled to come in from the periphery, furious.

"Withdraw your head ah!"

Ye Bai knocked on Lei Hao's head, yelling: "Do you think you won't be held responsible if you run away? If it wasn't for your carelessness, this phantom demon wouldn't have broken through our encirclement and run into the street, fortunately it didn't cause any casualties, otherwise, we would have been killed by you!"

"Don't say that."

Lei Hao's neck shrank, "Wasn't I also worried that this screaming demon would escape back to the Spirit Demon Prison? As a result, a carelessness is..."

"Just rushed over the top?"

Ye Bai who did not have a good temper, said: "So I say you hunters are, one who only knows to dig the body potential, find ways to refine the bloodline, just do not use the head to think about the problem, all reckless!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you warlocks are the smartest, okay?" Lei Hao said without a care in the world: "Anyway, the mission has been accomplished, and the wings of the screaming demon have been recovered, so go back and hand in your duties!"

After hearing this, Ye Bai didn't know what to say and could only sigh silently.

When Su Ming saw this, he knew that the two of them had already finished their daily fight.

So, he was like a minor character peacemaker, pinpointing the right time to open his mouth.

"In that case, let's go back to the academy."

With such a sentence, Su Ming put an end to this outburst.

Not long after, the siren sounded.

The three of them, including Su Ming, left together in a group, leaving behind a wreckage and a deed that was much talked about.

Of course, this is not going to be a popular event with great repercussions.

At least, in this world.

Su Ming looked at Lei Hao and Ye Bai, who had started to fight again for some reason, and suddenly raised his head and looked into the night sky.

The night sky was dotted with stars, and the night sky of the big city in Su Ming's impression was very obviously different.

In Su Ming's impression, the night sky of the big city had long been invisible to the stars.

But here, they could still be seen.

Because, this is not the earth.

Or rather, this place has become unlike the earth.

"Who would have thought that the world would become like this after waking up?"

The city is still the same, only the name has changed.

The people around him were the same people Su Ming had known since he was a child, but they had also become different from before.

Even Su Ming himself has become completely incomparable to his former self.

The proof of this was the wings of the screaming demon that he had dragged in his hands, and the fact that monsters would appear in this world as a matter of course.

(End of the chapter)