Chapter 87

"Teachers! You've had enough. If you have any issues, come at me, don't send the report card home to scare my parents."

Ning Yue stood up in the classroom with a sense of righteousness, but the effect was the opposite. The homeroom teacher was first taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh, and the whole class burst into laughter, making Class 2-2 feel like a sea of joy, a world of clowns.

The homeroom teacher, Mr. Han, shook his head and sighed, "Ning Yue! Ning Yue! If you had put as much effort into your studies as you do into disrupting the class, you wouldn't have ended up with these grades. Take the test papers home for your parents to sign and bring them back tomorrow. Class dismissed!"

Ning Yue looked at his report card, which was filled with scores below 70. The thought of presenting this to his "strict and kind" parents made him wish he could pause time and never face this difficult choice.

"Maybe I shouldn't have been so righteous and stern. I should have hugged Mr. Han's leg and begged pitifully. Maybe I could have gotten through this."

Ning Yue's mind was filled with unrealistic fantasies, but his hands quickly packed his schoolbag, preparing to go home for lunch. The final exams were over, and although there were still a few days of classes, there were no more formal lectures. The remaining time was for discussing summer vacation and parent-teacher meetings, which only lasted half a day.

As Ning Yue walked home, worrying about the report card, he suddenly felt a jolt. At first, he thought it was a hallucination, but soon he realized the ground was shaking.

"An earthquake... No, not an earthquake. What the... Where am I?"

Ning Yue was shocked. In an instant, he found himself no longer on the way home. He was standing on a towering corner tower, and as far as the eye could see, there was an unimaginably grand ancient architectural complex. There were at least hundreds of palaces, and countless courtyards and residences, like the capital of an ancient dynasty.

Throughout the palaces, there were towering statues, some dozens of meters high. Most importantly, these statues were alive, gathering at the edge of the ancient capital, their heavy footsteps causing the ground to tremble.

Surrounding the grand ancient capital were towering flames, raging fires reaching the heavens. Above the flames, countless firebirds were swirling, and the flames formed waves with fiery horses galloping on them, creating a scene of a fire god's apocalypse.

"Even if I failed all my subjects, it doesn't need to be such a grand spectacle. Is this... a hallucination because I studied too hard?"

"Lu Yan! Do you still plan to run away?"

"Xu Xun, you can't kill me."

"Wow! What long legs!"

Ning Yue, amazed, looked far into the distance. He ignored the gray-haired boy with the most dazzling star-like appearance and focused on the girl in the fire battle robe in the distance.

This girl was so beautiful that she didn't seem human, her entire body enveloped in a battle robe that looked like smoke, flames, and flowing light. She floated above the sea of fire, her legs long and elegant, rivaling any popular female character in a manga.

The girl's beautiful face was expressionless, cold as ice, as she manipulated the sea of fire, burning the grand palace from all sides, her aura extraordinary and unique.

On the gray-haired boy's fingers, there were over ten balls of lightning, each trailing a comet-like tail, like mischievous lightning sprites. His slightly childish face looked innocent and harmless as he spoke confidently.

Both were floating about 300 meters in the air, suspended like deities without any flying devices.

"Lu Yan, although you stole that item, if you return it, I will plead for you to the Heavenly Emperor. I believe you understand the consequences. Give it up! You cannot resist the Heavenly Emperor..."

"Xu Xun! A lackey like you should be burned to death by true fire."

The girl in the fire battle robe let out a light command, and a fire dragon with an ancient aura emerged from the sea of fire. Its massive head was as large as a full-size SUV. When it opened its mouth to spew flames, it seemed as if the entire world was engulfed in fire.

Ning Yue let out a cry, thinking he was about to die. The gray-haired boy, Xu Xun, raised his fingers and pushed them forward. The lightning on his fingertips suddenly turned into a bolt of electricity as thick as a waist, striking a hundred miles away, blasting the massive fire dragon into the sea of fire, sending it tumbling to an unknown place.

The girl in the fire battle robe, Lu Yan, remained cold and expressionless. With a wave of her hand, dozens of fire snakes emerged, and from the sea of fire in front of her, a rhinoceros with a red armor appeared. The rhinoceros crouched in front of Lu Yan, using its body to shield her from the remaining lightning.

Xu Xun's powerful attack injured the fire dragon, but under Lu Yan's attack and defense, he couldn't expand his advantage. He could only manipulate the lightning to rebuild his momentum.

Their battle made the sky filled with flying flames and lightning, more spectacular than the most thrilling action movie, leaving Ning Yue speechless.

On the edge of the ancient city, where Ning Yue wasn't paying attention, the dozens-of-meters-tall statues and the fire beasts in the sea of fire were fighting more fiercely. Statues were being shattered by fire beasts, and fire beasts were being killed by statues.

As the battle continued, the edge of the ancient city and the vast sea of fire intertwined, creating a jagged pattern.

Ning Yue was enjoying the spectacle when a line of fire suddenly shot from the distance, cutting the ancient city in half. Despite the numerous statues rushing to block it, they couldn't stop the fire line.

As the fire line approached the corner tower where Ning Yue was, he quickly ran down and dashed into a nearby alley. Just as he ran a short distance, he heard a loud boom. The corner tower he had been on was hit by the fire line and collapsed.

Debris flew everywhere!

Ning Yue was almost petrified with fear. He was now certain that this was not a dream, but he still didn't understand why he was involved.

Just as Ning Yue was still in a daze, the gray-haired boy, Xu Xun, let out a dragon-like roar. Instantly, a three-headed, six-armed, elephant-headed statue emerged from the palace complex.

This three-headed, six-armed, elephant-headed statue was nearly three times taller than the ordinary statues, almost a hundred meters high. With a single swing of its six arms, it released an invisible force that blocked the fire line from advancing further.

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**PS:** Starting today, I will release a revised trial version. I hope all readers will actively comment, and I will make adjustments based on your feedback.

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