SSS-Class Southern Bright Blazing Fire

"According to this station, Dongying Country has been struck by sea monsters, resulting in 350,000 deaths to date. Our country's enthusiastic civilian organizations have sent 350,000 paper cranes to express their condolences."

"A small town in White Eagle Country was attacked by monsters, leaving over a thousand people trapped. After seven days of rescue efforts by the emergency team, two dogs were finally saved and named 'Miracle' and 'Tenacity'."

"Lin Ye of the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau has been promoted to the seventh rank, becoming the youngest Martial General expert in Jiangnan Base City."

"..."

Shi Yan turned off the communicator, his expression shifting constantly.

He had truly transfigured.

He had just wanted to go home and get some rest after finishing his food deliveries, but who would have thought he'd be hit by a truck while crossing the zebra crossing.

When he woke up again, he had already arrived at this parallel world's Blue Star.

Just as he had found online, this world was no longer dominated by technological power, but by martial arts.

Spiritual Revival, rampaging monsters, and martial artists ruling the path...

As the primary force resisting monsters, martial artists had naturally become the most prestigious and unique group in the world.

The ability to move mountains and drain seas, fly through the heavens and burrow into the earth, possess long lifespans, and command immense power and endless wealth made people yearn for such a life.

Unfortunately, not everyone could become a martial artist. To become one, one must first awaken a special ability.

Success meant a chance to become a martial artist, while failure meant being relegated to an ordinary person.

The reason they were called martial artists rather than ability users was that, in addition to their special ability, awakened individuals also possessed formidable combat strength due to their enhanced bodies.

"I succeeded, but not very successfully."

Shi Yan wore a bitter expression.

He had just finished digesting his memories; his predecessor was also named Shi Yan, an orphan whose parents died early, and a senior student at Baiyun No. 1 High School—a very ordinary, handsome guy.

He had successfully awakened an ability during the recent awakening ceremony, but the failure lay in the fact that he only awakened a D-class special ability: Biological Ignite.

Ability levels, from high to low, were: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, and D, totaling seven ranks.

D-class was the lowest of them all.

It provided the least enhancement to the body.

Precisely because the level was so low and the combat potential it could generate was extremely limited, his predecessor hadn't even signed up for the Martial Arts Examination.

He gently rubbed his fingers, and a pale yellow flame, the size of a lighter's flame, flickered between them.

This was his Biological Ignite.

In his previous life, this would have been an absolute tool for picking up girls.

But in this life, it couldn't even singe the fur of a monster.

At most, he could use it to light candles for a future girlfriend.

"No more food delivery in this life, switching to street performing?"

Shi Yan pondered; his only future path might be to become a male model.

After all, this body was handsome, and playing with fire while flirting should be enough to capture the hearts of many young girls.

"Or, become a plaything for a wealthy woman?"

Shaking his head, Shi Yan snuffed out that thought.

True wealthy women were all martial artists; without powerful strength, it was easy to get played to death...

"Can't you let me split Mount Hua with one palm, or suppress the wilderness with one punch?"

Thinking about being in a world of martial arts but unable to perform the deeds of a martial artist, Shi Yan felt a wave of depression.

He looked up at the countdown above the blackboard; there were only three days left until the College Entrance Examination.

It was break time, and many students around him were discussing things enthusiastically, but Shi Yan found the noise unbearable.

That "3" looked like the sharp blade of fate's judgment, pressing ever closer to him.

"I'm a transmigrator, is there a golden finger?"

As Shi Yan thought this, he felt a sharp pain in his head.

The next moment, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind:

[Ding, Martial Virtue System binding...]

[Binding successful, obtained Newbie Gift Pack.]

"What!"

Shi Yan was stunned, his eyes widening: It really existed?!

As a member of the transmigrator army, he was all too familiar with the word "System."

[Opening gift pack...]

[Congratulations on obtaining: 1. Southern Bright Blazing Fire (SSS-Class), 2. 1,000 Martial Virtue Points.]

"Holy crap!"

The next moment, Shi Yan's eyes lit up.

SSS-Class!

He had hit the jackpot!

According to available information, in the nearly two hundred years since the Spiritual Revival, those who could awaken an SSS-Class ability could be counted on two hands.

It was practically a God-Class ability!

Just as he was feeling excited, the scene before Shi Yan's eyes suddenly shifted.

He felt as if he were standing in the middle of a starry sky. In front of him, as far as his eyes could see, a massive bird-like creature wreathed in flames let out a piercing cry, and a stream of white fire shot from its beak.

In an instant, the flames burned through the void and shattered planets, as if they were about to destroy the entire cosmos.

He did not know how long it lasted—it felt like ten thousand years, yet also like a mere split second—before the light around him returned to normal.

The familiar scene came into view.

The classroom, the ceiling, the books, the desks and chairs, and a chubby hand.

"Huh, I thought you were dead."

His deskmate and best friend, Liu Wang, pried open Shi Yan's eyes, looking puzzled and surprised.

"I called you for ages and you didn't respond. Were you dreaming about the school beauty again?"

"Get lost."

Shi Yan was speechless. Who was he cursing?

Liu Wang didn't leave; instead, he leaned in closer, his face full of excitement and agitation.

"Shi Yan, let me tell you, you missed a spectacular sight."

"Just a moment ago, a giant firebird appeared in the sky, bigger than a mountain!"

"It spat white flames from its mouth, and the intensity of those flames—tsk tsk—it almost warped the very void."

"I heard the experts from the Monster Suppression Bureau were all deployed, terrified that some terrifying monster was attacking the city..."

Liu Wang described it vividly, his expression much like the other students around him, still caught in the shock of it all.

"And then?"

Shi Yan asked calmly.

He could tell that the firebird that appeared in the sky was the manifestation of his awakening of the Southern Bright Blazing Fire.

The Southern Bright Blazing Fire was the primordial flame of the Vermilion Bird; its power was infinite and could burn away all things, especially against monsters and evil spirits, where its effects were even more terrifying.

When such an ability was born, it was perfectly normal for a phenomenon to occur.

After all, even an S-Class could trigger a phenomenon, so an SSS-Class went without saying.

"And then it was gone. It was like a mirage; it appeared for a second and then vanished. The people from the Monster Suppression Bureau didn't find anything and all went back."

Liu Wang sounded regretful, simply because he hadn't been able to see the person who caused the phenomenon with his own eyes.

To cause such a phenomenon, either someone had awakened a powerful ability, or a super-expert had triggered it.

Regardless of which it was, meeting the person responsible would be something to brag about for the rest of his life.

"Fatty Liu, do you think if my ability caused a phenomenon like that, the school beauty would be all over me?"

Shi Yan thought for a moment, then asked.

Liu Wang rolled his eyes and gave him a sidelong glance.

"Bro, why don't you go back to sleep for a while? Maybe you can dream of an even stronger ability."

"Let me tell you, for the phenomenon just now, you'd need to awaken at least an SS-Class ability to trigger it."

"If you really had the talent—forget SS-Class—even an S-Class would have the school beauty begging to have your kids."

After saying this, Liu Wang got up and went to chat with other classmates.

Just then, Shi Yan's phone vibrated.

He opened it to see a message from the school beauty:

"Shi Yan, don't bother me anymore in the future. We are not people from the same world."

"Heh."

Shi Yan sneered. He didn't reply, but instead found every contact method he had for the school beauty.

Delete, and block.

His predecessor was a total simp, but he was not.