Isn't this too high-profile?

The city at night was dazzling, illuminated by colorful neon lights.

People strolled along the straight avenues, accompanied by vibrant flowers, lush green grass, and towering trees that formed verdant belts, adding a touch of coolness to the slightly hot summer night.

Multicolored lights.

Sparkling and clear river water.

Added to that, the brightly lit Bifrost in the distance and the ubiquitous hustle and bustle.

All of this had been repeated countless nights in this city.

This was the everyday.

This was the ordinary.

Until...

"Bang!"

A booming sound, like thunder, appeared abruptly in a corner of the city.

In a corner of the wide street, where people came and went, a black shadow crashed through a solid wall, bursting out from the scattering rubble.

The black shadow wasn't large, about the size of an adult, but its speed was like a speeding vehicle. In the blink of an eye, it darted out of the flying debris and onto the street.

Upon closer inspection, it was a monster with fly-like wings, a bee-like, bloated body divided into segments, and a mottled green color that caused a physical feeling of discomfort.

The monster's appearance shattered the tranquility of the quiet city's summer night, plunging the entire street into chaos.

"Phantasmal Demon!"

"A Phantasmal Demon has appeared!"

"Run!"

The people on the street, upon seeing this scene, let out terrified screams.

They fled in panic, shouting in fear, causing countless vehicles to lose control and collide all over the street.

Lost in the chaos, the people didn't realize that the creature they called a "Phantasmal Demon" was also fleeing in a panic.

It stared at the living people on the street, its eyes filled with a greedy, bloodthirsty, and brutal light, as if it were looking at a delicious meal.

Clearly, to it, creatures called "humans" were no different from food.

However, this monster had to abandon so much delicious food, its body darting frantically towards the other side of the street.

Just then, three figures rushed out of the wall that the monster had crashed through.

They wore the same uniform, were not very old, and their faces even had a hint of childishness, at most seventeen or eighteen years old.

But, seeing these three young kids, the monster actually fled even faster.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

A fair-skinned boy, who looked like a frail scholar, extended a hand towards the monster's direction with a fiery expression.

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

"Seventh Style: Ash Shackles."

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

"Buzz!"

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

The black ash intertwined like ropes, resembling strands of gray mist, and wrapped around the fleeing monster with lightning speed, surrounding it.

"Bang!"

Caught off guard, the monster slammed into the wall of black ash, bouncing back like a ball.

"Scree!"

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

"Lei Hao! Now!"

The fair-skinned uniformed boy shouted.

"Leave it to me!"

One of the uniformed boys accompanying him responded and rushed out.

Unlike the fair-skinned, frail scholar, he was burly, with strong limbs and slightly dark skin. He carried a large sword on his shoulder, charging like a tank, not only smashing through a car in his path, but also leaving deep pit-like footprints on the ground as he sprinted.

The speed brought by such brute force was also incredibly astonishing, causing his figure to dart like a bullet, easily catching up with the monster restrained by the black ash.

"Roar!"

With a roar like a wild beast, the burly boy called Lei Hao shattered the street stones under his feet, transforming into a human cannonball, soaring into the sky and reaching the top of the monster's head.

"Go down!"

Under the roar, the greatsword carried on Lei Hao's shoulder was suddenly raised high, and heavily chopped down on the monster.

"Pfft!"

With a sound like tearing silk, the monster didn't even have time to react before it was sliced in two.

The bisected body crashed to the ground, splattering blood that instantly dyed the ground red.

"Hmph!"

Lei Hao's face showed no sign of joy.

"Splatter."

Before Lei Hao could descend from mid-air, the monster lying in the pool of blood suddenly began to writhe all over. The two halves of its body moved towards each other, as if preparing to reconnect.

"Tch, as expected, it's hard to eliminate these Phantasmal Demons with regenerative abilities without using a Spiritual Art."

Lei Hao landed on a street lamp, clicked his tongue in annoyance, then turned his head and called out to the other side of the street.

"The rest is up to you, Su Ming!"

As Lei Hao's shout faded, the last uniformed boy on the other side of the street slowly emerged.

Unlike the other two, he was neither fair-skinned nor burly. He had a normal build and an unremarkable appearance, except for his deep, bright eyes, which gave people the impression that he was always thinking about something.

He slowly walked towards the monster lying in the pool of blood, which was reconnecting itself and preparing to revive. On his arm, like the fair-skinned uniformed boy, a mysterious ring of runes began to spin.

There were three rings in total, with mysterious characters and patterns constantly flowing across them, as if forming a design, gradually completing the rings.

By the time the three mysterious rings had fully formed and floated in front of his palm, Su Ming had reached the monster.

"Screech!"

The monster seemed to sense the danger. Ignoring its regenerating body, it suddenly lunged, screeching fiercely as it pounced on Su Ming.

But at that moment, Su Ming raised his hand.

"Twenty-Eighth Style: Spiral Fire."

Instantly, scorching flames erupted like a vortex.

The monster, not fully regenerated, was engulfed in the vortex of flames before it could reach Su Ming.

An inarticulate scream rang out.

The surrounding temperature began to rise.

The fiery red glow illuminated a corner of the chaotic street, staining the surrounding buildings red.

By the time the blood-reddened ground, now a pool of blood, had been scorched, the monster had been burned to ashes in the flames, scattering with the black ash that had previously bound its escape.

"Done!"

In the distance, Lei Hao clenched his fist and shouted.

"Phew."

The fair-skinned boy also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Clap clap clap clap!"

The passersby, calmed by the end of the chaos, looked at each other and then burst into enthusiastic applause.

"Great!"

"Well done!"

"To be able to eliminate a Phantasmal Demon at such a young age, truly amazing!"

"Looking at those uniforms, they must be students from the Demon Hunter Academy, right?"

"Then are they Sorcerers?"

"Maybe they're Hunters."

"Whether they're Sorcerers or Hunters, being able to kill Phantasmal Demons is amazing!"

"That's right, that's right!"

The onlookers began to converse like this amidst their applause.

Immediately, Su Ming raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at the applauding and discussing passersby surrounding him. Instead of feeling proud, he became wary.

Is this too high-profile?

Su Ming thought to himself.

I knew I shouldn't have used the Twenty-Eighth Style. I should have used a lower-ranked Spiritual Art to cover it up.

As Su Ming had this thought, Lei Hao, carrying a greatsword in one hand and a pair of wings in the other, leaped from above the crowd, causing many passersby to exclaim in surprise.

"Finally finished this damn mission." Lei Hao grinned, showing off the wings in his hand, and said, "The spoils are in hand too. Let's call Ye Bai and get out of here!"

Lei Hao's flippant words infuriated the fair-skinned boy, who was squeezing through the crowd, struggling to get in from the outside.

"Get out of here, my foot!" Ye Bai smacked Lei Hao on the head with a flick of his finger, yelling, "Do you think running away will absolve you of responsibility? If it weren't for your carelessness, this Screaming Devil wouldn't have broken through our encirclement and run into the street. Luckily, no one was injured, or else we would have been killed by you!"

"Don't say that." Lei Hao shrank his neck and said with a sheepish smile, "Wasn't I worried that this Screaming Devil would escape back to the Spirit Fiend Abyss? I just accidentally..."

"Accidentally went too far?" Ye Bai said unhappily, "That's why I say you Hunters, all you know is how to tap into your body's potential and try to improve your bloodline. You don't use your brains to think at all. You're all just reckless fools!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you Sorcerers are the smartest, okay?" Lei Hao said nonchalantly, "Anyway, the mission is complete, and the Screaming Devil's wings have been recovered. Let's go back and report!"

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

Seeing this, Su Ming knew that their daily bickering session had come to an end.

So, like a bit player trying to smooth things over, he seized the opportunity to speak.

"In that case, let's go back to the Demon Hunter Academy."

With this sentence, Su Ming brought this sudden incident to a close.

Before long, the sound of police sirens rang out.

Su Ming and the others left together, leaving behind a mess and a story that people would enjoy talking about.

Of course, this wouldn't be a sensational, trending event.

At least, not in this world.

Su Ming watched Lei Hao and Ye Bai, who had inexplicably started bickering again, then suddenly raised his head and looked at the night sky.

In the night sky, the stars twinkled, a clear difference from the night sky of the big cities in Su Ming's memory.

In Su Ming's memory, the stars had long since disappeared from the night skies of big cities.

But here, they could still be seen.

Because this wasn't Earth.

Or rather, it had become unlike Earth.

"Who would have thought that waking up one day, the world would have become like this?"

The city was still the same city, only the name had changed.

The people around him were still those Su Ming remembered knowing since childhood, but they had also become different from before.

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

The proof was the Screaming Devil's wings he was dragging in his hand, and this world where monsters appeared as a matter of course.

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