Welcome to Abyss First High School. I'm the principal and dorm supervisor

The First Layer of the Abyss, Lava Hell.

The dark red sky looked as though someone had splashed it with a layer of congealed pig's blood.

The stench of sulfur mixed with the smell of burning had always been the dominant scent here.

But today, a hint of cumin and chili powder had joined it.

Sizzle!

A massive Holographic Projection device had been crudely welded to an ancient obsidian pillar with several thick steel rods.

Multicolored neon lights glared beneath the gloomy sky.

Red and green light strips flashed wildly, displaying several huge lines of Chinese characters:

[Entrance to the Abyss First High School (provisional) leveling area]

[Friendly reminder: Queue to enter, fight monsters responsibly, and do not leave demon corpses lying around. Violators will be fined 500 Abyss Coins!]

If you ignored the flowing Magma River in the background and looked only at the cyberpunk sign and bustling crowd,

you might have thought you'd arrived at the Imperial Capital's busiest night market.

Several young people in mage robes squatted by the roadside.

They held freshly grilled lesser demon wings, grease coating their mouths as they ate.

"Old Li, these wings need more time on the fire. And make them extra spicy."

"Quit talking and finish eating. We need to get in there. I heard a batch of Fire Elementals spawned in the magma zone up ahead, and the drop rate's crazy high!"

Li Qingcang stood on a hastily built platform.

Instead of his military uniform, he wore a red vest bearing four large characters: "Dean of Students."

With a military megaphone in hand, his booming voice drowned out the crackle of bursting magma:

"Attention, everyone! Hold formation!"

"First wave of Trial participants, stay with your guilds! Tanks up front, Healers in the rear!"

"If you spot a lone lesser