Just as all the teachers and students were crying, shoving and running away like a flock of frightened sheep, wishing they had two more legs to get away from that terrifying, fire-breathing monster.
Qin Meng stopped in her tracks.
Instead of fleeing with the crowd, she paused briefly, then turned to face the enormous monster that was spewing flames, and began to walk.
Her steps were steady, her pace slow, even somewhat deliberate, creating an extremely eerie contrast with the panicked crowd around her.
Qin Meng, what are you doing?
Come back quickly! It's dangerous over there!
Qin Meng's friend, a girl with a ponytail, turned around and saw this scene. She was so frightened that she screamed.
"Is that girl crazy?"
"What is she trying to do? Is she looking for death?"
"Oh my god, is she scared out of her wits?!"
Teachers and other students who knew Qin Meng also witnessed this incredible scene, and they all exclaimed in surprise and discussed it in disbelief.
Some tried to call her back, but most just stared in horror, thinking she had gone mad.
Qin Meng ignored the shouts and comments behind her.
In her eyes, there was only the ferocious monster and the immense power surging within her like a river, eager to be released.
The profound Daoist techniques and combat instincts she had just grasped merged seamlessly with this power, guiding her.
She walked to the center of the playground, less than a hundred meters from the fire-breathing monster. A wave of scorching heat hit her, carrying the stench of sulfur and an aura of destruction.
The monster seemed to have noticed this "different" little thing as well. It slowly turned its scaly head, its cold vertical pupils locking onto Qin Meng, and a dangerous red light shone again from deep in its throat.
Now!
Qin Meng had a sudden inspiration, and the cool and vast power within his body suddenly accelerated its circulation, converging at his feet along a mysterious path.
She didn't consciously think about how to fly; she simply followed the guidance of the force and took a light step forward.
However, what she stepped on was not solid ground, but—air!
Whoosh!
Under the horrified gazes of everyone, Qin Meng defied the laws of physics, rising into the air lightly and steadily as if she had escaped gravity.
Her clothes fluttered, her long hair moved without wind, and she hovered several meters above the ground in mid-air!
"Wh... what?"
"Flying... flying?"
"My God, what am I seeing?"
"She... she's flying?"
The screams and cries on the playground eerily froze for a moment.
All the students and teachers who were running away or hiding were Movement Method, staring blankly up at the slender yet upright figure in the air.
Even the people peering through the windows of the distant teaching building were all gaping, their minds blank.
Scientific common sense and physical laws were completely overturned at this moment.
A person, a living, breathing girl from their school whom they knew, actually... flew up?
"Dream... Sister Meng... Flying... Flying?"
Qin Meng's friend with the ponytail stared wide-eyed, her mouth agape enough to fit an egg.
She froze, completely stunned, and even forgot to run away.
Qin Meng, suspended in the air, was completely unaware of the commotion she had caused.
Her mind was completely absorbed in the wondrous feeling of that newborn power.
She could feel the increasing Spiritual Qi in the air and see the violent and chaotic flow of flame energy within the monster beneath her feet.
"So... this is the different world my Eldest Brother was talking about?"
A thought flashed through my mind.
The monster on the ground seemed to be completely enraged by Qin Meng's illogical "provocation." It let out an even more ferocious roar, and the red light in its throat condensed to its maximum.
Immediately, a flame breath, thicker and hotter than before, shot out like a volcanic eruption towards Qin Meng in the air.
The air itself was distorted wherever the blazing flames passed!
Faced with this deadly breath capable of melting steel, Qin Meng remained unmoved and did not dodge.
She didn't even look at the approaching flames; she simply closed her eyes slightly, as if sensing something.
The next instant, she suddenly opened her eyes!
In his clear eyes, it seemed as if a Rosy Clouds of colors flashed by.
Immediately afterwards, centered on her, a gentle yet overwhelming seven-colored radiance rippled outwards like waves on water, instantly illuminating the playground, which was slightly dim due to the thick smoke!
The light was not dazzling, but it carried an indescribable sense of holiness, vastness, and majesty.
It was as if celestial music was playing and Daoist charm was permeating the air!
Qin Meng raised her fair and slender right hand, her five fingers together, with faint iridescent light flowing around the edge of her palm.
She didn't use any fancy moves; she simply followed the surging Internal energy and the power she had just comprehended, and with a gentle chop to the flame-spitting monster below, she slashed through the air.
The movements were gentle, as if he were merely brushing away a speck of dust from his sleeve.
Buzz--!
A strange buzzing sound resounded through the sky, not deafening, but seemingly striking directly into the depths of everyone's soul.
As her hand struck down, the rippling seven-colored light suddenly condensed, transforming into a seven-colored light blade as thin as a cicada's wing, meeting the raging flame breath head-on!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no evenly matched confrontation.
The seemingly destructive flames, upon contact with the seven-colored light blade, melted and vanished silently, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, leaving not even a wisp of smoke behind.
The seven-colored light blade continued its momentum, piercing through the extinguished flames as easily as cutting through a thin sheet of paper, and cutting through space.
To everyone's disbelief, the seven-colored light blade landed lightly on the ten-meter-tall fire-breathing monster.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
The monster remained in its spitting posture, its savagery and cruelty in its vertical pupils instantly replaced by boundless fear and bewilderment.
Its massive body, covered in dark red scales strong enough to withstand cannonballs, paused slightly after the seven-colored light blade swept past.
The next moment--
There was no blood, no pieces of flesh.
Under the glow of the seven-colored light, the monster's enormous body disintegrated inch by inch from the spot where the light blade had slashed, like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser, turning into countless tiny, shimmering dust particles.
This disintegration spread rapidly throughout the body, in the blink of an eye.
The terrifying monster that had been so arrogant just moments before was completely reduced to a cloud of drifting dust right before everyone's eyes.
Only the large crater it created on the ground, and the charred marks left by the flames, prove that it was once here.
After slaying the monster, the seven-colored light blades quietly dissipated into the air.
The radiance surrounding Qin Meng slowly receded, and she gracefully descended from the sky.
He stood firmly on the ground in the center of the playground, his breathing steady, and even his hair was perfectly styled.
Quiet.
A deathly silence enveloped the entire Su City High School playground and all nearby areas where this scene could be seen.
All the teachers and students, whether they were slumped on the ground, hiding behind cover, or still in their fleeing posture, were all frozen in place.
They stood frozen in place, eyes wide and mouths agape, their gazes fixed on the girl who stood quietly, as if she had only done something insignificant.
What just happened?
That enormous, terrifying monster that could fly, breathe fire, was impervious to blades and spears... was cleaved into ashes by Qin Meng... with a single, mid-air chop?
Is this... is this a dream?
Or were they all hallucinating?
"Gulp."
Someone swallowed hard, their saliva sounding particularly clear in the deathly silence.
Immediately, like a powder keg being ignited, a huge commotion and roar erupted!
"Aaaaaah... Monster... The monster was killed by Qin Meng."
"Immortal, Qin Meng is Immortal."
"My God, what did I just see?"
Is this a movie shoot?!
"Qin Meng, Qin Meng, you..."
Exclamations, screams, incredulous shouts, and incoherent chatter instantly filled the playground.
The gazes of everyone looking at Qin Meng were filled with unparalleled shock, awe, and admiration, as well as a sense of bewilderment at having their worldview utterly shattered and rebuilt.
"Sister Meng!!"
Qin Meng's friend with the ponytail was the first to react.
She screamed and scrambled over, grabbing Qin Meng in a tight hug, crying and laughing, too excited to speak coherently:
"Sister Meng, you're so cool, so amazing."
My God, you can fly, you can glow, you annihilated that monster!
Are you Superman?
No, you're a fairy.
You must be a fairy descended from heaven! I knew you were the best.
The other close Girlfriends of Qin Meng also seemed to wake up from a dream, and they all surrounded her, jumping and skipping, their faces full of pride, excitement, and ecstasy.
"Long live Sister Meng!"
"That's amazing! From today onwards, you're my idol."
"We're saved! It was Sister Meng who saved us."
The teachers gradually recovered from their shock, and their gazes toward Qin Meng were incredibly complex, containing shock, lingering fear, gratitude, deep doubt, and a hint of awe.
How could that troubled girl, that rebellious young woman, suddenly possess such... such superhuman power?
Surrounded by her friends and Girlfriends, Qin Meng listened to their excited cheers and felt countless gazes focused on her, filled with various emotions. For a moment, she felt a little dazed and unreal.
The surging power within her body continued to flow slowly, reminding her that it was all real.
She looked up at the gloomy sky, still riddled with cracks and dotted with floating alien warships, and then at the excited teachers and students around her who had survived the ordeal. But instead of joy, she felt a heavy weight in her heart.
There's more than one monster.
The threat from the sky remains.
The Pills given to her by her Eldest Brother granted her power, but how many people can this power protect?
What use would they be against those warships that blot out the sky?
But at least, she is no longer that ordinary girl who could only helplessly run away and wait to be rescued.
Qin Meng took a deep breath and gently pushed away her excited friend.
Her gaze swept over the faces around her, some excited, some admiring, some bewildered, and she spoke in as calm a voice as possible:
"Everyone... don't panic."
Find a safe place to hide.
There might be even more of those monsters outside.
Her voice seemed to possess a strange, calming power, bringing some peace to the still-shaken crowd.
At this moment, in everyone's eyes, the girl who soared into the air and annihilated the monster with a single blow seemed to be shrouded in a mysterious and powerful aura.
She, Qin Meng, was an ordinary girl.
Incredibly, at this moment when the apocalypse was about to arrive, they became... a beacon of hope for countless people at Su City High School.