Crimson Firebird, That's It?

Boil Daigo Into Soup: "You wouldn't happen to be impotent, would you, Lord Madara?"

Uchiha Dance King: "Shut up! You're the one who's impotent!"

Uchiha Dance King: "This is slander against me! That is absolutely not the reason!"

Uchiha Dance King: "I am going to watch the memory copy right now."

Uchiha Dance King: "Any possibility exists, but this one is absolutely impossible!!!!"

After saying this, Madara Uchiha went straight to watch the memory copy.

He hadn't even been this angry when he heard the news that he had been betrayed by Black Zetsu!

Son of Nature: "Shrug.jpg"

Son of Nature: "I'm logging off too, I still have to register over here."

Son of Nature: "The timeline of the Chat Group is truly strange. It hadn't been long since my ability awakened and it was already ten o'clock, yet after chatting for so long, not even a few minutes have passed."

Bai Xuan couldn't make sense of how the Chat Group's timeline was calculated anyway, so he shook his head and exited the group.

Hearing Zhang Weiyang, Sun Qiang, and the others still chatting nearby, he was just about to look up and join the conversation when his mind suddenly felt uneasy, and his gaze darted toward the horizon.

A fiery red giant bird was flying rapidly toward them like a moving fireball.

"What is that thing?"

"A Vermilion Bird? A Phoenix? A flamingo?"

"Regardless of which one it is, it shouldn't be a species that appears at this time."

Bai Xuan frowned. He could sense that the creature was heading straight for him; the feeling of being stared at intensely, filled with murderous intent, made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Holy crap, what is that? Did the sun become a spirit?"

Sun Qiang, who had been bragging to Zhang Weiyang, saw Bai Xuan frowning and looking at the horizon, so he instinctively followed Bai Xuan's gaze.

His eyes widened, and a profanity escaped his lips.

"The hell with the sun becoming a spirit, that's a Golden Crow."

"Are you all colorblind? The sun is orange; this thing is fiery red, it's definitely a Phoenix!"

"A Phoenix? Why don't you say it's a Vermilion Bird? It's just a small fireball, probably a mutated fire bird."

"That's normal, we've all awakened abilities, it's normal for the other side to have a fire bird."

Following Sun Qiang's exclamation, the group also noticed the fire bird on the horizon and began to discuss it excitedly.

However, as the discussion deepened, their topic seemed to take a strange turn.

"Looking at those demonic beasts in novels, they all seem delicious. I wonder about this bird..."

"Hiss~~~ Watson, you've discovered a blind spot."

"I'm from Bashu, this thing looks spicy just by looking at it. You guys definitely can't handle it, let me give it a try."

"Bashu? Bashu is nothing. My hometown is Nanzhong (Yunnan), when it comes to eating spicy food, it has to be me."

"Bashu? Nanzhong? No way, no way, those two places can eat spicy food? Did someone from Jiujiang just speak?"

Students from several provinces known for spicy food huddled together and began to argue. If you were comparing anything else, they wouldn't care, but if you wanted to compare spice tolerance?

Who was afraid of whom!

"Um... isn't it a bit early for us to be discussing this? Not to mention whether the government wants to capture it for research, shouldn't we be hiding right now?"

"Looking at the direction, it seems to be heading toward us."

A man next to Sun Qiang said with some hesitation, and was immediately met with the contemptuous gazes of the crowd.

"Run? There are so many of us, are we afraid of one bird?"

"Don't forget, we've all awakened abilities!"

"Everyone just awakened, who's afraid of whom!"

It wasn't just Bai Xuan and his group who noticed; people from other classes on the playground, including the officials in front handling the registration, had also noticed.

The principal opened his mouth, wanting to stabilize the situation, but before he could speak, the mutated bird had already flown to the playground, its crimson eyes locked firmly onto Bai Xuan in the crowd.

"SCREECH!"

Without hesitation, flames carrying intense heat erupted from its mouth, aimed directly at the crowd. The group's expressions changed, and they scrambled backward, cursing loudly:

"Damn! It really is a fire bird, it actually spits fire!"

"Crap, why is this flame so big? Everyone awakened at the same time, why is mine only a bit bigger than a lighter, while its is this huge?"

"Nonsense, it's obviously because you're incompetent; otherwise, everyone is taught by the same teacher, why are the grades so different?"

"Alright, alright, shut up. The most important thing now is to take it down. This beast actually dares to hurt people; it simply doesn't take us humans seriously."

"The problem is the gap is a bit large, shouldn't we wait for the military to handle it?"

"..."

While they were arguing, a handsome youth wearing his school uniform like a cape walked in front of the crowd at some point and said arrogantly:

"Spiritual energy is reviving, abilities are awakening; everyone now has the possibility to change their destiny."

"But this does not mean humanity has become equal; it could just as easily lead to an even greater class divide than the one we have now."

"What determines this gap is talent!"

"Watch closely, everyone. This is the power that, even at the dawn of the spiritual revival, is enough to pull ahead of the mediocre. My, Lei Fei's, path to the pinnacle begins today!"

"Thunder—Gather!"

"Zzzzt!"

As his voice fell, blue-violet electric arcs converged in his right hand. He took a step forward and charged toward the firebird at a speed the naked eye could barely track.

His fist, wreathed in lightning, landed squarely on the firebird's wing, leaving behind a faint scorch mark.

However.

The firebird's crimson eyes stared at the human before it, glanced at the few black spots on its feathers, and tilted its head.

It seemed to be saying, "Is that it?"

"Bang!"

With a casual flap of its wings, it sent him flying. He traced a graceful arc through the sky before crashing heavily onto the ground.

The crowd's gaze shifted from, "Who is this guy? Acting so cocky," to, "He actually looks like he's got something; the lightning visibly swirling in his hand, that lightning-fast speed—this kid is terrifyingly strong!"

And finally to, "You talked all that trash just for this? I could've done that too."

"Stop looking, stop looking, his bones are broken."

"Hiss, hiss, hiss—damn, that hurts like hell."

"If I'd known this firebird was so tough, I wouldn't have tried to show off."

"And it's way too strong, right? Are we sure it isn't cheating?"

Lei Fei lay on the ground, wailing and complaining. He had spent the whole morning observing and realized that everyone else's abilities were nowhere near his level; he had truly believed he was a genius.

Yet, he had been one-shotted by a firebird!

Being one-shotted wasn't the worst part; it was the fact that he'd tried to show off and ended up getting crushed instead!

Social death!

Total social death!!!

The surrounding students hesitated, unsure whether they should go up to help. After all, in this era of viral short videos, they knew that moving someone carelessly could worsen their injuries.

The best course of action was to wait for an ambulance, but given the current situation—