Codename: Abyssal Flame Emperor! SS-Rank Threat Rating!

Wu Jun swept his gaze once more over the group sprawled on the ground in all directions, having thoroughly disgraced their Tianshui Academy.

Rage simmered even hotter in his heart.

Their Tianshui Academy—a renowned top-fifty higher Professional Academy in Great Xia.

How had they ended up raising such a pack of useless gluttons?

If that humanoid creature wrapped in scorching blue flames really was some overwhelmingly powerful native of the Abyss, then everyone who had laid eyes on such an existence should have been affected the same way.

So why had his Second Turn students and Third and Fourth Turn teachers all been scared unconscious, while this young man had held his ground?

It proved that this youth's mental fortitude far exceeded his age.

Extremely tenacious!

From this angle, he was a rare and promising talent.

"Come to Tianshui Academy."

"We can offer you a Special Admission Quota."

Wu Jun stepped forward a few paces, stopping before Lin Yi.

He extended the invitation in a tone that brooked no argument.

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Including the teachers who had been following Wu Jun and hadn't entered the instance, so their minds were still clear.

"Holy crap..."

"A Special Admission Quota!"

"Wait, does Professor Wu even have the authority?"

"He does. As the head instructor of a branch, he gets two or three quota spots every year..."

"Damn, I'm so jealous. I had to rank 76th in the entire province to get into Tianshui back then!"

In an instant, all the Tianshui teachers and students who hadn't entered the instance were burning with envy.

They never would have guessed

that the usually strict Professor Wu would take an interest in a rookie Professional from a Level 5 Base City.

Well, maybe it was because this kid had entered the instance record hall of fame at such a young age?

Damn, what incredible luck!!

If I had gone into that instance too, maybe the final clear record would have been mine!

The students' guesses weren't far off.

On one hand, Wu Jun was indeed drawn to Lin Yi's halo of entering the instance hall of fame at just eighteen.

On the other hand, he valued Lin Yi's mental fortitude.

Zuo Qian's eyes lit up. He leaned close to Lin Yi and whispered, "Accept it!"

"Tianshui Academy is the second-best in our province and a top-hundred school nationwide."

Jiang Xian nodded as well. "This kind of Special Admission Quota is extremely rare. Only a few of the 281 Institutions have the right to offer it. Tianshui is a solid choice—you should consider saying yes."

The so-called 281 Institutions

were much like the 985 and 211 universities in Lin Yi's previous life...

Just a different world's equivalent.

Just as everyone assumed Lin Yi would agree without hesitation, Lin Yi frowned. "No need. Not interested."

This time, even Wu Jun was taken aback.

In his view, this was an unprecedented favor.

How could this kid be so ungrateful?

He narrowed his eyes and pressed on. "You'd better think this through."

"This might be the only chance you'll ever get."

Lin Yi smiled.

He genuinely found these people from Tianshui Academy insufferably self-assured.

"You could have left a better impression on me. Maybe then I'd have considered joining your Tianshui Academy."

"This is your only chance too."

Zuo Qian and Jiang Xian were both inwardly stunned.

Damn, those words were way too arrogant!

But inexplicably satisfying!

Wu Jun: "Still as foolish as ever..."

"Let's go."

Wu Jun shot Lin Yi a deep look.

Then he led his team away.

In the end, this special Mage Class Trial came to a close.

Time flew.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

One thing Lin Yi never expected shook the entire High Tier Professional circle of Dongjiang Province.

Tianhai City, the capital of Dongjiang Province.

In the Professional Alliance meeting room.

Qi Guoguang sat at the head of the table.

Though he was only a Vice President, the President was usually busy with affairs and often on business trips, so most meeting matters fell to him.

The meeting room was dead silent.

Everyone stared at the big screen.

Playing on the screen was footage recorded from the perspective of an ordinary Professional, capturing everything that happened in the special dungeon [City of Fading Light, Feiliekain].

The Shadow Demon Spider, a high-level hidden boss, had emerged.

Then.

The Blue Fire Sun appeared.

A Humanoid Creature wreathed in flames clenched its hand in the void.

A terrifying nuclear blast and fire instantly killed the spider while annihilating all of Feiliekain, erasing the dungeon from Blue Star entirely.

The video ended.

Qi Guoguang's face was grim as he spoke: "This footage was uploaded by Tianshui College in TS City."

"It was likely processed using some memory extraction technique and later imaging."

"Share your thoughts."

One person spoke up: "Vice President Qi, the means this unknown flame creature used to annihilate the entire city—I believe its tier is at least Tier 8..."

Qi Guoguang nodded: "Definitely above Tier 8. Though it might not reach the level of a Tier 9 Forbidden Spell, it's very close."

"Vice President Qi, do you think this flame creature could be a Professional from Blue Star, and that skill a High-Tier Skill?"

Qi Guoguang shook his head: "This is a very typical fire spell, but it's vastly different from a Mage's Tier 8 spell."

"The Fire Element's Tier 8 spell is called Unquenchable Flame Curse. Though its power is strong."

"Compared to the spell this mysterious being used in the video, its power is at least a third weaker!"

"And there's no way it could kill that Level 220 Abyss Spider Demon so quickly."

"This is power we know nothing about—the true form of Fire Element magic in the hands of a real powerhouse from the Abyss World!"

A hint of reverence crept into Qi Guoguang's voice.

He was already at the Seventh Turn.

But the deeper he delved into the study of magic, the more he felt how little he truly knew.

For instance, even at the same Tier 8 level.

The gap between Unquenchable Flame Curse and the spell used by this mysterious being was still too great!

After Qi Guoguang made his conclusion.

Everyone else fell silent.

They were all thinking—if such an existence descended from the Abyss to Blue Star.

Just how terrifying would the destruction be!

He didn't even need to chant.

With a flip of his hand, he could annihilate a giant city!

"Since none of you have other opinions or insights, let me share mine."

"First, it's certain that this creature wreathed in blue flames."

"Comes from the Abyss."

"And its strength is absolutely terrifying."

"Within the Abyss, another formidable enemy that our human race must face has appeared!"

"What we need to do now is continue reporting all information about him."

"His rank is at least Emperor-level, so for now I've drafted a code name for him."

"Code name: Abyssal Flame Emperor!"

"Threat level, I've preliminarily set as SS-Rank. If there are more sighting records and data about him in the future, this threat level may need to be raised even higher!"