"Now that you've awakened your abilities, you need to get used to them as soon as possible."
"Starting tomorrow, the school will arrange practical combat training to help you quickly adapt to your abilities."
"That concludes today's awakening ceremony. Dismissed!"
The principal's speech finally ended.
Everyone gradually left and returned to their classrooms.
Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu returned to their Senior Class 8 classroom together.
Everyone in class was excitedly discussing the abilities they had awakened.
"I awakened a B-Rank Lightning Type ability. Do you think I have a shot at getting into a top-tier Esper University?"
"The Lightning System is one of the five elemental systems. With an ability that strong, you've got a chance."
The five elemental systems were wind, fire, water, lightning, and earth.
These were the ability systems awakened by the greatest number of people.
Because so many people awakened them, their training systems were well established, and many advanced abilities had been developed.
They had both a high floor and a high ceiling.
Some other, rarer ability systems might have a very high ceiling, but with fewer people awakening them and less developed training systems, their floor could be very low.
"If you ask me, the strongest person in our class now is our man Kun."
"Exactly! Our man Kun awakened [A-Rank · Fire Type]. He'll definitely become a Flame Archmage someday!" Several boys gathered together, chattering nonstop.
The "Kun" they were talking about was Liu Kun, a young man with a middle-parted hairstyle.
Apparently, he had copied the hairstyle of an idol.
"Hey, keep it low-key. It's just an A-Rank Superpower. Nothing special." Despite his words, Liu Kun could barely suppress his grin.
Just then, Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu returned to the classroom.
Everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Fan at once.
Quite a few people still felt sorry for this former genius.
"Well, well, if it isn't our great genius Zhou."
"Don't you have S-Rank Psychic Power? How'd you end up awakening a C-Rank Superpower?" Liu Kun approached, his face full of mockery.
He had always disliked Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan had ranked first in every subject in their class, while Liu Kun ranked second.
And he had been stuck in second place forever!
Many of the girls in class only cared about Zhou Fan and completely ignored him.
That made him absolutely resent Zhou Fan!
Now that Zhou Fan had fallen from grace, he was naturally going to seize the chance to mock him.
"I've awakened an A~rank ability now. I'm way stronger than you!"
Zhou Fan gave him a calm look and merely uttered two words,
"Fucking idiot."
Simple trash talk, supreme satisfaction!
Liu Kun instantly flushed red. "You actually dared to insult me?!"
"What gives a C-rank piece of trash like you the right to insult me?!"
Zhou Fan said, "It's my mouth. I'll insult you whenever I want. Do I need your permission?"
Someone like this was practically begging to be insulted!
"Zhou Fan, are you fucking asking to die?!" Liu Kun swore furiously.
"Liu Kun, what the hell do you think you're doing?!" Zhao Qiu stepped forward.
"Just try laying a hand on my buddy!"
Other people might fear Liu Kun, but he didn't.
As if Liu Kun were the only one who had awakened an A-Rank Superpower!
"What is all this arguing about?"
Just then, their homeroom teacher came in.
He glanced at Zhou Fan and the other two, then said,
"Everyone, get back to your seats. Class meeting starts in a moment."
Liu Kun could only let it go for now.
"Quiet down, everyone." Their homeroom teacher, Old Li, spoke in a loud, stern voice.
"The awakening ceremony is over, and you've all completed your awakenings."
"Starting tomorrow, the school will arrange practical combat training for you. Make sure you're prepared. Don't think awakening your abilities is the end."
"Quite the opposite. Awakening your abilities is only the beginning. You all have a long road ahead of you!"
After listening to the principal drone on at the awakening ceremony, they were done with that.
Now they had to sit through their homeroom teacher's meeting too. Zhou Fan was getting sleepy from listening.
They finally made it to the end of the school day that afternoon.
Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu left together.
As soon as they reached the school gates, Liu Kun and several others blocked their path.
"Zhou Fan, where do you think you're running off to?"
"Since everyone awakened their abilities today, I wanted to find someone to test mine on. How about you?"
"Liu Kun, if you want a fight, I'll fight you!" Zhao Qiu immediately stepped forward, shielding Zhou Fan behind him.
With him here, no one was going to bully Zhou Fan!
"Zhao Qiu, stay out of this. Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you also have an A-Rank Superpower," Liu Kun said coldly.
"If you're not scared, then bring it on! Let's see if I don't beat the shit out of you!" Zhao Qiu refused to back down an inch.
Others might be afraid of Liu Kun, but he wasn't.
They both had A-Rank Superpowers. Worst case, they'd duke it out!
"Little Ball, stand back." Zhou Fan had Zhao Qiu step aside.
"I wanted to test my ability too. When a free punching bag comes knocking, it'd be a waste not to hit it."
He was itching for a fight and had long wanted to test the Sharingan's power.
Since Liu Kun had volunteered himself, it was just what he wanted.
When they heard that Zhou Fan had actually accepted Liu Kun's challenge, quite a few people nearby stopped, reacting in all sorts of ways.
"Zhou Fan actually dared to accept Liu Kun's challenge? Does he have a death wish?"
"Liu Kun has an A-Rank Fire Type ability. How's someone with a C-Rank Superpower supposed to fight him?"
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Zhou Fan hadn't accepted Liu Kun's challenge just because he was itching for a fight.
It was also because he needed to collect emotion points now.
To collect emotion points, he had to do things that stirred people's emotions.
"You've got guts. As expected of the former top student in the school."
"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you. I won't make your defeat too humiliating." Liu Kun sneered.
The people around them had already cleared a space on their own and gathered around to watch.
"Take this! Big Fireball!"
Liu Kun attacked first, raising both hands over his head and summoning a basketball-sized fireball, which he hurled at Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan almost laughed at the sight of such a tiny fireball.
You call that thing a fireball?
His hands began forming hand seals.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
He spat out a fireball several times larger than Liu Kun's, instantly smashing Liu Kun's fireball to pieces!
It was like a hundred-ton truck crushing a motorcycle. There was simply no comparison!
Zhou Fan's great fireball continued hurtling toward Liu Kun, blasting him with a wave of heat.
"What?!"
Liu Kun's expression changed. Frightened, he instinctively dodged to the side, barely avoiding the attack.
If that fireball had hit him head-on, he probably would have gone straight down!
"How can Zhou Fan use Fire Type abilities too? Didn't he awaken the spirit eye system?"
"And how is his fireball bigger and stronger than Liu Kun's?!"
"No idea. Was the information wrong?"
Everyone watching was dumbfounded when they saw that Zhou Fan's Fire Release was actually stronger than Liu Kun's Fire Type ability.
Someone without a Fire Type ability had produced a fireball stronger than an A-Rank Fire Type ability?
That was insane!
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