Qingzhou City First High School.
All the teachers and students of the school were gathered here.
To pay their final respects to Principal Yue Tianrui.
Fang Xiu stared at the coffin before him. He knew the principal wasn’t actually inside.
He was currently buried in the Demon Beast Realm, waiting for the day the Demon Beasts were eradicated before he could return.
"Fang Xiu, the principal..."
Chu Qingxue walked up to Fang Xiu’s side.
Her eyes were a little red.
She knew the principal had sacrificed himself fighting Demon Beasts for the sake of humanity.
’Is this the cruel reality?’
Their class was supposed to be graduating soon, about to head off to university.
And just like that, the principal was gone.
It was a bitter pill to swallow.
"The principal’s dying wish was for the Demon Beasts to be annihilated one day. Only then can he rest in peace,"
Fang Xiu said, his voice low.
"Yes, I believe that day will come."
Chu Qingxue nodded slightly.
She looked at Fang Xiu. For some reason, he seemed very different from before.
Chu Qingxue had heard that Fang Xiu was also part of that great battle.
That he had even watched the principal die with his own eyes.
’Perhaps... all of this was too much of a shock for him.’
At that thought, Chu Qingxue instinctively reached out and took Fang Xiu’s hand.
Feeling the softness in his palm, Fang Xiu turned to look at Chu Qingxue and squeezed her hand tighter.
"Now, let’s welcome our new principal, Mr. Zhao Yao, to say a few words!"
Just then, a voice rang out.
Afterward, a middle-aged man slowly walked onto the stage.
"Uncle Zhao?"
Chu Qingxue hadn’t expected Zhao Yao to become the new principal of Qingzhou City First High School.
"Uncle Zhao’s strength has reached Level 70,"
Fang Xiu said softly.
"Huh?"
Chu Qingxue was taken by surprise.
The usually laid-back Uncle Zhao was actually a Level 70 powerhouse.
"Old Yue’s sacrifice is a great sorrow for both the Awakening Hall and the school. I knew him for many years, and he always had one wish..."
Zhao Yao’s words were solemn, his expression filled with grief.
After all, he and Yue Tianrui had been friends for many years.
And now, he was gone.
Clenching his jaw, Zhao Yao continued, "He hoped to one day see the Demon Beasts driven from our world, or..."
He paused. "To see the Demon Beast World utterly destroyed."
"The Demon Beast World utterly destroyed!"
"The Demon Beast World utterly destroyed!!"
"The Demon Beast World utterly destroyed!!!"
It was unclear who shouted it first, but the students below followed, yelling in fury.
Watching this, Zhao Yao murmured, "Old Yue, you can rest easy. The students are all fired up. Your wish will soon be realized."
「The matter came to a close.」
Fang Xiu returned to his villa.
"Master, I’ll go get you a glass of water!"
Kajimi said.
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
He didn’t say anything else.
A familiar senior had fallen right before his eyes.
Fang Xiu found it somewhat hard to accept.
He then looked up at the passageway to the Gate World before him.
For some reason, Fang Xiu felt a fire raging in his heart.
He stood up and walked into the Gate World.
Everything here was just as it was before—utterly silent.
Fang Xiu knew that despite the silence, both the bottom of the lake and the cow dung he’d found earlier...
...indicated the presence of Demon Beasts here.
"AHH!!"
Fang Xiu sprinted toward the lake in a rage.
Soon, he reached the lakeside.
Kajimi had said before that something seemed to be imprisoned within this lake.
Fang Xiu didn’t know what it was, nor did he care to investigate.
"Netherworld Thunder Fall!"
He directly used the Skill, Netherworld Thunder Fall.
Instantly, countless bolts of black Thunder pierced the lake’s surface and surged toward the bottom.
Whatever was inside...
"Just die!"
Fang Xiu was furious.
If it weren’t for Demon Beasts, perhaps his parents wouldn’t have died.
If it weren’t for Demon Beasts, the principal wouldn’t have died either.
All of this was caused by Demon Beasts.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Countless bolts of Thunder relentlessly bombarded the lake below.
"Star Punishment!"
One Forbidden Curse wasn’t enough.
Fang Xiu once again used another, even more powerful Forbidden Curse.
As this Forbidden Curse manifested...
...Fang Xiu could feel the lake tremble.
But still, nothing emerged.
Fang Xiu didn’t know what kind of creature was in the lake—whether it was a Demon Beast or some other entity.
All Fang Xiu knew was that anything trapped in this lake couldn’t be anything good.
After all, when he had thrown that corpse in before, it had vanished.
What kind of decent creature eats a corpse?
But right now, no matter how he attacked with Forbidden Curses...
...the lake remained completely still.
It was just like the cow that had defecated in this space; besides those two piles of dung, there was no other trace of its existence.
"Master!"
Just as Fang Xiu was madly venting his emotions,
a voice called out.
It finally managed to calm him down for a moment.
"Huuuh..."
Fang Xiu let out a heavy breath.
Then he collapsed onto the ground.
"Kajimi, the principal could have survived."
Fang Xiu took the water Kajimi handed him and downed it in one gulp.
"Sometimes, things that are fated to happen are hard to change!"
Kajimi looked at the once-again placid surface of the lake and said, "If the principal hadn’t blocked that Attack for me, perhaps he wouldn’t have died. But how could he just stand by and watch me get attacked?"
"Hmm?"
Fang Xiu looked at Kajimi.
He seemed lost in thought. ’You might be right.’

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