The next morning after the snow, there was still a hint of coldness lingering in the air, but it didn't bother some of the energetic individuals.

Every morning, the college would sound the assembly call for morning exercises. Students who missed the assembly would receive the harshest punishment from the school.

But even the harshest punishment was just having to do a long run and being confined.

"Ding Ling Ling Ling..." (Assembly call)

"Ugh... Why is it ringing so early? I haven't had enough sleep yet..."

Yukari, reluctantly, rubbed her sleepy eyes and splashed some water on her face before rushing downstairs to the playground for assembly.

On the way, she ran into Nagato who was also rushing to the playground for morning exercises.

"Good morning, big sis!"

"Yeah, good morning... By the way, where's Chiyori?"

"Hmph! That girl left home early before the bell even rang."

Did Chiyori do something to annoy Nagato again? Seeing her puffed-up cheeks, Yukari couldn't help but sigh and then cover her forehead, shaking her head.

"Sigh, when will you guys stop giving me trouble?"

The two of them hurried all the way and finally arrived.

There, Chiyori had been waiting for quite some time.

"Is everyone from Class 8-1 here?"

Early in the morning, Teacher Juxi extended his arms and called out, hoping to get everyone's response.

"To... to..."

"Uh, why does everyone have such feeble expressions? Did you not sleep well last night?"

"..."

Frustrated, Juxi felt like giving up, but then he thought, they are all new students, and it's not worth it to argue with them, right?

Just then, the higher-grade Copper Class arrived on the playground.

Indeed, they were a senior class. Although the leading teacher was an old man who trembled while walking, the tall and mighty senior students behind him were not to be underestimated.

"Get out of the way, this is the training ground for our Bronze Class. You little grasshoppers should hide in the corner and watch!"

A muscular delinquent student from the Bronze Class pulled Yukari's class captain aside, scaring the other students to immediately make way.

The spacious field was instantly left with only Yukari, Chiyori, and a few others.

"Oh my, isn't this the Scrap Class?"

Another flashy-looking girl seemed to look down upon the teacher of Class 8-1.

Because he hadn't said a word since earlier, she seemed to think that he was silently enduring everything.

So she became even more arrogant.

"Hahaha, even the teacher of this waste class is a weakling!"

"Shut your stinking mouth!"

Juxi finally couldn't contain his anger and wanted to rush over to crush her on the spot.

"Don't be impulsive, Juxi."

Yukari timely stopped Juxi, who was on the verge of losing control, and smiled confidently, her mouth slightly curling upwards.

"Leave it to me. You may be the teacher, but resorting to violence against students would just become a joke."

"Hmph... Be careful. And as for all of you, I have always believed that our students are the best. Our Class 8-1 will definitely forge brilliance that will make you submit!"

Though he couldn't swallow his anger, he still showed his defiance towards the students on the other side.

Then he looked back at his own students, who were all hiding here and there. He couldn't help but think to himself, we will definitely forge brilliance... Why is it so hard for me to believe in it?

"Hey, you pig!"

"Who are you calling a pig?!"

Yukari rudely responded, immediately enraging the girl.

"I am naturally beautiful, with tender skin that glows!"

"Oh, then why do you need makeup?"

"Ugh... This is infuriating! Reinhold, please teach her a lesson for me!"

Unable to withstand Yukari's piercing words, the girl who had been engaged in a verbal battle with her finally reached her breaking point and started acting cutesy in front of everyone.

Not only Class 8, even students from Class 3 found themselves cringing.

To everyone's surprise, the "edgy" guy blushed and shyly nodded.

"Um, wait for me... Sina, my dear!"

Ugh...!!

Finally, someone who couldn't handle the situation vomited.

"You boys from Class 8, if you feel humiliated, come fight us! The Class President of Class 3, Reina, will be waiting for you!"

"Sure, we're not afraid!"

"I advise you to prepare for a beating. I, Reina, won't treat you like a woman."

Reina struck a pose, and Yukari prepared herself for the challenge, her brows tightly furrowed with worry.

Reina was the class president of Bronze Class 3, rumored to be a late stage B-rank sorcerer with a magic tool called Mountain Splitter.

"Hahaha, little girl, I suggest you surrender now. Reina is a highly mobile fortress with strong offensive capabilities!"

Seeing the huge earth driller on Reina's right arm, the annoying woman made the students from Class 8 retreat in fear.

Facing a formidable opponent, Yukari remained calm and unaffected, maintaining her stance.

"Let me advise you, surrender now while you still can. It's impossible for a low-level agility-based sorcerer to break through a B-rank defense."

Reina aimed the drill tip of her electric drill at Yukari, who had not yet summoned her magic tool.

At this point, the surrounding people started discussing the situation.

"Is she asking for trouble?"

"Yeah, the power difference in this battle is too great. Our EF-rank students can't possibly compete with high-level B-ranks."

Apart from Juxi's class, even students from Bronze Class 3 mocked them.

"She actually wants to fight our brother Lei? Is she out of her mind?"

"Hehe, beautiful women always have a bit of arrogance. Don't you know that?"

"What..."

"So spoiled... Hahaha!"

Before everyone finished sighing or mocking, Reina was directly sent flying!

"Tumultuous Undercurrent!" (competence)

What just happened?!

A large pit was created on the grass field of the playground, yet Yukari hadn't even summoned her magic tool and remained motionless.

"It's an illusion!"

Juxi was the first to notice Yukari's unique use of magic tools. Most of the people had been fooled by her illusions, even their teacher.

"Moreover, it's an A-rank illusion."

"How is that possible...?"

"She cheated?"

Just as everyone was getting flustered, of course, Reina, who had been defeated, knew he had witnessed something incredible.

From the beginning, Yukari had summoned her magic tool, but others couldn't see it.

"No wonder she's the big sister. That guy Reina was simply attacking an impregnable fortress."

"Hmph, I could have knocked him out with one move too," he sneered.

First, Chiyori and Shin rushed forward, followed by the others swarming in.

"Yukari is so amazing!"

"Let's see what's so great about their bronze class!"

The whole class fell silent in the joy of victory, while a few students from the bronze class hurriedly retreated, feeling dizzy and defeated.

But one person didn't think so.

Although Yukari's talent being at level A surprised him a little, it wasn't enough to shock him.

What puzzled Juxi was why Yukari had his competence?!

"Such a familiar spatial fluctuation..."

Although Juxi, an SSS class student, saw through everything, there was one thing that confused him.

Yukari's move just now was clearly very similar to the soundless space he used to defeat Larna, was it an illusion?

Back then, he relied on soundless space to nullify Larna's competence, but...

Troubled by these questions, Juxi looked at Yukari with a serious expression amidst the cheers of the students, hoping to find some flaws in her.

The power of the Golden Spear shouldn't have appeared in her, unless... there was an inseparable connection between their souls, a bond like that of family, otherwise it would be impossible to control the competence of the Titan God.

(Imperial Capital Northern Territory)

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Larna tightly grasped the Storm Claws in his hands, glancing around at the positions of his enemies.

But apart from the grassland, there were only a few lonely trees swaying on the plain.

"Don't hide there and play tricks, come out, you bastard!"

Larna's frenzy caused the muscles in his arms to instantly bulge, and a towering giant ape suddenly appeared behind him.

"God's Hand - Destroying Forest Formation! Let me tear you apart...disperse!"

Under his command, the giant ape split into countless winding tendrils and launched simultaneous attacks in all directions.

The firepower of the secret technique swept away the tiger soldiers hiding in the sand mounds around him.

The White Tiger Emperor, who controlled illusions from a distance, couldn't help but be astonished. Although the opponent acted reckless and lacked strategy, this move was truly earthshaking!

One of the tendrils even caught the White Tiger Emperor, Kres, off guard, but he managed to block the fatal blow with his hand.

"Wow...impressive, human!"

Hiss...

Kres's palm, which blocked the attack, instantly bled, and blood gushed out from the wound.

"Your martial prowess is truly admirable, but..."

Kres swung his sword towards the air in front of him.

Larna, who was already exhausted, almost had all the blood vessels in his body burst, and the blood flowed like flowers on his head.

"Cough...ugh, is it all...over..."

Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, a faint wave from a distant place captured his attention once again.

Because that energy wave was coming towards him!

It seemed that he intended to block this wave of attacks with his Split Claws, but... he was too naive.

The invisible energy waves couldn't be stopped with the naked eye alone!

Larna smoothly parried one wave of attacks, but was hit by the others in the following waves!!

In just a short moment, there was nothing left on the desert except for a pool of blood and a severed arm.

"So it is indeed foolish, but you managed to block one move, huh?"

Kres suddenly appeared next to the remains and waved his hand.

The arm floated in front of him, and the sudden scene changed his surprise from disdain!

Kres shook his head helplessly and threw the arm to the ground.

"He intentionally protected this arm?!"

Looking up at the sky, Kres recalled that in the last moment, Larna showed him an inscrutable smile.

"It seems that I have to train even harder."

His figure became fainter and fainter until finally disappearing into the desert.