“Su Nan, I’ll help you!”
Chang Xinxin shouted, throwing a punch with all her strength.
Her fist landed squarely on the little loli’s delicate back.
But that thousand-pound blow didn’t even ripple the red mist surrounding the ghostly loli—it had no effect whatsoever.
In the next instant, the loli’s pale face twisted around unnaturally, without turning her body.
With a piercing wail, the blood-red mist surged forth again, swallowing Chang Xinxin completely.
This time, the mist wasn’t just a visual trick.
Trapped within it, Chang Xinxin instantly felt her strength drain from her, her limbs turning weak, her consciousness starting to blur.
“Big sister… are you a bad person?”
The ghostly girl’s voice whispered softly into her ears, layered with illusion and malice.
Seeing Xinxin imprisoned in the mist, Su Nan didn’t hesitate—he dashed straight in.
The little loli hovered in the air before him.
Su Nan raised both elbows and smashed them down toward her face.
BANG!
A heavy thud echoed—his all-out strike landed directly on her face.
This time, there was real resistance.
The loli’s form trembled violently and she immediately released Xinxin.
Seems all those years of self-defense and hand-to-hand combat weren’t for nothing.
Xinxin, now deathly pale, looked at the ghost girl with raw terror in her eyes.
“Wuuu… Wuuu…”
Another eerie wail tore through the air.
The loli’s pale face suddenly snapped right in front of Su Nan.
She lunged, reaching her hands toward his throat.
Su Nan’s eyes narrowed as he grabbed her slender arms—cold like ice.
He used all his strength—but even then, her grip closed around his neck, overpowering him, slamming him to the ground.
Around them, the other girls finally broke free from the red mist.
Seeing Su Nan locked in a vicious grapple, they struck out together.
Five of them unleashed a storm of punches, fierce and unrelenting.
The surrounding red mist rippled wildly.
But it lasted only moments.
The loli shrieked once—and the girls were all blasted backward, smashing into the walls.
In one move, she had injured them all. None of them stood a chance.
The boys, barely standing, looked on in horror.
“What kind of monstrous defense is this?!”
“Didn’t Su Nan hurt her earlier?”
Could the difference between them and Su Nan truly be this enormous?
Xinxin trembled as the ghost girl turned her face back toward her.
In panic, she looked to Su Nan for help.
Su Nan’s expression hardened.
He surged upward, grabbed the loli’s arm, and yanked her backward.
A brutal tug sent her crashing into the wall with a deep boom.
“You okay?”
Su Nan pulled Xinxin to her feet.
She was trembling all over, too scared to speak.
The others slowly rose too.
But after witnessing the ghost loli’s terrifying power, fear had taken root in their hearts.
They all instinctively grouped behind Su Nan now—his strength had shaken them to the core.
“Big brother… wuuu…”
The loli’s pale face reappeared in front of Su Nan.
She sobbed horribly, then opened her mouth and spewed a thick red mist at him.
Su Nan felt his entire body weaken. He collapsed to the ground on the spot.
The red mist blasted outward—knocking everyone behind him off their feet.
Some coughed blood, gravely wounded.
The loli’s body pressed down on Su Nan with terrifying force—he couldn’t move.
“Wuuu… Big brother…”
“If I eat you… I’ll evolve…”
“Wuuu…”
She opened her mouth and lunged at Su Nan’s neck.
But at that exact moment—Su Nan’s eyes flared. He raised his hand at lightning speed and roared:
“Great Dragon of Divine Might!!”
Su Nan had been preparing for this from the start.
He never expected to win in a straight fight against this A-rank mini-boss.
Everything up to now had been bait—for this very moment of carelessness.
His final trump card: the three-use permission granted by the system… to activate [Great Dragon of Divine Might].
As his voice thundered out, golden light burst from his chest.
A massive golden dragon flew forth—roaring—slamming directly into the ghost girl.
BOOM!
The golden dragon sent her flying, light surging like a divine tide, washing over everything.
The loli let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Dense red mist poured from her body—but under the golden radiance, it burned away instantly.
She paled further, her body trembling with a strange aura.
She rose again—charging straight at the golden dragon.
The red mist around her grew solid, wrapping her like armor.
She spewed two crimson blood-blades from her mouth, shooting them at the divine dragon.
The Great Dragon roared fiercely.
Golden light surged outward, washing away all ghostly darkness in the room.
The ghost loli crashed into the golden maw.
CHOMP.
In one bite, she was swallowed whole.
The golden light exploded.
The red mist dispersed.
Inside the dragon’s mouth, the loli thrashed and shrieked—but the red mist around her disintegrated under the pure yang power.
In seconds, her body dissolved into black smoke…
…only to quietly begin reforming again.
***
Tianlan Academy – Plaza
Xi Qinyu stood at the edge of the barrier, cold-faced and emanating powerful killing intent—like a divine war goddess.
She had been preparing to forcibly tear open the trial barrier to rescue the freshmen.
But at that moment, the barrier flickered—and the sealed entrance opened.
Xi Qinyu’s brows furrowed.
‘If the gate has opened… the trial must have ended.’
But who could’ve possibly defeated a nightmare-tier boss from a map far beyond its level?
“Someone’s coming out!”
“They made it!! I knew this batch had hidden monsters! Even the upgraded barrier was broken!”
Cries erupted among the earlier returnees.
A cluster of silhouettes appeared at the edge of the barrier.
At the front stood a tall, well-built boy with starry eyes and sword-shaped brows.
He emerged confidently, surrounded by several freshmen—all looking proud beyond measure.
He glanced sideways at the astonished crowd nearby.
He didn’t say a word—but his proud bearing said everything.