My Future Refreshes Weekly

Chapter 18: Surprise Attack, the Collapsing Campus!

“What happened?”

“Teacher Zhong?”

“Principal?!”

The sudden upheaval left everyone bewildered and at a loss.

Their eyes were stung by the intense light, leaving them temporarily blinded, tears streaming uncontrollably, forcing them to shut their eyes tightly, too afraid to move from their spots.

Fortunately, the physique of Transcendents was strong, so the blindness did not last long. Within a few short seconds, their vision gradually returned, and through the blurry sight, they saw the sky dyed red by flames.

Zhong Honglian’s voice resounded from the heavens.

“All teachers, immediately lead the students to the shelters!”

Before her words fell, another twisted voice rang out, one that could not be distinguished as male or female: “Tch, dream on.”

With that voice, a thunderous explosion erupted from the direction of the teaching building.

Smoke spread, bricks and stones flew, and amid countless screams, the entire teaching building actually began to crumble apart.

The next moment, Transcendent power spread out, and the collapse of the teaching building seemed to have been paused by an invisible hand, stopping in an eerie manner.

Zhong Honglian’s furious voice rang out: “Attacking a school—you’re courting death!”

At this moment, even the slowest of minds realized what was happening.

Transcendent criminals were attacking the school, attempting to slaughter the students!

But what could they possibly gain from this? They were nothing but pure madmen!

Yet, the situation was already unfolding. Shock, anger, and panic were meaningless now—the students had to be evacuated as quickly as possible—

Although today was the weekend, the school was still in normal operation. Especially for the senior year students who were close to graduation, weekend classes were routine.

Now, not only did they not have a break, but they also encountered a terrorist attack. Their misfortune could not have been greater.

At the edge of the playground, Wei Sheng had already regained his vision.

He looked at the three students beside him and said urgently: “Du Lingwei, take Chi Zhilei and Jiang He to the shelter. I’ll go evacuate…”

In the Transcendent Era, in order to deal with battles between Transcendents, shelters had been built throughout the city for citizens to take refuge.

Zhongzhou First High itself was one such shelter location. Directly beneath the teaching building of the honors class, an emergency shelter had been constructed.

However, before Wei Sheng could finish speaking, a crimson figure shot out.

Du Lingwei, wrapped in flames, surged forth like a burning arrow, charging straight toward the teaching building.

“Du Lingwei!” Wei Sheng watched helplessly, completely unable to stop her—

Du Lingwei was far stronger than him. What could he possibly use to block her?

He could only turn his gaze toward the other two: “Chi…”

Before he could finish, Jiang He said: “Teacher Wei, I can heal the students.”

“You…” Wei Sheng had wanted to scold him, but suddenly stopped short.

What Jiang He said was true. He was an S-rank talent, 【Word-Spirit】, possessing an almost omnipotent power. Healing and support naturally fell within his capabilities.

In the distance, the teaching building was filled with wails of agony. His ability would absolutely play a tremendous role.

Most importantly—

Wei Sheng recalled yesterday’s scene.

Jiang He had used only a single Word-Spirit to suppress an entire teaching building.

At that time, his Transcendent energy level had only been G-rank.

Now, he had already broken through to F-rank.

If he wanted to… could Wei Sheng even stop him?

Wei Sheng looked toward Chi Zhilei.

As expected, she also said: “My talent can heal as well, and I can help maintain order.”

“…These honors students, not a single one can be underestimated.”

Wei Sheng nodded helplessly, but sternly said: “Stay close to me. You are not allowed to act on your own!”

With that, he led the two of them at a quick pace toward the teaching building.

At this moment, flames erupted in the sky, and the sounds of battle continued without end.

A faint haze of smoke covered the campus, and many figures could be seen dashing out from the teaching building, running toward the direction of the honors class shelter.

From other directions as well, such as the honors class faculty buildings, figures were rushing over. They were teachers coming to help evacuate the students.

Amid this chaos, Wei Sheng focused on the condition of the teaching building, while Chi Zhilei relied on her talent 【Fragrant Body】, releasing a wide range of calming scent.

Jiang He, on the other hand, stilled his mind and observed the shadows.

He had already foreseen today’s disaster through White Crane.

He knew the organization Arc Light was attacking the school to use the lives of the students and teachers as leverage, restraining Zhong Honglian, a top A-rank Transcendent, to prevent her from aiding another battlefield.

He also knew that, besides the A-rank criminal currently fighting Zhong Honglian, a group of lower-rank Transcendent criminals had infiltrated the school, intending to cause slaughter and delay the evacuation.

Among them, one criminal’s talent was—

C-rank talent 【Phantom】, capable of commanding shadows to fight.

Combined with an assassin-type profession, its power in ambush and surprise attack was extremely dangerous!

“Ah!!”

A sudden scream came from the entrance of the teaching building.

Looking from afar, several students who had rushed out of the teaching building screamed as they were cut into pieces, blood splattering everywhere, dying tragically on the spot!

Yet, beside their corpses, nothing was visible.

Those teachers and students who had originally wanted to escape from the teaching building to reach the shelter were now too terrified to move, instantly clogging the doorway.

“There are more attackers!” At the same time, many people, including Wei Sheng, realized what was happening.

The manner in which those students had died made it clear—there was definitely an invisible Transcendent lurking in the shadows, launching surprise attacks!

Realizing this, one student acted—

A teaching building housed hundreds of teachers and students, each with different talents and professions.

How could there not be a way to deal with invisibility?

The student swung his right hand forward, releasing white light.

“Reveal!”

The radiance spread out, illuminating the surroundings of the teaching building.

And then they saw—countless pitch-black shadowy figures, standing at the entrance, at the windows, beneath the walls, numbering in the hundreds, densely packed, utterly horrifying!

The students’ hearts turned cold, retreating uncontrollably.

The teachers unleashed Transcendent powers, attacking the shadows.

But just then—

“Swish!!”

A streak of golden light shot through the air. It was a metallic rod, piercing through that student’s forehead and nailing him into the ground!

The radiance dimmed, and all the pitch-black shadows vanished, hiding back into the darkness once more.

Outside the teaching building, in midair—

A mysterious figure wrapped in a cloak and wearing a black mask stood suspended on a metallic rod.

A distorted, bizarre voice rang out.

“You’d best not resist—this way, everything will be much simpler for everyone.”

B-rank talent 【Metal Manipulation】!

Many teachers and students recognized the ability, stunned. This kind of talent was enough to place someone in the honors class as a prodigy, yet he had become a criminal?!

While they were stunned, they saw cloaked and masked figures rushing in from outside the school.

At the same time, from the direction of the honors class faculty buildings in the distance, thunderous sounds of battle rang out, mixed with roars and screams—it was clear that side had also come under attack!

The entire teaching building fell silent for a moment, as though suffocating.

Just then—

A crimson figure burst out from the fourth floor of the teaching building, wrapped in blazing flames, like a meteor kicking straight at the masked metal-rod wielder.

Boom!!

With a thunderous crash, the masked man was forcibly kicked away, slamming into the ground of the square and embedding deep into the earth.

Flames continued to burn from within the cracks.

Yet the masked man was not killed. He flew out of the fire, his cloak burned to ash by the flames, revealing layers upon layers of metallic rods covering his body.

These rods were clearly made of special material, for even under the fierce Transcendent flames, they did not show the slightest sign of melting.

The masked man raised his hand, and rods flew from his body, rapidly forming a shield that blocked the incoming blaze. Through the flames, he looked toward the distant red-haired girl.

“Du Lingwei, the Star of Zhongzhou…”

“Kill her!”

The second sentence was spoken to the others.

A masked figure suddenly flashed into place behind Du Lingwei, swinging a massive blade downward.

At that moment, the flames entwining Du Lingwei’s body seemed to gain a soul of their own, swelling outward into a tangible form, blocking the blade’s strike.

Du Lingwei spun and kicked, striking the vanishing phantom of the masked figure.

The masked rod wielder, along with more cloaked and masked Transcendent criminals, surged forward to attack her!

At this moment, the teachers and students of the teaching building reacted as well.

Especially the teachers, who no longer remained within the building. They seized their weapons, braving the shadows lurking around the school building, and joined the battle!

The fierce fight erupted in full!