Chapter 179: Minor Fireball
Yan Ran’s expression turned extremely ugly. If it were anyone else daring to talk to her like this, she would have definitely given them a stern lesson. However, facing the person before her, she knew she couldn’t afford to provoke him. After all, this was her own choice. She had decided to become Chen Ling’s instructor, driven by her own curiosity.
Chen Ling chuckled and raised his hand, and then several golden runes appeared.
Yan Ran narrowed her eyes upon seeing this, and not just her, even Mi Yao beside her was drawn by the spectacle, their eyes fixed without wavering.
Meanwhile, in the monitoring room, Chu Jian was watching as well.
This was the first time Chen Ling had released runes in front of everyone!
For some reason, Yan Ran was filled with a sense of excitement reminiscent of her own first time releasing golden runes in her childhood.
Afterward, a familiar energy began to oscillate around Chen Ling.
Upon sensing this familiar energy, Yan Ran’s heart rejoiced. This was the familiar energy reaction! This was the energy response of the Minor Fireball Spell.
But in the next moment, the instant Chen Ling infused his own energy into the runes, an invisible force spread throughout every corner of the Rune Continent. Its range spanned the entire world!
It felt as if everyone had someone beside them casting the Minor Fireball Spell. Instinctively, people looked around, trying to catch sight of who was casting the spell.
But they found no one.
“What is this feeling? Why are my legs trembling!”
“This is the Minor Fireball Spell, right? It’s not a forbidden spell, is it? Why is the oppressive feeling so intense!”
The students closest to Chen Ling were experiencing this horrifying sense of oppression for the first time. Their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
And it wasn’t just them. People all over the world felt an inexplicable panic. The energy response wasn’t overpowering, not as wild as a forbidden spell, but it still left people struggling for breath.
Yan Ran, even though she was closest to Chen Ling, couldn’t help feeling fearful. She felt as though a tremendously huge little fireball was about to crash into her face any second.
“Buzz!”
In the instant the spell formed, everyone had the sensation of a sword hanging over their heads. They couldn’t resist looking up.
However, being in the underground space, they saw nothing.
Even people on the surface of the world felt this sensation.
First, the Rune Continent darkened, and in the next second, it brightened up again. Simultaneously, a terrifying heat pressed down on them. Those inside buildings couldn’t help but rush out and look up at the sky.
When they raised their heads, they saw the apocalypse! The entire world had turned red!
It was so massive that people couldn’t distinguish it as a minor fireball. All they saw was a sea of red flames, as if the sky itself was ablaze.
But due to the familiar energy, everyone could deduce what it was. It was the most basic spell on the Rune Continent—a Minor Fireball.
Hovering in the sky above the entire Rune Continent, its size was immeasurable, covering the eastern hemisphere of the continent’s sky with no end in sight.
No one knew how far it was from the Rune Continent; it felt as if the sun had suddenly appeared right in front of them.
From an extraterrestrial perspective, it was a fireball much larger than the Rune Continent, hundreds of thousands of times its size—a sun-like sphere! In the not-so-distant vicinity of the Rune Continent, it burned silently.
Fortunately, it was just a “minor fireball,” so its temperature wasn’t excessively high. Even if it were larger, its nature as a minor fireball spell would remain unchanged. Otherwise, the Rune Continent would have been razed by now.
However, despite its relatively small size, that fireball still disrupted the weather systems of the Rune Continent. The terrifying heatwave triggered various reactions, causing chaos across the entire world.
Qitian Ming, who was currently searching for dark mages, looked up with shock, his mouth agape.
He couldn’t comprehend what this thing was. It was clearly radiating the energy of the Minor Fireball Spell, but its size was immense. A collision with the Rune Continent would easily destroy it.
“Could this be Chen Ling’s doing? It must be him!”
Chu Jian was also airborne, observing the scene of impending doom before her. She was rendered speechless by the shock, her heart pounding.
It was well-known that when the Minor Fireball Spell was cast, the fireball’s size could manifest up to 39% of the caster’s total energy.
This was 39% of Chen Ling’s total energy?!
How terrifying was that? Even if all the beings in the Rune Continent united to cast a single Minor Fireball Spell, depleting their entire magical energy, it still wouldn’t compare to Chen Ling’s magnitude.
“This can’t be possible…” Chu Jian murmured. At this moment, Mi Yao appeared in the sky beside her.
Staring at the sky, she too was struck by disbelief. “This can’t be possible…”
Even for Chu Jian, the largest Minor Fireball she could conjure would only cover a single Fire Nation. Chen Ling’s version was just too horrifying.
〚 Ding~ Target Mi Jiu, Chen Tianming are shocked! Points: -0〛
〚 -0 points〛
“Wow, what the hell is this? Help!”
“Help, please!”
A few seconds later, panic swept through the people of the Rune Continent.
Some fled aimlessly, some stood in place as if entranced, waiting for the apocalypse, some kneeled on the ground praying, and some fearless children stared directly at the unfolding spectacle.
Meanwhile, the students in the underground space looked at Chen Ling with perplexed expressions. He clearly had nothing in his hands, yet they felt as if the fireball was right above their heads.
Frowning, Yan Ran looked up and asked, “Where’s your fireball?”
Chen Ling chuckled lightly and replied, “Why don’t you go outside and take a look?”
At these words, Yan Ran immediately flashed out of the room. The instant she looked up, her heart trembled uncontrollably.
What the heck!?
After a momentary daze, her heart raced.
〚 Ding~ Target Yan Ran, abnormal emotional state, -10 points!〛
〚 -10 points!〛
Meanwhile, the students in the underground space heard Chen Ling’s words and wanted to step onto the array and return to the surface to see what was happening.
However, Yan Ran suddenly descended, shouting in terror, “Chen Ling! Quickly cancel it!”
Everyone was puzzled. What had happened?
Chen Ling smiled and asked, “Instructor, is this size okay?”
“Cancel it! Quickly!”
“How do I cancel it? This spell can’t be canceled. Once it’s canceled, even if the flames are extinguished, what if it loses control and crashes down?”
Of course, Chen Ling had a way, but he was just teasing Yan Ran.
Yan Ran was momentarily blank and, due to panic, had no idea what to do!
Seeing this, Chen Ling chuckled and said, “Aren’t you supposed to teach ‘Spell Conversion,’ Instructor?”
Yan Ran paused, “Right! Quickly use spell energy conversion!”
Chen Ling grinned, “I don’t know how to do it. You need to teach me!”
Yan Ran’s heart sank again, “You…”
“Follow my lead!”
Saying that, she first released a minor fireball, which appeared in the palm of her hand. It was evident that her hands were trembling!
She needed to act quickly, or the world might be lost!
Urgently, she continued, “The repetitive value of the low-level spells ‘Snowfall’ and ‘Minor Fireball’ is 45%, which can be directly converted. Follow my lead and release the runes!”
As she spoke, several runes suddenly appeared in the air. Not only Chen Ling, but everyone also started releasing runes following Yan Ran’s instructions.