Volume 1: Bo'an Awakening & The Calamity Storm
Dawn over Bo’an City was always accompanied by a biting chill sweeping down from the crags of Mount Cang Lei. Yet this morning, the dense veil of mountain mist had barely grazed the thoroughfares leading into the city center before it was swiftly burned away by the radiant heat of surging crowds and the deafening roar of magi-tech vehicles.
Since the first crack of dawn, the grand boulevard leading toward the Bo’an Central Magic Arena had been choked to a standstill. Convoys of lumbering public buses, sleek magi-motorcars belonging to the wealthy aristocracy, and endless streams of pedestrians all surged like a tidal wave toward the colossal megalithic colosseum. Today was the day of the Graduation Duel Tournament of Feng Lan Magic High School.
In a frontier outpost city situated right on the doorstep of savage beastly fangs, a graduation duel was never merely an academic examination. It was the fiercest talent recruitment gala of the entire year. The military garrison hunted for battle-hardened recruits to man border outposts; veteran hunter squads scouted tough, unflinching muscle; merchant syndicates sought promising saplings to bind with lucrative contracts; and aristocratic clans seized the grand spectacle to flaunt their overwhelming might and prestige.