Insufficient balance

  It's so easy to go to school now, sleeping at home every day and continuing to sleep in school, haha, the feeling of being a senior has finally arrived.

  I'm sleeping!

  I lay comfortably on the ground, focusing my mind to feel the light elements in the air. Under their care, I gradually fell asleep. The light sphere inside me had already occupied about 2/3 of all my meridians. Teacher Qiu Xiu said that my magical power was already enough to cast 5th-level magic, but because I was too young and greedy, she didn't teach me intermediate magic, saying that I would learn it when I entered the Intermediate Magic Academy.

  (Magical ranking: Generally speaking, a magician who can use 1st-level magic is called a magical apprentice. A magician who can use 2nd-3rd level magic is called an elementary magician. A magician who can use 4th-5th level magic is called an intermediate magician. A magician who can use 6th-level magic is called an advanced magician. A magician who can use 7th-level magic is called a great magician. A magician who can use 8th-level magic is called a mage. A magician who can jointly use 9th-level magic is called a grand mage. A magician who can single-handedly use 9th-level magic is the legendary great grand mage.)

  Ah! What time is it, I stretch my waist, take a look at the sky outside, it's already dark, hurry back home for dinner, my stomach is growling. I hop and skip out of college, heading in the direction of home.

  I walked out of the Senko City, following the path I took to and from school every day. Since I'm afraid of the dark, I cast a illumination spell with my left hand, making the surrounding 30 meters as bright as daylight. Today, I wonder what delicious food mom has made for me, hopefully there's bone soup, which is my favorite! Thinking about the sumptuous dinner, my mouth started watering, and I felt even hungrier in my stomach.

  Suddenly, I felt the temperature around me rising, wow, what's going on? Who is using fire magic here? Suddenly a thunderous roar sounded in my ear, wow, Fire Lion, 6th level Phantom Beast, no, it's a Demon Beast (Phantom Beasts that do not form a contract with humans at birth are called Demon Beasts). My legs were already a bit uncooperative.

  It stared at me with its big red eyes, probably thinking the same thing as I did just now, and then it licked its mouth.

  "Ah! Fire Lion big brother, I'm still a kid, you can't eat me, I'm the flower of the motherland, I don't have much meat, or else I'll go home and get some food for you, ah no!" Before I could finish speaking, the Fire Lion had already pounced on me.

  My conditioned reflexes kicked in instantly, after all I've been chased by Kaito many times before. While dodging the Fire Lion's attacks, I launched a flare into the air, (actually it was just using the Light Arrow to send the light sphere formed by my previous illumination spell into the air, and when the flare reached the air it would naturally explode, creating a large patch of brightness, this is a distress signal for mages.)

  "You stinky Fire Lion, you're not convinced, are you? What can you do to me, can't catch me?" Thinking that I still have instant teleportation, my mind is much more at ease, and I'm still very confident in this. The Fire Lion may be powerful, but it's impossible for him to be more powerful than the Light Tiger and the Old Devil, at least before my magic power runs out. (Before my magic power runs out, I'll just use instant teleportation to run away, 500 meters per teleport, haha.)

  The air is so hot, for safety first, I almost gave myself all the defensive magic I knew. First of course was Sacred Guardian, it can filter the air, isolate the heat emitted by the Fire Lion, and then summon a Light Edge Shield in my left hand.

  Chong Huo Shi made a ghostly face, silently reciting an incantation as his right hand shot out a beam of light that would still hurt if it hit.

  The Fire Lion was enraged, and one after another, intermediate fire magic spells came at me. I parried, I dodged, just like in a sack array, I easily circled around it, making it dizzy and disoriented.

  The flames on the Fire Lion's body are gradually weakening, I estimate its magic consumption is very fast. It's panting heavily and looking at me. Haha, it seems that even a magical beast isn't so great after all. In that case, I don't have any other options. I've already used both Sacred Guardian and Light Shield Magic (using so many magics in one go has also quickly consumed my magic power). Just hiding is fine, anyway, it can't hit me. Now I just need to wait for rescue. This place isn't far from the village, I estimate that the village's guard team will arrive soon.

  The Fire Lion suddenly raised its head and let out a mighty roar, and I felt the temperature that had been dropping suddenly surge up wildly. What's going on?! This is bad, it's a 6th-level fire magic - Flame Heaven! It's an all-directional spell, can't escape from this one... In the name of my Longbow, Wei, great Light Element, gather before me and block out all evil! I only managed to cast a light shield just in time, as the flames from Flame Heaven poured down from the sky, covering everything within a 300-meter radius. Due to my carelessness, the energy from my instant transfer didn't reach its peak and was trapped inside... I poured all my magic power into the light shield, chanting the incantation over and over again, but the power of Flame Heaven was just too great... it looked like I wouldn't be able to withstand it and would end up as a roasted Longbow.

  "Water element in the air, heed my call and transform into invincible hail, annihilate the evil before me."

  Ah! I'm saved, with the unknown spell, my pressure disappeared, and the Ice Hail technique cancelled out the Fire Lion's magic. The Fire Lion was also at its last gasp, its magical power had been almost completely consumed by me, and just now it was just a final blow.

  "Ah!, it's Chang Gong, Chang Gong's mom come quickly, it's your son."

  Mom has arrived, nothing's wrong anymore, I fainted.

  ……

  I don't know how long it took, but I gradually regained consciousness. When I opened my eyes, Mom was sitting beside me with red eyes.

  "Chang Gong woke up, kid's dad, you come quickly. How is Chang Gong, has he gotten better?"

  Yesterday my magical power was already at its limit, and I was burned by the Fire Lion's magic in several places. In addition to the consumption of spiritual power and magical power being too great, I fainted. Under Mom's water system magic treatment, I have basically fully recovered, but my spirit is still not very good.

  "Mom, I'm fine."

  "Son, how are you? Are you okay?" His dad rushed out from inside.

  "It's much better now, Dad."

  "If it weren't for the elder, you wouldn't have seen your mom." As she said that, Mom hugged me and cried.

  "What's going on with your long bow?" Dad asked.

  I told him about the situation at that time.

  "Dad said seriously: 'You silly kid, you must remember that you can't give any enemy a chance. With your current magic, if you encounter an intermediate-level magician or above, you must run quickly, because except for running, you have no way to hurt the opponent. And how can you be careless when facing the enemy? If you use the Light Edge Shield to expand your defense, maybe you won't get hurt.'"

  I didn't hear what Dad said afterwards, but I remember very clearly that when I saw the enemy, I ran. From then on, no matter what kind of enemy, I protected myself tightly.

  The Son of Light overcame the first trial of his life with difficulty.