Many Rivals (5000)

but after Xiao Yan looked around, he found that no one used pills during the competition. At most, they used healing pills to recover from their injuries after being defeated.

"It probably won't work. If you could use pills, it would just be a competition of who can afford the more expensive pills." Xiao Yan shook his head secretly, but there was no frustration or disappointment in his eyes.

"Xiao Yan-gege will definitely be in the top five." Since that day, Xun Er had become much bolder, snuggling up to Xiao Yan like a little bird.

Xiao Yan sighed softly, "Well, it's not a big problem for me to get into the top five, but it's a bit difficult for Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning to get into the top five as well. It would be great if we could use pills."

Ruo Lin Mentor glanced at Xiao Yan and said faintly, "You brat, you still have time to worry about others. Don't be too careless. Bai Shan, who attacked you before, entered the Outer Academy a year earlier than you, but his strength is not weak. He has cultivated several Mystic High-Rank Dou Techniques, and I heard that he can already defeat a peak Da Dou Shi. He even killed a Dou Ling powerhouse before."

"There is also Wu Hao, who belongs to the Outer Academy Enforcement Team. The Enforcement Team faces fierce people from the Black-Corner Region. Countless Da Dou Shi have died in his hands, and even Dou Lings. His strength is also extraordinary."

"That red-clothed girl, Hu Jia, who has been staring at you, is the granddaughter of Hu Qian, the vice president of the Canaan Academy Outer Academy. She is the same age as you and Xun Er, and her strength is not below Xun Er's. Her talent can be called unique. There hasn't been such a highly talented person in the Outer Academy for decades."

Hearing Ruo Lin Mentor's reminder, Xiao Yan looked at the eloquent Ruo Lin Mentor, and he couldn't bear to complain about the low teaching quality of Canaan Academy.

Xiao Yan didn't believe that Hu Jia's strength was not below Xun Er's. Xun Er, this kind girl, has a 50-50 chance against anyone, but only Xiao Yan knew that when Xun Er really exploded, her true strength was probably more terrifying than his.

"Ruo Lin Mentor, don't worry, I am confident that I can defeat that Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and that Tiger Girl. The first place in this Outer Academy Selection Competition will definitely come from our Yellow Rank Class Two." Xiao Yan couldn't help but comfort her, giving her a shot in the arm.

The selection competition is held once a day. Although those who can participate in the Inner Academy selection are the best in their classes, the Outer Academy can be studied for four years after all, and third-year and fourth-year students will participate, so the number of participants in the selection competition is also hundreds.

The winners of the first round will be paired up, and those who win two consecutive matches will automatically lock in their place in the top 50. The losers are the same. Those who lose two consecutive matches will have no chance to enter the Inner Academy. Then the third round is for the remaining one win and one loss to determine the final 25 people.

Xiao Mei was the first to play in the second round. What's more interesting is that Xiao Yan came after Xiao Mei, and this time Xiao Yan's opponent was an Alchemist!

"Xiao Yan's opponent is actually Lu Mu. Hey, Xiao Yu, it's your Lu Mu." Xue Ni next to Xiao Yu pressed her twin peaks against Xiao Yu's arm and smiled.

Xiao Yan had also seen this Xue Ni in the enrollment two years ago. His impression of her was that she had a pair of fierce weapons, very big.

"It's your head. That guy is just talking nonsense. I have nothing to do with him, not even friends." Xiao Yu quickly denied, and glanced at Xiao Yan, who was sitting in front waiting to play.

Xue Ni showed a gossipy smile and said deliberately loudly, "Hehe, that Lu Mu is Xiao Yu's number one pursuer. When he enrolled, that guy pretended to be a freshman and tricked Xiao Yu into wandering around the academy for most of the day. Later, Xiao Yu noticed and kicked him directly into the pool. Who knew that after being kicked, that guy became shameless and kept sticking to Xiao Yu."

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't respond, Xiao Yu frowned slightly, and her slender jade leg gently kicked Xiao Yan's back.

"Hey, I'm the Young Clan Leader anyway." Xiao Yan naturally knew that Xiao Yu kicked him with her foot, and turned his head to look at Xiao Yu unhappily.

"Hmph, how did you become the Young Clan Leader? Someone is pestering your clan's people, and you don't even teach them a lesson." After Xiao Yu finished speaking, a blush suddenly appeared on her pretty face, feeling that it was not good for her to say that.

Just in time to see that Xiao Mei was about to defeat her opponent, Xiao Yan sighed. Xiao Yan slowly stood up and said helplessly, "He's a one-shot, how do you want me to help you teach him a lesson?"

As Xiao Mei's movements were agile, she slapped her opponent's back of the neck and knocked him unconscious. The referee shouted loudly, "The game is over, the winner, Xiao Mei!"

"Yay!! Xiao Yan-tangge, I've advanced!!" Xiao Mei couldn't help but feel happy, and waved to Xiao Yan with a bright smile on her face.

Looking at Xiao Mei, who was jumping around excitedly like a little white rabbit, many boys who liked this petite and cute type showed silly smiles.

Xiao Yan smiled and waved slowly, and slowly walked down from the audience seat.

"Lu Mu of the Alchemy Department, against Xiao Yan of Yellow Rank Class Two." As the referee shouted loudly, the noisy square suddenly quieted down for a while, and then countless eyes swooshed turned to Xiao Yan. Those eyes contained various meanings, of course, there were more unkind eyes.

After all, Xiao Yan was surrounded by several beauties, which was hard not to attract hatred. Especially that kiss, directly made Xiao Yan rise to become the public enemy of the whole school.

Knowing that Xiao Yan was very strong, Ruo Lin Mentor still couldn't help but remind him, "It seems that many people are waiting for you to make a fool of yourself. This Lu Mu is not comparable to Xue Beng yesterday. His strength, even if he is placed in the entire Outer Academy, can be regarded as in the top ten, and because he is an Alchemist, he can also control a kind of flame with no weak destructive power, which is very tricky. You have to be careful."

"Xiao Yan-gege, add oil." Xun Er said playfully from the side.

Xiao Yan waved his hand. For him, these worries were unnecessary, but they also made him feel gratified.

Just a moment after Xiao Yan entered the arena, a clear whistle suddenly sounded outside the square, and then a blue figure instantly streaked across the square in mid-air. Finally, the toes lightly touched the pillars around the square, and the body somersaulted in the air and fell into the arena.

Looking at this showy appearance, Xiao Yan felt embarrassed for him.

After this blue figure appeared, a tsunami-like cheer broke out from the surrounding stands. It seemed that in this Canaan Academy, many people hoped that this Lu Mu could suppress Xiao Yan, who had just arrived but behaved extremely strongly.

"This battle should be able to make Xiao Yan use all his skills. That Lu Mu is not Xue Beng yesterday." Bai Shan watched the two people in the arena indifferently, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I want to see, what kind of ability do you, Xiao Yan, have to be with Xun Er!"

"Fight, fight, it's best for both of them to be half-crippled, so Xun Er won't be ruined by that Xiao Yan, otherwise, I'll have to take action." On the other side of the stands, the red-clothed girl glanced at the most eye-catching competition today and pouted.

The blue-clothed youth who appeared in front of Xiao Yan had a head of hair casually draped down, with a lazy look on his face. His body was tall and straight, and although his appearance was not as handsome as Bai Shan, he could also make people feel a sense of harmony. A harmless face made it easy for people to let down their guard. It was no wonder that even with Xiao Yu's temperament, she would be tricked by this guy when they first met.

"You are Xiao Yan, the Xiao Clan's Young Clan Leader?" While Xiao Yan was looking at the blue-clothed youth, Lu Mu also looked at him with a smile and asked.

"Yes." Seeing that this guy didn't show the same expression as Bai Shan, Xiao Yan nodded slightly and responded.

"Hehe, we are family, we are family. Don't worry, Xiao Yan-xiongdi. When the competition starts, I will hold back and will never let you get hurt. Otherwise, Xiao Yu will be angry, and I will be unlucky." Seeing Xiao Yan nod, Lu Mu immediately smiled he he and said extremely enthusiastically.

"Uh." Hearing this, Xiao Yan was speechless. This guy was really a self-acquaintance. It was his first time meeting, and he could pull the relationship between the two to that point. He was really a talent.

Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Then I'm really sorry, as the Young Clan Leader of the Xiao Clan, I refuse weaklings from joining our Xiao Clan."

Lu Mu was stunned. He was a Three-Star Da Dou Shi and an Alchemist, was that considered weak? "Let's begin." At this moment, even the referee couldn't bear to watch any longer, waving his hand and announcing loudly.

"Senior Lu Mu, defeat Xiao Yan!"

"Let him know the power of Canaan Academy!"

Just as the cheers from the audience rose in waves, Xiao Yan slowly raised his hand, bending his fingers to flick, intending to repeat his old trick.

Seeing Xiao Yan act the same as yesterday, Lu Mu's expression turned serious. He took out a long sword, a wisp of blue solid fire emerged from his palm, and Dou Qi Transformation Armor protected his entire body. He said in a deep voice, "I also have a fire seed. It won't work to defeat me like you defeated Xue Beng yesterday!"

Xiao Yan chuckled lightly, shook his head, and said calmly, "It's all the same."

With a *snap, a red flame shot out like a bullet. In the next second, with a BOOM* loud sound, the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, compressed by Xiao Yan into a single point using his Soul power, instantly exploded. This time, the compressed Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame was twice as powerful as yesterday! Instantly, a sea of fire surged, and the entire wide arena was completely submerged in flames. The terrifying blood-red tongues of fire even threatened to engulf the audience.

"Guardian Barrier!"

With a *buzz* sound, the tongues of fire crashed into the transparent barrier, a blood-red light reflecting on the faces of the audience.

With a *thud* sound, a figure, whose entire body was burned somewhat black, crashed into the soft barrier and fainted.

Xiao Yan never looked back at the explosion, and walked off the stage before the flames had even dissipated.

Leaving behind a stunned referee, the academy's higher-ups, and those Outer Academy students who hadn't even managed to shout out their cheers.

Those who were still shouting for Lu Mu to defeat Xiao Yan now had their faces flushed red by the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, as if they had been slapped red by Xiao Yan.

"Did you see that! This is our Xiao Clan's Young Clan Leader!" Xiao Ning suddenly stood up and shouted loudly. These past few days, he had been hearing people shout about how powerful Bai Shan and Wu Hao were, that they were definitely more powerful than Xiao Yan, and he had been holding it in for too long.

Defeating a Nine-Star Dou Shi in an instant could be said to be luck, or that Xue Beng was weak, but now, even a Three-Star Da Dou Shi was defeated in an instant! "Young Clan Leader!!"

"Woah! Young Clan Leader is awesome!"

"Cousin Xiao Yan is amazing."

At this moment, the only voices were those of the few Xiao Clan members, hitting long, cylindrical balloons with a *pangpang* sound, as excited as if they had defeated Lu Mu themselves.

Xiao Yan pressed his hand down, signaling them to be quiet, and said slowly, "It's nothing, he has been using pills to break through, his Dou Qi is weak and unstable, I just took advantage of it."

Then he looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Are you satisfied?"

"Hmph, I'll give it to you." Xiao Yu snorted and turned her head, but a smile had already appeared on the corner of her mouth.

At this moment, Bai Shan's face had long since changed from his initial confidence to an unsightly expression. It was still the same move, and it was still an instant defeat.

Although Lu Mu was indeed relying on pills, as Xiao Yan said, so his Dou Qi was not condensed enough, it was still not an easy feat for him to instantly defeat Lu Mu.

"Fire Elder, what do you think? Can you tell what the origin of that blood-red flame of Xiao Yan's is?" In the central seat, Vice President Hu Qian smiled and looked at the taciturn old man on his left.

"Sigh, didn't you know about Xiao Yan's information in the Gama Empire? Why are you asking knowingly?" Fire Elder glanced at Hu Qian. When Xiao Yan returned to Canaan Academy a few months ago, they even held a special meeting for Xiao Yan.

At that time, the higher-ups of the Outer Academy knew that Xiao Yan had not only won the overall championship of the Gama Empire Alchemist Convention, but had also been confirmed to possess a Strange Flame, and had even defeated Nalan Yanran, the Young Sect Master of the Yunlan Sect.

So this time, the Outer Academy's higher-ups were actually here to watch Xiao Yan in the Inner Academy selection competition. They all knew that Xiao Yan was skilled in Pill Refining and that his strength was not weak, but they didn't know exactly how strong Xiao Yan was.

"In this match, Xiao Yan of Yellow Rank Class Two wins!" At this moment, the referee finally came back to his senses. After confirming that Lu Mu had only fainted and was not in mortal danger, he announced loudly again.

The subsequent matches gradually revealed the strength of the Outer Academy. Those who could achieve two consecutive victories were not weak.

Xun Er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yu were needless to say, their cultivation was completely crushing their opponents, achieving two consecutive victories without a doubt.

Xiao Meng was lucky, encountering someone whose cultivation was only one star higher than his. In the end, he relied on a higher-level Cultivation Method and Dou Technique to defeat his opponent without any pressure.

"Xiao Yueliang is a bit unlucky, he actually encountered a Two-Star Da Dou Shi..."

In the arena, Xiao Yueliang was relying on the Mystic High-Rank Dou Technique and Cultivation Method taught by Xiao Yan, and was struggling to hold on, even occasionally counterattacking.

But after all, the opponent was a Da Dou Shi, using Dou Qi Transformation Armor to offset the attacks. The tactic of exchanging injuries for injuries put Xiao Yueliang at a disadvantage.

Ruo Lin Mentor shook her head lightly, saying regretfully, "He's a bit unlucky. If he had encountered someone with a lower strength, he might have been able to achieve two consecutive victories and directly enter the top fifty."

This kind of random draw still depended on luck to some extent, just like Lu Mu, who was clearly in the top ten in terms of strength, but happened to encounter Xiao Yan in the second round and was relegated to the loser's bracket.

The opponent Xiao Yueliang encountered was even stronger than the Alchemist Lu Mu.

Looking at the situation in the arena, Xiao Yan shook his head. If Xiao Yueliang could reach the peak Dou Shi or cultivate his Dou Technique to Lesser Mastery, there might be some chance of defeating his opponent.

"With only four months, it's not easy to cultivate a Mystic High-Rank Dou Technique to Lesser Mastery." Xun Er comforted softly.

"That's right, and it's just one loss. There's still the third round, and Xiao Yueliang can still enter the Inner Academy." Xiao Yu nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, revealing a meaningful smile as he said, "How can someone from my Xiao Clan be so easily defeated?"

"Use the secret method." Xiao Yan transmitted his voice to Xiao Yueliang in the arena.

Hearing the Young Clan Leader's Soul Transmission, Xiao Yueliang sighed inwardly, regretting that his cultivation was lagging behind and he had to use external force to help him defeat his opponent.

"Hahaha, victory belongs to me!" Taking advantage of Xiao Yueliang's daze, he punched him in the face.

With a buzz, a ball of blood-red flames suddenly burst out from Xiao Yueliang's body, and at this moment, Xiao Yueliang's aura soared.

"Hmm? Is this a secret method?!" Vice President Hu Qian frowned, not entirely sure.

"Secret method my ass. That kid Xiao Yan hid a bit of Strange Flame in Xiao Yueliang's body. But if you want to call it a secret method, you can. The principle of secret methods is also to activate some kind of energy in the body to increase strength." Others couldn't recognize it, but Fire Elder, who played with fire, naturally could.

That Strange Flame was the same kind that Xiao Yan used.

Roar!! Xiao Yueliang seemed to have gone mad at this moment, his eyes turning bloodshot, and his body muscles becoming strong and bulging. He grabbed his opponent and threw him to the ground.

The suddenly fierce Xiao Yueliang in the arena caught his opponent off guard. Each punch and kick was powerful and forceful. After his body was strengthened by the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, the Dou Qi Transformation Armor could no longer withstand Xiao Yueliang's attacks.

In the end, Xiao Yueliang won by throwing his opponent off the stage.

Ruo Lin Mentor looked at Xiao Yan, who was healing Xiao Yueliang, and she had not yet recovered from the shock. All the members of the Xiao Clan entered the top fifty and all entered the Inner Academy!!

Yellow Rank Class Two became famous.

The next day, twenty-five people advanced in the Inner Academy selection competition, and twenty-five were eliminated. The remaining fifty people would compete tomorrow for the remaining twenty-five places in the Inner Academy.

Naturally, Xiao Yan and the others didn't need to watch, which was equivalent to a day off.

Xiao Yan, or rather, the name of the Xiao Clan, began to spread throughout the academy from this day on. Until now, those who envied Xiao Yan and questioned Xun Er's judgment had gradually begun to shut their mouths.

On the fourth day, all fifty people who advanced to the Inner Academy gathered in the square to compete for the top five spots, vying for the qualification to enter the Books Collection Pavilion.

When Xiao Yan and the others arrived outside the Great Square, they couldn't help but be speechless at the sight of the crowd that almost blocked the entrance to the square. In the end, with Ruo Lin Mentor's help, they entered the square through a heavily guarded passage.

Sitting in his chair, Xiao Yan was chatting and laughing softly with Xun Er beside him when he suddenly stopped talking and turned his gaze to a special passage in the square. There, Bai Shan, surrounded by a group of people like a moon surrounded by stars, was looking over here. Noticing Xiao Yan's gaze, a cold smile appeared on his handsome face, and his lips moved slightly. Although he didn't speak, Xiao Yan could still make out what he said.

"I want you to lose all dignity today!"

Xiao Yan just glanced at him and ignored him. If words were all it took, then he would say he wanted to become a Dou Di.

"You are Xiao Yan? Do you dare to fight me!" Xiao Yan had just wanted to talk to Xun Er when another person came.

Xiao Yan looked over and remembered that this person seemed to be called Wu Hao, some kind of Blood Asura from the Outer Academy Enforcement Team. All his skills were trained for killing, and he had killed countless people. His Blood Qi was like a dragon, and he reeked of blood.

He had also heard that he was one of Xun Er's suitors.

"I..." Before Xiao Yan could speak, another voice came from not far away.

"Wu Hao, get out of the way. Xun Er is my woman. I will defeat this Xiao Yan!" A girl in red, with her hands on her hips, said in a carefree manner.

Little Bewitching Woman Hu Jia, Xiao Yan had heard this name when he was recruiting students.

Wu Hao ignored the Little Bewitching Woman, instead staring at Xiao Yan with a sharp fighting intent in his eyes.

Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Xun Er, who was sitting next to him, and spread his hands helplessly, saying, "Xun Er, you really are a heartbreaker for both men and women."

Xun Er glanced at Xiao Yan, who was teasing her, thinking, It's not my fault that I'm good-looking!

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