Xiao Yan sat to the side, shaking his head helplessly, and said with great regret, "Thank you all for affirming Xun Er's beauty. I also understand that you still have some fantasies and illusions in your hearts, mistakenly regarding Xun Er as the white moonlight in your hearts."
"I know I also have a responsibility to shatter your fantasies, but unfortunately, the opponent wasn't my choice, but the academy's arrangement."
Xiao Yan shook his head, a little regretful that he couldn't satisfy these people's desire to be abused all at once.
Little Demoness was stunned for a moment, then slowly asked, "You don't know?"
"Huh? What should I know?" With a look of doubt, Xiao Yan asked back.
Little Demoness tossed her hair and said, "Today's competition isn't one-on-one. The top five will be decided from fifty people, using a free-for-all mode. The last five people remaining on the stage will be the top five and will be qualified to enter the Books Collection Pavilion to choose rewards."
!!!! Xiao Yan blinked twice. Before he could finish thinking, the voice of Vice President Hu Qian came.
The deep voice, like muffled thunder, swirled in the mid-air of the plaza. Vice President Hu Qian said, "Yesterday, the Inner Academy selection competition selected the final fifty. They all have the qualifications to enter the Inner Academy to cultivate. However, within the Inner Academy, there are also clear levels. If you want to obtain better cultivation conditions in the Inner Academy, then you must try your best to achieve the best results in this final competition. Every improvement will be of great help to you. So, do your best, in order to obtain more excellent cultivation conditions!"
Hu Qian glanced at Xiao Yan, who was dumbfounded and looking at him, and smiled, "In previous years' selection competitions, the round-robin matches were chosen. This year, after discussion at the academy meeting, the competition mode for this final round has been slightly changed."
"This year, we don't want round-robin matches one after another, but a passionate and exciting free-for-all elimination round. Whoever can last longer in this elimination round will have a higher ranking, and vice versa." Looking at the many participants entering the arena one after another, Hu Qian smiled and said, "In this plaza, no matter what means you use, or even team up with others, as long as you can preserve yourselves in the melee, then you will have achieved victory."
As soon as Hu Qian's voice fell, some whispers rang out in the plaza. Obviously, this mode, which was different from previous years' competitions, caught them a little off guard.
Apart from some students like Hu Jia, who had some connections with the academy, others, even Xun Er and Ruo Lin Mentor, didn't know that this year's rules had been changed! With a snap, Xiao Yan slapped his thigh and stood up excitedly.
"Ah, why did you slap my thigh!" Xiao Yu covered her slightly flushed jade leg and glared at Xiao Yan. You slapped your own thigh when you stood up, why did you slap mine!
"I got excited, I'll be a little more careful next time." Xiao Yan smiled sheepishly.
Xiao Yu was dumbfounded. There's a next time?
Xiao Yan slowly looked at Little Demoness and the others. What you want comes true. A free-for-all? Then who the top five are today is up to me, Xiao Yan! I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table. I'm a Dou Ling, you're all trash.
Xiao Yan licked his lips, his eyes looking at the fifty people in the arena like he was looking at prey. No, it was forty-three people. He was already calculating in his heart how to take them all down in one fell swoop without being stopped! Wouldn't the top five all be his own people then?! What Xiao Yan didn't know was that the reason why Vice President and the other higher-ups changed the rules was to have the Outer Academy's students join forces to fight against Xiao Yan, to see how strong Xiao Yan really was, which was why they came up with such a free-for-all.
"Do you all understand the competition rules?" When everyone had entered the plaza, Hu Qian's eyes swept around the arena and he asked loudly.
"Understood!" Hearing Hu Qian's question, a neat response rang out in the arena.
"Good, since everyone understands, then I announce..." Hu Qian slowly raised his hand, and finally, under the gaze of countless eyes, it fell with a bang: "The final round of the Inner Academy selection competition, the elimination round, begins now!"
As soon as the Vice President's voice fell, the standing positions in the entire plaza became strange.
Xiao Yan stood in front of Xun Er and the others, facing the remaining forty-three people.
"Xiao Yan, are you looking down on us, wanting to take on so many people alone?" Bai Shan deliberately stirred up the emotions of the people in the arena, trying to put a label on Xiao Yan.
"Bai Shan, you don't need to use such boring tricks. I'm not just looking down on you, but also you and you, none of you are good enough." Xiao Yan pointed at Little Demoness and Wu Hao, shaking his finger.
Xiao Yan had been back for four months. Even when he sometimes went shopping with Xun Er in Canaan City, there were still people who dared to run up to Xun Er and confess their love in the street.
What he heard the most was that he wasn't worthy of Xun Er, and that xxx was a better match for Xun Er.
He really needed to find an opportunity to declare his sovereignty.
Seeing Xiao Yan point at her and say she wasn't good enough, Little Demoness, who had always been hopping around, turned gloomy, and Wu Hao, who had always been pursuing Xun Er, was even more so.
He had a calm nature and was born for killing. He had finally met a girl he liked, and he was eager to see what the man Xun Er had taken a fancy to was like.
"Since the Vice President has given me such a good opportunity, then let's settle it all at once. Whether you have a crush on Xun Er or you just can't stand me, Xiao Yan, come at me together, so I don't have to hear people chattering in my ear after entering the Inner Academy." Xiao Yan put one hand behind his back, beckoning with his finger, with the spirit of Ip Man wanting to fight ten.
"Xiao Yan-gege, I can also help you deal with some people." Looking at the clearly divided areas in the arena, Xun Er tilted her head and smiled sweetly.
A pair of beautiful, round, slender jade legs stepped out, and Xiao Yu snorted coldly, "Hmph, even if you are really strong, don't think of us as too weak. We can deal with some of the others, leaving those three to you."
"That's right, Young Clan Leader, we can also fight!"
On the stands, looking at the plaza that was almost divided into two sides from the beginning, excited screams resounded through the clouds, and many people were tearing their throats cheering for their favorite contestants.
"Hehe, this Xiao Yan looks like he's going to take on many people alone." Looking at the arena, on the central platform, an old man smiled.
"Then let's see if this Xiao Yan, who has been cultivating outside for more than a year, is more powerful than the top students of our Canaan Academy." The Vice President stroked his beard and said.
Qi surged, and in an instant, all the students in the arena simultaneously activated their Cultivation Methods and unleashed their Dou Qi.
"Xiao Yan, let me tell you what a real genius is! You are not worthy of Xun Er!" In the whistling wind, Bai Shan was the first to attack, a silver spear appearing in his palm.
With a sizzling sound, the spear had almost been completely transformed into a silver lightning spear. Electric arcs flickered on the spear shaft, and even the sound of thunder could be heard. With a slight movement of the spear, it already emitted a terrifying energy that made the space fluctuate.
"Prepare to die!"
A sinister glint flashed in his eyes. Bai Shan gripped his long spear tightly, his feet shifting to the side as he slowly raised the spear above his head. In an instant, accompanied by the sound of thunder, it crashed down on the hard floor. Immediately, an earth-shattering explosion echoed, drawing everyone's attention. When they saw Bai Shan, who resembled a silver sun, and felt the terrifying power contained within the spear, a clamor arose from the stands.
"Quaking Thunder Earth Arc Explosion!"
A cold shout suddenly rang out from the silver halo. Then, under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, a silver arc of electricity, as thick as a zhang, burst out from where the spear touched the ground. Wherever the arc passed, the hard floor of the plaza was almost completely destroyed.
The arc of electricity was like a winding silver snake, its speed so fast that it was difficult to react. Outside the arena, people could only see a flash of silver light in the field, and then they saw the deep ravines that appeared with crackling sounds all the way. The scene looked as if the land had been plowed by an ox. Then, everyone heard a deafening explosion and hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound, only to see that the explosion was actually in the direction of Xiao Yan.
Looking at the huge ravine that appeared where the silver arc landed, countless people swallowed hard. Such a terrifying attack would probably severely injure even a Seven-Star or Eight-Star Da Dou Shi if they were hit, right? Seeing the lightning spear being thrown over, Xiao Yan suddenly twisted his body, condensing a section of blood-red flames on his right foot, and kicked towards the lightning spear.
With a loud bang, the lightning arc exploded, but it was burned to ashes by the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame in just one second. Xiao Yan kicked the silver spear directly back.
"It's not over yet!" Bai Shan also knew that it would not be so easy to defeat Xiao Yan. With a flash of lightning, he turned into a bolt of lightning and jumped into the air to catch the flying spear.
"Thunder Spear Flash!" Bai Shan leaped high, the spear in his right hand emitting a daylight-like lightning, and stabbed towards Xiao Yan, turning into a bolt of lightning.
Countless lightning bolts instantly submerged Xiao Yan, the ground cracked open, and countless lightning arcs danced on the ground.
A grim smile appeared on the corner of Bai Shan's mouth. Although he was only a Five-Star Da Dou Shi, he had once seriously injured a Dou Ling expert who was caught off guard with several Mystic High-Rank Dou Techniques he had obtained in the Black-Corner Region, and then took the opponent's head.
Even if Xiao Yan's strength was comparable to his, he would definitely not feel good.
"Thunder-attribute Dou Qi should be powerful, strong, and vigorous. Why are you like a sissy, weak and powerless? Are you really a genius student of Canaan Academy?"
In the lightning, Xiao Yan, whose whole body was wrapped in blood-red flames, caught Bai Shan's spear with one hand. Those lightning attacks could not even penetrate the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame, let alone injure Xiao Yan, and were all burned away.
To be honest, Xiao Yan was a little disappointed. He thought that the genius students cultivated by Canaan Academy, the number one academy on the Dou Qi Continent, should be more powerful than the disciples cultivated by Yunlan Sect.
But after two moves, Xiao Yan was sure that this Bai Shan was far inferior to Nalan Yanran.
If Nalan Yanran was 1, then this Bai Shan was at most 0.3 Nalan Yanran.
With a whoosh, under Bai Shan's astonished expression, Xiao Yan swept a whip kick on Bai Shan's side abdomen, instantly shattering the Dou Qi Armor that Bai Shan had condensed.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame-enhanced body was like a Magical Beast, and the terrifying power sent Bai Shan flying. He couldn't even hold the spear, spat out a mouthful of blood, and flew backwards.
Xiao Yan casually threw away the silver spear. The next second, a whip shadow descended from the sky with a crackling sound. Hu Jia, holding a long whip, lashed out.
"Dragon Soaring Whip!" Hu Jia circulated her Dou Qi, and the long whip in her hand lashed towards Xiao Yan like a leaping angry dragon.
"Your dragon is not very good." Xiao Yan formed a claw with his left hand, capturing the dragon with his hand. His five fingers grabbed the long whip firmly, like a golden-winged roc grabbing a dragon.
While Xiao Yan was defusing Hu Jia's attack, a bloody shadow appeared behind Xiao Yan.
Sensing the surging bloody aura on the right, Xiao Yan turned his head to look, only to see Wu Hao, who was exuding Blood Qi and looked like a ghost, slapping his palm. The bloody smell of his palm was so strong that it could not be dispelled.
"Blood Qi Demon Palm!"
Faced with the murderous palm, Xiao Yan's expression was calm. His right hand turned into a fist, and he blasted out with the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame.
"Eight Extremities Collapse."
Although both were Mystic High-Rank Dou Techniques, Xiao Yan's strength far exceeded Wu Hao's. Not to mention that Xiao Yan also had the Strange Flame.
The eight-layered dark force exploded. Feeling the terror of the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame and the dark force, Wu Hao's expression suddenly changed. The dark force was transmitted to Wu Hao's body and exploded. With eight booming sounds, Wu Hao's Dou Qi Transformation Armor could not resist, and the armor shattered as he retreated eight steps, each step causing the ground of the plaza to crack.
Wu Hao struggled to raise his head, a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.
Xiao Yan glanced at Hu Jia, who was pulling the long whip with force, and flicked his finger, and a Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame bomb exploded with a bang. At this time, Hu Jia understood why the two people who fought against Xiao Yan could not resist Xiao Yan's casual flick of a finger.
The explosion of the Ten Thousand Beasts Spirit Flame was difficult to resist with ordinary Dou Techniques, and even Dou Qi Armor could only resist one or two.
The flames receded, and Hu Jia's body was burned with torn skin and flesh. She knelt on the ground, panting heavily.
Wu Hao and Hu Jia looked at Xiao Yan in the field with surprise and fear. How could he be so strong! Are you really only nineteen years old! The audience in the stands had long been dumbfounded. Not to mention the student audience, even the elders and Vice President Hu Qian were stunned.
Faced with the siege of three Outer Academy geniuses, he defeated three people in one exchange?!!
"What what what is his cultivation level? He actually defeated Little Demoness Hu Jia, Blood Asura Wu Hao, and Thunder Spear Bai Shan so easily!!"
"I don't know, but that Xiao Yan is so strong!"
Vice President Hu Qian frowned and said, "Old Huo, that Xiao Yan is powerful not only because he possesses a Strange Flame, right?"
The hot-tempered Fire Elder helplessly smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at Xiao Yan, who was standing quietly in the crowd and no one dared to approach, and said, "What makes him powerful is not only his Dou Qi cultivation, but even his body is so strong. The Dou Technique he used to make Wu Hao vomit blood with one punch just now relied on his physical strength."
At this time, Xiao Yan not only did not have joy and pride, but looked at Hu Jia and Wu Hao indifferently and commented, "You two are a little better than that Bai Shan."
Xiao Yan looked at Little Demoness Hu Jia and said, "Although you are not as good as that one full of bloody smell, you are younger, so you are probably 0.4."
"You're also 0.4, right? If you work a little harder, you should reach 0.5." Xiao Yan said slowly, looking at Wu Hao.
Wu Hao and Hu Jia were completely confused, what was this 0.4, 0.5 thing? What was he talking about? Only Xiao Yan understood what he was saying, it was a Combat Power Unit! Weaker than Nalan Yanran, that meant they were weaklings.
Xiao Yan frowned, thinking to himself, Could it be that Nalan Yanran is actually quite strong? Is her talent actually very high?
Xiao Yan fell into self-doubt. He thought that Nalan Yanran's strength wasn't considered very high in the Northwest Region or Canaan Academy, and she could only act mighty in the Gama Empire.
But looking at it now, that Little Demoness was even called a genius once in a hundred years, but being the same age as Xiao Yan, at nineteen years old, she was only a Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
Wu Hao was called the Blood Shura of the Enforcement Team, killing everywhere in the Black-Corner Region, even killing several Dou Lings. But his cultivation was only a Six-Star Da Dou Shi, and his strength was also inferior to Nalan Yanran, who had obtained Yun Potian's inheritance.
After all, the only person of the same age that Xiao Yan could call a battle opponent was Nalan Yanran, so she naturally became Xiao Yan's 'Combat Power Unit' when fighting people of the same age! It was rare for Xiao Yan to fight someone his age, fighting old monsters so much that Xiao Yan forgot he was only nineteen years old.
It was precisely because of this that Xiao Yan suddenly realized that Nalan Yanran's talent and combat power were actually quite high.
"Hu Jia, Wu Hao, let's join forces." At this time, Bai Shan, who had been sent flying by Xiao Yan, had already stood up, and with a suction of his palm, he retrieved the silver spear that Xiao Yan had thrown aside.
Bai Shan gritted his teeth and shouted coldly, silver Dou Qi suddenly covering his body. The silver spear in his hand shook, and Dou Qi like electric snakes rapidly flickered and jumped at the tip of the spear. As Bai Shan's spear tip trembled violently, silver Dou Qi began to condense at the tip, emitting a faint sizzling sound. Judging by his appearance, he was clearly preparing a Dou Technique with considerable power, intending to fight desperately.
On the side, Wu Hao and Hu Jia hesitated slightly, but the Dou Qi in their bodies also began to surge rapidly. With their reputation in Canaan Academy, their pride made them extremely unwilling to join forces against an enemy.
But at this time, Xiao Yan's strength had made the three of them have no choice but to join forces, and naturally, it was impossible to hold back any longer.
What's more, that was Xiao Yan, still a love rival?! Hearing Bai Shan's words, dark green and blood-colored Dou Qi began to surge wildly from Hu Jia and Wu Hao's bodies. On the whip and heavy sword, fierce attack-type Dou Techniques were rapidly brewing. After the previous defeat, they were now desperately counterattacking!
Seeing the three preparing for a desperate fight, Xiao Yan smiled slightly, respecting them, and took out the Mystic Heavy Ruler. After looking around, he said, "The rest of you forty-three should join in too. Oh, it seems there aren't forty-three people anymore."
Xun Er and the others had just defeated several people, and now there were only a little over thirty people left on the field.
...
The silent atmosphere in the field lasted for less than a minute before it was suddenly broken! "*Thunder Shakes the Eight Desolations!*"
"*Darkwood Poisonous Serpent Vine!*"
"*Blood Cleaving Slash!*"
In the arena, Bai Shan and the other two's eyes suddenly widened, and the powerful Dou Techniques in their hands finally reached their limit. Their weapons shook violently, and instantly, three fierce and unmatched energies, one silver, one green, and one red, burst out. Wherever the three energies passed, the hard floor cracked completely, and glaring cracks stretched all the way to the edge of the square before stopping.
Looking at the three Mystic High-Rank Dou Technique attacks that had reached Great Accomplishment, Xiao Yan didn't hold back any longer. The Dou Qi in his whole body surged, and the Soul power shield was removed, revealing Xiao Yan's cultivation.
"Holy crap! This kid is a Two-Star Dou Ling?!!!" Several high-level members of the school staff stood up abruptly, as if their worldviews had collapsed. A nineteen-year-old Two-Star Dou Ling?! Are you kidding me! But their surprise didn't end there, because they felt the energy of heaven and earth surging.
"*Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler!*"
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