Miscalculation (5000)

Xiao Yan revealed a hint of triumph and a touch of cunning in his smile, glancing at the Canaan Academy higher-ups who had exclaimed and stood up.

Xiao Yan's eyes seemed to say: Didn't expect that, did you?

An unusually violent energy fluctuation instantly rippled through the plaza. The first to sense this fluctuation were the elders on the judging panel, their expressions abruptly changing. Their gazes almost simultaneously snapped towards the black-robed youth standing proudly in the arena, wielding the heavy ruler. The source of the violent energy fluctuation was none other than him!

The elders on the stage exchanged glances, then their throats bobbed slightly. This energy fluctuation actually filled them with fear.

"Earth Rank Dou Technique!!"

The Fire Elder and the other elders were shocked. They all understood that only Earth Rank or higher Dou Techniques could stir the energy of heaven and earth.

Even in a place like the Black-Corner Region, only established Dou Huang forces would possibly possess Earth Rank Dou Techniques. Otherwise, the auction wouldn't have attracted so many Dou Huang forces in the first place.

And among the Outer Academy's many talented students, people like Bai Shan and Wu Hao, who could have entered the Inner Academy last year, deliberately delayed for a year to get into the top five for the rewards, precisely because they could obtain Earth Rank Dou Techniques in the Books Collection Pavilion, and it was even rumored that there were Earth Rank Cultivation Methods!

Above the heavy ruler, a dark red ruler-light, several dozen feet in size, shot out with a terrifying, unstoppable force!

The instant the ruler-light shot out, the space rippled like a lake into which a huge rock had been thrown. On the already ruined arena, a crack half a meter wide rapidly spread along the trajectory of the ruler-light in the midst of horrified gazes!

"Quick! Save them!" Vice President Hu Qian hurriedly shouted before appearing in the plaza in a flash. Several elders also hastily joined forces to cast a defensive barrier, preventing the aftershocks of Xiao Yan's Earth Rank Dou Technique from harming other students fighting in the arena.

Without a doubt, once Xiao Yan's Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler was unleashed, even though Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia had exerted all their strength, even the strength they used to breastfeed, their Dou Techniques shattered upon contact.

"How... is this possible?" Hu Jia watched as her strongest Dou Technique was instantly evaporated by Xiao Yan's fire-wave ruler-light, like a drop of water falling into a volcano. Her whole body went limp, and she didn't have the slightest will to resist.

Although Wu Hao still wanted to resist, using his ultimate skill again, even using secret methods to consume his life force to increase his cultivation, it was still like a stone falling into the sea, unable to stir up even a ripple.

It wasn't that they hadn't defeated Dou Ling before. Wu Hao and Bai Shan had even killed Dou Ling, but the Dou Ling they had killed didn't even have Mystic High-Rank Dou Techniques, let alone Earth Rank Dou Techniques.

When had they ever seen an Earth Rank Dou Technique hurtling towards them? If they ever did, that would be the day they died.

Boom!!! Vice President Hu Qian instantly flashed to the front, his hands flipped, and with a push, a massive Dou Qi wall appeared in front of him.

The terrifying fire wave of the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler was like a huge mountain, pressing down fiercely. The fire wave blocked by the vice president didn't disappear directly, but surged in all directions with terrifying force.

Fortunately, several other elders had also reached Dou Wang strength and appeared in time to block the aftershocks of Xiao Yan's attack.

With a faint smile, Xiao Yan put away the Mystic Heavy Ruler. He knew that his attack would definitely be blocked, so he didn't use the Strange Flame to fuse with the Mystic Heavy Ruler.

"Several teachers, this isn't in accordance with the rules. This student has already used up all his Dou Qi with this move. Oh dear, I'm about to faint." Xiao Yan pretended to look like he was about to faint from excessive Dou Qi consumption.

Hu Qian, the vice president who had blocked Xiao Yan's Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, glared at Xiao Yan and said, "Even if that was my granddaughter, I wouldn't show favoritism. It's just that as the vice president, I have a duty to protect the safety of the students."

Hu Qian glanced at his granddaughter and shook his head, saying, "Hu Jia, there is always someone better. You still need to cultivate diligently."

Hu Jia slowly sighed, took a deep look at Xiao Yan, and said fiercely, "Xiao Yan, I will definitely defeat you!"

Xiao Yan touched his nose, looking embarrassed. Why did this sound so familiar?

Wu Hao put away his heavy sword, looked at Xiao Yan, and then glanced at Xun Er. He was also a man of his word, and said seriously, "You are more worthy of her than I am. I, Wu Hao, was blind before. I'm convinced."

After saying this, the two of them didn't dawdle and jumped out of the arena.

"No! I won't admit defeat! I still have a Fourth Grade armor! Even if you didn't intervene, I wouldn't lose!" Bai Shan panicked when he saw Wu Hao and Hu Jia jump out of the arena.

Because if he lost, according to the number of people currently left in the arena, he definitely wouldn't be able to enter the top five.

If he lost in the Inner Academy selection competition, he could still participate in the next year, but now he was already confirmed to enter the Inner Academy, there was no next year!

Bai Shan had stayed in the Outer Academy for three years for the reward of the top five, to enter the Books Collection Pavilion to choose a reward, to obtain the Earth Rank Dou Technique inside the Books Collection Pavilion.

He couldn't accept this result.

The Fire Elder and the other teachers frowned. This wasn't how Bai Shan had been in the Outer Academy for the past three years. He was a model student, polite to teachers, strong, and highly talented. Why was he so ugly now?

"Alas, student Bai Shan, I, Hu Qian, can say with the strength of a Dou Huang that you absolutely cannot withstand student Xiao Yan's Dou Technique. Even if you have armor, you will only die." Vice President Hu Qian had no choice but to step in and smooth things over.

The initial rules didn't say that teachers could step in to block Dou Technique attacks, but anyone with eyes could see that Xiao Yan's Dou Technique could definitely kill any student in seconds. A Fourth Grade armor couldn't resist it at all, and their heads would be blown to pieces.

"I don't believe it! If Xiao Yan can use it again, and I truly can't resist, then I will admit this result!" Bai Shan was betting that Xiao Yan couldn't use such a powerful Dou Technique twice in one day.

"Alright."

Buzz!! Suddenly, an extremely hot aura erupted from Xiao Yan's body. Xiao Yan held the Mystic Heavy Ruler in one hand and raised it high above his head. Instantly, the Mystic Heavy Ruler became incredibly red, and an aura identical to the one just now erupted from Xiao Yan's body.

"This is the first time I've heard such a bizarre request."

"Everyone, you heard it. He himself requested to do it again. Life and death are up to fate. Remember not to be so stubborn in your next life."

Xiao Yan thought that even if Bai Shan was blasted to death by the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and his body was burned away, his mouth would probably still be there, and it would be hard.

The few elders exchanged glances, then directly made way for him. The other students, needless to say, quickly moved aside, afraid of being affected by that idiot, Bai Shan.

From below the stage, Hu Jia mercilessly mocked, "Hmph, this Bai Shan is truly foolish to the extreme."

Wu Hao shook his head and said indifferently, "He is a weakling."

Bai Shan felt the unparalleled pressure and heat, his eyes glazed over, and he took a few steps backward woodenly. He accidentally stepped on a pebble and fell on his butt, trembling as he looked at Xiao Yan.

The red light emitted from the crimson Mystic Heavy Ruler reflected Xiao Yan's pearly white teeth, his grinning face resembling a devil.

"I surrender, don't kill me!" Seeing Xiao Yan preparing to strike, Bai Shan shouted. The pressure of life and death almost made him wet his pants.

With a whoosh, Xiao Yan canceled the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, stuck the Mystic Heavy Ruler into the ground, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, saying, "Thank goodness, this idiot didn't persist. I couldn't have managed a second strike."

Xun Er covered her mouth and giggled beside him, helplessly looking at the self-directed and self-acted Xiao Yan. She naturally knew Xiao Yan's strength; let alone another Earth Rank Dou Technique, he could do it several more times.

Xiao Yan's show of weakness was mainly to get some benefits, just like this time. If Xiao Yan had told Ruo Lin Mentor earlier that he was a Two-Star Dou Ling, he might not even have needed to participate in the selection.

But then how would Xiao Yan have led his clansmen to monopolize all the top five spots?

One reward from the Books Collection Pavilion wasn't enough; he wanted them all!

The vice-principal also shook his head, sending Bai Shan, who was dumbfounded by Xiao Yan's antics, off the stage.

"The five of you take care of the rest. Xun Er and I won't take action. If you get knocked off the stage, your training will be doubled when you get back." Xiao Yan sat on the ground, not bothering with the remaining twenty or so people.

Without Bai Shan and the other two, Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu, who were Four-Star Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master), had the highest cultivation, and the Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques they practiced were not low-level. They might not be able to massacre, but they had no opponents.

"Yes, Young Clan Leader!"

Xiao Ning lived up to the Qi Gathering Powder that Xiao Yan had rewarded him with back then, cultivating diligently over the years, and his combat power was very strong.

And Xiao Yu, who possessed a flying Dou Technique, occupied the airspace. With the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, it was difficult for others to attack her in the air.

Seeing the number of people in the arena dwindling, Xun Er also didn't take action. She sat beside Xiao Yan, and the two of them actually sat on the edge of the stage chatting, not regarding the other students as people at all.

Xiao Yan looked at the girl beside him and said, "You are mine, no matter how powerful the forces behind you are, I will never give up!"

Grasping that delicate little hand slightly tighter, Xiao Yan said slowly in a voice that only the two of them could hear. Although the voice was calm, it was not difficult to hear a hint of domineering determination in it.

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xun Er was first stunned, and then a blush like blood-red clouds suddenly rose on her snow-white and exquisite face. She didn't expect that at this time, Xiao Yan would say such words as if making a lifelong promise.

Under Xiao Yan's sudden words, even with Xun Er's composure, she couldn't maintain her nonchalance. Her face was as red as an apple, and an indescribable ripple arose in her heart.

"Mmm." Xun Er nodded lightly, her face flushed, and murmured softly.

Several high-level figures looked at Xiao Yan and the others, who had basically secured their victory, and they had a headache.

"What to do... this doesn't seem to comply with the rules."

"What 'what to do'? The rules originally allowed for teaming up."

"But... this isn't quite what we expected."

The elders had a headache. Xiao Yan's performance in the entire competition could be summed up in two words: massacre!

A Two-Star Dou Ling who had mastered an Earth Rank Dou Technique was an unrelenting force of destruction in a competition among a group of intermediate Da Dou Shi (Great Battle Master) and even Dou Shi (Battle Master), young people in their twenties. He alone controlled the entire competition.

Looking at the entire competition, including the usual strength tests and the selection competition's performance, as well as the overall strength, the top five should have been Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan.

Although Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning's strength was only one star behind, the Dou Techniques they had mastered were not skilled enough, and their talent was far inferior to Wu Hao and the other two.

But they couldn't withstand the fact that they had an awesome Young Clan Leader who eliminated the three most troublesome obstacles at the beginning, opening up a smooth path for them.

And Xiao Yan also noticed the strength of Wu Hao and the other two, knowing that Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu would definitely not be able to defeat them. After calculating that they wouldn't be able to rank in the top five, he targeted those three from the beginning.

This made several elders and the vice-principal have to admit that they had misjudged. Miscalculation!

When there were only seven members of the Xiao Clan left on the stage, Xiao Yan took Xun Er's hand, walked to the middle of the stage, made a curtain call of thanks, and slowly bowed.

"Thank you for watching, today's performance is over, everyone, go home."

Xiao Yan and Xun Er were like the male and female leads of a stage play, giving all the audience a good show. The others in the top fifty were just cannon fodder, and Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan were like the villains defeated by the protagonist.

"Hehe, this Xiao Yan is indeed very strong. He is not just an ordinary Alchemist." On the side, Fire Elder's gaze was fixed on the black-robed youth in the arena, but he ignored the vice-principal's helpless expression, nodded, and a stiff smile appeared on his rigid face for the first time.

"Vice-principal, is this... considered a violation of the rules by Xiao Yan?" On the referee's seat, a middle-aged referee asked carefully, with a wry smile on his face, to the few people on the podium. If Hu Jia wasn't involved, he wouldn't have any scruples, but unfortunately, that Little Enchantress was among them, and she was beaten without any power to fight back, completely crushed, and finally lost the qualification for the top five.

Having been at Canaan Academy for so many years, he had really never seen a peer crush Hu Jia.

"This competition wasn't exactly fair to begin with, so Xiao Yan can't really be considered to have broken the rules, right? After all, we've all seen his strength clearly." The vice-principal waved his hand and sighed.

Pa pa pa, countless Outer Academy students in the arena were also impressed by Xiao Yan's strength, and applause rang out in waves.

"This isn't over! The humiliation of today, I, Bai Shan, will make you repay a hundredfold! Xiao Yan, just you wait! Sooner or later, I will make you kneel at my feet!" Watching Xiao Yan, who was the focus of everyone's attention and admiration, and was even holding his goddess's hand, a flash of resentment flashed in Bai Shan's lowered eyes, and his fists clenched tightly.

Compared to the physical pain, the psychological frustration and blow were what Bai Shan found most unbearable.

In the past two years, he had been pushed to the forefront of the Outer Academy's most watched figures by countless flattering voices, but today, he was crushed to pieces by Xiao Yan. In the future, when people in this Canaan Academy mentioned him, Bai Shan, they would no longer be filled with the awe of looking up as before.

Because, above his head, there would always be someone standing, that person was the one who made people awe and look up to, and this situation, for Bai Shan, who was particularly arrogant, was undoubtedly more uncomfortable than taking his life.

The altar of genius that was looked up to, once ascended, would have a great sense of loss when falling down again, and many people could not bear this loss and became decadent or psychologically distorted.

Xiao Yan, with his keen Soul power, naturally noticed Bai Shan's resentful gaze, but he just smiled coldly.

Although the competition had ended, Xiao Yan's overwhelming strength forced the academy's higher-ups to hold an emergency meeting for him, and even invited Xiao Yan to the office to discuss it with him.

"Increase the number of places to enter the Books Collection Pavilion by three, and let the remaining forty-five people fight again? Sure, anyway, in yesterday's competition, the last seven people were left, and Xun Er and I were the first to step down, so Xun Er and I are sixth and seventh, we have no problem." Xiao Yan looked at the various higher-ups in the meeting room with a smile, and said.

"You... you this..." An Elder was speechless, their purpose was to allow Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan, these three who truly had the strength to enter the top five, to receive the rewards of the Books Collection Pavilion.

After all, the academy was different from the sect forces, their purpose was to cultivate students, and Wu Hao and the three of them were indeed qualified to receive the academy's resources.

He didn't expect Xiao Yan to be like an iron rooster, and even wanted two more places.

You're too greedy! "Then what are your opinions, student Xiao Yan?" Vice-Principal Hu Qian said lightly.

Xiao Yan looked directly at Hu Qian, naturally knowing that this was because he felt sorry for his granddaughter that he made such a suggestion.

"Since the school is willing to offer three places, why not add two more? Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu's strength is not below Bai Shan and the others. I wonder what the Vice-Principal thinks." Xiao Yan said.

All the higher-ups present discussed among themselves, it seemed that Xiao Yan was planning to protect the three weaker members of his Xiao Clan.

"Although those three are not as strong as Bai Shan and the others, Xiao Meng and Xiao Yueliang have only entered the Outer Academy for a year and have already reached Seven-Star Dou Shi, and Xiao Mei, although she has joined for two years, has also reached Nine-Star Dou Shi, and their strength is not weak, they can actually enter the top five next year as well."

"Indeed, these three have high potential as well, I think it also conforms to the principle that the Principal initially formulated, 'to take cultivating students as our responsibility'."

If Xiao Yan didn't think that his time in Canaan Academy wouldn't be very long, he would have let Xiao Mei and the three of them wait until next year to enter the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yan felt that letting them enter the Inner Academy with him would better improve their strength, so he was eager to have them pass the selection competition with him.

In the end, the academy actually agreed to Xiao Yan's proposal, in their eyes, the most worthy person to cultivate was actually Xiao Yan.

A day later, the news that the academy had temporarily increased the number of places to enter the Books Collection Pavilion spread throughout the entire academy, and even the Inner Academy heard the news.

Everyone guessed that this was because of Xiao Yan, therefore, Xiao Yan's reputation even spread into the Inner Academy.

The final additional competition had no surprises, the top five were Wu Hao, Hu Jia, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Bai Shan respectively.

The most grand competition of the year finally came to an end amidst a wave of discussions.

At this time, in the center of the Northwest Region, in the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, the largest sect of the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

"Flame Alliance's Xiao Yan? Hmph, I don't care who he is, daring to snatch the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's things is really tired of living!"

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