The Battle Through Heaven
Put on Stage and Receive Challengers
After completely resolving Xiao Li's matter, Xiao Yan was finally able to return to the Inner Academy with his heart at ease and prepare for the ‘Grand Strong Ranking’ Competition that would arrive at the Inner Academy. However, he also met Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning before he left. Now the Xiao clan had suffered enormous losses with an unknown number of clan members having died at the hands of the Misty Cloud Sect and ‘Hall of Souls’. Xiao Yan was much gentler when compared to before when faced with the three relatives who had blood relations with him. Given his character, he would naturally not care about some grudges from when they were young. No matter how one said it, they belonged to one clan. Moreover, it was undoubtedly easier to give confidence to relatives with blood ties compared to outsiders.
This year's Inner Academy Qualifying Competition will start again after another half a year. This time, it was not difficult for Xiao Yu to enter given his strength. It was a little riskier for Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning. However, this kind of risk was naturally not much of a problem in front of Xiao Yan who was a tier five alchemist. During that time Yao Lao had refined several medicinal pills with mysterious and unique effects, Xiao Yan had also obtained quite a number of medicinal formulas. These medicinal pills might not be able to let Xiao Ning or Xiao Mei take the champion spot at once, but it shouldn't be too difficult for them to get into the top fifty as long as their luck isn't too terrible.
Xiao Yan also became completely at ease after arranging all these troublesome matters. He bid the three of them before once again riding the Griffin with Xun Er and the rest to rush back to the Inner Academy.
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By the time Xiao Yan and the others rushed back to the Inner Academy, there were less than twenty-five days until the ‘Inner Strong’ Grand Strong Ranking Competition. As the competition draws closer, the conversation topic of the entire Inner Academy has basically changed towards this competition which is called the most intense and full of energy competition and only for the experts at ‘Strong Ranking’.
The people who were able to break into the top fifty of ‘Strong Ranking’ were basically the top people in the Inner Academy. The fight between them naturally had a great attraction for many people. Thus, even though only students by name on ‘Strong Ranking’ are qualified to be competitors of this kind of large competition, it is only students with a name on Strong Ranking who are qualified to be competitors of this kind, this did not hinder the focus and anticipation that the Inner Academy students had for it.
As everyone began to spread the word to each other in this almost insane manner, the atmosphere of the entire inner academy rose to a higher level than the past few years. After all, as long as one managed to enter the top ten, one would successfully become a potential Elder candidate of the Inner Academy. A special status like this would basically allow one to walk unhindered without fear among the students of this Inner Academy. Elders and students are two different identities. Countless people had fought until their heads were crushed when they wanted to take that step. However, that crude criterion caused most people to retreat calmly.
Of course, the reason for the highly coveted position of Inner Academy Elder was naturally not because one would be able to act triumphantly among the students. The most important reason was that/it was only the Elder who had the qualifications to enter the lowest level of the ‘Tower of Purification Sky Refining Blazing’.
The advantage of the ‘Lightened Heaven Qi Refining Tower’, being able to increase one's training speed, was something that had been experienced by the people in the Inner Academy. Therefore, many people naturally wanted the qualification to enter the last few levels of the tower that students were not allowed to enter. It was likely that one could save the time required to enter the Dou Huang class if one were to train there. Of course, this was if one also had such talent, trying to advance to the Dou Huang class was definitely not an easy matter even if one got help from the ‘Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower’.
Therefore, as long as it was someone who had some ability, he would have a fiery hot desire to rank in the top ten of ‘Strong Ranking’. That position and special treatment were enough to allow one to become a strong person!
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Moreover, due to the matter of qualifying to participate in the Grand Competition ‘Strong Rank’, the Inner Academy has currently descended into waves of wildschallenging each other. The strong people who usually buried their heads and practiced bitterly erupted and turned into overnight success this time. In a short time, the Inner Academy became turbulent. The fiery hot atmosphere had reached an unprecedented high. During this challenging tide, the batch after the batch of dark horses, which shocked the people, surged out in an unceasing manner.
The corrugated appearance of these black horses naturally and inevitably led to very intense competition for names on ‘Strong Ranking’. For these few short days, with the exception of the top twenty at ‘Strong Ranking’ who did not have much movement, the, there were people among the last thirty positions who were forcibly withdrawn by people who normally kept a low profile on a daily basis, attracting a myriad of exclamations.
In this type of wild wave, Xiao Yan, who was ranked 34th in ‘Strong Ranking’ was clearly unable to survive from it. Moreover, perhaps it was because he had consumed medicinal pills during his victory against Bai Cheng, perhaps, but the challenge letter he received was basically several times more than the other experts on ‘Strong Ranking’. Clearly, these people were all thinking of stepping on Xiao Yan's head and seizing his qualifications to participate in the competition.
Faced with the herd of unrelenting challenges, Xiao Yan would definitely find a reason to hide given his somewhat lazy character in the past. This time, however, perhaps it was due to the changes that had happened to his clan but Xiao Yan, who had become a little colder, unexpectedly did not reject any challenge. Instead, he left everyone dumbfounded by building his own fighting stage at the entrance of ‘Pan’s Gate’. Every day, he would select five people from those challenge letters and face each of them in battle.
Xiao Yan's actions at this very decisive moment naturally stimulated an uproar within the entire Inner Academy. In an instant, the entrance to ‘Pan’s Gate’ was basically blocked until no one could pass. This was the first time Xiao Yan had publicly accepted the challenge after defeating Bai Cheng and obtaining the 34th rank in ‘Strong Ranking’. Of course, there were many people swarming around to see if he could maintain a strength similar to the last time.
Unfortunately, those who carried a certain anticipation that/that dark horse Xiao Yan would be defeated in this way would not realize their dreams. The final battle result shocked the surrounding spectators until they were completely silent.
The battle stage was conducted for a total of three days.
There were five challengers on the first day. The four of them were two star Dou Lings and one three star Dou Ling. The five were defeated.
There were five challengers on the second day. Three of them were three star Dou Lings and two were four star Dou Lings. The five were defeated.
There were five challengers on the third day. One of them was a four star Dou Ling, three of them were five star Dou Lings and another one was a six star Dou Ling. The fight continued from morning until night. Fifth it ... defeated! Moreover, the last six strongest star Dou Ling ended up with serious injuries!
Xiao Yan did not lose even one fight in fifteen matches for three days. He sits tight in this 34th rank at ‘Strong Ranking’ in front of everyone. The rate even went up a little. This was because the last six star Dou Ling was ranked 31st.
The result of the battle with full victory shocked the curious spectators until they did not dare to let out a slightly strange sound. The moment when the six star body of a Dou Ling broke on the ground outside the arena, only the wild cheers of lightning from the members of ‘Pan’s Gate’ survived for a long time in the night sky …
As they watched the black-robed young man whose clothes looked messy and tattered after fighting all day long, some of the people who had originally issued the challenge letter started to turn their eyes somewhat guiltily under the gazes of those dark black disciples.it was as cold as night. For some unknown reason, though, the fighting style of Xiao Yan when he fought with the others for these three days was undoubtedly much more ruthless compared to when he fought with Bai Cheng back then. Moreover, due to the five high-intensity battles each day, not only did Xiao Yan's attacking style quickly become skilled and sharp under everyone's eyes, but his aura also became increasingly stronger…
Only at this moment did some people with sharp minds suddenly understand. These actions of Xiao Yan were not just because he wanted to end many unrelenting challenges. A large part of that was probably the intention to borrow the strength of others to hone himself! From the current situation, it appears that his/her actions have gained great success. Under this ferocious result of winning all fifteen matches, not only was there no longer anyone who issued a challenge to him, thinking that/that Xiao Yan was a softie among the last thirty of the ‘Strong Ranking’, but the strength of Xiao Yan had also advanced quite a lot. Some sharp-eyed people even suspected that/that the strength of Xiao Yan seemed to have gradually entered the level of a two star Dou Ling. Although his true fighting strength ... had long since far exceeded this level.
The top thirty experts of ‘Strong Ranking’ may have heard quite a bit about Xiao Yan's actions of building the battle stage and accepting the challenge but as the big competition got closer, these people, were, the one who was in a hurry for the time, was basically having trouble practicing all the time. Therefore, other than that six star Dou Ling, no other opponent that was difficult to deal with came to tears on the Xiao Yan stage.
Therefore, after the end of the fifteenth battle, Xiao Yan, who had obtained fifteen consecutive victories, did not stay on the fighting stage any longer. His cold gaze swept around him. No one dared to accept his gaze wherever it passed. Immediately, Xiao Yan turned around and left.
The sky had just become bright on the morning of the fourth day when the ferocious battle outcome of Xiao Yan's fifteen consecutive victories was brought about by various different rumors. They spread throughout the Inner Academy like the wind. In an instant, the name Xiao Yan once again became the focus of the attention of the entire academy. ‘Pan’s Gate’ is like a boat that rises with the rising tide of Xiao Yan. The reputation of this faction had already begun to show signs of vaguely pursuing the top faction that Lin Xiuya and the other experts had established at the peak of ‘Strong Ranking’.
However, just as Xiao Yan had once again become the focus of the attention of the entire Inner Academy, he, as the main character, once again disappeared strangely. This caused those who wanted to pay tribute to this Inner Academy's top alchemist and the person ranked 31st in ‘Strong Ranking’ to return in disappointment.
Of course, it was difficult to make any move a complete secret. This was especially the case in the Inner Academy which was filled with a wide variety of people. Therefore, not long after some people were unsure about where Xiao Yan was going, the news suddenly began to spread.
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