Thanks to Lu Yuan's connection.
Han Yue had met Xiao Yan once when he had first enrolled a few years ago.
Without a doubt, Xiao Yan was the only person in recent years who bore an extreme resemblance to Lu Yuan.
That resemblance was not limited to their strength.
It also showed in the way they handled matters.
Much like the path Lu Yuan had chosen back then, although Xiao Yan had delayed for more than two years, he had enrolled at eighteen as a One Star Dou Wang. He had also led the Outer Academy students of his cohort in imitating Lu Yuan and counter-hunting several hunting squads formed by Inner Academy students.
Unfortunately.
After resting for over two years, just as they were assessing the Outer Academy's new students in the third year, the Black White Double Killers returned, thinking a monster like Lu Yuan only appeared once in a century and that nothing had gone wrong over the past two years. Under the pitying gazes of all the instructors and elders, both teams were stripped clean of their Fire Energy Points by Xiao Yan in a scene that felt all too familiar.
The same grounds.
The same opponents.
The same result.
The key was that Xiao Yan's relationship with Lu Yuan was anything but ordinary.
It was clear from the team he led.
Xiao Ning, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia.
All three of these capable generals had dealt with Lu Yuan before.
Among them, Xiao Ning stood out the most. Three years ago, when Dou Saints from the Gu Clan and the Soul Clan had clashed on the Northwest Continent, Canaan Academy had been forced to adapt to the situation. It abandoned the procedure of having all new students travel to Canaan Academy on their own, instead