The Most Monstrous One!

"Instructor Ruo Lin, you finally came!" Xiao Yu complained to Ruo Lin indignantly.

Ruo Lin said helplessly, "Who told you to provoke him on purpose? It's not like you don't know how he feels about you."

"That only makes me hate him more." Xiao Yu curled her lips in distaste.

Ruo Lin shook her head with a laugh. With a flash from the Storage Ring on her finger, an ink brush and a parchment scroll appeared.

"You're all Xiao Yu's juniors, right? Congratulations on passing the preliminary assessment and meeting the requirements to enter Jia Nan Academy. However, since the academy needs to distinguish the students' potential ratings, I need to know your exact strength."

"Starting from the left, state your name, level, and age," Ruo Lin said gently.

"Xiao Ning, seventh stage Dou Qi, sixteen years old."

Smiling, Ruo Lin quickly wrote down Xiao Ning's information, her red lips parting slightly.

"F Grade."

"Xiao Mei, eighth stage Dou Qi, fifteen years old."

"E Grade."

So far, the student with the highest potential Ruo Lin had recruited was only D Grade.

"Xun Er, it's your turn." Xiao Yu looked at Xun Er with envy.

She knew better than anyone just how terrifying this little girl was.

Xun Er pursed her lips in a smile. "Xiao Xun'er, Two Star Dou Zhe, age... fifteen, I suppose..."

Ruo Lin's wrist stiffened, and shock filled her gentle, beautiful face.

A fifteen-year-old Two Star Dou Zhe—such potential had already surpassed the S Grade Boundary.

This talent was even stronger than that Enchantress from the academy! The tent fell utterly silent. Even Luo Bu, who had been looking so smug just moments ago, felt his scalp go numb.

Fortunately, he had not attacked Xun Er because of what she said.

Otherwise—

Even if he could defeat Xun Er now, in a few months, he would be beaten into a pig's head every day! "Tsk, tsk. I never expected to encounter a new student whose potential exceeded S Grade. Hehe, it seems I really am lucky."

Instructor Ruo Lin's eyes shone with excitement. "Among the surrounding empires, Xun Er is undoubtedly the most outstanding young person!"

Hearing Instructor Ruo Lin's praise, Xun Er merely smiled and gently shook her head.

"Uh..."

Taken aback by Xun Er's reaction, Ruo Lin hesitated. "Could there be someone even more outstanding than you?"

"Yes, Instructor Ruo Lin."

Xun Er nodded crisply. "Compared to Brother Xiao Yan, Xun Er is truly nothing."

"Where is he?" Ruo Lin hurriedly looked around.

"He is at the Xiao Family. He has no plans to apply to Jia Nan Academy," Xun Er said with a smile.

Luo Bu snorted. "Stop bragging! If such a genius really existed, how could he resist the allure of Jia Nan Academy? Even Dou Zongs covet Jia Nan Academy's Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower!"

Xun Er could not be bothered to respond to him and simply smiled at Instructor Ruo Lin.

"Brother Xiao Yan began cultivating Qi at the age of four."

Upon hearing the first sentence, Instructor Ruo Lin nodded slightly. Initial-stage Dou Qi was the hardest to cultivate. Beginning at four was neither especially early nor especially late.

"At ten, he reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi."

But Xun Er's next soft words made everyone in the tent shudder.

"At eleven, he advanced to become a Dou Zhe."

At that point, everyone's expressions became somewhat strange.

An eleven-year-old Dou Zhe—even in Jia Nan Academy, no one could compare.

"From age twelve to fifteen, Brother Xiao Yan fell from a Dou Zhe back to the third stage of Dou Qi."

"Fell back to the third stage of Dou Qi?" Luo Bu's expression turned strange, amusement flickering in his eyes.

He became even more convinced that Xun Er was bragging. She was probably afraid that he would go beat up Xiao Yan because of Xiao Yu.

After a long while, Instructor Ruo Lin finally recovered from the bizarre revelation and continued asking.

"What happened after that?"

"After enduring three years of a cultivation void, Brother Xiao Yan became a One Star Dou Zhe again during the test a few days ago."

A fifteen-year-old Dou Zhe? Ruo Lin nodded slightly. Though not as remarkable as Xun Er, he was still exceptionally talented.

"Three days ago, he became a Nine Star Dou Zhe and defeated a Dou Shi across ranks."

Ruo Lin's smile froze.

"Two days ago, he became an Eight Star Dou Shi and blasted two Five Star Da Dou Shis to death in the street."

"One day ago, he became a Three Star Great Dou Shi and killed three Dou Lings."

"What nonsense are you spouting?!" Luo Bu finally could not hold back any longer and shouted.

"Just now."

Xun Er gave Luo Bu a calm glance. "Brother Xiao Yan became a Seven Star Great Dou Shi. Though it is hard to believe, every word is true."

After standing there blankly for a long time, Ruo Lin turned her bewildered gaze toward Xiao Mei.

"Xiao Mei, is everything Xun Er said true?"

Xiao Mei nodded with a bitter smile. "Every word is true."

When Ruo Lin saw that Xiao Ning was also completely calm, looking as though none of this was unusual, she felt utterly overwhelmed.

"Where is he?" Ruo Lin asked anxiously.

If such a monster truly existed in this world, then failing to enroll him in Jia Nan Academy would be Jia Nan Academy's loss! "Instructor, you actually believe that?" Luo Bu curled his lips helplessly.

Anyone could see that the Xiao Family's youngsters were bragging.

"Brother Xiao Yan does not want to enter Jia Nan Academy. He wants Independent Training."

"Foolish!"

Ruo Lin said urgently, "Jia Nan Academy has the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower. Even if he turned the Jia Ma Empire upside down, he would not find resources better than the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower!"

"Yu'er, take me to the Xiao Family at once. We have to stop him before he leaves!"

"Th-this..." Xiao Yu hesitated. But when she saw her closest instructor looking so frantic, she gritted her teeth and agreed.

"Instructor, I'm going too!" Luo Bu wore a mocking smile.

He did not believe Xun Er's words in the slightest and treated them as nothing more than a joke.

Following behind the group as they left the tent, Luo Bu called over his lackey.

"Ge Ci, come watch a joke with me!" Luo Bu said with a grin.

"Brother Luo, what is it?"

"That girl said there's a young man in the Xiao Family who is a Da Dou Shi. Do you believe it?"

"Bullshit!" Ge Ci scoffed.

Forget a Da Dou Shi—even a Dou Zhe would rank among the best of the new students.

The gap between a Dou Zhe and a Da Dou Shi took many years to bridge!...

The moment Ruo Lin stepped into the Xiao Family, she saw the towering Black Tower, which was nearly complete.

However, she paid no attention to the strange structure.

"Yu'er, where is that young man named Xiao Yan?" Ruo Lin asked anxiously.

"He... I saw him this morning. Could he have already left?" Xiao Yu said uncertainly.

"Pfft!"

Luo Bu laughed aloud. "I understand now. Yu'er, there is no such person in your Xiao Family at all. You made him up just to avoid my pursuit!"

"You really put in a lot of effort to convince your clansmen to play along with you."

"A Da Dou Shi?"

"Hehe!"

Luo Bu's mocking words echoed through the courtyard, making Xiao Yu's face flush red with anger.

"You!"

Just as Xiao Yu was about to retort, a powerful surge of Dou Qi suddenly shot up from the pavilion, transforming into a blazing, magnificent cloud of fire.

Boom!