In the Inner Academy, on the Strong Ranking arena, Xiao Yan was currently fighting a ranking match against an Eight-Star Dou Ling.
An Eight-Star Dou Ling could absolutely rank in the top ten of the Strong Ranking, and Xiao Yan's current opponent happened to be an Alchemy Department student ranked sixth on the Strong Ranking.
Both of them were alchemists, and they were staging a spectacular contest of fire control on the arena.
Alchemist was indeed a noble profession, and precisely because of that, every alchemist had their own pride.
For instance, this Eight-Star Dou Ling currently fighting Xiao Yan actually had rather decent fire-control skill.
At the Fourth-Rank Alchemist stage, he could be called outstanding.
Unfortunately, Xiao Yan was also a cheat-like existence. The soul enhancement brought by being a transmigrator made his soul power several times stronger than his peers', and the brand-new Heavenly Flame formed by fusing the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Sea Heart Flame was not something ordinary Dou Qi flames could compare with.
His opponent lasted less than the time it took an incense stick to burn before his soul power was exhausted, and Xiao Yan easily smacked him off the arena.
Of course, Xiao Yan did not go for the kill either. There was no grudge between the two of them, and it was only a spar, so there was no need to fight to the death.
As Xiao Yan won, discussion broke out below the stage.
"Are all people surnamed Xiao this monstrous?"
"First there was Elder Xiao, and now there's Xiao Yan. These two seem to be about the same age."
"Now that you mention it, I saw Xiao Yan talking to that Brute Force King before. In the entire Inner Academy, aside from Elder Xiao, the Brute Force King