Clearing the Field

Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Yu frowned and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?"

Xun'er and Xiao Yan, who were standing to the side, chuckled and shook their heads, seemingly unsurprised by the situation.

Xiao Yu turned his head and saw a young man in a blue robe walking over with a grin. When he saw this young man, Xiao Yu remembered that this guy was Lu Mu from the Alchemy Department, Xun'er had introduced before.

I heard he's Xiao Yu's number one suitor, and apparently he has a masochistic streak, often getting beaten up by Xiao Yu until he's covered in bruises, but he still seems to enjoy it.

Of course, Lu Mu's strength is not weak either, he is Three Star Da Dou Shi.

When Lu Mu saw Xiao Yu looking over, Lu Mu chuckled and said, "You must be Xiao Yu. Hello, hello, I'm Lu Mu, Yu'er's suitor."

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow. This guy's personality was pretty much the same as described in the original work. How to put it? He was indeed a bit of a jerk!

Before Xiao Yu could even react to Lu Mu's words, Xiao Yu immediately bristled, "You're such a clingy pest, I can't shake you off anywhere!"

Lu Mu immediately put on a heartbroken expression and said, "Yu'er, it's been so long since we last met. Don't you care about me at all?"

"Get lost! I remember the last time you harassed me was five days ago. What? Are you healed?" Xiao Yu snorted and pouted.

Lu Mu instantly changed his expression and said, "I knew it, Yu'er, you must be worried about me. Don't worry, the pills I concocted myself are incredibly effective, I'm already fully recovered!"

Xiao Yu shook his head and smiled, thinking to himself, "Is this what they call a simp?"

Upon hearing this, a dangerous glint flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes, and she chuckled, "It's good that your injury has healed, otherwise it wouldn't be good if you got a new one later!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, Lu Mu's face immediately fell, and he said helplessly, "Aren't you going to team up with me?"

Xiao Yu pointed at Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, saying, "With them teaming up with me, do you think I need to team up with you?"

Lu Mu nodded and said, "That makes sense. How about we form a team of five?"

Xiao Yu immediately laughed. This guy was not only shameless, but also liked to play petty tricks. Even Xiao Yu, a woman who was usually oblivious to everything, finally realized what was going on. She walked over, grabbed Lu Mu's ear, and yelled, "So, that's why you had the time to come here! So that's what you were thinking, wasn't it?"

Lu Mu's ear was grabbed by Xiao Yu, causing him to wince in pain, but he protested, "No way! I'm one of the stronger ones out of these fifty, okay?"

Xiao Yu snorted and said, "You? Three Star Da Dou Shi, you're just a sickly medicine bottle with weak Dou Qi. I bet you'd have a hard time even hitting me!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lu Mu escaped from Xiao Yu's clutches and said with a grin, "How could I bear to hit you? I'm too busy spoiling you."

"Pah!" Xiao Yu's pretty face flushed red, and she swung her long leg at Lu Mu, but Lu Mu easily dodged it.

Standing on the high platform, Hu Gan looked at the fifty people before him and said loudly, "Do you all understand the rules of the competition now?"

"Understood!" Upon hearing Hu Gan's words, a unified shout rang out from the crowd.

Hu Gan nodded slightly, then slowly raised his hand, finally bringing it down with a resounding crash before everyone's eyes. "The final round of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament begins now!"

As Hu Gan finished speaking, boom! Various colors of Dou Qi erupted in the arena, followed by muffled sounds. The figures in the arena moved rapidly, with most people retreating towards the edge of the plaza. After all, they were afraid of being kicked out of the arena by dirty tricks in such a crowded place.

The instant the order was given, about a dozen people were slapped off the stage by contestants who considered themselves friends.

Seeing the battle erupting inside the arena, the spectators in the stands suddenly became excited; such a chaotic brawl was a rare sight.

As most people retreated to the edge, soon only three groups remained in the center of the square: one led by Wu Hao of the Law Enforcement Team, another by Hu Jia, and the third by Xiao Yu.

The three groups looked at each other, none of them making the first move. An elderly man in the stands, observing the somewhat tense situation, chuckled and said, "The dean's move is quite clever. It tests teamwork and cultivates caution. Not everyone can be trusted. This is a good strategy."

Hu Gan chuckled and said, "I'm tired of the usual turn-based battles. This kind of free-for-all is quite nice. Their strengths are all about the same; it just depends on whether they know how to cooperate!"

What Hu Gan and the elders did not expect was that, although the idea was good, Xiao Yu's unexpected turn of events was like putting a catfish in a sardine pond. The catfish caused all the trouble. But what was even more unfortunate was that Xiao Yu was not a catfish, but a great white shark. The remaining small fish and shrimp were doomed!

Hu Jia frowned and glanced at Wu Hao, saying, "There's a Xiao Yu on the other side. You should have seen yesterday's battle. This guy is extremely strong. How about the two of us team up?"

After a moment's thought, Wu Hao nodded and said, "Okay."

He believed that his strength was about the same as Bai Shan's, but yesterday Xiao Yu seriously injured Bai Shan with a single blow, which showed that his strength should be around the Peak Nine-Star Great Dou Master, far beyond what they, as Six Star Great Dou Master, could compare to.

On the stands, Hu Gan nodded slightly when he saw that Hu Jia and Wu Hao seemed to have reached a cooperation agreement. Even the strong can look down on others, but they must also learn to yield and cooperate.

Xiao Yu twisted his head, turned to look at Xun'er and the others, and smiled, "You guys stay in one group for now, I'll go and clear the others out."

Xun'er and the others understood Xiao Yu's strength, so they simply nodded. Xun'er cautioned, "Be careful."

"Don't worry!" Xiao Yu said easily.

Immediately, Xiao Yu looked at the other players who were grouped together, flashed a smile revealing his White Fang, and said, "Everyone, thank you for being so kind!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yu's figure vanished from the spot. His ghostly speed left everyone unable to react. The elders and Hu Gan on the platform narrowed their eyes slightly, circulating their internal Dou Qi in their eyes, so that they could barely make out Xiao Yu's trajectory, but that was all.

After exchanging glances with Hu Gan, the elders exclaimed in shock, "This Dou Technique is probably also at the Earth Class. When did Earth-tier Dou Technique become so common?"

Hu Gan let out a soft breath and said, "I have a feeling something has changed."

The next second, Xiao Yu appeared next to the contestants standing at the edge of the field, stretched out his invincible big feet, and kicked out eleven unlucky guys one by one in the blink of an eye!

"Ah!"

Ouch!

"Holy crap!"

"Asshole!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of heavy thuds echoed as the eleven people who had been kicked out glared at Xiao Yu with resentment, but dared not say anything. Meanwhile, the remaining contestants on the edge reacted quickly, moving towards the center of the arena.

Just when they thought they were safe, Xiao Yu's devilish face and those big white teeth appeared in front of them. He grabbed their collars and tossed them away like chicks.

In the stands, everyone—from Jia Nan City, students of the Outer Academy, elders of the Outer Academy, and even Hu Gan —stared in disbelief as Xiao Yu shouted, "Qing people!"