Surrounded

Time flew by and a night passed quickly.

Boom!

At dawn, a deafening explosion echoed through the silent forest. A giant tree snapped in two, and a black-clad figure and a group of senior students dressed in the Inner Academy attire were locked in fierce combat.

Xiao Yu punched a pale blue figure from the senior student group, sending him flying. The figure then slammed into a giant tree, snapping it in half with the force of the blow. The black figure weaved through the senior students' attacks with ease!

The older students, on the other hand, were filled with solemnity and anger. After fighting for more than ten minutes, they realized that this was not even a battle of equals; their opponents were simply toying with them.

The leading yellow-clad figure roared angrily, "This is outrageous!"

A pale yellow Dou Qi suddenly erupted, its powerful aura permeating the world. The people behind him also unleashed their Dou Qi, causing a surge of Dou Qi in the mountains and forests!

Xiao Yu chuckled softly, "So you're finally going to unleash your full power? This is the strongest team I've encountered so far, don't disappoint me!"

"Damn it!" the yellow figure cursed angrily, then suddenly rushed forward towards Xiao Yu's direction!

Unfortunately, Xiao Yu was even faster!

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yu collided with the yellow figure. The extreme speed created a piercing sound of wind cutting through the air, and the yellow figure was instantly sent flying back, crashing heavily into a boulder.

"Puff!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the yellow-clad figure's face suddenly turned pale. The remaining senior students were no match for Xiao Yu. Within a few breaths, they, like the yellow-clad figure, crashed into the boulder, coughing up blood and sitting weakly on the ground.

Xiao Yu chuckled and said, "Everyone, although you were defeated by me, it's not shameful, because my strength far surpasses yours. Don't be discouraged. All you need to do now is hand over your Fire Energy Card and then obediently go back!"

After exchanging puzzled glances, the group resignedly took out the Fire Energy Card from their Storage Ring and handed it to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu rubbed his hands together and took the five Fire Energy Card. Then, under their pained gazes, he swiped away their Fire Energy. Seeing the number on his black Fire Energy Card change to 371, he smiled happily.

After leaving behind a few bottles of pills, Xiao Yu left again. From yesterday afternoon until now, Xiao Yu had encountered three teams of senior students, and eliminated them all without exception. His Fire Energy had also accumulated to a number that made the senior students of the Inner Academy go crazy!

"I wonder where Xun'er are now, and whether they've eliminated any other teams? No, I'd better go check it out!" Xiao Yu muttered to himself as he darted through the forest, his soft voice slowly fading into the distance.

In a corner of the forest, a young man with a faint smile looked at his team of four and said, "Leng Bai and Xiu Yan just brought news that two powerful new teams have emerged in this Fire Energy Hunt Competition Fire Energy Hunt Competition. They've eliminated all five teams. Now, besides Black and White Fiends, only our three teams remain. So, we're going to join forces and eliminate those two teams!"

A hint of surprise flashed across the eyes of the four senior students from the Inner Academy, but they didn't pay much attention. The five teams that were eliminated were only students who had been in the academy for a year. They believed that as long as these two teams met their three teams, they would be defeated immediately!

Soon, the three groups of senior students from the Inner Academy met under a huge rock.

The other two teams were led by Leng Bai, whose hair was slightly gray, and Xiu Yan, who was tall and had strangely grayish-white skin like a Xiu Yan. The young man with a faint smile on his face was Su Xiao!

"Su Xiao, I thought you weren't coming!" Xiu Yan said, looking at Su Xiao.

Su Xiao said with a faint smile, "What? How could I miss out on such a good thing?"

"Alright, how many freshman teams have you dealt with?" Leng Bai said to the two of them with some impatience.

Su Xiao and Xiu Yan turned their gazes to Leng Bai, Xiu Yan said rather smugly, "Two of mine!"

Su Xiao chuckled and said, "Only two? I've already finished three!"

Leng Bai also looked at Su Xiao, "I also have three teams, which means there are only two freshman teams left!"

Xiao Yu could never have imagined that the group of freshmen he had saved would run into Leng Bai's team shortly after leaving. So they got smart and handed over their Fire Energy Card!

Leng Bai glanced at Su Xiao and Xiu Yan and said, "I've already tracked down one of the teams, but they're very strong, so I hope we can cooperate and take them down first!"

Su Xiao and said, "Hasn't our meeting here already reached a consensus?"

Xiu Yan nodded slowly and said, "That's right, let's take out one team first!"

Hearing that both of them had said this, Leng Bai continued, "The team we're going to take down this time is led by a freshman named Xiao Yan, and the other four members are also among the top five in this year's Inner Academy Selection Tournament. We need to finish this battle quickly, because we don't want these two teams to merge, which would be a huge problem!"

Xiu Yan frowned slightly and said, "Aren't you being too cautious?"

Leng Bai glared at Xiu Yan and said, "Careful? Xiao Yan's team has only eliminated two teams, while the other team has already eliminated three. Do I need to tell you who is stronger?"

Xiu Yan's expression changed slightly, and he remained silent. After discussing for a while, Leng Bai, Su Xiao, and Xiu Yan followed Leng Bai and sped off in Xiao Yan's direction.

On the other side, Xiao Yan's team was sitting cross-legged under a large tree, cultivating and recovering their Dou Qi. Suddenly, Xiao Yan's eyes snapped open, and four powerful auras suddenly came from the northwest!

"Something's up!" Xiao Yan said softly. Xun'er and the others immediately opened their eyes. Among them, Xiao Yan's Soul Power was the strongest, so they became alert upon hearing Xiao Yan words.

Soon, four figures slowly appeared in everyone's sight. When they saw these four figures, Xiao Yan and the others suddenly felt relieved, because these four were also freshmen of the academy.

When the four saw Xiao Yan and his companions, they excitedly ran over and said to Xiao Yan, "Senior Xiao Yan, we didn't expect to meet you here!"

After looking them over a few times, Xiao Yan asked, "Why are there only four of you?"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's words, the others turned their gazes towards Hu Jia. Hu Jia didn't react at first, but then she remembered that there were five people in a team. She was in Xiao Yan's team, while Xiao Yu was in a separate team, making a total of four people.

Xiao Yan glanced at Hu Jia, who was blushing slightly, and asked with some confusion, "Why did you come here instead of heading towards the other side of the forest?"

The leader said somewhat awkwardly, "The other end of the forest is blocked, and we didn't want to be robbed, so we've been wandering around here. That's how we ran into you, senior!"

"You guys are really lucky!" Xiao Yan said with a wry smile. They had been wandering around outside all night and hadn't encountered any of the senior students. Their luck was truly unbelievable!