Robbed twice in a lifetime
The Fire Energy Hunting Competition only awards 25 spots to returning students each year for the new hunting competition.
These 25 returning students will be divided into 5 teams.
Among them, the two strongest teams are named the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team.
In previous years, there have been instances where senior students were defeated by freshmen.
But that only applies to a few specific cases.
At most, the other three teams will be overwhelmed by the sheer number of freshmen!
After all, in previous years, this Fire Energy Hunting Competition has occasionally seen groups of 50 freshmen who qualified through the Inner Academy Selection Tournament team up and go directly to the competition.
As for the senior students, they generally don't stick together because of their own interests.
This means that if the freshmen work together, they have a chance to defeat several weaker teams of older students.
But this absolutely does not include the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team!
This year, due to the turmoil caused by Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran before their enrollment, the senior teams in this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition are a whole level stronger than in previous years!
Even the other three Ordinary teams are already comparable in strength to the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team from previous years.
As for the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team this year, their strength has reached a new level!
If it weren't for Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran, the other forty-odd people probably wouldn't have been enough to fight the two teams!
And so, Xiao Yan and his group, taking advantage of their numbers, pushed their way towards the Inner Academy at the edge of the forest.
However, after they robbed those three Ordinary senior student teams, the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team were nowhere to be seen!
"It seems that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team are blocking the final exit."
Nalan Yanran analyzed.
"Brother Xiao Yan, I think so too. After all, that's the only way for us to get to the Inner Academy! The Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team are obviously planning to ambush us."
Xun'er, unusually, shared the same opinion as Nalan Yanran.
Subsequently, people like Hu Jia and Wu Hao, who had good relationships with Xiao Yan and his group, also expressed their agreement.
"In that case, let's not bother looking for the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team; let's head straight for our final destination!"
As the captain of this temporary team, Xiao Yan decisively issued the order.
Then, the group of people set off in a grand procession toward the end of the forest.
After traveling for several hours, the group arrived at the edge of the forest.
Sure enough, upon arriving at this place, Xiao Yan and his group saw ten people, divided into two small teams of five.
They are the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team!
At the same time, Xiao Yan and the others saw a wide, sloping Azure Stairway behind the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team.
Clearly, that's the only way to the Inner Academy!
However, before they could step onto the Azure Stairway, they obviously had to take down the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team in front of them first.
Of course, if they were willing to collectively surrender their Fire Energy, they could easily get through.
However, now, which new student would be willing to relinquish their Fire Energy?
If they do that, what will be the point of everything they've done before?
Meanwhile, before Xiao Yan and his group arrived, the two inner court elders who had come to meet Hu Qian were already waiting there.
"This year's freshmen are really good! It looks like the remaining three teams of returning students have all failed, right?"
One of the older men spoke up.
"I wonder if the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team can hold off these freshmen this year?"
Another elderly man then spoke up.
These two old men, one surnamed Su and the other surnamed Qing, are both Dou Emperor Elder of the Inner Academy!
This year's situation is actually quite rare.
Therefore, the two Elders from the Inner Academy were watching this final clash between the new and old students with great interest!
At this moment, the captains of the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team, who had been waiting quietly in place, exchanged glances and stepped out from their respective teams.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan from the new student group also went out.
"Black Fiend Team, Captain Hong Xin!"
"The White Fiend Team, Captain Zhao Chenghong!"
The two men introduced themselves.
At this moment, Xiao Yan had already discovered that Hong Xin was Five-Star Dou Spirit and Zhao Chenghong was Six-Star Dou Ling!
Of course, the captains of the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team in the Original Work were not actually those two people.
However, in the Original Work, the captain of the Black Fiend Team was only at the Peak Dou Master, and the captain of the White Fiend Team was only at the early stage of the Dou Ling.
Given that Xiao Yan had already achieved the feat of instantly killing Zhou Kang, Two-Star Dou Ling, before entering university, it's natural that the captains of the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team in the Original Work would still be them.
However, even Hong Xin and Zhao Chenghong, who are currently in the picture, are still not taken seriously by Xiao Yan!
With Xiao Yan's current cultivation level of Eight-Star Dou Spirit, this battle will still be a complete rout for him!
"This year's freshman captain is Xiao Yan!"
Xiao Yan then casually announced his name.
After ascertaining the strength of Hong Xin and Zhao Chenghong, Xiao Yan felt no pressure whatsoever.
When will we finally have a worthy opponent?
Having played too many high-level games, Xiao Yan is now starting to miss the high-level games he played in the Snake-People Tribe Holy City!
However, the thought that it was merely borrowing Yao Lao's power made Xiao Yan sigh inwardly.
In reality, Xiao Yan wanted to rely on his own strength to fight against an equally matched opponent!
But unfortunately, I've never had that opportunity!
At this point, Xiao Yan could only hope that he would have such an opponent after entering the Inner Academy.
On the other side, Hong Xin and Zhao Chenghong felt immense pressure when they saw Xiao Yan approaching.
"Brother Zhao, I feel we shouldn't have signed up for this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition... This Xiao Yan, I can't see through his strength, he's clearly stronger than me!"
Hong Xin smiled and lowered his voice to speak to Zhao Chenghong.
"What's the point of saying all this now? You're not going to admit defeat before we've even fought, are you?"
Zhao Chenghong was already regretting it, but as he said, there was no going back now.
The two had actually guessed Xiao Yan's strength earlier, estimating it to be around five or six- Dou Ling.
But now it seems they still underestimated each other!
Immediately, Hong Xin and Zhao Chenghong took a deep breath, having made up their minds.
For the sake of their seniors' pride, they cannot afford to lose this battle!
"Junior Brother Xiao Yan, I hope you won't mind if Brother Zhao and I join forces?"
After a brief standoff, Hong Xin spoke.
Although it's a bit embarrassing to say this, things have come to this point, and even if they have to throw away their pride, they don't want to lose!
Although Zhao Chenghong did not speak, he had clearly assumed Hong Xin's statement.
After all, they really didn't want to be snatched away by senior students when they entered the Inner Academy before, and then be snatched away by freshmen again when they participated in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition to recruit new students!
They're probably the most disgraceful people in the history of the Jia Nan Academy!