The Arena at Jia Nan Academy was one of the most popular places on campus.
Although fighting was permitted within the academy, genuine clashes rarely occurred.
Even Xiao Fan's duel with Bai Cheng last time had drawn few spectators, since Xiao Fan had stormed straight into the White Gang's territory.
Generally, even when students truly came into conflict, they would arrange a match and settle who was superior in the Arena.
Besides, the academy had no shortage of students like Wu Hao, who were utterly obsessed with combat, and the Arena gave them a chance to spar.
It allowed them to vent their boundless energy to their hearts' content.
Some students spent their entire days engrossed in the Arena simply for the fire energy.
After all, every victory in the Arena earned them fire energy. They could gain combat experience and earn fire energy by winning, so the Arena's popularity in the Inner Academy had never waned.
Holding Yue Yao's hand, Xiao Fan soon arrived at the Arena's entrance.
Its gate had been formed by hollowing out the center of a single enormous, pitch-black Giant Rock.
At the top of the gate, the three sharp-looking characters for "Arena" stood out, exuding faint traces of a cutting aura.
The pillars on either side were carved with all sorts of hideous, ferocious magical beasts. Though their forms varied, every one of them stared fixedly at the center of the entrance, their savage aura rushing straight at anyone who approached.
"This Arena is rather interesting..."
Noticing the subtleties of the Arena's gate, Xiao Fan grew a little more interested.
If his senses were correct, some kind of formation had been constructed on the gate. The lettering above and the magical beasts carved into the pillars combined to create a certain "momentum."
This "momentum"