After Yao Sheng defeated his opponent, he cast a provocative look at Xiao Yan in the stands.
Xiao Yan gave no response whatsoever to his gaze.
Then, after the referee announced his victory, Yao Sheng walked off the Competition Stage with a gloomy expression.
Yao Sheng's victory seemed to raise the curtain on the first round of matches.
Immediately afterward, the matches on the other four stages also reached their conclusions.
Apart from Yao Sheng's match on the first Competition Stage, none of the other four matches in the first round had been so one-sided.
On the other four Competition Stages, the difference in strength between the opponents was relatively small, and the winners only secured victory after bitter struggles.
Once the referee announced the winner on the final Competition Stage, it was time for contestants numbered six through ten to take the stage.
The number Wu Hao had drawn was precisely six.
"Wu Hao, give it your all! Flatten him!"
Hu Jia waved her little hand as she spoke, looking at Wu Hao with excitement written all over her face.
Wu Hao nodded coolly at her words, then gave Xiao Fan and the others a slight smile before turning into a streak of blood-red light and landing on the Competition Stage.
Wu Hao's opponent was a young man dressed in purple, a Two-Star Dou Ling. Judging by the surrounding spectators' reactions, they seemed to harbor considerable dislike for him.
Hearing their remarks, Xiao Fan listened carefully to the conversations around him and immediately understood why they disliked the man in purple.
His name was Lü Guang, and he was a student who had entered the Inner Academy in the previous intake.
His talent for cultivation was only above average, but he was an Alchemist at the peak of the