After getting past the Black White Twin Devils Team, Chen Xiao met no further obstacles once he left the forest.
And just as he emerged from the end of the forest, Grand Elder Su Qian and the other two, who had been tailing him from behind all along, appeared like ghosts.
"Congratulations, Chen Xiao. You've won this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition. I imagine you're also the only winner. Since Old Hu didn't give me any advance warning, I didn't have time to arrange any challenging opponents for you. A pity. Still, I rather hope an accident like this happens every year."
Grand Elder Su Qian stepped forward helplessly and made the announcement.
The three of them could be said to have watched Chen Xiao's entire process of clearing the trial from start to finish.
The so-called Black White Twin Devils Team had not caused the slightest obstruction at all. They had been scattered in complete disarray by a single Ice Spear.
Chen Xiao nodded slightly and quietly waited for what came next.
"As the only winner of this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition, you may receive... fifty days of fire energy. In addition, you are also the fastest person to pass through this forest in all these years, so this old man will award you an extra Azure Fire Crystal Card, as well as fifty days of fire energy."
"Azure Fire Crystal Card?"
Chen Xiao knew that Fire Crystal Cards had different grades.
Previously, the Black Devil Team Captain had used a Black Fire Crystal Card and had been poor enough to jingle, while the White Devil Team Captain had a Blue Fire Crystal Card. There was an obvious difference between the two.
But he could not remember the specific details.
"In the Inner Academy, Fire Crystal Cards are