A strange and violent energy fluctuation suddenly rippled across the square.

  The first person to sehis heat wave was Xun Er. Soon after, Instructor Ruo Ling in the judges' stand se too. Their expressions ged dramatically almost at the same moment.

  Their gazes shifted abruptly and finally rested on the young man in the ter of the square, standing proudly in a bck robe while holding the Heavy Xuan Ruler. The source of this violent energy fluctuation recisely him!

  "This guy… just how many more tricks does he have up his sleeve?!"

  A breath of slightly scorg air was inhaled deeply into Xiao Yan's lungs. Uhe gaze of all present, he slowly stepped forward and raised the Heavy Xuan Ruler above his head, his arms bulging with veins that resembled writhing snakes.

  "Ha!"

  With a loud shout, a two-meter-high pale red ruler light shot out!

  "Defleg Water Mirror!" A graceful figure immediately leaped into the arena.

  As Instructor Ruo Ling's words fell, a rge amount of pale blue Dou Qi burst forth from her palm. Finally, an oval-shaped blue water mirror formed in front of her, proteg the petrified Lu Xing behind her.

  The water mirror was more than a meter thick. It resembled a water city wall rather than a mere mirror, as it protected the two of them.

  Boom! Hiss, hiss, hiss!!! The ruler light from the Fme Splitting Tsunami collided with the water mirror, instantly vaporizing the water and filling the entire square with a thick white mist.

  The mist obscured everyone's view, making it impossible to see what was happening in the ter of the square.

  "What the hell just happened?"

  "Such a powerful fire attribute Dou Teique, it must be at least a Low Xuan Css, right?"

  "I think it feels more like Intermediate Xuan Css."

  "It's so impressive that he has cultivated a Xuan Css Dou Teique to this extent at such a young age!"

  Some sharp-eyed students had already noticed that Instructor Ruo Ling had intervened, which essentially meant Xiao Yan had won.

  Shortly after, Instructor Ruo Ling suddenly waved her hand with a whoosh and the surrounding white mist dissipated, revealing the situation ihe arena.

  Lu Xing was naturally unharmed after being protected by Instructor Ruo Ling. Oher hand, Xiao Yan was extremely pale as he forced himself to stand, gasping for breath.

  It was only after swallowing a Qi Rec Pill that he finally mao catch his breath.

  'Using the Fme Splitting Tsunami before reag the Dou Master might not be a good idea; it pletely drained all the Dou Qi in my body.' The ption of a Di Css Dou Teique was truly terrifyiying his entire reserve of Dou Qi.

  Furthermore, even after Xiao Yan had exhausted all his Dou Qi, the ruler light he released was only two meters high, not eveenth the power of a Di Css Dou Teique.

  "Xiao Yan ge-ge, are you okay?" Xun Er and Xiao Yu both hurriedly ran into the arena to che Xiao Yan.

  Xiao Yan took a deep breath and waved his hand, "I'm fine, just overexerted my Dou Qi. I've taken a Qi Rec Pill just now, I'll recover soon."

  "Let me support you, Xiao Yan ge-ge." Xun Er put Xiao Yan's arm over her shoulder, an intimate gesture that made the onlookers envious.

  Xiao Yu snorted coldly, "If you keep pushing yourself like this, one of these days yoing to end up killing yourself."

  "I have no choice but to push myself. Losing would bring shame to our Xiao ," Xiao Yan said with a bitter smile, then turo Instructor Ruo Ling and asked, "Instructor Ruo Ling, does this t as me succeeding in the challenge, right?"

  Instructor Ruo Ling frowned slightly as she looked at Xiao Yan. Although the ruler light from earlier didn't seem to be very powerful and appeared to be an Intermediate h Xuan Css, only she who had blocked the attaew that if she wasn't a 5-star Dou Grandmaster, it would have been impossible to block that attack with just a High Huang Css Dou Teique.

  Her right palm was actually burned! And she was a 5-star Dou Grandmaster!

  'Is it an illusion? How did it feel like his Dou Teique could mobilize the world's energy? Impossible, only Dou Teiques of Di Css or above do that.' Instructor Ruo Ling was starting to questiohing.

  Where would a youth from Wu Tan City get a Di Css Dou Teique? Likely, only the royal family and the Misty Cloud Se the entire Jia Ma Empire had access to Di Css Dou Teiques. It was even less possible for a Dou Practitioo successfully cultivate such a Dou Teique.

  Instructor Ruo Ling shook her head and thought it was impossible. How long could a sixteen-year-old boy have been cultivating? It wasn't as if he started cultivating from his mother's womb, so how could he have cultivated so quickly?

  She walked over to Xiao Yan aly used her water attribute Dou Qi to soothe his body, "Since you've met the academy's dition, you aturally experience what it's like to use our academy's 'cheating device' for cultivation beforehand."

  "Thank you, Instructor."

  "However, I would like to remind you that if you think that defeating a Xuan Css student will guarantee your stable entry into the Inner Academy, yravely mistaken. You o be at least a 9-star Dou Master to ehe Inner Academy with fidence. And my requirement for you is not just to ehe Inner Academy, but to secure a p the top five in the Inner Academy examination." Instructor Ruo Ling's tone ged from her usual gentleo seriousness.

  "Top five? Why the top five?" Xiao Yan uzzled. Could being iop five grary into ae css?

  Instructor Ruo Ling looked at Xiao Yan who was full of questions with a smile on her fad said softly, "The top five students in the Inner Academy examination choose an item from the Book Colle Hall, which is sidered a schorship from the Academy. The Book Colle Hall tains many treasures. Among them are Di Css Qi Methods and Dou Teiques. All the colles obtained sihe establishment of the academy are stored there."

  !!!!!

  Choosing oem from all the colles obtained sihe establishment of Jia Nan Academy!

  This colle would be even more terrifying than the Jia Ma Empire's treasury!

  "Give it your all, little genius. Don't waste your talent. You would least the strength of a Dou Grandmaster to secure a p the top five."

  Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and nodded firmly. He had inally thought that entering the Inner Academy as soon as possible was the best option, but now it seemed that seg a spot iop five before entering the Inner Academy was the best course of a.

  'Regardless, the first step is to firm whether the Heavenly Fme is in the Inner Academy.'

  …

  Time flew by, and three days had passed in the blink of ahe news of Xiao Yaing a Xuan css student spread far and wide, apanied by various rumors.

  Xiao Yan paid no attention to the rumors swirling around the Outer Academy. His focus was solely on his cultivation as he waited for news from Instructor Ruo Ling.

  'Finally,' Xiao Yan thought as his powerful Spiritual Strength detected Instructor Ruo Ling's arrival. He immediately stopped his cultivation and hurried out of his dormitory.

  Instructor Ruo Ling gave Xiao Yan a bnk look, "You are quite eager."

  Xiao Yan shrugged and defended himself, "I was eager to see Instructor Ruo Ling."

  "Where is Xun Er? Aren't you two usually inseparable?"

  "Xun Er is in closed-door cultivation. Instructor Ruo Ling, you didn't just e to che the students' cultivatiress, did you?"

  Instructor Ruo Ling replied somewhat irritably, "Alright, alright, let's go. We have to take a griffin to reach the Inner Academy, and we have to return to the Outer Academy today. After all, you're not an Inner Academy stude."

  The Inner Academy and the Outer Academy were not much different overall. The only signifit difference was the transition from credits to Fire Energy, with all students having the same goal: to enter and cultivate in the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

  Xiao Yan followed Instructor Ruo Ling for about ten minutes until they arrived at a sunkehere was a massive bck tower buried deep underground. Only the top of the tower could be seen above the surface.

  A tower buried underground?!

  This extremely strange se intensified the astonishment on Xiao Yan's face. He murmured, "So this is the so-called 'Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower.' I didn't expect it to be buried underground."

  Instructor Ruo Ling approached an elderly man dressed in simple clothes and respectfully said, "Elder Liu, this is Xiao Yan, who roved by the Outer Academy three days ago to experiehe wonders of the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower."

  Elder Liu opened his eyes to g Xiao Yan and slowly nodded, "Young man, you're quite impressive. It's wise of you to want to experie in advance. Very visionary."

  Xiao Yan touched his nose clumsily, as this had not been his iion at all.

  "Go ahead with fidence. I will watch over you."

  Xiao Yan cupped his fists in aowledgment, "Thank you, Elder Liu."

  Instructor Ruo Ling asked with a smile after Xiao Yaered the bck door, "Elder Liu, how long do you think this kid st?"

  Elder Liu stroked his beard and ughed, "An 8-star Dou Practitioering the Bzing Sky Qi Refining Tower is just looking for trouble. He won't st more than a minute."