Reborn as the Candle Dragon, I became the strongest academy guardian beast.

Ningchuan City, entrance to the Insect Nest instance.

The pentagram at the center of the teleportation array slowly rotated, and figures emerged from the beams of light.

Without exception, these people are all elites carefully selected from various schools.

Education Bureau staff distributed wristbands to each person in turn. The wristbands will record the number of Zerglings killed by each person in the dungeon and rank the performance of each school in real time.

A tense yet exciting atmosphere filled the air.

Just then, a white teleportation beam lit up, and several figures slowly emerged from it.

They were all wearing silver-white school uniforms, with a white tiger badge with bared teeth and claws hanging on their chests.

Seeing the figure walking at the front, with a burly build and an air of arrogance between his brows, caused quite a stir among the crowd.

"It's White Tiger Academy!"

"Shen Yifeng has indeed arrived! He's one of the strongest freshmen at White Tiger Academy this year!"

"I heard that his martial spirit is the S-rank [Six-Armed Stone Ape], which is incredibly strong, has both offensive and defensive capabilities, and is extremely terrifying in combat. He is a key student that the White Tiger Academy is focusing on developing."

"With Shen Yifeng involved, it's likely that White Tiger Academy will take first place again this time..."

In recent years, White Tiger Academy has repeatedly won first place in various competitions and trials, standing out from the crowd and becoming the undisputed number one academy.

In contrast, the once glorious Azure Dragon Academy has been declining day by day, ranking last year after year.

Many people believe that Qinglong Academy is now inferior to even second- or third-rate academies and will eventually be kicked out of the top four academies.

Amidst the murmurs and discussions, another beam of blue light shone forth.

The arrival of these three people caused a slight pause in the atmosphere.

"Lin Fan, you actually came too!" Shen Yifeng frowned and looked at Lin Fan with disgust.

"Lin Fan? Lin Fan from Azure Dragon Academy?"

Several gasps of surprise rang out from the crowd.

Even before awakening his martial soul, Shen Yifeng's martial arts talent was already frighteningly high, and he was unmatched in all the major academies.

His only defeat was against Lin Fan in an exchange match.

Moreover, it was a crushing defeat, a one-sided beating with no chance of fighting back!

"What a pity, what a pity."

Many people shook their heads and sighed.

"I heard that Lin Fan endured a blow from a fear-level ferocious beast to save people, and all his martial arts meridians were destroyed, so he could never walk the path of martial arts again."

"Well, otherwise, with his martial arts talent, he would probably have awakened at least an A-level martial soul."

"We finally produced such a promising talent, and it's all wasted like this. Azure Dragon Academy is really unlucky!"

Hearing these comments, Shen Yifeng's expression darkened further.

Losing to Lin Fan has always been a thorn in his side.

He was hailed as a martial arts prodigy from a young age and was always the center of attention wherever he went.

However, in an ordinary exchange match, he was easily defeated and trampled underfoot by Lin Fan.

Whenever he thinks about this, Shen Yifeng feels restless and unable to eat or sleep.

Fortunately, Lin Fan is now a cripple, and he is no longer on the same level as Lin Fan, who has awakened an S-level martial soul.

In the future, the gap between the two is destined to only widen.

Shen Yifeng smirked and deliberately raised his voice, "Lin Fan, I heard you awakened an E-rank martial soul? Heh, I really don't know what the Azure Dragon Academy was thinking, actually sending a useless person with an E-rank martial soul to participate in the dungeon. It seems the Azure Dragon Academy really has no one left!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan raised an eyebrow.

He didn't understand why he always attracted hatred so easily and was constantly provoked by such idiots.

Summer insects can't talk about ice.

Lin Fan had no interest in wasting words with Shen Yifeng, but he couldn't tolerate the other party's insult to Qinglong Academy!

Just as Lin Fan was about to retaliate, Chu Yunfeng stepped forward first, coldly looking at Shen Yifeng: "Take back what you just said."

"What?" Shen Yifeng raised an eyebrow.

"Take back what you just said immediately and apologize to Qinglong Academy, otherwise, I will have no choice but to defend myself to protect the school's reputation!" Chu Yunfeng clenched his fists and said angrily.

Shen Yifeng, however, remained unconcerned, revealing a disdainful smile: "Who do you think you are, daring to threaten me?"

In the world of martial arts, the strong are respected.

The other party is just a nobody whose name I've never even heard of. What's there to be afraid of?

"You forced me to do this!"

Chu Yunfeng's eyes reddened, and his voice trembled slightly with anger. He suddenly raised his hand, and a blood-red, ancient book suddenly appeared in his palm, its pages moving without wind.

"Forbidden Spell - Buddha's Wrathful Lotus!"

Chu Yunfeng's voice wasn't loud, but it sent chills down one's spine.

The next second, the entire sky seemed to be set ablaze.

Countless flames surged from the clouds, coalescing into eerie fire lotuses, their petals blooming layer by layer, each exuding a heat powerful enough to melt steel.

The fire lotuses gathered more and more, eventually transforming into a sea of ​​burning lotuses that poured down from the heavens.

"Holy crap, what's that?!"

"Run!"

The surrounding crowd scattered and fled, running away into the distance.

Shen Yifeng's face also turned somewhat pale.

Is it really necessary?!

He only said a couple of rude things, and this guy immediately unleashed a powerful attack!

With nowhere to escape from the inferno, Shen Yifeng could only grit his teeth and roar.

"The Six-Armed Stone Ape!"

A tall, illusory stone ape appeared behind Shen Yifeng. The stone ape was covered in gray-white rock armor, which seemed to be indestructible.

However, when countless fiery lotuses fell like shooting stars.

The stone ape phantom only lasted for less than two seconds before collapsing and shattering!

Shen Yifeng flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground and rolling several times before stopping.

"puff."

Shen Yifeng coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked down at his chest.

Beneath his collar, a white jade pendant had shattered into a pile of dull fragments and lay on the ground.

Shen Yifeng's eyes widened in shock, his gaze filled with disbelief.

This jade pendant was a precious life-saving charm given to him by the White Tiger Academy.

This means that if it weren't for the jade pendant, he would have been dead just now!

"Who exactly is this guy?!" Fear appeared in Shen Yifeng's pupils for the first time.

Just then, an education bureau staff member rushed over: "Stop! Private fighting is prohibited around the instance area. What are you doing?"

"He attacked first!" Shen Yifeng struggled to his feet, pointing fiercely at Chu Yunfeng. "Everyone can testify that he suddenly attacked me!"

The staff followed his finger and looked at Chu Yunfeng, their gaze falling on the black ancient book in his palm that was slowly dissipating.

The staff member's expression changed slightly, and he quickly walked up to Chu Yunfeng, asking, "Student, is your martial soul the [Forbidden Codex]?"

"Yes." Chu Yunfeng nodded, his eyes still slightly red.

"I see."

The staff member didn't ask any more questions, and when they looked at Shen Yifeng again, their eyes were filled with anger.

The Forbidden Codex is a dark magic book that records countless powerful forbidden spells.

A martial artist who awakens the Forbidden Codex must burn their life force as a price for each use of its power. Most people will die after their life force is exhausted after using the forbidden spell ten times.

If he hadn't been forced into a corner, why would the boy have sacrificed a tenth of his life to unleash a forbidden spell?

unacceptable!

White Tiger Academy has really gone too far this time!

The staff member glared at Shen Yifeng: "Shen Yifeng, I'm issuing you a serious warning now. If anything like this happens again in the instance, the Education Bureau will immediately disqualify White Tiger Academy from participating in this instance!"