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

"I……"

Shen Yifeng was like a mute eating bitter herbs, unable to express his feelings.

Dungeon slots are precious. If White Tiger Academy loses its slot because of him, he will inevitably face severe punishment upon returning to school.

Seeing that the dungeon gate had already opened, Shen Yifeng had no choice but to swallow his anger.

"The power of that move just now was very strange; it was definitely not a power that an ordinary martial soul could unleash."

"Could his martial spirit be the legendary [Forbidden Codex]?"

"If that's the case, then there's nothing to fear! Those who awaken this martial spirit are all short-lived and won't even live to see the day of the martial arts tournament."

Thinking of this, Shen Yifeng's lips curled into a cold smile:

"Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, Shen Yifeng led the people from White Tiger Academy into the instance.

Before leaving, he glanced at Lin Fan and Chu Yunfeng out of the corner of his eye, and gritted his teeth inwardly:

"Azure Dragon Academy, I will remember this grudge."

"In this year's martial arts tournament, Azure Dragon Academy will undoubtedly be removed from the list of the top four academies and forever branded with shame!"

"Let's go too," Lin Fan said, looking at Xu Liyue and Chu Yunfeng.

They were representing Qinglong Academy on this trip, so there was no need for them to get entangled with Shen Yifeng.

Achieving good results in the dungeon is the best way to prove someone wrong.

"Okay." Xu Liyue and Chu Yunfeng nodded and followed Lin Fan's footsteps.

A flash of white light appeared before my eyes, and after a brief moment of dizziness, a completely unfamiliar world came into view.

The dark red sky hung low, and as far as the eye could see, there was a vast wasteland. The ground was covered with insect holes of all sizes and low shrubs, and every now and then a huge beetle would emerge from the soil and crawl swiftly.

Many people have already arrived at the instance and begun their hunt.

This instance was rated as Tier 2 by the Education Bureau, and most of the Zerg creatures inside are between Tier 1 and Tier 2, so theoretically the difficulty is not too high.

But the actual situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Damn it! Why is this shell so hard?"

A boy brandished a flaming longsword, desperately slashing at a red beetle that was a meter long in front of him.

"My martial soul is an A-grade Flaming Blade! How can it not even cut down a single insect?" The boy's face was filled with disbelief.

"This is a second-tier red beetle, notoriously bad at defense. Let's not waste our time, let's take a detour!"

Most low-tier Zerg dungeons contain relatively weak insects such as Tier 1 Slime Worms and White Sludge Worms.

No one expected that nearly 90% of the bugs in this dungeon were red beetles with abnormally high defense!

Therefore, the anticipated easy hunt did not occur.

Most students could only evade the red beetles while searching for and killing the few slime worms and white worms, making their efficiency pitifully low.

Occasionally, someone would grit their teeth and gang up on a single red beetle, but it would take them half a day to barely manage to kill it.

Just then, a dazzling bolt of lightning suddenly lit up!

Lin Fan conjured a spear in his palm, its entire body crackling with purple lightning arcs. His figure blurred into a blur, and the purple arcs of light shot out like electric snakes.

The red beetle's hard shell was as brittle as paper in front of the purple lightning, and was instantly pierced through!

"One."

Lin Fan murmured softly, then vanished from his spot in an instant, his spear thrusting out once more.

This time, the spear pierced through three red beetles at the same time!

"Four."

Lin Fan's figure continued to flash rapidly, killing several red beetles with each attack.

Everyone who witnessed this scene was shocked and stared wide-eyed.

"Then...Lin Fan?"

"Lin Fan from Azure Dragon Academy? Didn't he awaken an E-rank martial soul? Why is he so strong?!"

"What?! Could the information be fake?"

Looking at the charred corpses of red beetles scattered on the ground, Xu Liyue's beautiful eyes lit up with a sense of anticipation, and a wisp of golden flame shot out from her fingertips.

"Wait a minute!" Just as Xu Liyue was about to join the battle, Chu Yunfeng suddenly called out to her from behind, lowering his voice and saying, "Senior, can you stay here and protect me for a while? I plan to release a forbidden spell. This forbidden spell will have a much larger range and greater power than the one I released outside. It can wipe out all the red beetles nearby, but it will take some time to chant and cannot be interrupted."

"A forbidden spell?"

Xu Liyue recalled the [Buddha's Wrath Lotus] that Chu Yunfeng used in the dungeon.

The three are now a team, and from the perspective of teamwork, Chu Yunfeng's wide-range killing skills are indeed suitable for hunting more red beetles.

As long as Chu Yunfeng can successfully unleash the forbidden spell, she doesn't need to worry about temporary rankings.

"Releasing a forbidden spell must be quite taxing, right? Can your body handle it?" Xu Liyue asked.

"No problem." Chu Yunfeng nodded seriously.

With the powerful regenerative abilities of the [Undying Black Coffin], he can now cast at least three forbidden spells every day.

As long as the limit is not exceeded, the body will not be affected.

"Okay." Upon receiving the reply, Xu Liyue conjured a flaming longsword in her hand and stood in front of Chu Yunfeng, saying, "Sing with confidence, I will protect you."

"Thank you, senior!" Chu Yunfeng immediately summoned the Forbidden Codex, opened the book, and chanted softly: "In the name of the forbidden, by borrowing the power of extreme cold, freeze the life force of all things, turning them into an unmelting ice coffin..."

……

The other end of the insect nest.

"The eighth one."

After killing the eighth red beetle, Shen Yifeng paused his actions and activated the counter on his wrist.

The counter displays the rankings.

The White Tiger Academy team, consisting of three members, topped the leaderboard with a total of 24 Red Beetles, 8 Slime Beetles, and 6 White Slime Beetles killed.

The Azure Dragon Academy came in second place with a record of killing 20 Red Beetles, 2 Slime Beetles, and 1 White Slime Beetle.

"As expected, he's nothing to fear." Shen Yifeng sneered, his expression contemptuous.

Although the fact that Lin Fan and the others were ranked so closely together was far beyond his expectations, it was still no match for White Tiger Academy.

"I feel like it's gotten colder."

Suddenly, Shen Yifeng subconsciously shuddered.

He frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled.

As a second-tier, fifth-level martial artist, my physical strength far surpasses that of ordinary people, so I shouldn't feel the cold so easily.

"Damn it, why is it suddenly so cold?"

Shen Yifeng raised his head, his pupils suddenly contracting.

Under the dark red sky, pure white snowflakes began to fall without anyone noticing.

One by one, they slowly fell from the sky.

At the same time, Chu Yunfeng's chanting was coming to an end.

Seemingly sensing danger, the surrounding red beetles became increasingly agitated. They ignored everyone else and began to pounce on Chu Yunfeng recklessly.

However, all of these red beetles were killed by Xu Liyue and could not get close to Chu Yunfeng.

"call."

Chu Yunfeng exhaled, and his breath instantly condensed into white frost.

He raised his head, his hair, covered in frost, fluttering in the cold wind, and slowly uttered the last four words: "Eternal Ice Coffin."