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

One minute.

Two minutes.

Only after confirming that the short-haired girl had left did Chu Yunfeng suddenly open his eyes. Thick wisps of black mist appeared abruptly, coiling around his wounds like living things.

The next second, Chu Yunfeng's chest injury regenerated and healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he was completely recovered in the blink of an eye.

Chu Yunfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the other party didn't have much patience and confidently left after seeing the "teleportation array" light on his body.

Otherwise, he would be forced to use the [Nine Heavens Thunder Curse] to kill him in return.

While that might eliminate one enemy, it would also mean losing a good opportunity to catch the White Tiger Academy off guard later.

Chu Yunfeng stood up, wiped the blood from his chest, and shook his head with a smile as he looked in the direction the short-haired girl had left: "I don't like impatient girls."

……

On the other side of the secret realm.

Lin Fan looked around and, as expected, did not see Xu Liyue and the others.

Since that's the case, we'll just have to fight our own battles for now.

Lin Fan's figure moved through the forest like a ghost, searching for the ferocious beast.

A few minutes later, Lin Fan stopped.

He sensed the aura of a ferocious beast that was extremely close and terrifying.

Deep in the woods came muffled footsteps, each step causing the ground to tremble slightly.

The next second, a massive bull charged out of the forest, its blood-red eyes locking onto Lin Fan, and charged at him fiercely.

Lin Fan dodged to the side, easily avoiding the impact.

The attack missed its mark, and the bull's horn struck a thick, ancient tree behind Lin Fan. The trunk snapped, splinters flew everywhere, and the tree collapsed with a crash.

The bull turned around, looking somewhat annoyed.

"Moo!"

It let out a low growl, and a blue-white ball of electricity began to condense between its two horns, with arcs of electricity leaping wildly and emitting a piercing buzzing sound.

A bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket shot out from between the two horns, heading straight for Lin Fan.

Lin Fan initially intended to dodge to the side, but upon seeing that this raging bull was actually a rare lightning-attribute ferocious beast, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he stopped in his tracks.

"boom!"

A powerful blue-white electric current slammed into Lin Fan, causing lightning to explode and arcs to fly everywhere. A charred crater was blasted into the ground beneath his feet, and dust billowed up.

The Thunder Bull snorted triumphantly, exhaling two thick plumes of white vapor from its nostrils.

Just as it thought it had chopped the human to ashes and turned to look for its next prey.

As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, Lin Fan's figure emerged.

A look of shock flashed in Thunder Bull's eyes.

This human was not only completely unharmed, but his aura was even stronger than before!

"Thank you." Feeling the abundant lightning power within his body, Lin Fan smiled faintly and flexed his wrists. "As a token of my gratitude, I'll send you on your way."

Thunder Bull was stunned at first, then flew into a rage.

It let out a low growl, pawed the ground with its four hooves, and aimed its pair of horns at Lin Fan, charging forward again with the force of thunder.

This time, Lin Fan did not dodge.

He stepped forward with his right foot, and with both hands he forcefully reached out and firmly grasped the two bull horns wrapped with blue and white electric arcs.

The two immense forces collided head-on, and the rocks beneath their feet cracked inch by inch, with spiderweb-like fissures spreading wildly in all directions, centered on the man and the ox.

An overwhelming force emanated from the bull's horns, and for the first time in its life, the Thunder Bull was suppressed. Its four hooves retreated, plowing four deep furrows into the ground.

Finally, the Thunder Bull could no longer contend with this terrifying power.

Its two front legs gradually bent down, and finally, it collapsed to its knees!

Lin Fan loosened his right hand, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and purple lightning exploded on his fist.

"Bang!"

A fist crackling with lightning slammed heavily onto the head of the Thunder Bull, the sound of its skull shattering clearly audible.

Thunder Bull's pupils dilated suddenly, its limbs twitched violently a few times, and then its heavy body collapsed to the ground, completely lifeless.

[Defeat the Thunder Bull and earn 1000 points!]

Soon, the numbers on Lin Fan's bracelet began to change.

……

Beyond the Green Mountain Secret Realm.

A huge leaderboard screen hung in mid-air, updating the scores of each academy in real time.

"Look at the leaderboard!" someone shouted, and the teachers from all the schools looked up.

On the leaderboard, most other colleges had scores between tens and hundreds, while only the three colleges were far ahead.

[First Place: White Tiger Academy]

Total points: 320

Second Place: Suzaku Academy

Total points: 280

Third Place: Xuanwu Academy

Total points: 260

Just then, the ranking of Qinglong Academy, which was at the bottom, suddenly began to soar, and in the blink of an eye, it overtook the three major academies and took the first place.

[First Place: Azure Dragon Academy]

Total points: 1200

Outside the secret realm, an uproar instantly erupted.

"One thousand points? I'm not seeing things, am I?"

"The secret realm has only been open for less than five minutes, how could Azure Dragon Academy have obtained so many points?"

"Killing an ordinary-level ferocious beast only earns a few dozen points, while an elite-level ferocious beast, ranging from level one to level nine, earns 100 to 1000 points."

"Unless... someone from Azure Dragon Academy has killed an elite-level ninth-tier ferocious beast!"

Several principals and teachers gasped in shock.

These days, they have indeed heard some rumors that Qinglong Academy is different this year, with several top martial arts talents emerging, whose strength is now far beyond what it used to be.

But no one expected that Qinglong Academy, whose performance last year was worse than some third-rate schools and was almost kicked out of the top four academies, would rise so suddenly.

The martial arts tournament gave the other three academies a rude awakening right from the start.

"However, a temporary lead in the rankings doesn't guarantee a sustained lead. Let's see what happens next."

[Azure Dragon Academy Reputation +40]

[Azure Dragon Academy Reputation +40]

[Azure Dragon Academy Reputation +50]

[Congratulations, host, you have received a reward of 5000 Evolution Points]

[Host's current cultivation level: Eighth level of Lord]

The crisp electronic sound continued to ring out, and Su Chen narrowed his snake-like eyes in satisfaction.

With less than 20,000 evolution points left, he will be able to accumulate the 100,000 evolution points needed to break through to the next realm.

He could clearly feel that the power within his body was constantly increasing, approaching the calamity level infinitely.

Zheng Yuanshan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but show a happy expression, and the teachers of Qinglong Academy couldn't help but clap and cheer.

In stark contrast, Han Xiao's expression was quite grim at the White Tiger Academy.

His brows furrowed, and his gaze toward the Azure Dragon Academy grew increasingly cold.

Fortunately, Han Xiao just received two pieces of fairly good news.

One possibility is that Chu Yunfeng has already been "killed" out of the game by Song Yufei and should have been transported to a hospital outside the secret realm for emergency treatment.

The other one is that Shen Yifeng has already found Lin Fan's location in the secret realm!