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

three days later.

The plane from Japan to Great Xia landed at the airport.

Wearing a samurai uniform, Takeo Yamada took a deep breath, straightened his chest, and led several students off the plane.

The scene I imagined did not appear.

He had hoped that this international martial arts exchange competition would attract the attention of the Great Xia side.

But it wasn't until they got off the plane that Takeo Yamada realized that nobody cared about them at all.

Not to mention the media of Great Xia, Qinglong Academy didn't even send anyone to pick them up at the airport.

Near the arrival gate, only one Japanese reporter was holding up his equipment and snapping photos of him incessantly.

Yamada Takeo's expression faltered for a moment, and he could only leave the airport with a stiff smile, slinking into a taxi and heading to Qinglong Academy.

……

Qinglong Academy.

As soon as Takeo Yamada got off the bus outside the school gate, he was stopped by a security guard.

Upon learning that he was the principal of Tianzhao Martial Arts School, who had come to compete against Qinglong Academy, the security guards did not let him through. Instead, they made him wait patiently outside the school gate.

This wait lasted for more than half an hour.

Takeo Yamada's complexion grew increasingly grim.

"Damn Azure Dragon Academy, they don't even take us seriously..."

"The Great Xia has always been so arrogant towards the land of cherry blossoms!"

Yamada Takeo gritted his teeth inwardly, even though the territory, population, and martial arts strength of Great Xia far surpassed those of Sakura Country.

However, the Sakura Kingdom had already secretly submitted to the Demon Clan, and its strength was no longer what it used to be.

Those who dare to underestimate them will surely pay the price for their arrogance!

Just then, the school gate finally opened.

"Principal Zheng, I sincerely proposed this exchange match with your esteemed school, how could you...?"

Yamada Takeo's words were cut short as he spoke.

What appeared before them was not Zheng Yuanshan, but a gigantic, almost sky-covering, pitch-black python. Its massive body, over eighty meters long, was terrifying and imposing, even taller than the school building.

"You're Takeo Yamada?"

A pair of golden, vertical pupils looked down, instantly choking Yamada Takeo's words.

An aura of calamity...

Is this black python the guardian beast of the Azure Dragon Academy?

Despite being the principal of Amaterasu Academy, Yamada Takeo was merely a fifth-rank martial artist.

Before this terrifying, calamity-level aura, we are as insignificant as ants.

The students behind Yamada Takeo also changed their expressions, especially the girl from Japan, who subconsciously took a step back and couldn't help but shiver.

"Yes...I am." Yamada Takeo's voice trembled slightly as he answered.

"Come in," Su Chen's deep voice rang out.

After saying that, he turned his enormous snake body and slowly swam back into the school.

Takeo Yamada stood still, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

"Hehe, Azure Dragon Academy is really lucky to have found such a powerful guardian beast."

"However, once we win this exchange match and demonstrate the strength of the Sakura Kingdom, it's not impossible that we can offer generous terms to bring this guardian beast to our Sakura Kingdom!"

Yamada Takeo spoke smugly to the students behind him in the language of cherry blossoms.

After comforting himself, he straightened his clothes, straightened his chest again, and strode into the school gate.

……

The playground of Qinglong Academy.

Su Chen's enormous body coiled up, with Lin Fan, Xu Liyue, Chu Yunfeng, and Kong Bowen standing beside him.

Yamada Takeo led three students into the school gate, a smug smile on his lips: "Greetings, Guardian Beast. These three are students of my Amaterasu Martial Arts School. At the Kansai Province Martial Arts Tournament a few days ago, they ranked first, second, and third respectively!"

Su Chen lowered his eyes to look.

As expected of people from Japan, they really don't look like normal people.

Of the three, the boy in the lead was the most peculiar, dressed in a black ninja outfit with half of his face covered by a mask, revealing only a pair of slender eyes.

It's fine to see in anime, but wearing this outfit in broad daylight makes Snake wonder if he has some kind of mental problem.

The second one was a tall, fat man of considerable size, only slightly shorter than Kong Bowen, and weighed at least 500 pounds. Standing there, he looked like half a wall of flesh.

Next to the fat man was a Japanese girl wearing a JK skirt, whose gaze was fixed on Xu Liyue's face.

The girl from Japan wore eyeshadow, lipstick, and mascara... she had clearly put a lot of effort into her appearance, but her looks were only barely a six or seven out of ten.

In contrast,

Xu Liyue simply tied her long hair into a high ponytail today, without any makeup on her face, and wore the simplest white sportswear and denim shorts. Her looks and her cool and aloof temperament completely overshadowed her heavily made-up appearance.

Undisguised jealousy surfaced in the eyes of the Japanese girl.

"Guardian Beast, there are only three of us on my side. How about we have three matches?"

After introducing the students, Yamada Takeo said, "If Qinglong Academy wins one of these three matches, Tianzhao Martial Arts School will give up one S-rank martial arts technique. If they win two matches, they will receive three S-rank martial arts techniques. If they win all three matches, Tianzhao Martial Arts School will willingly grant Qinglong Academy the right to explore a relic."

"Conversely, the same applies to Azure Dragon Academy."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's snake eyes brightened slightly.

coming.

From the very beginning, what interested him most was the right to explore historical sites.

"Alright." Su Chen stared at Yamada Takeo, his aura imposing. "However, if Qinglong Academy wins three matches, your esteemed school shouldn't go back on its word and refuse to relinquish the right to explore the ruins, right?"

"Of course not!" Yamada Takeo said, "Before coming to Great Xia, I had already signed a contract with Principal Zheng. The contract was certified by both Great Xia and Sakura Country and has legal significance."

"Furthermore," Yamada Takeo paused, "I plan to broadcast this exchange match live in its entirety, so that people across Japan can watch it simultaneously. I can't possibly lie to the entire nation, can I?"

"That's good." Su Chen nodded slightly at the snake's head.

"Let's make the first match special."

Yamada Goku smiled and took out a small, black tower from his pocket.

"This tower is called the Demon Suppression Tower. Inside is a sealed Tier 3 dungeon with a total of twelve floors."

"The rules are simple: each side sends one person in, and the one who completes the course the fastest wins."

After the words fell, Yamada Takeo let go of his hand.

The Demon-Suppressing Tower was released from his hand, slowly rotating in mid-air, and in an instant transformed into a giant black tower more than ten stories high, before crashing to the ground.

"Okay." Su Chen narrowed his golden vertical pupils.

Although he didn't know where the Japanese nation got the confidence to make such a big bet, he didn't care.

after all……

No matter how many schemes and tricks are used, they are meaningless in the face of absolute power.