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

Ancient tribal relics.

A girl with golden flames burning in her hair and a cool expression was walking alone on the road.

Finally, Xu Liyue stopped.

She has reached the deepest part of this ruin.

Looking up, one sees a magnificent white staircase.

Ninety-nine stone steps stretched from her feet into the depths of the clouds, like a path to heaven leading to immortality.

Amidst the misty clouds, one can vaguely see a magnificent, ancient palace, pure white as jade, standing at the end of the steps. Even after thousands of years, it still exudes an inviolable solemnity and reverence.

Below the steps, countless corpses lay scattered about.

On the way here, Xu Liyue noticed that the vast majority of the corpses on the ground were normal white, with only a very few showing an eerie black color.

But in front of these steps, all the bones were black.

"The white skeletons are most likely from the Falling Cloud Sect, while the black skeletons come from sects that invaded the Falling Cloud Sect."

"It seems these black skeletons all wanted to enter this palace in life, but they all failed and died here..."

Xu Liyue frowned, a vague guess forming in her mind.

Without a doubt, the core heritage of this site is this white palace before us.

A glimmer of excitement flashed in Xu Liyue's eyes.

Since that's the case, she will accept this inheritance!

Xu Liyue stepped onto the first step.

The moment her toes touched the ground, a strong sense of oppression surged over her, pressing heavily on her body and trying to stop her steps.

Xu Liyue didn't even frown, and immediately stepped onto the second and third floors. ...

With each step upwards, the overwhelming pressure grew stronger.

On the thirtieth floor, the pressure had risen to the level of a lord, enough to make an ordinary third-tier martial artist kneel down and not get up, but Xu Liyue did not react at all, and her cold face showed no emotion.

On the sixtieth floor, the pressure reached the calamity level. The terrifying sense of oppression had become tangible. A howling wind blew in, blowing Xu Liyue's hair into a mess, and her black dress fluttered in the wind.

The pressure from the ninetieth floor had already reached the level of destroying a city!

As the name suggests, a city-destroying level means powerful enough to destroy a city.

Xu Liyue finally frowned slightly, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her steps gradually became heavy.

The pressure from a city-destroying level is indeed terrifying, but compared to the teacher, it is still quite different.

Although her teacher's realm had not yet broken through to the level of destroying a city, the pressure that occasionally emanated from those golden vertical pupils was far more terrifying to her than the pressure of the city-destroying level power before her.

Having followed Su Chen for so long, Xu Liyue's endurance has far exceeded what ordinary people can imagine.

Ninety-one steps!

The pressure intensified once again.

A gust of wind blew by, and the little red pendant on Xu Liyue's shoulder was blown away.

"Chirp chirp!"

Little Red chirped anxiously and flapped its wings desperately, but no matter what it did, it couldn't fly up.

"You stay here for now, I'll come back to find you later."

Xu Liyue glanced back at it, a smile appearing on her lips.

After saying that, Xu Liyue turned around and continued climbing upwards.

Ninety-two steps.

Ninety-three steps.

Ninety-four steps.

……

Ninety-eight steps!

Just as Xu Liyue was about to step onto the last step, the oppressive aura surged again, like a mountain thousands of feet high, pressing down on her and preventing her from taking another step.

Xu Liyue did not back down; two golden flames suddenly ignited deep within her cold eyes.

A clear and melodious phoenix cry echoed in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a golden phoenix phantom appeared behind Xu Liyue, its wings slowly flapping, exuding a powerful majesty.

In an instant, the pressure on Xu Liyue lessened.

She took a step and steadily climbed to the ninety-ninth step.

The clouds slowly closed behind her, and silence returned to the stone steps.

Xu Liyue looked up and the pure white hall finally revealed its true form.

【Luoyun Palace】

Above the main entrance of the hall, a white plaque prominently displays several large characters.

……

Entrance to the ancient tribal ruins.

"What did you say? You think you can take on all four of us by yourself?"

Upon hearing Lin Fan's words, the Sword Saint couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

The arrogant people of Great Xia truly don't know their own limitations.

The four of them are the strongest among the younger generation in the Sakura Kingdom.

Even if the top geniuses on the Great Xia Azure Dragon Ranking came, they might not be their match in a one-on-one fight.

Not to mention it's one against four.

"You think you're worthy of the four of us taking action? I alone am enough," the Sword Saint said, stepping forward.

"Remember to go easy on them." The Sword Saint's eyes were slightly closed, and his calm voice came through: "After all, this is the Land of Sakura. If someone from Great Xia dies here, things will get complicated."

"The problem is, the Sword Saint never knows his own strength when he strikes." The Qin Saint smiled charmingly, her slender fingers gently caressing the strings of the guqin in her arms, plucking out a series of crisp and melodious notes.

She looked up at Lin Fan, her eyes sparkling: "He's quite handsome, but how about I go first? I'm always pretty tactless with handsome guys."

"You wouldn't happen to have taken a fancy to this Xia man, would you?" Upon hearing this, the Sword Saint gritted his teeth and glanced at the Qin Saint without leaving a trace.

Seeing that Qin Sheng's beautiful eyes were still fixed on that Xia man, a hint of jealousy and gloom flashed in his eyes, and his gaze toward Lin Fan became even colder.

"Leave it to me, don't worry, I'll spare his life!"

Having said that, the Sword Saint slowly drew his longsword from his back.

The moment the sword was drawn, his fierce aura erupted without reservation.

Fourth tier, first level!

That's right, following closely behind the Sword Saint, his realm has also broken through to the fourth level.

The Sword Saint didn't tell anyone this secret before arriving at the ancient ruins.

"The Sword Saint has actually broken through to the fourth rank!"

Both the Fist Saint and the Qin Saint couldn't help but show expressions of surprise.

They were all well aware of the Sword Saint's strength.

Apart from the Sword Saint, there is no one in the entire Sakura Kingdom who can rival the Sword Saint.

Now that he has broken through to the fourth rank, it's hard to imagine how much his combat power has grown.

I'm afraid he's already on par with the Sword Saint!

"People of Great Xia, prepare to pay the price for your arrogance."

The Sword Saint raised his sword, pointed it at Lin Fan, and sneered.

However, his voice abruptly stopped the next second.

When the Sword Saint looked up, he was shocked to find that Lin Fan's figure had disappeared from the spot at some point.

"Where did he go?" The Sword Saint's eyes widened suddenly, his expression one of shock.

Just then, a sharp gust of wind suddenly came from beside his ear, and an ominous premonition rose in the Sword Saint's heart.

He tried to dodge, but it was too late.

A fist crackling with purple lightning rapidly enlarged in his field of vision.

A punch landed.

The Sword Saint was sent flying like a puppet with its strings cut, crashing to the ground with a thud.