Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"...Alright then." Looking at the impatient Zi Yan, Xiao Yan nodded somewhat strangely.

A burst of azure flame ignited in Xiao Yan's hand, then swiftly transformed into azure patterns between the two. The burning azure pattern gave off a mysterious feeling, and just looking at it, Zi Yan had the illusion that her mind was completely captivated by it.

"Infuse your essence and blood into it." Xiao Yan's voice rang in Zi Yan's ears.

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan nodded solemnly, pointed her finger, and a stream of scarlet blood shot out from her fingertip, landing on the pattern burning with blue flames.

Chi Chi!

The moment the blood came into contact with the blue flame, puffs of white mist appeared, then merged into it, flowing little by little, covering most of the pattern.

After confirming that Zi Yan's blood occupied most of the pattern, Xiao Yan exhaled, and a drop of bright red blood flew from his fingertip and landed on the pattern.

As Xiao Yan's blood filled the remaining portion, the cyan pattern slowly began to rotate. Throughout this process, Xiao Yan's gaze remained fixed on the rotating pattern—

Chapter 213 The Five Members of the Xiao Family

Bloodline linking was once a method only available to races possessing the bloodlines of ancient divine beasts. Just as Xiao Yan had mentioned before, it is a method to connect the bloodlines of two people.

However, Xiao Yan only mentioned the disadvantages of bloodline connection, without mentioning its benefits—

When two people are linked by blood, they will possess each other's special abilities. Of course, those with special abilities are usually races that possess the bloodline of ancient divine beasts. Ordinary races like humans do not have special abilities that can be passed on to the linked party.

"Normally... that's how it should be, right?"

Looking at the enormous cocoon in the room, several meters wide and radiating purple light, which completely occupied the half of the room where Zi Yan was, a hint of confusion flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes.

Ever since learning about the Divine Soul Realm and the ability to refine the essence of myriad beasts, Xiao Yan has become very interested in the so-called essence of myriad beasts. He even considered refining the essence of the Ancient Void Dragon and then mastering its talent.

Therefore, Xiao Yan was somewhat reluctant when he signed the bloodline link with Zi Yan, after all, at the time he thought there was a 50% chance that Zi Yan was the Heavenly Demon Phoenix.

It's not that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix is ​​bad, it's just that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, which is listed in the recipes of the Ancient Dragon of the Void... really doesn't have much prestige.

Even the books collected by the old apothecary did not record the Heavenly Demon Phoenix's talent, only occasionally mentioning that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix was very fast, as if the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, which was now ranked at least in the top three of the Central Continent's magical beast forces, was really that incompetent.

Of course, after discovering that he had become more proficient in using space after completing the bloodline link with Zi Yan, Xiao Yan also realized that Zi Yan's race was the Ancient Void Dragon.

Although this is good news, Zi Yan's current condition...

As expected, evolution has occurred, which is a good thing, but shouldn't this be happening?

'I only refined the dragon and phoenix horns; I have absolutely no idea how to use them, and besides, I don't have any dragon or phoenix bloodline!'

Looking at the purple cocoon that flickered between light and darkness, and feeling the fluctuations in the energy of heaven and earth that accompanied the changes in the light of the large cocoon, Xiao Yan sighed helplessly.

'Why did this happen? Just a bloodline connection caused Zi Yan to evolve, and in such a clear direction, towards becoming a dragon-phoenix? Is it because the horns of this young dragon-phoenix are too powerful, or is Zi Yan's bloodline exceptionally pure, so pure that it's not far from becoming a dragon-phoenix?'

'Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. Evolution is ultimately a good thing,' Xiao Yan sighed after a while, sensing Xun'er approaching his dormitory. 'I'll go prepare for today's competition first, and also give the three of them the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills…'

If we exclude Xiao Yan, the most talented member of the Xiao family in this generation is Xiao Ning, followed by Xiao Mei. Although their talents were only unparalleled in Wutan City three years ago, with the help of Xiao Yan's talent-improving pills for a year, their talents were no less than Nalan Yanran's when Canaan Academy began its enrollment.

Of course, this refers to Nalan Yanran without using the secret realm of the Yunlan Sect to improve her level. According to Xiao Yan's deduction, without the help of the secret realm of the Yunlan Sect, Nalan Yanran would at most be a two- or three-star Great Dou Master by the end of the three-year period.

Xiao Ning's Dou Qi level has reached the level of a two-star Great Dou Master. Xiao Mei is a little weaker, but she is still at the level of a one-star Great Dou Master. Xiao Yu is stronger than Xiao Ning, but her age is a factor. If she were weaker than Xiao Ning, she would be too useless.

"An eighteen-year-old Grand Dou Master, tsk tsk, not counting me and Nalan Yanran, those two are probably the most talented people in the Jia Ma Empire, right?" After leaving the dormitory with Xun'er, Xiao Yan smiled slightly. "And that's without even taking the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill."

Although Xiao Yan initially planned to refine the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill for all members of the Xiao family at Canaan Academy, his main purpose was to help those who had reached the advanced Dou Shi level break through to the Great Dou Shi level as soon as possible, and to help Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu reach the peak of the Great Dou Shi level as soon as possible when they became advanced Great Dou Shi.

However, after learning that the top five in the inner court selection competition were qualified to enter the library of Canaan Academy, Xiao Yan changed his mind. After all, Xun'er had personally admitted yesterday that there were things in the library that she cared about.

Although he felt that Xun'er was probably trying to motivate him and hope that he would at least be in the top five, Xiao Yan had to admit that after Xun'er's words, his interest in the Canaan Academy Library was immediately piqued.

'Can the top five enter the library?' When he arrived at the square, Xiao Yan's gaze swept across the audience. Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Lu Mu, who had been specifically mentioned, were all in the audience, and their eyes were all focused on Xiao Yan.

"Hey, it's me, Xun'er, Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ning, isn't that exactly five people?"

While Xiao Yan was secretly eyeing the top five positions, Hu Jia's grandfather, Hu Qian, the dean of the outer academy of Canaan Academy, suddenly shivered.

Because of this sudden chill, Hu Qian, a peak Douhuang, led all the elders of the outer academy on alert for several days, fearing that an attack by a Black Corner Region expert would occur, resulting in heavy casualties among the students of Canaan Academy.

And so, after the final rounds of elimination, the Inner Court Selection Tournament selected the fifty strongest individuals. Today is the last day of the Inner Court Selection Tournament, and today, everyone will be able to witness the passionate battle between Bai Shan, Hu Jia, or Wu Hao and Xiao Yan!

Hu Qian's gaze swept over the excited students in the audience, and he smiled, "In previous years, the selection competition was always round-based, but this year, after discussion at the academy meeting, a special method will be chosen to determine the final winner."

She glanced at Xiao Yan discreetly, mainly because of his presence. A Dou Ling... even a low-star Dou Ling, in an outer court where most are Dou Shi and only the occasional outstanding genius is a Great Dou Shi, Xiao Yan's existence was undoubtedly a powerful weapon. If it were still a round-based elimination tournament, there was a high probability that the strong would be kicked out by Xiao Yan, while some slightly weaker ones, but with good luck, might become the top five.

"Now, please have the first fifty students enter the arena!" Hu Qian withdrew his gaze and laughed loudly.

Although he didn't understand what kind of new selection competition Huqian Academy was holding, after he finished speaking, figures flashed across the stands and finally gathered in the square.

After all the top fifty trainees had entered the square, Hu Qian continued, "This year, the final elimination round will be a chaotic battle, of course, a chaotic battle under the premise of protecting the generals in your own team."

Next, the academy will designate ten students as 'generals' in the free-for-all. The other academies can form their own teams, but each team must have a general. In this way, each team will have five people. Therefore, the elimination rounds will continue until the last team standing on the field is determined!

Furthermore, a team that loses its commander is considered eliminated, and the commander cannot initiate attacks on other trainees!

As soon as he finished speaking, some whispers arose in the arena. This kind of playful competition was completely different from previous years, and the students who were used to turn-based elimination matches were somewhat unaccustomed to it, except for Xiao Yan, of course.

'I knew they'd target me at the very end.'

Xiao Yan clicked his tongue. According to Su Qian, under normal circumstances, Dou Ling are all students of the Inner Academy. Only Xiao Yan, this outrageous guy, became a Dou Ling after taking a year and a half of leave, and he didn't even participate in a single Inner Academy selection competition.

"Seriously, why don't you just go to the inner courtyard? Don't you find it boring to fight with these kids?" As they were leaving the outer courtyard, Su Qian finally couldn't help but say to Xiao Yan, "Just go in, I can upgrade your Fire Energy Card to the highest level right away!"

Although he didn't know what the Fire Energy Card was, Xiao Yan, who didn't know that the top five could enter the academy's library at the time, still chose to refuse. After all, it was really fun to bully weaker opponents!

Sure enough, when it came time to select the "generals" later, Xiao Yan was the first to be selected. Xiao Yan even felt that Hu Qian breathed a sigh of relief after his name was called, as if he had gotten rid of a big problem.

However, even though he was chosen as a general who could not actively attack other students, Xiao Yan was still smiling and even chatted and laughed with Xun'er beside him with great interest.

"When Xiao Mei and the others reveal their true strength, the academy head and the others will definitely be astonished," Xiao Yan said with a light laugh.

“Yes,” Xun’er chuckled, “I bet no one could have imagined that in just two days, they, who were low-level Great Dou Masters before, would become mid-level Great Dou Masters or even high-level Great Dou Masters, right?”

"Anyway, no matter what, the top five in this inner court selection competition..." Xiao Yan smiled as he looked at Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ning who were close to him, "...our Xiao family has swept them all!"

Of course, the Xiao family members who made it to the final selection were not only the five of them, but the others had only barely become Great Dou Masters. Their strength was weaker than those students who had already become Great Dou Masters. It was hard to say that the top five was a good ranking for them. Moreover, no one had said that the fighting techniques or cultivation methods obtained from the library could not be taught to acquaintances!

"Then, I'll be protected by you guys?"

While Hu Qian on stage was confirming with the trainees whether they understood the rules and whether they had formed teams, Xiao Yan looked at the people around him with a grin.

"Don't worry, Brother Xiao Yan," Xun'er smiled, "No one can get close to you!"

"You should just get some rest," Xiao Yu pouted. "Those guys aren't even a match for me!"

"I will try my best!" Xiao Mei nodded heavily, clenching her fists to express her determination.

"Don't worry, young clan leader!" Xiao Ning said solemnly, "I will take care of all those toads!"

"...The final round of the Inner Court Selection Tournament is about to begin!" After confirming that no one had any questions, Hu Qian slowly raised his hand, and finally, under the gaze of countless eyes, he brought it down with a thud.

boom!

As Hu Qian's palm fell, dozens of battle qi of different colors suddenly erupted in the originally quiet arena. With a series of muffled sounds, the figures in the arena flashed by at lightning speed.

"Thunderous Arc Blast!"

A cold shout rang out from the crowd. The next moment, a silver arc of electricity, several meters thick, burst out from where a long spear met the ground. Wherever the arc passed, the hard floor was completely destroyed.

Amidst the noisy crowd, the electric arc moved like a winding silver snake, so fast that it was impossible for anyone to react. Many weaker individuals could only see a flash of silver light before witnessing the utterly destroyed floor.

However, not many people panicked because of this, since everyone knew that this was Bai Shan's strongest fighting technique, and the target of Bai Shan's fighting technique must be Xiao Yan, who was under the protection of the four people.

Bang!

The explosion suddenly rang out as the electric arc approached the squad.

As the smoke and dust cleared, a burly figure slowly appeared under the gaze of countless eyes. It was naturally Xiao Ning who extinguished the arc of electricity.

Seeing one of his strongest fighting techniques blocked by Xiao Yan's follower, Bai Shan's face instantly darkened. When had he, who prided himself on being the strongest genius in the outer court of Canaan Academy, ever suffered such humiliation?

"Xiao Yan, you don't even dare to stand up and fight me fair and square?!" Bai Shan, who was the one who caught the crowd and released this insidious fighting technique, pointed at Xiao Yan and shouted angrily.

Glancing at Bai Shan's extremely gloomy face, Xiao Yan curled his lips and said, "Be ruthless."

“Yes, Young Clan Leader,” Xiao Ning nodded slightly, then looked indifferently at Bai Shan, “Want to fight the Young Clan Leader? You’ll have to defeat me first…”

"You? A mere two-star Grand Dou..." Bai Shan sneered.

However, before he could finish speaking, Bai Shan's expression changed drastically upon sensing the level of Dou Qi erupting from Xiao Ning's body. "A five-star Great Dou Master?! Impossible! You were only a two-star Great Dou Master when you registered!"

With his hand tightly gripping the silver spear, Xiao Ning could easily defeat him if he were only a two-star Great Dou Master. But against a five-star Great Dou Master of the Earth attribute... he might only have a chance of winning when his Dou Qi was about to run out!

"It's just a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, an insignificant pill," Xiao Yan's casual voice dissipated in the wind. "Anyway, for you, pills are just resources that you can mobilize at will. Take one later."

However, we will take the top five from this year's inner court selection competition.

As Xiao Yan finished speaking, Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei exchanged glances and then unleashed their full power one after another.

"Hiss, a nine-star Great Dou Master, a seven-star Great Dou Master, and a four-star Great Dou Master?" An old man in the central stands gasped. "I have a feeling the top five have already been taken."

There are many talented students in the outer academy, but the strongest are Bai Shan, Hu Jia and Wu Hao, and the three of them are only five-star Grand Dou Masters!

"If they joined forces, they might be able to eliminate a few..." Hu Qian covered his eyes, somewhat speechless. If there hadn't been any designated generals, it might have been possible to encourage the trainees to team up, but now...

"Sigh, forget it, just looking at it gives me a headache." Hu Qian simply closed his eyes. With no possibility of cooperation now, the winner was practically locked in.

Chapter 214 Evolution Completed

Although Bai Shan attempted to join forces with other students to eliminate Xiao Ning first, both Bai Shan and Xiao Ning were five-star Great Dou Masters, and Bai Shan also possessed extremely powerful lightning-attribute Dou Qi. Therefore, Bai Shan's dream of joining forces was shattered before it even began. Everyone was thinking of taking advantage of the situation when he and Xiao Ning were fighting to the bitter end and kicking the two five-star Great Dou Masters out.

Then we saw Xiao Ning defeat Bai Shan with unstoppable force, and at the same time take away more than ten Dou Shi who were nearby.

Seeing Xiao Ning's terrifying power, some people thought about joining forces to defeat the strongest five members of the Xiao family. Unfortunately, they were kicked off the stage by Xun'er as soon as they spoke. Those who tried to join forces with everyone were also sent off the stage one by one.

Xiao Yu's performance was not as dazzling as Xiao Ning's, but she still defeated Hu Jia relatively easily and officially won the title of the second most talented woman in the outer academy.

Among them, Xiao Mei's performance was perhaps the worst, but she still withstood Wu Hao's attacks and persisted until the general in Wu Hao's team was eliminated.

Not long after, the Inner Academy selection competition ended, and the top five were unsurprisingly Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei.

When Hu Qian announced that Xiao Yan and his group had taken the top five spots, he had a hint of regret on his face. As the principal of the outer academy, he naturally hoped that his granddaughter could have another chance to enter the library by taking the top five spots in the inner academy selection competition, but in the end, she was just unlucky and failed to get a spot this time.

Two days later.

When Xiao Yan returned to his dormitory after finishing his "homework" for the day, the entire building suddenly trembled violently.

The sudden tremor startled Xiao Yan for a moment. Then, his gaze focused on the large purple cocoon in the room that was emitting a dazzling light.

'The evolution was successful?' Xiao Yan blinked, looking at the giant cocoon with delight, but he vaguely felt as if he had forgotten to do something...

The intense light emanating from the cocoon grew stronger and stronger until finally, a few faint cracking sounds appeared. Immediately afterward, the tiny cracks that covered the cocoon quietly opened up, and countless brilliant purple rays shot into the sky through the cracks.