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

As the energy shot through a certain empty space, it created ripples like water. These ripples fluctuated rapidly, and finally, a pale silver gate, seven or eight feet tall, appeared out of thin air!

'Spatial locks everywhere…' Following behind Hu Qian, as they entered the gate, Xiao Yan muttered to himself, 'No wonder I couldn't sense the Fallen Heart Flame's aura in the outer courtyard; it was probably hidden within one of those spatial locks, right?'

As he stepped out of the spatial passage, Xiao Yan looked at the two old men, several middle-aged men, and more than twenty young people behind them, and sensed the aura of the strange fire emanating from their bodies. His eyes were slightly strange.

'Moreover, it seems they really are using the Fallen Heart Flame as a cultivation tool...'

Only the Fallen Heart Flame that has not been subdued can have its cultivation cheat effect applied to multiple people. Since these people all have the aura of a different kind of fire in their bodies, the Fallen Heart Flame in the inner courtyard is probably sealed and unsubdued.

"Wow, so many pretty girls. It looks like there will be a few more people on the inner courtyard's beauty ranking."

When Xiao Yan and his group met the elders and young people of the inner courtyard, those people also happened to see Xiao Yan and his group. One of the young people glanced at the group of new students and his eyes lit up instantly. He whistled and said with a smile.

"Shut up! Anyone who spouts nonsense will have five days of tower repair time deducted!" Elder Su turned around and shouted. The grinning young man immediately stopped talking. Clearly, the so-called deduction of tower repair time was something they were extremely wary of.

'We'll see how things go then. If the seal loosens, I might be able to discuss with the inner elders whether they can directly trade the Fallen Heart Flame to me...'

While Xiao Yan was muttering to himself, Hu Qian had already finished communicating with the elders of the inner courtyard, and the pitch-black chip was delivered to Xiao Yan and the other newcomers from the outer courtyard.

The elder briefly introduced the numbers on the black chip that had been distributed, which served as the inner courtyard's "currency." It was used for cultivation and daily life within the inner courtyard. He also explained that the next task was to arrive at the inner courtyard as soon as possible through the "hunting" of the senior students. With a wave of his hand, the elder finished the explanation.

"Now, I declare that this year's 'Fire Energy Hunting Competition' has officially begun! Students, begin your escape..."

boom!

Before the elder could finish speaking, a dark shadow swept past him, followed by a loud bang behind him. Turning around, he saw Xiao Yan standing with one foot on the inner courtyard senior student who had been being sarcastic earlier, while the other senior students were struggling to withstand Xiao Yan's pressure.

"Fire Energy Card... is that what it's called?" Xiao Yan revealed a bright smile. "Hand over all your Fire Energy Cards!"

I think you guys probably never even considered running away, right? Anyway, back in the library, Hu Qian already knew pretty much what level he was at, so Xiao Yan doesn't need to keep pretending anymore.

Of course, the most important thing is that what the elder of the inner court said earlier only allowed senior students in the inner court to rob freshmen, but did not prohibit freshmen from robbing senior students!

"A battle of spirits?" The elder who had announced the start of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition looked at Hu Qian in disbelief.

"She's someone Ziyan knows."

Hu Qian shrugged. When he chatted with this elder before, he also learned that this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition unexpectedly attracted Zi Yan. Moreover, Zi Yan had her own team and became the third team to defend the title, after the Black and White Duo. Based on what he had learned about the relationship between Xiao Yan and Zi Yan during this period of time... if nothing unexpected happens, the Black and White Duo should be wiped out, right?

"Hiss..." The elder gasped, looking at Xiao Yan, who was being taught by a senior student how to transfer fire energy. "This kid... will the inner courtyard have another troublemaker in the future?"

"Who knows?" Hu Qian shrugged. Anyway, he was only in charge of the outer courtyard, so even if the inner courtyard was in chaos, it wouldn't have much to do with him.

When Xiao Yan took the fire energy cards from the senior students, a few tried to resist, but these senior students, who were at most seven-star Dou Shi, could only bully the freshmen other than Xiao Yan and Xun'er. They couldn't do anything to Xiao Yan.

"Only this much?" After searching through everything, Xiao Yan looked at the numbers on the Fire Energy Card with disdain. "Elder, are these the only seniors participating in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition? Won't this be enough?"

Seeing Xiao Yan's disgusted expression, the elder's lips twitched. "There are still eleven students at the final checkpoint..." But now, only one should still be standing...

The strongest member of the Black and White Duo is only a two-star Dou Ling. He was only brought in by the two elders recently when Hu Qian mentioned that there was a particularly strong student in the outer academy. After all, in their opinion, the strongest student in the outer academy is only at the level of a high-level Da Dou Shi. After all, age is a factor. Even in Zhongzhou, there are not many people who can reach the Dou Ling level at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

As for the level of a two-star Dou Ling, within the inner academy, one would probably only occasionally hear of Zi Yan's reputation. As for Zi Yan's appearance, students of this level would certainly have never seen her before. And if she were to resist…

“However, that exit…” The elder who was about to say that Xiao Yan should find it himself paused, worried that there might really be a student who had been seriously injured and on the verge of death by Zi Yan. He changed his mind at the last minute, “I’ll just take you there. Anyway, the first place in this year’s Fire Energy Hunting Competition is already a foregone conclusion.”

"Then thank you very much, Elder!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"What are you looking at me for?" After Xiao Yan and his group of five left with that elder, another elder looked at the inner courtyard senior who was staring blankly at him with annoyance, "The Fire Energy Hunting Competition is not over yet, or are you planning to just withdraw?"

Upon hearing this, the older students' eyes lit up instantly, and their eyes turned red as they looked at the remaining forty-five freshmen.

'That guy Xiao Yan…'

Wu Hao and Hu Jia, who were implicated, had countless curses on their minds, but for the sake of their own fire energy cards, they had no choice but to lead their respective teams and run quickly into the forest.

Chapter 217 Entering the Inner Court

When Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at the exit with the elder, they witnessed a somewhat comical scene—

A little girl with purple hair and white clothes sat on the steps looking bored. In front of her, ten senior students from the inner courtyard dressed in black and white clothes were lying scattered about. If nothing unexpected happened, the little girl sitting on the steps and those senior students lying on the ground were the last hurdle for the freshmen in this Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

"Xiao Yan!"

When Xiao Yan saw Zi Yan, Zi Yan also looked up as if by telepathy. Her eyes lit up the moment she saw Xiao Yan, and then she rushed towards him without hesitation.

"Look, this is my gift to you!" After throwing herself into Xiao Yan's arms, Zi Yan proudly held up a crimson fire crystal card. The number on it was over a thousand, which was more than half of the fire energy that Xiao Yan had previously plundered from those twenty-odd senior students.

"Did you steal these from them?" Xiao Yan looked at the Fire Crystal Card in Zi Yan's hand with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"They handed it over themselves!" Zi Yan scoffed. "If they had tried to steal it, how could they possibly be up now?"

Behind her, the senior students stood up with forced smiles under the disdainful gaze of the inner courtyard elders. Although each of them was covered in mud and leaves, they did not appear to be injured. It was likely that they had been lying on the ground in a miserable state under Zi Yan's threat.

Upon hearing Zi Yan's words, the only Dou Ling member in the Black and White Duo team twitched his lips slightly. If he hadn't witnessed his boss's awkward and restless reaction upon seeing this little girl, he would never have imagined that this girl, who looked only eleven or twelve years old, was actually the number one on the Inner Academy's Strong Ranking!

'It's good that I've met this little miss before...' Thinking of his boss's reminder, Dou Ling immediately admitted defeat after meeting this little miss and did everything according to her arrangements. He chuckled twice. He clearly remembered the scene of his boss being punched to the ground by this little girl!

Seeing Xiao Yan and the others chatting happily with Zi Yan, the Dou Ling named Luo Mu approached the elder, "Elder Su, look at our fire energy..."

"If your fire energy is stolen, go and steal it back!" Elder Su glared at Luo Mu with annoyance. "Look, that kid over there, Zi Yan's friend. Apart from the thousand or so fire energy that Zi Yan gave him, he robbed the entire senior student team. Now he has about three thousand fire energy on him. As long as you take him down, all the fire energy he has is yours!"

Although Elder Su's words were very tempting, Luo Mu was not stupid. Putting everything else aside, he didn't dare to go for it just because that kid was Zi Yan's friend!

"Well, Elder Su, could you please ask Senior Sister Ziyan to leave so that he can have a fair chance to fight Xiao Yan?" Luo Mu winked at Elder Su, seemingly hoping that Elder Su would send Ziyan away so that he could have a fair chance to fight Xiao Yan.

"Go find him yourself after he enters the inner courtyard," Elder Su rolled his eyes.

Let him send Zi Yan away? Although in the eyes of these students he is a Fighting King and an elder of the inner academy, to Zi Yan, this troublemaker, he is no different from these students. Apart from the Grand Elder, no one in the entire academy dares to provoke this little miss.

Although those little fists look tiny and cute, if they were to hit someone, even a Fighting King wouldn't be able to withstand it!

Seeing that Elder Su was unwilling to "back him up," Luo Mu shrank back. He was extremely envious of the fire energy in Xiao Yan's hands, but with Zi Yan by his side, he dared not fight Xiao Yan. If he hurt this freshman, who knew if he would be beaten up by that brute force king later?

'I also want to be a kept man...' Luo Mu muttered enviously as he watched Xiao Yan chatting and laughing with Zi Yan.

"Alright, now that the fire energy of the Black and White Duo team is in your hands, Xiao Yan, then the new students have won this fire energy hunting competition!" Seeing that Luo Mu was no longer speaking, Elder Su stepped forward and transmitted his voice to everyone's ears through his battle qi.

"However, there are bound to be some senior students who are not convinced, so after the freshmen have been in the inner academy for a month, you can directly challenge them. As long as they agree, the inner academy arena will be open at any time!"

After announcing Xiao Yan and the others' victory, Elder Su also reminded them that they would be safe for the first month after entering the inner courtyard, but their safety could not be guaranteed after that month.

"Xiao Yan, you've also reached the Dou Ling level. The black fire crystal card isn't suitable for you. Besides, you already have nearly three thousand fire energies. Why don't you consider switching to the cyan fire crystal card?" Elder Su finally asked Xiao Yan.

"A cyan fire crystal card? What's that?"

"In the inner courtyard, fire crystal cards are divided into five colors from low to high: black, blue, cyan, red, and purple. Black fire crystal cards are the lowest level fire crystal cards. These cards are only qualified to cultivate on the first and second floors of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. The first and second floors are also the most suitable levels for high-level Dou Shi and low-star Great Dou Shi."

The blue crystal card has three or four layers, which is suitable for mid- to high-level Great Battle Masters. The cyan fire crystal card has five or six layers, which is just right for Battle Spirit cultivation.

By the way, it takes 100 fire energy to exchange a black fire crystal card for a blue one, and 200 fire energy to exchange a blue one for a cyan one…”

“Xiao Yan, don’t listen to what this old man is saying,” Zi Yan pouted. “If you want to go to the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower to cultivate, just take my Fire Crystal Card. Anyway, I don’t like going to that place.”

"Girl, don't be silly. The highest level a Crimson Fire Crystal Card can reach is the eighth level. Xiao Yan is only a low-star Dou Ling. If he were to risk going to the eighth level, it would be no joke!" Elder Su quickly dissuaded him after noticing that Xiao Yan's face showed a tempting expression after hearing Zi Yan's words.

"Please help me change all five of our Fire Crystal Cards to cyan."

Although it was believed that the area beneath the Heavenly Refining Tower was most likely the location of the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan's current exposed strength was only that of a low-star Dou Ling. If he were to cultivate at the seventh or eighth level, people would inevitably doubt his true strength.

Being doubted about his strength isn't a big deal, since Xiao Yan doesn't plan to hide his nine-star Dou Ling strength for too long anyway. After all, he'll be devouring the Wind Fury Dragon Flame during this time. Although devouring a different flame won't increase his level, Xiao Yan is only one step away from becoming a Dou Wang, and the energy fluctuations from devouring the different flame will easily push him up.

Xun'er and the other three had no objection to Xiao Yan's suggestion. After all, even Xiao Mei, who had the lowest level, was already a four-star Great Dou Master. Changing it to the Azure Fire Crystal Card would save them an extra trip when they broke through later.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Elder Su deducted more than half of the fire energy from Xiao Yan's fire crystal card and handed the cyan crystal card to the five people. After they finished their operations, he retrieved the empty black crystal card.

After receiving the black crystal card, Elder Su nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Alright, since you've all passed the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, then come in with me..."

"Wait, wait, we haven't caught up yet!"

As Elder Su stepped onto the steps, preparing to lead Xiao Yan and the other four into the inner courtyard, Hu Jia's voice drifted over from afar. Turning around, one could see that besides her and her teammates, Wu Hao and his teammates were also by her side.

"They are my teammates!" Upon reaching the exit and seeing the ten senior students dressed in black and white, Hu Jia decisively clung to their legs, then swiftly dashed behind Xiao Yan and to Xun'er's side.

"You're so shameless..." Xiao Yan was speechless as he looked at Hu Jia, who was laughing and joking.

“That’s called wisdom!” Hu Jia was completely unaffected, and even proudly puffed out her chest.

"Knowing that you are no match for them, it is not a wise person to recklessly charge into the fray."

The next moment, Wu Hao, covered in blood, also rushed to Xiao Yan's side. He was indeed warlike, but when he saw that there was a Dou Ling among the ten senior students, he decisively gave up the idea of ​​challenging those senior students. Being warlike was not stupid. He would not do something that would result in certain defeat and loss!

"Alright, let's go, let's go, or the rest of the group will catch up!" Elder Su was speechless, but Hu Jia and Wu Hao were, after all, members of the academy, so he waved his hand and walked up the hillside.

The gravel steps weren't very high. In just a minute or two, Xiao Yan and the others followed Elder Su to the last step. Then, with a quick movement, they stood on the hillside. A glance at the view that came into view made them slowly inhale the slightly cool air.

"Is this the inner courtyard?" Xiao Ning murmured to himself.

Beyond the hillside lies an extremely large sunken basin. Judging from its shape, it looks as if a giant meteorite fell from the sky and smashed out of it.

Within the basin, towering buildings stand in rows. Looking down from above, one can see shadowy figures, like fleas, constantly darting and leaping above the buildings. As the line of sight extends forward, one discovers that the basin is unusually large; even at the far end of the line of sight, one can only see towering buildings and lush greenery.

It's hard to imagine that such a wondrous place is hidden in the endless mountains behind Canaan Academy!

His soul force swept rapidly across the basin, and Xiao Yan quickly locked onto a black tower buried deep underground. Beneath that black tower, he could sense an aura that was in no way inferior to the strange fire that had fused within his own body.

'Hey, Fallen Heart Flame…' Licking his lips, Xiao Yan's eyes were full of excitement. After he devoured and refined the Fallen Heart Flame and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, would his Burning Technique reach the level of a Heaven-rank technique?

"Alright, now that your hunting competition is over, come with me into the inner courtyard," Elder Su's gaze swept across everyone's faces. "After you've settled in, the other freshmen will be done soon!"

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crunch--

A wooden door was slowly pushed open, and a ray of sunlight spread in through the crack, eventually forming a thin beam of light on the ground.

As the wooden door was fully pushed open, a lively figure rushed in, exclaiming, "I'll be living here from now on!"

Ignoring Zi Yan's words, Elder Su turned to Xiao Yan and the others, "From now on, this will be your living quarters..."

"Six people!" Zi Yan emphasized.

"From now on, the five of you will belong to the inner courtyard. Let me remind you, in this inner courtyard, unless you are extremely powerful, it will not be easy to get by on your own. Due to the environment, the senior students in the inner courtyard have also divided up their own territories. You will probably encounter these things soon." Elder Su reminded him, ignoring Zi Yan's shouting.

"There are these things in the inner courtyard? Doesn't the academy prohibit them?" Xun'er asked, frowning slightly.

"Hehe, why should we prohibit it? This kind of competition is what our inner academy needs. If you don't want to be bullied, then you have to work hard to improve your strength. Otherwise, it's all pointless. The law of the jungle will always be the main theme of this world. We don't want the inner academy to become a carefree ivory tower, because such an environment cannot produce true strongmen," Elder Su said calmly.

"It just so happens that the five of you come from the same family, and I've heard that there are several other members of your clan in the outer courtyard," Elder Su said with a smile. "I suppose you understand the importance of teamwork better than I do."

After glancing at Xiao Yan, Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Ning all nodded. If it weren't for the pills provided by Xiao Yan, they would only be at the level of Dou Shi at most, and there was still a long way to go before they could enter the inner courtyard.

"Alright, it's getting late. You can tidy up your rooms and get some rest. Starting tomorrow, you're free to explore the inner courtyard. I'm sure you won't be disappointed," Elder Su said with a smile.

"Ziyan, as their senior, remember to show them around tomorrow." Elder Su raised his voice at the end, reminding Ziyan, who was nowhere to be found.

"Okay—" Zi Yan's voice came from upstairs, as if she had already chosen her room in the building.