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

“But you’re also the most skilled at dealing with fire poison among us,” Liu Qing glanced at the man, “If you really want to compete, you might as well go and see that guy Lin Yan!”

"Never mind then..." the man chuckled dryly, "His appearance is rather creepy."

"Only you, Lin Xiuya, would dare to talk about that guy like that," Han Yue sighed. "Oh, perfect timing, both sides have arrived!"

Lin Xiuya, who was about to say something, noticed that Han Yue and Liu Qing's attention was focused on the area near the arena below. He shrugged and also looked down.

Then, the others who noticed Zi Yan beside Xiao Yan froze, and for a moment they were speechless.

"He actually knows that guy..." Liu Qing chuckled dryly.

"It seems you won't be able to get the prescription for that pill." Han Yue's voice was also a little dry, but she felt that Liu Qing was the one who was most affected.

"No, she hasn't left the academy yet?" Lin Xiuya shrank back, feeling a headache coming on. "When will it be my turn to sit in first place?"

*

As Xiao Yan and his group, along with the White Gang members, gradually entered the arena, fewer people paid attention to the surrounding arenas, and everyone gathered around the arena that Han Yue and the others were focusing on.

"Heh, I thought you'd be like you were during the Inner Court selection competition, waiting until the very last moment to show up." Bai Shan, who was following Bai Cheng, was the first to notice the five people led by Xiao Yan, and immediately sneered.

After glancing casually at Bai Shan, Xiao Yan's gaze fell on Bai Cheng in front of him. "Although there are still a few minutes until ten o'clock, since we've both arrived at the same time... shall we start?"

After glancing at Bai Shan behind him, who was gritting his teeth because Xiao Yan had ignored him, Bai Cheng sighed and then sneered, "Since you're so eager to curry favor with me, then of course I won't refuse!"

However, Bai Cheng said this with a bit of unease, after all, he clearly saw a "familiar face" standing next to Xiao Yan - Zi Yan, the Brute King who ranked first on the Strong List!

"You seem to have me figured out?" After asking casually, Xiao Yan's figure flashed and he appeared on the arena.

“After all, you’re just an alchemist,” Bai Cheng said, forcing himself not to look at Zi Yan. He leaped onto the arena and sneered, “So what if you’re a five-star or six-star Dou Ling? There are plenty of alchemists of that level in the inner academy. Do you want to guess how many rounds he lasted against me?”

Upon hearing Bai Cheng's words, those in the inner courtyard who knew about the matter all turned their mocking gazes toward a man in an alchemist's robe in the crowd. He was Han Xian, the fourth-grade alchemist and six-star Dou Ling who was defeated by Bai Cheng, who was of the same level, within a hundred moves.

“I think there are still some differences between people,” Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment after seeing Bai Cheng take out a long spear, but still took out the Xuan Heavy Ruler and said with a smile, “Besides, I still doubt whether Senior Bai Cheng can come up with five hundred fire energy, after all, the Bai Gang’s financial situation… I remember it’s not very good, right?”

Hearing Xiao Yan's joking words, a burst of laughter erupted from the surrounding stands. Five hundred fire energy was indeed a considerable asset, but for most forces in the inner courtyard, it was something they could easily afford, except for the White Gang.

Bai Cheng's eye twitched slightly, and he said coldly, "Sharp teeth and a sharp tongue, I hope you won't utter any words of begging for mercy later!"

After uttering a sinister sentence, Bai Cheng gripped the deep yellow spear in his hand tightly. The spear trembled slightly, and a dense yellow battle aura surged out from his body, instantly enveloping the spear.

Earth-type battle aura is the longest and most substantial of all familiar battle auras. When fighting against someone of the same level, this type of battle aura will undoubtedly last much longer. Due to its length and richness, in most cases, unless someone of the same level unleashes an unstoppable fighting power in a short period of time, they are very likely to be dragged into a protracted battle and then defeated.

'Unfortunately, I'm not a six-star Dou Ling,' Xiao Yan thought with a chuckle as he picked up the Xuan Heavy Ruler, emerald green Dou Qi surging from his body. 'Similarly, my explosive power is among the strongest even among Dou Wangs!'

Of course, this "explosive power" is without considering soul power.

'So he really is a five-star Dou Ling?' After sensing the aura that Xiao Yan was unleashing, Bai Cheng chuckled softly, everything was under control!

The distance between the two was not far to begin with. After Xiao Yan took a few steps, he entered the ten-meter range around Bai Cheng. The moment Xiao Yan stepped into the range, a low shout came from Bai Cheng's mouth, and a powerful deep yellow battle qi surged out from his body like a viscous yellow liquid.

With a heavy stomp of his foot, Bai Cheng's figure transformed into a yellow shadow. At the tip of his spear, battle qi rapidly condensed. Using the momentum, his body overlapped with the spear. Under the shroud of battle qi, his body and the spear were almost fused together. The spear cut through the air with a hissing sound, displaying considerable power.

Faced with Bai Cheng's fierce attack right from the start, Xiao Yan thought for a moment and decided to put on an act. At least he couldn't just take it head-on. So, a faint silver light appeared on the soles of his feet, and with a flicker of his body, he mysteriously disappeared from the spot.

The sudden loss of the target caused Bai Cheng's expression to change slightly. Xiao Yan's speed at that moment was ridiculously fast; he could only see a black line flash by!

The thought flashed through his mind like lightning, but Bai Cheng suddenly turned his spear and thrust it violently behind him.

"Ding!"

A crisp sound, accompanied by sparks, ripped through the arena. Bai Cheng's spear, thrusting backward, blocked the massive black ruler. The immense power contained within the black ruler actually bent the spear slightly.

'Something's not right. He's just an alchemist, how could his power be so immense?' A flicker of astonishment crossed Bai Cheng's mind. 'A hundred Han Xians combined couldn't compare to him!'

Upon witnessing this scene, Bai Shan, who was sitting in the audience, suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to remind his cousin yesterday that Xiao Yan's power was ridiculously great. During the Inner Academy selection competition, he was even able to defeat a seven-star Dou Master who used a Xuan-rank Dou Technique directly with his physical strength!

'It shouldn't be a big problem... right?'

Looking at Bai Cheng on the arena, who was gradually stabilizing himself under Xiao Yan's rapid and fierce attacks and began to counterattack, Bai Shan muttered something uncertain to himself.

“Bai Cheng has completely fallen into Xiao Yan’s fighting rhythm,” Lin Xiuya’s eyes lit up slightly. Xiao Yan’s open and domineering fighting style was very much to his liking. “It seems that Bai Cheng’s ranking on the power list is going to be handed over to someone else.”

"I was thinking that if Bai Cheng won, I could take the Ice Marrow Pill and see its effects," Liu Qing shrugged. "That Bai Cheng is really disappointing!"

Han Yue's eyes flickered. She couldn't tell who would win between Xiao Yan and Bai Cheng, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that there was a new helper to be chosen for that rare treasure in the back mountain?

Bai Cheng, completely unaware of Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing's insights, only felt himself becoming increasingly relaxed and at ease under Xiao Yan's offensive, even capable of launching a counterattack—

"Oh!"

The heavy ruler and the long spear clashed as Xiao Yan fiercely exchanged blows with Bai Cheng. As the force of the attack spread, Bai Cheng staggered back five or six steps, while Xiao Yan swayed slightly before regaining his footing. He even had the leisure to dust off his robe, appearing completely unperturbed.

Clearly, Xiao Yan has the upper hand in terms of pure strength. Even though he is slightly weaker in terms of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan still holds the advantage.

Seeing Bai Cheng fall into a disadvantageous position, a chorus of boos erupted from the stands. Even the members of the Bai Gang looked at their leader in disbelief, wanting to intimidate the students around them who were booing, but also feeling somewhat ashamed.

"Hmph, brute force is nothing but brute strength, utterly pathetic!" Although he was at a disadvantage, Bai Cheng swung his spear and sneered, "If this is all you have, you might as well admit defeat sooner rather than later!"

Then, Bai Cheng saw Zi Yan, who was next to Xun'er below the arena, with a somewhat resentful expression.

Forcing himself to look away, Bai Cheng's gaze toward Xiao Yan grew even fiercer. At the same time, he cursed inwardly his cousin and Luo Mu for not fully understanding the relationship between Zi Yan and Xiao Yan.

Facing the stubborn Bai Cheng, Xiao Yan curled his lips. He could say that he hadn't used any fighting spirit at all, yet Bai Cheng's hands were still numb from the shock. If he had used his fighting spirit, wouldn't Bai Cheng owe him two lives?

After muttering a few words to himself, Xiao Yan gripped the Xuanzhong Ruler in his right hand, his figure transforming into a black line as he charged towards Bai Chengbao.

Seeing Xiao Yan charging towards him like a demonic beast, Bai Cheng gritted his teeth. Deep yellow Dou Qi flowed out like a river, eventually enveloping his entire body. The surface of the light orb rippled slowly like water.

Immediately, just as Xiao Yan was about to strike the ball of light with his giant ruler, Bai Cheng's deep yellow spear shot out like lightning. With each thrust of the spear, an afterimage appeared. In just a moment, the afterimage of the spear completely sealed off Xiao Yan and the black ruler in his hand.

"So you've pulled out your trump card?" The man next to Lin Xiuya raised an eyebrow in surprise. "That's quite decisive, but it's a pity it's a little too late. If you had used this move from the beginning, the final outcome would have been hard to predict."

"After all, he's a freshman, and Bai Cheng has his pride too. How could he go all out from the start?" Lin Xiuya rolled his eyes. "It's not like we know him so well... But judging from the current situation, this junior might be able to get into the top ten as soon as he enters school. Yan Hao, do you feel threatened?"

"Come on, how big is the gap between you and me? If I feel threatened, how much better off can you be?" Yan Hao also curled his lips. "Speaking of which, we could invite him to go there together?" He turned his head to look at Han Yue beside him.

"I don't think it's a big problem." After hearing the second half of Yan Hao's sentence, Lin Xiuya thought for a moment and nodded.

"Invite him?" Han Yue looked at Yan Hao in surprise. "Aren't you afraid he'll surpass you at the later conference?"

Han Yue herself didn't feel any pressure. Judging from the fact that Xiao Yan completely suppressed Bai Cheng below, she definitely wouldn't be Xiao Yan's opponent in the future Strong Ranking Competition.

“If you’re afraid of this and that, what’s the point of cultivating?” Yan Hao glanced at Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing, and seeing that the two didn’t seem to intend to explain, he curled his lips and said, “Besides, Xiao Yan is still quite a distance from the peak of Dou Ling. If we hadn’t seen him today, we were also planning to go and look for Lin Yan. We just don’t know where he has been all this time.”

"Since you all agree, I don't care," Han Yue said, shrugging. "Anyway, I'm just an informant, so just leave me a copy at the end."

"How could you be left out?" Yan Hao shrugged. "Ah, it's almost over."

Upon hearing this, Han Yue quickly turned her gaze to the battle below.

Chapter 220 Lin Yan

During the final melee of the Inner Court selection competition, Xiao Yan also paid attention to Bai Shan's spear technique. At that time, Xiao Yan felt that Bai Shan's spear technique was sharp enough, and it had a remarkable performance in breaking through enemies and in terms of lethality.

But that's all. Apart from its ability to defeat enemies and its destructive power, Bai Shan's spear technique has almost no redeeming qualities. In fact, to some extent, Bai Shan's performance is even inferior to the Seven-Star Dou Master that Xiao Yan defeated at the beginning.

However, this might also be related to Bai Shan's fighting spirit attribute? After all, lightning-attribute fighting spirit is inherently focused on maximizing destructive power and lethality.

These were Xiao Yan's thoughts before he fought Bai Cheng and before Bai Cheng unleashed his trump card fighting technique. After witnessing Bai Cheng's continuous and relentless spear technique without any diminishing damage, Xiao Yan realized that the problem was likely simply with Bai Shan.

Bai Cheng's spear technique and Bai Shan's spear technique originated from the same source. However, unlike Bai Shan's spear technique, which only focused on destructive power and lethality, Bai Cheng's spear technique was more comprehensive. At least, during the entanglement, Xiao Yan's Xuan Heavy Ruler was repeatedly pierced and deflected by Bai Cheng's spear. If it weren't for Xiao Yan's strong physical body, the Xuan Heavy Ruler might have actually been deflected by Bai Cheng.

However, Bai Cheng's fighting technique consumed a lot of fighting spirit. Before Xiao Yan could forcefully break through it, Bai Cheng deactivated it on his own. After that, although the spear in Bai Cheng's hand was still extremely sharp, it was no longer a threat to Xiao Yan.

Bang!

After blocking Bai Cheng's spear, Xiao Yan clenched his left fist and struck Bai Cheng hard. With a dull thud, Bai Cheng flew backward, blood splattering all over the ground.

However, Xiao Yan did not really go all out, so after Bai Cheng fell to the ground, he struggled for a moment before standing up. The blood-red wound on his chest and the bright red blood at the corner of his mouth were extremely glaring.

"Shall we continue?" Looking at Bai Cheng's somewhat miserable appearance, Xiao Yan tilted his head and asked.

Bai Cheng lowered his head, his face pale, looking at the bloodstain on his chest. He had sensed something was wrong when Xiao Yan struck him with a palm earlier, but he was sent flying before he could react. Now, the hidden energy erupting within him had completely rendered him powerless to fight.

"I admit it..."

Bai Cheng, his face pale, uttered two words, but before he could finish, he staggered back a few steps and, amidst the shocked gazes of the audience in the stands, collapsed.

Staring at Bai Cheng, who had completely fainted, the entire arena fell into an eerie silence. Many people hadn't even realized that a six-star Dou Ling ranked thirty-fourth on the strength list had been so easily defeated by a freshman who had only been enrolled for two days. Although someone had joked about this before the match started, even the person who said it thought it was just a joke.

In the quiet atmosphere, Xiao Yan coughed lightly, feigning exhaustion, "Ahem, does the White Gang have a deputy? You should still acknowledge the bet, right? Where are the items?"

Faced with Xiao Yan's question, whose face was somewhat pale, the previously arrogant members of the White Gang all turned ashen-faced, passing the buck among themselves, and dared not say another word.

At this moment, Xun'er and Zi Yan nimbly flashed to Xiao Yan's side one after the other.

After supporting Xiao Yan, who seemed relatively unaffected, Xun'er asked softly, "Are you alright?"

Whether she was angry with Xun'er or not, Zi Yan grabbed Xiao Yan's arm and tried to help him up, but the gesture looked rather comical on her short stature.

Xiao Yan smiled and shook his head, glanced at Bai Cheng, and then turned to leave.

But suddenly, Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly. He abruptly raised his head and looked at a certain spot in the crowd of people in the arena. There, a somewhat violent aura was gradually spreading out, faintly enveloping Xiao Yan.

"I wonder which senior has taken a dislike to Xiao Yan this time?" His eyes instantly turned cold. Having already secured his place on the ranking list, Xiao Yan had no interest in indulging these seniors from the inner academy. "If you want to teach Xiao Yan a lesson, please come down here. I will not back down an inch!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's voice, the commotion that had just begun abruptly ceased. Countless gazes followed Xiao Yan's gaze, finally settling on a gray-clad man in the crowd. Although the man's face could not be clearly seen for a moment, the violent aura emanating from him still caused many people's expressions to change slightly.

"Lin Yan, as long as you take him down..." Han Xian was the first to realize the identity of the gray-clothed man and immediately prepared to offer a price to ask the gray-clothed man to take action.

"roll!"

After uttering a single word indifferently, the man in gray slowly raised his head. Upon seeing his face, the expressions of those around him changed drastically, and they hurriedly took several steps back, as if they had seen some kind of plague god.

As for Han Xian, who was yelled at, his expression changed drastically... and he chose to compromise. Anyway, he couldn't beat Lin Yan, so what else could he do but compromise?

Lin Yan didn't react to these people's behavior. However, when he saw Zi Yan "supporting" Xiao Yan's arm, his pupils contracted slightly, and he showed some panic, but that was all.

After calming himself down slightly, Lin Yan walked out slowly under everyone's watchful eyes, leaped straight out, and landed heavily on the ground like a cannonball. The force of his landing caused the boulders at his feet to shatter.

Looking at Lin Yan, who was dozens of meters away and didn't seem to be looking for trouble, Xiao Yan glanced strangely at Zi Yan beside him. Then he pulled his hands out of Zi Yan and Xun'er's arms, patted Zi Yan's head, and took a step forward.

"Is there something you need?" Xiao Yan asked calmly, looking directly at Lin Yan.

However, Xiao Yan realized he had asked a foolish question. Just by looking at Lin Yan's bloodshot eyes, he knew that Lin Yan's target was definitely the Ice Marrow Pill in his hands. Moreover, if Zi Yan wasn't around, Lin Yan would most likely have chosen to snatch it directly.

Lin Yan glanced warily at Zi Yan behind Xiao Yan, and after confirming that she was only competing with another girl behind Xiao Yan, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he glanced at Bai Cheng, who had fainted by the side of the stands, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect you to be able to defeat Bai Cheng."

"Just lucky," Xiao Yan said calmly, taking out the Xuan Heavy Ruler he had previously put away and looking at Lin Yan with an air of fearlessness.

"...Ice Marrow Pill, is that what it's called?" Lin Yan didn't react to Xiao Yan taking out his weapon, or rather, he thought it was strange that Xiao Yan didn't take out his weapon. "I'll take it."

Raising an eyebrow, Xiao Yan hadn't expected Lin Yan to be so direct, or rather, he hadn't expected that Zi Yan, who was just standing to the side, would bring so much pressure to Lin Yan.

'If it weren't for the fear of being suspected of having ulterior motives...'