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Xun Er rushed in front of Zhou Mingrui with a strange movement technique. Her right hand was surrounded by a thin layer of golden flame, which seemed to be able to burn everything, giving Zhou Mingrui an extremely dangerous feeling.
The specific Amon, in order to play his role more realistically, did not have too many special things. Therefore, besides a wisp of Flame of Destiny used for communication, Zhou Mingrui was truly just an ordinary peak Dou Spirit.
At most, he had more subtle control over his strength, a more clever grasp of combat timing, and more skilled use of Dou Techniques.
His upper right arm was wrapped in a cyan cyclone, which clashed with Xun Er's fair palm.
Zhou Mingrui touched and retreated, pulling away before his cyan cyclone was completely burned by the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame.
Xun Er frowned slightly. Her opponent was more cautious and cunning than she had expected.
A sub-Flame of Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame was sealed within her body. The Seal was personally set by her father, and there was a crack in the Seal that allowed the sub-Flame's power to seep out. She could adjust the amount of flame power she could control by adjusting the size of the crack.
Limited by her body, she could not open the crack too wide, otherwise, it would damage her.
Xun Er could only mobilize a small wisp now, using it in critical places. Therefore, her fighting style was different from Xiao Yan's; it wasn't the kind that was wide open and aggressive... It was more similar to Xiao Meng's, or rather, Xiao Meng was like her... The early Xiao Meng had stolen her techniques to enrich herself.
Xun Er stomped her foot, extinguishing the Dou Qi mass Zhou Mingrui had buried underground when he retreated, and did not pursue further.
Bang, bang, bang...
A series of muffled sounds rang out, and small holes suddenly exploded in the ground between her and Zhou Mingrui, with sharp air currents gushing out from within.
These were all ambushes set by her opponent during his retreat!
Hu Jia watched the battle ahead and exclaimed, "Xun Er is also amazing, she can actually fight that guy to such a degree. If it were me, I would probably chase directly and then be severely injured by the explosion."
Wu Hao thought for a moment and pointed out very honestly:
"If it were you, he probably wouldn't retreat a single step."
Xiao Yan flew above Zhou Mingrui, drew out his ancient ruler, and swung it down forcefully.
The free-floating energy between heaven and earth gathered on his ancient ruler, and a scorching power suddenly erupted.
"Flame Divide Wave Ruler!"
"Drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, this is a Heaven-tier Dou Technique!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed.
Not only were the new students shocked, but even the old students who had dragged their injured bodies to this place stared wide-eyed.
Among the students, there were quite a few who had mastered Profound-tier high-grade Dou Techniques, but very few could truly use a Heaven-tier Dou Technique. That was a treasure that could attract Dou Kings and Dou Emperors to fight over in the Black-Corner Region!
"Green Steel Shield!"
Green Dou Qi spread wantonly, and the strong air current formed a thick barrier, blocking the path of the scorching energy erupting from the ancient ruler.
The green barrier shattered inch by inch under the impact of the flame power.
The collision of vast energy stirred up a strong wind, and powerful air currents surged in all directions.
When both the scorching energy and the green barrier disappeared, what entered Zhou Mingrui's eyes was an exquisite green and purple Fire Lotus in Xiao Yan's hand.
"Go!"
The Fire Lotus quickly flew downwards, and a scorching power erupted, stirring up a large amount of smoke and dust from the ground.
Just as Xiao Yan thought it was over, a white ray of light tore through the smoke and shot towards his head.
He felt the threat and instinctively distorted his head, dodging it.
The ray grazed his cheek, bringing a burning pain.
Xiao Yan rubbed his face with the back of his right hand; warm liquid was slowly seeping from the wound...
He stared intently downwards, his gaze vigilant. When the smoke and dust dissipated, Zhou Mingrui slowly walked out from within.
His face was pale, his steps a little unsteady, a large amount of blood flowed from his forehead, and after a few steps, he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Zhou Mingrui's "Convergence" absorbed several Worms of Spirit from his body, and his injuries recovered, his complexion quickly becoming rosy.
He wiped the corner of his mouth, looked at Xiao Yan in mid-air, and praised, "You won, well done."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan descended from the air. He looked at Zhou Mingrui, who seemed injured but quickly recovered, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face:
"Why? You should still be able to fight, right? You don't look seriously injured."
Zhou Mingrui shook his head: "You did indeed cause me a serious injury just now. I used a secret technique... Although my injury is alleviated in this state and doesn't affect my combat power, if I get injured again, it will be very troublesome... It's just a spar, there's no need to fight to the death."
He tossed his fire crystal card to Xiao Yan: "Here, your spoils of war."
Xiao Yan casually glanced at the number on the card and almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.
He had previously robbed eight teams, forty people, and the total fire energy he gained was only a few hundred days. But the card the other party gave him had over two thousand days of fire energy!
Although he hadn't entered the Inner Courtyard yet and didn't have a more intuitive understanding of the use of this fire energy, judging from the performance of the old students earlier, this was definitely a very precious item.
He thought for a moment, and just as he was about to return the fire crystal card, he heard Zhou Mingrui say:
"Oh, it seems I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Zhou Mingrui, and I'm the one who put a bounty on you... As for this fire energy, I'm just passing it on to you on behalf of someone else."
"On behalf of someone else?" Xiao Yan repeated the sentence and looked at Xiao Meng on one side of the open space.
"She doesn't have much time left to be with you." After Zhou Mingrui left this sentence, a pair of green wings condensed behind him, and he flew into the distance.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan was startled and asked hurriedly.
Looking at Zhou Mingrui, who did not answer his question and gradually moved away, Xiao Yan frowned, hesitated for a moment, and did not give chase.
"Hehe, I knew Young Master Xiao Yan could do it... It's just a mere Zhou Mingrui." Xiao Meng walked over, her eyes filled with undisguised joy.
Xun Er retracted the flames from her palm and calmed her Dou Qi. She still instinctively felt that Zhou Mingrui was dangerous.
Xiao Yan rubbed her head and said somewhat helplessly, "Oh, you... Thanks to you, my life in the academy has been quite exciting."
Xiao Meng smiled, "It's just a little trouble, Young Master Xiao Yan, you wouldn't mind, would you?"
"What can I do if I mind? Can I punish you severely?"
Poking her forehead rather intimately with his finger, Xiao Yan also smiled and asked, "How have you been these past two years?"
"Quite well, it's just that some things have happened, I'll tell you later... Now, let's first resolve the matter of Young Master Xiao Yan entering the Inner Courtyard." Xiao Meng's tone deepened slightly.
Xiao Meng's behavior in front of Xiao Yan like this astonished both the new and old students who had just entered the Inner Courtyard, making their mouths drop open...
That "Demoness" actually had such a docile and gentle side!
Elder Su Qian slowly descended from the sky. Seeing the way he arrived, Xiao Yan's heart tightened.
Stepping through the air, a Dou Ancestor expert!
"Congratulations, you have successfully passed through the forest. Now, I officially welcome you to the Inner Courtyard."
Su Qian led the students through the open space and to the edge.
The edge of the open space was a steep slope, and below it was a huge basin. Within the basin, pavilions and towers were countless, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Between the pavilions, tiny figures occasionally flashed by.
It was almost evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast down, making the pavilions appear even grander.
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