The vast forest was filled with all kinds of magical beasts. Every once in a while, a fierce-looking magical beast would burst out from the forest, roaring at the griffin formation in the sky. Occasionally, some flying magical beasts would chase after them. However, whenever these magical beasts approached the formation within a hundred meters, they would be frightened and retreat by the powerful aura surging from the bodies of Hu Qian and the other four.
But of course, this was not entirely the case. Because the magical beasts were extremely densely distributed in the vast and endless mountains, there were naturally some powerful ones among them. It was terrifying. Therefore, half an hour after the flight formation flew into the back mountain of Canaan Academy, powerful monsters began to ignore the pressure from Hu Qian and the other three and forcibly attacked the griffin formation. At this time, Hu Qian and the three old men began to show their shocking strength. Every time they waved their hands, powerful energy streaked across the sky like thunder. Soon, Xiao Yan and the others only heard a muffled sound, and those huge monsters exploded into blood all over the sky, splashing down.
Flying all the way, all kinds of ferocious monsters came one after another, but still no monster could break through the blockade of Hu Qian and the other three.
They flew all the way, accompanied by blood mist. Hu Qian and the other four were like sharp cones, tearing a passage from the overwhelming monsters. The strength of the Dou Wang strongmen was so tyrannical.
After such an almost brutal collision lasted for more than an hour, the flying speed of the griffin formation finally slowed down. Feeling the slowdown, Xiao Yan swept his eyes to the front, but found in confusion that except for a bottomless mountain stream under his feet, the rest of the place was still endless green shade, let alone the inner courtyard, there was not even a single person in sight.
"Fire Energy Hunting Competition?"
Looking at the cave in front, Xiao Ping, standing on the back of the griffin, could not help but curl up the corners of his mouth. The Fire Energy Hunting Competition could just allow him to get enough fire energy.
"Land!"
The fierceness in his eyes gradually faded. The powerful aura rising from Hu Qian's body also quietly retracted into his body. He waved his hand with a smile, and the ten griffins spread their wings and slowly landed on the opposite side of the mountain stream below.
"Where is this? Is the inner courtyard here?"
After landing, the young man with the big knife couldn't help but ask Hu Qian first, and when the others heard the question, they all cast their eyes on Hu Qian. Obviously, they also wanted to know the answer.
"The inner courtyard is not so easy to enter."
Hu Qian smiled faintly, and then under the gaze of everyone, he slowly walked forward for ten steps, then stopped, waved his hand, and a beam of energy shot out from his hand, and finally shot towards the space in front of him.
Immediately, a weird scene emerged. When the energy shot through a certain empty space, it brought up waves like water waves. These ripples fluctuated rapidly, and finally a pale silver door that was seven or eight feet tall appeared out of thin air!
Looking at the strangely appearing silver gate, the young man with the big knife and the others were all shocked. Obviously, they had not expected that this seemingly extremely ordinary place actually hid such a mystery.
The silver gate slowly opened with a crisp sound under the gaze of everyone. The scene behind the gate was the same dense forest as before, which seemed to be no different from the dense forest in front of them.
"Follow me."
With a wave of his hand, Hu Qian took the lead and walked into the silver gate. Afterwards, Xiao Ping and dozens of other students followed closely with curiosity.
After everyone, including the ten griffins, entered the silver gate, the gate slowly closed. The last circle of silver energy ripples spread out, and the silver gate gradually dissipated and finally disappeared completely. At this moment, this area has turned into an extremely ordinary forest entrance again
. The silver gate was at the entrance of the forest. Two old men and several middle-aged men appeared unexpectedly. In addition, there were nearly twenty young people standing behind them. Xiao Ping's eyes swept over them and found that on their chests, they were all wearing a badge engraved with a tower-like pattern. It should be the so-called Tianfen Qi Training Tower.
"Haha, old man Hu, you are always so punctual. I feel relieved to let you escort the new students. How are the new students this year?" At this time, one of the two old men saw the large group of people coming in, and smiled at the leader Hu Qian,
"It's just so-so, but there is a super dark horse, definitely not worse than those monster-level geniuses in the inner courtyard."
Hu Qian smiled and said, "I didn't expect that it would be your turn to be on duty this year. It looks like you two old guys will be tired."
"There's nothing we can do," the two old men shook their heads helplessly,
"Come here, five of you,"
Hu Qian turned around and waved to Xiao Yan and the other four. After seeing them coming to his side, he pointed at the two old men and said,
"These two are the elders of the inner courtyard. This one is Elder Su, and the other one is Elder Qing
. You can find them if you have any problems in the inner courtyard in the future. Haha, the one standing in the front is what I call the dark horse." The last sentence, Hu Qian was naturally talking to the two elders Su and Qing, and the person he was referring to was naturally Xiao Ping,
"It was him who messed up the ranking of the top 50 in the outer courtyard competition!"
At this point, Hu Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the top five of the outer courtyard competition of Canaan Academy, three of them were only one or two-star fighting masters. How could this be!
"Oh?"
Hearing this, the two elders glanced at Xiao Ping with a hint of surprise, but frowned a little, "Old man Hu, you are not fooling me, are you?"
"Haha, you two, don't underestimate him, even though he is only a four-star fighter..."
Seeing the two frowning, Hu Qian also stroked his beard and smiled, "Back then, it was him who single-handedly fought against the combined forces of eighteen fighters, and eventually beat them all out of the finals venue!"
"What?"
After hearing Hu Qian's explanation, Elders Su and Qing widened their eyes. "If that's really the case, then you've really seen a treasure! Being able to fight against the combined forces of eighteen fighting masters on his own, I'm afraid even the monstrous geniuses in the inner courtyard can't do that at his age!"
After carefully looking at Xiao Ping a few more times, Elder Su slowly said, "You are all new here. I hope you can adapt to this place as much as possible. If you do that, you will gain great benefits."
"Look at these bastards. Although they passed the outer courtyard trials in previous years, they were only ranked at the bottom. But now, in just one year, I dare say that their strength can definitely enter the top ten among you, or even far surpass you. Of course, I mean your ranking under normal circumstances."
Having said that, the elder Su once again involuntarily shifted his gaze to Xiao Ping, but still could not see what was outstanding about Xiao Ping.
Hearing this, the students behind Xiao Ping were slightly startled, and they all cast their eyes on those young people with a slightly condensed look. They could also feel that these young people were indeed very strong.
Among their group, the number of people who could beat them could probably be counted on one hand. No, it should be said that apart from that monstrous Xiao Ping, no one could beat them, and these, But they are only those who ranked low in the selection competitions in previous years. From here, it is enough to see how these people's strength has improved by leaps and bounds after entering the inner courtyard.
"Okay, I won't say much nonsense. Although you have passed the selection competition and obtained the qualification to enter the inner courtyard, it is not over yet!"
Elder Su smiled, raised his hand, and a handful of pitch-black chips appeared in his hand. Then he threw it casually, and the chips shot out, and then it seemed as if it had eyes, floating in front of everyone. Xiao Ping and others were startled by this, and reached out to hold it in their hands. When
they got the chip, Xiao Ping and others immediately felt a strange heat seeping out from it. They lowered their heads and took a closer look. They found that on this chip, there was a transparent mirror, and on this mirror, there was a big red number
"Five" printed!
"What does this mean?"
Looking at the red words, Xiao Ping naturally knew what they were used for, but the students behind him were a little confused. They raised their eyes and looked at the group of young people standing behind the middle-aged man in surprise. At this moment, they were looking at the black chips in their hands with fiery eyes, and there was undisguised greed in their eyes.
"Because some things are difficult to explain, you will understand them later. However, you only need to know one thing now, that is to keep the chips in your hands as if they were your lives."
At the end, Elder Su pointed at the group of young people and said with a smile, "When you enter the inner courtyard, you will understand. Understand its importance to you! Of course, if you look at the eyes of these guys, you may understand a little bit. "
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and nodded slightly. The chip in their hands shook and was put into their respective rings.
"Next, you need to enter the forest and successfully reach the inner courtyard at the end of the forest."
Elder Su's finger still stayed on the group of young people, and said lightly: "When you shuttle through this forest, be careful of them. According to the rules of the inner courtyard, in this forest, they can make a move at will, that is, they can attack you. Of course, you can also resist, as long as no one is killed or irreparable consequences are caused."
"Remember, the number on the chip in your hand is extremely tempting to them. Therefore, in addition to killing people, they will use all means to obtain the "fire energy" on your chip. You will find this word very familiar and lovely in the future. Now, you must avoid them or defeat them. As long as they avoid being caught and successfully reach the inner courtyard, you will receive the final reward. The earlier you arrive, the richer the reward."
Elder Su's finger suddenly moved towards the dark forest behind him: "For this forest robbery, we in the inner courtyard call it the "Fire Energy Hunting Competition".
"Now, I declare that this year's "Fire Energy Hunting Competition" officially begins! Students, begin to escape!"
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