A black dragon flew up from the river. Its body was over sixty meters long, its neck was as thick as a water vat, and it had a pair of fleshy wings on its back. It charged toward Wang Hao and the others in mid-air.
"How dare you attack even a disciple of the Burning Lamp Academy! You're courting death."
The vice dean stood atop the griffin, his eyes icy. He took out a white array diagram, unfurled it, and formed a giant spherical light sphere with a diameter of 100 meters, protecting the griffin and the ten young students inside.
"Boom!"
Two beams of flame shot out from the Xuanjiao's blood-red eyes, striking the surface of the white light sphere and causing it to shake violently.
Vice Dean Yang Xuan's gaze grew even colder as he raised the wooden staff in his hand and infused it with spiritual energy.
Instantly, the array patterns within the wooden staff were activated, and the staff, which was originally only two meters long, became as thick as a bowl and as long as fifty-six meters.
Vice Dean Yang Xuan's aged body became incredibly strong, his bones seemed to bulge out, his legs were slightly bent, and his body shot out like an arrow, leaping down from the griffin's head, swinging his wooden staff, and smashing it down on the black dragon's head.
"Boom!"
The enormous body of the Xuanjiao plummeted straight down, crashing into the river three hundred meters below, creating a giant wave more than ten meters high.
The river water turned blood red, clearly indicating that Vice Dean Yang Xuan's attack had severely injured the Xuan Jiao.
Vice Dean Yang Xuan used a movement technique, pushing off the ground with both feet and flying backwards, landing back on the griffin's back.
The ten students on the griffin's back all stared at Vice Dean Yang Xuan with shocked expressions.
No one expected that the old man, who looked like he was about to fall, would be able to unleash such powerful cultivation strength.
It should be noted that the Xuanjiao was a fourth-order ferocious beast with combat power comparable to a martial arts legend in the Heavenly Realm. However, Vice Dean Yang Xuan only needed one strike to severely injure the Xuanjiao and force it to escape back to the bottom of the water.
It is clear that Vice Dean Yang Xuan's cultivation has also broken through, becoming a Golden Core expert. He is estimated to be one of the most powerful among those who have just advanced to the Golden Core stage.
The sharp light emanating from Vice Dean Yang Xuan vanished, and she transformed back into the appearance of an eighty or ninety-year-old woman.
She addressed the ten young students sitting on the back of the griffin, saying, "Many incredibly powerful ferocious beasts live in Tianxing, and some of them, even if I encountered them, I could only run away."
"The deeper you go into Tianxing, the stronger the ferocious beasts you will encounter. If you ever go to Tianxing for training in the future, you must not venture too deep. There are many forbidden zones in Tianxing for you."
The griffin flapped its wings and continued flying towards the Crimson Flame Secret Realm. Half a day later, it arrived at a desolate region.
Legend has it that the human army fought a great battle with the fire serpent, turning this land into ruins, where nothing grows to this day.
Deep underground, a massive canyon, thousands of meters long and two hundred meters wide, has been ripped open, running straight down to an unfathomable depth, like the earth's mouth, capable of swallowing everything in the world.
Standing at the edge of the canyon, looking down into the ground, all you could see was pitch blackness, with only wisps of black miasma rising from the earth.
At the edge of the canyon, a narrow stone staircase was carved out, leading downwards into the depths of the earth.
It is said that the underground is the lair of the Heavenly Fire Serpent, the Crimson Flame Secret Realm.
When Vice Dean Yang Xuan led ten students from the Burning Lamp Academy to the top of the canyon, the disciples of the other five academies were already standing at the edge of the canyon.
The vice dean of Yin Yang Academy gave a cold laugh and said, "Vice Dean Yang Xuan, your Burning Lamp Academy is far too late. Everyone has been waiting for you for a long time."
Vice Dean Yang Xuan, gripping his wooden cane, walked with unsteady steps, saying, "On the way here, we encountered a black dragon, and we arrived a step too late."
The vice dean of Angel Academy said, "According to the old rules, the order in which we enter the intermediate ruins must be the same as the order in which we arrived here. Therefore, this year, the students of Burning Lamp Academy will be the last to enter."
“Okay.” Vice Dean Yang Xuan had no objection.
The first to arrive at the canyon entrance were the students of Yin Yang Academy, so the tenth-ranked student of Yin Yang Academy was the first to enter the intermediate ruins.
Their tenth-ranked student was Akihisa Suenaga.
Stepping onto the stone steps leading underground, I used my movement technique to rush quickly into the earth.
About three minutes later, the group stood at the edge of the canyon, and Suenaga Akihisa could no longer be seen.
The tenth-ranked student from Angel Academy also entered the canyon and rushed down into the ground.
Next up is the tenth-ranked student from Dragon and Phoenix Academy.
After the tenth-ranked student from the Tsar Academy disappeared underground, the tenth-ranked student from the Three Star Academy also set off, followed by Xia Xiaoyi, the tenth-ranked student from the Burning Lamp Academy, who headed underground.
Students participating in the intermediate-level relic exploration exam must enter the underground one by one, with lower-ranked students going in first and higher-ranked students going in later.
The reason for using this method is actually to prevent students from killing each other.
Once the lower-level students enter, they can either immediately go to the depths of the Crimson Flame Secret Realm or hide themselves.
If a higher-level student goes in first, they might wait at one of the underground entrances and kill the lower-level students who follow.
Murakami Genji stood among the students of the Yin-Yang Academy, staring coldly at Wang Hao, making no attempt to hide the killing intent in his eyes. In his heart, Japan was not to be insulted.
He glanced at Komatsu Keisaburo, the fifth-ranked student at the Yin-Yang Academy, and whispered, "Saburo, you entered the Crimson Flame Secret Realm before Wang Hao. You can wait for him underground. Once he enters the Crimson Flame Secret Realm, you must kill him at all costs."
Komatsu Keisaburo smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, I'm a master ranked 163rd on the Xuan Ranking. Killing Wang Hao is a piece of cake."
Murakami Genji said seriously, "Don't be careless. Although Wang Hao's cultivation is not as good as yours, his sword intent has reached the initial stage of Sword Heart Clarity."
"If you find yourself no match for Wang Hao, try your best to hold him off. Once Lang Xin arrives, the two of you can attack from both sides, and Wang Hao will have no chance to escape."
Genji Murakami glanced at Naraku standing beside him.
Lang Xin nodded and said, "Wang Hao has insulted our country many times and cannot be forgiven. With my ranking of seventieth on the Xuan Ranking, if we join forces, he will surely die."
Yan Qin glanced at the group from Yin Yang Academy and whispered, "Junior brother, you need to be careful. Komatsu Keisaburo and Ryoushin are both martial artists on the Xuan Ranking, and they are very strong."
"Moreover, one of them entered the Crimson Flame Secret Realm before you, and the other entered after you. If the two of them join forces to deal with you, it will be very difficult for you to escape."
Now, apart from Si Jingjun, no one knows that Wang Hao has broken through again and reached the Foundation Establishment stage of physical body cultivation, which they are unaware of. For these two to come here would be tantamount to suicide.
Wang Hao memorized their faces, then said with a smile, "The Crimson Flame Secret Realm is very dangerous, Senior Sister, please be careful."
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