Battle Through the Heavens - chapter-436

The vast sea of trees held various different kinds of Magical Beasts
within it. Every once in awhile, there would be ferocious auras of
Magical Beasts shooting out from within the sea of trees in an explosive
manner. However, when these Magical Beasts entered within a hundred meter
radius of the group, they would be shocked by the powerful force emitted
from the barrier that Hu Gan’s and the three elders created until they
warily retreated.

Of course, this was not the case for every one of them. As the Magical
Beast were widespread in such a concentrated manner within the vast
endless mountains, there was naturally no shortage of frighteningly
powerful creatures . Half an hour after the flying formation began
travelling within the mountains behind the academy, there were some
powerful Magical Beasts who forcefully charged and attacked the Griffin
formation, in spite of the pressure being released by Hu Gan and the
other three people. At this time, Hu Gan and the other three old men
began to display their shocking strength. Each time they waved their
hands, powerful blasts of energy shot across the sky like a thunderbolt.
Immediately, Xiao Yan and the others would hear a muffled sound, and the
large-sized Magical Beasts suddenly exploded into fresh blood and fell
down.

As they flew, various kinds of ferocious Magical Beasts swarmed over,
pouncing from the rear and front. However, there wasn’t a single
Magical Beast who could break through the blockade that was Hu Gan and
the three others.

Xiao Yan and the others stood on the Griffins. Their faces were stunned
as they watched the Magical Beasts’ bodies being shredded to bits. From
their Qis, most of these Magical Beasts appeared to possess the strength
to contend with any one of the students present. Even if that was the
case, they were still turned into a mist of blood each time Hu Gan and
the others waved their hand. This kind of strength really caused people
to turn green with envy.

“No wonder they need to escort us all the way there. It is really
unexpected that there are so many dangers lurking in the mountains behind
the academy. If we were to travel by foot through the forest, it is
likely that given the strength of the other students, there would hardly
be anyone who would be able to walk out alive.” Xiao Yan laughed
bitterly as he eyed another cloud of blood form from an explosion fifty
meters away from their location. Earlier, when the group flew past the
vast mountain range, he could clearly sense that there were at least rank
5 or Dou Wang class Magical Beast auras existing in the dense forest
below using his outstandingly large Spiritual Perception. However, the
Magical Beasts, which had reached such a rank had already gained
intelligence which was not inferior to that of a human’s. Therefore,
they could naturally sense the strength of Hu Gan and the others. Hence,
they did not act like the weaker Magical Beast, attacking the Griffin
formation recklessly. It was also fortunate that these high ranked
Magical Beast knew what fear was. Otherwise, even with Hu Gan and the
three other Dou Huang level experts escorting them, it was likely
impossible that this Griffin formation of theirs would arrive at their
destination unscathed.

Bloody mist accompanied them all the way as they continued to fly. Hu Gan
and the three others were like sharp cones that tore out a path within
the Magical Beast that came attacking in all directions. The strength of
a Dou Huang was strong to such an extent.

This nearly peremptory charging continued for almost an hour before the
flying speed of the Griffin formation finally slowed down. When he sensed
the reduction in speed, Xiao Yan swept his gaze in front of him. However,
he was uncertain when he discovered that, other than a bottomless gorge
under their feet, the other places were still an endless green carpet
where they could not see the edges. Forget about the Inner Academy, there
wasn’t even a single human figure.

“What is happening?” Xiao Yan exchanged looks with Xun Er and the
rest. All of their faces were filled with doubt and confusion.

“Descend!”

The sharpness in Hu Gan’s eyes gradually disappeared. The powerful
force, that soared from within his body earlier, was quietly retracted
back into his body. He smilingly waved his hand, and the ten Griffins
flapped their wings as they slowly descended towards the mountain gorge
below.

The Griffins carried a dark shadow and wild gusts of wind as they landed
smoothly on the ground. Xiao Yan and the others saw the waving gestures
that Hu Gan showed them. They exchanged glances before leaping down from
the Griffins and began to land and gather on the empty ground. Their
gazes looked all around them while their faces were at a loss.

“Where is this place? Don’t tell me that the Inner Academy is
here?” After they landed on the ground, Hu Jia was the first to be
unable to bear it and questioned Hu Gan. When the others heard this
question, they turned also their gazes towards Hu Gan. Clearly, they also
wanted to know the answer to it.

“It is not so easy to enter the Inner Academy.” Hu Gan smiled
faintly. Immediately, he slowly took ten steps forward under everyone’s
gaze. After which, his footsteps paused. With a wave of his hand, a wave
of energy shot out explosively and arrived at the space in front of him.
A strange scene surfaced almost instantly. They saw that when the energy
shot past a certain empty area, it actually created a wave-like ripple.
This ripple swiftly fluctuated. Finally, a large pale, silver-colored
door, that was over seventy to eighty feet high appeared out of nowhere.

Xiao Yan and the others were shocked when they eyed the large,
silver-colored door that had appeared out of nowhere. Clearly, they did
not think that this seemingly ordinary place would actually hide such a
profound secret.

The silver-colored door carried a clear sound as it slowly opened in
front of everyone’s eyes. The scene behind the door was also a thick
forest, as it has always been. It appeared that this forest in front of
them was no different than what they had seen earlier.

“Follow me.” Hu Gan waved his hand and took the lead to walk through
the large silver-colored door. Behind him, tens of students followed
closely while wearing expressions that were filled with curiosity.

Xiao Yan did not walk near the front. He stood in the back and eyed the
people who entered the silver-colored door in front of him. After which,
his gaze was once again thrown onto the space outside of the large door.
He was somewhat stunned to discover that those people who had entered the
silver-colored door seemed to have entered another space and just
disappeared into thin air.

“What a strange place…” This scene caused Xiao Yan to exclaim and
shook his head. He recalled the spatial folds in front of the ‘Book
Collection Hall’ and came to a sudden understanding. The tactics of
super elites were indeed something that they had difficulty understanding
at their current level of strength.

After Xiao Yan exclaimed in his heart, he lengthened his stride and
followed the group. After which, he past through the large silver-colored
door. Following which, he also disappeared.

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The large door only slowly shut itself tightly after everyone, including
the ten Griffins, had entered through them. Finally, a silver-colored
energy ripple spread out, and the large silver-colored door gradually
dissipated until it completely disappeared. At this moment, this entire
region had changed into an extremely ordinary forest.

As Xiao Yan stepped across the large silver-colored door, he suddenly
felt his mind go blank. His two feet were pressed firmly on the solid
ground as his gaze swept across the place in front of him. However, he
was a little surprised to discover that the scene in front of them was
similar to the forest earlier. It was just that… at this moment, two
old men and a few middle-aged men had actually unknowingly appeared near
the forest. Additionally, there were over twenty young people standing
behind them. Xiao Yan’s gaze swept over their bodies and discovered
that they were all wearing badges on their chest, which had drawing
similar to a tower.

“Ke ke, Old Hu, you are punctual as always. We can always rest assured
when we let you escort the new students. How are the new students this
year?” At this moment, one of the two old men smiled at the leading Hu
Gan and said when he saw the large group of people entering.

“Not bad. It is definitely a little better than last year’s group.”
Hu Gan smiled and said: “It is really unexpected that it is your turn
to carry out the duty this year. Looks like it’s going to be quite
tiring.”

“There’s no choice.” The two old men helplessly shook their heads.

“The five of you come over.” Hu Gan turned his body and beckoned Xiao
Yan and the four others with his hand. When he saw that the five had
arrived by his side, he pointed towards the two old men and said:
“These two are Elders in the Inner Academy. This is Elder Su, and this
other person is Elder Qing. If you have any problem in the Inner Academy
in the future, you can look for them. Ke ke, these five little fellows
were the top five ranked in this year’s Qualifying Competition. Their
strength is not bad.” These final two sentences were naturally spoken
to Elder Su and Elder Qing.

“Oh?” The gazes of the two Elders carried a bizarreness as they swept
across the five of them. Finally, they nodded and said: “Being able to
obtain the top five at this age. Their potential is indeed much better
than the last batch.”

“Yo, what beautiful girls. Looks like there will be two more names on
the ‘Beauty Ranking’ within the Inner Academy.” After Xiao Yan and
the four others came out, the eyes of the few young people standing
behind those middle-aged follows immediately brightened as they whistled
and said.

“Shut your mouth. Whoever says any more nonsense will have their tower
training time cut by five days!” Elder Su turned around and chided. The
young men behind smiled mischievously as they immediately shut their
mouths. Clearly, the deduction of the so-called tower training time
caused them to be extremely afraid.

After rebuking that group of young people until they did not dare to say
anything more, Elder Su turned around. He faced Xiao Yan and the other
new students as he slowly spoke: “You’re all new here, so I hope that
you can all get used to this place. That way, you will all obtain the
greatest benefit possible. Look at these bastards. In previous years,
they may have passed through the Qualifying Competition in the Outer
Academy but they are merely ranked at the bottom. However, in merely one
year’s time, I dare say that with their strength, they would definitely
be able to enter the top ten amongst all of you.”

Xiao Yan was slightly startled when he heard this. His gaze was thrown
towards those young people and his gaze solidified slightly. He could
sense that these young people were indeed very strong. Amongst this group
of new students, it might well be possible to count the number of people
who could defeat them with just both hands. Yet these people were merely
those ranked at the bottom in the Qualifying Competition of previous
years. From this, one could see just how the strength of these people
advanced by leaps and bounds after entering the Inner Academy.

“Alright, let’s not say any more nonsense. Although you all have
already passed through the Qualifying Competition and obtained the right
to enter the Inner Academy, it is still not over…” Elder Su smiled.
He waved his hand and a large pile of black-colored crystal sheets
appeared in his hand. With a random toss using his hand, he threw the
crystal sheets. Immediately, the crystal sheets appeared to have grown
eyes as they began to suspend themselves in front of everyone. Xiao Yan
and the others were startled as they extended their hands and held them.

Once the crystal sheets entered their hands, Xiao Yan and the others
immediately sensed a strange heat energy seeping out from within it. They
lowered their heads to observe for a moment and discovered that it was a
transparent screen of crystal. Imprinted on the screen was a large
red-colored number: “5!”

“What does this mean?” Xiao Yan was somewhat doubtful as he eyed that
red-colored number. He lifted his gaze and was somewhat stunned when he
saw that the group of young people standing behind the middle-aged men
were eyeing the dark, black crystal sheets that was held in his and the
others hands with heated gazes. There was a desire within their gazes
that they did not hide.

“Due to some things, it is quite difficult explaining it. You will
naturally understand it in the future. However, there is only one thing
which you need to know for now. Protect the crystal sheets in your hands
as though it is your life. Once you enter the Inner Academy, you will
understand its importance! Of course, just take a look at the expression
in the eyes of this group of people and you will understand this
point.” Towards the end of his speech, Elder Su pointed at the group of
young people behind and smilingly said.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er exchanged glances and nodded their heads. The crystal
sheets in their hands shook and were stored into their storage ring.

“Next, you will all need to enter this forest. After which, you must
successfully reach the Inner Academy at the edge of the forest.” Elder
Su’s finger stopped at the group of young people and said faintly:
“You will need to be careful of them when all of you are passing
through this forest… According to the rules of the academy, they are
able to randomly fight within this forest. In other words, they can
attack any of you.”

“Remember, the number on the top of the crystal sheets in your hands is
an extremely great temptation to them. Therefore, with the exception of
killing people, they will use all sorts of methods to obtain the…
‘Fire Energy’ on your crystal sheets… you will feel that this term
is extremely familiar and very lovely in the future… For now, you need
to avoid them or defeat them. As long as you are not captured by them and
successfully arrive at the academy, you will have your final reward. The
earlier you arrive, the richer the reward.”

Elder Su’s finger suddenly turned towards the dark, black forest behind
him. “With regards to this seizing in the forest, our Inner Academy
calls it the ‘Fire Energy Hunting Competition’.”

“Now, I announce that this year’s ‘Fire Energy Hunting
Competition’ has formally begin! Students, begin to flee!”