"You guys, nine-star Dou Grandmasters. It seems this year's junior brothers are very powerful. No wonder Vice Principal Hu Gan temporarily mobilized the Black White Evil Stopper."
These Inner Academy seniors, who were about to leave, saw the powerful and domineering aura on Yan Qingshan and Lin Yan. They gave up any hope of luck, gathered together, and guarded against other directions.
Two nine-star Dou Grandmasters were powerful, but they were all elites of the Inner Academy. Although none of the five Dou Grandmasters were above six stars, they had a chance to turn the tables if they joined forces.
"I advise you not to move rashly."
Yan Qingshan smiled and shook his wrist. Green thread-like objects appeared around these people, constantly moving and contracting, merging and growing with the surrounding vegetation, constantly reducing their range of motion.
"Acting mysterious!"
These five Inner Academy seniors were not the type to listen to advice. They attacked at the same time after preparing themselves. Two rushed towards Yan Qingshan, and the other three attacked Lin Yan, whose aura was even more violent.
"What the hell is this!"
They soon felt something was wrong. Their weapons, imbued with Dou Qi strong enough to split gold and break stone, only managed to cut a few of these threads. It was as if they had triggered a counterattack, as more threads wrapped around them.
The surrounding flowers, plants, and trees seemed to come to life, constantly growing and spreading vines that entangled them. They continuously circulated Dou Qi to form armor and resist, but it was basically futile, unable to free themselves from this sea of vines.
"Dawn, design a solution, probe and record the information in their bodies, and find out the essence of how the Fallen Heart Flame Fire Energy improves cultivation."
One by one, the Inner Academy seniors were swept away by the vines and hung upside down on the trees. Yan Qingshan's eyes shot out two blue lights, scanning all of them and taking out their crystal cards.
"Only fifty-nine days left. They're really poor!"
The crystal card Yan Qingshan took out belonged to the person with the highest cultivation among them, a five-star Dou Grandmaster. But even he couldn't hold on for long.
Lin Yan looked at the green vines binding those seniors and said with some emotion, "Your move is really terrifyingly powerful in this forest."
"If you had shown this kind of power in the martial arts arena, even if everyone else had joined forces, they probably wouldn't have been your opponent."
Han Xian, Han Yue, and the others also came out. Han Yue and Xiao Yi Xian were chatting and laughing, seemingly becoming good friends. Sometimes, it was really hard to understand how quickly girls made friends.
"You're joking. In the martial arts arena, there wasn't even a weed. What could I do? Earth-type users had the advantage!"
Yan Qingshan smiled and turned around, waving the crystal card in front of the five-star Dou Grandmaster. "Senior, it's time for the Q&A session.
I ask, you answer. If you answer well, I'll leave you twenty days on this card. After all, you left them two days, right?"
"What do you want to know?"
This five-star Dou Grandmaster quickly gave in. In the annual Fire Energy Hunting Competition, there were cases where seniors were killed by freshmen, although rare. Some seniors lost all their Fire Energy due to failure.
Even if those powerful freshmen were eventually defeated by other seniors, the Fire Energy wouldn't return to the robbed seniors. Compared to those seniors who were left with only two days' worth, twenty days wasn't a small amount.
"The situation in the Inner Academy, the purpose of this thing, and the strength of your teams and the situation of Hu Gan's mobilization, tell me everything!"
Yan Qingshan went straight to the point. As expected, the strength of the seniors in the Inner Academy Fire Energy Hunting Competition changed every year. The lower limit didn't change much, but the upper limit was adjusted.
The strength of the students entering the Inner Academy each year varied. Not every batch had more than five geniuses with the strength of a Dou Grandmaster. At this time, the strength of the Inner Academy members in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition had to be adjusted so that they wouldn't overwhelm the freshmen too much.
But when a batch like Yan Qingshan's appeared, with two top-notch geniuses, the upper limit would be adjusted, and the Black White Evil Stopper would be assigned to target these geniuses.
The Black White Evil Stopper in this batch were extremely strong. The two leaders were also the pride of the Inner Academy, having just broken through to the Dou Spirit realm and hoping to be promoted to the Strong Ranking.
After obtaining the information, Yan Qingshan said to himself, "Two one-star Dou Spirit teams, with members at least above five-star Dou Grandmasters. That old fox is really cunning. I wondered why he smiled so brightly when we left."
"What do we do with them?"
Lin Yan, Han Xian, and the others each dealt with one person. Their Fire Energy was all above double digits, while these seniors were still tied up.
"I keep my word, of course, I'll let them go."
Yan Qingshan clapped his hands, and the vines wrapped around these people loosened. The five of them fell to the ground with a cry and then barely stood up and supported each other as they left.
"Why let them go?"
Bai Cheng, with a gloomy face, stood up. He had a shoe print on his face. He had just suffered immense humiliation, being stepped on. This was the only time in his life.
The other party was just older and had cultivated for longer, and they had ganged up on him five against one. He was confident he could win in a one-on-one fight! How could he not be angry? Even Yan Qingshan and the others, who had dealt with these people, were on his hate list.
"Are you out of your mind? How dare you talk to me like that?"
Yan Qingshan walked over and punched Bai Cheng in the abdomen, knocking him to the ground. "Don't think this is still the Outer Academy. This is the Inner Academy, and you're not a prodigy here.
Let alone the fact that we have no connection, even if we did, do you think I would tolerate your temper? If you lose, find your own way to get revenge. Your current impotent rage will only make people think you're trash.
Bei Ju, and you guys, are you willing to come with us? These seniors treat us as prey. One or two freshman teams are indeed no match, but if everyone joins forces and breaks them one by one, the prey and the hunter can switch roles!"
Yan Qingshan pointed to their remaining two days of Fire Energy. "They just explained the purpose of this thing. In the Inner Academy, this is the most important resource. And now, a large batch of resources is waving in front of us!"
"I'll join you."
Bei Ju didn't rage impotently like Bai Cheng. He directly chose to join Yan Qingshan's team. The other three Dou Masters, even if two of them had supported Bai Cheng before, made the right choice at this time.
"I'll go with you too."
Bai Cheng stood up from the ground, a hint of fear and deep-seated hatred flashing in his eyes. But after calming down, he also chose the most correct approach: joining forces with Yan Qingshan and the others to have a better start in the Inner Academy.