Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

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Looking in the direction where the spear had fallen, everyone saw, sure enough, Liu Qing stood there with his hands behind his back, looking arrogant and seemingly indifferent to everything that had just happened.

However, Xiao Fan knew that his domineering entrance was solely for the purpose of competing with Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao.

After a while, Yao Sheng and the others who were with Liu Qing also stood not far from him.

"Liu Qing is a formidable opponent."

Standing beside Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan sensed the powerful aura emanating from Liu Qing and whispered to Xiao Fan.

"Humph!"

Liu Qing was not far from Xiao Fan and the others. When he entered, he saw Xiao Fan and the others. With a light hum, Liu Qing said to Xiao Fan and the others, "I hope you can hold on a little longer."

"Brother Liu Qing is joking. People like them probably won't even make it past the first round before being eliminated by others."

Yao Sheng stood beside Liu Qing with an arrogant expression, looking at Xiao Yan, and said in a gloomy tone: "Besides, maybe they will run into me beforehand. When that happens, I will definitely teach them a lesson about the rules of the inner courtyard."

"Ha, you sissy, I hope you're just as good with your hands."

Xiao Yan looked at Yao Sheng and said disdainfully.

"you......"

Yao Sheng's gaze toward Xiao Yan grew increasingly gloomy. Just as he was about to say something, Liu Qing interrupted him.

"We'll see if you can stick with it!"

After Liu Qing finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to Xiao Fan and the others. After all, in his opinion, his only opponents were Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao.

As for the others, Liu Qing didn't care about them at all.

At this moment, most of the people on the ranking list had already landed on the stone platform, and the crowd gradually quieted down.

The Grand Elder in the air spoke after everyone had arrived: "Now that everyone is here, I will announce the rules of this competition."

"There are a total of one hundred people participating in the competition. I have two boxes here."

As he spoke, the elder took out two boxes. Upon closer inspection, one could see twisted lines writhing on the outside of the boxes, resembling the patterns of some kind of magical beast.

The elder placed the boxes at the very front of the stone platform and said, "Inside these two boxes are red and blue competition number plates, marked from number one to number fifty."

"Each of you come up and draw a piece. The number one from the red team will play against the number one from the blue team, and so on. The top fifty will be determined by this process. Do you all understand?"

Upon hearing the elder's words, Xiao Fan glanced at the two boxes at the very front of the stone platform, only to find that he couldn't discern what was inside them.

"It seems this box can block other people's senses."

Apart from Xiao Fan, everyone else also discovered the mystery of the box, which ensured the fairness of the competition to the greatest extent.

Of course, the most important thing to reach the final stage of the competition is absolute strength.

"Alright, since there are no objections, come up and draw your number!"

The Grand Elder landed in front of the stone platform and greeted everyone with a smile.

All the colleges lined up and received their number tags one by one.

Soon it was Xiao Fan's turn. Xiao Fan put his hand into it and could only feel the cold jade tablets, but he couldn't sense the specific numbers on the jade tablets.

My opinion of this box has changed considerably.

Even with his current soul power, at such close range, he still couldn't detect the specific situation.

This is enough to prove that the box is extraordinary.

"Hehe." The elder standing in front of him seemed to have noticed Xiao Fan's actions and said with a smile, "This box was made by the Dean from the skin of two space-type magical beasts that he killed at the Dou Zong level. Let alone you, even a Dou Huang level expert might not be able to discover the profound secrets inside."

The elder looked at Xiao Fan with a smile, seemingly certain that he couldn't see through the mystery of the box.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing the elder's words, Xiao Fan became even more curious about the box, his eyes fixed on the strangely shaped box in front of him, a glint of gold flashing in his pupils.

Even with Xiao Fan using his Golden Eyes to their fullest potential, he still couldn't see through the box's secrets.

Just as Xiao Fan was about to give up, his mind shifted, and a dark aura entered his eyes, causing him to look into the box again.

The patterns on the box seemed to slow down under Xiao Fan's gaze, and then his gaze kept zooming in, accompanied by a momentary black writhing.

Xiao Fan successfully examined the jade tablet inside the box.

Inside the box, a pile of blue jade tablets lay quietly. Xiao Fan casually picked up a jade tablet marked with the number 30.

He then walked away nonchalantly, without showing the Grand Elder that he could see through the box.

Xiao Yan and the others lined up behind Xiao Fan, and all of them chose the blue jade tokens. Otherwise, if they had met earlier, it would have been like a civil war.

It took about ten minutes for everyone to get their own number.

Xiao Yan obtained the fifteenth jade token, which belonged to Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao.

They respectively achieved the twentieth, thirty-seventh, and sixth places.

Yao Sheng looked at Xiao Yan with a gloomy gaze, but noticed that their number plates were different. He couldn't help but snort coldly and search for his opponent.

Because there are five competition platforms, the first round of the competition is between the people who draw the first five numbers from each side.

After the elder announced the rules, and seeing that everyone's competition numbers had been displayed, he kept only the first five numbers for the ten people, and the rest returned to their respective stands.

Of the ten remaining people, two with the same number stood on separate platforms.

Once everyone was ready, a faint energy shield once again enveloped the five competition platforms.

Among the ten people competing, one of them was Yao Sheng, who had a grudge against Xiao Yan.

Yao Sheng's opponent was a wind-attribute cultivator at the five-star Dou Ling level.

The other party seemed to know Yao Sheng's name as well, and when he saw that his opponent was Yao Sheng, he showed a wry smile.

He thought that with his five-star Dou Ling strength, he could at least enter the second round, but he never expected to encounter a ruthless person like Yao Sheng in the first round.

After all, Yao Sheng is ranked in the top 20 on the blacklist, so it's unlikely he'll have a chance of winning again.

But even knowing he had no chance of winning, the wind-element cultivator did not give up.

Instead, he took out his weapon, a dagger, and cautiously probed Yao Sheng opposite him.

Yao Sheng didn't take him seriously.

Seeing how weak his opponent was, he frowned and disdainfully let the opponent attack him.

In the beginning, even Yao Sheng couldn't defeat this wind-element cultivator.

After all, wind-type cultivators are known for their speed. However, as Yao Sheng unleashed his signature fighting technique, the situation in the Blackwater Realm instantly reversed.

The opponent, who had been constantly harassing Yao Sheng, relied on his speed, which far exceeded Yao Sheng's.

Even if Yao Sheng wanted to defeat him, it wouldn't be possible in a short time.

However, when they got close again, Yao Sheng suddenly used the Black Water Realm, and his speed was instantly controlled by Yao Sheng.

Before he could react, Yao Sheng closed in on him and, with a single move, injured him, forcing him to admit defeat.

"There's something wrong with this Blackwater Realm!"

On the stands, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan were also surprised that Yao Sheng had won so quickly.

"It's a pity his opponent was too weak. This Blackwater Realm hasn't been around for very long, otherwise we could have observed it more closely."

Although Xiao Yan called Yao Sheng trash, he still didn't dare to underestimate him.

When a lion fights a rabbit, he also uses all his strength.

This is probably the biggest gain that Xiao Yan has gained from his journey.

Chapter 211 The Despicable Lü Guang

After Yao Sheng defeated his opponent, he looked provocatively at Xiao Yan on the stands.

Xiao Yan did not respond to the gaze he cast at him.

Immediately after the referee announced his victory, Yao Sheng walked off the stage with a gloomy expression.

Yao Sheng's victory seemed to have opened the curtain on the first round of the competition.

Following that, the other four stands also saw their matches decided.

In the first round of battles, apart from the first arena where Yao Sheng was, the other four arenas did not exhibit such a one-sided situation.

In the other four arenas, the difference in strength between the two sides was not too great, and the winners also had to fight hard to achieve the final victory.

After the referee announced the winner of the last match, the next matches were for numbers six through ten.

Wu Hao drew number six.

"Wu Hao, you have to keep it up! Crush them!"

Hu Jia waved her little hand and looked at Wu Hao with excitement.

Upon hearing this, Wu Hao nodded coldly, then smiled slightly at Xiao Fan and the others before transforming into a blood-red shadow and landing on the competition stage.

Wu Hao's opponent was a young man dressed in purple, whose strength was at the level of a two-star Dou Ling. Judging from the reactions of the surrounding audience, they seemed to have a considerable aversion to this man in purple.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fan carefully sensed the conversations around him and immediately understood why these people felt a sense of dislike towards the man in purple.

This person's name is Lü Guang, and he was a student who entered the inner academy in the previous year.

His talent in cultivation was only considered above average, but he was a peak third-grade alchemist.