Starting as a supporting character in Doupo

"I must say, this year's students are truly astonishing!" Sha Tie looked at Xiao Fan with amusement in his eyes. "Do you know that news of your hunting of fire energy from the Inner Academy has already spread? Now, the entire Inner Academy is waiting outside, eager to see if you can smuggle the fire energy out. Especially you, Xiao Fan, as their leader, your name is known to everyone in the Inner Academy now!"

Xiao Fan shrugged, not at all smug. "So what?"

"Do you know that this Fire Energy Hunting Competition was originally an activity where senior students taught the freshmen the rules, in order to defeat the freshmen, break their arrogance, and make them see their own status after entering the inner academy?" Sha Tie's eyes gradually turned unfriendly as he looked at Xiao Fan, and he exuded an oppressive aura.

"Now, let me teach you what rules are!"

Just as the battle was about to erupt, a weak voice came from the side. "Brother Sha... Brother Sha Tie!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads. It was Bai Shan. Seeing everyone looking at him, Bai Shan seemed to show a hint of enjoyment on his face. He then continued to say to Sha Tie, "Brother Sha Tie, I am Bai Shan. We met last time when you and my cousin Bai Feng came out."

"Bai Feng?" A hint of apprehension flashed in Sha Tie's eyes, then he said to Bai Shan, "Since you are Bai Feng's younger brother, you can leave now!"

Seeing that Bai Shan was still hesitating, Sha Tie's tone turned cold. "I am the captain of the Black Fiend Team. Letting you go is already giving Bai Feng face. I still have to be responsible for my teammates."

Upon hearing this, Bai Shan hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the disheveled crowd in the arena and walked outside.

"Bai Shan? Are you trying to betray us?" Hu Jia, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand Bai Shan's actions and asked with a frown.

Hearing Hu Jia's words, Bai Shan stopped and turned to look at the many students from the outer academies. He noticed that everyone seemed to be carrying a faint...contempt? Anger rose within him, and Bai Shan said coldly, "Hmph! What betrayal? This is nothing but a transaction. Now you can all stay here and wait to die!"

He then ignored everyone's stares and left.

Seemingly surprised by this turn of events, even Sha Tie's expression held a hint of amusement. "Haha, I never expected such an amusing scene." He then looked at Xiao Fan and asked, "Aren't you angry?"

“Anger?” Xiao Fan replied in surprise. “I knew what kind of person he was when I met him. His actions were exactly what I expected.”

Seemingly not expecting Xiao Fan's answer, Sha Tie glanced at the many students in the arena and said indifferently, "It's a pity. If you were all at your peak, even we would have to temporarily avoid your attacks. Unfortunately, after the battle just now, most of you are not in good condition, which is why we were able to take advantage of the situation."

Xiao Fan said calmly, "That's not necessarily true. Maybe you came to Fire Energy on your own initiative?"

"Let's let strength decide who wins and who loses!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan and the others followed behind Xiao Fan and rushed towards Sha Tie and his group on the opposite side.

Sha Tie narrowed his eyes, waved his hand, and the people behind him attacked the group of people.

Xiao Fan and Sha Tie engaged in battle. Seeing Sha Tie attacking with his bare hands, Xiao Fan thrust his Thousand Flame Spear at him. Sha Tie twisted his body to dodge and suddenly grabbed Xiao Fan's spear with his right hand.

A faint smile appeared on Xiao Fan's lips. The moment Sha Tie grabbed the spear, a wisp of blue flame ignited from the spear shaft.

"What flames?" Sha Tie was shocked. The pain in his right hand forced him to release the spear he was holding. Xiao Fan then swung it fiercely at his waist.

Sensing Xiao Fan's attack, Sha Tie withdrew his right hand and blocked the spear's attack at his waist. He was knocked back a few steps to the left by the attack.

Not wanting to give Sha Tie a chance to react, Xiao Fan took a step forward, raised his right hand which was originally in front, flicked the tip of the spear, and then thrust the butt of the spear toward Sha Tie's abdomen.

Feeling Xiao Fan's fierce attack, Sha Tie had no choice but to continue dodging. All of this was because of the disadvantage he had been in when he first grabbed the spear.

In the subsequent exchanges, whenever Sha Tie tried to retaliate, Xiao Fan controlled the strange fire to block his attacks. Because he was unarmed, Sha Tie dared not forcefully break through the strange fire. Although his battle qi armor could barely withstand the attack, he could also feel that the layer of battle qi armor would not last long under the terrifying flames.

In such a short time, it was impossible for him to defeat the man opposite him.

Chapter 124 Victory

Sha Tie initially thought the Black Fiends were just looking for a bargain, but he didn't expect Xiao Fan and his group to be so difficult to deal with, and he couldn't defeat them for a long time. This made Sha Tie have a bad feeling.

Sure enough, just as he was getting into the heat of battle with Xiao Fan, one of the team members who was fighting against Xiao Yan was suddenly hit by a heavy ruler from Xiao Yan and coughed up blood.

"What!?"

"How...how can Xiao Yan be so strong too?!"

The older students around, witnessing the battle, now realized that even without Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan's fighting prowess alone was terrifying.

"I was unconvinced a moment ago, but now it seems that even if they fight us seriously, the result will probably be the same."

Having regained consciousness at some point, Su Xiao, upon seeing Xiao Yan's combat prowess, gave a wry smile and spoke to the equally astonished Leng Bai beside her.

Upon hearing Su Xiao's words, Leng Bai remained silent and did not refute them.

Sometimes, not refuting is the greatest agreement, isn't it?

The surrounding freshmen, though happy that Xiao Yan had defeated his opponent, did not show any surprise or delight.

After all, the destructive energy unleashed during Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan's battle that day was enough to annihilate even the stone platform where they competed.

In their view, even these teams were no match for Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan.

This is why they rushed over immediately after hearing the news of Xiao Fan joining forces with the new students. Ultimately, it was because the strength of the two gave them great confidence.

Sha Tie, who was fighting Xiao Fan, naturally noticed his teammate's defeat. He didn't expect that he, the strongest of them all, would not only fail to defeat Xiao Fan, but would also find himself extremely frustrated in the battle.

What frustrated him even more was that even though he had managed to hold back Xiao Fan, the strongest among the freshmen, the others had managed to defeat one of his teammates.

It seems that the tide has turned against us now!

Xiao Fan didn't give Sha Tie much time to think. He had already figured out Sha Tie's strength in the brief exchange before, so he no longer stayed behind.

The Thousand Flame Spear in his hand became increasingly fierce, and each attack landed on the weakest point of the sand iron defense.

Soon, Sha Tie's body was covered with dense wounds. If it weren't for the powerful battle qi of a peak Grand Battle Master, Sha Tie would probably have been defeated.

However, as the battle progressed, Sha Tie launched more and more counterattacks, and Xiao Fan keenly noticed the changes in Sha Tie's attacks.

"The frequency and power of their attacks have weakened considerably since the beginning. It seems it's time!"

A sharp glint flashed in Xiao Fan's eyes. He tightened his grip on the gun, seized the opportunity, and deflected Sha Tie's parrying arm. Then, with a powerful sweep, he slammed the gun directly into Sha Tie's chest.

"puff!"

Suddenly struck by this heavy blow, Sha Tie's body flew out uncontrollably, spitting out a mouthful of blood in mid-air, and his aura instantly weakened.

He crashed hard into the trunk of a large tree not far away, and then Sha Tie slid to the ground, a trace of blood still remaining at the corner of his mouth. He leaned against the tree, staring in horror at Xiao Fan opposite him.

After Xiao Fan sent him flying, he didn't look at him again. Taking this opportunity, he quietly swallowed two Qi-restoring pills and charged towards the other three members of the Black Fiend Team again.

After all, his cultivation technique was only at the advanced level of the Xuan rank. After the two battles just now, especially when he fought against Sha Tie and had to control the strange fire to block him, his fighting spirit was almost depleted.

The Black Fiend Team members, who were already struggling to hold on because of Xiao Yan's arrival, not only failed to receive their leader's support but also witnessed his defeat. Now, seeing Xiao Fan's arrival, they are even more anxious.

"We admit defeat!"

Just as Xiao Fan was about to make a move, Sha Tie, who was leaning against a big tree, suddenly spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Black Fiend Team breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Xiao Fan and his group's attacks were truly terrifying. Even if they refused to admit defeat now, they couldn't hold out for long and would ultimately be unable to change the outcome of their defeat.

Seeing his teammates looking relaxed because of his surrender, Sha Tie still felt a little heartbroken, even though he knew they couldn't change the outcome.

He glared at his disappointing teammates, then turned his gaze back to Xiao Fan.

"You are strong!"

"Thank you!" Xiao Fan smiled faintly, then walked to Sha Tie's side and extended his right hand.

Sha Tie thought Xiao Fan wanted to help him up, but suddenly felt that Xiao Fan was a nice person, so he extended his right hand.

Snapped!

Ignoring Sha Tie's suddenly pale face, Xiao Fan slapped Sha Tie's hand away and laughed, "Fire Crystal Card!"

Xiao Fan reluctantly took the Fire Crystal Card from Sha Tie, and the huge number seventy-three appeared in his eyes.

"Wow! That's a good haul!"

After saying a line that the Black Fiends had said when they first appeared, Xiao Fan smiled and then extended his hand.

Looking at Xiao Fan's outstretched arm and the smile on his face, Sha Tie wanted to slap him away and say, "Get lost!"

But considering my injury, I decided to skip it.

With Xiao Fan's help, Sha Tie finally stood up. Then, with a gloomy expression, he walked towards his own team. Seeing that the numbers on their Fire Crystal Cards had changed to familiar single digits, a bitter expression appeared on Sha Tie's face.

The fire energy that he had painstakingly accumulated over two months in the arena was all given to Xiao Fan and his group because of a moment of greed.

Ignoring Sha Tie and the others sitting to the side, Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan began cleaning up the entire battlefield.

Apart from the three teams in the inner courtyard who didn't want the fire energy at the beginning, Xiao Fan and his team took the fire energy from the Black Fiend Team.

The others had no objections. After all, without Xiao Fan and the others, not to mention whether they could win it back, even if they did, the Black Fiend Team's appearance would only mean that it would fall back into the Black Fiend Team's hands.

After the inner court teams finished distributing their fire energy, the many outer court students not only made up for their original fire energy, but even had a surplus, which made them look at Xiao Fan and the others with even more admiration.

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Xiao Fan smiled and then said loudly to everyone, "Everyone."

Upon hearing Xiao Fan speak, everyone immediately fell silent and turned their attention to him.

"In the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, only the White Fiend Team remains. We're not in great shape right now, so let's all rest for a bit and then charge in together tomorrow!"

Upon hearing Xiao Fan's words, many outer court students roared with excitement, seemingly seeing the dawn of a counterattack into the inner court.

Xiao Fan summoned Xiao Yan and the others to his side and said solemnly, "The Black Fiend Team has such strength, yet we still think the White Fiend Team is very powerful. I estimate that the White Fiend Team may have a Dou Ling."

"Battle Spirit!"

Upon hearing this, the group was slightly surprised, but considering that Sha Tie, the captain of the Black Fiend Team, was a peak Grand Battle Master, they felt it made sense.

After all, a team that even a peak Grand Battle Master finds impressive must have a captain who is also a Battle Spirit.

"The White Fiend Team captain is a Dou Ling, but he shouldn't be particularly strong. We'll formulate a more detailed plan when we meet tomorrow. After all, there are still so many students with us. Even if he is a Dou Ling, he alone can't stop them."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. As for everyone participating in Spirit Combat? Impossible. Even within the inner courtyard, a team composed entirely of Spirit Combat members is no ordinary group. How could they possibly participate in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition?

Chapter 125 Battle against Rahu

At the edge of the silent forest, five young men dressed in white robes sat on a boulder. They exuded an icy aura that could be felt even from more than ten meters away.

Not far behind them was the enormous silver gate that led into the inner courtyard.