231: Chapter 223 Final Ranking 1

Thinking this, Xu Yan didn't spend much time on pleasantries; after greeting the other party respectfully, he asked the questions he had accumulated during this period one by one.

Regarding the various questions Xu Yan raised, at first, the other party merely gave casual answers while busy with their own tasks. At most, because Xu Yan's questions overlapped with their area of expertise, their attitude became slightly better than before, and they paid a bit more attention to him.

However, as the difficulty of Xu Yan's questions deepened, and as Xu Yan quickly understood and absorbed the explanations provided—subsequently raising new, even deeper questions—the other party successfully confirmed Xu Yan's current approximate level.

With a solid foundation and top-tier Innate Talent, comprehension, and spirituality, he could basically be considered the standard template for every teacher's "dream disciple."

Upon reaching this conclusion, the other party couldn't help but feel a sense of regret.

Sometimes, even without introducing oneself, experienced seniors could guess about seventy to eighty percent of a junior's background just by seeing their techniques and thought processes if they had a formal inheritance.

The good news: This Little fellow who had sought them out wasn't the type of mediocre talent who tried to attract attention or flatter them by cramming at the last minute, nor were they someone deliberately raised from childhood to cater to their specific preferences.

The bad news: He already had a teacher, and that teacher was superior in both strength and background.

Despite feeling somewhat disappointed, the senior still answered Xu Yan's questions without reservation. Getting into the spirit of it, they even included a lot of their own "personal insights."

Under the senior's guidance, after resolving all the doubts he had accumulated and learning many "unique techniques" from them, the final round of the intensive training came to an end.

Under the senior's gaze, which was filled with both longing and reluctance, Xu Yan disconnected the projection. He recalled his spirit beasts, who had also finished their consultations, into the beast taming space, left the Special Training Space, and returned to the Training Secret Realm.

Almost at the same time Xu Yan returned, the figures of the other nine people also reappeared in the Training Secret Realm.

Kong Ji, who was waiting in the Training Secret Realm, saw everyone's return. Without giving them time for pleasantries or adjustment, he directly announced that the final Ranking Match of this intensive training session would begin immediately.

1v1, unlimited rules, nine matches per person. Those with the same number of wins would have a separate tie-breaker. The top two finishers would serve as the Captain and Vice-Captain for this University League.

After explaining the rules, the screen in front of everyone lit up. Names were randomly drawn and filled into opposing positions on the screen.

This time, Xu Yan's battle was once again scheduled for the first match, and his opponent was one of the two nameless extras.

The opponent seemed to have gained significant improvements from the senior's guidance this time, and the most obvious manifestation of this was their attitude toward Xu Yan.

Compared to the previous slacking and cowering when facing Xu Yan, although one could still see thoughts like "I can't possibly win" in their eyes, their overall spirit had become more confident and high-spirited.

The subsequent battle also made Xu Yan understand the reason for this change—among the opponent's spirit beasts, two had successfully broken through to Domain Stage 2.

Though they had only just entered that stage, it still gave the opponent's overall strength a massive boost.

Unfortunately, even with this level of improvement, they were no match. Never mind the current Xu Yan and his spirit beasts, whose strength had also surged under the seniors' guidance; even before the training began, Xu Yan could have easily crushed them.

In the end, with Xu Yan only sending out a single spirit beast, Xiong Nian took down the opponent one punch at a time, winning the battle with ease.

The second match was between Lin Jin and the other nameless extra. That extra directly brought out three spirit beasts at Domain Stage 2, but ultimately lost to Lin Jin, who also had three Domain Stage 2 beasts but possessed higher strength and mastery.

After the battles involving Xu Yan and the "Weakest Trio," the quality of the next three matches was significantly higher.

The most obvious point was that all the spirit beasts contracted by the six participants had reached Domain Stage 2. The battles between them were incredibly intense.

Zhao Zhen and Qian Ming faced off with the Nine Formations of the Dragon Sons against the Five Virtues of the Qilin. Various gimmick monsters with special traits clashed until Qian Ming won with a more fluid Five Virtues Rotation. Cheng Ye and Zhang Che met with the Yellow Springs Water Vein against the Life-Death Rotation; pure Yin clashed with Yin-Yang, and Cheng Ye took the win by having delved deeper into a single path.

The match that left the deepest impression on Xu Yan—and even left him somewhat speechless—was the one between Lin Heng and Chen Ling.

One activated Heavenly Tribulation Transformation, while the other summoned Void Echo.

Then, one gold and one purple, two Xu Yans appeared on the field.

Yes, that's right—two Xu Yans.

This scene directly stunned everyone, including the two participants themselves.

The difference was that the two on the field were surprised that the other had "crashed their idea," while the onlookers outside were stunned by their outrageous maneuvers.

After a brief daze, under Xu Yan's increasingly dangerous "death stare," the two "Xu Yans" began to change forms.

The former became Xuan You, and the latter became Zhu Yan.

Then, something that made Xu Yan even more speechless happened.

The moment the two spirit beasts appeared, Xu Yan received two requests—applications to synchronize the power of the two spirit beasts on his own person.

Because of the requests, his accumulating "anger bar" temporarily paused. With his rationality returning and curiosity taking the upper hand, Xu Yan ultimately agreed to the two requests.

The moment Xu Yan agreed, two invisible forces descended directly onto the "Xuan You" and "Zhu Yan" on the field.

It had to be said that while they were just messing around, these two special abilities were actually quite impressive. After obtaining Xu Yan's consent, about eighty percent of the actual power of Xuan You and Zhu Yan was synchronized to the two spirit beast avatars on the field.

Furthermore, the vast majority of the two spirit beasts' core abilities were retained.

Xuan You's shields and defense, and Zhu Yan's World Projection along with the newly learned Power of the Eight Phases.

However, because of this, it was now Lin Heng and Chen Ling's turn to change their expressions.

For no other reason than that the avatars they had initially summoned just for a laugh now suddenly possessed a level of strength that seemed to exceed their expectations.

Similarly, the consumption required to maintain these two avatars was also ridiculously high.