Chapter 4741: The Dark Horse, Xiao Xuan

The Divine Realm where Xiao Fan participated in the Grand Competition was called the Sea Demon Realm.

The reason for choosing this Sea Demon Realm was simple: it was the closest to where Xiao Fan was at the time.

Thus, Xiao Fan came directly to the Sea Demon Realm.

There were many Prodigies in the Sea Demon Realm. From the preliminary selection onwards, Xiao Fan won every match with ease…

After each match ended, there was a waiting period…

In the blink of an eye, a year passed.

The Grand Competition of the Sea Demon Realm reached its final stage.

One hundred Prodigies had been selected from all sides to compete for the final three spots to go to the Nether Ghost Mansion.

Naturally, Xiao Fan was among these 100 Prodigies…

The final matches were held in the grand hall of the Sea Demon Realm, with the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm personally overseeing them.

The Royal Family of the Sea Demon Realm also sent quite a few people to participate in the competition to vie for the final spots.

Xiao Fan had never seen these members of the Sea Demon Realm's Royal Family before, and they hadn't appeared in any other venues where the Grand Competition was held.

Xiao Fan guessed that these people hadn't gone through the preliminary selections at all and had directly entered the final stage of the competition.

Of course.

These matters were of no concern to Xiao Fan.

He only needed one of the spots to smoothly make his way to the Nether Ghost Mansion, and that would be enough.

The final stage of the Sea Demon Realm's Grand Competition was a series of one-on-one duels. The top three with the most victories would be able to go to the Nether Ghost Mansion.

Xiao Fan felt that this rule was fair enough, but the competition lasted a long time—it would take a full three years to complete…

Regarding this competition duration, Xiao Fan suspected that the Sea Demon Realm had some ulterior motives… As for what those specific motives were, Xiao Fan was not entirely sure.

Soon, Xiao Fan and the others began the matches directly.

During the matches, Xiao Fan did not use his full strength, yet he easily defeated his opponents every time, becoming one of the dark horses of the Sea Demon Realm.

Many Prodigies became wary of Xiao Fan's strength.

"This Xiao Xuan is no simple character… Who exactly is he?!"

"I don't know. I've never heard of him before… It's as if he just popped out of nowhere!"

"He's too strong… Who on earth is he?!"

"No idea… In any case, this person is not simple!"

"…"

Before long, even the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm began to take notice of Xiao Fan.

Although the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm did not know the extent of Xiao Fan's depth, his strength was not weaker than the strongest Prodigies of the Royal Family.

As for the Sea Demon Realm's competition, Xiao Fan didn't take it seriously at all.

To Xiao Fan, even the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm could be easily killed by him.

Let alone dealing with the Prodigies of the Sea Demon Realm?!

Half a year later, Xiao Fan had fought his way through, and all of his enemies had been easily defeated by him.

Xiao Fan's next opponent was Luan Yan, one of the three great Prodigies of the Sea Demon Realm's Royal Family.

This Luan Yan was no simple character; he possessed strength at the Peak of the ninth level of the Pseudo-Emperor Realm and had been suppressing his own Realm to prevent himself from reaching the True Emperor Realm too early.

Xiao Fan certainly did not care about an opponent like Luan Yan.

However, the Royal Family of the Sea Demon Realm cared very much about Xiao Fan…

The God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm asked Luan Yan if he had the confidence to defeat Xiao Fan.

"I do!" Luan Yan nodded heavily, his face filled with Battle Intent. "He's merely at the fourth level of the Pseudo-Emperor Realm; I'm not afraid of him!"

"Very good." The God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm nodded in satisfaction.

He was very satisfied with Luan Yan's arrogance; young Prodigies had to be proud and haughty, otherwise, they would just become stepping stones for others in the future.

However, the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm did not believe that Luan Yan could defeat Xiao Fan…

He hesitated for a moment, then went to see Xiao Fan in person, secretly, during the night.

Xiao Fan opened the door and was stunned to see the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm outside.

"God Lord, why have you come?!"

"Hehe… I wanted to discuss something with you. Let's go inside and talk." The God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm smiled.

"Very well… God Lord, please." Xiao Fan made a gesture of invitation.

The God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm followed Xiao Fan into the room, and getting straight to the point, he stated his purpose.

"Xiao Xuan, you are quite impressive… However, I hope you can lose to Luan Yan. Do you understand?!"

"Reason?!"

Xiao Fan looked at the God Lord of the Sea Demon Realm and spoke calmly.