Oh no! I, the weakling, have become the villain!

"You guys, stop him!" Just then, a troop of cavalry appeared on the street.

"Fire!" the leader shouted, brandishing his longsword and pointing it at Xu Yao.

Hundreds of arrows rained down on Xu Yao.

Xu Yao waved his arm, deflecting all the arrows away.

"Who exactly is this guy?" The knight was astonished to see that his arrows had no effect on Xu Yao.

"Could he be a genius cultivated by some powerful family?"

At that moment, Xu Yao's figure vanished from everyone's sight.

"Where are they?" the leader asked in surprise.

"Where is this place?" came an old voice.

Xu Yao looked up and saw a group of people slowly walking towards him from the city gate.

Upon closer inspection of the group's clothing, I was stunned, for they were all wearing red robes.

"What's the deal with this robe?" Xu Yao asked in surprise.

“This is the symbol of the Holy Domain Academy,” the young man explained.

"Holy Domain Academy?" Xu Yao exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right, this Holy Domain Academy is the most famous school in the Oran Empire,” the young man said with a smile.

"Oh?" Xu Yao looked at the young man with some doubt.

"The Holy Domain Academy is an institution organized by the Holy Demon Alliance. It is said that the Holy Demon Alliance's chief alchemist is a graduate of the Holy Domain Academy."

"And the students of the Holy Domain Academy are mostly young masters and ladies from various families," the young man continued.

"The Holy Demon Alliance?" Xu Yao asked, frowning.

“Yes, the Holy Domain Academy is one of the top three powers in our Loran Empire,” the young man explained.

"Oh? That's amazing?" Xu Yao asked.

"Of course I don't believe you. Look over there, there's a student from the Holy Demon Alliance, and he's ranked quite high." The young man pointed to a spot not far away.

In the distance, there was indeed a person sitting in a chair, leisurely drinking tea, looking very content.

This made Xu Yao shake his head; this person was simply too lazy and had no talent for cultivation at all.

"Didn't you want to register? I'll take you to register now," the young man said to Xu Yao.

"Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?" Xu Yao asked.

"If you wanted to lie to me, you could have left right now. Why stay and play along with my act?" the young man said with a smile.

Xu Yao didn't say anything upon hearing this, after all, what the other party said was true, if he wanted to attack him, he would have done so already.

"What's your name?" Xu Yao asked.

"How about Ye Haoran? Handsome, right?" Ye Haoran touched his face and said with a grin.

Xu Yao looked at Ye Haoran in front of him, a playful glint in his eyes.

He always felt that Ye Haoran in front of him was very unusual, and his indifferent temperament attracted Xu Yao even more.

"You're not from the Oran Empire?" Xu Yao suddenly asked.

"I am from Beishan County, but I have lived here since I was a child. May I ask which family you belong to?" Ye Haoran asked.

"I am from the Xu family of Liufeng City," Xu Yao said calmly.

"The Xu family? Never heard of them," Ye Haoran said, scratching his head.

“Our family has only recently risen to prominence, unlike other powerful families,” Xu Yao said.

"Oh," Ye Haoran said.

Just as Xu Yao was about to speak, his eyes suddenly narrowed as he sensed a terrifying killing intent approaching.

"There's an assassin!" Xu Yao shouted immediately.

The guards then rushed toward the assassin.

"Hmph, a mere trick!" the assassin said with a hint of disdain.

The assassin then drew his curved sword from his back and slashed at Xu Yao and his companion.

Xu Yao shoved Ye Haoran aside, then took out his longbow, nocked an arrow, and aimed.

His movements were fluid and seamless, without even the slightest pause; this was Xu Yao's archery skill.

Xu Yao then slapped the assassin on the head with his other hand.

The slap contained immense power, knocking the assassin unconscious.

"I can finally advance!" Xu Yao said excitedly.

"You actually killed him!" the soldiers exclaimed in shock.

"Hmph, this person actually attacked you. No matter who he is, I won't let him get away with it!" Xu Yao said coldly.

"Huh?" Just then, a figure appeared behind the soldier.

Xu Yao turned around and found a masked man standing behind the soldier, wielding a sharp blade and attacking him.

The sharp blade struck Xu Yao's shield, producing a crisp clanging sound.

The soldier was dumbfounded when he saw this. He never expected that such a high-level shield would be so fragile in front of Xu Yao. How could this be?

"Who are you?" Xu Yao asked, frowning as he stared at the masked man in black in front of him.

"You killed my brother, so you should pay the price!" the masked man in black said coldly.

"Haha, who is your brother?" Xu Yao said disdainfully.

"Hmph, it's fine if I tell you, but you killed my brother not long ago, so you must pay with your life today," the masked man in black said coldly.

"I killed him?" Xu Yao asked, his eyes wide.

Although he remembered that he had once saved someone, he had forgotten the specifics.

However, it now seems that this matter is definitely related to the masked man in front of us.

"That's right, you killed my brother!" the masked man in black said angrily to Xu Yao.

“Why should I believe you? I don’t know any of your brothers,” Xu Yao said.

"My brother's name is Raistlin. You people from Flowing Cloud Town should all have heard of his name!" the masked man in black said excitedly.

"So it was Raistlin! No wonder he seemed familiar."

“Didn’t he die on the battlefield of the Holy Domain? How dare you impersonate him!” Xu Yao said.

"Hmph, we've just changed identities. We're not dead. My brothers are still alive and well in this world," the masked man in black said with a sneer.

"You mean you used his identity to participate in the Holy Domain Trial?" Xu Yao asked, narrowing his eyes.

"That's right, are you scared now? But it's too late. Once I catch you, you can come with us to the Holy Domain Battlefield," the masked man in black said.

"I'm afraid you're dreaming!" Xu Yao said sarcastically.

"Heh, since that's how it is, then you might as well die!"

As he spoke, the masked man in black attacked Xu Yao again.

Xu Yao saw the masked man in black attacking and hurriedly dodged, while simultaneously throwing the silver needle in his hand at the masked man in black.

The masked man in black was clearly a martial arts master; upon seeing the silver needles in Xu Yao's hand, he immediately dodged them.

The silver needle pierced the wall next to it.

"Heh heh, I'd like to see how long you can hold out!" the masked man in black sneered.

"Hmph, it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious," Xu Yao sneered.

The two then clashed. As expected of someone at the early stage of Martial Grandmaster, Xu Yao, despite being at a disadvantage, still managed to hold his own.