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"A Book Spirit?"
Regarding Su Wen's spirit, Yu Feng, Ao Siluo, and Shi Mo were all genuinely surprised.
They hadn't expected the newcomer joining their team to actually have a Book Spirit.
You had to understand, the current configuration of the Tian Dou Royal Team was top-tier. The captain's spirit was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, renowned as the number one beast spirit, and the vice-captain Dugu Yan's was the Jade Phosphor Serpent.
There was also the Nine Heart Flowering Crabapple, the Basaltic Turtle, the Black Panther, and the Wind Chime Bird.
In every single role, they each possessed an exceptionally outstanding spirit.
And yet, Su Wen's was just a Book Spirit.
It wasn't that they doubted the potential power a Book Spirit could unleash—after all, Xiao Zhan was standing right in front of them, and this was the Xiao Zhan who had carved out the name "Fire Demon" in the Spirit Master world.
He was the definitive spokesman for Book Spirits.
After their surprise, the three of them quickly accepted this fact.
Since Su Wen was joining the team, he must have some extraordinary qualities.
Especially since he had arrived with Xiao Zhan, it was highly likely he was walking the path of a Book Spirit combat master under Xiao Zhan's guidance.
Combining this with Su Wen's two great spirit skills, they quickly formed an initial impression of him.
"Alright, time's about up. Both sides, prepare yourselves."
Qin Ming and Xiao Zhan watched as the two teams stood thirty meters apart, facing each other.
"Battle, begin!"
As Qin Ming's voice fell, all eight people released their spirits simultaneously.
The seven, excluding Su Wen, all possessed the optimal spirit ring configuration of two yellow and one purple.
The splendid yellow and purple lights illuminated each other.
Su Wen didn't ruin this aesthetic, as his own yellow and purple spirit rings were also shining brightly.
It was just... he was a little short on yellow light...
"A thousand-year spirit ring!"
All seven members of the Tian Dou Royal Team noticed the color of Su Wen's spirit rings.
One yellow, one purple!
His second ring was a thousand-year spirit ring!
At that moment, they all understood why Su Wen was qualified to join the Tian Dou Royal Team.
Although Qin Ming had known about Su Wen's thousand-year second ring in advance, to actually see this configuration that defied all common sense was still shocking.
One yellow, one purple.
A thousand-year purple ring was nothing to him, who possessed a ten-thousand-year ring; he even had three purple rings himself. (I remembered wrong, I always thought Qin Ming had the optimal configuration, but his fifth ring was actually a thousand-year one. I've corrected this in earlier chapters.)
Even so, Qin Ming was still shaken.
Because this configuration was utterly unique on the Douluo Continent.
After that momentary lapse, the seven official students of the Tian Dou Royal Academy quickly recovered.
Yu Tianheng took a deep breath and roared. The phantom of a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon appeared behind him, letting out a dragon's cry.
The Shi Mo and Shi Mo brothers also summoned their respective spirits, standing at the very front of the team as the optimal tanks.
The others also quickly entered their combat states.
Seeing this, Qin Ming was very satisfied.
He hadn't told the seven about Su Wen's situation precisely to see if they would be shaken by the shock and reveal an opening.
As it was, they had recovered after only a moment of surprise. This was already very good.
Even Xiao Zhan gave a small sound of approval.
Although they were shocked by Su Wen's thousand-year ring, a second ring was still just a second ring. Whether in total spirit power or its quality, the gap between him and them was enormous.
Even thousand-year spirit skills had their differences.
The skills themselves were different, and the Spirit Masters using them were even more different!
Yu Tianheng adopted a power-attack strategy. A dazzling ball of blue light shone from between his brows, instantly spreading to his entire body. Streaks of blue-purple electricity, like little snakes, burst forth and slithered around him.
His right arm swelled rapidly. The sleeve on his right side exploded into ashes, and blue-purple scales covered the arm. His right hand also transformed into the shape of a dragon's claw. His three spirit rings didn't circle his body, but instead coiled around this dragon-transformed arm.
Shi Mo stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Yu Tianheng, charging toward Su Wen's side.
Dugu Yan's feet had already transformed into a snake's tail. She darted out from the flank, spitting a cloud of purple toxic mist.
Shi Mo's expression was bitter.
He stepped up without hesitation, tanking Dugu Yan's toxic mist. The poison corroded him, making him extremely uncomfortable.
Ao Siluo transformed into a black panther. A black afterimage flashed as he moved to the flank to intercept Shi Mo.
Yu Feng transformed into a Wind Chime Bird. His body became incomparably light. He flapped his wings, rose into the air, and began flapping at Yu Tianheng from a distance, sending one wind blade after another flying out.
Su Wen mobilized the heaven-and-earth energy, transforming it into fireballs and wind blades that he sent flying toward Yu Tianheng.
Yu Tianheng's first spirit ring, coiled on his right arm, flashed. A massive amount of blue-purple electricity condensed into a giant Thunder Dragon's Claw.
The dragon claw swiped out, colliding with the wind blades and fireballs.
Boom!
Electric currents shot out everywhere. Wind blades and scattered flames tore through the center of the battlefield.
Thud!
Stomping heavily on the ground, Yu Tianheng charged forward, the electric currents surrounding his body blocking the scattered wind blades and flames.
Su Wen retreated backward, propelled by an airflow under his feet, his speed also extremely fast.
At the same time, he waved his right hand. Pages separated from his Book Spirit, transforming into an array of flying swords. Wreathed in flames and carried by a violent gust of wind, they shot forward.
The volley of flaming flying swords bypassed Yu Tianheng and Shi Mo, arcing down toward Ye Lingling.
"Yanzi, protect Lingling!" Yu Tianheng shouted.
Su Wen was actually able to attack Ye Lingling from behind him and Shi Mo.
The paper swords, combined with the airflow, carved a perfect arc and fell precisely into their rear.
Dugu Yan, who had been about to use her agility to shake off Shi Mo, saw this, and her expression changed. She immediately fell back to defend Ye Lingling.
Yu Tianheng stomped the ground hard again, his speed increasing, the blue-purple electricity on his body growing even more dazzling.
"Su Wen, be careful!" Yu Feng warned.
Yu Tianheng was charging straight for him. On their side, besides Shi Mo, no one could take that hit head-on.
He absolutely could not block it.
Su Wen wasn't flustered in the slightest. He mobilized his spiritual power to its fullest. In front of his chest, a massive fireball was being continuously compressed and condensed.
"This is bad!"
Yu Feng's expression changed.
Seeing Su Wen still preparing a fireball, he instantly knew this was not good.
Shi Mo and Ao Siluo's hearts also sank.
Ao Siluo, in particular, directly activated his second spirit skill, his entire body's speed increasing dramatically.
Shi Mo (the brother) moved forward to intercept.
Perhaps he was far less flexible than Ao Siluo, but with his opponent intent on falling back to defend, he could simply block Ao Siluo's optimal path, severely restricting him.
Ao Siluo's third, purple spirit ring flashed.
"Third Spirit Skill, Panther Shadow Clone!"
A mass of dark energy condensed into his likeness and charged at Shi Mo, intercepting his attempt to block. His real body continued along the best route to fall back and defend.
Yu Tianheng's third spirit ring flashed.
"Third Spirit Skill, Thunder's Wrath!"
Yu Tianheng's speed skyrocketed, instantly closing the distance that had remained between them.
This was the reason Yu Feng and Ao Siluo's expressions had changed.
The moment Su Wen showed his intention to meet the attack head-on, they had anticipated their captain's likely response.
As expected, he had unleashed his strongest state.
Moreover, this instantaneous burst of speed would leave Su Wen with no time to fully prepare.
Qin Ming frowned as he watched this scene.
He was, in fact, curious. He wanted to see just how far Su Wen had developed his flame compression and excavation. This collision would certainly reveal it.
However, for a two-ring Grand Spirit Master to clash head-on with a three-ring Spirit Elder... this was an unwise choice.
(End of this chapter)