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No matter what, in a team battle, it was an unwise move for a two-ring Spirit Master to forcibly clash with a three-ring, power-attack-type Spirit Master.
What's more, it was a situation where the opponent could erupt with power at any moment.
Qin Ming watched this collision with a sense of anticipation.
Xiao Zhan, in contrast, looked completely relaxed, as if he saw nothing wrong with Su Wen's response.
As the one who had personally guided Su Wen's training, how could he not be clear about Su Wen's explosive power and his methods?
Yu Tianheng charged out rapidly, giving Su Wen no time to fully condense the fireball.
His speed was faster, and his third spirit skill made the blue-purple lightning around his body even deeper and more tyrannical. A dragon's cry resounded.
Boom!
Su Wen smiled faintly. Watching the situation on the field, with only five meters left between him and Yu Tianheng, he showed no hesitation and pushed the fireball in front of him forward.
At the same time, numerous pages flew off his book, folding and assembling into a pair of giant wings that attached to his back.
"Second Spirit Skill, Thunderous Roar!"
As the fireball flew, Yu Tianheng also unleashed his second spirit skill. Countless electric snakes surged from his body, converging in the direction of the fireball and blasting out.
BOOM!
The lightning and firelight slammed into each other, producing a violent explosion.
Even the ground trembled.
Electricity scattered, leaving scorch marks on the surrounding ground, and the fireball's detonation left a large, charred crater.
As for Su Wen?
He was already flying backward from the intense shockwave of the explosion.
His giant paper wings were fully spread, and the terrifying blast wave from the explosion propelled him rapidly away.
In front of him, a large amount of the wind element had been gathered, completely shielding him, preventing the explosion's high-temperature blast wave from making direct contact and causing injury.
It was a buffer, but it was also a barrier. At the same time, it was perfectly "storing" the impact force from the sudden, instantaneous blast wave.
This impact force compressed the airflow he had converted from the wind element. After the explosion, this compressed airflow began to expand, pushing Su Wen backward even faster.
By using the explosion's blast wave, Su Wen rapidly distanced himself from the epicenter. With the wind element's buffer, the injuries he sustained were very limited.
Following the push of the blast wave, Su Wen reversed his momentum, soaring with the force, further minimizing the damage from the sudden impact.
Su Wen circulated his spirit power to stabilize his body from the shock. He circled once in the air, shedding the last of the backward momentum, and then charged straight for Ye Lingling.
Yu Tianheng knew this was bad.
However, Ao Siluo had seized the opportunity.
His reaction speed was undeniably fast.
The moment he saw Su Wen turn the crisis into an opportunity and move against Ye Lingling, he used the fact that he was already close to Yu Tianheng (from falling back to defend) and immediately entangled him, preventing him from pursuing Su Wen.
Yu Feng also reacted instantly. He shot across the sky, his wings turning into sharp blades as he attacked Dugu Yan.
He had to intercept her.
Meanwhile, Shi Mo blocked Shi Mo (the brother), preventing him from either protecting Ye Lingling or interfering with Ao Siluo.
Watching the stunning reversal on the field, Qin Ming was also somewhat astonished.
He used an ability developed from wind element control to shed the damage from the explosion?
At such a close distance, one would normally suffer a backlash. Yet Su Wen had used this very point as bait, making his opponent mistakenly believe their calculations were correct.
In reality, Su Wen could use the blast wave to rapidly distance himself. The duration of his exposure to the lightning and flames was extremely short, and with the wind element's insulation, the damage he took from the explosion was reduced to a minimum.
He even used the blast wave's acceleration, combined with his flying technique, to make a sharp turn without losing speed...
Borrowing the enemy's strength to strike back.
This was a mature, well-thought-out tactic.
And the key to it all was the psychological game at the start.
My timing is just right; the fireball is just about condensed. But you have an opportunity to erupt with power, preventing me from condensing the fireball to its most terrifying state.
As long as you erupt, I can use the momentum to escape.
After unleashing his burst of power, Yu Tianheng had a brief refractory period, which was why he couldn't immediately shake off Ao Siluo's entanglement.
A fierce wind was generated around Su Wen. Fireballs and wind blades, carried within the gale, rained down on Ye Lingling.
Qin Ming's expression changed slightly. He instantly activated his spirit avatar and, in the blink of an eye, appeared beside Ye Lingling. His right claw, wreathed in terrifying flames, swept out and scattered the wind blades and fireballs.
"Lingling, you are eliminated," Qin Ming announced with regret.
Yu Tianheng's face was grim. He seized the chance to clash head-on with Ao Siluo, knocking him back, and then turned to look at Su Wen.
Flying.
Su Wen had actually mastered a method of flight.
And this method of flight was so unique.
He had actually disassembled the pages of his book, folding and combining them to form giant wings.
Yu Feng, also in the air, stared at Su Wen and his paper wings, somewhat stunned.
"Although they're folded from paper, they're enhanced by his first spirit skill. The strength of those wings can't be judged like ordinary paper."
In fact, they were probably even stronger than wings of flesh and blood.
A Beast Spirit Master's physical strength was generally greater than a Tool Spirit Master's, and enhancement-type skills gave a greater boost to their physical attributes.
However, it was much easier to increase the "hardness" of a tool spirit itself.
Even if a book wasn't suited to be a weapon, it was, in the end, still a tool spirit.
"Yanzi, no need to hold back!" Qin Ming said.
Dugu Yan had been holding back quite a bit, mainly worried that her poison would cause excessive harm to Su Wen.
From the looks of it now, with Su Wen's physical constitution and various abilities, there was no need to worry.
Two flying Spirit Masters, one agility-attack type, and one defense type.
Against Yu Tianheng's group of three, it was a very difficult-to-handle situation. If Dugu Yan continued to hold back, they would undoubtedly lose.
After speaking, Qin Ming glanced at Xiao Zhan. Seeing that Xiao Zhan had no objections, he also felt relieved.
"With Su Wen's development of the wind element, he can probably insulate himself from the vast majority of the poison anyway."
Dugu Yan unleashed her poison with all her strength.
A purple mist quickly covered almost the entire training field.
Within the faint purple mist was a nerve-paralyzing toxin.
Yu Tianheng was wreathed in lightning. Any poison that entered his body would be annihilated by the lightning-attribute spirit power within him, leaving him unaffected.
But Ao Siluo and Yu Feng were not.
As the battle continued, they were gradually eliminated.
Shi Mo and Shi Mo were also eliminated.
In the end, it was Su Wen, all alone, sparring with Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
He was in the air, innately in an undefeatable position.
Although it was a scummy tactic, it was a tactic acknowledged even in the Spirit Master Tournament.
He used the wind element to completely envelop himself. Aided by his spiritual power, the moment any poison began to spread upwind, he could instantly incite more heaven-and-earth energy to convert into a fresh airflow, replacing the toxin-tainted part and ensuring the air immediately around his body remained non-toxic.
"How does he still have any spirit power left?"
Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan's faces were grim.
Qin Ming's expression was one of astonishment. "Does Su Wen have that much spirit power?"
Xiao Zhan shook his head, offering no explanation. He had discovered this point while training Su Wen: his spirit power recovery speed was extremely fast.
Su Wen had explained to him that it was an effect of his powerful spiritual power.
In truth, it wasn't just his powerful spiritual power.
To achieve such a terrifying spirit power recovery speed, it also required Su Wen's other application of his second spirit skill.
(End of this chapter)