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The two Meow Meow sisters advanced from the left and right sides respectively. Seeing this, Su Wen launched himself into the air mid-route. While rotating in mid-air, he threw two punches, sending two flame tornadoes hurtling toward both sides.
Boom!
The second spirit rings of both Meow Meow Spirit Masters flashed simultaneously.
"Second Spirit Ability, White Cat's Protection!"
"Second Spirit Ability, Rapid Speed!"
A white light barrier condensed in front of the White Cat Spirit Master, while the Black Cat Spirit Master used her acceleration to dodge Su Wen's flame tornado.
Spirit power erupted from beneath Su Wen's feet. He changed direction, heading straight for the White Cat Spirit Master. He was well aware of the power of the flame tornadoes he had unleashed. If this White Cat Spirit Master tried to tank it head-on, he could immediately follow up with a finishing blow and eliminate her.
As for the Black Cat Spirit Master who had accelerated to dodge the flame tornado, she was already rushing toward Ning Rongrong. Su Wen seemed unconcerned.
Boom!
Su Wen's speed was incredibly fast. Flames burst from his feet, and combined with his control over air currents, a powerful propulsion force made his speed comparable to an agility-attack type Spirit Elder.
Rapidly approaching the White Cat Spirit Master, he directly followed up with a finishing blow.
Flame Fist.
A simple, unadorned punch descended. Following the explosion, the White Cat Spirit Master was blasted flying, directly off the arena stage.
On the other side.
The Black Cat Spirit Master's heart felt heavy, but she had already arrived in front of Ning Rongrong.
She could sense Su Wen's terrifying power, having just witnessed him instantly defeat her sister.
Although she knew the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was formidable, she understood in her heart that Su Wen's own power was the major factor. The Pagoda's buff only made him even stronger.
Perhaps, after "cutting down" Ning Rongrong, Su Wen would lose that monstrous combat strength?
She could only hope so.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support abilities were strong, but in the end, it was still just a support-type!
The Black Cat Spirit Master's first, white spirit ring flashed.
Incredibly sharp claws extended from her hands.
In the stands, inside the VIP room, Ning Fengzhi frowned slightly as he watched this scene.
Su Wen's strength had exceeded his expectations. He was so dominant against others at the same rank.
A mere level twenty-three Spirit Grandmaster had actually managed to instantly defeat a level twenty-nine agility-attack type Spirit Master.
Although he had Rongrong's support, Ning Fengzhi was certain that this factor only played a small role.
The other reason for his frown was that Ning Rongrong was being targeted.
He instinctively disliked the combat strategy Su Wen had chosen.
A support-type Spirit Master's safety was always the top priority. Abandoning Rongrong and even allowing the Black Cat Spirit Master to dive her was a major taboo.
However, Su Wen showed no signs of panic whatsoever.
This was also why Ning Fengzhi hadn't completely lost his temper.
On the arena stage, the Black Cat Spirit Master's claws slashed down.
Although she didn't know the specific identity of this Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Master, the martial soul itself was not something she could afford to provoke. Therefore, she held back with her attack, maintaining a basic level of restraint.
Unfortunately, this attack, which already wasn't at full strength, was blocked by a single book page.
Among the pages Su Wen had previously sent to fly around Ning Rongrong, three of them had just merged.
Not returning to one body, but fusing together.
The pages Su Wen had materialized with his spirit power had fused with each other, and Su Wen had then applied his first spirit ability to them.
Strengthen!
A single swipe of her claws had actually failed to tear the page apart!
The Black Cat Spirit Master was shocked.
This was a book?
What kind of book had such high quality?
Ning Fengzhi was astonished.
Gu Rong, who had been standing silently behind him, was also watching this scene with slight amazement.
"This kid... his martial soul's mutation probably isn't a minor one."
Ning Fengzhi nodded, agreeing with Gu Rong's speculation.
On the Douluo Continent today, only martial soul mutation could explain so many illogical phenomena.
After her initial shock, the Black Cat Spirit Master quickly launched a second attack.
She knew she only had one more chance.
Su Wen's speed was just too fast.
She brandished her sharp claws and lunged toward Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong wasn't just standing still; she had already retreated a significant distance.
Some of the book pages flying around her transformed into fireballs, while the remaining ones turned into streams of air.
Three fireballs and three air currents combined in a unique formation, quickly forming three rapidly spinning fireballs that sped toward each other and collided.
Boom!
"Excellent!" Ning Fengzhi exclaimed upon seeing this, praising Su Wen's technique.
His control over the fireballs and air currents was nothing short of brilliant.
There was a limit to the intensity of flame Su Wen could compress in such a short time. Therefore, while compressing them, he used this special formation to collide the three fireballs, erupting with even greater power.
This was even more powerful than using the same amount of spirit power to release a single fireball.
The key was speed.
There was no need to laboriously compress the flames.
Using air currents for propulsion, in addition to the collision between the fireballs, achieved a higher explosive yield.
The terrifying explosion blasted the Black Cat Spirit Master backward.
Three currents of air remained in front of Ning Rongrong, shielding her from the exploding fireballs and simultaneously pushing her away from the center of the blast.
At that exact moment, Su Wen also arrived, exploding with speed. Using Burst Step combined with a Flame Fist, he finished off the Black Cat Spirit Master.
A complete rout!
This was a one-sided slaughter.
In the VIP room.
Ning Fengzhi watched this, his eyes flashing with an amazed light.
Of course, Su Wen's plan of using Ning Rongrong as bait still caused his evaluation of Su Wen to drop a few points.
But even so, Su Wen's "score" remained extremely high.
Su Wen was very strong—a power-attack type!
He also had many techniques, able to spare the mental energy to protect Ning Rongrong even while attacking.
Although the plan was problematic, the abilities Su Wen demonstrated within that plan earned him points back.
"I have to admit, Spirit Masters with Book martial souls are highly talented in developing their martial souls. And Su Wen's talent, even among them, is top-tier!" Gu Rong said, though his expression was hesitant. "However... his development path seems a bit skewed."
"Hm?" With Gu Rong's reminder, Ning Fengzhi also realized the problem.
"The development of a martial soul often implies the expected direction for the next spirit ring and spirit ability..."
So, Su Wen's development of his Book martial soul was actually heading in the direction of... combinations?
If Su Wen knew what Ning Fengzhi was thinking, he would definitely scoff. What did he mean, "direction of combinations"?
That was called "Formations."
If one truly mastered the power of formations, their combat strength could increase by a huge margin out of thin air!
Of course, the Douluo Continent didn't have this kind of spirit ability, but Su Wen only needed the spirit ability to provide him with a foundation. He could develop the rest himself.
Ning Fengzhi was only puzzled for a moment before he stopped worrying.
"Spirit Masters with Book martial souls all have their own ideas. We can only wait and see the results."
"Wow, Little Brother Wen, you're so amazing!" Ning Rongrong exclaimed.
"Little Brother Wen, your martial soul is clearly just a book. How is it so powerful?"
Su Wen smiled and said, "As long as you're willing to work hard, even a support-type Spirit Master can possess powerful combat strength."
"Huh?" Ning Rongrong was skeptical. She shook her head and said, "I definitely couldn't."
The spirit abilities of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda were fixed. Even the buff percentages were the same.
She just couldn't imagine how she could ever possess combat strength.
"What? You want to have combat abilities?"
Faced with Su Wen's question, Ning Rongrong thought seriously for a moment before saying, "Dad always said that although support-types are powerful, it's because we're so fragile that we're the easiest targets for the enemy to ambush in a fight."
"If I also had some combat strength, I could support my teammates while also dealing with enemy ambushes. That would be just perfect."
It was hard to say if the team name Su Wen had chosen had given Ning Rongrong a special spark of inspiration, but she had actually said such words.
"That's not difficult, actually." Su Wen said with a relaxed expression, as if he had a solution.
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. She looked at Su Wen, "Little Brother Wen, what's the solution? Tell me! Quick!"
(End of this chapter)