There was nothing to hesitate about—if the left hand couldn't break through the defense, then switch to the right-hand Flame Armor Shield to try. In order to seize this fleeting opportunity to attack, Austine didn't store power; instead, he threw out a speed-focused right-hand short hook punch.
However, even so, Dai Mubai didn't dare to receive the Flame Armor Shield's attack head-on the way he had previously received Austine's left-hand punch at the beginning.
Unable to make a defensive or evasive move in time, Dai Mubai could only activate his first soul skill—White Tiger Barrier.
Feeling the sensation transmitted from his right hand, Austine realized it wasn't the feeling of striking flesh; instead, it was an unbreakably tough resistance. He immediately withdrew his fist and retreated, dodging Dai Mubai's follow-up counterattack, ending this short exchange.
Looking back at this small counterattack initiated by Austine:First, he successfully forced out Dai Mubai's first soul skill, and even made Dai Mubai release his second soul skill twice. It could be said that he had exceeded his original expectations.
In the time that followed, Dai Mubai's attitude toward this sparring match clearly became more serious.
It became much harder for Austine to find opportunities to counterattack. Most of the time, he could only rely on using the space of the field to continuously dodge and defend.
However, Austine's speed and agility attributes really weren't much worse than Dai Mubai's. His footwork was extremely steady thanks to years of training.So even though Dai Mubai had strengthened his offense, Austine was still able to move in an orderly manner—busy but not chaotic.
Either blocking or retreating, using cross-steps to shift positions, agile, steady, and quick turns allowed Austine to always face Dai Mubai, keeping all of Dai Mubai's attacks within the effective defensive area of the Flame Armor Shield.
Time passed little by little. Fifteen minutes went by just like that, yet Austine showed no sign of losing.
Unable to see any hope of taking down Austine, Dai Mubai finally no longer cared about face or spirit power consumption. With a furious roar, he activated his thousand-year third soul skill—White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
However, the violent tiger roar caused Dai Mubai to ignore the soul incantation coming from Austine's mouth—"Nian Power Materialization, Crispy Fresh Shrimp Fried Chicken Burger."He even overlooked the glow of the soul ring when Austine activated his soul skill.
After activating White Tiger Vajra Transformation, Dai Mubai's physical attributes were comprehensively enhanced. His entire being resembled a true fierce tiger descending the mountain.
At this point, all Austine could do was resist Dai Mubai's storm-like attacks by sustaining the Flame Armor Shield's energy barrier, barely maintaining his defense from being broken.
Feeling the speed at which his spirit power was being consumed, Austine knew he couldn't continue like this.
Although he had already achieved the standard set by the Master, in a situation where he could pursue victory, Austine still hoped he could win.
Thinking this, Austine began secretly accumulating fire-attribute energy within the jade-like rhino horn of the Flame Armor Shield.
After five seconds, the Flame Armor Shield's energy was fully charged. When Dai Mubai's attack once again landed on the Flame Armor Shield, Austine extinguished the energy barrier, creating an illusion that the barrier had been broken.
Without suspicion, Dai Mubai immediately pressed forward. Already prepared, Austine swiftly dodged the first two tiger-claw attacks. Using his left hand to parry Dai Mubai's third swipe, he created a brief defensive opening.
In that instant, the right-hand Flame Armor Shield heavily smashed into Dai Mubai's abdomen and immediately detonated all of the stored fire-attribute energy.
The fierce explosive shockwave blasted Dai Mubai away—and of course didn't spare Austine.But as the one who had planned this attack, Austine had already prepared for this outcome.
The third soul skill burger he had eaten beforehand now came into play. Protected by three layers of Nian Power shields, although Austine appeared just as miserably blown away as Dai Mubai, in reality he was completely uninjured.
Dai Mubai, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. Even though both White Tiger Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation were active—two defensive buffs—taking the full force of the Flame Armor Shield's damage left his abdomen bleeding profusely.
Seeing this, the Master decisively ended the spar. He took out the healing candy beans Shaoxin had prepared and let Dai Mubai recover.
Ten minutes later, with the help of Shaoxin's candy beans, Dai Mubai's seemingly severe flesh wound had fully healed. When he stood up, he was met with the Master's stiff and stern expression.
"You call this being a team captain?The so-called strongest power-attack battle soul master in the team couldn't defeat a food-type soul master who can only fight using a soul bone within fifteen minutes.
Even that I could tolerate. But you were actually at a disadvantage in such a battle!I think even if Austine didn't use that risky attack, you still wouldn't have beaten him.
What were you doing the whole fight? Talking about team camaraderie?Since you knew Austine's defense was far stronger than you expected and couldn't be broken with conventional attacks, why didn't you use your strongest state immediately?
Or did you only confirm after testing for so long that you couldn't defeat Austine in your normal state?
For today's spar, I judge you the loser.Your training load for today increases by twenty percent—do you have any objections?"
"No. I accept the arrangement."Knowing he hadn't performed well enough, Dai Mubai straightforwardly accepted the Master's punishment.
Seeing Dai Mubai's willingness to learn, the Master's expression finally eased a little. Turning to Austine, he said:
"I must say, little Ao, you gave me a surprise. Your proficiency with the Flame Armor Shield exceeds my expectations—this is very good.
I have reviewed your previous battle data using soul tools. Based on my estimation, without a major breakthrough in cultivation, you should have temporarily reached a bottleneck in using soul tools.
Therefore, in the training plan I originally arranged for you, most of the time was meant to help you become more proficient with the Flame Armor Shield. But it seems I need to make some adjustments.
In short, I am satisfied with your performance today.Now, carefully observe the others' performance."
In the time that followed, the Master had the other students take part in their sparring one by one. But seeing the Master's expression grow darker and darker, it was clear their performance did not satisfy him.
Sure enough, after all the battles ended, the Master spoke:
"I am truly disappointed.You are the little monsters in whom Flender placed high hopes. But from these battles, the only one who truly satisfied me was Austine.
In other words, only Austine meets my definition of a monster.The rest of you all made mistakes that should not have appeared in battle.
This proves that you still haven't learned how to fight—this essential skill every soul master aspiring to become strong must master proficiently.
Each of you possesses extraordinary talent.Therefore, during your time in the academy, you must learn the art of combat well. It will give you the ability to protect yourself when facing your enemies in the future.
Since combat is a skill and an art, to master it, you must experience continuous battle.
Sparring with teammates allows you to expose your problems thoroughly while remaining safe,and also helps you quickly familiarize yourselves with your teammates' abilities for future teamwork.
Since this has been said, I might as well tell you in advance—From now on, your morning classes every day will be running.
From where you stand now, run across the entire obstacle course, pass through the mechanism alley, and return here—that counts as one lap.
Each of you has an initial assignment of ten laps with weighted soul-guided devices, though the gravity multipliers will differ per person.
Before running every day, I will arrange warm-up battles for you. Rules and opponents will not be fixed. I will increase your training missions depending on your performance.
For example, today—because you wasted time this morning, everyone must run twelve laps.As for Dai Mubai and Tang San—your performance just now especially displeased me, so you will run fourteen laps.
Lastly, regarding you, Tang San—Considering the serious mistake you made in the Star Dou Forest, your daily starting laps are twelve, which means today you must run sixteen laps."
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