Under Huo Yuhao's comprehensive buffs, Tang Wulin felt more powerful than ever before! The spirit power within his body surged endlessly, and his mind was incredibly clear. Every movement and intention of his opponent seemed to be analyzed in slow motion. Facing Yu Tianlong, who carried the momentum of a thousand thunderclaps, Tang Wulin felt no fear. Instead, a surge of unprecedented, surging Battle Intent rose within him!
On his right arm, a layer of dazzling, diamond-shaped golden dragon scales instantly emerged and spread, covering his entire arm! Simultaneously, the five fingers of his right hand suddenly lengthened, transforming into five glinting golden sharp claws! Then, he actually charged forward alone, boldly meeting the terrifying Aura of the four-ring Spirit Ancestor Yu Tianlong!
Seeing Tang Wulin proactively charging at him, Yu Tianlong sneered repeatedly in his heart. A mere one-ring Spirit Master dared to head-on confront a four-ring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Ancestor like himself, who was also buffed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? It was truly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—suicidal overconfidence!
Four rings against one ring; he held an absolute advantage. After all, twenty thousand years ago, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had a judgment: "More Spirits and more bones, hit 'em with a skill wave; fewer Spirits and fewer bones, turn tail and run!" With their respective speeds, the dozens of meters across the arena vanished in an instant!
A fierce glint flashed in Yu Tianlong's eyes as his first spirit ring brightened suddenly. His first Spirit Ability, Thunder Dragon Claw, was ready to strike. In the audience, almost no one could understand where this youth from Donghai Academy, with only one ring, got the courage and confidence to face a four-ring Spirit Ancestor alone! In their view, the next scene would surely be Tang Wulin flying backward like a broken kite, eliminated in a single blow.
However... just as the two were about to collide, a split second before Yu Tianlong's Thunder Dragon Claw was about to strike down!
"Roar!!!"
A domineering dragon roar, carrying an inviolable majesty, suddenly erupted from Tang Wulin's mouth! At the same time, an indescribable Aura exploded from Tang Wulin's body! Directly facing Tang Wulin, Yu Tianlong's expression changed drastically!
He felt a sense of dread originating from the depths of his Soul and his Bloodline instinct, which completely submerged him like a cold tide without warning! That wasn't a gap in strength, but an absolute suppression of rank! His body began to tremble uncontrollably, and the spirit power that had been surging vigorously earlier experienced uncontrollable disorder and stagnation at this moment!
The blue dragon claw, raised high and entwined with violent thunder, seemed to be firmly shackled by invisible chains, freezing in mid-air, unable to descend even a fraction! This feeling... Yu Tianlong knew it all too well! This was Spirit Pressure! And it was a High-order Spirit Pressure originating from a higher-level, purer, and more ancient Dragon Clan Bloodline!
But... how was this possible?! His Spirit was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon! It was a recognized top-tier existence among dragon-type Spirits, enough to look down on the vast majority of Beast Spirits! What kind of dragon Spirit could suppress him at the Bloodline level to the point where he couldn't even successfully release a Spirit Ability?!
Yu Tianlong grit his teeth, veins popping on his forehead, as he desperately pushed his spirit power, trying to break through this invisible Bloodline shackle. However, all his efforts were in vain. He could only watch helplessly as that dragon claw, covered in golden scales and glinting with cold light, grew larger and larger in his vision as it approached... On the arena, in the flash of the first exchange, the winner had been decided!
However, the one who flew backward was not Tang Wulin, the one-ring Spirit Master that the audience had almost unanimously predicted. Instead, it was Shrek Academy's strongest four-ring Spirit Ancestor, the captain Yu Tianlong, who possessed the top-tier Beast Spirit, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!
"Bang!"
A dull, heavy sound echoed. Yu Tianlong's burly frame was hit head-on as if by an invisible giant hammer, tracing a pathetic parabola before crashing heavily onto the arena dozens of meters away. His eyes were tightly shut, his Aura withered; he had actually fainted directly, and the violent blue lightning flickering around him had completely extinguished.
Tang Wulin had shown mercy; the "Crush" effect of the Golden Dragon Claw had not been triggered. Otherwise, Yu Tianlong's fate would not have been as simple as just fainting; even if he didn't die, he would have been severely injured! Almost everyone present was stunned by this inconceivable scene, completely unable to understand what had just happened.
From their perspective, the scene just now was eerie to the extreme. The aggressive four-ring Spirit Ancestor Yu Tianlong had clearly prepared a thunderous strike, yet at the last moment, he had abruptly stopped his offensive. It even looked as if he had proactively withdrawn all defenses, meeting Tang Wulin's strike with an open chest. The audience fell into a deathly silence, followed by an explosion of unbelievable uproar!
The referee suspended in mid-air was also clearly stunned for a moment. Only then did he take a deep breath and, with a voice carrying a slight tremor, loudly announce: "Shrek Academy's Yu Tianlong... eliminated!"
Behind Yu Tianlong, the expressions on the faces of the four remaining Shrek Academy team members instantly shifted from shock to stiffness and bewilderment. They also completely failed to comprehend everything happening before their eyes! Captain Yu Tianlong, a four-ring Spirit Ancestor with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit, had received buffs from two support system Spirit Masters and should have been an existence that crushed the opponent.
How could... how could he be cleanly eliminated in a single exchange by an opponent with only one ring?! This simply overturned their understanding of Spirit Master combat! With the captain gone, Vice Captain Qian Hongdu forcibly suppressed the churning horror in his heart and let out a roar.
His Spirit was a uniquely shaped large umbrella. Holding the handle and infusing it with spirit power, the umbrella canopy instantly snapped open, carrying his body lightly off the ground as he flew toward the opposite side from mid-air. A cold light flashed in Ye Xinglan's eyes. Shock mixed with an unyielding stubbornness allowed her to temporarily suppress the fear in her heart. She gave a delicate shout and transformed into a sharp sword light, also charging toward Class Zero's formation.
On the other side, after eliminating Yu Tianlong in one blow, Tang Wulin's momentum was at its peak! Without the slightest pause, his gaze locked onto the incoming Ye Xinglan. Exerting force with his legs, he also boldly charged forward! Simultaneously, elemental light surged violently around Gu Yue. Wind blades, ice spikes, and fireballs accurately shrouded the mid-air Qian Hongdu like a torrential rain!
Under Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection sharing, every one of Gu Yue's elemental attacks seemed to anticipate Qian Hongdu's next move, sealing off all his possible flight paths! Qian Hongdu felt that lethal attacks were everywhere. His original plan to rely on flight advantage for harassment or containment instantly fell through. He was forced to clumsily parry left and right, eventually being forced down from mid-air under the dense elemental bombardment.
Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan had already collided violently! In terms of pure combat power, Tang Wulin, who only had his Golden Dragon Claw as a trump card, was indeed not yet a match for the Shrek sword Genius Ye Xinglan. But at this moment, Tang Wulin had the buffs given to him by Huo Yuhao. Coupled with his one-move defeat of Yu Tianlong earlier, it had also caused a massive psychological impact on Ye Xinglan, allowing her to only exert seventy to eighty percent of her strength.
With one side gaining and the other losing, Tang Wulin was naturally able to suppress this proud Genius, Ye Xinglan. As for Xie Xie, an agility-attack system Spirit Master, he had already moved silently like a ghost the moment Yu Tianlong was sent flying by Tang Wulin's claw! Relying on the perfect path planning provided by Huo Yuhao's Mental Sharing, his figure turned into a blurry afterimage, having already quietly circled to the side and rear of the Shrek Academy formation!
His gaze was firmly locked onto the two support system Spirit Masters standing at the very back of the team. Xie Xie's lips curled into an excited and dangerous smile.
"Finally... it's time for this young master to show off!"
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