In mid-air, Qian Lingyi's holy sword clashed with Meng Hongchen's twin swords. In an instant, dazzling light and icy coldness generated intense energy fluctuations, and strong air currents rapidly spread from the two girls, disturbing the surrounding space in the Martial Arts Arena.
Both girls flew backward simultaneously, one upwards and one downwards. Qian Lingyi flipped several times before stabilizing herself, her expression solemn and surprised as she looked at her opponent below. Meng Hongchen landed directly on the ground and retreated more than ten steps before dispelling the immense impact her body had endured.
"You are very good, I like you a lot!" Qian Lingyi said, "Therefore, you will have the honor of being the first to experience my sixth Spirit Ability!"
After Qian Lingyi finished speaking, her sixth spirit ring flew out from behind her, emitting a scorching glow. A beautiful and sacred figure appeared behind Qian Lingyi. This figure was enormous, and from its outline, it appeared to be an extremely beautiful woman. Behind the woman were six pure white Angel wings. At this moment, a warm ray of sunlight fell from the sky, and the Six-Winged Angel phantom began to gently dance with the sunlight.
Sixth Spirit Ability, Dance of the Angel God!
Accompanying the dance of the Angel God phantom, Qian Lingyi also underwent a transformation. Her wings instantly turned into six, and her entire being exuded immense fighting intent. Golden flames covered her body, causing her aura to instantly overpower Meng Hongchen.
"Is this… the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul? So strong!" Qian Lingyi murmured, then clenched her fist, a look of excitement on her face.
She suddenly looked up, her gaze like lightning shooting towards Meng Hongchen. The six Angel wings behind her flapped, and the Sword of Light in her hand had transformed into a holy sword. With incredible speed, she charged towards Meng Hongchen.
Meng Hongchen had already concentrated her Spirit to the extreme when Qian Lingyi released her sixth spirit ring. Seeing Qian Lingyi launch her attack, she did not sit idly by, nor did she avoid the sharpness. This girl's personality was indeed very fierce.
The ice-blue long sword once again collided with the holy sword. This time, the ice-blue long sword was at a disadvantage and was actually directly cleaved in half by Qian Lingyi's holy sword!
The snapping of the long sword stunned Meng Hongchen, but Qian Lingyi showed no sign of stopping. She immediately retracted her sword, raised her leg, and kicked Meng Hongchen in the abdomen, sending her flying.
Immediately after, Qian Lingyi pressed forward again, clenching her sword-wielding hand into a fist, and with a horizontal swing, she was about to strike Meng Hongchen's chest. Meng Hongchen had by then recovered from the shock of her broken sword and immediately crossed her hands in front of her chest, barely managing to withstand Qian Lingyi's strike.
However, from the moment Meng Hongchen's long sword broke, this spar was already over. Qian Lingyi held the absolute upper hand. Unless Meng Hongchen could produce a trump card sufficient to turn the tide of battle, her defeat was only a matter of time.
Did Meng Hongchen possess a trump card that could turn the tide? Clearly, she did. But was it truly necessary to use her trump card for a mere spar? Meng Hongchen hesitated greatly. Outside the arena, Xiao Hongchen frantically shook his head at her, signaling her not to act impulsively.
The girl ultimately decided not to use her trump card. Although she was fierce, she was not reckless.
The ultimate victor of this spar was naturally Qian Lingyi, but the process of this spar was worth careful study and attention from the teachers and students of the Inner Courtyard. Not to mention the Angel Martial Soul and the Six-Winged Angel phantom summoned by the sixth spirit ring that Qian Lingyi displayed, just the Soul Engineer armor that Meng Hongchen demonstrated, which could fly, defend, and attack, was worth Shrek Academy investing great effort and energy into researching.
"Alas!" Tang Ya, who had watched the spar, was full of sorrow and sighed deeply, saying, "Everyone is sixteen or seventeen years old, so why is the gap so big?"
"Exactly, exactly!" Xue Weiwei said with deep empathy and strong agreement.
Both of them were currently at level forty-seven or forty-eight, still some distance from becoming a Spirit King, but it was still very possible for them to become a Spirit King before the age of twenty.
"Actually, Meng Hongchen is alright. A large part of her strength comes from her Level 6 Soul Engineer armor; her personal strength is just so-so.
However, Qian Lingyi is different. Her personal strength is very strong, especially after using her sixth spirit ring, her Spirit can temporarily grow six wings. She is definitely a very formidable opponent!" Bei Bei said. He had not fought Meng Hongchen before and did not know much about the Jade Ice Toad Spirit, which is why he came to this conclusion.
"Hehe, Bei Bei, don't speak too soon!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile when he heard Bei Bei's conclusion, "Meng Hongchen's Spirit is not as simple as it looks!"
"Oh? How so?" Bei Bei, though called out by Zhu Ziyang, showed no displeasure. Instead, he asked eagerly, "How so?"
"Her Spirit is called Jade Ice Toad. Besides possessing ice attributes, it also possesses extremely powerful toxicity!" Zhu Ziyang introduced to everyone, "Do you remember her eyes? Weren't they reddish? That is the peculiar aspect of the Jade Ice Toad Spirit—a pair of fire-attribute eyes!"
"Fire-attribute eyes?" Everyone exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this.
"Yes! The toxicity of the Jade Ice Toad comes from these ice and fire elemental coexisting eyes," Zhu Ziyang said. "These unique eyes give the Jade Ice Toad a peculiar poison that combines the chilling cold of ice poison with the scorching heat of fire poison. Without special means, it's very difficult to deal with this kind of poison!
Among us, perhaps only Tang Ya and Sanshi can barely resist this strange poison."
"This... there's actually such a Spirit. It's truly an eye-opener!" Everyone exclaimed in admiration, then grew worried again, "Then if we have to face her in the future, how should we deal with it?"
"Try to maintain distance from her. Unless you have the ability to counteract poison, do not engage her in close combat," Zhu Ziyang thought for a moment and said. "Also, if the weather is rainy or snowy, then run if you can, as the Jade Ice Toad's poison can merge with rain and snow.
The Jade Ice Toad Spirit Beast is considered a regional overlord even in the Extremely North Land."
"Okay, we understand!" Everyone nodded.
"Oh! That Sister Qian Lingyi is coming over!" At this moment, Xiao Xiao shouted. Everyone looked over and indeed saw Qian Lingyi walking towards them.
"Zhu Ziyang, what are you all talking about?" Qian Lingyi walked up to the group and very proactively walked next to Zhu Ziyang, asking with a sweet smile.
"We're discussing Meng Hongchen's Spirit," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, glancing at the Martial Arts Arena. After confirming that Meng Hongchen had already left with a few people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he withdrew his gaze and introduced Tang Ya and the others to Qian Lingyi, "These are my good friends and junior brothers and sisters."
"I know them, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, right?" Qian Lingyi greeted Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi with a smile, saying.
"Uh, hehe, congratulations! It's been a few days, and you've already reached Spirit Emperor!" Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi said, forcing smiles.
"Hehe, just so-so!" Qian Lingyi said with a slightly smug smile.
"Hello, I'm Tang Ya!" Tang Ya's eyes fell on Qian Lingyi, her gaze shifting, clearly plotting something. She first introduced herself, then said, "Looking at you, you seem very familiar with Zhu Ziyang. Don't you know that Zhu Ziyang already has a girlfriend? And they're childhood sweethearts!"
"I know, Jiang Nannan, right!" Qian Lingyi was completely unfazed by Tang Ya's obvious attempt to needle her, still smiling as she said, "And so what if they're childhood sweethearts? I personally believe in the 'fated encounter' type!"
"Uh…" Tang Ya was momentarily at a loss for words, because Qian Lingyi had already made it clear that she was interested in Zhu Ziyang. If there was to be a confrontation, it should be Jiang Nannan, not her. So, she chose to observe, saying, "Zhu Ziyang, you deal with it yourself!"
"Hehe!" Zhu Ziyang chuckled, saying nothing.
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After staying at the academy for three or four days, Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi left the academy again. This time, Zhu Ziyang accepted intelligence on three Evil Soul Masters, which was necessary to complete the Death God Fourth Trial.
The two traveled quickly and easily found the first of the three targets. Very fortunately, this one was burdened with sin, meeting the requirements of the Death God Fourth Trial, so Zhu Ziyang's Death God Fourth Trial was successfully completed.
Zhu Ziyang was in a very good mood. Filled with excitement and joy, they arrived at a nearby town, chose a hotel to stay in, and then he prepared to claim the reward for the Death God Fourth Trial and begin the Death God Fifth Trial.