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Feeling the abnormal rate of spirit power consumption within his body, Su Wen was numb.
Previously, he had been focused on learning 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun' and hadn't noticed this point.
Or rather, his outward display was that of a level thirty-nine Spirit Elder. In front of Huo Tianyang, a Spirit Douluo, he had absolutely no intention of showing any Spirit Ancestor-level capabilities.
This led him to overlook the spirit power loss from the portion exceeding the Spirit Elder level while he was concentrating on his studies.
If a Spirit Elder's spirit power was 10, and a Spirit Ancestor's was 30, Su Wen only needed to use that 10. So, unconsciously, he ignored the fact that his spirit power had remained at a level of less than 20 for these seven days.
It wasn't the consumption from cultivating 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun', but Su Wen's consumption from maintaining the replicated spirit skills.
"Why does this Raging Fire Tyrant Dragon consume so much?"
Before, Su Wen could subconsciously assume it was because he had replicated this spirit skill and was constantly using its skills, resulting in high consumption. But now he realized it was the high consumption of maintaining the replication of this spirit itself.
He descended from the sky, not planning to continue flying towards Kamikaze City.
Sensing carefully, he gradually understood the reason.
"If I maintain the replication of this Raging Fire Tyrant Dragon, I will be able to unlock Uncle Yang's fifth spirit skill after I break through to Spirit King..."
Su Wen blinked.
There's such a good thing?
Huo Tianyang was a power-attack Spirit Douluo, and all his spirit skills were top-tier fire-attribute skills.
The 'Fire Demon Overlord Body' he mentioned for 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun' was just a conceptual name, a general term for similar spirit skills.
Su Wen had substituted it with the Fire Demon Style.
And Huo Tianyang's own fifth spirit skill was the 'Fire Dragon Overlord Body', a top-tier skill among similar types.
If he experienced it multiple times, Su Wen believed his development and perfection of the Fire Demon Style would be smoother.
There was also Huo Tianyang's sixth spirit skill, 'Flame Sovereign', a truly top-tier elemental control skill.
Perhaps it lacked the precision of Su Wen's fire element control, but it was extremely powerful in macroscopic control and mobilization of flames.
"With Uncle Yang's Raging Fire Tyrant Dragon spirit, it seems I won't need much reference for future fire element development."
Therefore, except for some functional fire-attribute spirits and spirit skills, Su Wen could abandon the other replicated spirits.
First was Huo Wushuang's spirit; it was useless now, so he abandoned it.
Huo Wu's Ring of Defiance could be kept.
As for the Flame Flower spirit's Flame Clone, Multiple Clones, and Flame Displacement...
Su Wen pondered the functions of the various spirit skills. When he reached the Flame Flower spirit's three skills, his thoughts paused, and then his eyes widened.
The perfection of 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun' seemed to be able to integrate these three skills of the Flame Flower spirit.
"If this integration succeeds, wouldn't I be able to displace freely within the Raging Fire Heavenly Sun domain?"
Previously, he had felt a tinge of disdain upon discovering the restrictions of Flame Displacement, but now he didn't think so anymore.
Su Wen noted this idea down as a key point for perfecting 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun' next, and continued filtering the many spirits he had replicated.
Fire Star spirit kept.
Partial elemental transformation spirit skill kept.
"Abandon all others."
Su Wen cut off the spirit power output for some of the replications and immediately felt his burden lessen a tiny bit.
"It's still the Raging Fire Tyrant Dragon taking up too much weight."
Developing replication spirit skills still had a long way to go.
The Royal Team set off from Blazing City, heading towards Kamikaze City in the northeast of the Tian Dou Empire. In between, they also entered the Great Spirit Arenas of various small and medium-sized cities to broaden their horizons.
It took them seven days.
Su Wen, alone, didn't give up broadening his horizons for the sake of traveling faster.
On the contrary, he not only went to Great Spirit Arenas but also recorded the mountains, rivers, terrain, and natural scenery along the way, making it look like a vacation.
Because of this, even though it was more convenient alone, it took him a full ten days to reach Kamikaze City.
And at this moment, the Royal Team was only one day away from leaving Kamikaze City.
"Little Wen, why are you so slow?"
"Haha, met some interesting Spirit Masters on the road and got delayed a bit."
Ning Rongrong looked aggrieved, pulling Su Wen to complain: "Big Brother Wen, do you know how I spent these past two weeks while you were away?"
Yu Feng and the others rolled their eyes.
They knew very well how this little girl spent her time on the road.
As an extra standalone auxiliary type, she only needed to watch battles and learn tactics without fighting.
Eating, drinking, and playing along the way, she had a great time.
Now she was actually complaining with tears.
Eww~~~
"Alright, then I'll carry you tonight," Su Wen laughed. "This time we're challenging a Spirit Ancestor team across levels. As usual, I'll let one opponent through for you."
"Ah?" Ning Rongrong screamed miserably, looking at Su Wen pitifully. "Big Brother Wen, don't be like this."
"Don't worry, I promised Uncle Ning to protect you well," Su Wen patted Ning Rongrong's head.
"But tonight, I really plan to challenge a Spirit Ancestor team across levels."
"What!?" Qin Ming was shocked.
Back in Blazing City, he had told Su Wen and Ning Rongrong to try the local Spirit Elder teams for the first three days, and if there was no pressure, then challenge a Spirit Ancestor team or do a 2v2 cross-level challenge against a Spirit Ancestor duo.
But when he said challenging a Spirit Ancestor team back then, it was just a joke.
Challenging two Spirit Ancestors across levels was already very difficult.
"Little Wen, although it's not a life-and-death battle, fighting always carries risks. You two absolutely cannot challenge a Spirit Ancestor team!" Qin Ming refused sternly.
"Teacher Qin, have you forgotten my cultivation at Blazing Academy?" Su Wen said.
Qin Ming frowned, his eyes flickering as he looked at Su Wen.
Su Wen hadn't hidden it at the time, saying he was learning Blazing Academy Dean Huo Tianyang's unique skill.
However, only seven days. Up to now, it had only been seventeen days.
Could Su Wen master it?
A famous Spirit Douluo's unique skill wasn't so easily learned.
Qin Ming still thought Su Wen was getting arrogant. He followed Su Wen throughout the registration process and didn't let him sign up for the match challenging a Spirit Ancestor team.
However, Su Wen still registered for two matches: a 2v2 cross-level challenge against a Spirit Ancestor duo, and a team battle against a Silver Spirit Fighter Spirit Elder team.
"Little Wen, you want to go to Kamikaze Academy too?"
Returning to the hotel, Qin Ming, who had packed his luggage and was ready to hit the road again, received another leave request from Su Wen.
He felt a mix of speechlessness and helplessness.
This spirit battle training tour... why did it feel like Su Wen was visiting academies one by one?
First Blazing Academy, then Kamikaze Academy.
However, with the token from Blazing Academy's Dean, Su Wen's gains from going to Kamikaze Academy probably wouldn't be small, so he had no reason to stop him.
"Alright. You can depart directly from Kamikaze City then. I estimate you can catch up with us right when we arrive at Elephant Armored City." Qin Ming took out a map and gestured the Royal Team's upcoming itinerary. In between were all small and medium-sized cities.
He told Su Wen not to follow this route anymore and head straight for Elephant Armored City.
In this spirit battle training tour, having the major cities where three of the Five Elemental Academies were located as training points was designed for Su Wen.
"Okay!"
Separating from the team again, Su Wen arrived at Kamikaze Academy outside Kamikaze City.
(End of this chapter)