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"Oh… Shi Quan went out and not only became more handsome, but also braver…"
When Shi Quan led Ye Lingling back to the dormitory, everyone immediately started jeering.
Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing had returned early and notified everyone of Shi Quan's return immediately.
Shi Quan chuckled, then said, "From now on, Lingling is mine. If anyone dares to bully her, don't blame me for being merciless."
With a step, Yu Feng came in front of Shi Mo, put his arm around his shoulder, and imitated him perfectly, "Mine…"
"Stay away…" Shi Mo rolled his eyes at Yu Feng and slapped Yu Feng's hand away.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Dugu Yan came to Ye Lingling's side, linked her arm through hers, lightly patted the hands Shi Quan and Ye Lingling were holding, and pulled Ye Lingling to her side, "Lingling is ours too. If you dare to bully Lingling, just wait until we sisters teach you a good lesson."
"I spoil her too much to ever bully Lingling," Shi Quan said with a faint smile.
"Congratulations, Lingling," Zhu Zhuqing said softly as she stepped forward.
"Thank you, Zhuqing." Ye Lingling keenly noticed the disappointment in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes and stepped forward to gently hug Zhu Zhuqing.
Seeing this, Shi Quan raised his hand and rubbed his nose, wondering when he should reveal his identity as Zhuang Zhou.
"Shi Quan, by the way, why did you become handsome again?" Yu Feng saw that Shi Mo was ignoring him, so he turned and came in front of Shi Quan, curiously sizing him up.
Just now, he thought it was his imagination and just said it casually, but now, looking closely, he confirmed that Shi Quan had indeed become more handsome.
"Perhaps it's because of my fourth spirit ring?"
"Shi Quan, you're level forty?" Everyone's eyes widened.
Dugu Bo also frowned and said, "Shi Quan, why didn't you ask grandpa to help you hunt for your fourth spirit ring? Do you know how dangerous it is to hunt it by yourself?"
"My situation is a bit complicated, and didn't I come back safely?" Shi Quan chuckled softly.
"Safely? What's wrong with your hand? Why are you suddenly wearing a strange bracer?" Dugu Bo frowned, staring at Shi Quan's right hand.
"This?" Shi Quan raised his hand and squeezed it, "I thought it looked good, it's just a decoration."
Although he said that, Shi Quan still praised the Blue Silver King's camouflage ability in his heart. Even at such a close distance, Dugu Bo couldn't discover the Blue Silver King's special nature.
"Is that so?" Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan suspiciously.
"Mm." Shi Quan nodded, directly changing the subject, "This time out, not only did I get my fourth spirit ring, but I was also lucky enough to obtain a special external Spirit Bone."
"What? An external Spirit Bone?!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.
As he spoke, Shi Quan uncovered his upper garment, and only then did everyone notice that Shi Quan's bracer had actually extended up to his shoulder.
The next second, eight golden rays of light unfurled from behind Shi Quan, and everyone's attention was immediately drawn to these eight Dragon spears.
Looking at the four-meter long spears, everyone could clearly feel the pressure emanating from the Holy Dragon Eight Spears.
"It really is an external Spirit Bone!"
Everyone looked at the eight noble and magnificent Dragon spears and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"Shi Quan, your external Spirit Bone looks a bit special," Dugu Bo's pupils contracted. He instantly recognized the uniqueness of this Spirit Bone, "Dragon type Spirit Beasts are already hard to find, and you even managed to obtain a Spirit Bone from one."
"Luck." Shi Quan's purpose in revealing the Holy Dragon Eight Spears at this time was to make everyone believe that his external Spirit Bone came from his fourth spirit ring.
Otherwise, if such a powerful external Spirit Bone appeared out of nowhere, Shi Quan would truly have difficulty explaining it.
"Your luck is truly good," Dugu Bo raised his hand and touched Shi Quan's Holy Dragon Eight Spears. After feeling its strength, he couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement and had to nod in acknowledgment, "Then your fourth Spirit Ability shouldn't be weak either, right?"
Shi Quan smiled mysteriously, "I can only say that our Heaven Dou Battle Team will no longer lack attack system Spirit Masters."
"Shi Quan, what kind of Spirit Ability is it? Why are you being so mysterious?" Yu Feng asked curiously.
"You'll know when we fight Shrek Academy."
"Shi Quan, you've changed."
"Exactly, you've changed, you have secrets from us…"
The dormitory was instantly filled with laughter and joy. As everyone revelled in the happiness of Shi Quan's Breakthrough, only Dugu Bo looked at the bracer on Shi Quan's right arm. For some reason, he always felt that Shi Quan's bracer was a bit off.
But he didn't delve deeper; Shi Quan didn't seem to be in any trouble.
The following days, normal training resumed.
Everyone else continued as usual, but Shi Quan had more things to Cultivate.
Cultivating the Spirit God Art definitely had to be added to daily Cultivation. The art of sword control could be temporarily put aside, because as he Cultivated the Spirit God Art, Shi Quan discovered that the Divine Thought cultivated from the Spirit God Art, when combined with Spirit Sense, could completely achieve the effect of sword control. Unlike spirit power sword control, Divine Thought sword control only consumed mental force. It was just that his Divine Thought wasn't strong enough yet to unleash its full power.
The Spirit Fusion Skill between him and Ye Lingling also became more natural as their relationship changed.
The rest consisted of Cultivating various martial arts and practicing Dugu Nine Swords.
Every day was exceptionally fulfilling.
Days passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was the start of the new semester.
The Shrek Team gathered once again.
"One week from now, you will compete with the Heaven Dou Battle Team to determine the Heaven Dou Empire's seed team. As long as you win, you can directly skip the preliminary rounds and promotion rounds. I hope you can bring a surprise to everyone."
Master's serious voice echoed on the training ground.
At this time, the Shrek Team's strength was as follows:
Yu Tianheng, Level 42.
Dai Mubai, Level 42.
Tang San, Level 37.
Xiao Wu, Level 36.
Oscar, Level 35.
Ma Hongjun, Level 33.
Ning Rongrong, Level 32.
Both Yu Tianheng and Tang San were not far from Breaking through to the next level.
Because there was only one week until the Soul Fighting Competition, time was too tight. In order to better prepare for the Soul Fighting Competition seven days later, Yu Xiaogang did not make everyone maintain high-intensity training like last semester for the remaining time.
Instead, he uniformly planned for everyone, preparing for the Soul Fighting Competition.
The Shrek Team was naturally full of fighting Martial Spirit, especially Tang San. After his Martial Spirit mutated, he felt that he was capable again.
Especially since the current Heaven Dou Battle Team did not have an attack system Spirit Master, their explosive power had become their obvious weakness.
Although they had two defense system Spirit Masters, prolonged defense would inevitably lead to failure. It wouldn't be easy to win by just passively taking hits.
As for explosive power, the Shrek Team had three attack system Spirit Masters, two of whom had already Broken through to Level 40.
With Ning Rongrong and Oscar providing amplification and support, everyone was full of confidence for the upcoming Soul Fighting Competition.
Compared to Shrek's battle arrangements, Shi Quan's side didn't take Shrek seriously at all. They continued their usual activities.
There was no sense of tension at all.
Time quickly passed, and it was a week later.
"Let's go!" Shi Quan assembled the team.
Dugu Bo was originally reluctant to go, but since he was the leader, he still stepped up and followed.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy still attached great importance to this Soul Fighting Competition.
In addition to the Three Great Committee Members gathering, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing also gathered. Ning Fengzhi, having nothing to do, also came to the Academy to watch the match.
Since it was an internal selection, the Soul Fighting Competition was directly held in the Soul Fighting Arena in the center of the team's training ground. The original Soul Fighting Arena was a bit small, so the Academy specifically widened and reinforced it.
When Shi Quan and the others arrived at the training ground, everyone was already seated, and the Shrek Team had also arrived.
"Mr. Dugu." Seeing Dugu Bo arrive, Prince Xue Xing quickly stood up and respectfully greeted Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo nodded slightly to him and followed him to sit beside him.
After Dugu Bo was seated, Xue Xing then nodded to the Three Great Committee Members members next to him.
Meng Shenji then stood up and announced loudly, "The Heaven Dou Empire Seed Battle Team Selection Soul Fighting Competition now begins. Both teams, please enter the arena."
As Meng Shenji's words fell, the Shrek Team, led by Tang San, was the first to step onto the Soul Fighting Stage.
On the other side, Shi Quan and the others followed unhurriedly onto the Soul Fighting Stage.
"This Soul Fighting Competition is an internal selection. I hope both sides can fully display their respective strengths, and at the same time, remember that this battle is to stop when a point is reached." Meng Shenji's gaze swept over the two teams on the Soul Fighting Stage, then he said, "Both teams, release your Martial Spirits and prepare."
Roar!
On Shrek's side, there was a roar of dragons and tigers. As their spirit rings appeared, the seven individuals quickly lined up.
The first to charge were naturally Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai, followed closely by Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu, then Tang San, and finally, Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
In contrast, on Shi Quan's side.
Shi Quan stood alone at the very front. Behind him stood one person, not Dugu Yan, nor Zhu Zhuqing, nor Yu Feng and the others. The person standing behind Shi Quan was Ye Lingling, the auxiliary Spirit Master. As for the others, they were all uniformly standing at the edge of the arena, not even releasing their Martial Spirits.
Only Shi Quan and Ye Lingling at the very front released their Martial Spirits.
Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black.
Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple.
Most of the people present knew about Shi Quan's new extreme spirit ring theory, but when they saw that Shi Quan's fourth spirit ring was a black ten-thousand-year spirit ring, everyone still felt a surge of surprise.
Yu Xiaogang, below the stage, saw this scene, clenched his fists tightly, and a hint of confidence appeared in his eyes, "Do you intend to challenge the entire Shrek with just two people? Shi Quan, you will eventually pay the price for your arrogance. The current Shrek is no longer the Shrek of the past."
The Shrek Team on the Soul Fighting Stage was also filled with anger upon seeing this. They hadn't expected Shi Quan to look down on them so much. Only Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng thought of something.
Yu Tianheng quickly reminded, "Be careful, Shi Quan and Ye Lingling have a Spirit Fusion Skill!"
"Spirit Fusion Skill?" Tang San's expression changed in surprise, and he quickly asked, "What kind of Spirit Fusion Skill?"