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Chapter 31: Great Spirit Arena
After Xiao Wu finished "threatening" Wang Sheng, she subconsciously glanced in Lin Mo's direction.
However, after Wang Sheng's question just now, she couldn't help but start pondering in her heart.
"Lin Mo's current strength is indeed not weak," Xiao Wu thought to herself. "The flames spat out by that Charmander are extremely hot and very difficult to deal with."
"Even among the Spirit Beast cubs in the Star Dou Great Forest, few fire-attribute cubs possess flames with such a high temperature."
As a re-cultivating Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, she possessed extraordinary insight and could clearly perceive the terrifyingly high temperature contained within the flames spat out by the Charmander.
"If we really fought and went head-to-head, I'm afraid I wouldn't gain much of an advantage, and I might even suffer a loss."
But even realizing this, Xiao Wu still had considerable confidence in her own strength; the source of her confidence was Lin Mo himself.
Thinking of this, Xiao Wu's gaze subconsciously drifted toward Lin Mo, and she began to mutter secretly in her heart,
"No matter how powerful Charmander is, it's only an External Beast Martial Soul, and Lin Mo himself doesn't look like he has much combat power.
As long as I find an opportunity to get close to him, with my Soft Techniques and strength, it shouldn't be a problem to subdue him instantly."
In her view, Lin Mo's situation should be similar to Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's.
Although Luo San Pao was also an External Beast Martial Soul, Yu Xiaogang himself was physically weak; the type who had no power to fight back once someone got close.
Lin Mo felt the gaze Xiao Wu cast over and subconsciously turned his head to look at her.
As their eyes met, Lin Mo immediately read the thoughts from her expression—they were practically written on her face.
"Heh..." Lin Mo couldn't help but mutter to himself, "This little rabbit is indeed thinking that way.
My Charmander is like Yu Xiaogang's Luo San Pao, both are External Beast Martial Souls, so I should be like Yu Xiaogang, with a fragile main body that needs protection."
"If she really thinks that, she's dead wrong." A trace of an imperceptible light flashed deep in Lin Mo's eyes.
Yu Xiaogang without Luo San Pao could indeed be called weak, but he was completely different from Yu Xiaogang.
Although his second spirit had not yet been attached to a spirit ring, with the high bonuses brought by his Main Body Martial Soul, his physical strength had long since far exceeded that of Spirit Masters of the same Rank.
Moreover, he had long ago figured out unique techniques belonging exclusively to his Main Body Martial Soul, which was the currently preliminarily perfected Self-created Spirit Skill: Blood Burst.
Although it was currently only in the first-stage Boiling Blood state, with the numerical stat boosts brought by the Blood Burst Spirit Ability, he had more than enough power to protect himself against Spirit Masters of the same Rank.
If Xiao Wu really treated him as an ordinary person with no power to fight back, she would be making a huge mistake.
In terms of physical fitness alone, both Xiao Wu and Tang San were no match for him.
Tang San's two great Spirits were both Tool Spirits, which were inherently weaker than Beast Spirits in terms of improving physical fitness.
And Xiao Wu's Soft Bones Rabbit Spirit was not a strength-type Spirit; its bonus to physical fitness was only at a lower-middle level among all Beast Spirits.
If someone really wanted to bypass Charmander to sneak attack his main body, Lin Mo would let them witness the terror of a stat monster.
He'd show them what it meant for the left fist to have high damage, and the right fist to have damage that's high!
...Watching Lin Mo's calm and unruffled expression, Xiao Wu's competitive thoughts slowly faded.
She curled her lip, picked up the half-gnawed meat bone again, and continued her "battle" with it.
After this small interlude with Wang Sheng, the atmosphere at the dinner table soon returned to being harmonious.
Lin Mo continued to take care of Charmander, watching it sweep away the meat chunks on the plate, and then looking eagerly at the other dishes on the table, especially that plate of sauce-braised bones.
"You little fellow, you certainly have a big appetite." Lin Mo smiled and picked up a few more pieces of meat for it, while calculating the matter regarding gold coins he had just thought of.
"gold coins... are indeed a problem." While feeding Charmander, Lin Mocouldn't help but start thinking to himself.
The Spirit coins he currently had on hand were no problem for maintaining his own life, but if he wanted to dabble in those precious items, he would immediately be stretched thin.
For example, those external forces that might prompt his second spiritto complete its evolution—whether they were Spirit Bones or Immortal Herbs like the "qiluo tulip"—were all treasures that could be sought but not easily found.
Leaving aside whether he could find them, even if he was lucky enough to encounter them, he simply didn't have enough gold coins on hand to buy them.
Not to mention, treasures of that level rarely appeared in transactions using gold coins; more often than not, they were traded through bartering.
"To get the resources needed for Cultivation, I need a large amount of gold coins..." Lin Mo chewed his food silently.
"Relying solely on the Spirit Hall subsidy and the wages of a Work-Study Student is absolutely impossible."
However, regarding how to solve the gold coin gap, Lin Mo actually already had a preliminary plan and direction.
It was just that in a small place like Nuoding City, it couldn't be implemented for the time being.
"Great Spirit Arena..." This name emerged in Lin Mo's mind.
Spirit Masters could sign up for Spirit fighting matches there and earn generous gold coin rewards by winning.
That was the place where one could truly earn a large amount of gold coins quickly while also honing their actual combat skills.
"When I leave Nuoding Academy and go to a big city, there will definitely be a Great Spirit Arena near the Intermediate Spirit Master Academy."
Lin Mo already had a plan in his heart. "At that time, with my and Charmander's strength, going there to earn the gold coins needed for Cultivation should be no problem."
Of course, all of that was for later.
At this stage, he still needed to complete this last half-year of study at Nuoding Academy with peace of mind, while working hard to increase his spirit power Rank.
This dinner lasted a long time, and it wasn't until the second floor of the canteen was about to close that everyone left contentedly.
Lin Mo returned to Dormitory Seven with the others, holding Charmander, who was also stuffed full, the flame on its tail even seeming a bit more vigorous.
After returning to the dormitory, Charmander seemed a bit sleepy from being full and actively turned into a red light to return to Lin Mo's body.
Lin Mo could feel a tiny warm current merging into his own spirit poweras Charmander returned.
Although the improvement was almost negligible, it definitely existed.
"The efficiency of using ordinary food to assist Cultivation is still too low," Lin Mo muttered silently as he lay on the bed.
"It can only be said to be better than nothing; the improvement of spirit power must ultimately be placed on daily Cultivation and obtaining spirit rings."
He glanced around the dormitory; most of the others had already finished washing up and gone to bed, except for Tang San's bunk, which was still empty.
He didn't know if Tang San hadn't returned yet, or if he was staying with the Grandmaster to Cultivate.
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