Seeing Yu Yan rush toward him, Lu Tianyu's expression remained calm, though his heart was filled with ecstasy.
If Yu Yan had kept standing at a relatively far distance, he really wouldn't have had any way to handle him.
But if Yu Yan closed the distance, he still had a chance to achieve victory.
'You brat, trying to step over me to gain fame? Absolutely impossible.'
Lu Tianyu's spirit ring settled onto his Hemp Rope Spirit, and his spirit power was fully mobilized; he intended to decide the victor with this next move.
Coincidentally, Yu Yan was thinking the exact same thing.
Two people, each with their own ulterior motives, were both preparing their killing moves.
Yu Yan condensed a complete Frost Scale Armor and charged at Lu Tianyu with all his might, putting on the posture of a desperate final gamble.
Lu Tianyu felt a trace of doubt, but he didn't overthink it. The hemp rope had already coiled around him, and in his eyes, this meant the outcome was decided.
Eager for victory, Lu Tianyu mobilized the two segments of hemp rope originally meant to ambush Yu Yan, coiling them tightly around the Frost Scale Armor together.
The Binding of the hemp rope firmly locked Yu Yan's power-generating joints, restraining him.
From the outside, a thick layer of hemp rope armor had appeared over the Frost Scale Armor.
"Everyone, the outcome of this splendid match is already clear. It seems the older ginger is indeed spicier; contestant Yu Yan still needs to..."
The elder responsible for commentating the match began explaining the situation before his eyes after Yu Yan was wrapped in the hemp rope, predicting the outcome of the Spirit Duel in advance.
Before he could finish his sentence, a burst of fire suddenly ignited, drawing the attention of everyone present.
Ice and Fire Twin Fish, Fire Fish Skill: Scorching Breath.
The scorching flames ignited the flammable hemp rope. In just a few breaths, the rope Binding Yu Yan turned into flying ash and scattered onto the ground.
"Fi— Fire ability?"
"Oh my god!!! At the critical moment, contestant Yu Yan actually used a fire ability we've never seen before. Just what is going on?"
The commentator elder, who had been very calm since Yu Yan began his Spirit Duels, lost control of his emotions for the first time. He stared dumbfoundedly at Yu Yan in his Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul Possession, wondering what exactly was happening.
It wasn't just him; everyone present except Yu Yan wore an expression of shock.
It was common knowledge that a First Ring Spirit Master only had one Spirit Ability.
Yet Yu Yan, besides using the Spirit Ability of frost armor, had displayed a fire ability.
They couldn't understand why.
Refusing to believe it, Lu Tianyu condensed his Hemp Rope Spirit again and launched an attack toward Yu Yan.
The Fire Fish Skill, Scorching Breath, was activated. The approaching hemp rope was burned to nothing, likewise turning into a smear of flying ash.
Realizing victory was impossible, Lu Tianyu gave a light sigh and raised his hand to surrender.
After accepting the fact of his defeat, Lu Tianyu was even a little happy. His name might spread far and wide alongside Yu Yan's name; perhaps this was a good chance to become famous?
Thinking about it this way, it didn't feel so bad anymore.
As the saying goes, as long as I accept my own failure, I am invincible.
"I announce that the winner of this Spirit Duel is contestant Yu Yan."
Upon hearing Lu Tianyu's words of surrender, the elder, though shocked, announced the result of the battle with great professional poise.
A certain Spirit Master in the audience stood up and shouted a question to Yu Yan on the stage: "Hello! Can you tell us what exactly happened just now?"
This question represented the feelings of everyone present except Xiao Wu. They looked at Yu Yan expectantly, wanting to get an answer from him.
"Contestant Yu Yan, may I ask if you can answer this question?"
Driven by curiosity, the elder also asked Yu Yan. He really wanted to know why Yu Yan could use both ice and fire abilities.
"I don't really understand it myself. I guess it might be because of a spirit mutation. Because of the nature of the Companion Spirit being two-in-one, I can apply the same spirit ring to either fish of the Ice and Fire Twin Fish, using different abilities."
Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Yu Yan, who had already used his Fire Fish Skill, pushed the reason onto spirit mutation.
Yu Yan's explanation caused the audience to collectively gasp, contributing what they could to the warming of the Douluo Continent.
After hearing the explanation, an audience member asked excitedly: "So you're saying your Spirit is similar to twin spirits?"
"It's completely different. Take the Spirit Hall Supreme Pontiff's twin spirits as an example: her second Spirit can start with a black first spirit ring, whereas I can only be like everyone else."
The fact that Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong of Spirit Hall had twin spirits was known to all Spirit Masters; she was a very vivid example.
In the subsequent questioning, Yu Yan seemingly answered many questions, but in reality, he didn't answer much at all.
If asked, it was spirit mutation. If asked again, it was that he didn't know what was going on either, and then he'd continue to push it onto spirit mutation.
spirit mutation—an almost universal excuse.
After answering questions for five minutes, Yu Yan left the stage and returned to the contestant backstage... "Hehehe, Yu Yan, you're really going to be in the spotlight now."
Xiao Wu chatted with Yu Yan gigglingly, not realizing the gravity of the situation at all.
"I certainly am in the spotlight." After casually answering Xiao Wu's question, Yu Yan turned to ask her: "Do you want to go see the ocean?"
"See the ocean? Why are you suddenly asking that?"
Not understanding why Yu Yan would ask such a thing, Xiao Wu looked at him in confusion, waiting for his answer.
"I recently saw an Opportunity in a book that would be very helpful to us. I want to go to a coastal city to verify if it's true."
"So, do you want to go together?"
The Opportunity Yu Yan spoke of was naturally the Whale Dragon, which was only discovered during the Douluo 2 era. It was a highly Yang-attribute tonic with certain aphrodisiac effects. Consuming it could strengthen one's Physique and increase the age limit of the spirit rings a Spirit Master could absorb. Having consumed Whale Dragon since childhood, Wang Dong'er's second spirit ring was a purple thousand-year soul ring.
Currently, the Whale Dragon was only considered an aphrodisiac medicine, and its price was quite cheap.
Yu Yan's gold coins were limited, so he naturally had to choose the most cost-effective plan: going directly to the coastal regions to buy Whale Dragon.
This was the first purpose Yu Yan had for going to the coast, and his second purpose was naturally to lie low.
The Companion Spirit Ice and Fire Twin Fish with an Innate spirit power of level seven and a half might not attract much attention or cause major powers to step in to recruit him.
But if a single ring with two Spirit abilities—one ice and one fire—were added to the mix, major powers would definitely step in to recruit him.
Although the probability was small, Yu Yan was worried that a Titled Douluo might come. Xiao Wu absolutely could not meet a Titled Douluo right now. To be safe, going to a coastal city to buy Whale Dragon and avoiding this spotlight was the best choice.
This was also a plan Yu Yan had thought of long ago.
"I see. Let's go together then."
Xiao Wu didn't think much of it and nodded in agreement to Yu Yan's invitation. Since coming to the human World, she had basically been with Yu Yan every day, and she didn't really want to be apart from him.
In that travelogue, the ocean was a very beautiful place. Being able to see the ocean was a good thing, and being able to see it with Yu Yan was even better.