31: Suihua and Ximang
"You… how can your second spirit ring be a thousand years old? Isn't the maximum 732 years?" Tang San was dumbfounded.
"Are you stupid? You believe everything Yu Xiaogang says. What could Yu Xiaogang, a level twenty-nine good-for-nothing, possibly know?" Xiao Ze was speechless. He sometimes felt Tang San was smart, but other times he was incredibly foolish.
Tang San was stunned. So, all of that was false. With his talent, coupled with the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he definitely could have reached a thousand-year second ring.
All of it had been ruined by Yu Xiaogang.
I will never rest until you are destroyed!!!
You have chosen death!!!
Everyone looked at him, which made Xiao Ze a bit helpless: "It's just about strengthening the physique."
"Even so, it's very difficult. For example, Beast Spirit Masters generally have better bodies than Tool Spirit Masters, and their spirit ring age limits are higher."
"But even they can't achieve a thousand-year second ring. Otherwise, a great Sect like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would be full of geniuses.
How strong can a child's body be at a few years old?"
Everyone nodded. Ning Rongrong, being from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, was very convincing.
"Maybe I'm just exceptionally talented," Xiao Ze said, shrugging like a bear.
Zhao Wuji cleared his throat: "Alright, let's continue the test."
He returned to the opposite side.
"Sui Hua, use Spiked Chain Resonance."
The rice whiskers connected to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
"This will evenly distribute the damage you take."
"So powerful!" Ning Rongrong's eyes sparkled. If she had this Spirit Ability, it would be wonderful.
"Test begins."
Tang San and the other two immediately charged at Zhao Wuji from three directions.
Zhao Wuji chuckled and stomped his foot on the ground.
With a rumble, the ground seemed to churn like an earth dragon turning over, and the terrifying force caused several cracks to appear in the ground.
Tang San and the other two were greatly alarmed and immediately leaped up.
Zhu Zhuqing's first spirit ring lit up as she lunged towards Zhao Wuji, her claw raking across his arm, producing a sound like metal clashing.
"So hard!"
"I'm not some weak Spirit Master." Zhao Wuji's left arm shook, sending Zhu Zhuqing flying back.
Tang San and Xiao Wu also arrived in front of and to the right of Zhao Wuji, continuously attacking him, but not a single attack could break his defense.
"His defense is really strong."
"Aren't you going to help?" Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Ze.
"I'm a Summoning System Soul Master. Sui Hua, use Thousand Rice Shadow."
A golden light flashed on Sui Hua's body, and eight phantom rice ears appeared, waving their rice crowns as they headed towards Zhao Wuji.
"A clone Spirit Ability, interesting."
"Second Spirit Ability: Mighty Vajra Palm." Zhao Wuji's hands transformed into bear paws, and with one palm strike, he shattered a phantom rice ear in front of him.
A healing wave appeared, bouncing between Tang San and the other two.
"Healing effect."
"Xi Mang, use Wind Fall Wheat芒."
A golden whirlwind shot out.
"Everyone, get out of the way!" Tang San, seeing this terrifying skill, immediately shouted.
Zhu Zhuqing didn't understand, but seeing Xiao Wu retreat, she also fell back.
"What are these little rascals up to?" Zhao Wuji was bewildered. He caught the golden whirlwind with one hand.
The next moment, one by one, the blazing wheat seeds exploded.
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
A series of explosions rang out, making the ground tremble.
However, a strong golden light erupted from Zhao Wuji's body, blocking the explosive attacks.
"It can even explode! Little fellow, you're very impressive." Zhao Wuji became increasingly surprised; this Xiao Ze truly had many tricks up his sleeve.
"Third Spirit Ability: Gravity Enhancement!"
An invisible force of gravity enveloped Tang San and the other two. Their bodies suddenly became heavy, their feet feeling as if they were sinking into a swamp.
Sui Hua advanced a certain distance, and her rice crown struck Zhao Wuji's body, leaving a red mark on his shoulder.
"You little thing, how do you have such great strength?" Zhao Wuji was stunned.
The next moment, he charged directly at Sui Hua.
"Binding!"
Countless Blue Silver Grass burst from the ground, Binding Zhao Wuji's body, but his powerful defense prevented the thorns of the Blue Silver Grass from piercing him.
"Hmph!" Zhao Wuji roared, his muscles bulging, shattering all the Blue Silver Grass.
"Little thing, die!" Zhao Wuji attacked Sui Hua with a palm strike.
"Second, speed!"
Sui Hua's speed suddenly increased, allowing her to dodge Zhao Wuji's attack.
"Sui Hua, use Thousand Layer Rice Wave!"
Immediately, countless translucent rice ears grew from the void, and a continuous blue-gold grain rain fell from the sky.
The ground transformed into a liquid rice field. Zhao Wuji felt as if his feet were sinking into mud, and his speed slowed down considerably.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at her hand. This special power flowing through her body felt amazing.
Tang San and Xiao Wu were also experiencing the effects of Sui Hua's Domain for the first time.
"Go!"
The three of them clashed with Zhao Wuji once again.
With the 15% armor-piercing effect, Zhao Wuji's defense was now something they could break through.
Even their Spirit Ability releases were much faster.
"What a powerful Spirit Beast; it even has a Domain." Ning Rongrong's gaze was now fixed on Xiao Ze.
"This isn't a Spirit Beast; it's a Sprite, an Agricultural Sprite."
"Agricultural Sprite?" Ning Rongrong tilted her head, looking confused.
"We'll talk about it later."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the distance, one rice ear after another exploded, but these explosions didn't harm Tang San and the others.
Zhao Wuji, however, was somewhat disoriented by the explosions coming from all directions.
He now had several small wounds on his body, while Tang San and the other two had shields around them.
"Second Spirit Ability: Netherworld Hundred Claws!"
Zhu Zhuqing quickly spun her body, continuously slashing her claws at a wound on Zhao Wuji, making the wound larger and larger.
"Annoying!" Zhao Wuji roared, and with a surge of spirit power, he sent Tang San and the other two flying.
"Fourth Spirit Ability!"
Zhao Wuji's fourth spirit ring flew out, heading towards Xiao Ze.
In his opinion, Xiao Ze was the most troublesome person; as long as he was dealt with, everything else would be easy.
Xiao Ze immediately commanded, "Xi Mang, Chenxi Prism."
He knew that if Zhao Wuji's Spirit Ability landed on him, he would easily be pulled closer by Zhao Wuji, and then he would be finished.
Xi Mang arranged the grains into a multifaceted prism, reflecting the spirit ring.
Xi Mang's Chenxi Prism could reflect not just spirit rings, but even long-range and close-range Spirit Abilities.
As long as the power didn't exceed the threshold.
This spirit ring was not offensive at all.
The spirit ring was reflected by Xiao Ze onto Tang San's head.
Tang San was startled, then roared, "Xiao Ze!!! Are you trying to harm me?"
"Why are you yelling? It's not offensive."
"You little brat, you have some tricks. Let's see how you defend against this move of mine. Fifth Spirit Ability."
The next moment, Xiao Ze felt a tremendous pressure coming from all directions, and he was uncontrollably pulled towards Zhao Wuji.
"Xiao Ze!"
Ning Rongrong reached out and grabbed Xiao Ze's hand, but her strength was too small to be of any use; she was even dragged forward a bit herself.
"Let go. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
"Okay."