Chapter 175: Tiankang
Perhaps to ease the embarrassment, Meng Hongchen changed the subject.
"Ling Shuang, let's put it this way. I know that although you haven't recovered yet, my hope of defeating you is still slim. I may have to rely on some special means."
"My Spirit is called Red Eyed Ice Toad, and I'm best at using poison. If you can resist my poison, there's no need to continue this unnecessary battle. I can directly choose to admit defeat."
Meng Hongchen calmly revealed her trump card.
Two yellow, two purple, and one black five standard Spirit rings slowly rose around her.
A white toad with blood-red eyes like rubies appeared behind Meng Hongchen.
As a toad-type Spirit, Meng Hongchen's Red Eyed Ice Toad Chan was much better than Xiao Hongchen's.
This was also the reason she could release her Spirit without hesitation.
After all, she was a girl. If her Spirit appeared ugly upon release, Meng Hongchen would definitely find ways to hide it.
As her voice fell, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky.
Ling Shuang knew this kind of weather was more conducive to the spread of Zhu Qing Bing Chan's toxin.
But he didn't care. He conservatively estimated that he was 90% confident he could deal with
Red Eyed Ice Toad toxin.
The remaining 10% was Ling Shuang's respect for the illusory miracle.
"Please." Ling Shuang stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Meng Hongchen made her move.
She waved her hand forward, and her already fair skin became even whiter—not a sickly pallor, but a pure, flawless whiteness like snow.
White mist spread toward Ling Shuang.
Ling Shuang did not move at all, just quietly waited for the white mist to envelop him.
His actions stunned everyone.
No one expected Ling Shuang to show no resistance at all.
They thought he would use skills like the Emerald Barrier to restrain Meng Hongchen. No one expected Ling Shuang to let her toxin invade his body directly without resistance.
"Isn't Captain Ling being a bit too arrogant?" Huang Heyun was a little worried in the Star Luo Royal Academy camp.
Although he believed Ling Shuang could definitely defeat the white-haired genius of the Sun Moon Empire, poison was often extremely difficult to handle in the Spirit Master world.
It was even possible for the weak to defeat the strong.
Xu Jiujiu's expression did not change at all. In response to Huang Heyun's worry, she only shook her head slightly. "Don't worry, he knows his limits."
Xu Jiujiu didn't actually know whether Ling Shuang had a method to deal with the cold poison of Zhu Qing Bing Chan, but she knew his character.
Since he chose to do this, he must be confident.
Hearing this, the previously worried Star Luo Royal Academy members thought Xu Jiujiu knew of Ling Shuang's hidden trump card and were finally at ease.
Even Meng Hongchen, the person involved, was confused by Ling Shuang's actions.
She reminded him, "My Red Eyed Ice Toad poison is special. You'd better be careful."
Ling Shuang said nothing, merely smiled.
Of course he knew that Meng Hongchen's Red Eyed Ice Toad Spirit was unique.
Red Eyed Ice Toad, a top-tier Spirit beast from the Extreme North, was said to possess ice-cold attributes, yet its red eyes contained fire-element power.
So although the Ice Clear Red Toad's poison was a cold poison, it also contained fire elements.
This duality made the poison extremely difficult to handle.
As the Spirit's owner, one could easily suffer backlash and be killed by the cold poison within their own body.
It was only because Meng Hongchen had completely mastered the poison within her that she could wield it so effectively.
This alone was enough to prove her genius.
However, what was difficult for others was not difficult for Ling Shuang.
Under countless watching eyes, Ling Shuang stood shrouded in the white mist laced with cold poison from the Ice Clear Red Toad.
Meng Hongchen could feel her poison had entered Ling Shuang's body.
She hadn't held back.
Although she regarded Ling Shuang as her male god, it didn't mean she would go easy on him.
If she could win, she would try.
After all, if Ling Shuang couldn't handle her cold poison, she could help him later.
Of course, that would be after this match.
If it worked, perhaps their Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy could truly win this tournament.
Although reason told Meng Hongchen that Ling Shuang must have a countermeasure to dare such a move… what if?
People always entertained a fluke.
Time passed. Ling Shuang still stood there quietly, staff in hand. His expression hadn't worsened in fact, he looked more radiant.
A faint green light enveloped his body like a soft emerald veil.
Meng Hongchen sensed the cold poison that had entered Ling Shuang's body dissipate, dissolved by a strange energy.
She knew then that she had lost.
"Can you tell me what that method was?" Meng Hongchen withdrew the cold mist and looked at Ling Shuang with ruby-red eyes full of curiosity.
She couldn't understand how someone who previously fought like a battle-type Spirit Master had such a powerful method of resisting her poison.
The Emerald Barrier he used earlier didn't reveal to her that Ling Shuang had another attribute.
After all, though it was a life-attributed skill, it manifested differently than life attributes normally did.
"Life."
Ling Shuang smiled slightly and didn't hide it.
He stretched out his left hand and condensed an aura of extreme life force.
To others, the cold poison of Red Eyed Ice Toad was extremely troublesome, but not to Ling Shuang.
His extreme life attribute made him the natural nemesis of all poisons.
Let alone Meng Hongchen's Soul King-level poison even a Titled Douluo-level Red Eyed Ice Toad poison would meet the same fate.
this unreasonable force of life.
Feeling that warm power, Meng Hongchen's confusion was resolved.
A bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
So that was it. That extremely domineering Spirit could actually contain such a completely opposite and incompatible power.
"I lost." With a long sigh, Meng Hongchen kept her previous promise, did not prolong the unnecessary fight, and admitted defeat.
Although she might have had a chance to win using Soul tools for direct attacks, she disdained regretting it.
Meng Hongchen turned and walked off the stage, her posture still upright and proud.
Though she had lost, it was only to Ling Shuang.
She was still one of the top geniuses on the continent.
"In the individual elimination round, Star Luo Royal Academy wins!"
As Elder Tiansha Douluo announced the result, cheers erupted from the Star Luo side.
Though it was only the individual elimination round, everyone knew so long as Ling Shuang remained, victory in the team matches was secured.
In the 2-2-3 format, winning just one of the three matches would lock the championship.
The victor was decided!
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