In team battles, spirit tool masters truly hold a significant advantage; this is a characteristic of the current environment on the Douluo Continent. In one-on-one combat, spirit masters generally have an easier time winning. But once spirit tool masters form a coordinated group, even when facing a larger number of spirit masters, the spirit tool master side can often achieve victory through powerful firepower and well-executed formations.
As the competition reached the semifinals, Robin also began to exert her full power. A heavenly halo shone above her head, and a pair of snow-white wings sprouted from her back. Next, a beautiful, melodious song emanated from her, and simultaneously, her first, second, and third spirit rings lit up.
Her first spirit skill: Flapping White Song, boosts the entire team's spirit power.
Her second spirit skill: Feathered Aria, boosts the entire team's attack power.
Her third spirit skill: Heavenly Halo Sound, boosts the entire team's speed.
Robin's three spirit skills are all powerful percentage-based enhancements, and the boost ratio adjusts with how much spirit power Robin consumes. With their spirit power, attack, and speed all amplified, Lu Jingming and his teammates radiated an even more formidable aura.
Facing the overwhelming spirit tool attacks from the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Academy, Gu Yue remained calm and composed. With an elegant motion, she slowly drew out an exquisitely magnificent silver spear from thin air. With the Silver Dragon Spear in hand, Gu Yue's demeanor transformed, her usual coolness naturally imbued with an innate nobility and majesty.
"Fifth Spirit Skill, Elemental Torrent!"
Gu Yue's clear voice, like a celestial melody, echoed as she raised the Silver Dragon Spear high. In an instant, silver light erupted like a brilliant pillar, shooting straight into the sky. Simultaneously, her fifth spirit ring flared with intense light, and in the void, intricate elemental arrays quietly formed. In a flash, fireballs, wind blades, ice spikes, earth spears… various elemental attacks surged forth like a tidal wave, meeting the incoming spirit cannons and spirit rays.
Seeing this, March 7th and the others didn't stand idle, swiftly joining the interception. For a moment, the sky transformed into a dazzling stage, with explosions erupting continuously, one after another. Multi-colored lights intersected and collided, blossoming into incredibly brilliant displays.
As the saying goes, it's rude not to return a courtesy. Lu Jingming and his team were not the type to passively endure attacks. Lu Jingming, Jinhsi, Firefly, and Castorice surged forward like four arrows loosed from a bow, charging towards the Sun Moon team with incredible speed. March 7th did not follow their charge. She and Gu Yue skillfully remained behind, taking on the task of protecting Robin. However, she wasn't merely a bystander; she quickly unleashed her third spirit skill.
As her spirit ring shone, a faint icy-blue mark quietly appeared on Lu Jingming and the other three. This was her third spirit skill: Maiden's Privilege, which applies an Ice Mark to teammates. Once a teammate is attacked, this Ice Mark automatically generates a sturdy ice shield, deflecting the assault. Moreover, if a teammate isn't attacked, the Ice Mark remains, continuously providing potential protection until March 7th's spirit power is depleted. What's even more impressive is that the ice shield generated by this fully automatic defensive spirit skill, while deflecting attacks, also inflicts ice-element damage on nearby enemies. With March 7th's formidable extreme ice attribute, if an enemy were to unexpectedly touch the ice shield, they could very likely be instantly frozen and immobilized. It could be said that this spirit skill perfectly combines defense, early warning, and crowd control functions.
Under the enhancement of the Mark of Thunder, Lu Jingming was the fastest. Like a flash of lightning, he instantly closed in on the Sun Moon team's formation. On the black long spear in his hand, spear light converged, and the golden shield that Lin Xi had deployed earlier disintegrated like paper before the power of decomposition, crumbling upon contact. A Tier 5 spirit tool shield, facing Lu Jingming's Abyssal White Flower, was ultimately no match.
"Leave him to me!"
Meng Hongchen shouted fiercely. In an instant, she donned a beautifully crafted, ice-cold blue spirit tool armor. In each hand, she held an equally ice-blue longsword, their blades gleaming with a cold light. She looked like a valiant Valkyrie, heroic and extraordinary. Meng Hongchen moved like lightning, suddenly rushing out from the Sun Moon team's spirit tool formation. Her dual swords danced, carving out two fierce sword glares that shot straight towards Lu Jingming, successfully intercepting his offensive.
Spear and sword clashed, producing a series of crisp metallic sounds. Lu Jingming's long spear crackled with lightning, while Meng Hongchen's dual swords carried wisps of cold energy. Their figures, moving at high speed, transformed into a blur of afterimages, dazzling and hard to follow.
However, as the fight continued, Meng Hongchen's expression suddenly changed. She was horrified to discover that her beloved dual swords had, unknowingly, suffered irreversible damage. Their once incredibly sharp blades now had many tiny nicks.
She inwardly cursed her misfortune, instantly recalling the headache-inducing ability of Lu Jingming's spirit from their intelligence reports. A look of distress crossed her face. These were Tier 6 spirit tools her grandfather had personally crafted for her, and now they were damaged in this battle.
At the exact moment Meng Hongchen confronted Lu Jingming, Firefly also transformed into a burning ball of fire, carrying a temperature high enough to distort the air. Like a blazing meteor, she swiftly rushed towards the Sun Moon team. Flames rapidly compressed and condensed in her hand, instantly forming a massive, dark-red fireball. This fireball, like a powerful cannonball, instantly appeared above the Sun Moon team and then exploded with a roar.
The scorching airflow and shockwave spread outwards, forcing Ma Rulong and the others into disarray. The once orderly spirit tool formation shattered under the impact of the flame explosion. Firefly was about to press her advantage and widen the gain, but Ma Rulong suddenly pulled a circular ring from his embrace and forcefully threw it at Firefly.
The next moment, a white light circle rapidly spread out from the ring's center. A powerful repulsive force pushed Firefly back more than ten meters. This was a Tier 5 spirit tool, the Ring of Repulsion. Although it was a single-use spirit tool, it played a crucial role at a critical moment. Not only that, in the instant he repelled Firefly, Ma Rulong, with quick eyes and hands, threw another purple sphere. The sphere instantly disintegrated in the air, transforming into countless crisscrossing lightning bolts, and in a blink, it wove into a massive lightning cage, completely surrounding Firefly.
This was a Tier 6 spirit tool, the Prison of Lightning, combining both control and offense. Although the Sun Moon team had sold many valuable spirit tools earlier to bid for the Mountain-Mover Ape Stigmata, they had intentionally kept some powerful spirit tools as hidden cards for the competition. Seizing this opportunity, a thick metal cannon suddenly appeared on Ma Rulong's shoulder, and a dark-red light rapidly converged within the cannon's muzzle. The next moment, a thick dark-red beam of light burst from the muzzle, heading straight for Firefly.
This was a Tier 7 spirit cannon, one of Ma Rulong's hidden trump cards. The team battle had only just begun, yet he decisively unleashed this ultimate weapon.
"Boom!"
The dark-red beam accurately struck Firefly. The powerful energy turbulence instantly triggered the lightning power of the Prison of Lightning. The two merged, creating an even more terrifying secondary explosion. The massive explosion created a violent air current, shaking the entire arena.
However, before Ma Rulong could even show a hint of joy, a silver-white figure shot out from the explosion. At this moment, Firefly's mech was already covered in emerald-green patterns, clearly indicating she had activated her fourth spirit skill: Sub-Combustion. Not only that, traces of an ice shield remained on her, and her Ice Mark had disappeared, clearly indicating that the spirit skill left by March 7th had been triggered by the recent attack. Firefly, who had directly withstood Ma Rulong's fierce continuous attacks, even the terrifying bombardment of a Tier 7 spirit cannon, was completely unharmed. This shows that the defense provided by March 7th, combined with her mech's defensive power after transformation, was far more powerful than anyone could have imagined.
Just then, Jinhsi's figure, almost teleporting, instantly appeared behind Ma Rulong. She swung her long blade, and a golden sword light slashed down instantly, aiming directly at Ma Rulong. This sudden attack made Ma Rulong's face turn deathly pale; he had no time to react.
However, Lin Xi had been closely monitoring Jinhsi's movements. The moment Jinhsi's spirit ring flashed and she instantly disappeared, he keenly sensed danger and immediately raised his guard. Ma Rulong didn't react, but the prepared Lin Xi decisively released his spirit tool. In an instant, a circle of white light appeared, emitting a suction force that actually pulled Jinhsi's golden sword light off its original trajectory, redirecting it towards Lin Xi himself. At the same time, a golden light shield quickly appeared on Lin Xi, his Invincible Shield.
The golden sword light flashed past. The Invincible Shield's light dimmed slightly but did not shatter. Jinhsi paused slightly, a little surprised, but then she understood. After all, the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Academy was the foremost spirit tool academy on the continent, and those representing it in battle were undoubtedly carefully selected elites of the academy. Such an excellent counter-response was only to be expected.
She had just used her second spirit skill, Flowing Light Shadow, which allowed her to move freely within the gaps of time, appearing almost identical to teleportation. She had originally planned to use this spirit skill to ambush Ma Rulong, to eliminate this powerful Spirit Emperor first, but she hadn't expected her attack to be drawn away by Lin Xi's spirit tool.
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