Chapter 11: Flying
After arriving in Notting City, Xiao Fei once again went to the Spirit Hall to register. This time, Master Mashouno was once again the host.
As the crystal stone shone, Xiao Fei's Spirit Power level reached 22. Master Mashouno invited Xiao Fei again, but he declined. Xiao Fei repeatedly stated that he was doing well at school and would at least consider it later. Master Mashouno looked regretful.
Back at the blacksmith shop, Xiao Fei sat alone in the backyard that evening, lost in thought. Bare-chested, Xiao Fei tried to direct his Spirit Power towards his spine. Sure enough, a sharp pain shot through his back, and he felt something protruding from his skin.
As the pain intensified, a pair of wings gradually unfolded from his back. Upon closer inspection, they resembled Moltres' wings. Though much smaller than Moltres', they fitted his figure perfectly. Fully extended, each wing was approximately two meters wide. Each wing consisted of six separate bones, for a total of twelve wings on both sides.
Using soul power to carefully control the wings, they can only cut forward like a knife, slicing with the body's rotation, much like a bird's wings. While the wings are somewhat sharp, they can't pierce enemies like Tang San's Eight Spider Lance in the original novel.
Compared to Tang San's later Eight Spider Lances, they seem slightly inferior in attack power and agility, but their resilience and speed should be greater. The wings also offer the ability to fly, a significant advantage over the Eight Spider Lance. It's estimated that their flight speed should approach the maximum speed of a Soul Emperor.
Then, let's review the soul skill I obtained this time: "Rain of Sparks." This uses phoenix feathers to launch a group attack. The specific attack strength is calculated based on soul power.
This means that in a one-on-one duel, to minimize soul power consumption, a single feather can be used for an attack. This can also be considered a single-target attack.
Before obtaining these wings, Xiao Fei had been mulling over how to achieve flight. Normally, the Fire Phoenix spirit allows flight as long as a spirit possesses it, but Xiao Fei had never mastered it.
For a while, Xiao Fei spent every morning in the back mountains studying the properties of the Fire Phoenix spirit.
After acquiring his second spirit ring, Xiao Fei felt a clear improvement in his control over the Fire Phoenix's body and its flames. However, he struggled to figure out how to integrate it with the Phoenix's wings.
As for the external spirit bones, Xiao Fei wouldn't reveal them until he had achieved absolute strength.
Six months passed, and Xiao Fei had begun to gradually master the Fire Phoenix's wings, though he was still far from achieving flight. He also developed a unique spirit skill, a variation of his second spirit skill.
While using Sparks Like Rain, Xiao Fei could continuously release a small number of feathers, allowing him to precisely target a single point. This spirit skill imbued Xiao Fei with a hint of a weapon spirit.
The continuous stream of flaming feathers could form a sword or a spear, though currently only dealing normal damage and unable to generate anything like sword energy.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Fei had already been in school for five years. His spirit power had reached level 26, surpassing Tang San by one level. At this point, Xiao Fei was just eleven years old.
For Xiao Fei, forging was no longer of much use in improving his physical fitness. The fire element in the blacksmith shop is not that effective for the growth of Xiao Fei's soul power.
If you want to continue to increase your soul power at a high speed, you need a place with a higher concentration of fire elements.
And through the hard work of the past few years, Xiao Fei can finally perfectly operate the pair of wings behind the fire phoenix. Of course, the learning process can be described as a lot of bitter tears.
At first, just to swing the wings, Xiao Fei needed to consume a lot of soul power. So in order to fly, Xiao Fei found the wild and secretly used the external soul bone to fly, and then used the wings to simulate the trajectory of the external soul bone.
At the end, there was one time when Xiao Fei even jumped directly from a cliff and slowly felt the movement of the wings in the air.
Finally, Xiao Fei mastered the perfect use of the Fire Phoenix's wings. He also understood that, while the Fire Phoenix's wings were primarily Fire-based, they also possessed a certain amount of Wind, enabling their perfect operation.
Having initially mastered the Fire Phoenix's wings, simply hovering in the air consumed minimal Spirit Power, allowing Xiao Fei to fly for hours without issue.
However, flying quickly consumed significantly more Spirit Power, and speed was directly proportional to this consumption.
Thanks to the attached Spirit Bone and wings, coupled with Xiao Fei's exceptional physical fitness, Xiao Fei possessed exceptional survival abilities. His speed rivaled that of agile attack-type fighters.
Furthermore, Xiao Fei's training, coupled with the powerful Phoenix flames, gave him a powerful aura. Thanks to his second Spirit Skill, Xiao Fei could also control the situation with his feathers.
The speed, power, timing, and distribution of the feathers, all influenced the control-type. Xiao Fei shook his head again; ultimately, it all came down to mastering the elements and the Fire Phoenix's body.
Xiao Fei had always believed that the Fire Phoenix Spirit required three key aspects of his training: a strong physique, ultimate fire elemental power, and the ability to be reborn from the ashes. Xiao Fei still felt he had only scratched the surface, so he needed to accelerate his studies.
The next morning, Xiao Fei approached the principal to announce his graduation. The principal specifically asked Xiao Fei if he had any future plans.
Xiao Fei said he planned to return to his hometown in Holy Soul Village to spend some time with his grandfather, then travel for a while. He might enroll directly in an Advanced Spirit Master Academy in a year or two.
Junior Spirit Master Academy typically graduate at level 10, and Xiao Fei, already at level 26, had already met the graduation requirement. After some encouragement, the principal approved Xiao Fei's application for graduation.
He also offered three suggestions for a future Advanced Spirit Master Academy: the Spirit Hall Spirit Master Academy, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Blazing Fire Advanced Spirit Master Academy.
The first two were primarily resource-rich, while the Blazing Fire Advanced Spirit Master Academy was specifically designed for Xiao Fei's spirit, offering an environment ideal for cultivating a fire elemental spirit.
After some consideration, Xiao Fei decided to choose Blazing Fire Advanced Soul Master Academy. Of course, Tiandou Royal Academy also wrote a letter of recommendation.
I don't know if the news spread quickly, but Yu Xiaogang also found him these days and recommended him to Shrek Academy, saying that it only accepts monsters and has a very strong faculty.
Since he got along well with Yu Xiaogang in the past few years, he told Yu Xiaogang about his idea. Yu Xiaogang thought about it and said, "Blazing Fire Advanced Soul Master Academy? It's also a good choice." Finally, he shook his head helplessly and left.
Regarding the attitude towards Yu Xiaogang, this book is based on the original novel, and it does not criticize or flatter the original novel.
As for going to Blazing Fire Advanced Soul Master Academy, it is just that the author thinks it is the most suitable place for the protagonist.
(End of this chapter)