Chapter 116: The Elemental Academy Shows Off Its Strength.
Next came the finals for each group. Although Xiao Fei was now a Titled Douluo, watching these rookie spirit masters fight was still quite entertaining.
The support group was particularly impressive, as both teams employed few spirit abilities and fought in a disorganized manner. One spirit master even took advantage of his opponent's rapid advance to grant him a boosting power-up, causing him to fall off the stage due to his speed, drawing laughter from the entire audience.
Each match lasted one hour, from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, spread over two days.
At 8:00 PM on the second day, with the conclusion of the final match, the Elemental Academy All-Spirit Master Competition officially concluded.
Massive fireworks ignited at each corner of the arena, illuminating the entire arena and the nearly 5,000 students and faculty of the academy.
The twelve winners lined up in the center.
Suddenly, a massive fire phoenix appeared in the sky, its length exceeding a hundred meters, its wingspan even wider. Xiao Fei stood atop the phoenix, slowly gazing down at the students below.
The fire phoenix let out a long cry, and suddenly four enormous fireworks shot into the sky. The fire phoenix flapped its wings and flew towards the arena. Finally, Xiao Fei, bathed in the flames, arrived on the stage.
"Today, our Elemental Academy's first all-member Soul Master Competition has officially concluded. Congratulations to our winners, and also to everyone who achieved excellent results."
With that, Xiao Fei emanated twelve medicinal herbs of various shapes and colors, flying in front of the twelve winners.
These herbs were specially selected by Xiao Fei for each individual, and most were over a thousand years old. If sold on the market, their value would undoubtedly exceed one hundred thousand gold soul coins.
Then, countless bright lights emanated from Xiao Fei again, flying to the people standing directly in front of the arena.
They were the top thirty-two competitors from each event of the competition. "These rewards are well-deserved. I hope you will continue to work hard and achieve even greater success!"
With Xiao Fei's final words, the month-long competition officially concluded.
Daily life then became much simpler. The students who received rewards were busy absorbing the herbs, while those who didn't were busy cultivating. The hostility between the students decreased, and competition increased.
Xiao Fei practiced spearmanship during the day and cultivated his Fire Phoenix spirit with Shui Bing'er at night. As for soul training, Xiao Fei was currently focusing on level 98. Reaching level 99, without external interference, would take decades, if not centuries.
However, Xiao Fei and Shui Bing'er achieved this final breakthrough during a single training session. They also gained a fusion spirit technique, the Ice and Fire Phoenix.
Xiao Fei estimated that this fusion spirit technique surpassed level 99. His insights from this fusion spirit technique also deepened his understanding of the divine. This became the Elemental Academy's trump card.
Meanwhile, the Elemental Academy's internal soul master competition shocked the world. Over 5,000 soul masters were present, approaching 6,000. Over 2,000 of them were Soul Masters and above, not counting Soul Sages.
Wang Xiaofei, in particular, possessed an unrivaled combination of five black and four red spirit rings.
Tiandou City, the new headquarters of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi's face grew grave as he read the news coming from within the Elemental Academy. Larger sects receive more detailed information and can analyze more.
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, the Elemental Academy's true strength is probably even beyond our imagination. I estimate that the teachers and students above the Soul Sect level are basically internal staff or core training personnel from the five Elemental Academy sects. In terms of overall strength, they are already stronger than our Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect at its peak."
"Especially Wang Xiaofei. His strength is probably already above level 95, especially with his four hundred thousand year spirit rings and at least eight hundred thousand year spirit skills, not to mention his at least four hundred thousand year spirit bones."
"Wang Xiaofei has always been low-key, but this time he's deliberately showing off his strength, probably to intimidate the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Empire."
Jian Douluo's face was serious. "When I met Wang Xiaofei the other day, I initially thought he possessed a treasure that could conceal his aura, but now it seems his strength is no less than mine."
"It's a pity the Elemental Academy refused to stand up and fight the Spirit Empire together, otherwise our chances of victory would be much greater."
In the Spirit Empire, Spirit City.
Pope Bibi Dong and her seated elite elders were all there. Upon hearing the news about the Elemental Academy and Wang Xiaofei, they were shocked.
"Elder Ju, Elder Ghost, based on your two last observations at the Elemental Academy, can you confirm whether Wang Xiaofei has twin souls?"
Ju Douluo bowed quickly: "Your Majesty, Wang Xiaofei has never revealed his full strength in front of the world, and according to reports from students on the scene, Wang Xiaofei's nine spirit rings are of the Fire Phoenix Martial Spirit, which is unlikely to be a twin martial spirit."
"Also, no one in the world knows the specific cultivation method of twin martial spirits except Your Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, Wang Xiaofei should not have twin martial spirits."
"Also, Wang Xiaofei deliberately displayed the strength of the Elemental Academy and himself this time. I guess he wanted to intimidate all forces that covet the Elemental Academy. This way, he can truly maintain his independence and not be attacked by other forces. Wait until our three major forces have decided the outcome before negotiating, or finally reap the benefits."
Pope Bibi Dong said in a deep voice: "Wang Xiaofei, what a Wang Xiaofei! I want to see if he can really be the one who reaps the benefits."
"Dispatch personnel to closely monitor the Elemental Academy's activities. Don't expose yourself, and don't alert the enemy."
This time, no one talked about a surprise attack on Wang Xiaofei or a siege on the Elemental Academy. It was likely no one had the strength to do so now.
Two months later, Dean Huo Tiancheng and his eight companions returned to the academy. Apparently, all of them had obtained decent spirit rings.
However, only Yang Wudi and Huo Lie received 100,000-year spirit rings. Niu Gao and Liu Ruyan both received spirit rings over 90,000 years old.
It wasn't that they didn't want to look, but they simply couldn't find any spirit beasts over 90,000 years old that would suit them.
Niu Gao was lucky, choosing a Plate-Armored Giant Rhino, a spirit beast with the same martial spirit as Niu Gao. After consuming the Beast Soul Pill, it reached 96,000 years old, providing him with just as much benefit as a 100,000-year spirit ring, perhaps even more so.
Liu Ruyan simply couldn't find any water-type spirit beasts over 90,000 years old. Finally, she found an 84,000-year-old kite fish, and after countless attempts to increase the age of the spirit beast, she spent the most time on her spirit ring, over a month, more than the other three combined.
Soul beasts over 90,000 years old have a very high chance of obtaining soul bones, and surprisingly, all four of them have. Niu Gao, in particular, received a torso bone, a perfect match for him. Yang Wudi received a right arm bone, his favorite soul bone location.
Huo Lie received a left arm bone, which was quite good. Liu Ruyan unexpectedly received a head soul bone, a truly top-notch one.
At this point, the Elemental Academy now has nine Titled Douluo, and five of them possess 100,000-year soul rings, making it the undisputed foremost power in the world. (Not counting the Wuhun Empire)
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