Zhao Wuji inserted another burning incense stick into the ground.
Dai Mubai quickly retreated, moving away from the battlefield.
"Seven Treasures, turn out Glazed."
Her body spun gracefully in place, and brilliant, colourful light instantly burst forth from her.
Just as the seven-colored light converged, a colorful pagoda, a foot tall, appeared in Ning Rongrong's right palm.
As soon as the battle began, the light of Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda quickly enveloped Xiao Wu, Ye Fan, and Zhu Zhuqing.
"Seven Treasures have names, first: Strength."
"Seven Treasures have names, second: Speed."
One increased strength, the other increased movement speed.
Ye Fan instantly felt his strength and speed greatly increase.
But it was useless; he couldn't just rush forward and get decapitated.
Zhao Wuji looked at Ning Rongrong in surprise.
"Good heavens, among this year's examinees, there's actually someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile family."
And when he saw the three spirit rings beneath Ye Fan and Xiao Wu's feet, his eyes widened even further.
A Spirit Elder at twelve years old, they had to be brought into the academy, even if by force.
Just then, Zhao Wuji moved.
He didn't charge at Ye Fan and the other three.
Instead, he half-crouched, smashing both fists into the ground simultaneously.
Zhao Wuji's attack was clearly not aimed at Ning Rongrong alone.
But his obvious intention to release an area-of-effect attack was still to first interrupt the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support effects.
With a muffled thud, the ground trembled violently.
A wave of earthy yellow energy, following the ground's undulation, suddenly surged towards Ye Fan and the other three.
Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reacted quickly. Xiao Wu leaped forward, while Zhu Zhuqing darted out from the side, both narrowly avoiding the tremor.
Ye Fan's third spirit ring flashed.
A yellow Nut protective cover appeared out of thin air, directly encasing Ye Fan and Ning Rongrong together.
The Nut protective cover was a new summoned creature Ye Fan obtained after getting his third spirit ring.
Now he finally had a proper defensive plant.
He didn't have to rely on the Big Mouth Flower's characteristics to dodge like before.
Ye Fan's third spirit ring was also obtained when he took a leave of absence and went to the Hunting Soul Forest alone.
He casually found a Spirit Beast over two hundred years old and transformed it into a twenty-thousand-year-old one.
At Noting Academy, only Xiao Wu knew that Ye Fan had broken through to Spirit Elder.
Ye Fan hadn't told anyone else, not even Tang San or Yu Xiaogang.
This was to avoid attracting various factions if the news spread.
Otherwise, the problems he would face would be troublesome.
That's why he waited until the very end to register at the entrance.
It was also because Ye Fan had broken through to Spirit Elder.
Xiao Wu then worked hard to cultivate and catch up to Ye Fan's pace.
Ye Fan also sighed, marvelling at the terrifying talent of a one-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast in human form.
The sudden appearance of the Nut protective cover truly startled Ning Rongrong.
When she saw Ye Fan so close to her, accidentally taking advantage, her young mistress's temper instinctively started to flare.
"Bang!"
The yellow shockwave crashed onto the Nut protective cover.
Cracks appeared all over it, and the Nut protective cover lost a lot of its durability.
"The Nut protective cover's defence isn't as high as the Nut's after all."
Ye Fan muttered to himself.
Immediately after, his spirit ring flashed again, and white light rapidly flickered.
Puff-shroom, Sunflower, Pea Shooter, Repeater, Torchwood, Cabbage-pult, and Corn-pult were summoned one after another.
Although Ye Fan's Spirit Abilities had no cooldown, summoning the same type of plant or zombie did require a cooldown.
But upon seeing the ground full of plants, everyone present except Xiao Wu was somewhat shocked.
Can plants be used for combat these days?
Sunflower, Pea Shooter, Corn-pult.
Doesn't that mean even Blue Silver Grass can cultivate?
Immediately after, Ye Fan summoned a Little Ghost Zombie.
Puff-shroom and Little Ghost Zombie only required a tiny bit of spirit power to summon, not even catching up to the speed of spirit power recovery, which was almost like not spending any spirit power at all.
It was equivalent to a free summon; there was no reason not to summon them.
Zhao Wuji was even more curious; he had travelled the continent quite a bit before.
Let alone this kind of summoned Spirit Beast, he had never even seen such creatures.
Ning Rongrong, in her curiosity, also forgot that she was still pressed tightly against Ye Fan.
Now, it was Ye Fan who felt she was a bit in the way.
The Nut protective cover was originally for one person.
Two people made it a bit crowded.
With a flash of white light, a shovel appeared in Ye Fan's hand.
One scoop and most of the spirit power consumed by summoning the Nut protective cover was recovered.
Ye Fan's face showed a slightly displeased expression as he quickly moved a few steps away.
This left Ning Rongrong momentarily stunned.
What was that expression?
Did he think she was in the way?
When had she, the esteemed young mistress of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, ever been treated like this?
The peas from the Pea Shooter and Repeater immediately passed through the Torchwood's flames, turning into Flame Peas.
Zhao Wuji did not defend or dodge at first.
He let the Flame Pea attacks land on his body.
He wanted to see what kind of offensive power these strange things had.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Three Flame Peas exploded consecutively on Zhao Wuji's body.
Zhao Wuji's pupils suddenly dilated, feeling a surge of qi and blood within him.
Such powerful attack power!
Ye Fan's third spirit ring had already reached the twenty-thousand-year level.
Normally, only a Spirit Emperor with six rings would possess a twenty-thousand-year spirit ring.
Although the Flame Pea's attack power couldn't compare to a Spirit Emperor, it was outstanding among Spirit Kings.
At this moment, Zhao Wuji had not used his Spirit, and after three peas, he instantly suffered a great loss.
On the other side, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's attacks also arrived.
Both of them attacked from the side.
If they had been in front,
then it wouldn't have been Zhao Wuji who was hit by the peas first, but them two.
Zhao Wuji's body trembled, and he let out a low roar, his body suddenly expanding. His already terrifying muscles almost doubled in size.
Even his height instantly increased by a meter, and his entire person became extremely robust.
Two yellow, two purple, and three black, seven terrifying spirit rings, appeared on him.
Ding, ding, ding, ding—a series of dense sounds rang out behind Zhao Wuji.
Unfortunately, it had no effect.
Zhao Wuji's defense was too high.
Xiao Wu's soft skills also met with frustration.
No matter how much force she exerted, she couldn't make Zhao Wuji's body move an inch.
Even after her backflip, when her hands struck Zhao Wuji's knee joint, it still had no effect.
Zhao Wuji finally felt a bit of ease.
He just stood there, and they couldn't break his defense.
"Little rabbit, little kitty,"
"Your attacks and strength are a bit too weak."