Yang Tian slowly extended his right hand. In the palm, a glazed flame abruptly rose, followed by circles of spirit rings ascending from his feet.
Yellow, purple, purple!
Three rings, Spirit Elder!
"Spirit Elder?"
"It's actually a Spirit Elder… No, why are there two purple spirit rings!"
"My goodness, his second spirit ring is a thousand-year one. How is this possible!"
"Where did this monster come from? Shrek Academy, what kind of academy is it to have such a monster?"
Listening to the surrounding exclamations, the Shrek members were all proud, and even Ning Rongrong showed her little fangs with a touch of arrogance. For the first time, Shrek felt a sense of collective honor.
Ye Zhiqiu narrowed his eyes. A thousand-year second ring, this was definitely not something an ordinary genius could achieve. However, even with a thousand-year second ring, he was still just a Spirit Elder! "A Spirit Elder is a Spirit Elder. Talent doesn't represent strength. Today I will teach you this lesson."
Yang Tian, hearing this, smirked: "Teach me? Do you really think a Spirit King is very strong?"
The Azure Lotus Fallen Heart Flame in Yang Tian's palm suddenly flared, the flames spreading. Yang Tian gently gestured with his left hand: "First Spirit Ability, Flame Stream!"
A tongue of fire shot out, its extreme high temperature making Ye Zhiqiu's expression change. This seemingly beautiful flame was actually so powerful?
"Profound Water Ice Seal!" Ye Zhiqiu quickly used his Spirit Ability to extinguish the flame. However, when the Profound Water Ice Seal met the Azure Lotus Fallen Heart Flame, clouds of mist instantly rose.
The Profound Water Ice Seal melted instantly, then evaporated into steam.
"You think this level of water can extinguish my fire?"
Yang Tian scoffed.
However, was the water from the Profound Water Ice Seal really weak? To outsiders, Yang Tian's flame tongue's momentum was definitely no match for Ye Zhiqiu's Profound Water Ice Seal. However, who said that great momentum meant great strength?
If roaring could represent strength, then donkeys would have long ruled the World!
"What kind of fire is this?"
Ye Zhiqiu's expression changed drastically. Seeing the flame tongue, whose power had not diminished in the slightest, rush towards him, he immediately turned around and used his turtle shell to block the flames.
"Third Spirit Ability, Profound Water Surge!"
This time, Yang Tian's flames were finally blocked and gradually extinguished.
Yang Tian sneered: "Allow me to present you with a feast of flames!" With that, Yang Tian snapped his fingers, and a fiery rune rose from beneath Ye Zhiqiu's feet.
"Fire Release - Brilliant Lunar Flare!"
The same skill had little effect on Zhao Wuji, but on Ye Zhiqiu…
A green turtle shell was engulfed by flames: "Fourth Spirit Ability: Profound Tortoise Shield Array!"
Ye Zhiqiu's turtle shell actually decomposed, then formed a 360-degree, all-encompassing shield barrier.
Relying on this barrier, Ye Zhiqiu was able to escape the range of the Brilliant Lunar Flare.
However, how could Yang Tian's attacks be limited to just these?
"Fire Release - Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
"Fire Release - Brilliant Lunar Flare!"
Facing the two powerful attacks coming his way, Ye Zhiqiu directly activated his fifth Spirit Ability, Profound Tortoise Ice Scale Armor!
Ye Zhiqiu, with his double defense, looked at Yang Tian with a sneer.
He was very shocked by Yang Tian's attack methods, but he also believed that Yang Tian could not defeat him, after all, he was a Spirit King!
Tang San noticed Ye Zhiqiu's sneer and also chuckled softly: "It's time to end this!"
As his voice fell, Yang Tian slowly raised his hands, a beautiful fire lotus rising from each palm.
"If I can't break your turtle shell, where will I put my face?"
Many onlookers twitched, wailing in their hearts, "You are a Spirit Elder! A Spirit Elder! Please respect your own cultivation, okay?
A Spirit Elder pushing a Spirit King into such a sorry state, and still not satisfied? How big a face would that be, with nowhere to put it, nowhere to place it?"
As Yang Tian's voice fell, his hands slowly approached each other, and the two fire lotuses began to violently react as they got closer, as if they were naturally at odds.
The violent aura grew stronger and stronger. Tang San frowned and said, "Everyone, step back. Tian Ge's attack doesn't distinguish between friend and foe."
Hearing this, everyone quickly retreated. And just as they had moved back several dozen meters, a brand new, two-colored fire lotus floated lightly from Yang Tian's hands.
That fire lotus had only two petals, divided into two colors, and was only palm-sized in its entirety. It looked light and airy, but its actual speed was very fast, instantly arriving in front of Ye Zhiqiu and exploding with a bang!
Boom!
Crack, crack, crash~
The sound of glass shattering rang out, then was drowned in the sea of fire.
When the flames receded, Yang Tian, enveloped in golden light, appeared in everyone's sight. His white clothes fluttered, unstained by dust. Opposite him, the place where Ye Zhiqiu had been was now a large pit, the scorched earth emitting wisps of black smoke, and Ye Zhiqiu's disheveled body lay in the pit, his clothes tattered.
Yang Tian looked at Ye Zhiqiu's sorry state; these injuries would likely not heal for half a month.
"Alas, I'm still too soft-hearted~, too soft-hearted~"
Listening to Yang Tian's solo ramblings, everyone was speechless. This was soft-hearted? What if he were a little harder-hearted? Wouldn't people die then?
The little Fatty stared in Ye Zhiqiu's direction and swallowed, feeling even more fortunate that he hadn't angered Yang Tian that morning.
After dealing with Ye Zhiqiu, everyone left.
Ye Zhiqiu also crawled out a moment later. His external injuries looked severe, but his internal injuries were not much. "I actually needed a Spirit Elder to show me mercy?"
Ye Zhiqiu looked in the direction of the hotel, grinning.
Yang Tian had ultimately held back; otherwise, with the power of the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, a Spirit King like him would have been severely injured if not killed. Of course, if Yang Tian hadn't held back, he himself would have had to pay some price. Fortunately, the animosity between the two was not great to begin with, and Dai Mubai had been the one to instigate it, so Yang Tian didn't go for the kill.
Returning to the hotel surrounded by everyone, they ate dinner and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Yang Tian and Tang San shared a room, and the night passed uneventfully.
They set off again the next morning. Not long after, the Shrek team entered the Star Dou Great Forest.
Everyone traveled through the forest for an hour. Around noon, Zhao Wuji finally told everyone to rest.
Oscar offered his Sausages, which everyone reluctantly accepted. Yang Tian, however, waved his hand to refuse; he didn't need that to recover his condition.
But seeing everyone's poor appetite, Yang Tian still took out a few vacuum-packed roasted chickens from his spirit tool.
"Not many left, everyone share them."
There were only four roasted chickens for nine people, clearly not enough to eat.
But being able to change the flavor was already very good.
Xiao Wu, being a rabbit, was also gnawing on a chicken leg: "Tian Ge, is your spirit tool a treasure chest? How do you have everything?"
Yang Tian smiled: "Pretty much. There are also some snacks; we'll eat them next time."
Yang Tian tore off a chicken wing and a chicken leg and gave them to Zhu Zhuqing, then began to eat himself.
Everyone else also didn't stand on ceremony, directly digging in. In a short while, only bones were left of the four roasted chickens.
Just then, a commotion suddenly came from deep within the forest.
Yang Tian was the first to notice, immediately saying, "A Spirit Beast is coming."
Everyone was startled and immediately got up, entering battle-ready state.
Yang Tian directly leaped onto a treetop: "A Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, a little over a thousand years old. Oscar's luck is good!"
Before anyone could act, Yang Tian leaped up, and the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent happened to pass over his head.
"Stay!"
Yang Tian swung a whip kick at the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent's vital point, and the seven-to-eight-meter-long great serpent instantly crashed to the ground, snapping a few branches along the way.