Chapter 58: That Move!
Inside the enclosed training room, the Soul Tool lights stretched the shadows of the four individuals.
Kong Xuan leaned against the wall, arms crossed over his chest, his gaze sweeping between Kong Ling, Xu Wei, and Xu Tianyi.
The atmosphere seemed a bit heavy.
Xu Wei paced back and forth in the training room, his brows tightly furrowed, clearly deep in anxiety.
Xu Tianyi sat in the corner, as quiet as usual, but the constant glances he cast at the others showed his unease.
Kong Ling, on the other hand, leaned by the window, gazing at the night outside, her eyes flickering slightly, lost in thought.
"What's wrong with all of you?"
Kong Xuan finally spoke, his voice low but clear: "The competition is tomorrow, why do you all look so spiritless?"
Xu Wei paused his steps and turned to look at Kong Xuan: "Brother Xuan, the opponent should already know our three Spirit Abilities, but we only know Lü Hanwen's Spirit Abilities. We know nothing about Shui Ling's and An Le's Spirits and Spirit Abilities!"
As he spoke, Xu Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Given the current situation, we—"
He didn't continue, but his meaning was clear: he wasn't confident they could win.
Kong Ling also, uncharacteristically, became serious with her older brother: "Brother, are you still not going to act in tomorrow's situation?"
From Kong Xuan's earlier words, Kong Ling keenly caught the deeper meaning.
She believed that, with her understanding of her brother, her feeling shouldn't be wrong.
Kong Xuan smiled but didn't answer the question.
His gaze swept over the three faces, then he spoke: "Regarding tomorrow's opponents, I can provide some useful information."
The three's gazes instantly focused on Kong Xuan's face. Although his words were unexpected, no one doubted their truthfulness.
"I don't know what An Le's Spirit is, but she is a One-Ring Spirit Master, with her spirit power around Rank 15."
"As for Ling, she is a control system Spirit Master, and her Spirit can manipulate invisible threads."
"Through these threads, she can control her teammates to perform movements that are not normally possible."
"And her First Spirit Skill should be able to continuously devour the opponent's spirit power through these threads."
The information Kong Xuan provided was, of course, derived from his observations over the past two days.
His eyesight, enhanced by the Chongming Bird and developed by Kong Xuan, had already displayed many abilities, not just simple vision enhancement.
For example, he could directly see the amount of spirit power within a Spirit Master's body. Through his accumulated experience, he could now use this to judge a Spirit Master's spirit power Rank. He determined An Le's spirit power Rank this way.
And in the previous match, Kong Xuan saw that after Shui Ling's threads bound themselves to an opponent, the opponent's spirit power could actually be transferred to her through these threads, thus deducing the effect of Shui Ling's First Spirit Skill.
Although the information Kong Xuan provided wasn't extensive, it was enough to give them a clearer understanding of the Shui Ling team's strength.
"Able to devour the opponent's spirit power and increase her own spirit power? Doesn't that mean Shui Ling gets stronger the more she fights?!"
Xu Wei exclaimed, clearly shocked by the effect of Shui Ling's First Spirit Skill.
It was only because their current knowledge was still limited; otherwise, with just the "devour" effect of Shui Ling, they might have easily associated it with evil Spirit Masters.
"It seems she is indeed very strong!"
Kong Ling gave this assessment, giving her opponent Shui Ling a very high evaluation.
"Tomorrow, the three of you will still be fighting!"
As Kong Xuan's words came out, the three's expressions all changed.
Even with more information from Kong Xuan, they didn't have absolute confidence in victory.
"Brother—"
Kong Ling's tone was urgent, she just opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Kong Xuan raising his hand.
"In tomorrow's battle, I allow you to use that move!"
Kong Ling was stunned at first, but soon her eyes lit up, clearly understanding what her brother meant by "that move."
"Brother, didn't you say before not to use that move lightly?" "Now is the time to use it."
Kong Xuan didn't offer much explanation, and after Kong Ling confirmed this, her previous anxiety and worry completely dissipated, replaced by an Aura of 'who but I dare to do it'.
It seemed that after using "that move," no matter what hidden strength the opponent possessed, she could guarantee victory.
Xu Wei and Xu Tianyi exchanged glances, both with puzzled expressions, clearly not understanding what "encrypted language" the siblings were speaking.
Xu Wei couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Xuan, Sister Ling, don't play guessing games. What exactly is that move?"
Kong Ling glanced at Xu Wei and hummed mysteriously: "You'll know tomorrow!"
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Xu Wei questioned Kong Xuan all night, but Kong Xuan didn't reveal any information.
When he woke up the next day, Kong Xuan found that Xu Wei actually had dark circles under his eyes, probably because he didn't sleep well last night thinking about this problem.
When they arrived at the Great Spirit Arena, waves of cheers rose and fell, and they found that today's audience was significantly larger than before.
Through the matches of the past two days, the Soul Master Class confrontation, which initially had low attention, had now clearly attracted more interest.
Xu Wei swallowed and whispered, "There are too many people today, aren't there?"
Xu Tianyi glanced at him and said indifferently, "What, scared?"
"Scared?" Xu Wei glared at him, puffed out his chest and said, "What a joke? I just feel—with this kind of scene today, it would be embarrassing to leave without winning."
As he spoke, his gaze drifted towards Kong Ling.
Clearly, without Kong Xuan participating, whether they could defeat the opponent still depended on Kong Ling's "that move."
Meeting Xu Wei's gaze, Kong Ling's expression was calm, her eyes gleaming with confidence: "Don't worry, we won't lose!"
"Next, please welcome the Kong Ling team and the Shui Ling team to the stage!"
Lin Jiayi's voice resounded throughout the Great Spirit Arena. The two teams waiting in the ready room instantly stood up and walked along the passage towards the Soul Dueling Arena.
Kong Ling walked at the very front. She looked at the dazzling light at the end of the passage and whispered, "Follow the plan, don't get flustered!"
Kong Xuan, as an audience member, still sat in the first row today.
"Those things you said before, you weren't just humoring me, were you?"
A disjointed sentence from Ren Jun reached his ear, and Kong Xuan turned his head, stunned for a moment.
Ren Jun then said, "I originally thought you would be on stage today, but it's still the three of them. Are you sure they can defeat the opponent?"
Hearing this, Kong Xuan understood Ren Jun's meaning.
He was referring to Kong Xuan's previous promise about being "first."
He cast his gaze back into the Soul Dueling Arena and said indifferently, "Teacher, don't worry, the final victory will definitely belong to our class. I won't let you lose face, Teacher."
After speaking, he also smiled mysteriously: "And this upcoming match should also give the teacher some surprises."
Ren Jun didn't know where Kong Xuan's confidence came from, but he had already believed most of it in his heart.
"Then I'll have to see what surprises they can give me!"