On the way back to Exotic Beast Academy, curious about his fourth spirit ring Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Yu Yan tried to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill in deserted places while traveling.
The night before arriving at Exotic Beast Academy, in a secluded mountain, the Ice and Fire Twin Fish merged, and Yu Yan successfully used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
A longbow formed from the Ice Fish, and a long arrow stretched from the fire fish.
As the two appeared in Yu Yan's hands, a piece of information appeared in his mind, making him understand the name and function of this Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
The fourth Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Lin Huang Tian Zhu - Sniper Arrow.
It forms a special airflow around Yu Yan with a high-speed rotating ice storm, trapping and locking onto the target to be sniped.
Drawing the bow and shooting the arrow, when the flaming arrow flies out, the ice bow transforms into a spiral turbine ice storm that attaches to the rocket, increasing its power while tracking and sniping the target locked by the special airflow.
Golden light flashed in Yu Yan's eyes. His vision, enhanced by the gazing through autumn water dew, allowed him to easily lock onto distant targets.
Since there was no target present, he drew the ice longbow to its full extent, locking the flaming arrow onto a large rock halfway up a mountain in front of him.
As he drew the longbow, a cold airflow swept through the valley. Although the flaming arrow had not yet been shot, he could already feel that this arrow would definitely hit its target.
Maintaining this state, Yu Yan could feel his spirit power rapidly draining from his body.
The immense power of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill naturally came with a huge consumption of spirit power. Fortunately, Yu Yan's spirit power was of high quality and could still endure.
After infusing 80% of his spirit power, Yu Yan released the flaming arrow, and the ice longbow flew out with it.
The blue and red light released by Lin Huang Tian Zhu - Sniper Arrow illuminated the valley. It flew silently towards the rock Yu Yan had aimed at, like a meteor streaking across the sky.
The moment it hit the rock, the fragile rock was immediately destroyed by the energy of ice and fire, turning into fine powder undetectable by the naked eye.
After destroying the rock, the Sniping Arrow did not stop its advance. It directly pierced through the mountain in front, leaving an explosion of interwoven ice and fire energy on the mountain behind the large mountain in front of Yu Yan.
"Oh my goodness!"
Looking at the straight, sparkling hole that pierced through the entire mountain halfway up the mountain in front, and the wide-ranging explosion on the mountain behind it, Yu Yan's face showed a surprised expression.
He really didn't expect the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring to be so powerful.
Wanting to know how much damage he had caused, Yu Yan immediately ran to the opposite mountain, ready to see with his own eyes how much destruction Lin Huang Tian Zhu - Sniper Arrow had wrought.
The hole pierced through the opposite mountain was large enough for Yu Yan to bend down and pass through, and traces of fire and ice still remained on the edges of the cave walls.
Standing in a position with a wide view, Yu Yan saw that the explosion range of the Sniping Arrow was not small, affecting about one-sixth of the opposite mountain. Considering that the Sniping Arrow was a single-target attack Spirit Ability, the fact that it could still affect such a large area after the explosion made Yu Yan nod in satisfaction... The next morning, Yu Yan successfully returned to Ice Soul City. After returning the horses, he returned to Exotic Beast Academy as quickly as possible.
Considering that the Sniping Arrow was a single-target attack Spirit Ability, the fact that it could still affect such a large area after the explosion made Yu Yan nod in satisfaction. The next morning, Yu Yan successfully returned to Ice Soul City. After returning the horses, he returned to Exotic Beast Academy as quickly as possible.
Walking on the campus of Exotic Beast Academy again after more than half a year, Yu Yan felt a faint sense of 'things are the same, but people have changed', a feeling that was rare but indeed present.
Unable to immediately think of where Xiao Wu might be, Yu Yan decided to first check the residence they shared in Exotic Beast Academy.
Yu Yan did not find Xiao Wu in the two-story house arranged by Exotic Beast Academy.
'If she's not at the residence, then I'll go to the library?'
Thinking of this, Yu Yan immediately set off for the Exotic Beast Academy library.
In the library, at their usual spot, Yu Yan saw Xiao Wu sitting there reading a book.
After more than half a year apart, Xiao Wu had also undergone significant changes.
The Xiao Wu before him, from any angle, did not look like an eight-year-old girl, but rather a charming maiden of eighteen or nineteen.
From Xiao Wu's changes, Yu Yan judged that she should also have a third ring, though he didn't know what level she was at now, perhaps in her thirties.
Absorbing a spirit ring can bring transformation to a Spirit Master; this is a rule of the Douluo Continent World.
Besides the change in appearance, Yu Yan felt that Xiao Wu's scholarly aura had become stronger.
She was very different from Xiao Wu in "Douluo Continent".
Standing beside Xiao Wu, Yu Yan's eyes gleamed golden. He wanted to try if he could see Xiao Wu's true identity.
The reason he wanted to try this was because Tang San, in the original timeline, had a very strange look in his eyes when he looked at Xiao Wu after absorbing the gazing through autumn water dew.
It neither explicitly stated that he saw through her, nor explicitly stated that he couldn't. But today, I, Yu Yan, will personally try to see if I can see through her.
Under the golden gaze, Yu Yan noticed that Xiao Wu indeed had something different from other Spirit Masters, looking very strange, but he couldn't see through Xiao Wu's Spirit Beast identity.
'It seems I can't see through her.'
Just as Yu Yan was thinking, Xiao Wu, who was reading, sensed someone peeking, a feeling that made her very uncomfortable.
Xiao Wu frowned and turned to look at the person peeking at her. When she saw who it was, she froze on the spot.
After staring blankly for a while, Xiao Wu, suspecting she had seen wrong, raised her hand to rub her eyes, then looked again at where Yu Yan was standing.
"What, after only half a year, you don't recognize me anymore?"
Seeing Xiao Wu rubbing her eyes, Yu Yan smiled and walked towards her, preparing to tap her head.
"Yu Yan!"
Confirming that she hadn't seen wrong, confirming that she hadn't heard wrong, Xiao Wu cried out in surprise, then leaped up and ran towards Yu Yan.
Xiao Wu, who pounced on Yu Yan, hugged him tightly upon getting close, and lightly punched him with her fist: "You hateful fellow, you said you'd be back in two or three months at the shortest, but you stayed there for so long."
She said if Yu Yan dared to return at the longest possible time, she would really hit him.
"I really, truly, came back as soon as possible."
Yu Yan, who was 'getting beaten' but felt no pain, explained to Xiao Wu.
It was true that he said two or three months at the shortest, but he also said half a year at the longest.
"Hmph, coming back so late, and still daring to say 'as soon as possible,' take that!"
Xiao Wu chose to ignore the explanation and continued to punch Yu Yan.
"Ow, Xiao Wu, stop hitting me, I know I was wrong." Blocking Xiao Wu's incoming pink fists with his hand, Yu Yan continued, "Let me tell you something very important. This time, when I went to trade with Dugu Bo, I brought back a very, very good treasure for you."