Facing the three aggressive century-level Iron Wall Apes, Wang Dong'er's temporary four-person team did not show much panic.
"Attack!"
Following Wang Dong'er's delicate shout, the battle broke out instantly.
The first to make a move was Xu Xiaoyan, who was standing at the back of the team and looked very delicate.
"First Spirit Skill, Ice Wheel!"
Xu Xiaoyan gently waved the Ice Staff in her hand, creating circular ice blades over a foot in diameter. They spun at high speed, carrying a piercing whistling sound as they accurately cut towards the lower bodies of those three Iron Wall Apes.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The ice blades struck the Iron Wall Apes' arms, which were as hard as refined iron. Although they shattered into ice shards filling the sky, they also knocked the three behemoths back a step, instantly interrupting their originally fierce charging momentum.
"Good opportunity!"
Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up, and with a flip of her wrist, the Nine Phoenix Auspicious Flute appeared!
"Woo—"
A melodious yet slightly shrill flute sound rang out.
A visible circle of green sound wave ripples spread out, enveloping the three Iron Wall Apes.
The Iron Wall Apes, which were already unsteady due to the Ice Wheel impact, now felt as if they had fallen into a quagmire. Their movements became even more affected by Slowness, and even the fierce light in their eyes dimmed a bit due to the mental interference.
Deceleration! Slowness!
"Xi'er, go!"
A petite figure darted out like ghost.
The Spirit in Xi'er's hand was a pitch-black sickle. Although her Spirit Power level was not high, she excelled in agile movement.
Taking advantage of the gap while the Iron Wall Apes were controlled, she moved like a black butterfly, flashing past the giant apes' legs.
"Puff—"
The sharp sickle cut through the weaker defensive skin on the Iron Wall Ape's leg, bringing up a spray of blood.
Although the damage was not fatal, it successfully enraged the opponent.
"Roar!!!"
The injured Iron Wall Ape roared, its huge iron arms waving wildly, wanting to swat this annoying little bug to death.
However, just at this moment Wang Dong'er moved.
The wings on her back shone brightly.
"Wing Guillotine!"
Utilizing the gravitational acceleration from flight, Wang Dong'er's strike was powerful and heavy, heading straight for the head of the Iron Wall Ape in the middle.
"Bang—!!!"
A loud noise.
Although the Iron Wall Ape raised its arms to block at the last moment, Wang Dong'er was, after all, an Attack System Battle Spirit Master. This strike directly smashed it to one knee, shaving off a large patch of iron-gray hair from its arms and revealing the bleeding flesh underneath.
The battle instantly entered a white-hot stage.
However as time passed, Wang Dong'er quickly discovered a severe problem.
These three Iron Wall Apes... were too hard!
And their strength was immense!
Although the four of them cooperated quite tacitly, having control (Xu Xiaoyan, Xiao Xiao), output (Wang Dong'er), and harassment (Xi'er).
But...
They were missing the most important role—a tank!
Which is commonly known as a defense system battle Spirit Master!
"Roar!"
An Iron Wall Ape hard-tanked Xi'er's sickle attack and recklessly charged towards Xu Xiaoyan and Xiao Xiao in the back row.
It could see that these two humans holding a stick and blowing a flute were the most fragile!
"Not good!"
Wang Dong'er's expression changed. She wanted to return to support, but was tightly entangled by the other two Iron Wall Apes.
In this four-person team, two were squishy control types, one was an agility-attack assassin, and one was an attack system warrior.
There was simply no one who could frontally withstand the charge of this kind of strength-type Spirit Beast!
"Damn it!"
Wang Dong'er gritted her teeth. She could only rely on her flight advantage to forcibly dive down, using her own body to block in front of Xiao Xiao, taking that iron-arm sweep head-on.
"Bang!"
Wang Dong'er was shaken, her blood and qi surging. She flew back several meters before stabilizing her figure. Fortunately, although she was an attack system battle Spirit Master, she was still somewhat tanky, and that move did not cause any substantial damage to her.
"If... if only we had a defense Spirit Master in our team..."
Or...
She thought of that Tang Wulin in the virtual space earlier who could hard-tank her attacks.
If he were here, this kind of clumsy monkey wouldn't pose a threat at all, right?
"Can't drag this on any longer!"
Wang Dong'er's eyes turned sharp, and she shouted loudly:
"Don't split the firepower!"
"Focus fire on the one on the left that is most injured!"
"Xiaoyan, control it! I'm going to get serious too!"
Hearing the command, Xu Xiaoyan did not hesitate at all, and the Ice Staff in her hand lit up again.
"Second Spirit Skill, Ice Spear!"
A sharp ice spear two meters long condensed in the air, carrying a bone-chilling cold, whistling as it shot towards the eye of the Iron Wall Ape on the left!
At the same time, Xiao Xiao's flute sound became rapid, suppressing the Iron Wall Ape's actions with all her might.
"Roar..."
The Iron Wall Ape sensed a fatal threat. Just as it wanted to dodge, it found its body extremely heavy.
"Puchi!"
The ice spear accurately stabbed into its shoulder.
"Now!"
Wang Dong'er had already flown to the highest point by now.
Her Spirit Power surged wildly throughout her body, and the golden patterns on her wings seemed to be burning.
"Butterfly Goddess's Light!"
Countless golden light orbs poured down like a rainstorm, all bombarding the Iron Wall Ape that couldn't move.
"Boom boom boom boom—!!!"
Amidst a series of dense explosions, the Iron Wall Ape finally let out a wail, its massive body crashing to the ground and dissipating into points of light.
"Hoo..."
Wang Dong'er took a deep breath.Finally took one down!
Seeing that where the Iron Wall Ape dissipated, no corpse was left behind, but instead, it turned into several streams of incredibly pure white energy.
These energies seemed to be pulled by something, instantly splitting into four parts and drilling into the bodies of Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Xi'er, and Xu Xiaoyan respectively.
"Huh?!"
The moment that energy entered her body.
Wang Dong'er shuddered.
Warm!
So warm!
This energy flowed directly into their Spirit Rings. Although it was only a little, as the owner of the Spirit Ring, Wang Dong'er's perception could not be wrong!
"This... this is..."
Wang Dong'er widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief.
It wasn't just her.
Xiao Xiao and Xi'er were also shocked, looking at their own hands and feeling the subtle changes within their bodies.
"Continue!"
Wang Dong'er suppressed the raging waves in her heart and looked at the remaining two Iron Wall Apes.
"Take them down!"
With the experience from the first time, plus having one less enemy, the subsequent battle became much easier.
Following the same pattern.
Focus fire, control, burst.
Soon, the second and third Iron Wall Apes fell one after another, turning into pure energy that surged into the four people's bodies.
The battle ended.
The four of them slumped on the ground, gasping for breath.
But there was no fatigue on anyone's face, only uncontrollable excitement.
"It really... really increased!"
Wang Dong'er closed her eyes, carefully sensing the changes in her Spirit Ring.
Although those three were only century-level Spirit Beasts, the energy distributed to each person was not much.
But!
After precise perception and calculation, Wang Dong'er reached a conclusion that made her heart race:
"The age of both of my Spirit Rings has increased by about... ten years!"
Ten years!
It sounds insignificant.
Adding ten years, for a base of hundreds or thousands of years, is indeed like a drop in the ocean.
But!
You can't calculate it like that!
This was just the result of killing three few-hundred-year-old Spirit Beasts, and it was split between four people!
If...
What if they came to the Spirit Ascension Platform every day?
What if they became stronger in the future and went to kill thousand-year Spirit Beasts or ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts?
This kind of improvement can be accumulated!
"Accumulating little by little..."
Wang Dong'er muttered to herself, her eyes shining with a heart-palpitating light.
Even if it only increases by ten years every day.
One month would be three hundred years.
One year would be over three thousand years!
As long as they can keep entering the Spirit Ascension Platform...
Then, turning yellow Spirit Rings into purple, turning purple into black... and even turning black into the legendary red 100,000-year spirit ring!
This is definitely not a dream!
Although they knew it before coming in, when it truly happened to them, only then did they realize just how awesome it really was.
Wang Dong'er swallowed, and that rebellious thought in her heart became clearer and clearer:
"As long as I stay here, perhaps my future Spirit Ring configuration will be even stronger than Big Dad and Second Dad!"
Hmm, she must become stronger, and then... take revenge on Tang Wulin for that throw!
...
Inside the Dean's office.
Looking at Wang Dong'er's flushed little face in the light screen due to excitement, the smile on Lin Feng's lips grew thicker.
[Ding!]
[Detected that key figure Wang Dong'er's recognition of Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining the reward: Yellow-grade Mecha * 10!]
[Detected that key figure Xiao Xiao's recognition of Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining the reward: Unyielding Spirit Soul * 100!]
[Detected that ordinary figure Xi'er's recognition of Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy has increased!]
[Congratulations Host for obtaining the reward: Spirit Soul containing ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone * 30!]
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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