The battle ended after a few minutes. Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao stopped and returned to their respective rooms to rest.
The final test result: Spirit Sculpting Myriad Forms, empowered by star power, was very suitable for defense equivalent to one second of invincibility, the absolute defense of the Star Crown.
Compared to the Star Crown, there was no issue of recharge time. It could be used at any time, but the duration was not as long — only one second.
And because the spirit ability itself was formed by combining spiritual power and star-attribute spirit power, within that one second, various energies, spirit power, and spiritual power could not penetrate.
The attack power depended on the spirit power attribute added. It was still being developed. With Spirit Sculpting Myriad Forms as a base, he could mix ice elements and spiritual power, moving ice elements around like Gu Yuena. But he hadn't thought of a good idea for the star attribute yet. Maybe he could try Dragon Star Cluster?
It was also very good for using it for Control. If you put a prison together, you could lock an enemy inside for one second. This was especially good against multiple enemies. Even when they were made into chains or other things that could bind them, they could not be pulled apart within one second. But some people might still fight back, and it wouldn't work against those who could use space-related skills.
This was Huo Yuhao's current impression of using the star power version of Spirit Sculpting Myriad Forms.
But he felt it could be developed further.
He was re-cultivating, but his control over spiritual power from when he was a Limit Douluo had not declined. Creating simple things like chains was very easy, but creating more delicate things — like soul tools, for example — was not impossible either.
As for the star power aspect, that could also be further developed.
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao glanced at the three spirit rings beside him, put them away, and asked in the Sea of Spirit:
"Brother Skydream, how about giving me a few more spirit abilities?"
Not to mention Sky Silkworm Metamorphosis — that was an absolute divine ability.
Spirit Sculpting Myriad Forms could now be used as an absolute defense, while also having control, attack, and secondary displacement abilities — also a divine ability.
Brother Skydream, work a little harder. Give me a few more divine abilities.
"No can do. Go find the Evil Emperor." Skydream Iceworm, upon hearing this, quickly hid in a corner. "Six — a full six. If you count the Spirit Soul ability — Life Reflection Shield — that's seven total. Don't come to me anymore."
"I was joking."
Huo Yuhao was just joking. Hearing this, he directly took out Star's Favor and let it float in the air, drawing upon starlight to assist him in meditation cultivation.
At this time of night, the Divine Artifact's effect was the best.
At Eastsea Academy's girls' dormitory, a girl with light blue hair — exquisitely beautiful, like a carved jade ornament — sat by the window, looking out at the starry sky, sighing.
"Why has it turned out like this? Why won't the Starry Sky Beast ancestor let me go?"
Xu Xiaoyan couldn't figure it out.
She had been born into the famous Xu family of Eastsea City, the family's little princess.
Before awakening her martial soul at age six, because her older brother was very outstanding, her family hadn't had high expectations of her. Her father, mother, grandfather, grandmother — all doted on her. Her older brother doted on her too.
But after she awakened her martial soul at six — everything changed!
She was taken to the family's Secret Place and met a Inherited Spirit Soul — their family's ancestor — the Starry Sky Beast.
This ancestor hadn't originally been called that name. It had simply been an ice-attribute spirit beast. But because their family occasionally produced the mutated martial soul — the Star Wheel Ice Staff — this Spirit Soul had mutated.
The Star Wheel Ice Staff martial soul had a characteristic: no matter what Spirit Soul it absorbed, it would eventually become part of the Star Wheel.
Plus, the feedback from the Spirit Soul contract to the Spirit Soul and the family's deliberate cultivation, the Starry Sky Beast ancestor had eventually changed from an ice attribute to a star-attribute spirit beast. It was the Xu family's foundation.
The moment the Starry Sky Beast ancestor saw her, it pointed to her as the Xu family heir. It seemed to believe that her martial soul had the potential to manifest the Star Wheel into the Star Wheel Ice Staff, and inherit it — the family's strongest Inherited Spirit Soul. And indeed, her martial soul had eventually mutated.
But at the time, Xu Xiaoyan had only wanted to shout — no, whisper in protest:
"This is wrong — very wrong! I don't want to be the Xu family heir. Give it to my brother!"
But her protests were ineffective.
Her grandfather and the ancestor didn't listen to her at all. Her grandfather had even excitedly brought her home and called a family meeting, announcing that the next Xu family heir would be her.
She had hidden in a corner, watching everyone excitedly accepting the arrangement — small, pitiful, and helpless.
From that day on, she had been strictly demanded to cultivate diligently, learn all kinds of knowledge. The easy days of the past were gone forever. She even had to learn combat techniques, which she didn't like.
"Why does it have to be me?"
Life was hard. Xu Xiaoyan sighed.
Now, her family had thrown her into the academy. They said Eastsea Academy had announced that it would establish a special class, and she needed to seize the opportunity.
With her qualifications, she could have gone to Class One. But she had been a bit unwilling at first, which delayed her registration.
Then, while communicating with the teaching director, she was seen by the Class Two teacher, who had been entering the office, and was snatched into their class.
Now, she was also one of the candidates for the Class Promotion Match. Who knew what would happen next.
According to her classmates, Class One was a gathering place for monsters. Yet their teacher seemed determined to defeat Class One — it was hard to understand.
"Xiaoyan, get some rest. We have practical combat training again tomorrow."
A roommate who had been meditating on another bed saw Xu Xiaoyan's movements, said a few words in a low voice, ended her meditation, and began to rest.
"Oh, okay." She whispered a reply, climbed into bed quietly, and closed her eyes to rest.
She really hoped that when she woke up tomorrow, her older brother would have taken her place as the Xu family heir.
Eastsea Academy's Class Promotion Matches worked by having later classes Challenge Challenge earlier classes.
Class Five had someone who could originally have been in Class Three. With Wu Changkong's teaching, they eventually defeated Class Four and began to challenge Class Three.
And then... they flipped over.
"..."
Long Hengxu watched Wu Changkong lead his students away without a word, then glanced at the Class Three head teacher — Ye Yingrong — whose expression was complicated and complex. He stiffly left the scene.
Had the dean gone a bit too far this time?
It was impossible to tell from Teacher Wu's face whether he was angry...hopefully not.
Ye Yingrong, like her older sister, also liked Wu Changkong. But relatively speaking, she was still rational. So after watching Wu Changkong leave for a moment, she put away her expression, walked over to the three students, and smiled.
"Well done. Next, you will challenge Class Two."
Gu Tianri, Gu Tianyue, and Gu Tianming were the students she had sent out — three brothers.
The three Gu brothers came from a poor family. Yet all three brothers had spirit power. Their parents had thought they wouldn't be able to scrape together enough money for their Spirit Souls, and that they might have to enter the academy with Level 11 spirit masters, borrowing money before enrollment. But to their surprise, the Spirit Transmission Tower had an alternative aid measure.
Ultimately, all three brothers obtained Spirit Souls. Their spirit power levels were now 13 and 14. And they all had the same flying-type martial soul.
With flying-type martial souls, even if the Spirit Souls were only ten-year, in the past era, they could have entered Class Two or even Class One. Nowadays, Class One and Class Two all had hundred-year Spirit Souls, and the classes were full, so they could only be placed in Class Three.
With this lineup, they were not without a chance against Class Two.
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