Ten minutes later, the sparring match began. Unlike Dai Yueheng's team, which had excellent coordination, Ma Xiaotao's side was in far worse shape.
A conflict had broken out between Ma Xiaotao and Su Yunlin, causing tension throughout the entire team.
Still, once the match began, Su Yunlin had no intention of holding back. He treated it seriously. Since he intended to make every official team member acknowledge his strength, he would defeat them one by one.
"Match start!"
Whoosh—
In an instant, Su Yunlin's figure flashed to the rear of Dai Yueheng's formation, directly toward Ling Luochen's position. His priority target was the control-system Spirit Master.
Roar—
A terrifying pressure suddenly descended onto Su Yunlin, instantly slowing his speed. In the next moment, countless ice spikes shot toward him.
Su Yunlin weaved through the attacks, dodging every single one with ease. A trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"As expected of inner court students. Their overall quality really isn't something the outer court can compare to."
Yao Haoxuan had already completed his Martial Soul possession. His body swelled enormously, coarse fur growing across his skin. His Martial Soul was the Heaven-Shaking Ape, possessing both support and control capabilities. He could assist teammates while simultaneously restraining opponents, and most importantly, he could protect Ling Luochen.
With Yao Haoxuan present, nobody could rely purely on speed to quickly eliminate Ling Luochen.
The members of Dai Yueheng's team were equally shocked. The speed Su Yunlin had displayed earlier was even faster than Xi Xi, their agility-attack-system Spirit Master.
Very quickly, waves of attacks converged toward Su Yunlin. Yet relying on his astonishing speed, he moved through Dai Yueheng's team like a roaming dragon.
"Does he have eyes on the back of his head? How is he dodging all of this?" Chen Zifeng frowned.
He had already launched several attacks from tricky angles, yet every one of them had been avoided.
Su Yunlin remained calm.
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Ability was simply too useful. It allowed him to effortlessly evade the attacks of these inner court seniors.
After weaving through Dai Yueheng's formation for some time, Su Yunlin finally retreated. A faint smile curled at his lips as he waved his hand.
At that moment, countless moth scales were floating invisibly through the air around Dai Yueheng's team.
"Fifth Spirit Ability, Moth God Dance!"
Very quickly, the scales gathered together, forming countless tiny Dark Monarch Moths.
Yao Haoxuan roared, "Watch out for those moths!"
The members of Dai Yueheng's team instantly became vigilant, but it was already too late.
"Too late. Explode!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
A chain of explosions engulfed Dai Yueheng's entire team. Elder Xuan immediately stepped in, rescuing the team members one by one.
Fifth Spirit Ability, Moth God Dance.
The phantom image of Su Yunlin's Dark Monarch Moth soared into the sky before transforming into a dazzling streak of purple-black light that attacked the enemy. Once struck, the light split into countless miniature Dark Monarch Moths that latched onto opponents before exploding.
Su Yunlin could also use the scales from his wings to create tiny Dark Monarch Moths manually. This was another application developed from the characteristics of his Fifth Spirit Ability—a different release method born from the same ability.
The concentrated chain explosions instantly crippled Dai Yueheng's team, eliminating six members in one blow and leaving only Dai Yueheng standing alone.
"Hahaha! Dai Yueheng, you lost!" Ma Xiaotao had never expected that loudmouthed brat to be this strong. He had wiped out Dai Yueheng's teammates so quickly.
Su Yunlin's face turned slightly pale.
Using his Fifth Spirit Ability consumed an enormous amount of Spirit Power. As expected of a seventy-thousand-year Spirit Ability. It seemed this move couldn't be used carelessly.
Elder Xuan looked at Su Yunlin and nodded slightly.
"This little monster really is something. Old Song picked him a great Spirit Ring. A seventy-thousand-year fifth Spirit Ring, huh? Doesn't that mean his next Spirit Ring will need to be a hundred-thousand-year one?"
"Tsk. Looks like this old man will need to prepare something for the kid. Talent like this deserves the best resources."
He sighed.
"Four hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts... We definitely can't go to the Star Dou Forest for that. Guess we'll have to search the sea instead."
With only Dai Yueheng left standing, he could only admit defeat.
The first match ended, and an hour later, the second round began.
For the second match, Elder Xuan slightly rearranged the teams. He separated Su Yunlin and Wang Dong, swapping Su Yunlin and Huo Yuhao with Xi Xi and Xu Sanshi.
As the battle began, the official team members finally understood why Su Yunlin had been able to dodge their attacks so fluidly earlier.
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Ability was simply absurd.
With Huo Yuhao's support, Dai Yueheng's team became even stronger. Huo Yuhao directly positioned himself behind Ling Luochen and used his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to amplify her abilities into true Ultimate Ice, locking down the entire battlefield.
This round's MVP was undoubtedly Ling Luochen.
As for the previous round's MVP, Su Yunlin...
He had been restrained by Wang Dong.
More accurately, Wang Dong had wrapped herself around him. A Spirit King being entangled by a mere Spirit Elder was honestly ridiculous. Fortunately, he hadn't lost because of it.
Su Yunlin rubbed his neck, where a neat row of bite marks could clearly be seen.
"Fine, you locked me down, but why were you biting too?"
Nearby, Wang Dong stuck out her tongue mischievously. She had relied on a beauty trap to narrowly gain the upper hand against Su Yunlin.
Originally, the event was supposed to end after two matches.
However, Su Yunlin suddenly proposed fighting Ma Xiaotao.
Even Elder Xuan was startled. After all, during the upcoming tournament, the reserve team would naturally bear less responsibility due to their different roles.
But Su Yunlin had his own thoughts.
He wanted to seize command authority over the official team and make them obey properly.
And there was only one way to do that—
Beat the leader until they acknowledged him.
Ma Xiaotao had just lost earlier and had even shouted "I'm a pig," leaving her already furious. Now that Su Yunlin wanted to challenge her, she immediately recalled their earlier argument, causing her anger to flare even higher.
Su Yunlin looked toward Elder Xuan.
"Elder Xuan, there should be a healing-type Titled Douluo among the Sea God Pavilion elders, right? Please invite them over. I might not be able to control my strength later."
Ma Xiaotao instantly exploded in rage.
"You brat! You're way too arrogant! In all my years, I've never seen anyone as cocky as you!"
Su Yunlin snorted coldly.
"Arrogance requires ability. And I just happen to have it."
Elder Xuan felt a headache coming on.
Why were these two top geniuses suddenly trying to kill each other?
Still, he enjoyed watching chaos unfold, so he went to summon Elder Zhuang just in case.
Soon, the entire spirit arena had been cleared, leaving only Su Yunlin and Ma Xiaotao behind.
Su Yunlin crossed his arms.
"I heard the inner court looks down on soul tools, right?"
"External objects!" Ma Xiaotao replied disdainfully. "Don't tell me you don't understand that a Spirit Master's true strength can only come from their own Martial Soul?"
She was a firm believer in the supremacy of Martial Souls.
Su Yunlin shook his head.
"That's not entirely wrong. But you're nowhere near strong enough to defeat soul tools with your Martial Soul alone."
"You don't have that strength."
"Even Elder Xuan doesn't have that strength."
"Pfft— Brat, you've got some nerve!" Elder Xuan immediately got annoyed. Why had he been dragged into this too?
Su Yunlin stretched his body slightly.
"Today, I'll show you just how fragile the thing you worship really is."
"First Spirit Ability, Phoenix Fireline!"
Ma Xiaotao immediately unleashed her Spirit Ability.
At the same time, Su Yunlin tossed a metallic cylindrical object onto the ground.
In an instant, an extremely dense cloud of smoke engulfed his figure.
"A smoke bomb?"
Huo Yuhao looked surprised.
This type of smoke bomb was a relatively simple throwable soul tool. He could make them as well.
"Trying to hide like a rat? Then I'll just blow everything up! Fifth Spirit Ability, Phoenix—"
Bang!
Ma Xiaotao, who was flying in midair, was suddenly struck. Her body plummeted from the sky.
Fortunately, she regained consciousness quickly enough to avoid smashing face-first into the ground.
"Heh. If I had used a metal bullet instead of a rubber round just now, your head would already be blown apart."
Su Yunlin slowly walked out from the smoke.
In his hands was a strange-looking soul tool.
It was a firearm-type soul tool personally created by Su Yunlin—
A Douluo-version AWM sniper rifle.
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