By the time the Shrek Six Monsters returned to the VIP box, Manager Ao had already finished warming up the spirit fight and shouted, “I hereby announce!”
“The group spirit fight!
One versus ten!
Officially begins!”
As his voice fell.
Every member of Fiend Team was covered in a faint blood-colored aura.
Some were possessed by beast Martial Souls, while others held tool Martial Souls.
Their savage aura swept across the arena and spread outward.
The bone-chilling cold made the nearby spectators shiver unconsciously.
That was pure killing intent!
“Those people from Fiend Team are definitely not good people!” Tang San was well-informed.
As he stared at the faint red blood aura around the Fiend Team members, his expression became extremely grave.
That was not some special Spirit Power fluctuation, but a kind of bloodthirsty aura formed after killing enough people.
In his previous life, aside from those who had gone mad from cultivation deviation, only crooked sects and evil paths would use slaughter to strengthen their aura!
That said, although this method was evil, as long as enough killing intent was accumulated, it indeed had a powerful deterrent effect.
It could even combine with one’s own aura to intimidate enemies.
On the field.
Facing that faint killing intent, Wu Ming grinned beneath his mask.
His Martial Soul possessed him, and a vast, upright aura burst forth, colliding with the bloodthirsty aura and scattering it in an instant.
That was the mouthful of vast righteous qi he had nurtured in his chest after fusing the talent [Loyal, Upright, Filial, and Honest (Yellow)]!
Unyielding!
Vast!
Upright!
The audience did not understand what had happened, but when they looked at Wu Ming again, their hearts, which had trembled under Fiend Team’s bloodthirsty aura, actually settled down.
They even involuntarily felt a trace of worship.
“Vast righteous qi!”
Tang San had once learned of this concept from a Confucian classic in his previous life.
He had thought it was merely flowery words those poor, pedantic scholars used to beautify themselves.
Yet now, he had witnessed vast righteous qi on Wu Ming, and that aura was constantly stirring his heart, making it difficult for him to calm down for a long time.
“Oscar, do you know how Wu Ming cultivated vast righteous qi?” Tang San urgently wanted to know this.
He had a feeling that if he could cultivate this trace of vast righteous qi, even without bringing the other techniques in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record to great completion, he could still use the number one hidden weapon technique of the Tang Sect: Guanyin’s Tear!
“What vast righteous qi?”
Oscar had no idea what this concept was.
“Hongjun and I grew up with Boss Wu.
We both know his cultivation process.”
“Isn’t this just a kind of aura?”
Ma Hongjun also chimed in.
“Aura.
That’s right, it is a kind of aura.” Looking at Wu Ming below, then recalling his impression of him over these past two days, Tang San could confirm that Wu Ming was a very upright person.
Otherwise.
And what about him, Tang San?
He believed himself to be a person of the righteous path as well, but… his thoughts seemed a little too complicated.
So even if his actions and conduct fit the definition of the righteous path, in essence, he was following the doctrines of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record rather than his true heart.
As a clever person, Tang San realized the crux of the problem, and for the first time, he felt lost.
The doctrines of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record had allowed him to grow safely until now…
But what was it that he truly wanted?
Was it really only to rebuild the Tang Sect’s glory on Douluo Continent?
At this moment.
Wu Ming’s attention was entirely on Meng Li.
Aside from himself, only Meng Li had not released his Martial Soul.
He was hiding his strength.
“Interesting.”
Wu Ming grinned beneath the mask and no longer concealed himself.
His Martial Soul possessed him, and three Spirit Rings—yellow, purple, purple—encircled his body.
The terrifying Spirit Ring configuration raised the audience’s excitement to another level.
“Heavens!
This is the first time we’ve seen the World-Honored One’s Spirit Rings!”
Manager Ao widened his eyes and shouted into the amplifier, “Ever since the World-Honored One began participating in spirit fights, he has never revealed his Spirit Rings.
In fact, he rarely even uses his Martial Soul.
He has always relied on his powerful body, deep Spirit Power, and perfect control over his body and Spirit Power to fight!”
“This time, he has truly used his Martial Soul and Spirit Rings!”
“It seems Fiend Team’s strength has brought pressure to the World-Honored One, making him excited enough to use his full power!”
The audience’s emotions rose even higher.
“His second Spirit Ring already reached the thousand-year level?
Just how strong is his body?”
“He broke the record for the optimal Spirit Ring configuration!”
“An extraordinary commoner genius!”
“He’s just too arrogant.
Spirit Ancestors are an entire major realm above him, and there are ten of them.
He won’t have a chance to attend that grand event.”
The young geniuses from the Four Element Academies who had come after hearing his name and wanted to fight him were either shocked or regretful, but all of them fixed their attention on Wu Ming.
“This kid is being a little too reckless.”
Huo Wushuang sighed.
“Brother, you’re underestimating him.”
Huo Wu stared at Wu Ming with burning eyes.
“You and I personally experienced how strong he was last year.
His true strength is definitely no lower than a Spirit Ancestor’s.”
“But he has to face ten Spirit Ancestors.”
Huo Wushuang wondered why his younger sister was so confident in Wu Ming.
Could it be that because she lost to Wu Ming last year, both her body and heart had been conquered?
Then what about Feng Xiaotian?
“Hmph, he isn’t stupid.
He won’t fight those ten Spirit Ancestors to the death.
As long as he can hold on for a while and then jump straight out of the arena, even if he loses, he will still absolutely be outstanding among the outstanding!” Huo Wu guessed that Wu Ming merely wanted to use those ten Spirit Ancestors to test the limits of his combat power.
Once he could not win, he would instantly jump out of the field and preserve himself.
Although he was arrogant, he was also smart.
“So that’s it!”
Following Huo Wu’s line of thought, Huo Wushuang suddenly understood.
Then he shifted his attention to those ten Spirit Ancestors.
“Facing ten Spirit Ancestors, I’m afraid I couldn’t last three moves.
As long as he can withstand more than three moves, then after we return, we’ll have to train even harder.
“Otherwise, at the tournament two years from now, I’m afraid we’ll lose terribly.”
“Wu Ming, let us see just how many moves you can withstand!” Huo Wu stared at Wu Ming’s upright figure, her eyes filled with heat.
On the field.
Wu Ming’s first Spirit Ring, second Spirit Ring, and third Spirit Ring flashed one after another.
His knees bent slightly, his waist arched, and Innate Nine Dragons True Qi pulsed.
With his Martial Soul Spine as the center, a layer of golden light-flame rose around him.
Whoosh—
In just an instant.
Wu Ming crossed a distance of fifty meters and arrived before Fiend Team’s defense-system Spirit Master.
“Fourth Spirit Ability: Rock Shield!”
That defense-system Spirit Master’s Martial Soul was a stone shield threaded with blood.
He reacted in time and immediately used his fourth Spirit Ability.
The stone shield instantly expanded to five meters tall, turning into a sphere that wrapped both him and the auxiliary-system Spirit Master behind him inside.
But!
There was only a crack.
Wu Ming’s fist instantly shattered this defense-system Spirit Master’s fourth Spirit Ability.
A tsunami-like aura accompanied his fist as it struck the man’s arms.
Crack!
Another crisp sound rang out.
The defense-system Spirit Master’s arms, crossed in front of his chest, twisted and snapped.
Wu Ming’s fist, as large as a sandbag, stamped into his chest.
Boom!
The defense-system Spirit Master staggered backward, crashing into the auxiliary-system Spirit Master behind him.
The invisible force sent them both flying, slamming them hard into the wall outside the arena.
Two eliminated!