With Xiao Hongchen’s current cultivation, he naturally couldn’t use a flying spirit tool that only a four-ring Soul Sect level could utilize.
So, as a second-best option, he chose to equip four second-tier spirit tools on his back to aid his movement.
Boosted by the four second-tier spirit tool thrusters, his speed was already comparable to that of an average Spirit Master at the Soul Venerable level.
Seeing this, Lin Mo felt a headache.
If it were any other two-ring Spirit Master, he would have already dealt with them.
Soul Engineers had too great an advantage in the early stages, especially a talented Soul Engineer like Xiao Hongchen; his advantage against a Spirit Master of the same rank was even more pronounced.
Others might at most use a few spirit tools to arm themselves, but for Xiao Hongchen, with his abilities, he could arm himself to the teeth with spirit tools.
Leaving himself with no weaknesses.
Moreover, Lin Mo now clearly understood that this was not Xiao Hongchen’s strongest state.
The strongest form of Xiao Hongchen was when he obtained his third Spirit Ability, allowing him to temporarily condense various spirit tools to assist him in combat.
Although after a while, Xiao Hongchen would lose due to insufficient spirit power, Lin Mo obviously wouldn’t give him such an opportunity.
Since he chose to display his talent to gain cultivation, apart from abilities he didn’t plan to expose in the short term, everything else could be used as a bargaining chip for transactions.
Taking a deep breath, a relatively intense spirit power fluctuation emerged from his body.
At the same time, the environment within the entire trial ground seemed to undergo some strange changes.
The surrounding air became a strange undulating blue.
This was Lin Mo’s domain, Demon Whale Domain!
Facing Xiao Hongchen, who intended to rely on the speed advantage of his spirit tool armor, augmented with four second-tier spirit tool thrusters, to kite him and even defeat him,
Lin Mo no longer hesitated and released his domain immediately.
By virtue of the Demon Whale Domain, Lin Mo instantly restricted Xiao Hongchen’s movements.
In this air, which felt like the deep sea, Xiao Hongchen’s speed was greatly affected.
Even with the boost from the four second-tier spirit tool thrusters, his speed was still inferior to Lin Mo’s.
Walking casually to Xiao Hongchen’s front, and easily dodging Xiao Hongchen’s attack, he wielded a water sword and, with a powerful strike, directly shattered the second-tier spirit tool longsword in Xiao Hongchen’s hand, also dismantling his intention to continue fighting. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Xiao Hongchen, defeated.
“A domain? Is that it?” Xiao Hongchen asked with a bitter expression.
“Mm.” Lin Mo nodded, acknowledging Xiao Hongchen’s question.
He then deactivated the domain, and the air in the trial ground returned to normal.
Looking at Xiao Hongchen, who seemed to be questioning his life, Lin Mo pondered for a moment before slowly saying, “How about this, I’ll give you another chance. You should have spirit tools like ‘milk bottles’ that can quickly restore spirit power, right? Let’s fight again later. There are some abilities I want to confirm. How about you two come at me together later? I won’t use my domain ability to attack you, and I’ll try my best to control myself not to harm you!”
“Then let’s have another round! I was careless just now!” Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen sprang up from the ground like a carp.
He took out a water bottle-like spirit tool from his Storage Soul Guidance Device and began slowly absorbing the spirit power released from it.
“Brother!” Meng Hongchen, standing by, anxiously tugged at Xiao Hongchen’s sleeve, wanting to stop his actions.
“It’s fine, little sister, don’t worry. I’m okay.” Xiao Hongchen refused his sister’s good intentions, insisting on continuing to absorb the spirit power from the milk bottle.
The ‘milk bottle,’ or rather, its proper name should be a ‘recharge spirit tool,’ comes in various tiers.
The water bottle-shaped one in Xiao Hongchen’s hand was a third-tier spirit tool.
Generally speaking, only Spirit Masters above level thirty could relatively safely use it to replenish their own spirit power.
Xiao Hongchen’s current cultivation was only level twenty-two.
Rashly using a third-tier milk bottle to replenish spirit power, he could endure it for a short time, but over a longer period, it would cause a considerable impact on his meridians.
Therefore, Meng Hongchen wanted to stop Xiao Hongchen from using the third-tier milk bottle to restore his spirit power.
Xiao Hongchen was eager to fight Lin Mo again; he felt somewhat stifled by his loss just now.
His strongest attack, which consumed a large amount of spirit power, failed to defeat Lin Mo and instead wasted a lot of his own spirit power.
This led to him being at a disadvantage in terms of spirit power when facing Lin Mo later, despite initially having the upper hand.
He was restricted everywhere!
Even his final desperate attempt to defeat Lin Mo was ended by the domain Lin Mo released, cutting off his last resistance.
It made him feel very helpless, like having strength but nowhere to use it.
If he were at the same rank as Lin Mo, he admitted he wouldn’t be Lin Mo’s opponent.
He couldn’t save face!
Before long, Xiao Hongchen had mostly recovered his spirit power and was ready to fight Lin Mo again.
However, none of the three noticed that three people were observing them from a distance.
They chose not to reveal themselves and did not disturb their sparring.
They simply watched silently from the side, clearly very interested in Lin Mo’s upcoming challenge of fighting two opponents above his own rank.
These three were Zhang Kai, Jing Hongchen, and Kong Deming.
After Jing Hongchen and Zhang Kai met Kong Deming, they quickly informed him of Lin Mo’s situation, along with the intelligence Zhang Kai had gathered.
After hearing their introductions, Kong Deming expressed interest and wanted to meet this genius, whom both of them praised so highly, as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived, all three, including Lin Mo, were no longer in the Mingde Hall’s main hall.
After asking the Mingde Hall personnel who had seen the children’s whereabouts, the three learned about the current situation.
Meng and Xiao had taken Lin Mo to the spirit tool testing ground.
The moment he heard this news, Jing Hongchen’s face darkened.
The reason he felt comfortable leaving Lin Mo alone in the Mingde Hall’s main hall was because he knew Meng and Xiao were nearby.
With those two around, Lin Mo wouldn’t have any problems.
But who would have thought that those two took Lin Mo to the spirit tool testing ground?
There was no need to say what they were going there for.
They must have gone to fight.
Just as he worried that Lin Mo would suffer, and rushed to the testing ground without stopping, he saw Xiao Hongchen’s spirit tools scattered everywhere, and Xiao Hongchen was using a third-tier spirit tool, exceeding his rank, to speed up his spirit power recovery.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo, whom he was worried about, looked perfectly fine, walking around and observing everything with curiosity, like a curious baby, showing great interest in everything around him.
It seemed his grandson had suffered a great loss, and the two seemed to be about to fight again.
Jing Hongchen, who initially wanted to go up and ask for the reason, was stopped by Kong Deming.
Everything would wait until they finished watching this sparring match between the children.
With them present, the children’s sparring wouldn’t lead to any unacceptable accidents.