Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Finals! A Spirit Ring Configuration Beyond the Limits! The Entire Arena Is Shocked!
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The spectator stands fell utterly silent. Even the powerful figures seated on the high platform were stunned, and Lu Yu, standing on the arena, had yet to recover from his surprise.
Dugu Yan, one of the two beauties of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, had never once softened toward Yu Tianheng, heir to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, despite his persistent pursuit.
Yet moments ago, in front of so many people, she had actually said something so suggestive to Lu Yu?
More importantly...
It seemed that the two of them had known each other for quite some time!
Once all these details were pieced together, countless students immediately began letting their imaginations run wild.
The female students were furious, each one wearing the expression of someone whose man had been stolen from her.
The male students were comparatively calm. Dugu Yan was certainly beautiful, but everyone knew that the “Beauty Snake” excelled at using poison.
That alone was enough to make many male students keep their distance.
As for Yu Tianheng, who was still receiving treatment, his face grew increasingly pale, and a bitter smile appeared on his lips.
So that was why...
That was why Dugu Yan had remained so cold despite his relentless pursuit!
It turned out that she had already given her heart to someone else—and that person was so outstanding...
No one noticed the black-veiled girl in the black dress sitting in a corner of the spectator stands.
At that moment, her brows drew together slightly. Then she rose and left.
In the matches determining the final four and the final two, Lu Yu’s opponents were two Rank Thirty Spirit Elders. Their strength was entirely ordinary, and both were still defeated by him with a single move.
The two Rank Forty Spirit Ancestors, meanwhile, had been matched against each other. One was an assault-type spirit master, the other an agility-type spirit master, and it took a fierce, deadlocked battle before a winner emerged.
Before the final began, both sides were given an hour to rest.
Lu Yu had not even used his martial soul, and his spirit power had not been depleted in the slightest. He simply leaped onto the arena and waited in silence.
On the high platform, Prince Xue Xing stared at Lu Yu, then turned his head toward Meng Shenji.
“Chief Meng, is this Lu Yu the prodigy you brought back from Notting City?”
Meng Shenji nodded. “I was acting under His Majesty’s orders.”
Prince Xue Xing was clearly unaware of the matter. Raising an eyebrow, he asked, “Oh? This matter even caught the attention of Imperial Brother?”
Meng Shenji replied with a genial smile, “An eleven-year-old Rank Thirty Spirit Elder—His Majesty naturally considers him to be of the utmost importance!”
At those words, Prince Xue Xing’s pupils suddenly contracted. Even Dugu Bo, seated beside him, was startled.
Rank Thirty?
When he had seen the boy three years ago, he had merely been a Rank Twenty Spirit Master who had yet to obtain his second spirit ring!
In three years, he had advanced from Rank Twenty to Rank Thirty?
Such cultivation speed was truly astonishing!
Everyone seated there was a major figure in his own right, and naturally, they were able to draw many conclusions.
For instance...
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The All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament!
The next tournament would be held in two years. With Lu Yu’s cultivation at the Rank Thirty level, he might find it difficult to stand out and claim the championship.
However, the tournament was held only once every five years, and the age of participating students was limited to twenty-five.
In other words...
Before turning twenty-five, Lu Yu would be able to participate in three Spirit Master Tournaments!
He was already a Rank Thirty Spirit Elder in his first tournament. What about the second? And the third?
Given the cultivation speed Lu Yu had displayed, no one doubted that by the time he participated in the tournament for the third time—before he turned twenty-three—he would have reached the level of a Spirit King!
At that thought, Prince Xue Xing’s gaze grew profound, while Dugu Bo wore an equally contemplative expression.
An hour later, Lu Yu’s opponent stepped onto the arena, and the final began!
He was a young man built like a lanky monkey, appearing to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
The young man took two steps forward and said with a broad smile, “Junior Brother Lu Yu, my name is Zhang Fang. My martial soul is the Ghost Carving, and I am a Rank Forty-Seven agility-type Battle Spirit Ancestor!”
Lu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, “Lu Yu. Spirit Elder.”
Although Lu Yu offered no detailed introduction, Zhang Fang was not offended. Lu Yu behaved this way toward every opponent, and everyone had long since grown accustomed to it.
As soon as the referee announced the start of the match, Zhang Fang summoned his martial soul. Wings spread from his back, and he shot straight into the sky, rising to a height of twenty meters.
Four spirit rings—three yellow and one purple—revolved around him as he looked down at Lu Yu from above.
Everyone present was left dumbfounded by the sight.
Good heavens!
A dignified four-ring Spirit Ancestor was facing a three-ring Spirit Elder, yet he had shamelessly relied on the flight granted by his martial soul to take the battle into the air!
He truly had no shame at all!
“Junior Brother Lu Yu, be careful!”
Suspended in the air, Zhang Fang grinned as his fourth spirit ring suddenly lit up.
In the next instant, the wings behind him turned as black as ink. Feather after feather tore free, transforming into a rain of black arrows that shot toward Lu Yu!
A thousand-year spirit skill—Feather Slaughter!
Although Zhang Fang was a commoner spirit master and had joined Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, not everyone could receive treatment like Lu Yu’s.
Ordinary students who wanted the academy’s teachers to help them hunt spirit beasts for spirit rings had to offer a price that satisfied the teacher.
Thus, Zhang Fang’s first three spirit rings were merely hundred-year rings. It was only after he broke through to Rank Forty and pledged himself to a noble that he obtained a thousand-year spirit ring.
As a thousand-year spirit skill serving as his fourth ring, Feather Slaughter possessed tremendous power!
On the ground, Lu Yu looked at Zhang Fang in the air and shook his head with a laugh.
Did he really think that relying on his ability to fly would make him invincible against Lu Yu?
How laughable!
Lu Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly. He abruptly raised his right hand, and a jade seal appeared in his palm.
At the sight of this, every student in the spectator stands held their breath.
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His martial soul!
Lu Yu had finally revealed his martial soul!
Yet in the next moment, the students looked as though they had seen a ghost. One after another, they stood frozen, mouths hanging open.
At the same time, the powerful figures on the high platform shot to their feet, their faces filled with disbelief.
“This... How is this possible?!”
Prince Xue Xing trembled from head to toe, completely losing his composure.
The senior members of the Academic Affairs Council, led by Meng Shenji, looked as though they had fallen into a dream.
Dugu Bo was the first to recover. He slowly clenched his fists, his eyes fixed intently on Lu Yu as an inscrutable light flickered within them.
Three spirit rings were revolving around Lu Yu.
Yellow! Purple! Purple!
One yellow and two purple!
A spirit-ring configuration that surpassed the limits!
Even the powerful figures on the high platform had never heard of such a thing.
In the air, the confident smile on Zhang Fang’s face stiffened completely. A chill crawled across his scalp.
What the hell...
Where had this monster come from?
He was a four-ring Spirit Ancestor, yet he possessed only a single thousand-year spirit ring. This fellow, however, had two thousand-year spirit rings despite having only three rings!
So that was why!
That was why his physical strength was so terrifying!
At that moment, Lu Yu’s first spirit ring lit up. The Heaven-Overturning Seal swelled against the wind, transforming into a massive, radiant golden seal that hovered above his head.
A chorus of metallic clinks rang out, yet the Heaven-Overturning Seal remained utterly motionless!
“Go!”
Lu Yu swept his hand forward. The Heaven-Overturning Seal shot out like lightning, transforming into a streak of golden light as it hurtled straight toward Zhang Fang in the sky!
Seeing the golden seal flying toward him at tremendous speed, Zhang Fang’s expression changed. His first and third spirit rings lit up simultaneously.
First spirit skill—Ghost God’s Might!
Third spirit skill—Ghost Shadow!
One was an enhancement skill, while the other was a pure speed-type skill!
In the next instant, Zhang Fang’s body left a series of afterimages in the air as he dodged to the side.