Learning through battle—this was what Yuchen and the others had focused on the most during this time!
One month flew by in the blink of an eye.
Within this month, between cultivating in the mimicry space and constantly battling in the Fighting Spirits Arena to learn from each other, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar—seven people—had successfully broken through to the twentieth level of spirit power!
Several among them possessed excellent talent, and with the help of the mimicry space that enhanced their training speed, reaching the twentieth level became a matter of course.
Especially Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun—their spirit powers had already reached the seventeenth or eighteenth level before enrolling, so their breakthroughs were swift. They were the first to step into the realm of Great Spirit Masters!
Tang San and Oscar, though initially weaker in spirit power compared to Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, made up for it through exceptional hard work and persistence, and also successfully broke through to the Great Spirit Master stage one after another.
As for Xiao Wu, she shared a dormitory with Yuchen, allowing her to benefit the most from the mimicry space. After all, the smaller the space, the stronger the effects of the mimicry training!
Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong would also frequently visit Yuchen's dormitory during this half-month to ask him questions, and thus often trained alongside him in the enhanced mimicry space.
Thanks to these advantages, their cultivation speeds surged, and they smoothly broke through to the twentieth level as well.
Meanwhile, Yuchen's progress was even more astonishing—within a little over a month, his spirit power had directly soared to the thirtieth level!
However, Yuchen's thirtieth-level spirit power was vastly superior to that of ordinary spirit masters.
After all, Yuchen possessed twin spirits, and both of his spirits were of divine quality!
It was precisely because he had twin spirits that Yuchen's cultivation speed was generally slower than that of ordinary spirit masters.
Even so, with the mimicry space and his powerful foundation, Yuchen's speed was astonishing!
In addition, during the Fighting Spirits Arena matches, everyone's rankings had greatly improved. Except for Oscar and Ning Rongrong, who were restricted in single combat due to their auxiliary-type spirits, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others had successfully advanced from the Black Iron rank to the Bronze rank.
Though there were both wins and losses, their overall win rate was close to ninety percent!
Yuchen, however, had achieved an astounding 100% win rate, directly skyrocketing to the Silver rank!
Under Yuchen's leadership, the team battles (both four-player and eight-player groups) also advanced to Bronze rank.
Throughout all his matches, Yuchen had never once summoned his martial spirit!
The nickname "Nine Heavens Azure Dragon" had already become renowned across the entire Soto City Spirit Arena!
Not only that, but the strength of the teachers at the academy had also improved, with Yu Xiaogang showing the most significant change!
He had finally broken through to level 30, obtained a spirit ring from a thousand-year spirit beast, and his spirit power had risen considerably, stabilizing at level 30.
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"Brother Chen, about what I mentioned before, have you thought about it?"
"When are you coming to my home to hang out?"
After a month of cultivating and battling together, the students of Shrek Academy had gotten much closer to Yuchen.
Among them, Ning Rongrong—the beloved daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan—and Zhu Zhuqing, who had always been cold and aloof, had both been interacting more frequently with Yuchen in the past two weeks.
As for Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar, there was no need to even mention it—they surrounded Yuchen day and night, constantly pestering him with questions.
"Assemble!"
Just as Ning Rongrong was smiling and chatting with Yuchen, Yu Xiaogang and Flender walked into the academy's open space.
Whoosh!
The moment Yu Xiaogang's voice rang out, everyone instinctively stood at attention.
"In the past half month, all of you have made rapid progress! Not only have your individual combat capabilities improved significantly, but your teamwork has also greatly strengthened!"
"Of course, after half a month of devil training, it's time to temporarily put aside the fighting in the Arena."
"Now that so many of you have broken through to level 20, and Xiaochen has reached level 30, it's time to venture out!"
"I have arranged for Principal Flender and Teacher Zhao Wuji to lead you to the Heaven Dou Empire's largest spirit beast forest—the Star Dou Forest—to hunt and obtain your second spirit rings!"
Yu Xiaogang's eyes swept across the group with satisfaction, lingering proudly on Yuchen.
At this moment—
Ding! Three system options have been activated! Please make your choice:
1. Refuse Yu Xiaogang's arrangement, propose going to a nearby spirit beast forest, and receive the reward: a 100-year spirit ring!
2. Accept Yu Xiaogang's arrangement, go to the Star Dou Forest, and receive the reward: a 48,000-year Dragon spirit ring and a 49,000-year Phoenix spirit ring!
3. Ignore Yu Xiaogang's arrangement, venture alone into a nearby spirit beast forest, and receive the reward: a 10-year spirit ring!
Please make your choice within 30 seconds!
As Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, Yuchen heard the mechanical voice of the system resound in his mind once again.
Yuchen's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the three choices displayed before him.
The first and third options were hardly worth considering: a mere hundred-year or ten-year spirit ring.
But the second option—offering two spirit rings, one of dragon origin and one of phoenix origin, both surpassing forty thousand years—was too tempting!
Even among the three great empires, dragon and phoenix spirit beasts were rare beyond imagination.
Finding a thousand-year dragon-type beast was already a miracle, let alone ten-thousand-year ones.
Thus, the two spirit rings offered by the system were priceless treasures!
Moreover, aside from the system rewards, Yuchen himself also wanted to experience the vast and mysterious Star Dou Forest.
Thus, without hesitation, Yuchen smiled faintly and nodded.
"Alright. I'll go with your arrangement, Big Brother."
"Good."
Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up with gratification. "In that case, let's depart immediately while the skies are still bright!"
"The Star Dou Forest is vastly different from the spirit beast forests bred and controlled by the empire. It is extremely dangerous! Tens of thousands of spirit masters have perished there! After entering, you must stay close to the teachers and do not stray!"
Yu Xiaogang's usually calm tone became exceptionally serious at this point.
Whoosh!
At the order, Yuchen and the others quickly packed up their necessities for the journey.
Very soon, under Flender's leadership, Yuchen's group departed Shrek Academy and embarked toward the Star Dou Forest!
At the same time, not far from Shrek Academy—
Several mysterious figures lurking in the shadows began to stir!