Meanwhile.
Somewhere in the Sunset Forest, in a fiery basin.
A lion with flames burning from its neck upwards ran through the basin.
A sound of tearing through the air echoed as dozens of wind blades drew curved trajectories, blocking the lion's path.
However, just as these wind blades were about to hit, the lion's flaming mane instantly flashed, condensing a flame ring that repelled the wind blades.
"Opportunity!" Feng Xiaotian's eyes flashed with sharp light, and his fourth Spirit Ring lit up.
Fourth Spirit Skill: Blade Claw of Wind!
As he spoke, three blades, each about a foot and a half long, shot out from between Feng Xiaotian's finger bones. A phantom wolf-like light projection appeared behind him.
Then, he parted his hands to the sides, and a cyan light nearly ten feet long erupted from the six blades. The moment the flame ring disappeared, it struck the lion.
This lion, with flames burning from its neck upwards, was named the Blazing Flame Lion. Its cultivation was around fifteen hundred years.
The Blazing Flame Lion possessed the innate Spirit Skill, Blazing Flame Ring. A ten-year Blazing Flame Lion could only use it once a day, a hundred-year one twice, and a thousand-year one three times.
And the Blazing Flame Ring that had just appeared was the last chance this thousand-year Blazing Flame Lion had to use it today.
Not only that, but the Blazing Flame Lion was still in a brief stiff state after releasing the Blazing Flame Ring, unable to dodge.
Therefore, the Blazing Flame Lion could only watch as the massive, pale cyan wind blade hit it.
The wind blade passed through the Blazing Flame Lion, accompanied by the sound of flesh being torn apart and the lion's desperate, pained roar.
In mid-air, Feng Xiaotian looked down at the Blazing Flame Lion lying in a pool of blood. He retracted the phantom wings behind him and slowly landed on the ground. He then said gently to Huo Wu, who was not far away:
"Xiao Wu, it's your turn."
"Mhm." Huo Wu gazed at Feng Xiaotian, who had displayed his might, her face blushing slightly. She softly agreed, stepped forward, ended the Blazing Flame Lion's life, and began to absorb its Spirit Ring.
Ever since the battle in the Sunset Forest two years ago, Feng Xiaotian seemed like a completely different person in Huo Wu's eyes.
He no longer tried to please her in a subservient manner. He also started to take his cultivation seriously, displaying the astonishing cultivation speed that Innate Full Soul Power should possess.
Two years ago, Feng Xiaotian's Soul Power was still level thirty-three.
But three months ago, Feng Xiaotian had already broken through to level forty.
At that time, Feng Xiaotian was still less than a month away from turning eighteen.
In one year and eight months, his Soul Power had increased from level thirty-three to level forty, an average speed of four levels per year.
This often made Huo Wu sigh, realizing how astonishing the cultivation speed of Innate Full Soul Power could be.
Three months after breaking through to Soul Ancestor, Feng Xiaotian's Soul Power advanced further, reaching level forty-three.
Feng Xiaotian's change ignited Huo Wu's competitive spirit, so she put in a lot of effort into her cultivation.
Two years ago, the eleven-year-old Huo Wu was level twenty-five in Soul Power.
Over the past two years, Huo Wu had also broken through to level thirty.
A Soul Elder at thirteen years old had already broken the historical record of Blazing Fire Academy since its establishment.
Huo Wu was also confident that she would break through to level forty before she turned eighteen, not being much different from Feng Xiaotian at eighteen.
But Huo Wu also understood that starting from eighteen, the older they got, the greater the gap in Soul Power between them at the same age would become.
Two hours later.
When Feng Xiaotian saw Huo Wu wake up, he quickly stepped forward to ask:
"Xiao Wu, how was it? Did the Spirit Skill meet your expectations?"
"It exceeded my expectations," Huo Wu replied with a smile, then explained the effect of her third Spirit Skill to Feng Xiaotian.
"My third Spirit Skill is called Repelling Flame Ring. Like the Blazing Flame Lion's Blazing Flame Ring, it can push back all enemies within the flame ring's range by a certain distance."
"The skill's coverage area is a diameter of sixty meters and a height of three meters. As long as the opponent's attack skill does not exceed my own Soul Power by more than ten levels, it can ignore any skill and defense, expelling them from the flame ring's area."
"Moreover, unlike the Blazing Flame Lion's Blazing Flame Ring, my Repelling Flame Ring has no usage limit. As long as there is enough Soul Power, it can be used continuously."
"That's great, Xiao Wu." Feng Xiaotian congratulated Huo Wu:
"This Repelling Flame Ring has a very strong control effect in the arena environment of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament."
"In the year after next's competition, your Blazing Fire Academy will surely achieve excellent results."
Huo Wu nodded in agreement. Seeing Feng Xiaotian bring this up, she took the opportunity to ask:
"Brother Tian, will you participate in next year's Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament?"
Feng Xiaotian heard this, thought for a moment, and finally replied:
"I won't participate in next year's competition."
"Because by that time next year, although I will have a cultivation close to Soul King, I still won't be able to bridge the gap between my Divine Wind Academy and the Spirit Hall's seeded team with my own strength alone."
"But I will participate in the competition the year after next, six years from now."
"By then, at twenty-four years old, I will at least be a high-level Soul King, or even a Soul Emperor."
"In this way, I will be confident in leading the Divine Wind Academy to snatch the championship from the Spirit Hall, becoming another team to win the championship from the Spirit Hall after the Star Luo Empire."
"Xiao Wu, if our academies meet on the field then, uh, I'll go easy on you."
Feng Xiaotian scratched his head sheepishly as he said this.
"Brother Tian, aren't you a bit too confident?" Huo Wu retorted with a light laugh.
"I heard that the Spirit Master academy directly under Spirit Hall has produced three peerless geniuses, two of whom even possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"In the competition six years from now, there's a high probability they will break through to become Soul Kings."
"At that time, facing three Soul Kings, with two of them having Martial Soul Fusion Skills, do you still feel confident you can win, Brother Tian?"
"Moreover, even if you manage to hold off those three Soul Kings, your six future teammates might not necessarily be able to defeat the remaining four from Spirit Hall."
"After all, in past competitions, the main players of Spirit Hall's seeded teams have never had a Soul Ancestor whose Soul Power was below level forty-five."
Feng Xiaotian froze in place upon hearing this.
For the past two years, he had been engrossed in his cultivation, paying no attention to anything outside of Huo Wu.
Spirit Hall had only started building hype around those three members of the Golden Generation a year ago.
Therefore, Feng Xiaotian had no idea about the Golden Generation until Huo Wu brought it up.
Seeing Feng Xiaotian standing there in silence, Huo Wu couldn't help but chuckle and reassure him.
"Don't worry, Brother Tian."
"If you really want to win the championship that badly, I can help you."
After she finished speaking and saw Feng Xiaotian's bewildered expression, Huo Wu smiled and explained.
"Actually, it's quite simple. When the time comes, I'll have the main Soul Ancestor players from Blazing Fire Academy temporarily join Divine Wind Academy. That way, your academy will have enough main players at the Soul Ancestor level."
"The Dean of Blazing Fire Academy is my father, so this matter isn't difficult for me."
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