Chapter 246: A Promising Seedling for an Evil Spirit Master
Huang Yuan's Lone Wolf Martial Soul was fairly ordinary, and he had developed it along the power-attack path. If he had gone down the agility-attack route, he might at least have been able to rely on speed to barely hold out against Yu Tianlin for a while. Unfortunately, he was a power-attack type, and he did not even have any long-range attack skills. His defeat was practically guaranteed.
After easily dealing with Huang Yuan, Yu Tianlin faced his 5th opponent from Blue Tyrant Academy, a gloomy-looking young man.
Jing Ling was a level 35 agility-attack Spirit Master. It was worth noting that his Martial Soul was actually a skull.
A Skeleton Martial Soul, if placed 10,000 years in the future, would have been a standard seedling for an evil Spirit Master. Similar examples included Bone Douluo, whose Martial Soul was a Bone Dragon, and Ghost Douluo, whose Martial Soul was a ghost.
However, even with such Martial Souls, they had not degenerated into evil Spirit Masters. Instead, they had all developed along the path of normal Spirit Masters. This alone showed just how harshly evil Spirit Masters were being suppressed in this era, to the point that they had almost no room to survive.
That in turn showed that Spirit Hall had done quite a good job in suppressing evil Spirit Masters.
Jing Ling's Skull Martial Soul belonged to the category of Beast Martial Souls. After Martial Soul possession, his entire body transformed into a thick skeleton, and both of his arms turned into bone blades. Then, without hesitation, he activated his 3rd Spirit Skill, Frenzy, instantly increasing both his attack power and attack speed by 50%.
He immediately became like a whirlwind, the 2 bone blades in his hands slashing fiercely around Yu Tianlin.
The moment he saw this, Yu Xiaogang, who was standing below the stage, frowned at once.
He had clearly instructed Jing Ling before the match to make full use of his speed, avoid direct confrontation with Yu Tianlin, and exhaust Yu Tianlin's Spirit Power bit by bit.
But he had not expected Jing Ling to completely disregard his arrangement and directly launch a frontal assault on Yu Tianlin.
How could a level 35 agility-attack type possibly contend with Yu Tianlin head-on? Just dodging Yu Tianlin's attacks would already be impressive enough, yet he had stubbornly chosen to attack instead. It was completely meaningless.
"What is Jing Ling doing?" Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang could not help saying, "This is far too reckless!"
"Xiaogang," Flander, who had been observing from the side, suddenly spoke up, "actually, I think Jing Ling made the right choice."
"Huh?" Yu Xiaogang was startled that Flander would say such a thing. Looking at him in astonishment, he asked, "Flander, what do you mean?"
"Xiaogang, I understand what you were thinking. You hoped the people before Tianxin would exhaust Yu Tianlin's Spirit Power as much as possible and create a chance for Tianxin, who would go last." Flander pushed up his black-rimmed glasses. "Logically speaking, that idea is correct. But have you considered this? They simply cannot drain Yu Tianlin's Spirit Power at all."
Seeing Yu Xiaogang begin to think after hearing this, Flander continued, "Can't you tell? Yu Tianlin has been playing around from start to finish. If he wanted to, he could have beaten Mubai and the others using nothing but physical strength, without spending any Spirit Power at all."
"But Yu Tianlin didn't do that. When he fought Mubai and Hongjun, he still used Spirit Power. Why?"
"The answer is very simple. He does it purely based on his mood. If he feels like using Spirit Power, he uses it. If he doesn't, he won't."
"So if Jing Ling only keeps dodging, it will just annoy Yu Tianlin, and then Yu Tianlin will instantly defeat him. That would not achieve the goal of depleting his Spirit Power at all. On the other hand, if Jing Ling goes all out and attacks, he can at least arouse Yu Tianlin's interest a bit more, which makes it easier to achieve the goal."
"I see." After observing the battle onstage for a while, Yu Xiaogang found that the situation really was just as Flander had said, and could only admit, "You're right. I made the wrong judgment just now."
Although Yu Xiaogang's theoretical knowledge was strong, his real combat experience was lacking. On top of that, because he was too fixated on defeating Yu Tianlin, he could not calmly analyze the situation, which led to this misjudgment.
At this moment, on the arena, Yu Tianlin was facing Jing Ling's frenzied attacks and continuously defending with both hands, using Spirit Power.
Jing Ling's bone blades were indeed quite sharp. If one tried to block them with pure flesh and blood alone, then although the injuries would not be serious, cuts and bloodstains would still inevitably appear. In such a situation, naturally, it was necessary to use Spirit Power to protect oneself.
After exchanging dozens of blows, Yu Tianlin felt that Jing Ling had more or less run out of tricks and had no new moves left.
So during the next clash, Yu Tianlin suddenly seized both bone blades with his hands and then pulled hard, forcibly snatching them away.
Seeing the drastic change in Jing Ling's expression, Yu Tianlin toyed with the bone blades in his hands and smiled. "You're actually not bad. It's just that your Spirit Power is too low, and the gap between us is far too large."
Jing Ling remained silent. Taking advantage of the moment while Yu Tianlin was speaking, he rapidly retreated to open the distance. At the same time, he tried to control the bone blades in Yu Tianlin's hands, hoping to reverse the situation and strike back.
Unfortunately, Yu Tianlin held them firmly in place, and they would not budge in the slightest.
Left with no other choice, Jing Ling could only make the bone blades slowly dissipate.
After all, the bone blades were products of his Martial Soul. Even if they had been taken away, he still retained some measure of control over them.
"Alright." Seeing this, Yu Tianlin shook his head and said, "Since you don't want to step down on your own, then don't blame me."
The instant he finished speaking, Yu Tianlin stopped holding back. His full speed erupted at once, and he shot toward Jing Ling like a bolt of lightning, delivering a sweeping kick that sent him flying off the arena.
Jing Ling tried to resist during the process, but it was completely useless. When Yu Tianlin was only playing around, Jing Ling could still exchange a few moves with him. But once Yu Tianlin got serious, there was no possibility of blocking him at all.
"The next one should be her."
After easily defeating 5 members of Blue Tyrant Academy without much effort, only 2 remained. Yu Tianlin had already guessed who would appear next, and his gaze could not help but shift toward Blue Tyrant Academy's side.
Sure enough, a girl with long black hair and an excellent figure walked onto the stage.
It was Zhu Zhuqing.
"Yu Tianlin, please give me some guidance," Zhu Zhuqing said the moment she stepped onto the stage, staring intently at Yu Tianlin.
Guidance? You're an agility-attack type, and I'm a power-attack type. What exactly am I supposed to teach you?
Fine. I'll just fight you, then.
With that thought, Yu Tianlin nodded at Zhu Zhuqing. "Come."
Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath, then slowly closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, her left eye had turned dark green, while her right eye had become a clear blue. The contrast looked rather strange. At the same time, 2 yellow and 1 purple Spirit Ring rose around her body, showing that she was a Spirit Elder, or more precisely, level 33.
Well, leaving aside Spirit Ring configuration and Spirit Bones, in terms of Spirit Power alone, she was already more than 20 levels below Yu Tianlin…
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