Its massive body flew back over ten meters, heavily smashing into and snapping a large tree.
"Roar..."
The Phantom Gale Leopard let out a mournful cry; its waist was already deformed from the impact, and black toxic gas was rapidly spreading at the wound.
It struggled to get up, its eyes filled with terror.
However, a black figure was already standing before it.
Lin Yuan held his spear in one hand, his expression cold and indifferent.
"It's over."
Lin Yuan flicked his wrist, and the god slaying spear shot out like a flood dragon emerging from the sea!
The spear's radiance split into four, piercing the Phantom Gale Leopard's four legs with incomparable precision, pinning it firmly to the ground!
"Rongrong, do it!"
Lin Yuan turned back and said calmly.
"Mhm!"
Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and pulled out a sharp dagger from her thigh.
She stepped forward quickly, looking at the Spirit Beast that had lost its ability to resist; a flicker of pity flashed in her eyes, but it soon turned into determination.
In this World where the strong prey on the weak, if one wants to survive, they must learn to kill.
"Puchi!"
Under Lin Yuan's control, the dagger was precisely thrust into the Phantom Gale Leopard's vital throat!
Blood splattered.
The Phantom Gale Leopard's body twitched violently a few times before finally becoming still.
A moment later, a deep purple spirit ring slowly emerged.
"Phew..."
Ning Rongrong pulled out the dagger and sat on the ground, somewhat drained, panting heavily.
Even though she wasn't the one fighting on the front lines, this was still a huge psychological test for a support system Spirit Master.
"Quick, absorb it while it's fresh."
Dugu Bo reminded her from the side.
Ning Rongrong nodded and, without further hesitation, sat cross-legged beside the Spirit Beast's corpse and began to guide the purple spirit ring.
The purple light entered her body.
Ning Rongrong's brow furrowed slightly; clearly, a spirit ring of over five thousand years carried significant impact.
But thanks to the previous Whale Glue Body Tempering, her body and Meridians were already incredibly tough.
After only a moment of fluctuation, her aura stabilized.
Time passed minute by minute.
For a day and a night, everyone stayed by Ning Rongrong's side, never leaving, acting as her Protector.
Finally, as the morning sun rose on the second day and the first ray of sunlight fell upon Ning Rongrong.
"Boom!"
A powerful wave of spirit power erupted from Ning Rongrong's body!
Beneath her feet, two spirit rings slowly rose.
The first was yellow.
The second was deep purple!
"Rank twenty-seven!"
Feeling the spirit power surging like a sea within her, Ning Rongrong jumped up in excitement: "I succeeded!"
"Not only did I absorb a five-thousand-year spirit ring, but my spirit power also jumped seven ranks!"
"From rank twenty, I leaped straight to rank twenty-seven!"
"Moreover, because the second spirit ring is a thousand-year one, the spirit power I consume using my second Spirit Ability is much less than the first Spirit Ability."
She was different from other Spirit Masters.
For other Spirit Masters, whether it was a hundred-year, thousand-year, or ten-thousand-year ring, the spirit power consumption wouldn't be low; the difference only lay in the power of the Spirit Ability.
However, the Nine (Seven) Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit was different because its amplification ratio was fixed.
For Ning Rongrong, whether the second spirit ring was a hundred-year, thousand-year, or even ten-thousand-year one, her Spirit Grandmaster amplification ratio was exactly thirty percent; this would definitely not change.
This resulted in the fact that the higher the age of the spirit ring, the lower the spirit power required for her to activate the Spirit Ability.
Watching this scene, Dugu Bo couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"Tsk tsk tsk... a five-thousand-year second spirit ring, this is simply inconceivable."
Then, the smile on Dugu Bo's Face vanished, becoming more serious than ever: "Lin Yuan, the effect of your Body Tempering Pill is truly too Heaven-Defying."
"This thing... must absolutely not be leaked!"
"Otherwise, the Spirit Master system of this continent will be overturned; the World might truly change."
"At that time, even Spirit Hall would stop at nothing to snatch the formula."
Hearing this, Lin Yuan laughed, "Don't worry, only I know the formula for this thing."
"Besides, I have my Master."
"Even if others have designs, even if a Titled Douluo comes in person, I will make sure they never return!"
...Several days had passed since Ning Rongrong broke through to rank twenty-seven.
This Little Demoness, who could never keep a secret, had impatiently asked for leave from the academy the day after her Breakthrough, saying she wanted to return to her Sect to give her father and two grandfathers a 'huge surprise.'
This morning, in the classroom.
Their homeroom teacher was also a veteran teacher at the Spirit Emperor level, named Sun Buyu.
He stood on the podium and announced something with a serious expression: "Everyone, quiet down."
"Per the academy's notice, next week we will hold a friendly exchange match with the Blue Tyrant Academy in the city."
"This exchange match will be personally led by the Dean of Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong."
As soon as these words were spoken, a commotion broke out below.
"Blue Tyrant Academy? That academy that only accepts commoners?"
"Tsk, what's there to exchange with that kind of academy? We are the Royal Academy!"
"Exactly, the grade is completely different. Isn't this lowering our status?"
Many students from noble backgrounds showed expressions of disdain.
Sun Buyu ignored these discussions and continued: "To show respect and to test everyone's cultivation results."
"The academy has decided that the roster for this exchange match will serve as the preliminary selection for the future 'Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament' Heaven Dou Team One!"
This sentence instantly set the scene ablaze!
The Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament!
That was the highest stage for young Spirit Masters on the entire continent! It was a glory that countless people dreamed of!
Everyone's eyes instantly became burning with passion.
Sun Buyu took out a list and said in a deep voice: "After discussion by the committee, the preliminary main roster is as follows."
"Captain: Lin Yuan."
"Vice-Captain: Dugu Yan."
"Members: Xiao Wu, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, Shi Mo, Ye Lengleng."
"Totaling seven people."
Hearing this list, the classroom instantly exploded.
In particular, Yu Feng, who was not selected, stood up directly with a Face full of dissatisfaction: "Teacher! I don't accept this!"
"Why was I not selected for the main roster?"
"To deal with those commoners from Blue Tyrant Academy, why do Lin Yuan and Sister Yanyan need to play?"
"I could beat them all down by myself!"
Yu Feng possessed the Wind Chime Bird Spirit and was of the agility-attack system; he had always been arrogant.
In his view, what kind of powerful students could a place with few resources like Blue Tyrant Academy produce?
Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?
Wouldn't it be enough to let him go and crush them?
Sun Buyu glanced at Yu Feng and said in a steady tone: "Regardless of the strength of the Blue Tyrant Academy students for now, I just said that the one leading them is their Dean, Liu Erlong!"
"Do you know which Family Liu Erlong comes from?"
"She is a direct member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The Committee Member's meaning is very clear: since their Dean is coming in person, we must give them enough Face and send out our strongest lineup."
"..."