The group continued to charge through the tower.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle—"
The Spirit Beasts for the first wave of trials appeared in their field of vision.
It was a group of pure white, chubby, and fleshy giant worms. Not only did they lack any intimidation, they instead exuded an inexplicable sense of "dumb cuteness."
"This is..."
Wang Dong'er blinked.
"Ice Silkworms?"
"And looking at their size and the patterns on their bodies, they have cultivation levels close to a thousand years..."
That's right, these were of the same kind as the Skydream Ice Worm.
"Let's move."
Tang Wulin did not let his guard down just because the opponents looked weak, and he still charged forward in the lead.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Facts proved that Spirit Beasts like Ice Silkworms were indeed ridiculously weak.
Their attack methods were simple, consisting only of spitting out cold air that carried Mental Shock, but under the group's siege, these thin-skinned and fleshy giant worms collapsed at the slightest touch.
In less than two minutes, the nineteen Ice Silkworms on the ground had all dissipated into points of light.
However, a strange thing happened.
The surrounding scenery did not change, and the light gate leading to the next level was slow to appear.
"What's going on?"
Xie Xie gripped his Light Dragon Dagger and looked around vigilantly.
"Could there still be a fish that slipped through the net?"
"But... there's no place to hide here at all."
Just as the group was confused.
In Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, the voice of the Skydream Ice Worm rang out.
"Stupid! Too stupid!"
"Yuhao, look towards the edge of the wall to your front left!"
"That guy used 'Simulation' to camouflage and blend itself with the surrounding environment!"
Hearing the guidance of the Skydream Ice Worm, Huo Yuhao immediately activated Spiritual Detection and scanned carefully.
Sure enough!
From the microscopic perspective of his Mental Force, there was an Ice Silkworm curled up by the wall, shivering!
Its camouflage was extremely clever; if one didn't check carefully with Mental Force, it would be hard to find any flaws even if looking at it closely with the naked eye.
"Found it!"
Huo Yuhao pointed in that direction.
"Should I take it as a Spirit Soul?"
Huo Yuhao asked in his mind.
Although this Ice Silkworm had trash combat power, this camouflage ability was truly unique.
"No!"
The Skydream Ice Worm refused without hesitation:
"This kind of ability that only knows how to hide is too useless for you right now!"
"Yuhao, you have to understand."
"What you are going to face next is the New Student Grand Competition, a head-on collision with other top geniuses."
"In this kind of arena match or team battle, what you need is a group support Spirit Ability that can directly change the battle situation, or a powerful offensive Spirit Ability involving Mental Force."
"The competition isn't about who stands on the arena longer."
"And..."
The Skydream Ice Worm snorted disdainfully:
"This is only nine hundred-plus years old, not even a thousand!"
After listening to the analysis of the Skydream Ice Worm, Huo Yuhao also agreed deeply.
Indeed, what he needed now were more direct means.
Huo Yuhao stepped forward and cleanly finished off the Ice Silkworm with his blade.
The first level was declared passed.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Wang Dong'er retracted her wings and commented while looking at the dissipating points of light on the ground.
"Are these Spirit Beasts too weak?"
"They have no aggression at all, and their defense is like paper."
"They clearly had a numerical advantage of twenty, yet they were easier to deal with than those leopards just now."
Wang Dong'er shook her head, looking incredulous.
"I really don't know how these Spirit Beasts survived in the wild; they are simply mobile rations."
"Ahem, ahem..."
Hearing this, the expression on Huo Yuhao's face instantly became a bit stiff, and he coughed awkwardly twice.
And the Skydream Ice Worm in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness didn't care at all about Wang Dong'er's evaluation.
"They are them, and Bro is Bro!"
"Bro is a noble Million-Year Soul Beast! The unprecedented Skydream Ice Worm!"
"How can they be compared with Bro?!"
The second level opened.
This time, appearing before the group were six strange creatures floating in mid-air.
They looked like clusters of purple ghost fire, with a huge single eye in the center, surrounded by eerie Mental Force fluctuations.
"Soul-Absorbing Demon Eye, nineteen hundred years of cultivation!"
Huo Yuhao made a quick judgment.
This was a purely Mental Force-attributed Spirit Beast, skilled in Mental Shock and illusion creation.
If an ordinary Spirit Master team encountered this lineup, they would probably be very troubled, and might even start killing each other while trapped in illusions before the fight even started.
But...Tang Wulin shouted, and instead of retreating, he accelerated and charged forward.
"Hum—!"
The six Soul-Absorbing Demon Eyes lit up simultaneously, and six intense Mental Shock waves bombarded the group as if they were solid.
However, to their despair, facing this Mental Shock that was enough to make an ordinary Spirit Grandmaster instantly faint, Xie Xie and the others merely frowned, shook their heads, and continued to charge as if nothing had happened.
"Is that all?"
Xie Xie even had the leisure to taunt them.
Just kidding!
In the more than half a month at Shrek Academy, did they eat all that food for nothing? They had also eaten a few golden pearls, so their Mental Force was very strong.
Coupled with the fact that shortly after learning Mental Shock, the school taught methods of Mental Force defense; of course, if the opponent's Mental Force was too high, these defensive measures were also like paper.
Mental Force was useless, so these Spirit Beasts were also quickly dealt with.
Clearing these two levels was much simpler.
The third level.
"Roar—!!!"
Accompanied by a sharp and ear-piercing roar, a sturdy giant beast appeared before the group.
It was a giant ape walking upright, nearly four meters tall, covered in ink-black long hair, with smooth muscle lines full of explosive power. In the center of its broad forehead grew a huge, vertical eye emitting a silver, ghostly light!
Around this vertical eye were circles of pale golden patterns.
"Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape!"
That vertical eye could release terrifying Mental Shock and mental confusion beams, which was its strongest weapon. Mental Force was primary, while strength and defense were secondary; it had almost no obvious weaknesses!
This was exactly what Huo Yuhao wanted!
Tang Wulin's golden blood energy erupted, and he charged straight up.
"Clang—!!!"
The Golden Dragon Claw collided with the ape's claw, and one of the Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape's arms was torn right off.
Just kidding, this Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape was a Mental Force-attributed Spirit Beast; although its strength was not weak, how could it compare to Tang Wulin, who had unlocked the fourth layer of the Golden Dragon King seal?
Tang Wulin, relying solely on pure strength, had already surpassed an ordinary ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
The Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape obviously didn't expect this seemingly small human to tear off one of its arms upon meeting. In its rage, the vertical eye on its forehead suddenly lit up.
"Hum—!"
A silver beam of light shot out without warning, heading straight for Tang Wulin's face!
Tang Wulin used Mental Shock directly against the Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape, and in this confrontation, the Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape actually lost directly and fainted.
"It's solved just like that?"
The group looked at Tang Wulin in disbelief. Winning a strength confrontation and a Mental Force confrontation—he was simply a monster, a stat monster!
"Yuhao, it's up to you."
Tang Wulin laughed while holding his stomach. After fighting for so long, he could finally go eat.
"Okay, thank you." Huo Yuhao nodded seriously.
"Is there anything?" Xie Xie popped his head out.
"Nothing to do with you!" Tang Wulin said.
Huo Yuhao came to the side of the Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape and began to guide the Spirit Soul.Half an hour later.
Hum—One yellow and one purple Spirit Ring rose from beneath Huo Yuhao's feet.
"Success!"
Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, feeling the information brought by the new Spirit Ability, and a look of wild joy appeared on his face.
"How is it, Yuhao? What is the Spirit Ability?"
Xie Xie and the others immediately gathered around.
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly and then explained.
"My second Spirit Ability is Spiritual Weakness, a group crowd control skill. I can designate multiple targets to weaken their attack power and attack speed. The degree of weakening depends on the gap in our Mental Force, and I can also gain a ten percent strength bonus."
"This skill is quite good, but I don't know if it can weaken the boss."
Xie Xie laughed out loud, while Tang Wulin on the side told this guy Xie Xie not to say more.
"Yuhao is a Mental Force-attributed Spirit Master; his Mental Force will definitely be higher than mine in the future."
...
When the seven walked out of the gate, Teacher Wang Jin, who had been guarding there, smiled at the group.
"Not bad."
"Everyone passed, and all obtained the Spirit Soul you desired."
"I just received a notification; next, go to the main hall."
Hearing this, the group was a bit confused, but they still followed the notification and headed to the main hall, intending to see what it was about.
When they arrived at the main hall, they saw three figures—it was none other than Ye Zhi, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian.
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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