Chapter 154: Qian Renxue Takes Action

Spirit Hall Academy versus Gale Academy, the match begins!

Following the referee's announcement, all fourteen contestants on the field, with the exception of Qian Renxue, completed their Spirit Avatars.

In the Spirit Hall Academy, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, the three Spirit Kings, stood at the very front, forming an equilateral triangle. Qian Renxue quietly stood beside the support-type spirit master, a faint smile hanging on the corner of her lips, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

On the side of Gale Academy, Feng Xiaotian stood like the tip of an arrow, his five spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—glittering as he faced the pressure released by the three opposing Spirit Kings all by himself.

"Senior Feng Xiaotian is truly amazing, fighting three opponents alone without the slightest trace of fear!"

With a soft chuckle, Hu Liena made her move. A pale red light emerged from her body, her eyes flashing slightly as she looked at Feng Xiaotian.

Feng Xiaotian froze slightly, his sea of consciousness instantly turning completely blank.

Yet, after all, he was still a Spirit King, with a spirit power two or three levels higher than Hu Liena's, and his combat experience was extremely rich. He recovered from his momentary trance in just a split second, but his six teammates did not possess his level of cultivation; their eyes flicked with pinkish-peach light, clearly already charmed by Hu Liena.

"Snap out of it!" Feng Xiaotian roared anxiously.

"It's useless, Senior Feng!" Hu Liena's seductive voice rang out. "Your teammates do not possess your level of cultivation; escaping from my charm is simply impossible!"

"Damn it!" Feng Xiaotian cursed angrily, his first spirit skill flashing as sharp wolf claws popped out from his palms. He lashed out, sending ten semi-circular wind blades straight toward Hu Liena.

Since his teammates were unable to break free of Hu Liena's charm on their own strength, he would strike at the source. As long as he interrupted Hu Liena's spirit skill, they would be able to return to normal.

Just as the wind blades were about to close in on Hu Liena, two blood-red, crescent-moon-like blades flew out from behind her. With a flurry of clanging sounds, all the wind blades were blocked by the curved blades.

After deflecting the wind blades, the curved blades spun a circle in the air and headed straight for Feng Xiaotian.

Feng Xiaotian let out a sharp cry, his wolf claws striking out like lightning to similarly parry the attack of the curved blades.

"As expected of a powerhouse born with full spirit power. Feng Xiaotian, staying in Gale Academy is truly wasting your talent. Why not join Spirit Hall instead?"

Xie Yue caught the twin moon blades beaten back by Feng Xiaotian, stepping out from behind Hu Liena with a beaming smile and extending a sincere invitation to Feng Xiaotian.

It was indeed a heartfelt invitation. Given Feng Xiaotian's strength and talent, if he were to join Spirit Hall, a place among Spirit Hall's future Elders would undoubtedly be reserved for him.

However, ever since Bibi Dong ascended to power, Spirit Hall had rapidly expanded its influence outward. Toward those factions unwilling to submit, their attitude had been extremely arrogant and aggressive, creating countless blood feuds. Although Gale Academy was merely an academy, it had clashed with Spirit Hall on more than one occasion.

As the scion of Gale Academy's higher-ups, Feng Xiaotian naturally held not a shred of goodwill toward Spirit Hall. Hearing Xie Yue's recruitment, he sneered with utter disdain and said, "Want me to join Spirit Hall? In your dreams!"

"What a tremendous pity, then!" Xie Yue said with undisguised regret. A genius unwilling to join Spirit Hall was destined only to be eradicated. A mere Gale Academy was not enough to protect his life against Spirit Hall.

"Little sister!" Xie Yue shouted loudly.

Hu Liena understood immediately, breaking into a trot and slamming into her brother.

The moment their bodies collided, a bloody red light suddenly erupted and rapidly expanded, quickly engulfing half of the competition stage. All seven members of Gale Academy were enveloped within this red light.

The Spirit Fusion Technique, Infatuation, was activated! Within the radius covered by the red light released by Infatuation, everyone's senses would be reduced by fifty percent, their spirit power suppressed by fifty percent, and all actions delayed by fifty percent.

Meanwhile, the brother and sister merged into a single figure with flowing long hair, whose gender was impossible to tell.

A massive surge of energy instantly burst forth. The figure of Infatuation moved, and two moon blades, enlarged by a full factor, sliced quietly forward with the brilliance of a flowing rainbow.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Accompanied by successive roars of erupting spirit power, Feng Xiaotian's six teammates were knocked away one after another, flying directly out of the arena bounds.

"Third Spirit Skill, Gale Dual Wings!"

Only Feng Xiaotian, just as Infatuation was about to close in, forcefully broke free from the red fog's interference. A pair of azure wings unfurled from his back, propelling him upward at full speed to a height of fifty meters above the ground, precisely evading Infatuation's control range.

Swish!

Yet at that very moment, a brilliant golden figure flashed out from the rear of Spirit Hall's formation. Moving with extreme velocity and striking like lightning, a golden beam attacked Feng Xiaotian—who had just ascended into the air—at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

Caught completely off guard, Feng Xiaotian took the hit head-on, stumbling backward as he was sent flying over a dozen meters before finally steadying himself. When he looked up and focused his eyes, he froze in astonishment right where he was.

An ethereal, graceful figure was also floating in mid-air, standing at a distance opposite Feng Xiaotian. Behind her, a flickering golden angel projection emerged, surrounded by six spirit rings: two yellow, two purple, and two black.

Another Spirit Emperor!