But in that brief moment, a sapphire blue silhouette, almost invisible to the eye, swiftly closed in.

Without a doubt, that was the fastest among them, Chelina!

The benefits of her Sword Dance state had reached nearly full potential from the intense parrying earlier, and with Lin Guang's talent blessing, her speed alone was surpassing sound, making her approach almost imperceptible. The Heavy Slash in her hand was poised to strike, further enhanced by the traits of Texas Swordsmanship and the amplification of the Dao Mark within her...

The slash she was about to unleash, if aimed at a stationary target in the outside world, could undoubtedly chop a hundred-meter-tall building clean in half!

Li Kujie seemed unaware, helplessly watching as Chelina closed in.

Though his body didn't move, a barrier suddenly lit up in front of him, as if intent on forcibly resisting the earth-shattering slash.

Then...

Just as Chelina was about to gather her strength, a sly smile suddenly appeared on the old man's face. A piece of white rag suddenly appeared beside him, like an airbag, gently bouncing him away.

And the blade had already swung!

So instead of facing Chelina's blade, it was the worn humanoid rag that took the hit.

It seemed empty, limp, unable to resist in any way against Chelina's terrifying strike, taking the full blow.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

But at that moment, Chelina's eyes narrowed.

Something felt off!

The next instant, the rag was still cut and fell to the ground.

Yet the devastating power of the strike seemed to have been completely absorbed, dissipating entirely, with no Sword Qi continuing to burst forth.

The rag on the ground suddenly emitted a sound of laughter that mingled with sobs.

Then...

From the rag on the ground, an immense amount of deep purple gas suddenly spewed forth, engulfing the surrounding area, including Chelina and Li Kujie, and concealing itself within.

Poisonous Fog Arena.

And this also meant... Li Kujie's last Spirit Beast was exposed.

Poisonous Spirit (Poison/Spiritual)(Purple)

Level 47

Trait: Painted Skin

The rag on its body absorbs the damage of the first attack to a great extent, requiring some time to restore once broken.

With this action, a fearsome purple poison gas spread around, instantly blocking Chelina's vision and perception. Moreover, the poison mist was continuously gathering around her, seemingly trying to invade her body, but was ineffective against the fiercely burning Samadhi True Fire Cloak on her body.

Li Kujie, landing lightly again in the cover of the poison mist, could not suppress a trace of astonishment in his heart.

——He was the Poison King, as the name suggests, an expert in using poison.

The poison in the previous resting room could be said to have sacrificed lethality for concealment, thus unable to penetrate that cloak.

But the current performance clearly meant... although Lin Guang was just a Two-Star Spirit Master, the flame cloak he released could stubbornly resist his deadly poison infiltration.

The difficulty of this was known only to Li Kujie himself, as the Poisoner, and what kind of level Skill or Inheritance could achieve this?

But at this moment, Chelina in the poison mist had already reacted, forcibly calming the emptiness after exerting full power, and the sapphire light once again condensed on her sword, seemingly intending to attack the entire area of the poison mist.

Li Kujie had no time to continue thinking, a slight movement of thought, and the swirling poison gas suddenly changed.

In a flash, centered on him, a strong force of deep purple exploded from the Poisonous Spirit's body, forcibly knocking Chelina, not heavy in weight, away.

Also, with Spiritual Force Control!

Though Chelina was sent flying, she had no problem, only that it was difficult to control her power, being interrupted made it less pleasant. She could only stabilize herself as quickly as possible, steadied on the ground, and witnessed the external situation.

That Tier Five Abyssal Rot Mud was rushing forward with full force toward its Spirit Master's defense.

In just a few seconds, it would draw Li Kujie into its defensive range.

But just then.

Lin Guang clasped his hands in front of his chest, the momentum of his entire body soaring, while the silhouettes of Beast Souls shrouded the two girls by his side.

——There were enemies pursuing from behind, leaving no time for him to concentrate on supporting Chelina, so he opted to use the more powerful, longer preparatory Sword Rain.

So he directly chose to unleash the most familiar and fastest killing move.

Amidst the air filled with unsettling, frenetic, fearful killing intent and malice, an earth-shattering roar echoed once again in the entire scene.

Roar!!

Suddenly Lin Guang, Vishdair, and Lisa's figures disappeared, replaced by a massive, fiery shark.

The surface of this shark looked like crimson lava, with red light seeping through the seams, sharp teeth, and eyes filled with madness—it was the Demon-Eating Tiger Shark!

And unlike their past combined techniques, this time, aside from Lin Guang and Vishdair, Lisa was involved too.

——After the joint exam, Lin Guang had been thinking about whether Lisa could also participate in the construction of this killing move.

This killing move included many effects, put simply, it delivered double physical and spiritual strikes through explosions and aftershocks, simultaneously disrupting the surrounding Ethereal Environment, weakening other Skills.

Theoretically, inserting this Spiritual Element attribute wasn't impossible.

However, executing it was extremely difficult because, in essence, this was a dual Mystical Technique jointly created by Lin Guang and Vishdair during the joint exam, in its early stages, entirely relying on Vishdair's purple Explosion Fist and Lin Guang's three core talents to hold it together, while the rest was quite rough, and adding another person was like stacking blocks on an already unstable base.

A dance for three is always hard to maintain.

And indeed, over these two months, many things happened, preventing him from fully devoting himself to developing the killing move.

However…

There indeed has been some progress.

That is, after Lisa joined, the speed of this maneuver at least doubled!

Boom!!!

The explosion echoed in the air, as the giant shark shot forward like a launched projectile, advancing towards the Poisonous Spirit's spreading [Poisonous Fog Arena].

As the shark charged, ripples spread through the air, and an extreme frenzy of power poured out, sweeping toward the poisonous fog arena ahead.

Wherever it passed, peculiar rocks crumbled directly, and even the air was forcibly shattered, transforming into hot shockwaves blowing in all directions, almost perfectly replicating the dominance and ferocity of the Demon-Eating Tiger Shark in the ocean.

Then… it crashed directly into the poisonous fog arena.

It was not the direct penetration as imagined.

Rumbling——

This arena made of poisonous gas surprisingly displayed incredible resilience at this moment, acting like a giant purple balloon with strong resistance. Although it dented and deformed, and explosions continued where it was bitten, it stubbornly kept the Demon-Eating Tiger Shark at bay.

Inside, the gaunt hands of Li Kujie, forming the Treasure Bottle Seal, revealed a subtle smile.

Lin Guang, your reputation is indeed not unfounded. You have genuinely surprised me.

But old ginger is still spicier.

Defense-type Mystical Technique: [Primordial Poison Thought Ball].

Within the entire sphere, the Spiritual Element Ether and Poison Attribute Ether, under the Spirit Pattern of Li Kujie and the skills of the Poisonous Spirit, performed a miraculous blend, forming a whole, forcefully raising a very special structure.

One could see that the Explosive Power of the Demon-Eating Tiger Shark was vibrating this purple sphere bit by bit, causing it to lose its troublesome elastic structure, while Chelina in the rear had also regrouped, with Sword Light approaching.

But…

The time is about up.

In the watchful eyes of Li Kujie, who had anticipated this, Chelina showed an expression of surprise. Her aura suddenly dropped, even the Samadhi True Fire Cloak extinguished, and the Demon-Eating Tiger Shark, which was only a few meters away, flickered unexpectedly, revealing the figure of three people.

Lisa and Vishdair reluctantly maintained the release of their skills.

But Lin Guang, as a Spirit Master, was already kneeling on the ground, seemingly barely able to maintain his balance, let alone continue driving the Mystical Technique.

Seeing this scene, the hunched old man finally revealed a smug look on his face.

It's finally having an effect. You're quite resilient, kid.

Although that Flame Cloak does suppress his toxin, Lin Guang is still too tender; as a Spirit Master, his physical condition is naturally not as good as a Spirit Beast, getting poisoned right from the start.

A Two-Star Spirit Master poisoned by something Li Kujie has researched for a lifetime is naturally only a matter of time before he collapses. After all, according to common sense, without the ability to dispel abnormal status, under the effect of self-replicating toxins, his condition will only worsen.

And after delaying for these brief seconds, the real main force [Abyssal Rot Mud] had already reached the battlefield overwhelmingly, with energy body poison thorns shooting, hitting the three hard-to-resist girls.

"Ugh…"

"Ah!"

"…"

The skill with paralysis capability took effect instantly, making them lose strength throughout their bodies in an instant, and even Chelina could only hold on for a few more seconds before eventually kneeling on the ground.

Clearly.

The outcome has been decided.

Li Kujie chuckled and dismissed the Mystical Technique.

The Poisonous Spirit around him suddenly inflated, like a giant balloon, sucking in the surrounding poison gas.

Then, this elder dressed in eccentric clothes leisurely walked over, crossing a few meters to stand before Lin Guang, seemingly intending to make a move against him, to trigger the Body-Protecting Spiritual Artifact on him, ending this first lesson.

And then…

Roar!!!

Lin Guang, who seemed to have exhausted all his strength, suddenly raised his head expressionlessly, the Shark Tooth Spiritual Artifact in his hand beginning to glow.

A shark energy body, several meters long, entirely blue in color and subtly different from the Demon-Eating Tiger Shark, abruptly appeared, showing cruel fangs filled with malicious intent toward Li Kujie, biting down.

It bit onto the barrier!

Crack—crack—

The barrier was shattered immediately, but the Poisonous Spirit, which had been prepared, used a powerful spiritual thought to directly immobilize the shark, which had its power mostly drained.

Faced with such a dangerous scene, his eyes showed no surprise, even holding a hint of a smile.

Feigning weakness and then launching a comeback… it's a good idea, just too idealistic.

According to the battle agreement, both sides could only bring one spiritual artifact for protection.

So Lin Guang really has no countermeasures now…

...or does he?

Li Kujie's expression suddenly froze, his pupils rapidly contracting.

Because he sensed the mysterious eruption of Fire Attribute Ether from a very close distance.

Just as the blue shark disappeared, a fist covered in fiery red already appeared right before his eyes.

It turned out to be Lin Guang himself using the Explosion Fist!

At this moment, the youth erupted in an unfathomable stance, raising his fist with bright eyes, no longer showing the appearance of having lost his strength earlier.

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