Chapter 49: Unbreakable Defense
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Amon's avatars were his contingency plan against his main body's death, as well as his primary means of gathering information and eavesdropping.
Whenever he arrived at a place, he would spread his avatars out.
Since he currently lacked the ability to forcibly parasitize and control others, his avatars could only walk around with the same appearance as him.
He didn't want others to know his greatest trump card, so disguising the avatars was necessary.
Amon's avatars needed to wear clothes of various styles and comb their hair in different ways for this purpose…
Some of those who were active around the main body and had a lot of contact with acquaintances even had to steel themselves and slap their own faces a few times to minimize the risk of being recognized.
Of course, none of this mattered much; the biggest sacrifice for the avatars was having to change their habits and not wear a monocle!
This was simply against Amon's nature!
Amon, disguised as a merchant, silently watched the two people confronting each other. Yan Jin always managed to get into fights with all sorts of people for various reasons.
Amon wasn't surprised by the development of her going out for a meal and getting into a conflict with someone.
Or rather, he would be surprised if something didn't happen.
"Romier, level 40, defense-type battle Soul Master."
Romier revealed his spirit, a purple, translucent, thin light screen.
"Level 40?" Yan Jin was taken aback.
"What, are you surprised? Among the students in the academy who are qualified to participate in the upcoming Soul Master Competition, my spirit power level is the highest."
Romier proactively announced his spirit power level, hoping that Yan Jin would back down.
"What's the point of having high spirit power? You have to fight to know," Yan Jin was a practical fighter who never looked at surface data.
"Great Fire Blast!"
Romier's smile didn't change as he put his right index and middle fingers together, and a purple halo flowed, creating a thin layer of light screen at his fingertips.
This layer of light screen was like an insurmountable wall, firmly blocking Yan Jin's attack.
Yan Jin frowned. She felt that it was somewhat similar to Amon's spirit power materialization, but the condensed substance was more resilient.
"I don't believe it…" She increased her spirit power output.
More magma poured out of her arm, creating layers of ripples on the light screen.
Seeing this, Romier's second spirit ring flashed, and the light screen returned to stability.
He just stood there, one hand extended and the other in his pocket, letting Yan Jin attack.
"What's wrong? Is that all you've got? You haven't eaten, have you…? I'll let you use one hand."
He dug his nose with his empty left hand, looking down at Yan Jin, who was only up to his chest.
After futilely hammering away, Yan Jin began to think of a countermeasure.
She retracted the magma and charged forward.
She threw a tentative punch, but a huge force came from the barrier, making her arm ache.
"It's useless. So far, no Soul Master with a lower spirit power level than me has been able to break through my defense," Romier said calmly.
Apart from Amon, this was the first time Yan Jin had been defeated by a young person. She said angrily:
"Which class are you in?"
Romier picked his ear and said disdainfully, "Guess."
Yan Jin snorted, "Even if you don't tell me, I can find out. When I find a way to deal with you…"
After Yan Jin left, Romier breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered, "Where did this little monster come from? She's almost as good as that ice block from Class One."
…
In the library, Amon placed the opened book on the table, leaned back slightly, raised his hand to adjust the bottom edge of his glasses, and whispered, "A very interesting ability."
Within a certain range, Amon's avatars could directly transmit information to the main body or other avatars through their minds.
He also used a method similar to signal base stations, continuously transmitting information through each avatar to extend the distance very far.
Seeing the battle between Yan Jin and Romier through the avatar's perspective, he became somewhat interested in this young man who looked to be in his twenties.
Not far in front of him, Bi Da'er held a pen and a notebook, organizing information about noteworthy students in the academy, analyzing who were competitors and who could be won over.
Bi Da'er suddenly stopped writing and asked:
"Amon, have you considered the composition of the team? The Soul Master Competition mainly focuses on team battles, which require the cooperation of Spirit Masters with different tendencies.
"I'm not worried about the academy competition. With the strength shown by you, Yan Jin, and Lei Yin, as long as the other members aren't too bad, it won't be difficult to win.
"But since you said that the goal is to win the championship in the Soul Master Competition, then the remaining team members must be carefully considered.
"You are a support-type Soul Master, Yan Jin is a power-attack-type Soul Master, and Lei Yin and I are agility-attack-type Soul Masters…
"According to a reasonable team composition, we should also need a Spirit Master with healing abilities, a control-type Soul Master, and a defense-type Soul Master.
"I've met some talented students before, but according to your vision, they don't quite meet the requirements."
Amon smiled and shook his head, "Bi Da'er, there's no need to think so much now. In two years, everything will become clear… Just set a general direction.
"There's still a lot of time, and a small accident could overturn the original detailed plan, so there's no need to consider it in too much detail until things are really close.
"Do you know someone named Romier? He should also be a third-year student. His spirit is a light screen with defensive properties."
"Romier? Are you talking about that 'despicable Romier'?" Bi Da'er blurted out.
"It seems you know him. Can you tell me more about him?" Amon asked with interest.
"Romier… he is not of noble birth, but he has a good talent, and his spirit is a very special one. Brady, Ilya, Hussein, and Franco have all expressed their intention to recruit him, but there has been no result yet," Bi Da'er replied naturally without much thought.
"No result, which means he hasn't agreed, nor has he explicitly refused… Is he playing the waiting game?" Amon subconsciously made this judgment.
"You could say that, but I think he's more hesitant," Bi Da'er said in a low voice.
"Hesitant?"
Bi Da'er nodded:
"Yes, Romier's ability is very powerful. There are almost no attacks that he can't block, um, of course, I mean within the same rank.
"His spirit is 'Barrier,' and the effects of his first, second, and third spirit rings are all to increase the defense of the barrier.
"But the flaws are also obvious. His barrier cannot leave his body and can only respond to attacks from one direction.
"Romier doesn't have the ability to entangle opponents. He can only ensure that he is not defeated. If other teams have learned about his abilities in advance, then it will be easy to target him.
"So when Brady and others invited him, although they promised generous rewards, they hoped that his fourth spirit ring selection would be more beneficial to the team.
"And this goes against Romier's original intention."
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