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"Seven Treasures shine with brilliance!" Ning Rongrong's body gracefully spun in place, releasing dazzling seven-colored light from her body. At the convergence of these colorful lights...
A seven-colored pagoda, over a foot tall, had appeared in the palm of Ning Rongrong's right hand.
"The Seven Treasures renowned fame; First Skill: Strength."
The first yellow spirit ring ascended, enveloping the seven-colored pagoda. Under Ning Rongrong's direction with her left hand, three beams of colored light simultaneously emerged, covering Tang San and his two companions.
Instantly, a warm energy surged into Tang San and the others' bodies through their limbs. They immediately felt full of strength, as if their internal spirit power was boiling and surging upwards.
Zhao Wuji looked at Ning Rongrong in surprise, "Goodness, among this year's candidates, there is actually one from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile family. Not bad, not bad, Principal Flender will surely be thrilled."
As he spoke, the incense in his hand was lit and casually thrown, sticking into the ground.
"The Seven Treasures renowned fame; Second Skill: Speed." Three more beams of light floated out, and Ning Rongrong's second spirit ring also took effect.
Li Luochen closed his eyes to rest. As for this battle, Tang San and the others were bound to get beaten up, that much wouldn't change. In the original timeline, Old Zhao was level 76, but now he's level 84, ridiculously strong, plus he has two spirit bones, one of which is a torso bone.
Even using hidden weapons, Tang San couldn't break through Old Zhao's defenses. So far, on the battlefield, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing were merely scratching Zhao Wuji.
Regarding the fight between Tang San and the other two, Li Luochen found it rather crude. Why would a fast rabbit like Xiao Wu choose brute force? Luckily, she had lived for a hundred thousand years and was experienced. She was actually more suited to being an agility attacker, though given her violent eight-step throw, brute force wasn't entirely misplaced either.
As for Zhu Zhuqing, an agility attacker, her speed was just enough but lacked accuracy and strength. Her attack patterns were too straightforward and easy to predict, something that needed improvement.
As for Tang San... no need to say more. Playing with poison as his Blue Silver Grass currently did wasn't wrong, having extremely strong control. But alas, without the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline or having the Blue Silver King awaken his martial soul, this Blue Silver Grass was doomed.
It probably couldn't break through level seventy. Luckily, his second soul ring was Ghost Vine, slightly supplementing the life source of the Blue Silver Grass, otherwise, it'd be hopeless.
Our esteemed Mr. Yu certainly knows how to take unconventional paths. He has some things but not many, with very rich knowledge reserves, yet he doesn't know how to apply them flexibly.
At this point, the incense had burned down to a quarter. Zhu Zhuqing had already started panting, and Tang San and Xiao Wu were beginning to tire. Continuously scraping away at full strength while Zhao Wuji remained unscathed, they were utterly exhausted.
Now Old Zhao began to move, releasing his powerful spirit energy, causing Tang San and the others to feel a sudden surge of pressure.
"Tired from fighting? It's my turn now."
Zhao Wuji directly unleashed his martial soul, revealing four optimal spirit ring configurations: two yellow, two purple, and four black. Seeing this configuration, Xiao Wu was shocked.
She felt like she had entered a wolf's den. When Li Luocheng introduced them earlier, she hadn't paid close attention. Shape-shifting spirit beasts could be detected by Soul Douluo-level opponents.
"Come on, little brats, I'm going to attack."
Zhao Wuji hadn't discovered Xiao Wu's identity as a spirit beast, nor had even Li Luochen, who possessed the spiritual power of a Title Douluo. Xiao Wu indeed showed no spirit beast aura.
Li Luochen guessed that Tang Hao must have secretly applied something to Xiao Wu to mask her spirit beast aura; otherwise, she would have been discovered long ago.
"Third Spirit Skill, Gravity Control"
One of Zhao Wuji's purple spirit rings shone brightly, and suddenly Tang San and his group were pressed down by a powerful force, unable to move.
Ning Rongrong was even forced to kneel on the ground.
In fact, Zhao Wuji wasn't exerting much force, just adding a bit of weight. Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing could still move, but Ning Rongrong's frail body couldn't handle it, which was normal.
Xiao Wu observed carefully and noticed that Zhao Wuji hadn't paid any attention to her, even glancing over her without any reaction, making Xiao Wu grow bolder.
Xiao Wu directly charged forward using her waist bow, but it was futile. She then prepared to use charm, with predictable results—her mental power was counterattacked. Despite living for a hundred thousand years, she had no brain when it came to using mental attacks against stronger beings; getting counterattacked was inevitable.
Next was Tang San's explosive moment. He disregarded rules and directly wasted a large number of hidden weapons.
Zhao Wuji was no longer the sick bear he used to be; he was in great shape now. Tang San's level of hidden weapons couldn't hurt Zhao Wuji, though Zhao Wuji found it annoying.
Zhao Wuji let out a loud shout, his spirit power violently bursting forth, sending all four present flying.
Already weakened, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were instantly repelled. Dai Mubai originally wanted to catch Zhu Zhuqing, but Li Luochen beat him to it. Oscar caught Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun caught Xiao Wu.
No other reason than that Li Luochen purely wanted to irritate Dai Mubai, making him talk trash! This grudge had lasted a long time; killing him with one slap would be too merciful; slowly tormenting him was the way to go.
Zhu Zhuqing woke up from her dizziness and realized she was in a man's arms. Instinctively wanting to resist, she somehow accepted it upon seeing Li Luochen's face.
Seeing this, Dai Mubai gritted his teeth but dared not speak. Li Luochen wasn't someone he could provoke, so he decided to clear things up with Zhu Zhuqing privately.
After recovering, Tang San continued to attack Zhao Wuji. A small black hammer appeared in his left hand.
Everyone present saw this scene and were immediately shocked—is it a twin martial soul?
Li Luocheng felt the timing was right, set Zhu Zhuqing down, and instantly appeared in front of Tang San, pressing a hand on his shoulder.
"Alright, that's enough. The test is passed. Teacher Zhao used more than fifty percent of his strength. You pass."
Tang San instinctively still wasn't convinced, but under Li Luochen's grip, he couldn't move at all.
"Yes, understood, Senior."
Tang San glanced back and saw Xiao Wu was fine, so he suppressed his desire to fight.
At the same time, he was astonished by Li Luochen's strength—one hand pressing him down completely immobilized him, his overwhelming presence surpassing even Soul Douluo Zhao Wuji.
"Very good, let's go. I'll take you to the dormitory. You'll stay here for half a year, and after about half a year, everyone will move to Shrek City to live and train at the main campus of Shrek Academy."
Li Luochen said casually, exchanged greetings with Zhao Wuji, and then led them to the dormitory.
Nighttime, Zhao Wuji's office
"They're really a bunch of little monsters. I'll have to discipline them properly in the future."
Zhao Wuji sighed over the day's trials when suddenly a voice rang in his ear.
"Zhao Wuji! Come out!"
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