After JoyBoy opened his eyes, he saw that Huo Wu used her Defying Flame Ring once more.
The instant Shrek Academy was about to defeat their opponents, they were shot out by the Defying Flame Ring. Their attack was broken by the Defying Flame Ring yet again, and this time even Tang San was thrown out, temporarily halting the battle between both sides.
While on the brink of catastrophe, the crisis of Blazing Academy's main assault force was resolved. Even though Huo Wu had saved her teammates at the crucial moment, right now she was already covered with a layer of sweat.
Having escaped disaster, Huo Wushuang and the others didn't hesitate to try and swiftly form up with the other three team members, returning to their original triangular formation.
After JoyBoy saw this, he clicked his tongue and used voice compression technique, quickly telling his plan to his team members. Then, he asked his martial spirit to help him with hiding his cultivation level and spirit rings when he uses his abilities.
After he got affirmation from his martial spirit, he looked at the opposite team and saw that Huo Wu had slowly raised her hands causing a pair of orange flames to emit from her palms, rising a meter high. This seemed to be a signal, and the other six Blazing Academy members moved simultaneously.
Seeing this, JoyBoy thought "Not on my watch!" and used his fourth and fifth spirit ring's abilities simultaneously. His martial spirit helped him in hiding his spirit rings making sure that he is able to use his abilities without others finding out how he used them.
He pointed his index finger at the Huo Wu and said in his mind
"Bakudo #61: Rikujokoro"
The next moment, six thin, wide beams of purple coloured light slammed into Huo Wu's mid section and held her in place. She tried to resist and break free from them but it didn't help. It even stopped her from using her spirit power which caused the flame summoned by her to quietly disappear.
This scene shocked everyone since no one present had expected that someone in the Shrek Academy team had a control ability like this. By the time they looked towards them, Tang San and others had moved towards their four opponents in the front to attack.
Only JoyBoy was still standing in the same position with his hand still pointing towards Huo Wu. Seeing him as the source of the control ability shocked everyone once again since everyone always saw him battling his opponents in close combat.
"Self created ability!"
Since JoyBoy didn't use any one of his spirit rings which could only mean that the control type skill used by him was a self created ability.
In the VIP seats, Salas's tried to control his emotions but if anyone saw his eyes, he/she would be able to notice the greed and a slight killing intent in his eyes. He thought
"He must either join spirit hall or be eradicated at any cost."
Ning Fengzhi looked at Bone Douluo and both could see the agitation in each other's eyes. They knew just how important such skill could be for their clan. Ning Fengzhi felt a little angry at himself for not having spoken to JoyBoy all this time, even though he was in the same team as his daughter. He had decided that today, he would definitely ask his daughter about him.
Meanwhile on the stage, JoyBoy used 'Soru' and directly appeared in front of Huo Wu was struggling to get free from his Rikujokoro. She looked at him when she sensed him and he looked into her eyes and said in a soft voice
"You shouldn't have attacked me."
While saying this, JoyBoy raised both his hands, pointing the index finger of each hand at the auxiliary system spirit master on the left and right, who were moving to attack him and said in his mind
"Hado #1: Sho"
The next moment, a small amount of energy was dispelled from the tip of his index fingers, with enough force to thrust a considerable amount of kinetic force at the two auxiliary system spirit masters, which directly pushed them out of the stage.
When this happened, Huo Wu stopped struggling and looked at him with dazed eyes. Seeing her reaction, JoyBoy smiled and looked towards Tang San and others who were still fighting Huo Wushuang and his three team members and softly said
"Cage"
The next moment, black light burst from Tang San. Five beams of black light shot up, blue silver cages forming instantly, completely enveloping Huo Wu and the four Blazing Academy students who were still fighting. Let alone the spirit power they had used up, even if they hadn't, breaking through the restraint of this ten thousand year spirit ability wasn't that easy.
When that happened, JoyBoy undid his 'Rikujokoro' on Huo Wu the moment she was trapped in the cage. Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang and other three tried to break free from the cages using their fire type abilities but to their disbelief realized that their abilities had no effect on the cages. Huo Wu who had dazed eyes just a moment ago was also looking at this with a clear disbelief and lifeless look on her face.
Tang San stood there quietly, straightening his somewhat creased uniform, his gaze flatly watching the not distant, already completely lifeless, five Blazing Academy team members.
"Did you really think I didn't use spirit abilities out of fear of your flames? Not all plants fear fire. There will always be exceptions. You were lead to make this false conclusion by me from the very start. You thought to rely on your fire attribute spirits to massively restrict my capabilities. That's why you used such unscrupulous attacks, right? Unfortunately, your judgement was in error. I didn't use spirit abilities in order to have you continue being mistaken. Until now, you have already consumed far, far too much spirit power. Let me tell you a fact. My Blue Silver Grass, is fireproof."
Woah——
The stands seemed to explode. All kinds of commenting voices rose and fell, those supporting Shrek Academy cheered, those supporting Blazing Academy shouted indignantly. But none of this could change the result of this match.
The Blazing Academy team had already completely lost their fighting spirit. Even their captain, Huo Wushuang, was no exception.
"We, con——cede——."
The words were practically squeezed out between Huo Wu's clenched teeth. Grinding her teeth, she constantly stared fixedly at Tang San. They were equally fortieth something ranked Spirit Masters, but the feeling this youth who still seemed younger than her gave her was deep and immeasurable. He was like an endless mine, constantly revealing new abilities, bit by bit. And each time, his opponents would suffer defeat.
Withdrawing the Blue Silver Prisons, both teams got back into formation as the referee came back on the stage. The result of this match was already settled, even without anyone being injured. But right now the expressions of both teams had already made a complete reversal.
The faces of the seven Blazing Academy members no longer had the confidence from before, replaced by unreconciliation. Especially Huo Wu. Her big beautiful eyes stared rigidly at Tang San, as if she wanted to bite him. She was unreconciled, truly unreconciled.
"We'll still meet again. Next time, you won't have such luck."
Huo Wu glared at Tang San with burning eyes.
Tang San smiled calmly,
"Any time."
Always in the past, she had been a darling of the academy. Among the five great elemental academies, her strength was absolutely in the top five, maybe even the top three. But losing like this to a nameless opponent, and moreover losing in both intelligence and strength, that was absolutely an unpleasant feeling.
This fight was an enormous blow to her, and that helpless feeling when facing Tang San was especially painful. How they had ultimately lost even though she felt they were stronger than the opponents, and even the loss was somewhat mysterious, all because of the simple word 'fireproof'.
While Huo Wu was thinking about this, her eyes unknowingly moved towards JoyBoy who was standing with his eyes closed. Looking at his face instantly reminded her of how she was made to feel powerless because of his self created abilities.
"Next time, your self created ability won't be enough to help your team win the match."
Meanwhile with JoyBoy, after Huo Wu conceded, his martial spirit once again went through a change. While he was lining up with his team members, he closed his eyes and checked his martial spirit, making sure everything was back to normal. He had sensed that, before turning back into Power Gem, his martial spirit had sent energy into his physical body for some time, making it stronger.
By the time he had finished inspecting the changes in his martial spirit, he heard Huo Wu talking about self created ability. This made him curious and he opened his eyes to see who she was speaking to. When he saw her looking at him, he politely asked her
"Are you speaking to me ?"
"Of course, I am speaking to you. Your self created ability caught us by surprise but that won't happen again."
JoyBoy softly said
"You shouldn't make such excuses just because you lost your match. That's not good for your team."
"I am not making excuses. When you used those skills of yours, I didn't see you use any of your spirit rings."
Meanwhile, everyone in the surroundings were listening to their conversation as they were interested in the topic. Hearing her response, he facepalmed. He was already angry at her and he knew that now what she was saying would increase the danger he was in, to a much higher level.
He decided to stop being polite towards her and be direct at her.
"Just because you didn't see me use my spirit rings doesn't mean that I didn't use them, OK! MORON!"
His loud and impolite words caught her by surprise and her eyes widened. She pointed her finger at him and tried to speak
"You...you..."
Before she could continue, he impolitely said
"What you you ? No wonder brother San didn't take you seriously from the beginning and called you naive."
Huo Wu had grown up in an environment where she was the focus of everyone's attention. Even as a girl, whether at home or at the academy, she'd always been cherished. Further adding her extraordinary talent, she had always been at the summit of her peers.
This year she was nineteen, and had already reached fortieth ranked strength. At Blazing Academy this could be said to be unprecedented. Her pride was justified. In appearance, strength, background, she didn't lack the capital for pride. However, right now she was unable to forget JoyBoy's expression, and even more unable to forget Tang San calling her naive.
To Huo Wu, she hadn't lost just a match, but at the same time she had lost her pride and dignity. The outcome of this match was really a huge blow to her. What she was most unable to accept was that Tang San's attributes restraining hers left her without the chance to turn the tables on him.
While JoyBoy was speaking, he had already boosted all of his attributes to three hundred times making sure that he was ready in case if anything unexpected happens. Hearing him, Huo Wu's face turned red from shame, her eyes turned red on the brink of tears while she furiously kept looking between JoyBoy and Tang San.
Shrek Academy, eleven fights and eleven wins. Blazing Academy, eleven fights with ten wins and one loss. Even though it was only one loss, it was still enough to separate them from the true leading group.
Both sides withdrew under the cheers from the audience. Tang San had just stepped off the stage when Oscar, Ma Hongjun and the others already came rushing over.
Oscar laughed out loud, saying
"Little San, Little JoyBoy, you're really quite something."
They all knew about the ice and fire immunity of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, but being able to use it like this had broadened everyone's minds. They also didn't expect JoyBoy to have such amazing skills A fight that should originally have been bitter had ended so easily. JoyBoy didn't speak with anyone and silently listened to their conversation with his usual smile. The Shrek Academy group didn't rest for long and directly returned to the Academy.