After the Spirit Master Competition, besides establishing the Wisdom Palace, Su Wen invested a lot of effort into being vigilant against Spirit Hall.
In the original work, Spirit Hall launched the Soul Annihilation operation five years after the Spirit Master Competition, before the next one, attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, essentially removing the two major sects from the Continent.
Subsequently, as news spread across the Continent and it trembled, Spirit Hall took the opportunity to step forward to condemn the culprits, distancing themselves while announcing that they would re-select the seven major sects in a year through a competition to determine the strongest comprehensive strength among them.
As for whether the Spirit Master Competition held during that time was conducted normally, Su Wen had no way of knowing.
He only knew that one year after that supposed Spirit Master Competition, there was a sect competition.
Of course, these details weren't the main focus.
The most important thing was the Soul Annihilation operation launched by Spirit Hall.
Although Su Wen had already preliminarily gained strong power and substantial fame through the establishment of Wisdom Palace, gaining a certain influence on the Continent,
his strength was still far from enough.
If Spirit Hall were to launch the Soul Annihilation operation again,
Su Wen dared not say he could protect the two major sects as much as possible in front of Spirit Hall's many strong individuals.
Even if he could only protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it would likely be very difficult.
Even worse, while it may be possible to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's main line, the entire sect would inevitably be attacked and destroyed by Spirit Hall.
This is the strength of Spirit Hall.
Therefore, after obtaining the sixth Spirit Ring and establishing the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge in various major cities, Su Wen also kept an eye on Spirit Hall's movements.
As the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect intensified, their relationship became increasingly tense, and conflicts erupted more frequently. Spirit Hall displayed more and more power, which reassured Su Wen.
Because he noticed that Spirit Hall seemed to have targeted the Clear Sky Sect, rather than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as in the original work.
Certainly, Su Wen's own influence played a role in this.
He carefully considered all possibilities and felt that one of them was closest to the truth.
That is, Bibi Dong's Soul Annihilation operation, while planning for the future Martial Spirit Empire, the emergence of this idea itself is crucial.
Why does she want to lead Spirit Hall to unify the Continent?
Previously, Su Wen always attributed Bibi Dong's incomprehensible actions to her being a love-struck and crazy woman.
However, after careful consideration for a while, Su Wen discovered something he hadn't noticed before.
That is, Bibi Dong is undergoing a divine examination.
And the divine position she inherits is the Rakshasa God!
What does the divine examination of the Rakshasa God entail?
On this point, the original work does not provide any explanation.
Therefore, perhaps some of the irrational and crazy actions taken by Bibi Dong are part of the divine examination?
It cannot be said that she is completely coerced by the divine examination. It can only be said that due to her love-struck mentality and a bit of madness in her mind, she was captured by the Rakshasa God and magnified. Step by step, she was thoroughly guided towards a direction more suitable for inheriting the position of the Rakshasa God.
"The Rakshasa God oversees evil thoughts, controls the power of evil and resentment slaughter, represents all negative emotions in the world, and stirring up war is the most suitable expression of its divine position philosophy."
In addition to stirring up war, there is also slaughter.
It's slaughter related to resentment, not just accumulation of killing intent.
This is the difference between the Rakshasa God and the Asura God.
So, could Bibi Dong's task be to destroy sects?
And for added difficulty, in the process of destroying sects, it would be reasonable to at least kill several Titled Douluo, right?
Su Wen didn't dare to affirm that his guess was definitely correct.
However, after today, he estimated that he could make a preliminary judgment.
However, how Bibi Dong is, actually isn't very important to Su Wen.
At this moment, he looked at the seven experts in front of him, and a hint of killing intent gradually appeared in his eyes.
"You may have underestimated our strength."
Xiao Zhan's eighth hunt was for an eighty-thousand-year-level Flame Master, and he obtained its spirit bone.
After absorbing the Flame Master's Spirit Ring, coupled with the evolution brought by the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower Martial Spirit, his Soul Power directly reached eighty-third level due to his previous accumulation at the seventy-ninth level and the feedback brought by condensing the Spirit Core.
After absorbing the spirit bone of the eighty-thousand-year Flame Master, he fortunately leveled up once more.
At that time, Su Wen imparted External Strength and Internal Strength to Xiao Zhan, and he had long ago given Xiao Zhan the Spirit Fusion Technique as well.
Two years later, Xiao Zhan also successfully increased his Soul Power by five levels.
In other words, his Soul Power reached eighty-nine levels.
Of course, this rapid increase was brought about by the evolution of his Martial Spirit and the cultivation of techniques. When he passes through the second major bottleneck—condensing the second Spirit Core and reaching the realm of Titled Douluo—his cultivation speed will become somewhat more normal.
However, at present, Xiao Zhan rightfully stands at the peak of Spirit Douluo.
At eighty-nine levels of Soul Power, plus the completion of Soul Power solidification and the condensation of the Spirit Core, the only difference between him and a Titled Douluo is a ninth Spirit Ring. Moreover, Xiao Zhan doesn't rely primarily on Spirit Rings or Spirit Skills as his main combat methods.
So, in all aspects, Xiao Zhan possesses the combat power of a Titled Douluo level. He is not like Poison Douluo, who leans towards benig a weak control-type Titled Douluo, but rather possesses the strength of an Attack-type Titled Douluo.
In addition to Ning Fengzhi's enhancement.
And Su Wen's perfected Rings Fusion Technique for him.
In the short term, resisting even a ninety-fifth level Super Douluo head-on is not a problem.
This is Xiao Zhan.
"Kid, prepare to die!" The Seventh Elder, irritated by Su Wen's indifferent attitude, his Spirit Ring shimmering, immediately charged with the Clear Sky Hammer in hand.
"Uncle Zhan, I'll leave this Seventh Elder to you," Su Wen said.
"Got it!"
Xiao Zhan looked at the approaching Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder, eager to try his skills.
Just moments ago, he had effortlessly dispatched an assassin at the Spirit Saint level, leaving him unsatisfied.
He hadn't even exerted his full strength, yet the Spirit Saint-level assassin was easily dealt with.
Now, he hopes this Seventh Elder of Clear Sky Sect can provide him with enough pressure.
Xiao Zhan's eager anticipation was evident, further fueling the Seventh Elder's anger.
As a member of the Clear Sky Sect, he shouldn't have been so impulsive and quick-tempered. However, under Spirit Hall's suppression and Clear Sky Sect's forced withdrawal from the Spirit Master realm in recent years, the Spirit Masters of Clear Sky Sect have developed some inferiority complex.
No, more precisely, it's not inferiority.
It's a kind of dissatisfaction.
Especially now, with Xiao Zhan's attitude, it seems to question Clear Sky Sect's reputation as the number one sect and the Tool Martial Spirit Clear Sky Hammer's title as the best in the world.
Facing a Titled Douluo of Clear Sky Sect, he still wants to fight against him?
Isn't that underestimating the prestige of the Clear Sky Hammer too much?
"Hahaha, let me see the true power of the Clear Sky Hammer!"
Xiao Zhan burst into laughter, his seventh Spirit Ring shining brightly, as if he had transformed into the master of flames.
After his Martial Spirit evolved and absorbed the Spirit Ring of the Flame Master, his seventh Spirit Skill, Martial Spirit True Body, also took on this new form.
The Fire Demon form.
In this pure flame form, he seemed naturally attuned to fire, maximizing the use of the Fire Demon Style.
Outside his body, the eight Spirit Rings layered heavily, seemingly perfectly fused together, and then integrated into his body.
Rings Fusion Technique.
Previously used only for bursts of power, it had now been perfected with Su Wen's assistance to seamlessly integrate into his Martial Spirit.
The most significant ability in this state is that he can effortlessly use these eight Spirit Skills as if it were instinctual.
No longer relying on Spirit Rings.
Boom!
The two sides erupted in their first collision.
The Seventh Elder was pushed back by the raging flames, his expression changing slightly.
"Hahaha, Clear Sky Hammer and the Clear Sky Sect are nothing!" Xiao Zhan was extremely arrogant at this moment.
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