She wanted to test the full power of her fourth spirit ability under complete ring fusion, and she didn't believe Tang San could withstand it!
Tang San then injected most of his soul power into the Clear Sky Hammer, making it grow enormously in size.
He began swinging the Clear Sky Hammer, and it seemed weightless in his hand.
With each strike that Tang San added to the Clear Sky Hammer, the force displayed was truly extraordinary.
On the stage, Emperor Xue Ye said solemnly to Ning Fengzhi, "Sect Leader Ning, I suppose what Tang San is using now is one of the Clear Sky Clan's secret techniques, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique. I hadn't expected a Clear Sky Hammer without spirit rings to possess such power!"
Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly, "Yes, Your Majesty, the Clear Sky Clan's heritage techniques are indeed powerful. I wonder how that girl from Blazing Academy plans to counter it?"
He was also thinking that it was only due to the former clan leader Tang Chen's creation of these techniques that the Clear Sky Hammer became so formidable. Without these techniques, the Clear Sky Hammer's only advantage would be its weight.
It's because of these techniques that for the true inheritors of the Clear Sky Hammer, spirit rings and spirit abilities aren't the main focus; their purpose is merely to augment, while the abilities themselves are of little importance.
For this reason, the Clear Sky Hammer, with the aid of these techniques, became the continent's number one weapon martial spirit. Otherwise, that title would belong to his uncle, Sword Douluo.
However, now that he thought of the move Sword Douluo had gained insight into from Su Ming's guidance, if Sword Douluo kept practicing it, perhaps the title of the continent's strongest weapon martial spirit might change.
On the stage, only Huo Wu and Tang San remained, as everyone else had moved off.
Huo Wushuang was a bit anxious. Even though Tang San only had one minute of preparation, the accumulated power was already close to the level of a typical Soul King's fifth spirit ability!
Tang San was secretly amused, thinking, "Just wait until I reach forty-nine strikes; I'll definitely defeat you. Even if your fourth spirit ability is a powerful attack skill, you're no match for me!"
After all, his Clear Sky Hammer wasn't like the Blue Silver Grass and wasn't afraid of fire!
"Thirty-first strike… Thirty-fifth strike… Thirty-ninth strike…"
Seeing that the minute was almost up, Huo Wu decided it was time to prepare.
Just a Soul King's fifth spirit ability's power?
That surely wouldn't be enough to stop her!
Suddenly, her fourth spirit ring lit up.
"Fourth Spirit Ability, Flaming Dance of the Sun!"
A dense, fire-attributed energy sphere formed in front of Huo Wu, its power comparable to a regular fifth spirit ring ability.
Su Ming immediately sensed something was off!
After examining more closely, he realized that Huo Wu's fire attribute energy was exceptionally dense, much stronger than Huo Wushuang and the others.
Though Su Ming was puzzled about how Huo Wu had achieved this, it seemed she had mastered fire to an advanced level!
If Huo Wu were to reach the Title Douluo level, her fire attribute energy would continue to intensify. Perhaps she could even achieve the pinnacle of fire mastery one day!
Of course, that was just Su Ming's speculation. Reaching such an achievement would be challenging with her current martial spirit's quality.
Tang San was also shocked by the strength of Huo Wu's fourth spirit ability, but he hadn't completed his accumulation of power yet. Victory would still be his!
As he was thinking this, Huo Wu moved on to the next step: ring fusion!
The other three spirit rings on Huo Wu's body detached and adhered to her "Flaming Dance of the Sun," fusing completely.
Boom!
The massive fireball grew even larger and hotter!
The audience began sweating from the heat.
The only cool place was the spectator section of Tianshui Academy.
Shui Bing'er had unleashed her ice power, creating a small field of cold air, drawing nearby spectators who couldn't resist moving closer to her for relief.
Xue Wu said in astonishment, "Bing'er, I didn't expect Huo Wu to have this trump card. But what is this? Her spirit rings can fuse to enhance her fourth spirit ability!"
Shui Bing'er admitted that she didn't know, guessing it was a unique talent of Huo Wu's. She hadn't anticipated such a trump card, with power comparable to their previous dual martial spirit fusion technique!
Ning Fengzhi also seemed surprised, muttering, "Who would've thought this little girl could fuse rings? She has talent, but I wonder if she can fully control this overwhelming power."
Ring fusion certainly enhances the power of a spirit ability. However, if it exceeds the user's tolerance, it could be problematic.
On Su Ming's side, Ning Rongrong gasped, "She fused her rings! Looks like Tang San might lose. Even if Huo Wu can't control this power, in a one-on-one match, if Tang San dodges, he loses; if he doesn't, he still loses!"
Xiao Wu asked curiously, "Rongrong, what is ring fusion?"
"Ring fusion is when you channel all of your spirit ring's power into one spirit ability, maximizing its power. It requires a large amount of soul power, and if the user isn't strong enough to control it, they might lose control," Ning Rongrong explained seriously.
Zhu Zhuqing's cool voice chimed in, "Rongrong, you seem very familiar with fusion. Can you do it too?"
Ning Rongrong blinked, "Yes! I learned it a long time ago from my father. I didn't think it was that impressive at the time, but I later realized it takes special talent to master."
Su Ming then remembered that Ning Rongrong's father, Ning Fengzhi, was considered a master of ring fusion, and compared to the Clear Sky Clan's explosive techniques, ring fusion was less damaging to spirit masters.
However, Su Ming had one question in mind. Since both Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong were support-type spirit masters, how useful was ring fusion for them?
Their spirit abilities weren't designed to increase in power through ring fusion.
"Rongrong, I have a question. I know a bit about ring fusion, but in my opinion, it's more helpful to offensive-type spirit masters. So what's its use for Ning Uncle and you as support-type spirit masters?"
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