In the center of the battlefield, the two men shook hands.
Yan Xujia hadn't expected Xia Feng to truly show up today, especially with such an indifferent demeanor, completely unaware of the gap between their Spiritual Clothes, battle experience, and most importantly, their Spiritual Artifacts.
It was both ridiculous and pathetic.
"Xia Feng, do you know how to write the word 'stupid'?"
His mouth twitched, his tone slightly mocking, "You're like those two bugs below, never seeing how high the sky is, short-sighted and utterly unaware."
"Perhaps this is the tragedy of you lower-class people."
Xia Feng frowned slightly and said helplessly, "You sure talk a lot of nonsense."
"..." Yan Xujia was choked up, shut up, and opened his mouth again, wanting to say something.
"If you're going to fight, just fight, stop babbling here." Xia Feng waved his hand and turned to walk back to his starting position.
"Really asking for death!" A cold and strange light flashed in Yan Xujia's eyes, a playful smile on his lips. Since that's the case, don't blame me for not being merciful.
"Attention one, unless there are exceptions, when one party concedes or is unconscious for ten seconds and unable to wake up, the duel ends, and the winner can be determined."
A priest of the Justice Church Court, dressed in a large white robe, stood on the high platform of the sky, his hands behind his back, and said solemnly, "Attention two, each fair duel is limited to five minutes. If the winner is not decided within five minutes, it will be considered a draw and the duel forcibly ended."
"Attention three....."
"Contestants, please prepare, the duel is about to begin, ten-second countdown, 9, 8——"
Xia Feng's gaze sharpened, fully focused.
"3, 2——"
"Ding—"
The match bell rang for the third time.
"Whoosh!!" In an instant, Xia Feng transformed into a trail of golden mist, with his elongated golden tail creating a barely visible trailing effect in high-speed movement, flashing across the battlefield.
His Plan A strategy was simple: use every means to force Yan Xujia to reveal his Spiritual Artifact's power.
"Tsk, you think a One-tail can get close to me?" The moment Yan Xujia started the technique with one hand, his body shimmered with black and gold light, eventually converging into five black and gold orbs between his joined index fingers.
His lips slightly curled, he pointed forward, and five unstable shrinking thunder orbs, carrying the might of thunder, rushed towards Xia Feng like five Heavenly Thunders.
"C-grade Spiritual Clothes·Death Five Thunders"
Dark clouds obscured the daylight, five thunder lights as if stealing all the colors from the world, blocking all space ahead, leaving Xia Feng with no escape!
Only two seconds into the match, before anyone could react, they were frozen in fear by the scene, holding their breaths.
"Done for! Starting with his ultimate move, he's aiming to put Xia Feng to death!"
Even if they didn't think highly of Xia Feng, the crowd couldn't help but feel anxious for him.
But, contrary to everyone's expectations, Xia Feng chose not to retreat, but charged directly into the Thunder Array formed by the linking of the Five Thunders.
"Damn, is this fool crazy!!"
Most had bet that Xia Feng would last more than ten seconds, and now his suicidal attack was undoubtedly putting their lives on the line.
"It can't be over before it even starts..."
But what happened next made everyone's eyes widen in disbelief.
In the terrifying Thunder Array, two long tails appeared on Xia Feng's tail section, wrapping around his waist to form a protective shield that barely resisted the erosion of the lightning.
"Two-tails?" Yan Xujia was momentarily stunned, somewhat surprised in his heart. Had Xia Feng learned to use Two-tails so quickly? Didn't he just get the Six-tailed blueprint a week ago?
"How is this possible so quickly?" Zhao Jie, sitting in the referee's room, was equally surprised, slowly straightening his back, his gray eyes narrowed.
As the acting president, he knew well how difficult Six-tails was to learn, and Xia Feng's learning progress had already broken the club's record.
In fact, with the foundation of One-tail, it was even simpler than One-tail for Mu Qingtong, who was already adept at it.
So, four days ago, Mu Qingtong took the time to master Two-tails, and naturally, Xia Feng also studied intensely and learned it in 0.01 seconds.
It was too easy.
Seeing Xia Feng's grinning mouth on the verge of breaking through the Thunder Array, Yan Xujia slightly smiled, "Xia Feng, you are celebrating too early."
"Thunder Step," thought Yan Xujia as he stepped back, gathering power beneath his feet, where a web-like electric current flashed. He rode the lightning straight into the air, thirty meters high, put his hands together in a strange starting gesture, and murmured softly, "Heavenly Thunder rains down."
Immediately, dense droplets of electric rain fell out of nowhere into the battlefield's sky, merging with the silver lightning serpents meandering wildly within the Thunder Array, creating a peculiar splitting effect, like cells dividing. Astonishingly, the scope of the Thunder Array began to expand rapidly.
This is the advantage of having many Spiritual Clothes—using some weaker N-grade and C-grade Spiritual Clothes in combination to produce a combined technique, resulting in a perfect effect where 1+1 is more than 2.
[Initial insight into the general structure of Thunder Spiritual Clothes achieved, your understanding of Thunder Spiritual Clothes has increased, successfully mastered N-grade Spiritual Clothes "Heavenly Thunder rains down."]
[Your understanding of Thunder Spiritual Clothes has increased, successfully mastered D-grade Spiritual Clothes "Thunder Step."]
"!" Xia Feng's pupils dilated, shocked. The Witch's learning speed seems to have accelerated again?! And it was viscerally fast, previously mastering D-grade Spiritual Clothes needed structural diagrams and required much contemplation.
But now... damn it, just watching the effects being deployed and he knows it?
His peripheral vision subconsciously glanced toward Mu Qingtong, only to see the black-dressed woman sitting tranquilly at a higher spot among the crowd, her demeanor serene, with a faint smile on her lips watching him intently.
For some reason, Xia Feng felt a chill down his spine.
Forget it, no matter! Since that's the case, I can slightly alter my attack plan.
Using Mu Qingtong might make it easier to force out Yan Xujia's Spiritual Artifact.
Xia Feng thought quickly, looking up into the sky.
Yan Xujia looked down with amusement, flicking his hand towards Xia Feng with a sly smile.
Xia Feng's lips slightly curled, his foot stepping back to gather power: "Thunder Step!"
Thunder Step was extremely fast, but its drawback was very obvious—it only worked in places with strong electrical currents.
Whoosh—Xia Feng rode the thunder into the air, and in Yan Xujia's startled expression, he had already rushed in front of him.
Yan Xujia reacted very quickly; his face changed drastically as he quickly retreated, narrowly dodging Xia Feng's electrified whip kick.
At the same time, the entire audience was in an uproar.
"Goodness, he can do Thunder Step too?"
"Looks like he specially learned it in a crash course to deal with Yan Xujia's Death Five Thunders."
"Are you joking, a crash course? Have you ever seen anyone learn a D-grade Spiritual Clothes in one week? Moreover, to use it so proficiently!"
Yan Xujia's face scrunched up, his brow furrowing as he coldly stared at Xia Feng: "You... "
As he spoke, his foot suddenly stepped back, "Thunder Burst!"
With his low muttered incantation, countless aimless electric serpents in the arena became frenzied.
A thunder serpent right in front of Xia Feng even exploded directly, the hot pain of the blast hitting his face, prompting Xia Feng to turn and run.
Fortunately, Yan Xujia hadn't mastered the B-grade Spiritual Clothes Great Heavenly Guide, which would allow for mass explosions. Now, he could only detonate them one by one, but this still caused Xia Feng to be chased by a series of terrifying thunderstorms.
[Your understanding of Thunder Spiritual Clothes greatly increased, successfully mastered D-grade Spiritual Clothes "Thunder Burst."]
"Ha—just as expected!"
Mu Shen! You truly are my god! Xia Feng turned to look at Yan Xujia, raised his hand, and grinned, "Thunder Burst!"
Just didn't believe that wouldn't force out your Spiritual Artifact!