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Under Xuan Ming's interference, Blazing Academy's first wave of coordinated attacks was directly declared a failure. However, this also confirmed for them that the Royal Fighting Team's team coordination was very weak, and this was not a disguise.
It was like a makeshift, hastily assembled team!
It wasn't just bad coordination; it was a complete lack of coordination!
Although their individual abilities were strong, they didn't combine well; they even interfered with each other. Once their tactic of forcefully plowing through the opponent was disrupted, the Royal Fighting Team's offense would become very passive.
However, passive as it was, the huge disparity in overall strength was enough to forcibly compensate for this lack of team coordination.
Having briefly experienced the feeling of being protected by Xuan Ming, Dugu Yan was satisfied. Immediately after, a thick, emerald-green poisonous mist once again spread out, diffusing across the entire competition arena.
Before the match began, Xiao Wu and the others had already taken antidotes, so they wouldn't be too affected by the poisonous mist. But the people from Blazing Academy were in an awkward position.
Facing the enhanced poisonous mist, their individual firepower was no longer enough to incinerate the potent poison. Unwilling to be poisoned, the Blazing Academy members had no choice but to gather together.
With the entire team assembled, their combined firepower was extremely terrifying, directly incinerating and evaporating all the approaching poisonous mist.
"Captain, this isn't going to work. We'll be worn down to death by this poisonous mist," Huo Lie said.
The Royal Fighting Team's strategy was very simple and crude: first release poisonous mist at the start, then the female Spirit Master with the Teleportation Spirit Ability would target one person, forcibly kicking them into the poisonous mist encirclement via Teleportation. Following that, the formidable silver-haired girl would launch a powerful attack, and immediately after, the opponent's agility-attack system Spirit Master would complete the encirclement—a three-on-one!
The Royal Fighting Team's rogue strategy almost always resulted in an instant kill!
If it weren't for Huo Wu's third Spirit Ability, Huo Wushuang would have been taken out in one go at the very beginning.
Now, the opposing Dugu Yan had clearly given up on breaking through individually due to Huo Wu's Spirit Ability, choosing instead to fully unleash the poisonous mist, intending to wear them down to death.
Although they could resist the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison with their concentrated high-temperature flames, the spirit power they used to resist the potent poison was not at all proportional to Dugu Yan's consumption for releasing the poison!
By the time Dugu Yan's spirit power was depleted and she could no longer sustain such a large-scale attack, their spirit power would surely be more than half gone. At that point, if the opponents attacked again, wouldn't they be picked off one by one?
Huo Lie thought of this, and Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu thought of it too. The gap in spirit power levels between their two teams was significant, so if they fell into a war of attrition, they were bound to lose.
Huo Wushuang turned around and met Huo Wu's gaze. Huo Wu nodded, slowly raising her hands, and two clusters of orange-red flames began to rise in her palms.
Seeing this, the other members of Blazing Academy also moved. The two support system Spirit Masters glowed brightly with fire, fully augmenting Huo Wu, while the remaining four, led by Huo Wushuang, formed a defensive formation in front of Huo Wu to prevent an enemy assault.
The flames in Huo Wu's hands burned brighter and brighter, changing from orange-red to eerie blue, then turning incandescent. As the fourth spirit ring on Huo Wu's body flickered, this enormous fireball was almost like a small sun hovering above the arena.
"Huo Wu's Blazing Sun!"
Under this terrifying high temperature, the poisonous mist spread across the arena quickly evaporated. With the full support of the two support Spirit Masters, the power of Huo Wu's attack even surpassed the fifth Spirit Ability of a typical fire-attribute Spirit Master.
"Indeed, talents are emerging in droves."
In the VIP section, seeing the dazzling small sun in the arena, Ning Fengzhi and his party were all a bit surprised. To have such a level of control over a Spirit at this age, this young girl from Blazing Academy was indeed quite outstanding.
However, seeing this scene, Hu Liena and Xue Qinghe's expressions were a bit off.
Because they saw the entire Royal Fighting Team retreat, and Xuan Ming, who was originally standing at the very back, was now passively moved to the very front.
"What a scary fireball, Brother Xuan Ming, go go go!" Ning Rongrong cheered on Xuan Ming with a feigned coquettish.
"I'm really out of options," Dugu Yan shrugged innocently.
She could feel the terrifying power of that small sun, and with her abilities, she definitely couldn't withstand that move!
Her only option would have been to activate her fifth Spirit Ability before the move was completed, forcibly interrupting the opponent.
But now, their preparations were complete, and she was helpless.
"You guys are really trying hard to make me feel involved," Xuan Ming felt a bit tired, but he still moved his feet and walked forward.
"Xuan Ming! If you have the guts, take this move of mine!"
Huo Wu's voice trembled slightly, clearly because the spirit power contained in the sun above her head was too immense, making it extremely difficult for her to suppress it with her own control.
Xuan Ming walked alone to the center of the arena, looking at the small sun Huo Wu held high. "Among the fire-attribute Spirit Masters I've encountered, at least so far, you are the most outstanding one. However, you seem to be overestimating yourself."
"What did you say?!" Huo Wu's eyes narrowed, and she used her last bit of strength to forcibly increase the flames.
Then, an accident happened.
The incandescent fireball began to crack, and the high-temperature flames started to visibly overflow.
"Young people still lack composure," Ning Fengzhi shook his head.
Originally, the fireball this young girl had condensed had already reached her limit of power. As long as she released it, the move would have been a complete success.
But because of Xuan Ming's words, the young girl, in a fit of anger, forcibly compressed and increased the power of the flames again. The power of the flames became too strong, exceeding her control limit, and the fireball was about to go out of control!
"Huo Wu!" Feeling the restless flames, Huo Wushuang's expression changed.
"Throw it out quickly!"
Huo Wu's face turned extremely grim. "I can't control it, I can't throw it."
Damn it! She had just temporarily and forcibly escalated and compressed the power of the flames, and now this thing had become a hot potato, stuck in her own hands!
"Playing with fire, getting burned," Xuan Ming glanced at the gritting-teeth Huo Wu, slowly turned around, and walked towards his team.
"You guys, get back quickly!" Huo Wu gritted her teeth.
"Retreat from what? You're almost exhausted now, you can't handle the out-of-control Huo Wu's Blazing Sun," Huo Wushuang said in a deep voice.
"We've already lost."
"Lost?" Huo Wu's eyes narrowed as she looked at Xuan Ming's departing back. The humiliation in her heart transformed into raging flames.
"I won't lose!"
Huo Wu fiercely gritted her teeth, disregarding the immense pressure brought by the out-of-control fireball. She forcibly activated the remaining spirit power within her body, attempting to regain control of the soon-to-explode fireball.
However, her efforts were futile. The cracks on the surface of the fireball became denser, and the scorching light was like a volcano about to erupt, capable of engulfing everything around it at any moment.
"Huo Wu, don't push yourself anymore!" Huo Wushuang shouted anxiously, simultaneously signaling the other team members to prepare for defense.
Xuan Ming felt the increasingly violent flame aura behind him, his footsteps paused slightly, and his brows furrowed.
This girl isn't going to kill herself playing around, is she?
Thinking that if something happened, the so-called organizing committee of the competition would probably make a fuss about a ban, Xuan Ming sighed and turned around.
"Such a hassle."
A cold white light exploded, instantly enveloping the entire arena.
A terrifying pressure descended upon the members of Blazing Academy. Even with a fireball hovering above their heads, they still felt cold sweat breaking out.
In the audience, whether it was their first time witnessing it or they had seen Xuan Ming's white light before, spectators screamed and gasped in surprise.
"Is this his Talent Domain?" Emperor Xue Ye's face showed a strange expression.
Having heard about it for so many years, this was his first time seeing Xuan Ming's Domain with his own eyes. After all, with his status, he couldn't possibly go to a place like a Spirit Fighting Arena to watch a match.
"School Master Ning, do you know what effect his Domain has?" Emperor Xue Ye couldn't help but ask.
The information he knew was all hearsay, and each one was more exaggerated than the last: things like the 'Nether Domain,' or 'one foot in the grave,' losing consciousness instantly.
He knew that some special Spirits possessed powerful Talent Domains, but a Domain was ultimately a growth-oriented ability. While it could give a Spirit Master a huge advantage within the same rank, it was definitely not as exaggerated as the rumors, let alone Xuan Ming hadn't even cultivated his Beast Spirit.
"Suppression," School Master Ning said.
"All-encompassing suppression. spirit power, mental force, elemental power—all attributes of a Spirit Master will be suppressed, including the activity of various energies within the Domain. Everything will be greatly reduced. Even knowing the effect of his Domain beforehand is meaningless."
"It cannot be prevented, cannot be avoided, cannot be escaped; it can only be faced."
"If one's spirit power level is higher than his, it's fine; relying on powerful spirit power, one can resist the Domain's suppression effect. But if one's spirit power level is lower than his, it's simply a nightmare."
Battles between Spirit Masters often involve intelligence. It's like knowing yourself and your enemy guarantees victory in a hundred battles. If you understand the opponent's Spirit Abilities, capabilities, and fighting style, while the opponent knows nothing about you, then even before the battle begins, the scales of victory have already tipped.
But in this World, there exist some abilities that can only be described as rogue; even if you know about them, it's meaningless!
In fact, knowing them only makes it more despairing!
"What is that?!"
Gu Rong's expression changed, and countless eyes in the arena also turned towards the main competition stage at the center.
Xuan Ming was seen raising his right hand, and with an empty grasp, he aimed at the large fireball above Huo Wu's head that was about to lose control and explode.
"Dark Dome!"
Dark aurora surged and erupted from the void, especially conspicuous within the cold white light. In just an instant, it swallowed the enormous fireball created by Huo Wu, leaving not a single trace.
The scorching high temperature vanished along with the incandescent firelight, as if it had never been there.
The entire venue instantly fell into a dead silence. Everyone's gaze was fixed tightly on Xuan Ming, as if time itself had frozen at that moment.