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Leaving the Great Spirit Arena, Xuan Ming returned to the hotel alone to rest.
Blocking the Ice Phoenix was not difficult for him; in fact, if he wanted to, he could disperse that thing with a single palm strike.
After all, his control over ice elements was completely incomparable to Shui Bing'er's.
However, at that time, he first stabilized the Ice Phoenix by injecting a large amount of ice energy, and then forcibly seized control. This operation consumed a lot of his mental force.
Due to the existence of the Dragon Bone and the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Spirit Core, his spirit power recovered very quickly, but his mental force recovery remained at a normal level.
In all these years, it was the first time he had consumed so much mental force at once in such a short period.
His mind felt empty, and he was a bit unaccustomed to it... Knock, knock!
Not long after he lay down, a knock sounded at the door.
"I'm sleeping."
Saying that, Xuan Ming covered his head with a pillow.
"It's me."
Shui Bing'er's clear, cold voice came from outside the door.
Xuan Ming sighed, got up, and opened the door.
Opening the door, Shui Bing'er stood at the entrance, her face still a bit pale. She looked up at Xuan Ming, who seemed to have just woken up, and opened her mouth, unsure of what to say for a moment, "Um, I..."
Xuan Ming squinted at Shui Bing'er, paused, then turned and went back to the sofa, slumping down and burying his head in a large soft pillow.
"If you have something to say, come in. Please close the door."
"???"
Seeing Xuan Ming's lazy demeanor, which was remarkably similar to how his own sister behaved at home, Shui Bing'er was momentarily stunned and a little confused.
Why is he acting like a child?
Shui Bing'er hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked into the room, closing the door behind her.
"Make yourself at home." Xuan Ming still had his head buried in the pillow, but the two Black Dragons behind him watched Shui Bing'er with great alertness. With every step she took, the Black Dragons' gaze followed.
"Um... I'm sorry to disturb you." Shui Bing'er felt a bit flustered under their gaze.
"Is something wrong?" Xuan Ming asked in a muffled voice.
Shui Bing'er took a deep breath and softly began, "I came to thank you in person."
"Thank you for not going too hard on us on stage just now."
At that time, her Ice Phoenix had completely lost control, yet Xuan Ming was able to forcibly stabilize it and even seize control of the ice and snow. Not to mention that Xuan Ming didn't let them suffer the consequences, even without the Ice Phoenix, Xuan Ming had the strength to heavily injure Tianshui Academy.
Today, she had been impulsive and almost caused Tianshui Academy's Soul Master Competition to end there.
"No need to thank me, I just couldn't bring myself to do it." Xuan Ming finally lifted his head from the pillow, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Shui Bing'er.
"Besides, you didn't intend to kill me at the time, so naturally, I had no need to kill you either."
"Couldn't... bring yourself to do it?" Shui Bing'er was slightly taken aback.
Xuan Ming looked at Shui Bing'er in confusion, "Is that so hard to understand?"
Shui Bing'er lowered her head slightly, her face a little unnatural. "But I still don't quite understand why you chose to inject ice energy to stabilize the Ice Phoenix at that time, instead of directly defeating it? With your ability, wouldn't that have been simpler?"
Xuan Ming sat up straight, stretched, and said, "Directly defeating it would damage the fighting stage and affect the subsequent matches. Besides, I wanted to test whether my precise control over ice energy was stable enough. I never had such an opportunity before."
Shui Bing'er looked up, "Then... how did you take control of the Ice Phoenix?"
Although the Ice Phoenix at that time was an effect produced by a Spirit Fusion Skill, her Spirit's source power had been injected into it! It was almost her Spirit itself!
Her Spirit had been controlled!
This plunged her into unprecedented panic!
Xuan Ming picked up the teapot on the table and began to brew tea again. "This is related to the characteristics of the Spirit and the perception and control of energy. The energy flow in your Spirit Fusion Skill during the fusion process is not without flaws. I found those subtle gaps, injected a large amount of ice energy, changed the direction of the energy flow, and thus seized control."
"A Spirit Fusion Skill is ultimately the fusion of two powers, and your fusion level isn't particularly high. If it were your own Spirit Possession, which is perfectly fused with your own body, I wouldn't be able to control it. You don't need to worry."
Shui Bing'er was slightly stunned, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks, but she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
After the match, she disregarded her overdrawn body, recovered a little, and then chased after him precisely because of the Ice Phoenix being controlled.
If Xuan Ming could easily seize control of her Spirit, wouldn't that mean Xuan Ming could control her actions?
That was simply too terrifying!
"Then... is this ability very difficult to cultivate?" Shui Bing'er couldn't help but ask. A strong desire for knowledge surged in her heart. If she could also master such exquisite control over energy, her strength would surely reach a new level.
"Difficulty..." Xuan Ming paused. "I don't know. I've been practicing for so many years, and I haven't felt it's too difficult."
His Black Dragon Martial Soul merely didn't have spirit rings attached, but his cultivation of power control had never stopped, not just in the Domain, but also in the control of ice and fire abilities.
He had basically learned everything the Ice Dragon King taught him and hadn't found anything particularly difficult.
"Not difficult at all..." Shui Bing'er's eyes widened slightly, watching Xuan Ming's nonchalant demeanor. She felt a bit speechless, but more than that, she felt envy and admiration.
She knew that behind those seemingly casual words lay countless days and nights of arduous cultivation and deep exploration of his own Spirit.
"Can... can you teach me?" Shui Bing'er hesitated for a moment, then bravely asked the question.
She knew this request was a bit abrupt. After all, they belonged to different teams and were opponents on the field, but this yearning for increased power made her disregard such concerns.
"I'm not talking about now, I'm talking about after the competition ends," Shui Bing'er added.
Xuan Ming was slightly taken aback and didn't answer immediately. Instead, he poured two cups of tea. "After the competition ends, it won't be very convenient for me."
A hint of disappointment flashed in Shui Bing'er's eyes, but she quickly perked up. "I'm sorry, I was being presumptuous."
"I can teach you now, though." Xuan Ming took a sip of tea.
Shui Bing'er was slightly stunned. "Huh?"
"I can teach you, but you have to do me a favor," Xuan Ming said.
Shui Bing'er's heart tightened, and she subconsciously asked, "What favor?"
She was a bit worried that Xuan Ming would make some excessive demand, but then she thought that Xuan Ming's performance on the field had been open and honorable, so he probably wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for her.
"Your next opponent seems to be Shrek Academy?" Xuan Ming said.
Shui Bing'er nodded, "It's them."
"Shrek has a person named Tang San. He is also a control system Spirit Master. When the time comes, use as much force as you can. It would be best if you could make him depressed," Xuan Ming said.
Shui Bing'er was slightly taken aback. "Do you have a grudge against him?"
"He made my little bunny cry." Xuan Ming drained the tea in his cup.
"I can't personally intervene. Not to mention it would be a bit like bullying, he wouldn't fight me either."
"But if Tianshui Team encounters Shrek Team, it's legitimate to make a move. At that time, I hope you use your full strength to make him feel self-conscious about his Spirit once. Then, when Blazing Academy encounters Shrek again, Huo Wu can make him feel self-conscious once more. That should be enough to make him depressed."
Shui Bing'er hesitated for a moment, but then nodded. "Okay."
Giving one's all in a competition is a sign of respect for one's opponent, as long as the force is controlled to avoid truly injuring or disabling the opponent.
"But why are you so fixated on making him depressed?" Shui Bing'er couldn't help but ask.
"It's not necessarily about making him depressed; it's just to force someone out," Xuan Ming said.
The inheritance of Spirits usually comes from parents, but sometimes accidents can happen. It's not a Spirit mutation or an atavistic bloodline; it's just a sudden awakening of a powerful Spirit. This situation is not uncommon.
But twin spirits are different. They must originate from parents, and the Spirits of both parents must be extremely close in quality, otherwise twin spirits cannot form.
His situation was special; both his parents had Waste Martial Souls, but both of his Spirits underwent mutations, making them mutated twin spirits.
Normal twin spirits Spirit Masters are like Bibi Dong. Her Death Spider Emperor and Soul Eating Spider Emperor, two top-tier Beast Spirits, came from her parents, respectively. And both her parents were high-level Spirit Masters, which is why she could possess twin top-tier Spirits.
But Yu Xiaogang didn't know; he still thought Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Spirit was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
Most of the Spirit Masters Tang San had encountered in the past were commoner Spirit Masters, and their Spirit quality was generally mediocre. So Tang San had never felt any negative emotions because of his weak Blue Silver Grass Spirit.
But in the Soul Master Competition, when Blue Silver Grass, a low-level Spirit, clashed with other high-level Spirits, or even top-tier Spirits, Tang San would inevitably have thoughts of giving up due to the absolute disparity between Spirits.
After all, he had a better choice. The Clear Sky Hammer Spirit, as the number one Tool Spirit in the world, was of extremely high quality; otherwise, it would not have been able to contend with a super Spirit like the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
In this matter, Yu Xiaogang would not be able to persuade Tang San. At that time, Tang Hao, hidden in the shadows, would definitely appear.
Ah Yin's matter could not be delayed any longer. He had to resolve it as soon as possible, before the competition ended.