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The value of Blazing Academy Dean Huo Tianyang's famous unique skill, "Raging Fire Heavenly Sun," went without saying.
Although it couldn't be called a self-created spirit skill in the same way as Xiao Zhan's Fire Demon Style, it was still a technique Huo Tianyang had created by fusing his numerous spirit skills.
It could be said that "Raging Fire Heavenly Sun" itself was built on the foundation of the skills provided by Huo Tianyang's many spirit rings.
Calling it a self-created spirit skill wouldn't be an exaggeration, but the basic requirements were a bit high, involving at least four corresponding spirit skills as a base.
And the highest version of "Raging Fire Heavenly Sun" was said to fuse six of Huo Tianyang's spirit skills.
Based on what he heard from Xiao Zhan, Su Wen even suspected that "Raging Fire Heavenly Sun" could be considered an alternative kind of Domain.
Others might find inheriting this unique skill of Huo Tianyang difficult, having to try matching spirit rings from scratch, and even then might not learn it. But Su Wen was different.
His self-taught control of wind and earth elements through self-created spirit skills could keep up with his cultivation pace.
Even though many of the ideas were borrowed, this alone was enough to show his strong learning ability.
It just needs a few spirit skills as a base, right? I'll just create them myself. Replicating a few more times, experiencing them personally, the difficulty of creating corresponding skills would drop drastically.
Su Wen wasn't worried about not being able to learn "Raging Fire Heavenly Sun."
Huo Tianyang naturally didn't know about Su Wen's many learning tricks, but just from the fact that Su Wen had developed so many self-created spirit skills, Huo Tianyang decided to let Su Wen try.
Su Wen waited for less than ten minutes before Teacher Wang brought sixteen students to the martial arts arena.
Accompanying them were two other teachers, as well as Dean Huo Tianyang.
Among the sixteen students, seven were from Team Blazing, one was Team Raging Fire's captain Huo Xing, and the remaining eight clearly had an age gap.
Su Wen thought for a moment and understood. These should be the contestants for Blazing Academy's current, next, and the one after that batches.
Of course, perhaps due to age, the next and the one after that batches weren't fully recruited. Instead, they chose the few most talented ones who could definitely be guaranteed admission to start training in advance.
He didn't expect them to start training two batches in advance.
Su Wen thought that training one batch in advance for the Spirit Master Tournament would be enough. After all, one batch ahead meant six to ten years.
Training two batches in advance meant putting in full effort and efficient cultivation for at least eleven years with the academy's investment.
"The saying that the Five Elemental Academies are the closest to independent factions didn't come from nowhere."
Su Wen was thoughtful.
"Su Wen, this is our Blazing Academy's Dean, Huo Tianyang."
"Haha, you must be Su Wen. Xiao Zhan should have mentioned me to you, right?" Huo Tianyang didn't put on any airs. Instead, he walked up and patted Su Wen on the shoulder.
Su Wen's shoulder hurt from the patting of that large hand.
Huo Tianyang was inwardly surprised.
This physical constitution was indeed outrageous, worthy of someone who cultivated the Fire Demon Style.
In the past, when he and Xiao Zhan patted each other without using spirit power, he suffered big losses. Seeing Su Wen today, he naturally wanted to take some advantage back.
Patting three times consecutively, gradually increasing the force, he tested Su Wen's physical limit.
"For the sake of 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun', I'll endure it. But I'll remember this grudge," Su Wen thought darkly.
Xiao Zhan usually chatted with Su Wen about Huo Tianyang, and Su Wen knew their relationship wasn't bad. According to him, Huo Tianyang's idea of creating a unique skill was also stimulated by his development of the Fire Demon Style.
So, this grudge must be patted back in the future.
"Uncle Zhan did mention you, Senior, and he was full of praise for your 'Raging Fire Heavenly Sun'," Su Wen held a grudge in his heart but smiled on his face.
Uncle Zhan?
Huo Tianyang was surprised.
Aren't they master and disciple?
Right, both are Book Spirits; maybe they really are relatives.
"Xiao Zhan and I are good friends. You can call me Uncle Huo or Uncle Yang," he said directly.
Su Wen didn't refuse.
He would be learning "Raging Fire Heavenly Sun" from him soon; he couldn't keep calling him Dean Huo.
"Uncle Yang."
"Mm." Huo Tianyang nodded, put his hands behind his back, and walked in front of the many students.
"Standing in front of you is Su Wen. It doesn't matter if you don't know him. You only need to know that in the Great Spirit Arena, he teamed up with a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Grand Spirit Master and defeated Team Blazing with the power of two people."
Team Blazing lowered their heads in shame.
Among the elite students present, besides the seven of them and Huo Xing, the remaining eight were juniors. Being called out on the spot was simply killing them.
Sure enough, five of the eight 'youngsters' were extremely surprised, obviously not having heard about last night's battle. Only three knew about Team Blazing's encounter in advance, but these three were obviously also surprised that the Su Wen in front of them was that 'Ignorant Scholar'.
"The academy invited Little Wen over to have one-on-one spars with you."
Huo Tianyang's words made sixteen people subconsciously take a step back.
Seeing this, Huo Tianyang frowned, sweeping his gaze across their faces with an expression of disappointment.
Under Huo Tianyang's pressure, the sixteen people braced themselves and took a step forward, returning to their original positions.
Huo Tianyang nodded, then continued, "However, I also agreed with Little Wen that he will only use fire-attribute abilities to fight you later, and the spirit power erupted will not exceed the consumption of a thousand-year spirit skill."
Su Wen: ???
Uncle Yang, when did we agree on this?
Didn't we only say using fire element control abilities for the fight? Why limit my spirit power eruption too?
Su Wen used self-created spirit skills. As long as his body could withstand it, he could forcibly erupt a large amount of spirit power to cast his Fire Demon Style combat skills. But if the amount of spirit power erupted was limited, then Su Wen's damage cap was locked.
Winning would depend on tactics and response.
Hearing the restrictions Huo Tianyang mentioned, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
The siblings knew where Su Wen's strength lay. Now that Su Wen's eruption was limited, and the ability exerted was at most at the level of a thousand-year spirit skill, there was hope...
"The thousand-year spirit skill I'm referring to is a one-thousand-year spirit skill," Huo Tianyang added, but few understood this sentence.
"The rules of the match are also simple: tag-team battle."
"Starting from Wushuang and the seven of you, fight Little Wen one by one according to age."
"If Team Blazing sends out all seven members and still cannot eliminate Little Wen, then the seven of you will go to Flame Valley to cultivate for half an year. If all sixteen people cannot eliminate Little Wen, then each of the sixteen of you will also go to Flame Valley to cultivate for half an year," Huo Tianyang said in a deep voice.
Su Wen mourned for the sixteen people.
Especially the seven members of Team Blazing.
According to Huo Tianyang, this meant letting the seven people stay in Flame Valley for a year.
Although he hadn't experienced the taste of Flame Valley, Su Wen had just heard Teacher Wang introduce it. Flame Valley was a place suitable for fire-attribute Spirit Masters to cultivate, but staying there for a long time...
Obviously, it would be a very painful thing.
Even if it helped spirit power cultivation, it was ultimately painful.
Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu took a deep breath, looking at Su Wen with full fighting spirit.
With so many restrictions, they absolutely couldn't lose again this time!
They would wear him down to death!
"Su Wen, I'll fight you first!" Huo Wushuang stepped out and issued a challenge.
(End of this chapter)