Chapter 86: Defeat Due to Inability to Fly

The Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, as the Tian Dou Empire division of the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, gathered twenty-eight teams to participate in the elimination rounds.

After nearly a month of elimination rounds, the top five teams in points will qualify to go to Spirit City to participate in the finals. The final winner will be decided from fifteen teams each from the Tian Dou and Star Luo Empires, as well as three seeded teams.

On the five Douhun Arena stages in the center of the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, there were five battles taking place simultaneously, but at this moment, all the spectators' gazes seemed to ignore the other Douhun Arena stages and were focused on one particular stage.

Even the students and teachers from other academies were nervously watching the battle between Shenfeng Academy and Tian Shui Academy here.

No one expected that Shenfeng Academy and Tian Shui Academy would fight so fiercely. The Shen Feng Battle Team's second Soul King faced off against the Tian Shui Battle Team's captain and vice-captain. Self-created spirit skills versus spirit fusion skills. When the two academies got serious, the combat power they displayed left the other academies in awe.

But at the same time, students and teachers from some other academies also felt a glimmer of hope, hoping that Shenfeng Academy and Tian Shui Academy would both suffer heavy losses, which would give them a chance to qualify.

As another crisp phoenix cry echoed on the Douhun Arena stage, Feng Xiaotian, who was confronting the Ice Phoenix, immediately felt immense pressure.

"This is the price of underestimating the opponent. Now, Feng Xiaotian's situation is a bit unfavorable!"

Below, after seeing Feng Xiaotian's predicament, Mo Hui smiled helplessly.

The Ice Phoenix formed by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu had the characteristic of growing stronger by absorbing surrounding ice energy. As the snowflakes in the environment gradually merged into the Ice Phoenix's body, the Ice Phoenix became increasingly massive, and its power grew stronger and stronger.

At first, Feng Xiaotian could still suppress the opponent, but now he was starting to be suppressed by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu in turn.

"No, if this continues, I'm going to lose!"

On the Douhun Arena stage, Feng Xiaotian also realized that something was wrong. The opponent's spirit fusion skill was gradually strengthening over time.

Although this strengthening definitely had a limit, after all, it was only two Soul Elders controlling it. But if he waited any longer, Feng Xiaotian was afraid that the opponent's limit wouldn't be reached yet, and he would be the first to be unable to hold on.

Immediately, all of Feng Xiaotian's Soul Rings lit up, the light blue glow around his body became dense, and he began to rotate rapidly.

Although Feng Xiaotian had temporarily given up on the research and development of Wind Devil Wolf Successive Slash, it didn't mean that his previous research was invalidated. On the contrary, after accepting Mo Hui's guidance and learning Mo Hui's self-created spirit skills, Feng Xiaotian had a completely new understanding of spirit skills.

The current situation clearly didn't allow him to condense a second Air Blade Ten-in-One or Cutting Wind Wheel, but he could use a finishing move he was still conceptualizing, which was the Wind Blade Tornado · Modified, combining his Wind Devil Wolf Successive Slash and Cutting Wind Wheel!

The principle of the Wind Blade Tornado · Modified was very simple: it used the charging technique from his Wind Devil Wolf Successive Slash and the Wind Blade control he learned from Mo Hui. By rotating at high speed, he used the Wind Blade transformed by his fifth Soul Skill as a simplified version of the Cutting Wind Wheel.

Although the Wind Blades weren't tightly packed together, resulting in greatly reduced armor-piercing ability, the operational circuit wasn't refined enough, and the spirit power consumption was very high, it gained the characteristic of being able to charge up, which was more suitable for Feng Xiaotian himself.

At this moment, Feng Xiaotian seemed to have transformed into a cyan tornado. With the assistance of Air Blade Ten-in-One, he fiercely collided with the Ice Phoenix formed by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.

"Bang!"

After an unknown amount of time, Feng Xiaotian's figure was sent flying backward and fell off the stage.

Although Feng Xiaotian had exerted his full strength in the recent clash, he was ultimately no match for the spirit fusion skill of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, which had reached the peak of the Soul Emperor level, and he was defeated.

However, although Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu won this battle, they weren't feeling well either.

After defeating Feng Xiaotian, the Ice Phoenix they had formed instantly split apart. Having exhausted all their spirit power and being extremely fatigued, they immediately lost consciousness and fell directly onto the Douhun Arena stage.

Whoosh—

Seeing this result, the scene immediately erupted in an uproar. No one expected that Tian Shui Academy had actually defeated Shenfeng Academy and achieved victory.

At this moment, people once again had a clear understanding of spirit fusion skills. Although Mo Hui didn't participate, Feng Xiaotian was ultimately a powerful Soul King. The self-created spirit skill he used could even achieve attacks comparable to a Soul Emperor, yet he was still defeated by the spirit fusion skill of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, two Soul Elders. This was enough to show the power of spirit fusion skills.

"Yeah!"

Seeing this result, Shui Yue'er immediately clenched her fists. Regardless of the process, their Tian Shui Academy had ultimately defeated Shenfeng Academy!

Blazing Fire Academy had already been defeated by them in the previous battle. If they defeated Thunderclap Academy later, then their Tian Shui Academy would be the first place in the Four Element Academies' internal battles.

However, just as Shui Yue'er and the other Tian Shui Academy students ran onto the Douhun Arena stage and the healing Soul Master began treating Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, the referee's voice directly stunned them.

"Preliminary Round Twenty-Third, Match Eight, Shenfeng Academy versus Tian Shui Academy, Shenfeng Academy wins!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Shui Yue'er immediately rushed to the referee, saying with a face full of confusion, "Referee, you made a mistake, didn't you? Clearly, Feng Xiaotian fell off the stage, while my sister and Xue Wu were still on the stage and only lost consciousness a moment later. By all accounts, we should have won. Why did our Tian Shui Academy lose instead?"

The other Tian Shui Academy students also looked at the referee with confused expressions. Clearly, they were also very puzzled by this.

At this point, the referee explained, "It's true that Feng Xiaotian was knocked off the stage just now, but not everyone from Shenfeng Academy fell off the stage. Look there!"

Saying this, the referee also pointed in a certain direction.

Hearing this, Shui Yue'er and the others quickly looked in the direction the referee pointed and were immediately stunned.

They saw several Shenfeng Academy students spread their wings and fly along the edge of the Douhun Arena, nodding and smiling at them.

"Do you understand? Just now, during the clash between Feng Xiaotian and your captain and vice-captain's spirit fusion skill, you were indeed all shaken off the Douhun Arena stage by the aftermath. But Shenfeng Academy wasn't. Except for two who were pushed off the stage before they could react, the other team members instinctively spread their wings and flew up, then watched the battle from a distance. They didn't actually fall off the Douhun Arena stage."

The referee's explanation made Shui Yue'er and the others stunned again. They lost, and the reason for their defeat was actually because they couldn't fly?