"How could someone from the Star Luo Empire join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy team?"
Wang Yan's face darkened.
He had just been wondering how someone from the Sun Moon Empire could have joined Shrek Academy.
He never imagined the core of Zhang Wei's issue was that a Star Luo Empire national had joined the Sun Moon Empire.
"How did he sneak out, and how did he forge his identity?"
Dai Yueheng's expression was awkward.
He simply couldn't answer that question.
After all, they were only in the same class for three months before the first-year class division competition. Remembering Zhang Wei's existence and knowing his nationality was already a testament to his good memory.
He only remembered these details because Zhang Wei was also from the Star Luo Empire.
After the awkwardness passed, Dai Yueheng's expression also turned gloomy.
"A person from the Star Luo Empire, joining the Sun Moon Empire... that's no different from treason. If there's a chance..."
A flash of killing intent passed through his eyes.
On the stage, Zhang Wei took a deep breath and was about to summon his Martial Spirit when he suddenly sensed a killing intent directed at him. He turned his head to look towards where the Shrek Academy team was.
The moment his eyes met Zhang Wei's, Dai Yueheng was greatly shocked inwardly.
How was that possible?
With just a trace of killing intent, Zhang Wei could detect it?
"What's wrong?"
Wang Yan, noticing Dai Yueheng's strange expression, asked for the situation.
Dai Yueheng told him the truth.
"What is his Martial Spirit?"
"Body Martial Spirit, Gallbladder."
"What?" Wang Yan was astonished.
He widened his eyes, looking at Dai Yueheng as if to confirm this answer.
"He has a Body Martial Spirit? Then why would Zhou Yi expel him?"
Wang Yan's face was dark as he asked for more details about Zhang Wei.
Dai Yueheng remembered Zhang Wei's first and second Spirit Skills.
"Fearless, Courage Embodied?"
Wang Yan couldn't understand the function of Zhang Wei's Spirit Skills from Dai Yueheng's description.
He looked towards the stage.
"Body Martial Spirit Gallbladder, what mysteries does it hold?"
The upcoming battle should reveal the answer.
"Match begin!"
White, Yellow, Purple, Purple.
Four Spirit Rings appeared, causing everyone's jaws to drop.
Zhang Wei looked quite old; even as a reserve member, he clearly couldn't participate in the next tournament.
Under such circumstances, he was still only a Spirit Ancestor, and without the optimal Spirit Ring configuration.
Even Gu Zhujian couldn't help but frown.
With such qualifications, he wouldn't even make it into the Douling Empire team. How did he get into the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy team?
The next moment, Gu Zhujian understood.
"First Spirit Skill, Fearless!"
"Second Spirit Skill, Courage Embodied!"
"Third Spirit Skill, Tiger Soul Vajra Transformation!"
"Fourth Spirit Skill, All Things Dissolution!"
Zhang Wei didn't hesitate in the slightest, directly activating all four Spirit Skills simultaneously.
With the Second Spirit Skill active, he could release all four Spirit Skills at once without any burden.
His body became robust, the muscles on his back bulged, and as he opened his eyes, an aura like that of the king of beasts instantly enveloped the entire arena.
Behind Zhang Wei, a tiger phantom condensed entirely from willpower loomed.
Anyone who looked at this tiger subconsciously felt difficulty breathing, as if pressed down by something.
"Dai Yueheng, are you sure he's not from your Ducal Residence?" Wang Yan couldn't help but ask.
Dai Yueheng's face was grim.
"Impossible. There are only three in my Ducal Residence's generation."
Only three...
Beside him, Huo Yuhao lowered his eyelids, hiding the anger in his eyes.
The three referred to Dai Yueheng, Dai Huabin, and Dai Luoli.
"Roar!"
Zhang Wei opened his mouth and let out a tiger's roar.
Without any Spirit Skill enhancement, it was like a mental shock, directly causing Gu Zhujian's willpower to drop for a moment, and his control over his Spirit Power became momentarily disordered.
"Fierce Tiger Strikes!"
He threw a fierce punch. A ball of light appeared, completely covering his fist. Spirit Power infused with tiger soul willpower merged into it, instantly transforming into Fist Force that he blasted out ferociously.
Punch after punch rained down like a meteor shower of Fist Force upon his opponent.
Gu Zhujian's expression changed slightly.
His fourth Spirit Ring flashed.
Holding his Martial Spirit, the Purple Brilliance Bamboo, as if it were a sword.
The Purple Brilliance Bamboo sword in his hand flew out, pointing at Zhang Wei mid-air. Countless Purple Brilliance Bamboo stalks materialized around it, launching like ten thousand arrows firing at once.
The Purple Brilliance Bamboo collided with the Fist Force, shattering one after another, while the Fist Force still remained.
"Hiss~"
At this moment, Gu Zhujian was certain: those two gauntlets on Zhang Wei's hands were Level 5 Spirit Tools, custom-made Level 5 Spirit Tools for him.
A four-ring Spirit Ancestor, the Fist Force he released was actually stronger than a Spirit King's fourth Spirit Skill.
This wasn't just any Level 5 Spirit Tool; it had to be a Level 5 Spirit Tool that could rival a Level 6 one.
Spirit Metal!
This answer surfaced in Gu Zhujian's mind.
On the imperial city wall, Xu Jiawei's expression was grave.
"Indeed, no amount of caution is excessive. Even just a Spirit Ancestor actually received a Spirit Tool made from Spirit Metal."
He cursed under his breath.
"Deceitful Sun Moon Empire! If even this Zhang Wei has a Spirit Tool made from Spirit Metal, the others definitely do too. Ma Rulong and the others earlier weren't going all out!"
Below the stage, Wang Yan of the Shrek team also guessed this.
However, because he knew Zhang Wei had a Body Martial Spirit, his reaction wasn't as intense as Xu Jiawei's.
"The Body Sect, they possess the most Spirit Metal. This Zhang Wei, and that Su Ming, they are both in the Sun Moon Imperial team. They must be equipped with Spirit Tools made from Spirit Metal from head to toe."
Gu Zhujian felt the pressure immediately, quickly retracting his previous underestimation of Zhang Wei.
His third Spirit Ring flashed as he slashed out a sword aura, barely managing to break all the remaining Fist Force.
He took half a step back and drew a sword.
Yes, this was a sword.
On the blade of this sword, flickers of spiritual light shimmered.
This was a piece of Spirit Metal that had been shaped and inlaid onto a sword.
Moreover, both the Spirit Metal and various parts of the sword's blade were covered in Core Formations, activating the abilities of this piece of Spirit Metal.
Gu Zhujian held this Level 6 Spirit Tool-grade Purple Lightning Sword, his Martial Spirit Purple Brilliance Bamboo merging with his body and attaching to this Purple Lightning Sword.
Relying on the resonance between his Martial Spirit and the Spirit Metal, this merging process was perfect, equivalent to out of thin air elevating Gu Zhujian's Martial Spirit by at least one level.
The Purple Brilliance Bamboo's quality wasn't low to begin with, so it wasn't that its quality was improved.
The so-called improvement here meant that the quality of the five-ring Spirit King's Purple Brilliance Bamboo was elevated to that of a seven-ring Spirit Sage's Purple Brilliance Bamboo!
"Slash!"
With the quality improved, and the Purple Brilliance Bamboo fused with the Purple Lightning Sword, it seemed to truly transform into a sword.
Gu Zhujian's fourth Spirit Ring flashed again.
This time, it wasn't individual Purple Brilliance Bamboo stalks materializing, but countless sword auras bursting forth, swirling around the long sword in his hand.
In reality, his Spirit Skill hadn't changed.
But his Martial Spirit had changed. Combined with his fourth Spirit Skill, he created this move himself.
"Sword Qi Long Dragon!"
He swung the Purple Lightning Sword. The sword auras, mixed with lightning power, converged above his head into the form of a dragon, then charged towards Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei was utterly unafraid.
He let out a great roar. The tiger soul phantom behind him shrank, leaped and circled around his body once, and finally let out a roar following the Fist Force blasted out from his right fist.
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