Dai Mubai was quickly defeated.
"Asshole."
Never before had Dai Mubai fought such a frustrating battle, and at this moment, his rage was truly unleashed.
If Ning Chuan had relied on his spirit rings and spirit skills, he wouldn't have felt the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.
But using only sword energy to completely suppress him was a completely different matter.
If he lost, he would be utterly ashamed.
Crucially, the opponent's attacks continued relentlessly, leaving him no time to breathe, leaving him no time to charge up and unleash his second spirit skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave. He could only rely on the protective golden light of the White Tiger Vajra Transformation and his two tiger claws for defense.
Crack—
Dai Mubai's protective golden light could no longer hold, and along with the silver blades that shot out from his ten fingers, they were cleaved by Ning Chuan's blade, imbued with cyan sword energy. The sword energy, undiminished, slammed fiercely into Dai Mubai's chest.
He flew backward like a cannonball, slamming into the Rose Hotel wall with a thud, sending up a cloud of dust that covered him completely.
"Mr. Dai!"
The two twins who had come with Dai Mubai cried out in worry.
Xiao Wu exclaimed excitedly, "Wow, Xiao Liuzi is amazing! That lecherous tiger is no match for you."
As for Tang San, he remained silent, merely clenching his fists tighter, his nails digging into his flesh. He was oblivious to the fact that his gaze was fixed on Ning Chuan.
"Ahem. Stop! No need to fight!"
Just as Ning Chuan was about to take advantage of his weakness and continue his attack, Dai Mubai's violent cough echoed through the dust. He called a halt and sheathed his spirit.
"What? You're giving up already?"
Ning Chuan hadn't had enough of the fight yet. He had spent years practicing a lot of targeted techniques, but they were still far from being fully displayed. Now it seemed that Zhao Wuji would have to take over.
It was just past noon, and the streets were crowded with pedestrians. The commotion gradually drew the crowds closer. Everyone stopped to look inside the Rose Hotel. As for the Rose Hotel's front desk attendant and the hotel manager who arrived later, they had already been frightened and hid behind the counter.
Dai Mubai glanced at the crowd drawn in from outside the hotel entrance and stepped forward to say, "Indeed, I lost. Although I still have one spirit skill that I haven't used yet, from your performance just now, whether it's strength, speed, or control of spirit power, you are superior to me. And that abnormal sword energy completely restrained me, leaving me no chance to use it. Not to mention, I couldn't even force out your spirit ring. There's no point in continuing to fight."
At this moment, Dai Mubai's attitude towards Ning Chuan was similar to that towards Tang San in the original novel. It seemed that he saw hope in him to defeat Davis, so his attitude was very friendly.
He gave Ning Chuan a deep look, then glanced at Tang San and Xiao Wu. "I see you're only about twelve years old. At that age, with spirit powers of twenty-five or even thirty, coming to Soto City at this time, you should be enrolling at Shrek. I think we'll meet soon. Manager, all losses today and their room charges will be charged to me, Evil-Eyed White Tiger Dai Mubai." The latter part was addressed to the hotel manager.
He waved to the twins and headed out of the Rose Hotel.
Watching Dai Mubai leave, Xiao Wu pouted and said, "This guy is truly bizarre. He even brought two twins to book a room. He's obviously not a good person. I think we should stop calling him Evil-Eyed White Tiger and just call him Evil-Eyed Lustful Tiger. Xiao Liuzi, even at Shrek Academy, we'll stay away from him."
"I hope you'll keep your word," Ning Chuan replied nonchalantly, recalling the original novel where Xiao Wu eventually became close friends with Dai Mubai, playing up some kind of camaraderie.
Xiao Wu asked, "By the way, when did you break through to Soul Master?"
She only knew that Ning Chuan had left the academy twice to hunt for spirit rings: once five years ago and once three years ago.
"Not long ago."
His second and third spirit rings were obtained with the help of Louise's father.
The second spirit ring, from a 1,500-year-old thorn turtle, granted him his second spirit skill, Sword and Shield. This
allows him to instantly unleash a protective sword and shield, offering defensive power comparable to the third spirit skill of a defensive spirit master of the same rank. This shield also possesses a certain sword-light counterattack ability; attacking it casually will be met with the sword-light automatically released by the shield.
The third spirit ring originated from an extremely rare spirit beast, a 5,000-year-old shadow rabbit. It also possessed the wood attribute.
This gave him his third spirit skill, Sword Shadow,
which allowed him to harness the light of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword to create two identical sword shadows, capable of confusing the enemy's vision and accompanying the original sword to attack. Its power was one-third that of the original sword. From the third ring onward, each level up allowed him to refine an additional sword shadow.
Xiao Wu seemed to have endless questions, seemingly filled with curiosity about everything about Ning Chuan. "So, what's your spirit ring?"
"You'll find out later." She turned to glance at Tang San, who was mired in self-doubt after being surpassed in spirit power by her own. She walked over to the counter and said, "This hotel probably has more than two rooms. We're not as close as you think. Let's get three." Someone was paying, so why not spend it?
The hotel manager and the front desk clerk peeked out from behind the counter. Seeing Ning Chuan, who had defeated Dai Mubai, the manager quickly put on a smile. "Of course, of course. You blind fellow! Hurry and get three rooms for you three," he said, addressing the receptionist.
"Yes, Manager!"
the receptionist agreed, handing Ning Chuan three gleaming golden keys. Each key bore a house number.
Ning Chuan took only one and went upstairs.
Xiao Wu, stamping her foot in frustration, and Tang San, looking dejected, were left standing there.
"Brother Hei, why are you still standing there? Xiao Liuzi has already gone up."
At this moment, Tang San had not recovered from the shock of being surpassed by Ning Chuan. It was not until Xiao Wu called him that he reacted.
Tang San said "Oh" and hurriedly followed.
In this short period of time, he thought a lot. His greatest support was not the Blue Silver Grass, but the hidden weapons. With the improvement of Xuantian Gong, his hidden weapon skills also increased significantly. Among the Hundred Solutions of Hidden Weapons, there are already many hidden weapons that can be used. If he uses hidden weapons, even if Ning Chuan's soul power is higher than his, he will not be his opponent.
What's more, he has a second martial soul.
However, the improvement of soul power is imminent.
Otherwise, even if you have hidden weapons, it will not work if the soul power gap is too big.