A ten-thousand-year Darkgold Bear.
Even a genius among geniuses, an Inner Courtyard disciple of Shrek Academy, would probably need to be a Spirit Emperor to contend with it.
But now, a student who had just entered their second year.
Ning Tian's beautiful eyes gazed nervously at the figure in the arena below.
An orange-gold spirit ring lit up, and on the stage, under the gaze of thousands, a forest-green twin-tailed loli appeared beside An Zhen. Dressed in a green and white dress, she looked exactly like an ordinary human girl, were it not for the long scorpion tail behind her.
"What do you want!"
The Snow Empress glared at An Zhen with an unfriendly gaze. She had just reached an exciting part of her manga and was about to see if the culprit she deduced was correct when this guy called her out.
"I was just afraid you'd get too bored staying inside all the time, so I called you out for some fresh air and to stretch your limbs."
In front of the terrifying ten-thousand-year Darkgold Bear, An Zhen calmly greeted his Soul Spirit.
"I never said I was bored."
The Snow Empress puffed out her cheeks. Stretch her limbs? Aren't my limbs on your body?
"Never mind."
The Snow Empress stretched her body.
"It just so happens I'm itching for a fight too."
On the high platform, Yan Shaozhe looked at the beautiful girl who appeared beside An Zhen and guessed, "A summoning-type Spirit Ability?"
A scorpion tail, is this a human possessed by a Spirit?
No, that's not the aura of a human Spirit Master.
Then there's only one possibility.
A Spirit Beast.
And Spirit Beasts capable of transforming into human form are only super Spirit Beasts over two hundred thousand years old. That scorpion-like tail is very similar to an Ice Jade Scorpion. Among Ice Jade Scorpions with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation, it couldn't possibly be that Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, could it? But if so, why is it so weak now?
Yan Shaozhe had even more questions in his heart.
Because of what happened between Zhang Lexuan and An Zhen when they first asked about Spirit Abilities, they didn't ask what An Zhen's fourth Spirit Ability was or what Spirit Beast it came from.
A quasi-Spirit Ancestor obtaining a ferocious beast spirit ring, it's incredible.
But if it's that divine envoy, the power of a god…
…
"Roar!"
Thick limbs pounded the ground as the giant bear charged forward, causing the ground to shake as if a small mountain was running.
"Just a bear cub."
The Snow Empress crossed her arms. The Spirit Beast, terrifying in the eyes of other students, was nothing more than a child to her.
As a Soul Spirit perfectly fused with An Zhen, relying on An Zhen's powerful mental force, the Snow Empress's abilities were perfectly preserved, except for her sealed power, just like the Snow Empress in the original work. High-quality and abundant mental force, a powerful physical body, and Electrolux as an energy source from the gold of life—all three were indispensable to create such a perfect Soul Spirit.
A hint of extreme cold flashed in her eyes, purer than amber, and in an instant, cold descended. However, compared to Huo Yutong's unconscious release of her innate Domain earlier, the Snow Empress's mastery of this Pole Ice power was perfect. Snowy ice instantly covered the arena, transforming it into a World of ice and snow. The ice covered the surface of the Darkgold Bear, almost instantly turning it into a snow bear.
Domain, Everfrost Domain.
"Ice, this is how you play with it."
"Roar!"
Terrifying spirit power and blood essence fluctuations shattered the ice on the Darkgold Bear's body, but the extreme cold remained on its body, even beginning to erode its boiling blood essence.
The Snow Empress raised her fair, small hand, and dense ice thorns suddenly rose from the World of ice and snow.
The ice thorns did not break through the Darkgold Bear's defense, but this was due to insufficient power. However, the extreme cold penetrated deeper into the Darkgold Bear's body with the ice thorns.
"Aung!"
A sacred and high-pitched dragon roar sounded.
A wave of light supported An Zhen, and the 4th black spirit ring lit up. A huge, illusory Light Holy Dragon appeared behind An Zhen, its oppressive and powerful body transforming into countless light particles that poured into An Zhen's body. In an instant, illusory dragon scales, dragon claws, and even a pair of dragon wings made of light appeared behind An Zhen, as if an illusory Light Holy Dragon had transformed into his armor.
Light Holy Dragon Fourth Spirit Ability, Holy Dragon Possession.
It provides a percentage increase based on half of one's spirit power level. While not as much as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, it is a comprehensive enhancement of strength, speed, and light attributes, even temporarily granting the ability to fly. Of course, the consumption is also high.
The powerful aura raised a wave of light.
"Bang!"
Using the impact from the ground, An Zhen charged towards the giant bear like a hunting true dragon.
Vast mental force infused into the platinum dragon fist that seemed to grasp light.
Descend the World!
The platinum dragon claw and the giant bear paw clashed, dark gold spirit power and light spirit power collided, and the power of Descend the World acted upon the Darkgold Bear.
"Ow!"
!
The teachers and students in the audience were surprised; it was the terrifying Darkgold Bear that let out a painful roar in this fierce collision. Its massive body, like a city wall, now seemed to have hit something terrifying and fell backward. That was not the result of a power contest, but the effect of mental force within Descend the World.
"I'm enough on my own."
The Snow Empress wantonly spent An Zhen's spirit power, and the petite twin-tailed loli also charged over directly. Her slender arms were now encased in ice crystals, transforming into an ice pincer along with her palms.
Snow Empress's Pincer.
"Isn't it faster if we work together?"
An Zhen blinked.
The Snow Empress pouted. Then why did you make me come out to work!
Cheek, left foreleg.
The platinum dragon claw and the Snow Empress's Pincer simultaneously struck, knocking down the Darkgold Bear that had just gotten up on all fours.
"It's all your fault. If you weren't so weak, I could have slapped this little bear cub to death with one palm."
"Mm-hmm, my fault."
Under the strange gazes of the second-year teachers and students, what should have been a passionate and exciting battle—a twelve-year-old prodigy against a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast—had now become a group beating. Whenever the Darkgold Bear showed any sign of raising its head in defiance, it was met with the double strike of the platinum dragon claw and the Snow Empress's Pincer.
Ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability, Domain Spirit Ability, activated as if spirit power was limitless.
"Ow—"
Accompanied by a roar with heavy spirit power fluctuations, dense dark gold spirit power circulated on the Darkgold Bear's body, its eyes filled with a crazed desire for slaughter.
"Going berserk?"
Light Dragon Wings flapped, and An Zhen floated in the air.
"Almost."
The Snow Empress extended her fair, small hand, completely ignoring the Darkgold Bear's suddenly surging aura. The queen of ice and snow controlled the battlefield, and a streak of snowy ice suddenly appeared on the Darkgold Bear's back. Even with its currently boiling blood essence and spirit power, it couldn't break free from the ice. Like a spark igniting a prairie fire, the extreme cold that had long been hidden within the Darkgold Bear's body now fully erupted with the power of the Everfrost Domain.
The Pole Ice power from the inside out instantly suppressed the Darkgold Bear's berserk-like ability. In the sudden look of fear that flashed across its face, it could only watch its body transform into an ice sculpture.
"Wait!"
A fiery red figure rushed into the arena. Looking at the giant bear that had already turned into an ice sculpture, a powerful flame aura enveloped him, seemingly wanting to thaw it. However, the moment the Pole Ice froze it, it had already taken the Darkgold Bear's life.
"My treasure!"
"Yan Shaozhe, you'll compensate me for my Darkgold Bear!"
"No problem."
Yan Shaozhe readily agreed, his gaze fixed on An Zhen, who was returning to the audience amidst the cheers of the students. "Elder Gong, you are the most knowledgeable about Spirit Beasts in our Academy. What do you say that An Zhen summoned just now was…"
"The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion."
Gong Changlong said the guess in Yan Shaozhe's heart in a heavy tone.
Ice Jade Scorpion, human form, unless another two-hundred-thousand-year cultivation Ice Jade Scorpion appeared in the Ice Jade Scorpion clan.
…
"It still has to be me."
After getting her fill of action, the Snow Empress returned to reading her manga in a joyful mood.
"I thought it would be a more intense battle."
It must be said that although the Snow Empress's power was far less than before due to the limitations of his current spirit power level, in terms of control over Pole Ice, only the Snow Empress and the Silver Dragon King on the entire continent could be stronger than her. Although ordinary attacks could not penetrate the Darkgold Bear's defense, relying on the power of Pole Ice, each attack was a penetration of coldness into the Darkgold Bear's body, finally erupting together to kill above her level.
"An Zhen, assessment score 150 points, full marks!"
Du Weilian announced the assessment results.
In the distance, a pair of eyes filled with hatred and gloom, like a rat in a sewer, stared intently at An Zhen, who was surrounded by students. A twelve-year-old fighting a ten-thousand-year Darkgold Bear—anyone with a normal mind would want to befriend such a prodigy.
…
"The students are so enthusiastic."
An Zhen tidied his slightly disheveled clothes. The girls' strength at this moment was surprisingly even greater than that of the boys in the class, as they directly squeezed into the innermost circle.
Due to Huo Yutong's previous actions, the promotion assessment had to be postponed. Next, students from each class returned to their classrooms for lessons.
"Teacher Wang Yan."
As Huo Yutong and Wang Dong walked together towards the classroom, An Zhen pulled Wu Feng's wrist and found Wang Yan, who was walking behind. "Wu Feng's Spirit was stimulated by what happened before. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School specially prepared a treasure for her that can increase innate spirit power. Now is a very good time. Ning Tian plans to take her back for secluded cultivation and wants to ask for leave from you."
He and Ning Tian had already arranged their leave. The Class Four teacher was particularly easy to talk to, of course, possibly because his Senior Brother was the dean.
"Is that so?" Wang Yan pushed up his glasses, not doubting An Zhen's words, after all, this was the dean's junior brother. "Since it's a Spirit issue, then go quickly, don't delay."
"Thank you, Teacher."
An Zhen led the blushing Wu Feng away.
"Pervert, can't you control yourself?"
Wu Feng rolled her eyes. He even used such an excuse.
?
"No, not really."
An Zhen shook his head slightly.
Before noon today, he was still enjoying the pleasure of being a dragon rider. Although humans can be in heat at any time compared to other animals, An Zhen is not a lecher.
Nine Treasure Pavilion, Ning Tian's room.
Looking at the exquisite dark chocolate and white cream ice cream in front of him.
An Zhen admitted, he was indeed lustful. .
No, he was here for serious business!
An Zhen's fingertip gently pressed the elastic black silk sole. What was the serious business again?