Jin Bao replied, "Of course, but you'll need to find one more person. As long as you don't mind my strength." Yuan Shan laughed, "Haha! Brother, you must be joking. With your strength, you're among the strongest of these hundreds of freshmen! Who wouldn't want to team up with you? The Brilliant Gold Scepter is indeed powerful, but it's still a support system Spirit; he can't exactly go head-to-head with others! But you're different! With that tough shield of yours, we can just push forward step by step. Who could even break through it? It's settled then, I'll come find you tomorrow!"
Jin Bao said, "Tomorrow might not work. I've already made an appointment to be someone's sparring partner."
Yuan Shan's brow furrowed, but it quickly relaxed. "How's the strength of the person you're sparring with?" After all, Jin Bao had a prior engagement; there was no reason for him to break his word just to enter a competition with him.
"She is an Agility Attack System Soul Master, so she should be quite formidable. Her spirit power is also at rank twenty-three, which isn't bad!" Jin Bao thought about Ling Yan's spirit power; White Shadow was actually quite decent.
"Rank twenty-three! That's not bad. Tell her when the time comes, and the three of us can team up to win some points!" Yuan Shan said, patting Jin Bao on the shoulder.
As a Power Attack System Soul Master, his development was quite good; he was already nearly 1.9 meters tall.
After dinner, Jin Bao went straight back to the dormitory to prepare to Cultivate. At that moment, he happened to run into Xu Yu, who was returning.
"Um, Yuan Bao, you're not hurt, are you?" Xu Yu asked, looking at Jin Bao.
Jin Bao smiled and said, "No. You know my First Spirit Skill. Even against a Power Attack System Soul Master, as long as I expend a bit more spirit power, it won't be easily broken."
Xu Yu said, "I'm sorry, Keluode and I found a new teammate. Also, it seems Chi Yun and the other guy found a new teammate as well."
Jin Bao replied, "It's fine. The points I earn from being a sparring partner aren't bad either; it suits me well. Who knows, I might even find one or two people willing to team up with me!"
Xu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't worry, once there are more people and the seniors return, we won't be targeted anymore. When the five-man battles start, I'll definitely have you join. Otherwise, I wouldn't feel safe with anyone else protecting me."
Jin Bao grinned. "That's good! I'll wait for you to call me." After saying that, he returned to his bedroom and began to Cultivate.
Xu Yu didn't know if Jin Bao had truly forgiven him. "When the seven-man competitions start, I'll just pull him in with me. At the very least, I'll make him my teammate during the Inner Academy assessment!"
Thinking this, Xu Yu felt much better. He returned to his bedroom and also began to Cultivate.
After lunch the next day, because of his appointment with White Shadow, Jin Bao arrived at the training grounds as soon as possible.
However, before White Shadow arrived, Yuan Shan found Jin Bao first.
"Hey!" Yuan Shan greeted Jin Bao with a smile. "Where's the person you had an appointment with? Haven't they arrived yet?"
Jin Bao said, "Maybe they haven't finished eating. Let's wait a bit longer."
After a while, three people—one male and two females—walked over.
One of the women was indeed White Shadow.
"Jin Bao, you're here so early!" White Shadow said when she saw him.
Jin Bao replied, "I didn't have anything else to do anyway, so I came early. Shall we begin?"
White Shadow said, "Wait a moment, let me introduce you. This is Fu Nuosi, and this is Xi Weiwei; they are my friends. They heard me say your Spirit Ability is very suitable for sparring, so they wanted to join me."
Fu Nuosi took a step forward. "All three of us are Agility Attack System Soul Masters. White Shadow said your Spirit Ability is very unique, so I thought the three of us should try it together. Of course, we will pay the points for three people, but you need to spar with us for a full two hours."
"Wait!" Yuan Shan stepped forward. "Three people versus one? How can that be the same!"
Fu Nuosi smiled. "This classmate must be a Power Attack System Soul Master! For people like you, it's certainly different; three Power Attack System Soul Masters working together can cause far more destruction than one. But we are all Agility Attack System Soul Masters; we practice movement and evasion. As long as Student Jin Bao has sufficient spirit power, he can handle it perfectly fine!"
"Besides, Student Jin Bao will receive extra points, won't he?"
Yuan Shan said, "You... that's just flawed logic!" He then looked at Jin Bao. "You only have an agreement with her. There's no rule saying you have to accept sparring with all three of them. Let's go and find people to team up with!"
Jin Bao smiled. "Yuan Shan, you're overthinking it. Student Fu Nuosi is right; three versus one is no different for me. Student Fu Nuosi, are you really willing to give me the points for three people?"
Fu Nuosi said, "I'll transfer the portion for two people first, and the rest will be settled after we finish." As he spoke, he transferred the points to Jin Bao.
"This is... the portion paid personally, right?" Jin Bao's eyebrows rose as he looked at the amount of points Fu Nuosi had transferred.
Fu Nuosi replied, "Yes! Should I be the one giving you the portion provided by the academy? You've accepted the points, so let's begin now!"
Jin Bao smiled. "Alright then!"
"Jin Bao!" Yuan Shan tried to grab Jin Bao, but Jin Bao dodged him.
"Don't worry, just watch! I'm definitely earning these points!" Jin Bao walked to one side of the field with a smile and shouted to the three people opposite him.
"White Shadow should have already told you the control range of my Spirit, right? If there are no problems, we can begin!"
Immediately following that, the three opponents released their Spirits.
Xi Weiwei's Spirit was the Wind Fox, while Fu Nuosi's Spirit was the Great Eagle Bow.
Seeing this, Jin Bao shouted, "Student Fu Nuosi, do you want to test the power of your Spirit Ability or your movement techniques?"
Fu Nuosi replied, "Test movement. We're starting now."
Immediately, the three of them charged at Jin Bao from three different directions.
Jin Bao's eyebrows rose as Money made of spirit power scattered onto the ground.
Once they were within range, spikes began to rise under the control of his First Spirit Skill to obstruct them.
However, in the next moment, White Shadow and Xi Weiwei appeared in front of Fu Nuosi one after another. Then, Fu Nuosi took two quick steps, using their bodies as stepping stones to leap even higher.
Jin Bao's eyebrows rose. He looked up and saw Fu Nuosi drawing his bow.
Although he didn't know if the other would fire spirit power arrows, Jin Bao still prepared his defenses. A golden Money Shield appeared above his head.
In the next instant, Fu Nuosi's second spirit ring lit up, and a single spirit power arrow instantly multiplied into a row, raining down on Jin Bao.
Outside the field, Yuan Shan watched this scene, wishing he could jump in and give Fu Nuosi a beating. They had clearly agreed to test movement techniques, so why was he suddenly attacking!
Jin Bao, however, was not surprised. He slightly increased his spirit power output and easily blocked the attack with his Money Shield.
Yet at that very moment, White Shadow and Xi Weiwei, having accelerated through the spike zone, were already closing in on Jin Bao.
One had an icy blue glow on her claws, while the other was condensing wind-attribute energy in her hands. It seemed they intended to launch a direct close-quarters attack!