Chapter 45: The Tip of the Iceberg, a Moonlit Rendezvous ~ [Please keep reading!]
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The massive body of the Shadow-Patterned Violent Wolf arced through the air, crashing heavily onto the ground, sending shards of ice flying.
The entire Fighting Arena fell into a deathly silence for a moment, with only the 'crunching' sound of ice resisting ice echoing within the arena.
After a long while, the first sound finally emerged.
"Great... Great Battle General!"
Immediately following, a clamor of voices rose within the arena.
"What's the point of fighting now?! A Great Battle General-level summoned beast, there's no way to fight that!"
"How many trump cards does that guy from Pearl Institute still have hidden? Others only contract a Battle General, but he directly Dimensional Summons a Great Battle General!"
"This world must be crazy, or else I'm crazy!"
...
"Ning Xue, stop probing, let's get straight to the main event!" Wang Feng smiled slightly.
Mu Ningxue took a deep breath.
Her surrounding Ice Domain instantly receded, replaced by a wisp of wind with a jewel-blue hue.
"Wind Disc - Sky Net!"
As she uttered a low cry, the jewel-blue wind slowly lifted her body.
Her exquisite long boots lightly left the ground, achieving a slight levitation.
Her long silver hair danced magnificently in the wind, and her long bangs, which usually fell to her chest, also flew up, revealing her almost perfect countenance.
Her eyes gradually took on the greenish hue of a Wind Elf, shining with brilliant radiance.
A visible azure aura surrounded her graceful body, with a diameter of a full twenty meters!
The Intermediate Level Two Wind Disc - Sky Net was completely different from the Intermediate Level One Wind Disc - Tornado.
Tornado generates slower, allowing reaction time, but Sky Net surges directly from the target's location, forming a gigantic top-shaped super whirlwind with a maximum diameter of twenty meters!
Unless one can break through this whirlwind from the start, they can only stand in the eye of the Wind Disc - Sky Net, waiting for the entire Wind Disc - Sky Net to rotate at high speed, at which point the entire person will be swept into the rotating wind wall, suffering the pain of being torn apart by the whirlwind!
If one is lucky enough to survive the tearing of the Wind Disc - Sky Net, then the final flick, throw, and slam will cause damage no less than falling off a cliff and being smashed to pieces!
However, Wang Feng was like a leisurely tourist, unhurried, with a faint smile on his face, quietly watching Mu Ningxue outside the whirlwind.
"Ning Xue, with just this, you can't pose a threat to me, you know~"
As his words fell, a collapsing void suddenly appeared in the front of the violent whirlwind.
That void was like an all-consuming black hole, frantically sucking in the surrounding wind power.
Immediately after, the power of the Wind Disc - Sky Net was compressed to a point; the enormous whirlwind, originally twenty meters in diameter, was compressed into nothingness in just a few seconds, as if it had never existed.
The entire venue was silent, everyone too stunned to speak by this sight.
"What... what level of space system magic is this? It can even directly compress and vanish the Wind Disc - Sky Net!"
"Has Wang Feng's mental power reached such a level? How did he cultivate like this!"
Seeing this, Mu Ningxue's pupils slightly contracted, and a complex emotion welled up in her heart.
It was also at this moment that Lu Zhenghe, Ming Cong, and Xiao Feng were swept out of the game in an instant.
Mu Ningxue watched this scene, and her last trace of fighting spirit dissipated.
"We concede."
As the captain, her concession naturally marked the end of the match.
"Pearl Institute wins two consecutive matches! Pearl Institute wins this exchange!" the referee announced loudly, his voice echoing throughout the entire Fighting Arena.
However, surprisingly, there was no cheering from the Pearl Institute's side.
They merely wore expressions that suggested it was only to be expected.
"Is this your strength?" Mu Ningxue asked softly, looking at Wang Feng.
Wang Feng smiled, but did not speak.
Mu Ningxue's cherry lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.
She looked at Wang Feng, an indescribable sense of loss welling up in her heart.
Earlier, when she saw the reaction from the Pearl Institute's side, she vaguely guessed something.
And now, seeing Wang Feng's calm expression, she immediately understood that the strength he displayed was merely the tip of the iceberg!
The huge sense of disparity and childhood emotions mixed together.
She was happy for Wang Feng's strength, but at the same time, she felt a hint of bitterness.
The young man who had grown up with her had now reached a height she could hardly attain.
...
That evening, the moonlight was like water, and stars dotted the sky.
Wang Feng strolled through the campus of Imperial Capital Institute, enjoying the tranquility of the night.
Suddenly, a wisp of cold wind brushed past, and his figure flickered slightly, transforming into a shadow, quietly arriving at the top of a teaching building.
On the rooftop, Mu Ningxue leaned against the railing, gazing up at the starry night sky, her expression somewhat dazed, as if lost in thought.
It wasn't until Wang Feng silently walked to her side that she snapped back to reality.
"You're here?" Mu Ningxue's voice was as soft as the night wind.
"Mm." Wang Feng nodded, a gentle smile on his face.
Looking at Mu Ningxue's exquisite profile, he said with a teasing tone, "It's been a few years, and you've become a great enchantress, haven't you? You must have many admirers?"
Mu Ningxue was slightly startled by his words, then remembered the first kiss Wang Feng had 'tricked' her into when they were children, and a faint blush couldn't help but rise to her cheeks.
She turned her head away, feigning calmness as she said, "I'm not interested in such things."
Wang Feng smiled and did not continue to tease, instead standing beside her, also looking up at the night sky.
The atmosphere between the two became subtly delicate for a moment, as if they had returned to the time of their childhood when they could talk about anything, yet there was also an indescribable sense of distance.
After a moment of silence, Mu Ningxue spoke softly, "Wang Feng, what... what have you experienced all these years? Why have you become so strong?"
Wang Feng didn't answer immediately, but looked up at the starry sky.
After a moment, he slowly said, "Nothing much, I was just lucky enough to find a path of my own."
"You..." Mu Ningxue opened her mouth, as if to say something, but in the end, she couldn't speak.
Wang Feng glanced at her, smiling slightly, "It's you, though, you have quite a few 'restraints' on you. Have you thought about breaking free?"
Mu Ningxue's eyes flashed with a hint of bitterness at his words. She naturally knew what Wang Feng meant by 'restraints'.
The Mu Clan was not an ordinary aristocratic family, but one of the three great clans in the country. Their Bo City Mu Clan was merely an insignificant branch of the Mu Clan's main family.
If not for her good talent, which caught the eye of the main Mu Clan, their Bo City Mu Clan would probably have withered away and been completely removed from the family now.
Since they accepted their funding, how could they break free from 'restraints' just by saying so?
"Tell me about you and Xin Xia. How is she doing now?" Mu Ningxue very directly changed the subject.