After some study, Shui Wuhen created a new spirit skill based on Triple Spin Strike: the Ice Slash·Instant Triple Strike.
This self-created spirit skill could instantly stack the damage of Triple Spin Strike three times, and its attack speed had also leapt significantly. From the moment he created it, its power surpassed ordinary ten-thousand-year-old spirit skills and had an extremely high ceiling. It was Shui Wuhen's proud achievement.
Facing Shui Wuhen's attack, Shui Bing'er's second spirit ring lit up, and a layer of translucent blue armor enveloped her.
However, her purpose in using this spirit skill was not to withstand Shui Wuhen's attacks. Even when he unleashed his water techniques, Shui Bing'er clearly understood the gap between herself and her brother.
She used this skill mainly to prevent being instantly defeated by accident while dodging his attacks.
Soon, fifteen minutes passed. During this time, Shui Wuhen kept attacking with Rotating Ice Rain.
Though called an "attack," it was more like instruction. Otherwise, at Shui Wuhen's current level as a Spirit Emperor, even his first spirit skill alone would be deadly to Shui Bing'er.
Suddenly, Shui Wuhen stopped attacking. The hundreds of rotating ice spears behind him vanished instantly.
"Brother, why did you stop?"
Just as Shui Bing'er asked in confusion, two figures flew from a distance and slowly landed on the roof eaves.
Seeing them, Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er quickly saluted, "Dean Feng!"
Indeed, standing before the two siblings were Feng Qingcang, the dean of the Divine Wind Academy whom they had seen earlier, and Feng Xiaotian.
"Hmm."
Feng Qingcang nodded slightly, glanced at the battle marks on the arena, and smiled. "You two were sparring just now? Quite diligent. No wonder you have your current strength at such a young age."
Although he hadn't directly witnessed Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er's fight, his rich experience allowed him to roughly guess the strength they had displayed just from the marks left on the arena.
It could be said that if Feng Xiaotian weren't part of their Divine Wind Academy cohort, these two would hardly have any match. And considering their ages, their abilities were even more impressive.
"Yes, but it's already finished."
Shui Wuhen glanced at Feng Xiaotian and said, "Dean Feng, you probably want to use the training arena too, right? We won't disturb you then!"
With that, Shui Wuhen took Shui Bing'er and turned to leave the arena.
Beside him, Articuno flapped its wings and quickly landed on Shui Wuhen's shoulder.
Feng Qingcang watched the siblings leave, then glanced at the Articuno on Shui Wuhen's shoulder. Stroking his beard, he murmured, "A variant of the Ice Phoenix spirit? I wonder how it compares to the Ice Phoenix itself."
The Ice Phoenix was undoubtedly one of the top-tier spirit beasts, its quality comparable to the Blue-Electric Tyrannosaurus, which claimed to be the strongest beast spirit in the world, and even slightly higher.
However, the Blue-Electric Tyrannosaurus had reason to claim it was the strongest.
The Tyrannosaurus sect had many members and, over the years, developed a complete cultivation method best suited for this spirit. They knew which spirit beasts could be absorbed to produce which spirit skills, the optimal ring ratios, and more.
Not to mention the secret Dragon Transformation technique, which directly elevated the combat ability of Tyrannosaurus spirit masters at the Spirit Saint level by one tier.
In contrast, the Ice Phoenix spirit was extremely rare, so no long-tested cultivation method existed. Training had to follow conventional methods, and awakening suitable spirit skills required luck. Compared to the Blue-Electric Tyrannosaurus, it was still somewhat lacking.
Time passed quickly. Several days later, more spirit academies arrived in Tiandou City, making the reception hall much livelier.
However, this had little effect on Shui Wuhen. He still stayed mostly secluded, seeing almost no one besides his sister, Shui Bing'er, training his spirit power to break through to level sixty-three as soon as possible.
"Still too slow!"
Inside his room, Shui Wuhen ended another training session and frowned. "Without the aid of a simulated training arena, the speed is too slow. At this rate, it'll take me at least a month to reach sixty-three."
As the capital and political-economic center of the Tiandou Empire, space in Tiandou City was extremely limited. Providing accommodations for contestants was already difficult.
As for a simulated training arena, an expensive and large facility, it was simply impossible to equip.
Moreover, the environment of Tiandou City differed from Tianshui City. Tianshui was farther north, and while Tiandou was also in the north, it was far less ideal. This also affected Shui Wuhen's training speed.
"Maybe I should check outside the city for higher peaks. It might not help much, but it'll be better than inside Tiandou City." Shui Wuhen thought.
He stood up and gestured to Articuno.
"Wo~~"
Articuno immediately flew from its perch to Shui Wuhen's shoulder, and they left the room together.
Soon, they reached the outskirts of the city. After looking around, Shui Wuhen realized that while there were mountains nearby, none were very high.
Moreover, almost all mountains were already controlled by other factions, barring outsiders from entry.
Faced with this, Shui Wuhen shook his head in resignation and prepared to return to the reception hall.
However, just as he was about to leave, a spark of inspiration struck him. He thought of a possibility.
A moment later, thousands of meters in the air, Shui Wuhen sat cross-legged. His ice-element spirit power circulated rapidly as he began his training!
After several hours, he woke up with a satisfied smile. "Not bad. If I encounter unsuitable training environments in the future, I can do this."
Though not as good as the peak of Tianxue Mountain, compared to Tiandou City, this environment was far superior.
Even factoring in the spirit power needed for Articuno to maintain flight, the training efficiency was much higher than training inside the city.
Besides slightly lower oxygen and stronger winds, there were no major issues.
Shui Wuhen gazed at the deep blue sky, thinking, "Too bad. Higher up, the wind would be too strong and oxygen too low. Otherwise, it could even serve as a permanent training spot."
For now, staying higher would be more trouble than it's worth.
Shui Wuhen then rode Articuno and flew downward. He couldn't stay too long, or Shui Bing'er would start worrying.