Chapter 83 - Gate of Summoning
But at this time, the innate quality of an elite junior class student revealed itself. Sensing that something was amiss, Jin Xiang suddenly expanded his wings and forcefully stabilized himself midair for a moment. It was in that instant that he found his balance again while flapping his wings in different directions to produce a momentum that caused him to spin. All the feathers on his wings prickled upwards like sharp tips of a meat grinder, preventing Lan Xuanyu from attacking him.
“Nice!”
Jin Xiang’s response caused the other students to call out. It was indeed a wonderful counter.
Lan Xuanyu stopped by the side and evaluated Jin Xiang’s technique, not wanting to enter the range of his sharp feathers. He suddenly performed a strange movement; he squatted down and touched the ground with his left hand.
Jin Xiang’s contingency technique came at a cost of exhausting himself. Unfortunately, as a single spirit ring user, he was unable to fly. He could only balance and protect himself, but in the end, he still had to fall to the ground!
The ground beneath him had actually turned to ice. What’s more, spikes suddenly protruded out one after another. They were not sharp, but their sudden appearances were intimidating. With no space to land, Jin Xiang had no other techniques against Lan Xuanyu’s counter.
He did his utmost to locate a position and tiptoed while extending his wings to stabilize his landing on a small crevice between the ice spikes.
But at this time, Lan Xuanyu was already in midair about to kick Jin Xiang.
Lu Qianxun watched in astonishment towards Lan Xuanyu’s combo at which were coordinated smoothly, as though he had long made preparations for the battle.
At that moment, Jin Xiang had difficulty in making a choice. He was caught between ice spikes and Lan Xuanyu. He discovered to his dismay that he had lost balance and had no time to react.
With both sides intent on harming him, Jin Xiang’s final decision was to flap his wings downwards to block against the ice spikes while bending his knees in hopes of blocking Lan Xuanyu’s kick.
“Bang!”
It was the sound of Jin Xiang’s entire body smashing straight into the ground! His pair of golden wings were almost dispersed and Lan Xuanyu’s right leg had struck right on his knee. The impact went through to his chest that resulted in him falling to the ground.
‘He is bloody heavy!’ That was the only thought that ran past his mind at that point in time.
Ice fragments shattered all around as Jin Xiang grimaced in pain. Borrowing the momentum, Lan Xuanyu leaped away and landed to the side.
‘Being in a coma did not reduce his strength, he actually became even stronger!’ Ye Lingtong was inwardly shocked as she watched the battle. She subconsciously placed herself in Jin Xiang’s shoes and knew that she would not fare any better. In terms of spirit, Jin Xiang’s Flaming Bird spirit was in no way inferior to her but he was still passively beaten down by Lan Xuanyu.
Qian Lei and Liu Feng watched the battle with splendor in their eyes. It was as what Lan Xuanyu had said, spirit power did not represent everything.
“Jin Xiang, you lost.” Lu Qianxun walked forward and pulled Jin Xiang off the ground, then, he added, “You have to apologize.”
Jin Xiang stood up while gritting his teeth and despite his unwillingness, he went over to Lan Xuanyu and lowered his head. “I apologize for before.”
Lan Xuanyu was startled, he never thought the other party would apologize.
Lu Qianxun laughed. “We are all in the elite junior class where strength is everything. If you’re strong, you’re right. If you’re weak, you’re in the wrong. Welcome to the class, I’m Lu Qianxun, the class monitor.” While explaining, he extended his hand out towards Lan Xuanyu. Without a doubt, it meant that the other students in the Elite Junior class had acknowledged him as a classmate too.
Lan Xuanyu extended his hand out and accepted the shake. Suddenly, a great burst of force came out from Lu Qianxun’s palm as though it had transformed into metal pincers.
Lan Xuanyu frowned but his right hand remained unmoved. The gold-patterned Blue Silver Grass appeared faintly within the palm of his right hand.
Lu Qianxun’s face gradually revealed a look of surprise. Not only was Lan Xuanyu’s hand strong, but there was also a unique flexibility to it and regardless of how much force he applied, everything seemed to be devoured by his hand.
Lan Xuanyu had displayed his control over ice element in the battle, but the strength in his palm was clearly not something an element control-type user could produce!
“You have twin spirits?” Lu Qianxun blurted out.
Lan Xuanyu was startled. Lu Qianxun appeared only a year older than him but he was able to quickly identify his twin spirits; his discernment ability was truly powerful…
Lu Qianxun had released his hand midway in the conversation, leaving Lan Xuanyu under the curious limelight. In the end, he nodded his head.
After exposing the existence of the gold-patterned Blue Silver Grass in the comprehensive test, there was no meaning in hiding it. Mu Zhongtian had known about it and had especially inquired Lan Xiao about it.
“Twin Spirits! How great,” Qian Lei laughed out loud and walked over, pressing down onto Lan Xuanyu’s shoulders. “Great, that’s awesome! Hahaha, our dorm will no longer be at the bottom for sure.”
“Hehe. WIth you dragging us down, we can’t say for sure,” Liu Feng retorted without holding back.
Qian Lei stuck his tongue out and replied, “I’ll do my best.”
“Alright, everyone just stay around for a bit longer. Our class is starting soon. Jin Xiang, go get a change of clothes. I’ll explain what happened to the teacher,” Lu Qianxun instructed.
“Oh, thanks.” Jin Xiang took another glance at Lan Xuanyu, somewhat unresigned at the conclusion of what happened, but after hearing about the twin spirits, shock had crept into his heart. Although they were still young, they all knew what twin spirits were!
After reshuffling their positions, Lan Xuanyu naturally found himself standing with his two roommates.
“Xuanyu, you really have twin spirits eh, what are they?” Qian Lei asked with a curious look on his face.
“My twin spirits are blue silver grass variations,” he replied. He did not hide anything and exposed his palms towards the sky, summoning the gold patterned Blue Silver Grass and silver patterned Blue Silver Grass.
“The gold patterned Blue Silver Grass mainly focuses on power while the silver patterned Blue Silver Grass gives me control over the water element.”
“I see, no wonder why you were able to knock Jin Xiang over. Jin Xiang is usually very unbridled, luckily we have you to teach him a lesson today. Let me introduce my spirit to you.” Qian Lei chuckled. “My spirit is rather unique, best you be prepared.”
“What’s your spirit?” Lan Xuanyu asked curiously.
Qian Lei laughed. “What’s my last name?”
“Qian (money)?” Lan Xuanyu asked with skepticism.
“That’s right, that’s my spirit. My spirit is money.” While saying that, he flipped his right hand and revealed a coin in his palm.
“Your spirit is money?” Lan Xuanyu was stunned. Even Lan Xiao had never heard of such a spirit before, much less him.
Qian Lei then replied somewhat bitterly, “My spirit is rather strange. Have you heard of this phrase before, with money, you can do anything you like. My spirit’s full name should be called Summoning Money. Not that I can summon money, but the money is used to summon other existences, for example, spirit beasts. The summoned spirit beasts appear by their souls and roughly have half their original strength. But the problem is my spirit isn’t that stable. I myself have no idea as to what I can summon. Hehe, so…”
“He just means he’s unreliable,” Liu Feng retorted coldly.
“It’s just not fixed or determined. What is your first Spirit Skill called?” Lan Xuanyu could not help but smile.
Qian Lei replied dejectedly, “Gate of Summoning. It is a door, but as to what comes out of it, I can’t say for certain. Anything can appear, and usually, rather mediocre spirit beasts appear.”