C28 Spirit Tattoo Match
Holy Wind Academy, the plaza was filled with a black mass of people.
At this moment, three youths stood at the center of the arena. Feeling the gazes of admiration from the surrounding youths, the three of them had complacent expressions.
These three people were the top three in the first year's Yue Sai "Spirit Pattern Competition".
Amongst them, two of them were from Class One, Zhang Huiyi and Wu Ji Yi, and the other one was from Class Three, Zhou Lin.
Only Class Two was quite pitiful. No one had made it into the top three.
On the high platform in the plaza, after Li Hanfeng's gaze swept across the three of them, his voice, wrapped in Spiritual Energy, came out from his mouth, "Good. All three of you, stand at the center of the square.
"Class One's Wu Ji Yi and Zhang Huiyi can draw Rank 2 spirit runes extremely quickly, and it's impossible to defeat them with just spirit tattoos. Class Three's Zhou Forest, on the other hand, can inscribe Rank 2 spirit runes faster than the two of them, it's worth a try!"
"That's right, there's more than one class. This Zhang Huiyi and Wu Ji Yi have extremely good talent in inscribing spirit patterns, and are not something that an ordinary person can compare to."
"…"
As Li Hanfeng's words faded, a flurry of discussions broke out among the first year students.
From these discussions, one could tell that no student had the confidence to win against last month's first and second place contestants, Zhang Huiyi and Wu Ji Yi.
"I, Class 1, Xiong Qiang, challenge Zhou Lin, who was third place in the Spirit Tattoo Competition last month!"
As everyone was discussing, a tall and muscular youth with an ominous appearance walked out from the group. He strode towards the forest surrounding Class 3 and said with a voice filled with energy.
"It's Xiong Qiang! I remember last month during the Spirit Tattoo Match, Xiong Qiang almost defeated Zhou Lin. I was careless and made a mistake before being defeated by Zhou Lin!"
"That's right. From the looks of it, Xiong Qiang is still brooding over what happened last time. He might have been working hard to inscribe spirit inscriptions for the past month, so this time he might be able to defeat Zhou Lin."
Many students looked at Xiong Qiang as they discussed.
Zhou Lin obviously had some understanding of Xiong Qiang's strength. A hint of nervousness appeared in his eyes, but he gritted his teeth and viciously said, "Xiong Qiang, if I can defeat you once, I can defeat you twice. Prepare to be defeated if you challenge me!"
The corner of Xiong Qiang's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "Stop with the nonsense, last month your daddy had underestimated my opponent, and this is only a mistake, I lost to you, and you got third in Yue Sai by a fluke. This time, you better give up this spot for me!"
"Humph, then cut the crap. Let's begin!" Zhou Lin said with a cold expression.
"Good, this time, I will defeat you quickly!" Xiong Qiang said full of vigor.
Zhang Huiyi and Wu Ji Yi, who were standing in the center of the square, opened up a stage for Zhou Lin and Xiong Qiang.
The two of them stood facing each other as their gazes collided, causing invisible sparks to fly in all directions!
"Alright, let's begin!"
Li Hanfeng, who was on the high platform, immediately shouted when he saw the two of them get into a fighting stance.
When the two heard this, their eyes rippled with a bright light. They raised their hands at almost the same time and began inscribing spirit patterns.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh!"
In the span of a breath, the two had almost simultaneously finished inscribing a Rank 2 spirit rune, and then the spirit rune had shot out.
The two spirit patterns were like two butterflies as they rapidly collided with each other. Immediately, there was an explosive sound as the two spirit patterns exploded with each other, turning into spirit energy that scattered into the air.
The two of them coldly snorted at the same time and didn't dare to stop. They were afraid that if they were even slightly slower, they would draw another Rank 2 spirit rune.
The battle between spirit inscriptions seemed to be very simple and wasn't that intense. They only drew the spirit inscriptions quickly and then shot them out.
In actuality, a battle between two spirit inscriptions was a test of one's mental fortitude and mental reaction.
There were many types of Spirit Symbols at the same level, and their might and effects were all different. Some of them didn't have very strong attacks, but the effects were very good. If they were used well, they could determine victory or defeat.
And when considering which inscriptions to inscribe against his opponent, his hands could not be idle. Once he thought about it, it would cause his hands to be slightly slower. The inscriptions he drew would be slightly slower than the inscriptions his opponent drew, and he would be at a disadvantage.
"Bang bang bang!"
In just a few breaths of time, Xiong Qiang and Zhou Lin had already drawn quite a few spirit inscriptions. The two spirit inscriptions collided and exploded in the air, causing sparks to fly.
"Hmph, not fighting for more than a month, your speed of inscribing spirit inscriptions has increased quite a bit." Xiong Qiang's hands did not stop moving, he snorted in his heart somewhat irritably. Indeed, he was still brooding over the fact that he lost to Zhou Lin last month, who was slightly weaker than him in terms of actual strength, so he practiced hard to increase his strength, preparing to quickly defeat his opponent, give his opponent a psychological blow, and give a heavy punch during this month's Yue Sai battle. However, he did not expect that Zhou Lin would not idle around for a month, and his speed of inscribing spirit patterns had also improved significantly, being on par with his opponent.
"Didn't you want to defeat me quickly? How ridiculous! " The instant that Zhou Lin finished drawing the Spirit Emblem on his hand, he grinned and ridiculed.
As his words faded, the Spirit Marks shot out and attacked Xiong Qiang.
Xiong Qiang naturally had already finished inscribing the spirit patterns and was able to shoot out the spirit patterns. However, because of Zhou Lin's words, he was immediately angered and his hands unconsciously slowed down. Zhou Lin seized this opportunity and immediately began inscribing spirit prints.
"Bam!"
After the collisions between the spirit patterns that shot out just now had ended, the surrounding forest had almost reached the point where Xiong Qiang had taken a step forward and inscribed a spirit pattern.
Immediately, the Spiritual Pattern was shot out.
Seeing that he had slowed down a little, Xiong Qiang's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly sped up.
Just as the opponent's spirit pattern was about to hit him, it would shoot out.
"Bam!"
The two spirit tattoos collided against Xiong Qiang's chest and exploded. Although it didn't deal any substantial damage to Xiong Qiang, some of the spiritual flames that sputtered out struck Xiong Qiang's face, causing him to feel a bit of pain and become furious.
"Damn it, I will turn you into a sieve!"
Xiong Qiang was infuriated and he hurriedly drew spirit inscriptions on his hands.
However, one step was slow, and one step was slow. Just as his spirit pattern wasn't completed, the spirit patterns in the surrounding forest shot out once more.
Once again, just as the spirit pattern was about to hit him, he barely managed to shoot out the spirit pattern on his hand and block it. However, the spirit fire that sputtered out once again struck his face, causing him to feel pain and humiliation!
"Bastard, I'll kill you!" Xiong Qiang was infuriated and could not stop inscribing spirit patterns.
However, inscribing spirit patterns required a calm mind in order to succeed. Xiong Qiang's anger was an accident and the inscription failed.
Immediately, he revealed a shocked expression and hurriedly dodged when he saw the incoming spirit pattern.
In a spirit pattern battle, one could dodge, but an average person would not dodge. This dodge would completely put them at a disadvantage, because other than the ability to inscribe spirit patterns and reach an abnormal level of proficiency, they would not be able to inscribe a spirit pattern when they moved.
"Bam!"
"Pfft!"
Xiong Qiang hurriedly dodged. However, the Spiritual Pattern drawn by Zhou Lin this time was actually a Rank 2 Spiritual Pattern with slightly weaker attack power and much faster attack speed. This caused Xiong Qiang to be unable to dodge and was struck in the chest.
One had to say, Zhou Lin had a lot of experience in the field of spirit inscriptions.
Because he took into account that even if the other party succeeded in inscribing a spirit pattern, because he was slightly slower, the two parties' spirit tattoos would explode in front of the other party. That way, even if the attack power of the spirit pattern he drew was weaker and it would not be able to collide with the opponent's spirit pattern, the remaining energy of the opponent's spirit pattern would not need to be worried. Because of the distance, the remaining spirit pattern would dissipate before it could even reach him.
If Xiong Qiang, under his rage, was affected and failed to inscribe the Spiritual Emblem, then the Spiritual Emblem that increased speed was enough for the opponent to not be able to dodge.
And as it turned out, Xiong Qiang was unable to dodge the attack.
Once his body was injured, the speed at which he inscribed spirit inscriptions became even slower.
As a result, without any surprise, Xiong Qiang was defeated. He was wounded all over by a few spirit tattoos, and he fell onto the ground unconscious.
"Xiong Qiang's challenge has failed, Zhou Lin's challenge was a success!"
On the high platform, Li Hanfeng announced the results after some of the school's staff took Xiong Qiang away for treatment.
"What a powerful circumference forest. His spirit inscription speed has increased by quite a bit!"
"Yeah, last month at Yue Sai, when he fought Xiong Qiang, I always felt that Xiong Qiang's actual strength was a little stronger. Now, it's obvious that he's a little stronger."
"…"
After Zhou Lin defeated Xiong Qiang, many students started discussing about him.
This week's forest is indeed impressive. Not only is he experienced in spirit pattern battles, his mind is also flexible. More importantly, he understands psychological tactics. If he hadn't first angered Xiong Qiang and made him slow down a little, then he probably wouldn't have been able to defeat Xiong Qiang so easily.
However, no matter how powerful you are, you won't be able to withstand the attack from my third level spirit pattern. Hehe, Instructor, just you wait, I, Yang Liefeng, will immediately take first place for you. "
Yang Liefeng smiled proudly as he thought in his heart.
, who had been observing Yang Liefeng all this while, felt apprehensive in his heart. When he saw Yang Liefeng's current state, the puzzlement in his eyes became denser.
Even if he cracked his brains, he still wouldn't be able to think of what Yang Liefeng planned to do to make his class get first place in Yue Sai.