Shrek Academy versus Blazing Academy was the fifth match, but before the match had even started, Tang San could already feel the burning hot gaze aimed directly at him from not far away.
Tang San didn't look at Huo Wu, as he didn't want to display any aggression. He only quietly watched the matches in the ring, especially Godwind Academy and Thunderclap Academy. They hadn't encountered these academies before, and being about to fight them in the ranking competition, he had to observe them carefully.
Through observation, Tang San discovered that, apart from the four elemental academies, there were still another two academies who were also powerful. One was called Syras Academy, and one was called Botanic Academy.
Syras Academy was still well, with strength apparently not much different from the four elemental academies, with three students over fortieth rank. But Tang San was unable to make sense of that Botanic Academy. All the competing members of this academy had plant spirits, and moreover they were all somewhat strange plants. From the start of the competition until now, only three of their members had appeared in the ring.
Of course, this was also because they hadn't encountered any strong opponents. Even though the students that had appeared were all thirty something ranked, Tang San still saw that this Botanic Academy's members were all unexpectedly control system Spirit Masters. Under such circumstances, they wouldn't be at a disadvantage even against fortieth ranked opponents. Relying on three thirty something ranked Spirit Elders, this academy had already obtained a record of two successive victories.
Botanic Academy's display was very low key and they didn't use any dazzling spirit abilities, but the more so they did, the more complex Tang San felt they were.
At last it was time for Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy to go up.
When Tang San was the first to walk into the ring from Shrek Academy, the students on Blazing Academy's side all immediately revealed stunned expressions.
The first to go up from Blazing Academy was Huo Wushuang, and just like Dai Mubai had estimated, the last to go up was Huo Wu.
Seeing Tang San was the first to walk into the competition grounds, Huo Wu shot up from her seat, her ample chest heaving constantly, light flashing in her eyes. If the competition rules didn't prohibit changing the order once submitted, she would definitely be the first to go on up.
'Why? Why are you first?' Huo Wu screamed in her heart.
In the month since the end of the qualifiers, she had cultivated as if torturing herself. And she had also made some breakthrough, not only did her spirit power go up one rank, but her spirit ability application and all round capabilities had also improved. And all this, was to take revenge on Tang San.
But right now Tang San was the first Shrek Academy member to walk out. Even if he was even stronger, Huo Wu still wouldn't believe he could last until the fight with her. Could it be her opportunity for revenge would disappear? She was unwilling.
But with the competition rules in place, she was left helpless. She couldn't have her big brother and all the others give up on the match.
After all, she also had to consider the whole team.
Huo Wushuang stood confronting Tang San, his facial expression very heavy. Originally he had thought that after the five successive victories yesterday, Xiao Wu would still be the first to go up, and he had prepared accordingly.
But the one to appear in front of him was the one who had given him the deepest impression, Tang San. This already formed a small crack in Huo Wushuang's resolve.
He knew that with Tang San's spirit control capability and fire immunity, it would be very difficult for him to obtain the desired outcome. Fire immunity was really a far too great restriction on his strength.
Tang San's expression was still calm, that was true no matter what opponent he confronted. Along with the referee announcing the start of the match, he made an inviting gesture to Huo Wushuang.
The two completed their spirit release in practically the same moment. Tang San raised his right hand in front of him, and five cun of Blue Silver Grass grew in his palm, flickering softly. If it wasn't for those four dazzling spirit rings being a clear manifestation of his strength, nobody would have believed that this no more than five cun Blue Silver Grass would actually have such astonishing strength.
Not only Blazing Academy, but those students from the kingdom and duchy academies, as long as they weren't going to participate in a match, practically all their gazes fell on this fight between Huo Wushuang and Tang San.
One was from a traditionally powerful team, one had a ten thousand year fourth spirit ring, this fight was destined to be marvellous. At the same time, these academies all wanted to see just how powerful Tang San actually was.
Scales appearing on his skin, blazing flame shot up instantly, then was extinguished in another eyeblink. Huo Wushuang was covered in a layer of deep red, a short horn protruding from his forehead, about three cun long. That was his spirit, Single Horned Fire Tyrant Dragon.
Watching the process of Huo Wushuang releasing his spirit, Tang San's expression couldn't help turning serious. The release of flame was normal, but its later restraint was clearly different from the team battles last time. By Huo Wushuang's calm and composed appearance, he had clearly thought of a way to deal with him.
Different from ordinary confrontations between power attack system Spirit Masters and control system Spirit Masters. this time it was Tang San who charged first.
Tang San's feet shifted, and he seemed to float out. His movements didn't seem fast at all, but with that illusory pace, he approached Huo Wushuang in only a few eyeblinks.
A control system Spirit Master focusing on assault? Nobody could imagine it.
Huo Wushuang's first spirit ring already brightened in a flash, that layer of deep red scales covering his body instantly turning sparkling and translucent, covering him like a layer of armor. But his body didn't move, only his eyes rigidly watched Tang San's rapid approach.
What Huo Wushuang hadn't expected was that the Blue Silver Grass Binding he had prepared for didn't hit him, but Tang San still rushed closer, without using any spirit abilities.
Huo Wushuang was unable to hold back, both hands fiercely meeting in front of his chest. Deep red light rushed out between his palms, instantly condensing into a palm-sized sphere.
There still wasn't any sign of flame, so much that there wasn't even a trace of heat, but just as his gaze locked on Tang San, the deep red ball of light shot out, flying straight for Tang San.
Just as the two sides were about to clash, Tang San's foot suddenly slid, dodging the strike of the red sphere of light at the edge of danger. By now, he was already less than five meters from Huo Wushuang.
Clearly, Huo Wushuang's attack wouldn't be that easy to dodge. Even though he had avoided the first attack, that ball of light immediately changed direction, directly chasing after Tang San.
A faint smile at the corners of his mouth, the Blue Silver Grass in the palm of Tang San's right hand abruptly surged out. Only one strand, thick as a baby's arm, grew to three meters long in the blink of an eye. It didn't bind, but rather directly whipped out at Huo Wushuang. At the same time, a cluster of Blue Silver Grass rose behind Tang San's back, weaving together into a great net in the air, rigidly blocking the ball of light.
The next moment, astonished expressions appeared on both sides' faces.
The deep red ball of light vanished with a violently explosive sound, and the net covering it was also subsequently torn to pieces. But the Blue Silver Grass Tang San swung also closed in on Huo Wushuang.
Huo Wushuang finally moved. He didn't pay any attention to the Blue Silver Grass striking at his body, but rather went out to meet Tang San.
The Blue Silver Grass accurately lashed Huo Wushuang's shoulder, but with an explosive blast, that strand of Blue Silver Grass was unexpectedly directly destroyed. At the same time, Huo Wushuang and Tang San were already within reach of each other.
With Tang San's plentiful combat experience, he was aware of where the problem lay in a split second.
Indeed, his Blue Silver Grass was really immune to ice and fire, but it wasn't immune to energy attacks. Blazing Academy's method to deal with him was very simple. Restraining their fire attribute attacks, and replacing them with another kind of attack method.
Huo Wushuang didn't just have blazing heat, but also explosions.
Huo Wushuang compressed his fire attribute spirit power as far as possible, afterwards releasing it the moment both sides came into contact, creating an explosive force.
Like this, even though the fire attribute didn't have any effect, that explosive force was still dreadful.
Blazing Academy really deserved their reputation as one of the five great elemental academies. Whether it was the teachers or the outstanding students, finding a way to deal with him in such a short period of time really wasn't average.
'But, can this defeat me?' The smile at the corners of Tang San's mouth still hadn't disappeared. 'You've improved, then can't I also?'
Confronted with Huo Wushuang's strike, Tang San knew that as long as he came into contact with the opponent's body, the successive explosions from that deep red scale armor would injure him seriously. Spirit power condensed to this degree wasn't something his Blue Silver Grass could withstand right now.
After all, they were both forty second ranked Spirit Masters, but from the start of the battle until now Huo Wushuang had invested far more spirit power than Tang San. In coordination with that brimming with masculine aura Single Horned Tyrant Dragon Spirit, it really gave a feeling of sweeping everything before it.
Using explosions to counter him was no doubt the most proper choice, but unfortunately, Tang San's control had already reached a whole new level in this short month.
Confronted with Huo Wushuang's frontal attack, Tang San didn't retreat, but rather still charged ahead. The moment the two were about to collide, Huo Wushuang raised both fists simultaneously, blasting the empty air on either side of Tang San, as much as possible leaving him without anywhere to dodge.
He believed that as long as he and Tang San got close enough, he would immediately regain the advantage. How could Blue Silver Grass compare to the Single Horned Tyrant Dragon?