"Let me teach you a lesson about reality."
"Second Spirit Skill, Thousand Transformations!"
The clear, low shout caused quite a few people present to freeze.
"Wang Zhong, he got his second spirit ring? When did that happen?" Ying Yanyang asked, bewildered. He clearly remembered not taking Wang Zhong to hunt for spirit beasts a second time.
"Could it be that this little fellow, in the Mimicry Cultivation Environment, found a suitable spirit beast."
"And then obtained his second spirit ring by himself."
Shuang Yuelian guessed from the side.
Regarding this explanation, Yue Shan and Xia Xuan both agreed to a certain extent, considering it the most logical one. However, another question immediately arose before them.
"Yanyang, when you were planning for this kid, from which spirit beast was his second spirit ring supposed to be obtained?" Yue Shan turned his head and asked Ying Yanyang.
Ying Yanyang's face was now quite unpleasant, even a little angry.
His first thought was that Wang Zhong, in order to fight Lu Xiaoshuang, had disregarded his future and casually chosen a spirit beast from the mimicry environment to break through the level twenty bottleneck, prioritizing increased spirit power over spirit skill synergy.
While this choice seemed to have led to a significant improvement in Wang Zhong's strength, breaking through level twenty, his future development was uncertain.
"This little idiot! How could he be so anxious for Lu Xiaoshuang that he even broke through such a thing without telling me."
"For the first spirit ring in the first half of the year, it was because your tree martial soul's characteristics were unclear, so we had to be extremely cautious in our selection, which is why it was delayed for half a month!"
"The second spirit ring was already planned for you. As soon as you told me, you could have obtained it! This idiot...?"
"???!!!"
Before Ying Yanyang could finish his words, his eyes suddenly widened.
Not only him, but Shuang Yuelian, Xia Xuan, and Yue Shan also showed expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
Everyone in the entire square, at this moment, stared with wide eyes, feeling that their long-held understanding had been subjected to an unprecedented shock.
Bibi Dong stood up from her throne, her gaze towards Wang Zhong filled with a deep, heartfelt astonishment.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were so shocked that their eyebrows twitched incessantly.
"A thousand-year second spirit ring!!!"
"How is this possible! No one can withstand the impact of a thousand-year spirit ring's spirit power at their second spirit ring stage."
Yue Guan's sharp voice trembled as he exclaimed in disbelief.
Two spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, rose from Wang Zhong's feet, rotating silently and drawing everyone's attention.
Especially the purple spirit ring, which seemed to possess an astonishing magic, drawing everyone's minds into it, unable to extricate themselves.
This was an unprecedented event in the history of the Douluo Continent, not even recorded. Even the first Sea God, upon achieving godhood, when all his spirit rings were upgraded to a hundred thousand years, his initial four spirit rings followed the pattern of yellow, yellow, purple, purple!
Even Qian Renxue, this little princess favored by heaven and earth, who was born with level twenty innate spirit power, her first three spirit rings were also yellow, yellow, purple.
A second spirit ring being a thousand years old sounded like an extremely foolish joke, but now, this joke had become reality.
Standing opposite Wang Zhong, Lu Xiaoshuang also had four spirit rings, two yellow, one purple, and one white, slowly rotating beneath his feet. However, for some inexplicable reason, his four spirit rings now appeared extremely powerless against Wang Zhong's two.
"A thousand-year second spirit ring! This is actually achievable!"
However, the real surprise was not over yet, as Wang Zhong's clear voice did not stop.
"Mimicry!"
Thick tree roots, erupting from behind Wang Zhong, burst through the arena and shot skyward. This sudden change caused the arena itself to begin to shake.
"Great Axe!"
The thick tree roots twisted and coiled together, and in just a blink of an eye, the prototype of an unimaginably vast thousand-zhang great axe suddenly appeared behind Wang Zhong.
Compared to the great axe, Wang Zhong's figure was pathetically small, and the entire arena would have been no bigger than his palm in comparison.
Extending his hands, he clasped the axe handle, and excess roots fell away, revealing a completely wooden great axe before the crowd. The tight grain and the chilling edge left no one to dismiss it as a mere decorative item.
This was a great axe capable of cleaving the heavens!
He stomped his foot forward forcefully, Wang Zhong gritted his teeth, his muscles tensed, and he channeled all the spirit power within him.
"Hmph, ha!"
The towering great axe slanted downwards, casting an immense shadow that covered nearly the entire arena onto Lu Xiaoshuang, its terrifying aura, like a falling mountain, making him shiver.
He circulated his spirit power to dispel the chill from his body. Lu Xiaoshuang gritted his teeth tightly and looked down at the tree roots that had mysteriously appeared and bound his legs, his eyes splitting with rage.
"He wants me to take this blow head-on! Bastard!"
"First Spirit Skill, Thick Armor Shield."
"Third Spirit Skill, Turtle Shell Expansion!"
"Fourth Spirit Skill, Heavenly Cover!"
Three spirit skills in a row were unleashed at this moment. A giantized turtle shell shield spanned the arena, not only enveloping Lu Xiaoshuang but also sheltering more than half of the arena beneath it.
It wasn't that Lu Xiaoshuang wanted to do this, but he had no choice.
The destructive power and impact of such a colossal great axe, delivered with Wang Zhong's full physical strength and spirit power, would undoubtedly shatter the arena. If Lu Xiaoshuang did not protect it, the moment the arena broke, he would fall to the ground!
And according to the rules of combat, falling off the arena also resulted in a loss!
The great axe descended with the power to split the heavens and earth. The thick turtle shell great shield blocked it. The moment the two collided, the entire plaza seemed to jolt.
Terrifying power was unleashed ruthlessly in all directions from the point of impact. A gale swept across the plaza, forcing everyone present, except for the teachers and some stronger students, to be unable to open their eyes.
The great axe and the thick shield were locked in a stalemate, but soon, with a crisp cracking sound, the thick shield, which seemed capable of defending against anything, was mercilessly cleaved open!
The Thick Armor Shield shattered, and the wooden great axe landed on Lu Xiaoshuang's Heavenly Cover, formed by his fourth spirit skill. After just a moment of contact,
Lu Xiaoshuang's entire body trembled, blood gushed from his mouth and nose, and even some parts of his body were bleeding profusely, a result of blood vessels rupturing from resisting such immense power.
The arena beneath his feet, which had been shattered before, exploded with a bang!
Debris flew everywhere. The remaining half of the arena was completely destroyed at this moment!
The wooden great axe dissipated into spirit power, and Wang Zhong's body also began to fall with the destruction of the arena, but two suddenly formed flat-topped thorns emerged from the ground, coming to rest beneath Wang Zhong's feet and preventing his descent.
Standing on the wooden thorns, Wang Zhong panted heavily, his body also trembling.
It was too heavy, too heavy!
Wang Zhong himself never imagined how heavy his great axe, condensed from his wood martial soul with all his spirit power infused, would be!
He himself had barely managed to swing it!
Despite its weight, its destructive power was indeed astonishing.
Looking at the completely damaged arena before him, even Wang Zhong, who had created it himself, felt a sense of unreality.
"Is my martial soul truly just a tree?"
Wang Zhong also harbored the same doubt. A tree martial soul, considered a waste martial soul, possessing such astonishing abilities far surpassed others.
From amidst the rubble, Lu Xiaoshuang struggled to stand up. Blood streamed down his face, and his body was also bleeding from various spots, a result of blood vessels rupturing from resisting the overwhelming power.
Looking at Wang Zhong standing on the thorns, Lu Xiaoshuang was filled with unwillingness.
He had lost, he had lost to a first-year student!
He had challenged a junior who was supposed to be weaker with the posture of a stronger individual, and he had been tragically defeated!
The so-called Shield of the Martial Soul Hall couldn't even secure victory against a weaker opponent, let alone defend the Martial Soul Hall!
What a joke!
"I lost!"
Lu Xiaoshuang's body collapsed backward, weak and desolate, the deafening roar of the crowd filling his ears.