As a test for the junior scenario, the Lava Hounds were in essence not extremely strong and the challenge was only to beat their numbers. Against the young lady’s attack, the three 100-year Lava Hounds were obviously sent into panic as they turned with their tails between their legs.
The young lady landed and swept her surroundings with her spear, unleashing a deep blue ice ring with her as its center. The area within a diameter of 20 meters had its temperature fall rapidly as though winter had arrived early. Even from behind, Lan Xuanyu’s entire body shuddered with the cold, but his invigorating blood and energy within his body revolved a full cycle and restored his warmth.
The three 100-year Lava Hounds that retreated turned sluggish upon touching the deep blue ring of ice. With a shout, the young lady threw the dark blue spear from her hand through the chest of one of those monsters and after a loud howl, it turned into light and disappeared.
Seeing that the young lady had lost her weapon, the other two 100-year Lava Hounds actually overcame their fear and pounced at her.
But right when the young lady was about to dodge, she felt something around her waist and a burst of energy surged and pulled her back.
“Let me go.” The young lady turned her head to see that Lan Xuanyu had used his silver patterned Blue Silver Grass to save her.
Right when she said those words, both of them looked at each other in astonishment as both of them felt a change.
Lan Xuanyu’s initial intent was to save her, but after hearing her tone, he subconsciously realized that she did not need saving. He wanted to release the silver patterned Blue Silver Grass, only to discover in surprise that the surface of the blue silver grass suddenly had an additional layer of a dark blue aura.
Aside from glowing intensely, the aura resembled a bridge that connected the two together. The young girl’s icy blue eyes became clearer. She immediately raised both hands out which summoned a new batch of ice blades that were twice as big and twice the number of what she produced when she shattered her own ice wall. It hailed on their enemies after a moment and the two 100-year Lava Hounds did not escape its wrath.
A series of “pu pu” sounds were produced as the bodies of those beasts started dropping. All of the 10-year Lava Hounds were killed on the spot while their leaders remained heavily injured.
The young girl was stunned as she looked down at her own hands, seemingly in disbelief that she was the one that had unleashed the skill.
Lan Xuanyu was already by her side at this point. He summoned two ice awls and dealt the killing blows as he shot them accurately into the two remaining 100-year Lava Hounds. The two transformed into light and disappeared.
As she raised her head, their eyes met. Both Lan Xuanyu and the dark blue young girl had eyes brimming with emotions. It was a breathtaking scene seeing the two of them standing and staring at each other in curiosity. Amongst his peers, she was the first girl to make Lan Xuanyu lose his breath.
She was truly beautiful, her skin was so fair and delicate that it resembled a gelatin dessert that made people have the impulse of biting her. Her skin was not pale white, but instead an extremely healthy rosy white to that of a baby. And her deep and dark blue eyes; the instant her eyes went back to normal, its clear and limpid color that gave a hint of naivety caused Lan Xuanyu to stare at her in a daze.
When the young girl looked at the boy in front of her, she was equally stunned. ‘He has deep dark eyes and short hair, and those long eyelashes, they seem to be as long as mine! He is a boy, why does he have such long eyelashes? It was his aura, but, how did it make my Spirit Power stronger upon connecting with me? And, it seems as though there were other changes…’
“Test completed. The test is over, rewarding the team with one Soul coin.” The robotic voice came out at this moment. In an instant, everyone’s figure became blurred as the young girl’s body transformed into a beam of light and shot back into the Gate of Summoning before it disappeared. Lan Xuanyu, Qian Lei and Liu Feng gradually disappeared as well.
Their vision flickered and after a second, they found themselves back at the counter.
The three were also restored back to their optimal condition. The lady behind the counter returned their gold coin and added another; which was their reward. It was not one per person, but one gold coin per team.
“What happened there?” Qian Lei gave Lan Xuanyu a confused look.
“You were the one who summoned her, why are you asking me?” Lan Xuanyu replied.
Liu Feng also gave Qian Lei a strange look. “Your coin of summoning can even summon people? You’ve never mentioned this before.”
Qian Lei then gave them both a helpless look: “I, I didn’t know I could do that! It is my first time summoning a person. But, isn’t this amazing? See, I can summon a beauty now! She looks really pretty.” At this point, he could not help but smile from ear to ear.
Lan Xuanyu looked at him, then at Liu Feng while cursing to himself. these two roommates are really unreliable!
“No.” Liu Feng suddenly spoke.
“What do you mean no?” Qian Lei was startled.
“While opening your Gate of Summoning the second time, Xuanyu accidentally touched the Gate while blocking the fireball for you. It was in that instant when I felt something was off because it was then when your Spirit Skill seemed to have changed slightly,” Liu Feng answered.
Qian Lei looked at Lan Xuanyu.”Is that true?”
Lan Xuanyu was slightly surprised. Although Liu Feng’s combat ability was rather unreliable, his observation skills were not too bad!
“Yeah, something changed when I touched the gate.” Lan Xuanyu nodded.
“Should we give it a test?” While saying that, he flicked the Soul coin into the air.
“Alright.” Lan Xuanyu and Liu Feng nodded their heads. They were equally curious about the bizarre occurrence. Will the Gate of Summoning change when combined with Lan Xuanyu’s power?
With that, they applied for the same scenario again.
With a blur, they were back into the same training grounds and it was far simpler this time. The scenario was identical and the opponents were exactly the same.
Qian Lei immediately summoned the Gate of Summoning without hesitation, while Lan Xuanyu grabbed the door frame with his left hand that was wrapped with the silver patterned Blue Silver Grass.
As anticipated, the same sensation occurred. Time felt sluggish while Lan Xuanyu felt a faint connection to the other side once more.
The four metal gates along the walls were opened as the wave of Lava Hounds pounced in again.
The small and petite figure walked out of the Gate of Summoning again. She was the same blue-haired young girl from before!
The four looked at each other and soon enough, the young girl spoke. “It’s you guys again? Are you guys sick, why did you bring me back?”
“Haha, wahahaha!” Qian Lei suddenly laughed out loud, scaring the three of them.
“Qian Lei, what are you laughing for?” Liu Feng kicked him.
“It’s reliable now, it’s reliable now! My summoning is finally consistent! Do you guys know, this is my first time summoning the same thing twice in a row, wahahaha. Being consistent and reliable truly feels great!” Qian Lei gesticulated with his hands in joy and excitement.
“What exactly is going on?” The young girl asked in puzzlement.
“Let’s defeat the Lava Hounds first, we’ll explain it to you later,” Lan Xuanyu said.
The girl’s heart stirred slightly. “Fine, use your grass and wrap it around my body.”
Lan Xuanyu was startled but he released the silver-patterned Blue Silver Grass and wrapped around it around her waist. She immediately felt a cool sensation pervade her entire body and the Spirit Power within her became distinctly denser.
With a wave of her right hand, she summoned her dark blue spear and performed a sweep that summoned a ring of ice, soon freezing a large number of Lava Hounds around them.
By the time the three 100-year Lava Hounds appeared, all of the 10-year Lava Hounds had been cleared by her.
“Is that the strength of two Spirit Rings?” Qian Lei and Liu Feng were dumbstruck.
The young girl then turned to Lan Xuanyu: “Tell me, what is going on?”