19: Chapter 19 Persuading Flander, Su Ling's First Soul Ring

Zhao Wuji released his Gravity Squeeze Spirit Ability, and Su Ling immediately felt tremendous pressure coming from all directions.

Eventually, this pressure began pushing him toward Zhao Wuji.

Su Ling controlled his body, resisting the pressure from all sides as much as possible.

"This kid, his body is truly extraordinary. How has it improved so much recently?" Flender asked with a puzzled expression.

The way Su Ling controlled his body just now was something a Spirit Elder could not achieve; even a Spirit Ancestor could not do it. This indicated that Su Ling's physical strength was at least at the level of a Spirit King.

"Brother Su is so amazing," Ning Rongrong exclaimed. She realized she seemed to have underestimated Su Ling once again; how could this be someone who had failed to absorb a spirit ring?

"Good, very good!" Zhao Wuji said.

The effect of Gravity Squeeze did not dissipate; it continued. Su Ling had just stabilized his body, but the next moment, Zhao Wuji, disregarding fair play, activated his second Spirit Ability.

"Good kid, let's see how long you can hold out."

Gravity Intensified. When the two Spirit Abilities stacked together, the power increased by more than double.

Su Ling circulated his Soul Power. His body could withstand it, but his low Soul Power was holding him back.

After about twenty breaths, Zhao Wuji ended the two Spirit Abilities and said with a look of surprise: "Su Ling, you really surprised me. Your physical strength must have exceeded the Spirit King level and should have reached the Spirit Emperor level; it's just that your Soul Power is lacking too much."

"Could it be that you, kid, turned a misfortune into a blessing because you failed to absorb a spirit ring?"

Flender said: "Xiaogang once said that there are only two ways to absorb a spirit ring beyond one's level: either a high-age Spirit Beast willingly sacrifices itself, or one possesses super-strong physical strength. Su Ling, you might have a chance to succeed."

Clearly, Su Ling's performance just now had convinced Flender.

Moreover, his educational philosophy was to recruit monster-level students and respect the students' own choices.

He had initially stopped Su Ling because he felt that what Su Ling said was too unrealistic. It wasn't until he saw Su Ling's performance after enduring Zhao Wuji's two major Spirit Abilities that he re-evaluated Su Ling.

"Thank you, Dean, thank you, Teacher Zhao," Su Ling expressed his gratitude.

"Alright, this is an opportunity you fought for yourself; whether you succeed or not depends on you," Flender said.

After Flender finished speaking, he looked at everyone and said: "Next, we are going to the area of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. It will be several times more dangerous than here, so you must be extra careful."

"Okay! Dean, we understand," Dai Mubai said. Seeing Flender agree to let Su Ling absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast ring, he felt a hint of secret joy in his heart. If there was even a slight accident, Su Ling would definitely not be able to walk out of the Star Dou Great Forest alive.

"Let's go. When we reach the area of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, Zhao Wuji, you lead the way, and I will bring up the rear," Flender ordered.

Continuing deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, the group walked much more carefully than before, and their speed slowed down significantly. It took them two days to reach the area of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

It was not difficult to find earth-attribute Spirit Beasts; there were many such Spirit Beasts.

Everyone had a clear goal, and they tried to avoid any that were unsuitable. Over five days, Su Ling encountered more than twenty Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

There were four with the earth attribute, but unfortunately, the ages were not suitable; even the lowest one exceeded fifteen thousand years.

Fifteen thousand years was the age that a level sixty Spirit Master could absorb. Even if Su Ling dared to take it, Flender and Zhao Wuji would stop him.

Absorbing a spirit ring one level above was fine, but two levels above was not possible. Crucially, there was also an attribute conflict within Su Ling's body.

Fortunately, after searching for another two days, Su Ling finally discovered a very special Spirit Beast. It seemed to be a mutated Spirit Beast—a Golden Armored Earth Dragon that had evolved from a White Armored Earth Dragon!

"Su Ling, how about this Golden Armored Earth Dragon? It looks like this guy has just reached ten thousand years recently," Flender said.

This Golden Armored Earth Dragon was definitely an earth-attribute Spirit Beast. Although it had just passed ten thousand years, it was still a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"Then let's take this Golden Armored Earth Dragon," Su Ling said.

"Protect yourselves. Zhao Wuji and I will act together. This Golden Armored Earth Dragon might be different from other Spirit Beasts," Flender said, immediately releasing his Spirit.

After releasing his Spirit, Zhao Wuji also completed his Spirit Avatar.

Flender struck first, but the moment he moved, he alerted the Golden Armored Earth Dragon.

However, facing Flender's attack, the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's metallic golden armor directly blocked it. A Spirit Ability from a level seventy-eight Spirit Saint hadn't even injured a Spirit Beast that had just crossed the ten-thousand-year mark.

At the same time, Zhao Wuji's Vajra Palm struck down with a loud boom.

Roar... The Golden Armored Earth Dragon raised its head and roared; it was clearly angry.

Zhao Wuji's attack was a pure strength attack, which made it feel some pain.

Zhao Wuji and Flender joined forces again, releasing Spirit Abilities from both sides.

However, the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's defense was truly astonishing. For a moment, neither Zhao Wuji nor Flender could break through its defense.

During the battle, Flender exclaimed that this Golden Armored Earth Dragon's defense was not inferior to some powerful Spirit Beasts; it was even incomparable to many fifty-thousand-year Spirit Beasts.

"Brother Su, I have read about this Golden Armored Earth Dragon in my teacher's books. A ten-thousand-year Golden Armored Earth Dragon is already comparable to many fifty-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, and its defense is so high that it's difficult to kill," Tang San said after observing for a while.

"Little San, do you know the weakness of this Golden Armored Earth Dragon?" Su Ling asked.

However, Tang San shook his head and said: "This, the teacher's books did not record it, and I am not sure either."

Great, that was a waste of breath.

Su Ling didn't know if Tang San was hiding anything, but if he were, why would he say it?

He carefully observed the Golden Armored Earth Dragon.

After about half an incense stick of time, Su Ling released the Water Moon Bow and rushed out.

"Let's go help too," Zhu Zhuqing offered.

"Don't move. If we go to such a battle, we will only add trouble," Dai Mubai blocked Zhu Zhuqing.

Tang San said: "Dai Mubai is right. Since Brother Su has made a move, he must have discovered something."

Su Ling arrived at a nearby tree. The Golden Armored Earth Dragon's golden armor covered its entire body.

However, there was still a vital point on its rear, and this Golden Armored Earth Dragon loved to roar, so when its mouth opened, it was also a good time to attack.

An arrow condensed from Five Elements Soul Power was kept fully drawn on Su Ling's bow; he was just waiting for an opportunity.

At the same time, Ning Rongrong released her Spirit and used both of her Spirit Abilities on Su Ling.

Everyone looked at Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong smiled and said: "I think this should be able to help Brother Su."

Ning Rongrong's Support definitely helped.

And at the very moment Ning Rongrong supported him, Su Ling finally found his opportunity.

An arrow shot directly in a high-speed rotating form toward the center of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's rear.

The damage from this arrow was much more effective than Flender and Zhao Wuji's attacks.

The Golden Armored Earth Dragon let out a loud cry. At this moment, Su Ling also changed his position, jumping out from the tree and firing an arrow in mid-air directly into the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's mouth.

One after the other, and both of these places were the weakest points in the Golden Armored Earth Dragon's defense, and also the places most easily injured.

"Good opportunity!"

Flender and Zhao Wuji struck at the same time. Under such circumstances, the two of them soon beat the Golden Armored Earth Dragon into a half-dead state, and there were several gashes on its golden armor.

Su Ling also quickly stepped forward and used all his strength to end the life of this Golden Armored Earth Dragon in one blow.

"Phew... this Spirit Beast is really hard to kill," Zhao Wuji gasped, breathing heavily.

"Yeah, it had to rely on those two arrows from Su Ling; otherwise, this guy would really not be easy to deal with," Flender also muttered.

"Su Ling, hurry up and absorb the spirit ring. Leave the rest to us."

"Mm, thank you, Dean, Teacher Zhao."

"Everyone, sorry for the trouble."

After Su Ling finished speaking, he came to the side of the Golden Armored Earth Dragon and sat cross-legged.

He took a look at the black spirit ring, confirming it was undoubtedly ten thousand years.

At first, Su Ling adjusted his state. After about five or six minutes, Su Ling controlled this black spirit ring and entered it into his own body.

Around Su Ling, Flender and Zhao Wuji each guarded one side.

Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun guarded one side, and then Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong guarded the other side.

The four sides were all guarding within fifty meters of Su Ling.

Su Ling controlled the spirit ring that entered his body to fuse with his Spirit, but when Su Ling was about to fuse the Spirit, he discovered that the Golden Armored Earth Dragon was actually dual-attribute.

It possessed two attributes: earth and metal.

Originally, his predecessor and his current plan were to absorb the earth attribute, and then absorb a metal-attribute spirit ring for the fifth spirit ring.

Who could have expected that this fourth spirit ring would contain the two attributes he needed all at once.

Absorbing two attributes at the same time meant that the difficulty of Su Ling's spirit ring absorption this time increased, and it was also accompanied by greater danger.