249: 24th Red Dress vs. Flander

Su Wen left the Great Spirit Arena with Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Tian Yue.

Through their interactions during this period, although they hadn't faced any powerful experts, their teamwork and rapport had improved through mutual cooperation.

Tian Yue walked at the front, excitedly recounting how she had utterly crushed her opponents. Hu Liena rolled her eyes: "Beating some Spirit Elders and Spirit Ancestors... how do you have the nerve to brag?"

"What do you know? By bullying the weak, I am the strong one. As long as I keep bullying them, I'll feel great every day."

Tian Yue pumped her fist and said excitedly, "Then I will always be the strong one!"

"Heh!"

Hu Liena gave a dry laugh.

Dugu Yan was speechless, while Ye Lingling covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Are you Ye Lingling?"

Just then, a voice called out, and a figure blocked their path. Flender stood in front of them, his gaze landing on Tian Yue with a hint of deep coldness flashing in his eyes.

If it weren't for women, there wouldn't be so much trouble.

"Oh, it's you. What do you want? Want to come and get revenge for what's-his-name?"

Tian Yue crossed her arms, tilting her chin up proudly and looking at him with disdainful eyes.

"Hmph, you injured my student, but I won't go looking for trouble with you."

"You just need to provide some treatment for my student, and we'll call it even."

Flender's eyes betrayed a hint of a threat.

He was prepared to use force before diplomacy.

If they didn't have anyone backing them, he could only say this group was too naive and didn't know the dangers of the Spirit Master's world.

If they did have someone, he would just play nice; surely the other party wouldn't make things difficult for a Spirit Saint like himself.

"Flender, Dean of Shrek, Owl Spirit, Level 78 Spirit Saint!"

"Hmm? It seems you know me. Since you understand I'm a Spirit Saint, you should change how you address me!"

Flender looked at Su Wen and adjusted his glasses, assuming the proud posture a Spirit Saint ought to have.

"On the Soul Dueling Arena, life and death are up to fate, and wealth is determined by heaven. Getting injured is normal. If we don't provide treatment, Dean Flender, are you actually going to coerce us?"

"Exactly! What's so great about being a Spirit Saint?"

Tian Yue added with a grumble.

"Good, good. You are the first to dare be so disrespectful to my Face, and you will also be the last!"

Seven spirit rings slowly rose around Flender. As an Owl Spirit appeared, the pressure inherent to a Spirit Saint manifested in the surroundings.

He smiled and said, "I'll give you one more chance to reconsider."

"A fight, is it? I'm not afraid!"

Tian Yue snorted coldly. Just as she was about to manifest her Spirit, Su Wen patted her shoulder. As a cloud of red mist drifted out, a Ghost Bride appeared before them!

With the appearance of the Ghost Bride, the originally clear sky was gradually covered by a layer of shadow.

She was dressed in a bright red wedding dress and held a black long saber. The blade emitted an aura of coldness and death.

Watching the floating Ghost Bride Red Garment, Flender felt a sense of caution rise in his heart.

The six spirit rings beneath the Ghost Bride's feet, disguised as an optimal configuration, were extremely conspicuous.

Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black!

"A Spirit Emperor!"

Flender was somewhat shocked. He hadn't sensed any powerful Spirit Master nearby just now.

Let alone a Spirit Emperor like this; it should have been impossible to evade his Mental Energy unless the opponent was a mental-attribute Spirit Emperor.

"Hahaha, you must be their elder, right?"

"I was just joking with them. Since you've come out, you must have heard what happened. As long as you heal my student, I won't hold it against you!"

She was just a Spirit Emperor; Flender felt he didn't need to give her much Face.

*Hum!*

Ghost Bride Red Garment swung her long saber, and her First Soul Skill began to rotate slightly.

Flender's expression turned ugly. She was actually challenging him.

Just a mere Spirit Emperor—how did she dare?!

Suddenly, the Ghost Bride activated her First Soul Skill from where she stood. This skill allowed her to perform twelve Teleportations within a hundred meters, increased her movement speed by 200%, and provided extreme explosive power and speed.

By the time Flender reacted, the long saber was already right in front of him.

He dodged backward violently. The saber grazed his chest, neatly slicing off a stray piece of his clothing.

After Flender possessed his Spirit, he continued to evade. Amidst the Ghost Bride's continuous flickers, she unleashed twelve slashes of Saber Qi. Each slash carried a sinister energy, flashing with cold light.

"Fourth Soul Skill!"

Ten feathers flew from Flender, transforming into ten extremely sharp air blades.

A chain reaction of explosions occurred when they collided with the Ghost Bride's Saber Qi.

The Ghost Bride activated her Fourth Soul Skill, splitting into six Ghost Brides.

Each Clone possessed seventy percent of the original's combat power. If a Clone was destroyed, it would cause area-of-effect explosive damage.

The seven Ghost Brides let out chilling laughter, creating a suffocating sense of eeriness.

Their simultaneous appearance caused the weather in the area to turn even gloomier.

A cold wind blew, and the temperature dropped rapidly.

The seven Ghost Brides attacked simultaneously. Relying on his agility, Flender kept dodging, but he was completely suppressed with no chance to counterattack.

"Truly a ghost!"

Tian Yue watched the seven red figures floating around in battle, taking turns to attack and even letting out ghostly laughs. She swallowed hard; if they fought like this at night, wouldn't it scare someone to death?

Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling nodded in agreement.

*Hum!*

One of the Ghost Brides suddenly stood still as her fifth spirit ring began to rotate.

The surrounding Soul Power merged into the saber like a rising tide.

The aura on the Ghost Bride's body also began to surge explosively.

Suddenly.

As the Ghost Bride prepared to swing the long saber, the six Clones all returned and merged back into one, and a red blade of light slashed out.

In a brief instant, a bloody saber blade phantom over a hundred meters long formed.

The blade was bone-chillingly cold, radiating a corrosive aura of death.

"Owl True Body!"

Seeing this, Flender immediately used his strongest method.

His whole being transformed into an Owl, vastly increasing his strength, speed, and attack power.

As his sixth spirit ring lit up, a yellow light erupted from his body, enveloping him.

But the blood-red light blade passed directly through the shield, ignoring his defense, and slashed into Flender's Martial Soul True Body.

Flender coughed up a mouthful of blood. His body was like a meteor, crashing into a building and kicking up a cloud of dust. The onlookers nearby scattered in panic.

"Damn it, I was careless. I didn't dodge!"

Flender crawled out from the ruins, looking wretched and with blood at the corner of his mouth.

He hadn't expected the opponent's Spirit Ability to ignore defense. Fortunately, he had activated his Martial Soul True Body.

Even so, he felt as if his internal organs had been shifted, causing him great discomfort.

*Hum!*

Another Saber Qi slashed toward him, and Flender's eyes widened to their limit in an instant.

"It's over... *cough cough*, I, Flender, am actually going to meet my end here... *cough*"

Just then, a burly man suddenly blocked the path in front of Flender, and a coarse voice rang out.

"Immovable Bright King Body!"