December 8.
The gale swept through, the blizzard rampaged.
From a bird’s-eye view from high above, Weixian County was a vast expanse of white snow, pedestrians hurried on the streets as the cold wind whipped up snowflakes swirling.
Outside the snow was falling heavily, but inside Tongyu Academy was bustling with activity.
All the apprentices gathered around the training arena, their eyes were fixed on the center of the field, their expressions excited, their eyes unable to hide the thrill.
"So strong, so strong, is this the true strength of the Da Feng Cup champion?"
"Oh, it’s a pity you didn’t see that shocking duel yesterday, it was truly earth-shattering..."
"Stop saying that, you’ve already talked about it at least ten times since last night."
Only a handful of apprentices went to Daping Village yesterday, and after witnessing that duel, they enthusiastically recounted the entire process to the other apprentices.
At this very moment,
In the center of the field.
Spark was facing off against Cola.
"Oooh..."
Cola’s eyes were bright, its expression serious, its tail gently swaying.
As usual, its master wanted to test the new skills that the leader had learned and made Cola accompany the spar.
But something was slightly different this time, there was an audience.
Since there was an audience, Cola had to exert its full strength and try not to be beaten up by the leader.
At least... at least there should be a back-and-forth.
Not being easily defeated by the leader was Cola’s goal.
Chen Yuan saw the two little ones ready, nodded slightly, and spoke: "Start."
After resolving the sudden incident caused by the Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard yesterday, Chen Yuan told Shi Yu about his plan to learn [Arbitrary Divine Power], and the latter gladly agreed.
Thus, early this morning, Spark was learning [Arbitrary Divine Power] under the guidance of the Abyssal Giant Bear, and with its insight, it quickly grasped the skill initially and was able to use it tentatively.
This sparring was precisely to test Spark’s learning outcome through actual combat.
In addition, Chen Yuan also planned to let Cola and the Twin Flower Concubine learn this skill, but Shi Yu said no: "Advisor Chen, learning Arbitrary Divine Power requires some prerequisites, one of which is a large enough build."
"Your Blazing Heaven Falcon meets this condition, but the Gale Hunting Dog and the Twin Flower Concubine do not."
Chen Yuan could only sigh.
In fact, he had a premonition that such special skills could not be learned by all Pet Beasts, there must be stringent conditions.
But he did not expect that neither Cola nor the Twin Flower Concubine met this condition, he had originally wanted to see the Twin Flower Concubine’s enlarged form, perhaps turning into a true Flower Fairy.
These thoughts flashed by, and Cola took the initiative to attack.
Cola knew clearly, although it was sparring, once the leader took the initiative and seized the first move, it was very likely to fall into an incessant offensive that it could not resist, and then be defeated.
Exchanging blows with the leader required catching it off guard.
"Oooh!"
Cola roared, sharp wind blades suddenly flew out from its body towards the leader with a whoosh.
In combat, Cola did not hold back its strength anymore.
Facing the leader, it dared not hold back at all.
"Tweet!"
Seeing the wind blades piercing through the air, Spark’s eyes were calm, it flapped its wings lightly, and its size suddenly changed, rapidly shrinking at an astounding speed.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Spark had turned into the size of a palm.
At this moment, Chen Yuan was moved, it was as if he saw again that proud Fire-breathing Bird flapping its injured wings, himself taking it back to the rescue station by holding its neck.
But despite the small size, Spark’s appearance had undergone a radical transformation.
Orange-yellow feathers transformed into golden-red, long tail feathers were striking, and those extremely brilliant golden-red eyes exuded nobility and elegance from inside out.
Though a small bird, just by its appearance, no one dared to underestimate it.
Looking at the tiny Spark, Shi Yu remarked for a moment: "Its insight is really high."
In just half a day, not only has the Blazing Heaven Falcon mastered [Arbitrary Divine Power], but its proficiency was evidently high, already able to shrink its size to this extent.
In the same learning time, Shi Gang’s Rock Meteor Giant could only manage to double its size, the gap was obvious.
Thinking of this, Shi Yu couldn’t help but mutter to himself: "Could it be that Advisor Chen’s Blazing Heaven Falcon grew up eating fruits that enhance insight?"
After Spark shrank, its body was more agile, flapping its tiny wings, it deftly and calmly dodged all the wind blades within the gale sweeping the ground.
"Tweet~"
After evading them all, Spark did not retaliate but rather lightly flapped its wings and quietly stared at Cola.
Continue.
Seeing the leader’s reaction, Cola became irritated, aware that it was being underestimated by the leader.
This won’t do, this can’t go on!
The thought flashed by, and Cola raised its head again, its light brown fur flew and danced boldly, and suddenly fierce winds rose from all directions, sweeping violently towards Spark!
With the gust coming, Spark’s body wavered, feathers flitted, seemingly about to be blown to the ground by the wind in the next moment.
Cola’s eyes suddenly brightened: "Oooh oooh!"
In past sparring, the leader would never be easily affected by [Wind Surge], it flapped its wings in the wind like a rock, this move almost didn’t work against the leader.
But after the leader shrank, it seemed to be severely affected.
The thought flashed by, Cola decided to pursue victory: "Oooh oooh!"
This might be a rare chance to defeat the leader, especially in front of so many people!
Thinking of this, Cola grinned, suddenly energized.
The next moment, overwhelming wind blades shot out, continuously attacking Spark, which was bound by the gale.
"Tweet!"