Chapter 145: Chapter 120: The first gathering of the three disciples! Huazhu and Niudao give it a small try! _3

With just a quick flicker, Huazhu vanished on the spot, no longer appearing directly in front of the armored horse.

Wang Xinfei, her pupils suddenly constricting, doesn’t have time to steer Kui Kui to adjust the angle of her charge.

She sees a colossal sand fist flash towards her flank, brutally slamming into the side of the armored horse.

"Boom!!"

The galloping steed comes to an abrupt halt.

Its eyes wide with horror, it looks in disbelief as it...flies sideways!

This has never happened before. Never in all its years of charging has it suffered such a heavy blow.

Moreover, this was not just an ’Iron Armor Charge’. It also had the ’Crashing Mountain Momentum’ stacked on. The power of the charge was boosted by at least 30%.

Even when up against a well-defended clay body of perfection, it still dared to charge recklessly, comparing whether the opponent’s body was more sturdy or its momentum was more fierce.

And now... One hit was enough to annihilate it?!

One sand fist hammered it, and along with the master on its back, were they directly flung to the side?!

"Caw!!!"

The pink ostrich screams abruptly, stopping in its tracks.

The sandstorm witch that had just punched the armored horse now flickering softly, appears in front of Ye Hanjun.

At a height of one meter three, the snout can just barely reach the neck of the giant toucan.

However, gazing down at her, the pink ostrich Tuotuo shudders instinctively after locking eyes with her golden gaze.

And then, no matter what, it dares not charge forward.

A sense of imminent danger strikes it, giving the feeling that if it proceeds one step further, waiting for it would be a terrible fate.

The duel—ceases to this point.

The fight started with thunderous resonance and imposing momentum.

By the end, its momentum was all gone, what was slapping toward Ye Hanjun was not surge waves, but ripples that were insignificant.

"So strong..."

"Overwhelmingly powerful..."

Su Mei, seated on the back of the pink ostrich, her knitted brows suddenly loosen, an endless sense of powerlessness flooding her heart.

"Blessed with wind element, has she mutated into a sensitive offensive type witch?"

"This speed, this burst, and this deterrence... Master Han, who could even touch your coat at the first rank?"

"If you’re asking me, then who am I supposed to ask?"

Ye Hanjun shrugs, candidly admitting:

"Huazhu’s mutation is very successful, and with one advancement, indeed it is challenging for any opponents with a clay body."

"However, she is not a pure offensive type, her speed is simply because of the strong wind element boost. She is more of a spellcaster spirit, still conforming to the positioning of a witch’s spirit, but unconventional."

"The mutant witch of Sand and Wind combination..."

Struggling to get up from the ground, Wang Xinfei comforts her frightened armored horse while dusting herself off, softly contemplating:

"So... All three of us combined could only allow her to casually show off her skills?"

"No wonder it’s a ’tiny game’, such an accurate description..."

"Wait till you three have a better understanding of each other, and for all your spirits to reach their perfection."

"When Huazhu faces you all again, she will definitely have to be more serious."

"Just ’more serious’?"

Hugging the Ghost-faced Moth in his arms, Li Jingming hangs his head low, mumbling to himself.

On his face, it isn’t shock or despair, but contemplation.

"Following Master Han as a benchmark, we can more clearly recognize our own deficiencies."

"But this feeling of wanting to catch up yet losing sight of the dust...doesn’t feel good..."

"Indeed, there is pressure to have me as a goal."

Ye Hanjun chuckles, casually saying:

"However, if you aim high, you might settle in the middle, and if you aim for the middle, you might end up at the bottom."

"After some struggles, you will find that, in a place like the Giant Frog Marsh, reaching the uppermost level among your peers isn’t difficult."

"Remember, your ambitions should always be long-term."

"As long as you survive carefully, your future stage is definitely not a remote place like the Giant Frog Marsh."

"Understood." Li Jingming agrees, earnestly asking:

"Master Han, do you have any thoughts about our growth plan?"

Ye Hanjun has already thought about these issues, and directly advises:

"The provisional plan is that your contracted fond spirits should swiftly reach clay body perfection."

"At this stage, I will provide different training strategies. You will continually explore to see if you can get spirits to master higher quality skills, thereby increasing combat effectiveness at the same rank."

"The next step would be the ’accumulation of authoritative experience’, aiming to advance to the second rank."

"Su Mei and Wang Xinfei, as knights, will continuously gain experience points as long as they participate in battles while riding their spirits."

"Li Jingming is at a disadvantage in this aspect. As a bug catcher, the way to enhance your authoritative experience is to catch bugs, and you will need to participate in field battles to significantly increase your growth speed."

"Indeed."

Li Jingming acknowledged:

"I originally planned to participate in a survival trial, accumulate some experience in a safer environment, then gradually increase the difficulty of the adventures."

"I didn’t expect, that right at the start I would run into ’murder’ instead of ’safety’."

"Risk and opportunity coexist. If it weren’t for this trial, you and I might not have met."

Ye Hanjun casually says: "Let’s stay at the academy in the coming days for rest."

"About five days later, I will take you and Su Mei out of the city to a more suitable place for your training."

"However, Wang Xinfei—you cannot go."

"The academy is safe enough. Your family doesn’t have such powerful force to casually arrange for guards."