Chapter 25: Sacred Spiritual Power Dissolves; This is the Beginning of Your Legend!

"First Spiritual Skill, Angel Assault!" Ye Ling shouted.

The next moment, a terrifying radiance emerged in Ye Ling's hand, sacred power gathering on his fist, and with a deep shout, he thrust it forward.

It transformed into a golden light shield, instantly attacking toward Long Tianyin's position.

In an instant, it impacted Long Tianyin's body; Long Tianyin did not defend, even restraining his own Spiritual Power to avoid a counterattack that might injure Ye Ling.

Someone who started with two hundred thousand Spiritual Power was certainly not someone Ye Ling, a mere Knight, could injure.

But even so, upon experiencing Ye Ling's attack, he was somewhat surprised.

Although it did not injure him, the very first moment he was touched by the golden light, Long Tianyin actually felt his soul power being thoroughly purified and eroded away.

Although the amount was not much, strictly speaking, it didn't even successfully erode a single point of Spiritual Power in terms of calculation.

This function did indeed seem somewhat useless.

But! You have to look at who he is; this is the wielder of the Divine Seal Throne of Order and Law, the Divine Seal Knight of Control and Constraint, Long Tianyin, a terrifying powerhouse with over two hundred thousand points of Spiritual Power!

Being able to have his Spiritual Power eroded was absolutely unusual.

Immediately, he shouted: "Ye Ling, continue, use that second halo's skill to attack me!"

At this moment, he seemed to have understood something; his usual mature demeanor was now tinged with excitement.

He was eager for Ye Ling to strike him.

"Yes!" Ye Ling understood Long Tianyin's meaning, nodding immediately before taking action.

"Second Spiritual Skill, Angel Sword," Ye Ling said in a deep voice.

As soon as the voice faded, Spiritual Power gathered, the one hundred points of Spiritual Power within his body were instantly drained, transforming into a long sword that he swung with all his might toward Long Tianyin's position.

At this moment, the surrounding Light Spiritual Power even had a feeling of submission.

And Long Tianyin found a sensation.

He hadn't felt wrong.

"Good, very good."

"This skill of yours is truly excellent; it actually had an effect even on me. If it were used on someone else, the effect that could be induced would likely be even more terrifying!"

Long Tianyin was delighted and spoke in praise.

"What do you mean?" Long Xingyu walked up; although a Divine Seal Knight's sensory abilities are very strong, he was not the person involved, so he truly did not know what had happened.

"My Spiritual Power was actually eroded by a point under this sword just now!" Long Tianyin said with pleasant surprise.

Long Xingyu: "?"

Had his old man broken down? Spiritual Power erosion or something? Did Light Spiritual Power have such an effect? It didn't, right?

Seeing this expression on Long Xingyu, Long Tianyin naturally knew he had misunderstood and told him everything that had happened.

After hearing all of this, Long Xingyu also looked at Ye Ling with surprise.

Without hesitation, he let him do the same to him.

Although it didn't break his defense, his Spiritual Power was likewise eroded.

The father and son looked at each other.

After a long while, they gave a dry laugh as they looked at Ye Ling and said bitterly: "Sometimes, you really cannot compare; once you compare, you are truly courting death."

"The two of us Divine Seal Knights, if we were back at the same position of just entering the Third Rank decades ago, I estimate that even together we would hardly be your match. This skill is truly monstrous."

"Although it certainly cannot be considered invincible among the Third Rank—after all, it takes one hundred points of your Spiritual Power at once, and you might exhaust yourself to death first—as your cultivation improves, this move is nearly a Divine Skill!"

Long Tianyin said earnestly, his expression filled with emotion; it was clear that Ye Ling's move truly felt extraordinary to him.

Afterward, he continued: "It seems that this time, you will stand out in the Youth Knight Competition!"

Hearing this, Ye Ling asked doubtfully: "Compared to the Yang Wenzhao you know, how is it?"

"Yang Wenzhao, have you met him?" Long Xingyu was somewhat curious upon hearing this.

"Yes." Ye Ling explained everything.

Yet Long Xingyu shook his head: "For now, it is not enough. Yang Wenzhao also has the cultivation classics of a Starry Sky Knight teacher, and the guidance of the Alliance Leader. Your status as a Child of Light, added to the strangeness of this Six-Winged Angel, is indeed very strong, but facing Yang Wenzhao, there is still a certain gap." However, after a long while, he added: "However, if you want to defeat him, it is not without a method. Generally speaking, as long as the foundation is not too poor and you don't deliberately suppress your cultivation growth, these first few months or even the first year after awakening is the year of most rapid improvement."

"Your foundation is not poor; after awakening, it has been as stable as it could possibly be. If you cultivate diligently for three months, although your cultivation cannot exceed Yang Wenzhao's, you will be able to close in on him constantly!"

Long Xingyu said decisively, his expression very serious.

Long Tianyin was the same.

Yang Wenzhao was a genius, that was true, but with Ye Ling as the Child of Light, under their guidance, could he not defeat him? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! "Then many thanks to Teacher and Grand-teacher!" Ye Ling smiled slightly.

Afterward, a trace of fighting spirit appeared in his eyes.

Yang Wenzhao's previous attitude and the so-called invincible posture he displayed gave Ye Ling a strong urge to destroy it!

"Next, there is no need for the Demon Hunt Squad Competition, just this Youth Knight Competition!" Ye Ling thought of that sentence he had said to Yang Wenzhao before, gradually becoming firm: "I will let you truly experience the feeling of failure!"

Three months later.

The Youth Knight Competition was about to begin.

This grand gathering, held once every five years, was a major event within the Knight Temple, second only to the influence brought by the Demon Hunt Squad.

Countless powerhouses would choose to bring the Knight-level disciples they had cultivated privately to this place to participate, seeking to let their disciples make a name for themselves! Those powerhouses who had left Yulong Pass to serve in other places would all choose to bring their disciples back at this time and register in person!

Of course, those within the Temple were the same.

For example, the father and son Long Tianyin and Long Xingyu, as well as their shared disciple, Ye Ling.

"Three months have passed; the competition is finally about to begin."

"Perhaps it's been more than three months; from the year I arrived at Yulong Pass to these past six months, a total of a year and a half, I seem to have been paying attention to this Youth Knight Competition the whole time."

Ye Ling sighed with emotion.

All of this was truly astonishing; even thinking about everything he had endured before, and then counting his life over these past six months, it all felt like a dream.

Two and a half years since crossing over, the life he could only have in dreams was truly within reach in these past six months.

Long Xingyu, standing to the side, heard this; although his appearance remained cold and arrogant, a touch of gentleness appeared as he said: "This Youth Knight Competition is the perfect opportunity for you to thoroughly make a name for yourself at Yulong Pass, and it is the beginning of your legend!"

Listening to Long Xingyu's words, Long Tianyin nodded.

However, he also continued, "Indeed, even if you cannot catch up to those geniuses in terms of time, as for Spiritual Power, heh heh, there are very few who can compare to you."

"However, you are truly a monster; although the growth rate of Spiritual Power right after awakening is not slow, reaching two hundred points in just three months makes you the first."

Long Tianyin said.

Over these past three months, Ye Ling's progress could be called rapid; he originally had one hundred and ten points, and then, combined with the boost from his second Soul Ring, plus the training taught by two Divine Seal Knights.

Over these three months, Ye Ling's Spiritual Power increased directly by ninety points, reaching two hundred points.

His Internal Spiritual Power alone had already reached the level of a Knight.

Hmm, after stepping into the Third Rank, External Spiritual Power is actually no longer used for grading, and the method for evaluating rank is not the sum of internal and external.

It is based on Internal Spiritual Power alone, so to step into the Fourth Rank, one needs Internal Spiritual Power to reach the amount of five hundred points.

Therefore, while Ye Ling's combined total is four hundred points, under normal circumstances, he is at the two hundred point mark; although this cannot be considered lording over the masses, it is upper-middle tier, but if his own actual strength is factored in, it is hard to say what the situation is. Regarding this, Long Tianyin and Long Xingyu had no other words, only one answer.

That is, "As expected of the Child of Light."

Listening to Long Tianyin's praise, Ye Ling raised his head and looked ahead.

"Next, the Youth Knight Competition is about to begin directly."

"Yang Wenzhao, I don't know what state you are in, but the me from three months ago and the me now are not in the same state."

"If you are still just like you were before, you are going to be in trouble in this battle."

Ye Ling thought to himself.

This championship! He was determined to win it!

(End of this chapter)