Chapter 72: Testing New Abilities, the Spirit Stove Fusion Skill: Light of Radiance Death God!

"Congratulations, Knight Ye Ling, you will henceforth become a Temple Head Candidate of the Knight Temple!"

Long Xingyu looked at Ye Ling before him and offered his congratulations.

"Temple Head Candidate?" Hearing this, Ye Ling was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, precisely a Temple Head Candidate." Long Xingyu nodded: "You have set a record; after all, in the past six thousand years, the Alliance has never seen a Third Rank Temple Head Candidate."

"Although your cultivation is currently low and the authority of this candidacy does not have much use for you for the time being, it has already been recorded within the Temple.

In an emergency, this status can help you move through the Holy Alliance without obstruction, especially among those senior Knights."

"Once they know you are a Temple Head Candidate, although they may have thoughts of testing you, they will absolutely not make things too difficult for you."

Among the Six Great Temples, there is the concept of a Temple Head Candidate.

It is the preparation made by each major Temple to cultivate successors.

Only those powerhouses who are exceptionally gifted and have already achieved certain accomplishments can receive this honor.

In history, those capable of becoming Temple Head Candidates of the Six Great Temples were at least of the Seventh Rank.

Even though Long Xingyu is hailed as the number one genius in a century, and his father is a Divine Seal Knight, he only successfully became a candidate after reaching the Seventh Rank.

After all, the authority represented by this status is truly terrifying; they cannot be careless.

Yet Ye Ling was actually able to hold this position at the Third Rank; although it is related to his merits this time, it is estimated that Long Xingyu simply threw out the fact that he has the constitution of a Child of Light.

Otherwise, for the sake of the future of the Temple and the Holy Alliance, it would be impossible to let a mere Third Rank become a candidate.

Thinking of this, a golden light flashed in Ye Ling's eyes: "Then many thanks to Teacher and all the seniors. I will strive to make persistent efforts, perform more meritorious deeds in the future, and become the sole candidate."

Long Xingyu chuckled: "Sole candidate, you certainly have ambition."

"But that is also true; as a Child of Light, as long as you can grow up and make a few contributions after entering a Demon Hunt Squad in the future."

"This first candidate spot might really end up being yours."

Long Xingyu chuckled. If it were someone else coming to tell him this at only the Third Rank, Long Xingyu would have scolded them for being overly ambitious, but not Ye Ling.

This child has created quite a few miracles from the past until now; setting his goal on the sole candidate? Is that not normal?

Extremely normal!

"Then I will wait for you to bring me good news at any time." Ye Ling laughed.

Long Xingyu did not say much more, just turned to open the door and said: "Since you are awake, come with me."

Ye Ling did not say much more and followed Long Xingyu as they left.

It was just that their final destination this time made Ye Ling somewhat surprised, because the destination was precisely the largest competition arena in Exorcist Pass.

The surroundings were empty, with only a few figures hidden in the shadows.

"Teacher, what are you planning to do by bringing me here?" Ye Ling asked in confusion.

"You brat, your breakthroughs over these past few months have not been small; even Anan has acknowledged you."

"Not to mention you have broken through to the Third Rank Peak and mastered two Spirit Stoves, which truly gives me quite a few thoughts. Go ahead and make your move; use your ultimate, I want to see just how strong you are now!"

Long Xingyu looked at his disciple, his face filled with fighting spirit, surging boundlessly, as if aiming at something.

"I understand." Ye Ling nodded, did not say much more, and extended his hands. The power of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul slowly emerged behind him. The image of the angel, flashing with a holy halo, made both Long Xingyu and the Light-attribute professionals secretly watching from somewhere tremble in their hearts.

"Martial Soul, possess!"

Ye Ling said in a deep voice. After speaking, the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul gradually returned into his body. That intense radiance surged continuously. At this moment, Ye Ling's eyes, hair, and everything on his body turned golden.

The Spirit Magic Equipment and Spirit Magic Longsword he had already donned, along with the joy of the Angel Holy Sword, also underwent significant changes at this moment, each stained with a layer of gold.

"Good lad!"

"You truly have had a huge improvement. Your current Innate Internal Spiritual Power has probably increased quite a bit, right?"

Long Xingyu laughed happily, the Refined Iron Alloy Sword in his hand dancing, and he instantly launched a simple Thrust toward Ye Ling's position, intending to test him for a moment.

"First Soul Skill." Seeing this, Ye Ling's eyes jolted, and a powerful aura surged from his body: "Sacred Light Shield."

As soon as these words fell, a strange radiance emerged from his body. Within a two-meter radius of Ye Ling, changes occurred, forming a light shield that looked similar to a Holy Light Shield, and the aura on its surface was also the same.

"Is this the skill change after fusing with the Light Element Spiritual Stove?"

"This looks no different from the Fourth Rank skill Holy Light Shield."

Long Xingyu was surprised, but he did not say much more and instead thrust his sword straight ahead, without the slightest hesitation, stabbing toward Ye Ling.

As a Divine Seal Knight starting with 300,000 points of Spiritual Power, his External Spiritual Power was also terrifyingly high, calculated to be a hundred times that of Ye Ling's Spiritual Power! How could the Holy Light Shield he used possibly be a match for this sword strike from Long Xingyu? The terrifying, immense force instantly shattered this light shield.

This actually made Long Xingyu somewhat surprised: "It was that simple?"

A curve appeared at the corner of Ye Ling's mouth.

As the sound fell, a peculiar radiance emerged from within the Sacred Light Shield, transforming into a surging aura of Light of Radiance, which instantly rushed toward Long Xingyu.

"This? Strange, why does this Light Spiritual Power give me a feeling of a domain?" Long Xingyu was very confused, but as he was enveloped by the Light power, Long Xingyu also had a different feeling.

That was the dissolution of Spiritual Power! Only then did he remember.

Ye Ling's Spiritual Power has the property of dissolution.

So? The true moment for this move to shine is not in defense, but when the defense is shattered?

Instantly, he waved his hand to disperse this Spiritual Power, then looked at Ye Ling with admiration and said: "This improvement is indeed quite good."

"If I did not perceive it wrongly, this skill of yours has the defense level of a Holy Light Shield, but that is not the key; the main thing is that it has this change after the defense is shattered. If one does not understand your abilities well enough and forcibly shatters it, this Spiritual Power dissolution is enough to catch them off guard!"

Long Xingyu commented.

Just kidding, even a Divine Seal Knight like him had nearly five points of Spiritual Power dissolved while caught off guard just now, which is enough to prove the terror of this move.

"It is also thanks to your support." Ye Ling chuckled.

It can be said that Ye Ling's current strength is much stronger than before; if he had this strength when he fought Leng Xiao more than two months ago.

Even without using Cai'er, Ye Ling could easily subdue Leng Xiao, and she would not even have the possibility of resisting.

This is his improvement this time.

"You brat." Long Xingyu laughed and scolded: "I remember you have three golden rings there, right?"

"What about the other two skills? Use them and let me see to what extent they have upgraded."

Ye Ling explained: "One of the skills hasn't changed, that is the Holy Sword, but the third Soul Skill has changed."

"Try it." Long Xingyu smiled.

"Understood." Ye Ling nodded. Taking the opportunity, he chose to test everything on Long Xingyu. Soon, the third Soul Ring lit up, and the Light Spiritual Power and Mental Power between heaven and earth poured back into Ye Ling's body at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, an extremely loud and resonant long whistle came from Ye Ling's mouth, and his eyes erupted with extremely brilliant golden light flames at this moment.

That was a dual strike of Spiritual Power and Mental Power. At this moment, without any hesitation, it struck directly at Long Xingyu. The majestic power reached its peak at this moment, striking toward Long Xingyu!

At this moment, let alone the person himself, even all the existences around were shaken from the bottom of their hearts.

"This move? Even for me, my Mental Power has a feeling of being shaken." Above, Lan Yanyu, who was a Sixth Rank Great Mage, said in surprise.

As a mage, she certainly focused on Mental Power, which was also extremely powerful, at least much stronger than the Ye Ling she had imagined.

But she was also stunned for a moment.

"Let alone you, even I am the same." Sheng Yue shook his head. As a Ninth Rank expert, even if he did not specialize in it, his Mental Power was undeniably powerful.

But there was still an impact, it was just not as terrifying as it was for Lan Yanyu.

Of course, this was also because he had no defense. If he had, it would have been impossible for Ye Ling's current Mental Power to have any effect on him.

He had originally wanted to offer some comments, but he suddenly froze, looked ahead, and shouted: "Cai'er, no!"

Before him, Cai'er had already leaped down quickly. She thought Ye Ling was in danger, so she rushed down instantly, heading toward the battlefield.

And Long Xingyu also walked out of that trace of mental suppression and evaluated: "This skill is not bad."

"It has already moved beyond skills based on Spiritual Power and instead embarked on the path of Mental Power. If I hadn't used my Mental Power to defend in time, it would have at least caused me a short period of dizziness."

"I feel—"

Long Xingyu was speaking when he suddenly sensed something.

His figure moved slightly, dodging to the left. Cai'er's body darted out from there, holding two daggers in her hands, staring fixedly at Long Xingyu.

Long Xingyu: "???"

Ye Ling was also somewhat surprised: "Cai'er, what are you doing?"

"I saw you use all your trump cards but still couldn't win, so I wanted to help you..." Cai'er's voice was not loud.

But Ye Ling understood.

This little girl did not have much concept of good or evil; it was just because she cared about him, because of his help to her, perhaps out of gratitude, or perhaps because of feelings they dared not touch upon now, so she directly chose to help him.

A warm current flowed through Ye Ling's heart.

However, he still advised: "Teacher Xingyu is the strongest Divine Seal Knight of this generation, and with his Ninth Rank Third Level cultivation, let alone you and me, even if your great-grandfather and your parents came together, they would not be his match."

"I know you care about me, but do not be impulsive in your actions. As a God-Favored One, you represent many things. When encountering situations, you must think about how to maximize the effectiveness of your actions."

Listening to Ye Ling's advice, Cai'er seemed to understand but not quite, yet after a long while, she nodded and said: "Okay, I understand."

Hearing this, the three of them—grandfather, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law—above were quite surprised. They didn't expect Cai'er would actually listen to what Ye Ling said.

Just as Cai'er was about to leave, she saw Long Xingyu blocking her way from the side, saying: "You came down just in time."

"If I remember correctly, in the explanation you gave me earlier, you can coordinate with Sheng Caier to use a more powerful ability, right?"

"Since you're already here, let's try it. I want to see just how terrifying the power of the Child of Light and the Samsara Saintess is!"

Hearing this, Ye Ling was stunned, then asked: "Really?"

"Could it be fake?" Long Xingyu retorted.

"Alright then." Ye Ling laughed: "Cai'er, summon the Samsara Spiritual Stove. Senior Canghai, Yating, you two can come out."

"I happen to want to test that strongest fusion skill of Senior Canghai!"

Cai'er did not hesitate and summoned the Samsara Spiritual Stove, while the Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove and Yating flew out one after another. In the sky, these three great spiritual stoves kept flashing with special brilliance.

"Fusion skill?" Long Xingyu asked in confusion: "What is that?"

"As a Wisdom Spiritual Stove, it is certainly an ability stronger than other spiritual stoves, and the greatest specialty of Senior Moon Bright Vast Sea is fusion." Ye Ling explained, then added: "It's just that I've never used it before. Previously, it was either because the opponent was too weak and I was afraid of killing them directly, or the opponent was too strong and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to stop in time."

"Teacher, although you are very strong, I can feel at ease doing it. After all, it's impossible for you not to be able to block it, and I'm not afraid of not being able to stop in time. You happen to be the best experimental subject."

Long Xingyu: "..."

You brat? What do you mean? Does that mean a teacher can be pitted at will?

What a rebellious disciple!

Ye Ling chuckled and then shouted: "Senior Canghai, do it!"

"Okay."

Moon Bright Vast Sea did not waste words and acted immediately.

At this moment, everyone present only felt a wave reappear; it was a vast ocean, like a boundless sea, and a bright moon hung in the sky, extremely bright and holy.

Yating disappeared instantly to the outside, turning into points of light that merged into the realm of Moon Bright Vast Sea.

The next instant, an angel radiating pure white light all over her body flew out just like that.

The wings behind the angel turned into a magnificent sky blue.

Above her head, a crescent moon drifted and landed behind her head, like a strange half-circle halo.

This! This was the fusion skill of the Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove and the Light Elemental Spirit, the Cangyue Angel! At the same time, the Samsara Spiritual Stove also dissipated, turning into purple light spots that entered the Cangyue Angel.

The delicate body of the Cangyue Angel trembled, but after a long while, the Samsara Spiritual Stove appeared in her hands and changed, turning into an extremely long, dark purple scythe.

That scythe representing reaping did not fit with the holy angel, but no one had such a thought; this scythe representing Samsara instead added a strange feeling to this angel.

It made people want to worship it from the bottom of their hearts.

Advanced spiritual stove fusion skill, Bright Cangyue Death God! At this moment, it stood on the spot.

At this moment, whether it was Ye Ling or Cai'er, or all the existences silently observing all this around, everyone was shocked from the bottom of their hearts.

Sensing the spiritual power fluctuations and all the changes around them.

They had nothing to say; all that remained was worship.

This? Is this the power brought about by two God-Favored Ones, plus two great Wisdom Spiritual Stoves and the strongest Tier 1 Spiritual Stove?

This ability, I fear, is no longer something that can be described with words; even if the users' cultivation is not strong, they! Still cannot see through it! A trace of longing and excitement appeared in the depths of Long Xingyu's eyes at this moment, and looking ahead, he shouted: "Ye Ling, attack!"

As the master of the Moon Bright Vast Sea Spiritual Stove, this move was naturally one he had mastered, so he immediately shouted: "Bright Vast Sea Death God, Angel's Descent, Prayer of Light and Death!"

So tired, I caught a cold.

(End of this chapter)