Chapter 16: First Spirit Ring: Nan Feihuang

The Single-Handed Eighteen Picks technique is simple, with wide-open and sweeping movements.

For a time, it actually allowed Nan Feihuang to gain the upper hand in the battle against the Silver Moon Sky Wolf.

However, he ultimately lacked sufficient soul power and his stamina was not long-lasting enough to quickly defeat a Spirit Beast like the Silver Moon Sky Wolf, which was approaching seven hundred years; as time passed, his Halberd technique gradually became somewhat disorganized.

He had also only been practicing the Single-Handed Eighteen Picks for a very short time.

If Xiang Yu or Lv Bu were here, even with insufficient cultivation, defeating a stronger opponent with a weaker one would not be a difficult task.

"To hold off the Silver Moon Sky Wolf for so long alone without a Spirit Ring, Feihuang has already done very well." Seeing this, Lan Xue intended to intervene.

She gripped her Mysterious Ice Battle Halberd, and her First Spirit Ring shone brightly.

"First Soul Skill, Frost Slash!"

Lan Xue's battle halberd swept horizontally along the ground, and the power of ice surged toward the lower body of the Silver Moon Sky Wolf; the wolf could not even react in time before all four of its limbs were frozen and shattered.

Nan Feihuang took the opportunity to step forward, seized the perfect moment, and smashed the Silver Moon Sky Wolf's head with one strike of his halberd.

A yellow Spirit Ring formed.

"Feihuang, consume these two, then go absorb the Spirit Ring!" Lan Xue tossed an orange and an apple to Nan Feihuang.

They were precisely Elder Zhang's Vitality Fresh Orange and Energy Apple.

With these two, Nan Feihuang could rapidly recover his physical strength and mental energy; it was precisely because of such logistical support that Lan Xue would allow Nan Feihuang to expend his energy fighting the Silver Moon Sky Wolf to grow through actual combat.

With a Food System Spirit Saint present, he could absorb this Spirit Ring in his optimal state at any time.

Nan Feihuang immediately ate the orange and the apple, his physical strength and mental energy restored to their peak, and he sat cross-legged with the Spirit Ring covering his body.

The impact of a nearly seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring was indeed very damaging for a level ten Spirit Master.

After all, a six-year-old child's muscles and bones were not sturdy enough, and their meridians were not wide enough, making it very easy for this power to burst them.

No matter how great Nan Feihuang's potential was, it still required cultivation and growth to be stimulated; if not for consuming the Whale Glue, he would not have dared to absorb a first ring that was approaching three hundred years beyond his limit.

Fortunately, for him now, while it was uncomfortable, he could always endure it.

Seeing that her son's soul power was condensed and solid, and his expression was not overly ferocious, only slightly furrowed, Lan Xue finally felt at ease; she knew that if it were only this much difficulty, it could never stump her precocious, precious son.

After about two hours, a golden light flashed over Nan Feihuang's body, and his soul power completely stabilized.

He leaped up suddenly, raised the Fangtian Halberd in his hand, and delivered a powerful vertical slash from top to bottom.

"First Soul Skill, Half-Moon Slash!"

A crescent-shaped blade of light swept across the lake, kicking up a huge wave, and the river in front was directly sliced into two halves.

As one of the warrior skills, the power of the Half-Moon Slash was on par with Dian Wei's Ghost Halberd and Lv Lingqi's Imperial Flying Knife.

However, it combined the ability of the Ghost Halberd to not disappear upon hitting a target, allowing for continuous attacks, with the speed rivaling the Imperial Flying Knife.

Most importantly, this move consumed very little soul power and could be executed consecutively.

The current Nan Feihuang could swing his halberd four times in an instant, striking four consecutive Half-Moon Slashes.

Additionally, this move had a secret: it was a True Damage move that ignored defense, possessing an effect similar to Bibi Dong's Eternal Trauma.

"Not bad, the attack is fierce, the attack speed is also very fast, and it can attack continuously; a very outstanding First Soul Skill," Lan Xue praised; it was worthy of being a Spirit Ring approaching seven hundred years, and it did not disappoint her.

Sure enough, risk and reward coexist.

"It seems this trip to the Soul Hunting Forest has been quite fruitful; let's head back," Lan Xue said, beckoning the group.

"Mother, after we go back, should we go to the Elementary Academy to study?" Nan Feihuang asked.

Generally, children of their age were expected to go to the Elementary Academy to start their studies and slowly advance to the Advanced Academy.

The Gu Lei Kingdom also had a Royal Academy ranging from elementary to advanced levels, and their Royal Academy also had the authority to participate in the Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

It was just a pity that their results every year were not very good.

"Not for now; I will have you all registered at the academy, but you can go if you want, and it doesn't matter if you don't. In any case, the cultivation resources of the Elementary Academy are all available in the palace. However, when the Soul Master Elite Tournament begins in the future, you will still have to represent the Gu Lei Kingdom in battle. Our Gu Lei Kingdom has not had good results for many years," Lan Xue sighed.

The soul master strength of the Gu Lei Kingdom could be considered the weakest among the four kingdoms; there were only two powerhouses above the Spirit Douluo level, one of whom was Lan Xue, who had joined later.

In other words, before Nan Tianchen married Lan Xue, there was only one Spirit Douluo expert in the royal family.

If not for this, why would the Gu Lei Kingdom need to stand firmly on the side of the Heaven Dou Empire, paying tribute every year, just to seek protection?

However, over these years, the Spirit Hall had actually also secretly extended an olive branch to them; it would be impossible to say that Nan Tianchen was not tempted.

The soul master strength of the Spirit Hall was, after all, the greatest on the continent.

He also clearly knew what the Spirit Hall was eyeing in the Gu Lei Kingdom; it was undoubtedly agriculture.

At the time, Nan Tianchen had been so scared he broke into a cold sweat, because why would a place like the Spirit Hall, which had no army, suddenly need so much grain and forage?

Wasn't this intention obvious enough?

They must be secretly training an army, and there was no telling what big moves they might make in the future.

Nan Tianchen did not dare to offend the Spirit Hall and treated them with courtesy, but on the surface, he still clung tightly to the Heaven Dou Empire.

This kind of behavior was like a scumbag who refused to reject either of two girls.

Xun Yu had analyzed that Nan Tianchen's approach, while seemingly pleasing both sides, would inevitably lead to a miserable outcome in the future.

A scumbag never has a good ending, especially when both women are stronger than the man.

In the future, the Gu Lei Kingdom's fence-sitting behavior would only be torn apart by both sides simultaneously during the war.

Xun Yu possessed extremely formidable domestic administration skills, and Nan Feihuang also agreed with his analysis.

However, neither of them stopped Nan Tianchen's actions.

Because firstly, no matter how strong Xun Yu's administrative ability was, he was only six years old; apart from Nan Feihuang, who would listen to a child's analysis?

Secondly, there was still a long time before the future continental war. While it was true that the ending for a fence-sitter would be miserable, it was also a fact that the time in between, before that ending arrived, was often the most comfortable.

Thirdly, the ending for the Gu Lei Kingdom that Xun Yu considered was based on the premise that Nan Feihuang and the others did not exist.

Now that they were here, there were many more variables for the future; as long as they grew up and gained strength, all problems would no longer be problems.

Nan Feihuang had no interest in submitting to the Spirit Hall or the Heaven Dou Empire, or relying on the protagonist group like Tang San.

He had considered that he had inherited the power from the Three Kingdoms era and happened to be the Crown Prince of a kingdom; with Dian Wei and Lv Lingqi for martial might, and Xun Yu for civil affairs, if he did not lead the country to rise and unify the world, it would be a waste of such power from the heroes of a chaotic era.

It is just that he is still too young, and although his father the King is somewhat short-sighted, he can be considered a decent ruler who maintains the status quo; in this relatively peaceful and stable period, he is capable of developing the Gu Lei Kingdom quite well.

He can simply take over this mess when the era of continental war arrives.

(End of this chapter)