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Naturally, it wasn't the stacking explosive power of the Eighteen Consecutive Slashes that Su Wen had his eye on.
What he was interested in was the technique of utilizing airflow circulation to transform force.
Airflow is fluid. If he could master such a technique, then the defensive capabilities of Su Wen's Vortex Offloading Spiraling Sphere could undergo a qualitative improvement. Under layer after layer of force offloading, the damage that could actually reach Su Wen's main body would be negligible.
Besides that, if the offloaded force could be transformed back into his own power through the circulation of airflow and gathered into a tornado for a counterattack, that would also be a good strategy.
Borrowing force to strike back. The key was that Su Wen could also use the airflow circulation to store power, stacking the force of multiple enemy attacks...
Su Wen didn't voice his own train of thought, but Feng Xiaotian still didn't refuse to share his techniques with him.
After all, this was an equal exchange.
The mutual discussion of techniques went quickly. Even though it was Su Wen's techniques alone being exchanged for the development experience of seven people, his ability to digest and learn was very strong.
Within just half a day, the discussion concluded.
Su Wen also headed to Wind Demon Valley, a valley constantly buffeted by storms and the cultivation ground for Divine Wind Academy students.
Inside Wind Demon Valley, for wind attribute Soul Masters, the deeper one went, the stronger the mimicry cultivation effect became.
At the same time, resisting the violent airflow within Wind Demon Valley also tempered the Soul Master themselves.
At this moment, Su Wen was deep within Wind Demon Valley.
He hadn't reached this spot by relying purely on brute force resistance, but by leveraging his control over airflow to advance step by step.
This was also a method Wind Demon Valley used to train students—using airflow control techniques to go deeper, much like cultivating under a waterfall.
The difference was that Su Wen maintained separation from the violent airflow almost the entire time. He attempted to turn these airflows into his own, manipulating them to flow past both sides of his body while rotating a circle behind him to counter the storm ahead.
Su Wen stayed at Divine Wind Academy for a full ten days.
After digesting his gains from this trip, he followed what Qin Ming had said previously and headed straight for Elephant Armored City.
Unlike Blazing Academy and Divine Wind Academy, Elephant Armored Academy was backed by the Elephant Armored Sect and was a directly subordinate academy. Although its educational philosophy and methods were similar to Blazing and Divine Wind, it had a clear affiliation.
Currently, the relationship between the Elephant Armored Sect and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family was somewhat tense.
This added a hint of conflict to this Spirit Arena training trip.
Divine Wind Academy was located in the northeast of the Heaven Dou Empire, while the Elephant Armored Sect was far away in the southeast.
Although Qin Ming had instructed Su Wen not to linger at the Great Spirit Arenas in various cities, Su Wen's training wasn't solely for the sake of the mission.
He had his own needs.
While he indeed didn't go to the major Great Spirit Arenas to linger, he continued to witness various scenes along the way, enriching his knowledge and integrating them one by one into his visualizations.
Over half a month later.
Elephant Armored City.
Su Wen arrived in Elephant Armored City ahead of schedule.
He stayed there for one night, and the Royal Combat Team arrived soon after.
"Little Wen, it feels like your whole person is somehow different," Qin Ming remarked with surprise upon seeing Su Wen again.
Su Wen didn't explain in detail.
His training this time had been a constant process of change. The gradual maturation of his visualization method had also altered his temperament, making him seem increasingly steady and mature, perhaps even with a slightly weathered feel.
Of course, on Su Wen, this temperament manifested mostly as a sense of stability.
"In Elephant Armored City this time, try not to be too flashy," Qin Ming instructed in advance.
Su Wen nodded, though he didn't really mind in his heart.
He knew Dugu Bo was secretly following them, so he had confidence.
Even if there was a Titled Douluo here, they likely wouldn't risk offending the Poison Douluo to force an issue.
Even though the Poison Douluo didn't have many friends, was a typical lone wolf, and wasn't particularly strong in single combat, he had the ability to turn you into a "lone seedling" by wiping out everyone else.
"Brother Wen, quick, renew some for me," Ning Rongrong said the moment she saw Su Wen, her first priority being to replenish her ammunition.
After the torment of the last time, she had learned to be smart. This time, she had asked Su Wen in advance to integrate a large number of 'Record' and 'Strengthen' book pages into her body.
With the improvement of Su Wen's Soul Power and the development of his soul skills, the duration the pages could be maintained had also changed. Now, the 'Record' and 'Strengthen' pages could remain for over a month if left unused.
If the person they were integrated into cooperated to maintain them, that time could be extended to three months—a technique Ning Rongrong had figured out herself.
However, after nearly a month, the pages within her body were exhausted.
For Ning Rongrong, this past month might have been the true training.
Previously, she had just been eating, drinking, and watching battles. But over this month, in every city they reached, Qin Ming would arrange for her to fight against Silver Spirit Fighter-level Grand Soul Masters.
An Auxiliary System Soul Master fighting against Power Attack System Soul Masters.
Through grind after grind, Ning Rongrong's Soul Power had also begun to loosen.
"Alright, I'll replenish them for you right now," Su Wen said, patting Ning Rongrong's head.
Over the past two years, Ning Rongrong's personality had long begun to change. Aside from maintaining her "little witch" persona within the sect for the sake of her petty pride, outside—especially in front of Su Wen—she was practically a well-behaved girl.
Even Ning Fengzhi had lamented her changes multiple times.
"Sister Yan, you seem completely different too," Su Wen noticed the change in Dugu Yan.
Having not seen her for a whole month, Dugu Yan's hair no longer held a purple sheen; it had turned into a head of short black hair, and her green pupils had returned to normal.
This was a sign that the toxins had been basically cleared out.
Moreover, Su Wen's perception was powerful; he could sense a faint dragon aura emanating from Dugu Yan. This was likely due to the long-term consumption of Old Jerry's Earth Dragon Golden Melons plus the absorption of that Spirit Bone.
After catching up, it was time for business.
Qin Ming returned to the lounge with information on their opponents and distributed it to the nine members.
"This time, the Royal Combat Team's opponent is still a Silver Spirit Fighter team. As usual, Su Wen and Rongrong don't need to participate; you will directly participate in a separate 2v2 challenge against Soul Ancestors, fighting above your level. I've already signed you up."
During this training trip, Qin Ming had meticulously arranged everything. It had to be said that he fulfilled his duties as a teacher very thoroughly.
However, Su Wen knew that between Shrek and Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, the other party might choose Shrek without hesitation.
Because of this, he actually held a sliver of resistance towards Qin Ming.
The contrast between Shrek's nurturing of Qin Ming and the investment Heaven Dou Imperial Academy had made in him was easy to see.
However, since the other party was still the team's teacher and fulfilled his duties with complete seriousness, Su Wen had always been cooperative.
"However, Little Wen, your enemies this time are somewhat troublesome."
Matchmaking in the Great Spirit Arena was random unless both parties voluntarily agreed to a duel with significant viewer interest. Otherwise, it strictly followed the matching mechanism.
This time, the opponents matched with Su Wen and Ning Rongrong made Qin Ming very solemn.
"Your opponents are two direct descendants from the Elephant Armored Sect. Their Martial Soul is the Diamond Mammoth—a top-tier defense-type Martial Soul that is also quite formidable in attack," Qin Ming introduced the opponent's information to Su Wen and the others.
"Most importantly, their Soul Power exceeds Rank forty-five!"
(End of Chapter)