Holiday

With Hu Liena's voluntary concession, the battle finally came to an end.

No one had expected Duan Fan to emerge as the ultimate victor.

The area around the Soul Fighting Platform remained silent for a few seconds before erupting into a wave of excited cheers.

"Duan Fan is too strong! He actually managed to defeat a senior!"

"Am I seeing things? A Soul Master beat a Soul Exalt? Duan Fan really is a monster!"

"Duan Fan! Duan Fan! Duan Fan!"

Li Ruolan was also beaming. "Duan Fan, your performance today was excellent."

"Liena, you were impressive as well. If you hadn't gone easy on Duan Fan, he probably would have lost long ago."

Hu Liena straightened up and said with a hint of exhaustion, "Teacher Li, I didn't go easy on Junior Duan Fan."

"Junior Duan Fan won through his own strength."

Hu Liena walked over to the fourth Dream-Weaving Spider that Duan Fan had drawn, reached out to touch its carapace, and looked at Duan Fan with a smile. "Junior Duan Fan, how many more spiders like this can you summon?"

Duan Fan replied, "This fourth one is already my limit."

Hu Liena's expression turned regretful. "Ah?"

"If I had known, I would have held on a little longer. I thought you had an endless supply of spiders."

Duan Fan said, "I knew you were holding back, Senior, and conceded on purpose."

Hu Liena waved her hand dismissively and began walking off the Soul Fighting Platform. "I didn't concede on purpose. I was genuinely tired; those spiders of yours are just too annoying."

With a thought, Duan Fan dissipated the fourth Dream-Weaving Spider into silver motes of light and followed her off the platform.

Li Ruolan asked, "It's rare for the seniors from the Advanced Class to come and provide guidance. Do you want to delay your training in the Mimicry Cultivation Area today? Stay and watch the battle between the other two seniors; you should be able to learn something."

Duan Fan nodded. "Alright, I'll watch for a while longer."

In truth, Duan Fan wanted to keep fighting, but the soul power in his body was nearly exhausted.

In this state, sparring with Xie Yue and Yan would be meaningless—it would be nothing more than asking for a beating.

Even if he started cultivating now to recover, there wouldn't be enough time to return to his peak state.

Duan Fan didn't think his classmates could hold out against Xie Yue and Yan for very long; he estimated they would last ten seconds each, and lasting half a minute would be considered quite impressive.

One could tell just from Hu Liena's combat ability that these Advanced Class students were far beyond what he and his fellow Primary Class students could compare to in terms of fighting.

Coupled with their absolute suppression in strength, it was a complete landslide.

Winning was simply impossible.

As for Hu Liena's defeat, that was entirely an accident.

Hu Liena specialized in mental control and mental attacks, both of which happened to be countered by the things Duan Fan drew.

Unable to utilize her own advantages, Hu Liena had no choice but to resort to close-quarters combat.

In the end, she chose to forfeit the battle after being worn down by the tag-team of Dream-Weaving Spiders and the Giant Spider.

Had Hu Liena persisted a little longer, Duan Fan would have been the one to lose.

Throughout the entire battle, Duan Fan had been unable to force the spiders into an absolute numerical advantage.

It wasn't that Duan Fan didn't want to summon all his spiders to surround Hu Liena as he had done against Li Ruolan.

It was that Hu Liena simply didn't give him the opportunity.

Hu Liena's offensive methods were extremely sharp, placing immense pressure on Duan Fan.

If not for his Eye of Insight allowing him to predict Hu Liena's movements in advance, he likely would have been defeated long ago.

Even so, being able to summon spiders consecutively under the rhythm of Hu Liena's assault was already quite an achievement.

The reason he could summon so many spiders against Li Ruolan was entirely because Li Ruolan was acting as a mentor, allowing Duan Fan to display his full potential.

But against Hu Liena, the pace of the fight was much faster.

Duan Fan had to calculate every single second, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to draw the Dream-Weaving Spiders smoothly.

Even the process of having the Dream-Weaving Spiders spit silk to weave the Giant Spider required perfect timing; otherwise, it was easily interrupted.

It seems I need to work even harder on my cultivation. Only by raising my soul power level can I draw faster, create more spiders, and make them even stronger.

Duan Fan had long since discovered that his first soul skill possessed growth potential and would gradually strengthen as his own power increased.

Once he raised his strength to a certain level, he would be able to draw Dream-Weaving Spiders in an instant.

The number he could draw would be vast, and the combat power of the spiders would be staggering.

Once I obtain more Soul Rings, I will be able to further unleash the power of the Fantasy Pen.

My future goal is: anything I can imagine, I can draw.

Duan Fan thought to himself as he turned his gaze toward the Soul Fighting Platform.

The second person to step up was Xie Yue.

Just as Duan Fan had expected, not a single classmate could last more than ten seconds against him.

Even Wen Xiyue was no exception.

In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, any technique appeared pale and powerless.

Duan Fan asked himself, and he knew that if he were to face Xie Yue, the result would likely be the same.

With Xie Yue's power and speed, he would never give Duan Fan the chance to draw a second Dream-Weaving Spider.

After Xie Yue had fought a few matches, it was Yan's turn to take the stage.

In truth, Xie Yue hadn't even consumed much soul power; he could have continued fighting indefinitely without issue.

But since the three of them had come together, it was impossible not to give Yan a chance to participate.

Once Yan stepped onto the field, the situation was not much different from when Xie Yue was fighting.

Every match ended in about ten seconds—it was a purely crushing defeat.

In less than ten minutes, every student in Junior Class Ten had taken their turn.

This was only because Li Ruolan had been offering guidance to the students throughout; otherwise, the time would have been even shorter.

Among everyone in Junior Class Ten, only Duan Fan had lasted the longest, and he had even managed to secure a victory with a stroke of luck.

As soon as the combat class ended, Duan Fan headed straight for the Mimicry Cultivation Area.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.

During these ten days, Duan Fan successfully raised his soul power level to eighteen, and he was already pushing toward nineteen.

During this period, Li Yi, a teacher who specialized in researching martial souls, sought out Duan Fan to understand the changes in his soul skills following his increase in soul power level.

Aside from this, Duan Fan's daily life was essentially occupied by classes and cultivation.

As for the three members of the Golden Generation, they had not appeared again since their last visit to provide guidance.

Duan Fan had not seen any sign of the three of them in the academy either.

During one combat class, Li Ruolan had mentioned them in passing.

The three of them had gone off to execute a mission.

Duan Fan later learned that as long as a student of Spirit Hall Academy reached the Soul Exalt level, they would be dispatched on missions by Spirit Hall.

They would grow through the process of executing these missions and could earn generous rewards.

At the main gate of Spirit Hall Academy.

Duan Fan walked out slowly and headed in the direction of the Spirit City Blacksmith Shop.

Today was a day off from the academy.

Duan Fan was going to inspect the final few components for his pistol.