"Clang~"
Under Mo Hui's attack, the Flame Family's assembly hall collapsed with a crash, and from within the crumbling structure, the Flaming Giant Lion formed by Lion Douluo flew out.
"Who goes there?"
After flying out of the building, Lion Douluo immediately spotted Mo Hui above and sternly demanded.
Mo Hui looked at Lion Douluo and said indifferently, "Weren't you just about to look for me?"
"You are Mo Hui? Xie Erxun was killed by you?"
Upon hearing this, Lion Douluo immediately frowned. Wasn't this person a rising prodigy only in the last two years? Why would he possess such strength?
What surprised Lion Douluo even more was that, in his perception, Mo Hui's spirit power cultivation had already reached eighty-fourth rank.
One must know that, according to the intelligence he had received, Mo Hui was not even twenty years old yet!
"That's right, I am Mo Hui. Xie Erxun was indeed killed by my Spirit Pidgeot, and next, you will also be killed by me," Mo Hui replied seriously.
"What did you say? You want to kill me?"
Upon hearing this, Lion Douluo burst into laughter, as if he had heard a huge joke.
Immediately after, Lion Douluo's gaze turned sharp, and he said with a chilling tone, "You junior who hasn't even grown all your hair, did you eat the guts of a bear and a leopard? How dare you say you want to kill me? Who gave you the courage? Is it just your mere eighty-fourth rank?"
"Of course, it's my strength!"
After speaking, Pidgeot's body, beneath Mo Hui's feet, suddenly emitted a dense cyan light, and then eight spirit rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red—appeared around Mo Hui, spiraling up and down.
"Two hundred-thousand-year spirit rings! How is this possible!?"
Upon seeing the bizarre spirit ring configuration appearing around Mo Hui, as well as those two blood-red hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, Lion Douluo's pupils instantly constricted, and his heart was stirred with tumultuous waves.
How could such a spirit ring configuration exist in this World? Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red—is this some kind of mental illusion Spirit Ability? Am I currently in an illusion?
But very quickly, Lion Douluo dismissed this idea, because he was certain that the deterrent force brought by that giant Wind Blade just now was absolutely not fake.
Moreover, as a ninety-seventh-rank Titled Douluo, who in this World could keep him immersed in an illusion for so long?
This bizarre spirit ring configuration, could it be…
At this moment, Lion Douluo suddenly looked at Mo Hui's forehead, as he thought of a possibility.
This look indeed made him discover something, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Hahahaha~ So that's it. I never thought that I, Xiongshi, would one day be able to fight a legendary God Position inheritor!"
Lion Douluo immediately became excited and laughed loudly.
No wonder the opponent possessed eighty-fourth rank spirit power at such a young age, and also had such a bizarre spirit ring configuration. So it was a God Position inheritor; then everything made sense.
Lion Douluo had only seen this kind of unconventional spirit ring configuration on one person: the High Priest of Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu!
Qian Daoliu's spirit ring configuration was similar to Bo Saixi's, both being eight black and one red, which is a spirit ring configuration only achievable through the rewards of obtaining a God Position. (The original novel didn't mention it, and the anime is incorrect; eight black and one red is more suitable.)
Otherwise, for ordinary Spirit Masters, the highest would be two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red, because the physical endurance limit of a normal Spirit Master is just that.
Of course, twin spirits users are an exception, because twin spirits can improve their physical endurance by cultivating one Spirit first, thereby allowing the spirit rings of their second Spirit to achieve unconventional effects.
Upon hearing this, Mo Hui's eyes flashed. He hadn't expected this person to know about the God's Trial.
But Mo Hui quickly realized that the other party should be a certain Priest of Spirit Hall, but the other party's Spirit was somewhat unfamiliar. Could it be the Third Priest or Fourth Priest, who were only briefly mentioned in the original work?
If that were truly the case, as a member of the Priest Hall that corresponded to the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, it wasn't strange for the other party to know about God Position inheritance, after all, one of Qian Renxue's trials to become a god was to fight these Priests.
Looking at Lion Douluo in front of him, Mo Hui said in a calm tone, "I actually don't really want to fight, but since things have come to this, there's no point in saying more. Today's battle is either your death or mine!"
"Good, good. Let me see what's so extraordinary about this legendary God Position inheritor, who dares to challenge me, a ninety-seventh-rank peak Douluo, with an eighty-fourth-rank Spirit Douluo cultivation."
After hearing Mo Hui's words, Lion Douluo became even more excited. This was a legendary God Position inheritor, and from the attack Mo Hui just launched, the opponent's strength was not weak.
This was not a crushing victory over the weak, but a battle between strong individuals.
"Eighth Spirit Ability, Beasts Bow Down!"
The next moment, a blood-red ball of light was spewed from the mouth of the lion formed by Lion Douluo. In an instant, the blood-colored light descended from the sky, intending to cover Mo Hui and Pidgeot.
"Quickly dodge! Pidgeot!"
Although Mo Hui was very confident in his own strength after breaking through to Spirit Douluo, he would not be foolish enough to directly take the opponent's attack without knowing the effects of the opponent's Spirit Ability.
"Pika~"
Upon hearing Mo Hui's words, Pidgeot immediately flipped and flew backward, not only dodging the illumination of the blood light but also flying out more than ten li in the blink of an eye.
"Ah!???"
Seeing this scene, the Flaming Giant Lion formed by Lion Douluo was instantly dumbfounded.
What the hell? How did his opponent run so far in the blink of an eye? Even Teleportation isn't that fast, is it?
And more than ten li away, Mo Hui, through Pidgeot's perspective, observed the operational logic of the opponent's blood light and vaguely seemed to understand the ability of the opponent's eighth Spirit Ability.
"What a terrifying Spirit Ability! Through the illumination of this blood light, it can directly control a Spirit Master's movements!"
Mo Hui looked at the Spirit Masters in the Flame Family's valley, who could be controlled by Lion Douluo at any time, and felt lingering fear.
He had just said not to encounter any heaven-defying Spirit Abilities, and he didn't expect to encounter one in his very first battle with a Titled Douluo.
But then, Mo Hui frowned and said, "No, that's not right. A mere eighth Spirit Ability, not even a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, how could it be so strong?"
With this thought, Mo Hui carefully re-examined the red light and finally discovered something amiss.
"So that's how it is. This Spirit Ability seems to only be able to control Spirit Beasts, and it seems to only be able to control Spirit Masters up to the Spirit Saint rank at most. Although it has some influence on Spirit Douluo, it's only slight and not a major issue."
After discovering the opponent's limitations, Mo Hui realized.
He thought so; if a mere eighth Spirit Ability could freely control all Spirit Masters, then this Spirit Ability would be too heaven-defying.
But even so, the effect of this Spirit Ability was already very strong. After all, if this move were used on a battlefield, its effect would even be more abnormal than Dugu Bo's poison.