Xu Tianhao didn't waste any words. He held out a small hand and beckoned with his fingers. "Come on, let me see if you've made any progress."
Although Xu Tianhao was three years younger than them, over the years, his performance had made them almost forget the age gap.
From the atmosphere when they were together, it was clear they didn't treat Xu Tianhao as a younger brother at all, but as an elder brother.
Since he was the elder brother, a two-on-one fight wouldn't be considered bullying.
So, as Xu Tianhao beckoned, the two of them had already released their Spirits.
The phantom of a Three-Legged Golden Toad manifested behind Xiao Hongchen. His entire Body was coated in a faint golden light as four spirit rings—two yellow, one purple, and one black—slowly rose and pulsated.
Long Aotian's Spirit was the Body. Upon activating it, his Body turned a bronze color, appearing lean and powerful, giving off an impression of infinite strength at a single glance.
Four spirit rings—one yellow, two purple, and one black—rose from beneath Long Aotian's feet in sequence. An intense surge of spirit power rushed straight toward Xu Tianhao.
Both were level forty-five, one level higher than Xu Tianhao, and their spirit ring configurations were both optimal!
Especially Long Aotian; his second spirit ring was already at the thousand-year level, only slightly inferior to Xu Tianhao. He was undoubtedly a top-tier genius of the current generation!
Facing the combined spirit power pressure of the two, Xu Tianhao's lips always maintained a hint of a smile.
In an instant, his eyes transformed into the sun and moon, making it difficult for others to look directly at him.
Four spirit rings—three purple and one black—rose around him. A terrifying surge of spirit power vented out, easily blocking the combined pressure from Long Aotian and Xiao Hongchen.
Although his spirit power level was one level lower, the quality of his spirit power was far more terrifying than theirs.
If Long Aotian and Xiao Hongchen's spirit power foundations were comparable to high-level Spirit Kings or even low-level Spirit Emperors...
...then Xu Tianhao's spirit power foundation was enough to rival a peak Spirit Emperor, even infinitely approaching a Spirit Saint.
This was the terrifying part about Xu Tianhao; otherwise, Long Aotian and Xiao Hongchen wouldn't have needed to put on a show to target him.
This clash of spirit power pressure was essentially a draw, with Xu Tianhao even faintly holding the upper hand.
But Long Aotian and Xiao Hongchen didn't panic at all because they had come prepared.
Even if Xu Tianhao's Spirit Ability effects were heaven-defying, they were very familiar with him after being together for so many years and had made full preparations to counter him!
The moment his Spirit was released, Long Aotian charged out like a cannonball.
"First Spirit Ability: Magic Ape Transformation!"
"Second Spirit Ability: Golden God's Wrath!"
"Third Spirit Ability: Dark Gold Armor!"
As Long Aotian charged forward, his first three spirit rings lit up in sequence, and his entire Body became even more burly.
His terrifying height now exceeded two meters. His Body emitted a faint golden light, and he was clad in Dark Gold Armor.
His first three Spirit Abilities were all buff skills. With all of them activated, even with Xu Tianhao's physical constitution, he wouldn't dare to take a punch head-on.
Long Aotian's combat philosophy was simple: he could make countless mistakes, but his opponent could only make one!
Once he caught an opportunity, it would be a One-Punch Man style execution of justice!
Xiao Hongchen, with tacit understanding, flew backward. As he retreated, countless gold powders were thrown out from his spirit tool, and the four spirit rings on his Body lit up alternately...
Facing the charging Long Aotian and Xiao Hongchen who was trying to pull away for a long-range strike, Xu Tianhao's smile remained unchanged.
"First Spirit Ability: Sun Moon Divine Seal!"
Xu Tianhao didn't hold back. His first spirit ring lit up, and a gold-and-silver pillar of light shot directly toward Long Aotian.
But Long Aotian didn't panic at all. He lightly brushed his forehead with his right hand, and a headband inlaid with a ruby appeared.
The ruby emitted a gentle glow, forming a solid defense within Long Aotian's sea of consciousness.
Grade 7 spirit tool: spiritual protection!
The effect of spiritual protection was simple—it had only one: to protect the Spirit Master's sea of consciousness from being attacked.
Because it had a single function, its effect was exceptionally powerful.
A Grade 7 spiritual protection was enough to withstand the mental attacks of a peak Spirit Saint mental-type Spirit Master!
No matter how heaven-defying Xu Tianhao was, his current mental force intensity was only comparable to the mental force of a Spirit Emperor-level mental-type Spirit Master.
Breaking his spiritual protection was absolutely impossible!
This was the source of Long Aotian's confidence.
As for a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor using a Grade 7 spirit tool, Long Aotian didn't feel ashamed at all.
There was no other way; without it, there was simply no way to fight!
Besides, he was only using it to resist Xu Tianhao's mental attacks, even though doing so already neutralized most of Xu Tianhao's offensive methods...
Aside from this Grade 7 spiritual protection, Long Aotian did not intend to use any other spirit tools.
The Spiritual Shock and Sun Moon Divine Seal were all blocked by the Grade 7 spiritual protection. As for the remaining spirit power impact, Long Aotian could block it himself.
One could say Xu Tianhao's first Spirit Ability had failed to have any effect.
Long Aotian's speed didn't decrease as his lips curled up. "Your Highness, mental attacks are useless. What other methods do you have?"
Facing the confident Long Aotian, Xu Tianhao remained calm.
He had used his first Spirit Ability just now merely to test the effect of the Grade 7 spiritual protection.
Now that he had a clear sense of it, Xu Tianhao also made his move.
Xu Tianhao charged directly toward Long Aotian, his voice sounding calm:
"Aotian, this Grade 7 spiritual protection indeed renders many of my abilities useless, but do you know the effect of my fourth Spirit Ability?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Long Aotian was stunned for a moment.
When Xu Tianhao had obtained his fourth spirit ring, he hadn't told them its effect, nor had he used it on them.
Because Xu Tianhao said that once his fourth Spirit Ability was used, regardless of what methods the opponent had, he would be invincible among those of the same rank.
But even so, Long Aotian didn't panic.
A Grade 7 spiritual protection was enough to ensure Xu Tianhao's terrifying mental force had nowhere to be applied.
As for anything else, he, Long Aotian, would break all techniques with pure strength!
Long Aotian and Xu Tianhao charged toward each other, the distance between them closing rapidly. In the blink of an eye, less than a meter remained.
At this distance, Long Aotian was invincible.
"Fourth Spirit Ability: Mad God Slash!"
The dark ten-thousand-year spirit ring lit up, and Long Aotian's aura surged violently once again.
His left arm transformed directly into a silver-white battle axe. Carrying an unstoppable, terrifying power, it fell straight toward Xu Tianhao's head!
With the support of three buffing Spirit Abilities, if this axe strike from Long Aotian landed solidly, even a Grade 5 defensive spirit tool wouldn't be able to withstand it!
But Xu Tianhao not only didn't use a spirit tool, his speed didn't decrease in the slightest as he faced Long Aotian without dodging or parrying.
Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen, who was charging up, was dumbfounded, and Xu Tianzhen and the others watching were also stunned.
Clearly, Xu Tianhao's mental attacks were useless against Long Aotian, so why was he doing this?
The next moment, Xu Tianhao gave the answer.
His second and fourth spirit rings lit up simultaneously.
"Second Spirit Ability: Eye of True Sight!"
Xu Tianhao's second Spirit Ability was not an offensive one, but rather a support-oriented skill.
The effect of the Spirit Ability was also simple: to perceive the essence and see through all illusions. Under the Eye of True Sight, all of his Spirit Abilities were guaranteed to hit.
Whether the opponent possessed top-tier defensive or evasion skills like Paragon Golden Body or Etherealness, they could not escape.
Under the Eye of True Sight, Xu Tianhao's attacks were guaranteed to hit and would precisely find the opponent's weakness.
At the same time, all mental control abilities would be completely ineffective against him, as he saw through all falsehoods!
But that was all. Even with a guaranteed hit effect, his Spirit Ability could not possibly break through a Grade 7 spiritual protection.
Therefore, Long Aotian didn't panic at all; he was very clear about the effect of this Spirit Ability of Xu Tianhao's.
It was a top-tier support Spirit Ability, but it was useless against Long Aotian, who had a Grade 7 spiritual protection!