For a Spirit Beast like Vishdair, which inherently doesn't lack potential and has undergone excellent nurturing and training, manipulating the ether in the surrounding air should be as easy as breathing. Yet, the ether inside the training room at this moment has become incomparably still and dense, as if the entire person has soaked in a swamp.

"I just... don't believe it!"

She clenched her fist, gritted her teeth, and the charging of the explosion fist in her hand seemed to have slowed down tens of times, with that fist gradually emitting a red light and slowly gathering ether.

"How is it possible... can't even make a move!"

And it was at this moment she suddenly felt further support coming from Lin Guang, with warm ether flowing in from the contract like a trickling stream. Although it couldn't compare at all to the past, it was already commendable at this moment.

She immediately realized what had happened, her spirit invigorated: "Great!"

At this very moment, Lin Guang behind her, with dark golden flames burning fiercely in his eyes, also gritted his teeth, breathing deeply without stopping.

As a Spirit Master, Spiritual Power and Perception are his forte, and he had already noticed something amiss. Both hands, glowing faintly, were clasped before his chest, forcefully activating the newly learned Tier Two Ethereum Charging with Hand of Full Mastery, forcibly drawing power from the swamp-like sticky ethereal environment.

The charging of Vishdair's explosion fist accelerated once more, finally reaching one-tenth of the usual standard.

"Hoo—Hoo—"

Under Lisa's worried gaze from behind, the glow in Lin Guang's eyes condensed and brightened even more, his lungs breathing with difficulty like a bellows, and sweat began to seep from his back, soaking his clothes.

With his past life's gaming experience, he naturally knew what the situation was.

The distinguishing feature of a True Man and a Beast King, different from those below Six-Star/Tier, is the absolute mastery over the surrounding environment.

This mastery signifies that with just a change of thought, they can unleash disaster-like destructive power with their will. Conversely, if they intentionally suppress it, they can turn the ethereal environment into a dead pool.

This is why they are called "walking disasters".

In fact, it wasn't the first time Lin Guang had seen such power.

In the Golden Mountain Hot Spring of the Flame Turtle Secret Realm, a level 45 Water Separation Essence had also demonstrated similar abilities, capable of mastering the surrounding ether and altering its nature.

But that was due to special circumstances in the Flame Turtle Secret Realm.

For some reason, that Water Separation Essence held partial authority over the secret realm, and even so, it was definitely not a match for a Beast King.

But...

Would Vishdair be afraid?

"Ahhhhh——"

The silver-haired girl was full of defiance, her eyes glaring, suddenly starting to roar.

In an instant, clusters of half-transparent, mirage-like illusionary flames surged from the silver-haired girl's body. The demon's double horns on either side of her head glowed with a scarlet hue, and the air behind her seemed distorted by scorching heat. The vague visage of a demon, three to four meters tall with double horns on its head, gradually appeared behind her.

In an instant, the fire evil attribute ether inside the room started becoming active again!

[Status: Beast Soul Awakening.]

In the next moment, with Lin Guang's support, the familiar scene replayed, and the fire attribute ether transformed into a crimson spiral, surging into Vishdair's right arm as she took several steps. Her figure became a flash of crimson light, instantly appearing before the silver giant beast, landing a punch on its forelimb.

Bang!

Vishdair, who was just revealing a look of satisfaction, changed her expression again.

This punch landed on the silver giant beast, not causing even a ripple, and the scorching fire attribute ether didn't change its metallic-looking body in the slightest; instead, it made her right hand tremble slightly.

The force of the explosion fist... couldn't penetrate at all.

The action of force is mutual; since the silver giant beast wasn't harmed at all, all the force was borne by Vishdair.

And in the next moment, the silver giant beast seemed to finally realize it was being attacked, and its eyes began to focus on Vishdair.

"!"

Silver light flickered, Lin Guang's pupils constricted, and the Barrier Spirit Pattern activated instantly.

Crack-crack—

At the next moment, the abruptly manifesting solid barrier shattered inch by inch like glass, sending Vishdair flying backwards. A flash of barrier light and shadow flickered again behind, yet it still heavily struck against the training room's wall, embedding the entire person into it.

"Sister Vishdair!"

Lisa called out in surprise.

The silver giant beast's steel-whip-like thick tail had unknowingly risen and now slowly lowered again.

In the next moment, it let out a "ga-ga" sound, as if laughing disdainfully, then suddenly contracted, within the blink of an eye, transforming again into a silver polyhedron, slowly rotating in place.

And Kaiwen was closing her eyes, seemingly feeling the power of the explosion fist through the contract.

Crack-crack.

Vishdair exerted a bit of strength, breaking free from the wall, falling to the ground, covering her abdomen, and shaking her head: "Cough cough..."

She wobbled to her feet, grimacing: "Seems like it wasn't much... cough... I wasn't even injured..."

Lin Guang pulled Lisa to her side: "You better say less, without me deploying the barrier twice, you would have been bleeding already."

If a Beast King truly had any intent, even without using any Skills, Vishdair would have been snapped in half by that tail; clearly, there was a measure in the actions.

In fact, even that silver light must have been intentionally for them, otherwise, with Lin Guang's Spiritual Power, there wouldn't even be the slightest possibility to detect a Beast King's movements. Obviously, they were going easy... no, "letting the sea" so to speak, was what let him deploy the barrier twice.

Hence, he wasn't worried about Vishdair's injuries.

She had a loose tongue and might offend a strong person unknowingly. If this opportunity could let her restrain herself a bit, it would be alright.

And as the Beast King reverted to that seemingly innocent form, the suffocating feeling on the field vanished suddenly.

"It was difficult just now, right? Felt unable to exert strength?"

Kaiwen opened her emerald green eyes, looking at the two calmly.

"Just now that was... a domain?"

Lin Guang looked at Doctor Kaiwen, suddenly uttering a somewhat unfamiliar term.

"You actually know about domains?"

Wearing a white coat, Kaiwen's beautiful eyes flashed with some surprise, but immediately shook her head: "But this time you guessed wrong, it's just ordinary mastery over the surrounding environment."

"The true domain is not something you can imagine at present. In the instant it is activated, you both would be erased from this world."

Lin Guang's breath slightly hitched.

"Yu Haidong did well, your foundation is very solid, the use of barriers has almost become instinctual, the response was also correct, her Skills are likewise well tempered. But with your Talent and progress, these are no longer sufficient."

Once academic and teaching matters were mentioned, Kaiwen would not be as sparingly worded as her usually cold demeanor would suggest, and began talking eloquently: "Perhaps some of you are thinking, True Men and Beast Kings wouldn't see you as opponents, no need to worry about being suppressed in battle, thinking this way is wrong."

"In fact, the mastery and command over the surrounding environment and their own power are the biggest differences between those so-called geniuses or heirs from noble houses and ordinary Spirit Masters."

"Some extremely special Spirit Beasts, family and sect inheritances, or geniuses who have paved their own paths, can all achieve this."

"Maintaining combat power in such mastery, and even reversing to master the opponent is your next training project."

"You can understand the training within a domain as a 'High-Pressure Meditation Pod' for Spirit Beasts, enhancing your mastery over ether. At the very least, you must grasp coping methods."

"Today's suppression is only one such type, and you must get accustomed to at least three major categories of a total of sixteen different ethereal environment modes to develop correct contingencies and responses."

Lin Guang was a bit taken aback, could not help questioning: "This... is it doable? Is it really possible?"

"For One-Star Spirit Masters with Blue-level Talent, it is indeed a fantasy."

Though her expression remained cold, the words from her mouth were filled with rational thinking and cold data, yet she was not at all stingy in her praise for Lin Guang: "However, for most of the people in this world, you are also a genuine genius."

"I will guide you."

Doctor Kaiwen stated calmly, "However, today's goal is to collect new data on Vishdair."

"Let's continue then."

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