Strictly speaking, since First High and the Experimental School are rivals, and within the same grade, both possessing blue Spirit Beasts and being cultivated by their schools in similar circumstances, it's highly likely that they will fight all the way through to senior year.

It's quite natural to memorize the details of a future "formidable enemy" in advance.

After all, aside from his early "direct admission" status for the exchange competition, both his looks and the presence of Vishdair make him particularly eye-catching. There are even occasional anonymous uploads of candid photos of Lin Guang on the school forum—though he doesn't have much time to browse the forum, Wang Dawei is the one who keeps mentioning it.

"Haha! Before coming here, I thought, since it's not far from the Experimental School, maybe I'd encounter some interesting opponents. I didn't expect I'd actually hit the jackpot."

"Although I feel a bit sorry for Brother Wu Jie, I'll take the first prize for myself!"

Liu Zhiyong, with his face beaming, fitted the Armor Turtle Battle Top into the groove of the short sword at his waist. The veins on the back of his right hand, which bore the mark of the battle turtle, bulged as if he could already envision himself stepping on Lin Guang.

Lin Guang had some understanding of the Four Holy Beasts Battle Tops, which demand certain traits from children's personalities, such as the top Holy Beast · Black Tortoise only selecting honest and steady children when bestowing its top.

However, Liu Zhiyong's steadiness was clearly a thing of the past.

Many children, after fortunately receiving the Holy Beast Blessing, become flamboyant in personality.

But as long as their sincerity and love for the top persist, the Holy Beast Blessing will never abandon them.

To this, Vishdair merely returned an international friendly gesture, stepping into the battle field.

The referee raised the flag.

"This battle adopts a restricted combat rule; both sides' Spirit Beasts are not allowed to attack the Spirit Masters actively, and the Spirit Masters are also not allowed to enter the field; they can only interfere with the battle from the outside!"

"Let the battle begin!"

In an instant, Liu Zhiyong exerted force with his right hand on the sword hilt, drawing the short sword and pointing it directly at Vishdair, while the top, locked in the groove, was launched.

"Go, Armored Battle Turtle!"

The top expanded with the wind, growing to half a person's height within a breath. Its forward speed wasn't particularly fast, but it carried enough weight, carving a groove over ten centimeters deep wherever it passed on the concrete ground, and one could faintly hear the 'whoosh' of the Combat Metal Ring slicing through the air.

Before the battle, Lin Guang observed that Liu Zhiyong's metal ring wasn't particularly sharp, and was actually thicker than that of ordinary battle tops. Likely, it was due to the Armor Turtle's spinning speed not being an advantage, leading him to fortify its defensive capabilities.

Even so, Lin Guang didn't want Vishdair to first test the metal's edge with Explosion Fist.

"Explosive Shot."

As Lin Guang's eyes glowed with a dark golden hue, Vishdair grasped a crude Hand Cannon, infusing a large amount of Fire Attribute Ether into its body. Flames flared from the muzzle as she side-slid to dodge the Armor Turtle's charge, grinning fiercely as she aimed the muzzle at the top advancing again toward her.

As the trigger was pulled, a deep red projectile, with a diameter akin to a coin, launched fiercely at the Armor Turtle.

Simultaneously, Liu Zhiyong's eyes glimmered with a silver gray light, while using the Talent [Iron Block], he swiftly issued the command: "[Earth Guardian], jump!"

In the next moment, a yellowish-brown glow flickered across the Armor Turtle, which leaped in the air, causing the [Explosive Shot] originally aimed at the top's central emblem to hit the Armor Turtle's Combat Metal Ring.

Boom!

The bright red bullet exploded, enveloping the leaping Armor Turtle.

Flames and smoke spread, obscuring the view of the center for a moment.

Yet Lin Guang showed no hesitation, no complacency; the moment the Armor Turtle was hit, he issued another command: "Fearful Face!"

Vishdair immediately looked fierce, staring into the smoke.

In the next moment, that half-human-high top burst through the smoke, as if unsealing its restraints, approaching Vishdair with far more speed than before.

Upon closer inspection, it wasn't unscathed, bearing some burn marks, and its rotational balance had been thrown off by the shot, with its attack ring nearly cutting into the stone floor.

Yet this very posture granted it a much higher forward speed than its stable state.

—It must have deliberately taken the hit!

"[Eye for an Eye]!"

Liu Zhiyong shouted.

A noticeable white light appeared on the top, signifying the imminent release of absorbed damage.

Vishdair's Fearful Face only slowed its spin for a moment, but it was enough for her to prepare for a roll to the side, narrowly avoiding the oncoming slicing attack ring.

Inevitably, it couldn't immediately change direction to pursue, sliding over twenty meters in its inertial direction, its spinning form somewhat wobbling, stabilizing after three to four seconds as its rotation gradually recovered.

Remarkably, the scorched brown on its body was gradually fading away.

"Haha, I'm sure to win!"

Witnessing this scene, Liu Zhiyong enthusiastically waved his fist and then gave a thumbs-down gesture towards Lin Guang.

According to the intelligence he obtained, the recent bullet was Lin Guang's strongest move, and as long as the Armor Turtle wasn't KO'd in one hit, he could rely on the trait [Like a Mountain], using the earth's power to heal its wounds, standing in an invincible position.

After all, this is a Spirit Beast with purple evolution potential!

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