Chapter 148: Chapter 73: The Battle of the Divine Prayers, Icy Moon Angel_2 Chapter 148: Chapter 73: The Battle of the Divine Prayers, Icy Moon Angel_2 Both Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong’s spiritual power had bottomed out. As they continued to amplify the power of the Clear Moon Vast Ocean Spirit Furnace and the Divine Prayers Small Tree Spirit Furnace, their own spiritual power was progressively being depleted.

“Ssst!” The body of the Icy Moon Angel paused in mid-air for a moment. The next moment, it transformed into four rays of light, each returning to the bodies of the three.

Ling Menglu swayed, her face pale white, and collapsed into the arms of Long Dangdang. Sweat poured down from her forehead like rain; the massive consumption of spiritual power caused her to tightly close her eyes, obviously having lost any ability to continue the fight.

Long Kongkong looked at Long Dangdang, his spiritual power had also been depleted, “Is it over?” he asked.

Long Dangdang’s mouth twitched!

The next moment, the Hell Wind swept over them!

As the light flickered, the moment the three of them reappeared at Spirit Furnace Academy square, Ling Monglu was still in a semi-conscious state, leaning against Long Dangdang. Long Dangdang was also pallor, while Long Kongkong looked a little better, but none of them looked good.

The instant they appeared, they immediately became the center of attention.

Thirty-five minutes! Yes, it was thirty-five minutes later than Zisang Liuying’s squad’s return. Although they looked pathetic, they had held on for an impressively long time, far longer than most of the teams, even more than half the time of many squads.

A look of surprise appeared on Cai Caijuan’s face, Suddenly, she felt that there might be some mistake in her judgement.

In her opinion, there was no way Ling Menglu, Long Dangdang, and Long Kongkong could ever equal Zisang Liuying, Tang Leiguang, and Chu Yu’s team. In her mind, it was only a matter of time for Ling Menglu to return to their team.

However, the actual combat practice with the demon tribe was vastly different from what she had previously imagined. At least in terms of time, they were once again defeated. Yes, defeated! The difference of thirty-five minutes could not be explained by a tactical difference alone.

How did they manage it? How could it be possible?

Not only was Cai Caijuan thinking this way, at this moment, all the junior-year students on the square, looking at the squad that once again was undoubtedly the first in the actual combat assessment, also showed a strange expression. The gap seemed to be a little big! The original five geniuses now seemed to be a tier behind Divine Maiden Menglu!

Everyone was very keen to see how they would handle the examination with their own eyes. But it was impractical, as this was the academy’s secret and not something they would be allowed to see.

“All students have returned, this practical test will be counted as a regular score for the final assessment. Dismissed!”

The academy did not make any comments, and directly announced the end of the practical training.

The students of Knights Class One and Priests Class One all spontaneously gathered around Long Dangdang’s squad. The priests cast their healing skills one after another, causing Long Dangdang’s and Long Kongkong’s faces to improve slightly and Ling Menglu to reluctantly open her eyes.

“Dangdang, Kongkong, take me back to the dormitory,” Ling Menglu said.

“OK,” Long Dangdang nodded and, flanked by Long Kongkong, they helped her return to the dormitory.

Zisang Liuying and the others watched them leave until their figures completely disappeared from sight.

“I really want to know how they did it!” Cai Caijuan said curiously.

Chu Yu casually remarked, “Isn’t it a battle of wits? We’ll have a face-to-face fight during the examination next month, and naturally, we will find out.”

After a pause, Zisang Liuying suggested, “Let’s go to my dormitory and discuss today’s battle simulation. Next time, we need to pass the third stage.”

Although none of them expressed it openly, the fact that Ling Menglu’s team managed to hold out for more than half an hour longer than them could indicate that they had likely passed the third stage. That was the obstacle that none of the four of them had previously managed to overcome! Pride prevented them from asking others how to pass, so the only option was to reflect on their own performance.

Both Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong helped their cousin return to the dormitory. The three of them managed to sit cross-legged despite their exhaustion. Even though their physical injuries within the examination space wouldn’t follow them out, both their spiritual power and mental strength were completely depleted.

Long Kongkong took a deep breath, gritting his teeth as he released his Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace into the devouring domain, where it began to absorb and redirect the incoming elemental energy of heaven and earth.

After having recovered some of his own spiritual power, he then was able to release the Divine Prayers Small Tree Spirit Furnace. The devouring domain was instantly upgraded to the Celestial Abyss Domain, where a tremendous amount of elemental energy was swiftly and massively accumulated, akin to a siphon. Long Kongkong’s complexion instantly improved, and the influence of the domain made the elemental energy in the room richer, which enhanced the recovery speed of his cousin and elder brother’s spiritual power.

Once he had recovered nearly half of his spiritual power, Long Kongkong immediately launched an Angel’s Blessing, wrapping the three of them in it to restore their physical conditions and mental strength concurrently.

Only then did Ling Menglu and Long Dangdang’s faces visibly start to improve.

“Kongkong, it’s your turn.” Long Dangdang’s voice came.

Long Kongkong, understanding the hint, temporarily retracted the divine powers of the Divine Prayers Small Tree Spirit Furnace. Long Dangdang released the Clear Moon Vast Ocean Spirit Furnace to combine with the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace and raised its rank with the Divine Prayers Small Tree Spirit Furnace. Then, the Celestial Abyss Ocean reappeared, instantly flooding the entire room with astounding spiritual power, which dramatically increased the three’s recovery speed.

Half an hour later, when the three had fully recovered their spiritual power but still felt somewhat mentally drained, Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong brothers retracted their spirit furnaces under Ling Menglu’s signal.

She leaned against the couch, looking at the brothers opposite her, “What do you think about today’s battle simulation?”

Long Kongkong, full of complaints, responded, “It’s total madness. An unexpected surge of enemies… The academy isn’t giving us practice in battle, they’re just sending us to the slaughter.”

However, Long Dangdang pondered and said, “It was a bit unexpected, because it was a combat style we hadn’t anticipated. We’ve never had to deal with this kind of group battle before, so we all panicked. Our collaboration was a problem.”

Ling Menglu nodded in agreement, “Honestly, I think there were a lot of problems. Many of our advantages were not utilized, particularly our ability to combine spirit furnaces which we didn’t execute perfectly. In the end, we just stacked our spirit furnace powers against the Bloodsucking Beta. As a result, we ended up falling at the fourth checkpoint.”

“Indeed, I think we should start by summarizing things properly,” Long Dangdang said, “After the Spirit Furnace Providential Selection Ritual, we rushed to start cultivating, but we didn’t properly summarize how our abilities combine. We all now have three spirit furnaces. My Vast Ocean Spirit Furnace can combine with any one, and Kongkong’s Divine Prayers Small Tree Spirit Furnace can upgrade any spirit furnace by 1st Rank. So, theoretically, we should have quite a lot of options. What’s more, we need to try to understand what kind of properties our spirit furnaces hold after their combination and promotion, and then apply these properties effectively in our combat collaboration. This is the only way to achieve a result in which one plus one truly equals more than two.”

Ling Menglu smiled faintly and praised, “Dangdang, you are really smart. Let’s follow your plan.”

Long Dangdang couldn’t help getting annoyed, “Cousin, I think Zisang Liuying and his team were out before us today. When we got out, everyone looked at us so strangely, I guess we should be the first ones again. It seems most of our classmates failed at the third checkpoint or earlier.”

Ling Menglu’s eyes sparkled, “First place? Splendid!”