[Chapter:41][A show of strength(1)]

"First things first, I'm gonna tort-*cough* I mean, spar with you to check your progress, to make sure you didn't spend the past three months idling."

The boys all simultaneously glared at Al, who almost let his true intentions out.

*cough*

Al cleared his throat as he grinned at them.

"What are you waiting for? Come at me!"

The group of Al, old Jack, Xia Yun, Xia Yan, Xia Wuting, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Wang Sheng, Fu Lin, Du Ze, Su Han, Meng Yi, Meng Er, Meng Si, Meng Wu, Guo Liu, and, of course, Bibi Dong who somehow stopped herself from fleeing from old Jack who was still making her warning bells ring, had arrived at the Star Dou Forest.

Ah, I forgot Ai, but the adorable munchkin remained sitting on her papa's shoulder so she's pretty forgettable unless she does another one of her cute antics.

The moment they entered, the group of kids, including Al and Ai, who had never been into a genuine forest before, looked around in excitement.

As for the Meng brothers, Tang San, and Guo Liu, who had gone to join the Spirit Hall, they had never been to a forest either. Although the Spirit Hall had indeed prepared Soul Rings for them, they weren't actually taken out, and simply purchased suitable captured Soul Beasts for them to kill.

After all, there are many unemployed and freelance Spirit Masters in the world, and they can only get by by hunting Soul Beasts and exploring the dangerous forests for unique materials. And capturing Soul Beasts alive was certainly one of the most lucrative businesses, since every Spirit Master, especially the rich ones for Clans or even the Spirit Hall, would naturally prefer buying a suitable Soul Beast than going hunting for them.

Well, enough of that. The Author really has a bad habit of going on a tangent and making sudden info dumps.

*cough*

Anyway, after the group had walked fairly deep into the forest, with the kids and especially the excited Ai disturbing and even sometimes provoking the peacefully surviving 10 year old and some weak 100 year old Soul Beasts they encounter, though none of the poor Soul Beast babies made a squeak, with a Titled Douluo and a Spirit Saint stronger than most Titled Douluos present, they stopped at a clearing.

And Al looked at the kids with a grin.

"The Spirits of Yan'er and Yun'er can't be used for fighting without Soul Rings, so they will fight with just the skills I and little San taught them. The rest of you can freely use your Spirits and any other abilities and skills you may have picked up, though I doubt you did."

Al paused as he looked at a certain someone, who seemed to be out of it since the moment Bibi Dong reacted violently, and even more since she arrived at the Star Dou Forest.

"Xiao Wu, you can fight too. This is your chance at getting revenge."

"E-Eh? A-ah…right…"

The kids, namely, the Meng brothers, Guo Liu, Wang Sheng, Fu Lin, Du Ze, Su Han, the Xia twins, and Xiao Wu, looked at each other as they prepared themselves. The boys all actually knew one another quite well, thanks to talking with each other through telepathy frequently, and although the Xia twins didn't like talking much, especially to those other than their brother Al, they were good listeners and often silently listened to the boys talking.

So they were all quite familiar with one another's Spirits. And they were also trained in the same skill, [Mysterious Heaven Skill], [Controlling Crane Catching Dragon], [Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track], [Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer], [Mysterious Jade Hand], and [Purple Demon Eye].

In a sense, Xiao Wu was the only one not much familiar with everyone present, though, she was good friends with the Xia twins, the latter considering her a 'sister' or rather a 'future sister' in more meanings than one, so she was also a little informed of their Spirits.

Well, she didn't know the other skills from Tang Sect, though. Although Al knew Tang San wouldn't mind, he still decided only those who reached the max loyalty and affection with him would be able to learn those skills. It was something Al had promised Tang San, which the latter appreciated.

But anyway, although it took a while to describe everything, the group of 9 boys and 3 girls only looked at each other for a few seconds, before they moved.

As for Tang San? Although Al, with his stronger and faster body and better Spirit Power density, can match him equally despite the obvious difference in combat experience, fighting him along with 12 others was still too much for Al.

"King Kong Possession!"

"Godzilla Possession!"

The oldest of the Meng brothers, Meng Yi and Meng Er, instantly fused with their Spirits.

*weng!*

Waves of Spirit Power emanated off of them as their bodies grew in size, from looking like typical teenagers, which was already exaggerated considering they both were barely six and a half, to larger than most bodybuilding adults.

""Roar!""

The siblings roared like savage beasts as their figures, one two and a half metres tall and fairly wide with furry skin with visible, powerful muscles, and the other nearing 3 metres in height with scales all over his body, a long tail, and his mouth changed to that of a lizard, pounced towards Al.

"Not bad, the difference in Spirit Power density is obvious to the naked eye."

Al smiled as he dodged their attacks with a wide margin. At the same time, he nodded his head in appreciation. Although with the [Mysterious Heaven Skill] running 24/7, even a pig would have dense and powerful Spirit Power, the density and purity they were showing now was much greater than they would have if they relied only on the cultivation skill.

So obviously, they worked hard exhausting and recovering their Spirit Power by training their skills.

"Your proficiency improved."

And the obvious result of that was shown to Al, as the moment he dodged, he felt an uncontrollable force pull his body towards Meng Er, who had his hands twisted and moving in a bizarre pattern.

At the same time Meng Er used [Controlling Crane Catching Dragon] to pull Al towards them, Meng Yi used [Mysterious Jade Hand] to turn his hands harder than most metals, and jumped using his powerful legs as he smashed his fists towards Al.

"If it's a contest of strength you want, that's what you'll get!"

*bang!*