These two footprints, one shallow and one deep, were about ten meters apart.
The shallow one marked Lin Meng's original standing position, while the deep one was left when Lin Meng leaped to Ma Hongjun, who was already several meters in the air.
Note that, judging from the footprints, Lin Meng only took two steps to cross a distance of nearly thirty meters.
The entire process took less than half a second.
The extreme burst and speed displayed by Lin Meng deeply shocked everyone present.
After a moment of silence, the entire arena erupted in an uproar.
"What kind of speed is that?
I didn't react at all!"
"To knock down a flying-type soul master before they even take off, isn't that the ideal solution for land-based soul masters to deal with aerial soul masters?"
"Stop kidding, ideals are just ideals. In reality, aerial soul masters are most wary of closing the distance, especially in an open and flat arena.
But this guy named Lin Meng actually realized this plan.
Moreover, he relentlessly pursued his opponent with overwhelming speed that they couldn't even react to."
While everyone was eagerly discussing the speed displayed by Lin Meng, Shrek Academy fell into a deathly silence.
Even Tang San, usually the calmest, had eyes filled with horror behind his purple aura.
His mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't utter a word.
Among all the participating students present, only Tang San, besides those few freakish exceptions, clearly observed Lin Meng's burst.
With the help of the Purple Demon Eyes, he saw Lin Meng's third soul ring quickly light up behind him as he completed the Beast Soul Summoning at the start of the match.
This third soul skill is likely a self-enhancement skill.
Under the effect of the third soul ring, Lin Meng's size rapidly increased.
Unlike Huo Wushuang, Lin Meng's body changed more vertically.
Especially his legs, which were as long as his upper body, made Lin Meng appear incredibly slender.
But he wasn't like those thin bamboo sticks; every muscle in Lin Meng's thighs was perfectly sized and positioned, completely sculpted for maximum speed.
But this wasn't the most terrifying thing for Tang San.
What was even more terrifying was that the palms of Lin Meng's feet would erupt with extremely compressed explosive flames when he ran.
Propelled by the powerful fire, Lin Meng's instantaneous burst almost outstripped the dynamic vision of the Purple Demon Eyes.
This situation was like adding a nitrous boost to an already powerful supercar.
The terrifying fire, powerful enough to melt through the ground, combined with agile legs that could easily withstand and control this terrifying fire, allowed Lin Meng to unleash speed surpassing that of agility-attack soul masters of the same rank.
Tang San was already prepared to speak out and remind Ma Hongjun when he saw Lin Meng take his first step.
However, his body couldn't keep up with his dynamic vision.
Before he could even speak, Lin Meng had already unleashed an even more powerful second step, leaping up and flying in front of Ma Hongjun.
And he injured Ma Hongjun's body with his sharp claws.
The speed at which he swung his claws was also exceptionally swift.
During the rapid sprint, the claws accurately cut open Ma Hongjun's chest.
Moreover, because the swinging speed was too fast, the explosive force attached to the claws only detonated after Lin Meng retracted them.
This was why Ma Hongjun only felt the explosive force after experiencing the tearing sensation.
Quan Yi and Huo Wu, sitting in the back row, were also watching Lin Meng's performance with欣慰 faces.
Quan Yi's eyes sparkled, and he exclaimed loudly, "This is the true posture that the Fire Leopard Spirit should display."
From the very beginning, Lin Meng's position in their Blazing Fire Team had always been that of a strength-attack type.
With powerful firepower and the strong body of a leopard, Lin Meng's choice of strength-attack type was not a problem at all.
However, Quan Yi had actually harbored doubts about this choice from the beginning.
Because, compared to top-tier strength-attack beast spirits like dragons and tigers, the leopard spirit was slightly inferior in strength, but the leopard spirit had advantages that other soul beasts did not possess.
That was speed.
The speed and short-term explosiveness of a leopard were significant advantages that distinguished it from other beasts.
In fact, many soul masters with leopard spirits would choose the agility-attack development path, and among all agility-attack spirits, leopard spirits had always been at the top because they combined speed and strength.
The addition of the fire attribute compensated for the leopard's attack power, but fire could also enhance speed.
Just like Quan Yi's propulsion mode.
The power of fire was not singular; it could produce different effects depending on the control of the fire.
This was the most important concept Quan Yi had learned in Blazing Fire Academy.
If that was the case, then why must Lin Meng be trapped in the so-called boundaries of strength-attack and agility-attack?
He could completely try to cross this boundary and become a dual-type battle soul master who combined both strength-attack and agility-attack.
This was not a whim of Quan Yi; Feng Xiaotian's Wind Swift Twin-Headed Wolf spirit was a living example.
Lin Meng's Fire Leopard spirit was not as top-tier as Feng Xiaotian's mutated spirit, but he also possessed this potential.
Therefore, Quan Yi had proposed his suggestion to Lin Meng a long time ago.
At that time, Lin Meng was deeply stimulated by the scene and picture Quan Yi had painted for him, and he couldn't forget it for a long time.
He even agreed to Quan Yi's proposal without hesitation.
He had no reason to refuse a proposal that could make him stronger, and more importantly, Lin Meng trusted Quan Yi very much and was willing to become the experimental subject of this 'experiment'.
Otherwise, it would not have been easy to suddenly change the direction of cultivation for Lin Meng, who had already absorbed two soul rings and achieved some success in the direction of strength-attack.
Quan Yi also lived up to his trust in Lin Meng. Starting from the most basic physical training, he designed a series of co-cultivation plans for Lin Meng.
However, this was not the most important thing.
Quan Yi spent more effort on Lin Meng's subsequent soul ring selection.
Compared to the Wind Swift Twin-Headed Wolf's innate dual-type emphasis, the Fire Leopard spirit was inherently much worse.
Therefore, if one wanted to deeply develop the Fire Leopard spirit, one had to use external forces to make up for the innate deficiencies.
And the easiest to obtain and the most profound influence on the spirit was undoubtedly the soul ring.
To this end, Quan Yi rummaged through all the fire-attribute soul beast books at home and in the academy to find the most suitable soul beast for Lin Meng.
His requirements were as follows.
First, it must have the most top-tier bloodline among leopard soul beasts.
Second, it must have top-tier speed talent.
Third, it must have top-tier fire attribute talent.
Only by combining these three points could the Fire Leopard spirit be completely transformed.
