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"Ice Staff!"
Ling Luochen clenched her jaw, a trace of stubbornness flashing in her eyes. As the yellow soul ring beneath her feet rose, a long ice staff slowly condensed in her hand.
"Ice Armor!"
In the next instant—
Dai Yueheng and the others were instantly covered in a layer of ice armor. The pressure on them dropped significantly, but just as they were about to breathe a sigh of relief...
Su Wen's expression remained calm. "My apologies, Sister Luochen."
"The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's suppression over all ice attributes is absolute."
"Damn it! What's going on?!"
Before Su Wen even finished speaking, the senior sister from the Inner Court fighting Xixi suddenly looked shocked. She clutched her chest, her face growing even paler as she struggled to break free from the ice armor that was supposed to be protecting her.
Boom!
With a loud crack, she finally managed to forcibly shatter the ice armor Ling Luochen had cast on her. An extreme cold had seeped into her body through the armor and was now raging within. She had to divert part of her attention and soul power just to suppress it.
Naturally, Xixi didn't miss the opportunity and instantly closed in, sticking to her opponent like a shadow.
Meanwhile, Dai Yueheng's expression was one of pure bitterness. Not only did he have to guard against the rampaging ultimate ice in his body, but he also faced a Phoenix Evil Flame user who was roasting him alive. This feeling of being frozen and roasted at the same time was a special kind of torture...
Though it wasn't explicitly stated, the situation on the battlefield was already clear.
Su Wen's dominance over the ice attribute was terrifying. Any ice-element soul master would be completely suppressed by him, even ending up inadvertently empowering him.
"Are ultimate attributes really this strong?" Gongyang Mo muttered, even as a pitch-black soul ring lit up beneath him. "Verdant Bloom!"
It was his first time using his ten-thousand-year soul skill.
As the emerald light sprinkled over the group, Dai Yueheng and the others finally looked much better.
"The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, huh?"
Dai Yueheng stole a glance at Su Wen, his pupils contracting sharply. The azure scorpion behind the young man looked eerily similar to one of the three great kings of the Extreme North from their textbooks—the Ice Empress.
"Luochen may be suppressed, but we can still win," Gongyang Mo said with a proud confidence.
Their team had superior overall strength. Not to mention, with him as the strongest support on the field, his Rainbow Dragon martial soul was in no way inferior to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. Only the legendary Nine Treasures Pagoda could possibly surpass it.
"…"
Su Wen pressed his lips together.
What Gongyang Mo said wasn't baseless. Su Wen could clearly feel that everyone was going all out in this match. Unlike the previous two skirmishes—where the others held back, likely fearing they'd hurt or demoralize him—this time, Yan Shaozhe had probably instructed them to use their full strength.
Although his side had Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Emperor, the opposing Inner Court disciples were all rank 55 or above, while his teammates were mostly below that.
However...
Su Wen called out firmly, "Come out—Hurricane!"
Roar~!
With a low growl, the Storm Baboon made its debut, instantly drawing surprised gasps from the crowd.
Gongyang Mo was stunned. "Wait, there's another spirit beast?!!"
In the previous two battles, Su Wen had only used the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, so no one knew about the Storm Baboon—except for Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.
"Astral Wind Blade!"
Su Wen ignored their shock and gave Hurricane a direct command.
Roar!
Hurricane turned into a white blur in an instant. Its three-meter-tall frame in no way hindered its agility as it dashed toward Xixi's battlefield. With a sweep of its arm, several green blades of wind shot toward the opponent.
Bang! Bang!
The Inner Court female disciple scrambled to block the attacks, but Xixi seized the chance, striking her abdomen with a palm and sending her flying back. She bent at the waist and slid across the ground, leaving two faint grooves in her wake.
"This speed isn't right!" she muttered, frowning.
"What's not right?" asked Dai Yueheng, who was having a terrible time fending off Ma Xiaotao's relentless assault. As team captain, he had to bear the responsibility for the entire team.
"That baboon's speed is at least at the Soul Ancestor level!" she gritted her teeth, glancing at Hurricane and Xixi as they flanked her.
"Wind of Recovery!"
With Su Wen's command, a warm green breeze rose around his six teammates. If this were a game, Su Wen imagined he'd see green healing numbers constantly popping up above them—+1, +1...
"Well, I'll be! It can even heal?" Ma Xiaotao's beautiful eyes lit up with delight.
"This kid is a monster," Dai Yueheng muttered. He suddenly remembered—Su Wen was only ten years old! He wasn't even an Outer Court student yet! And just now, he had been treating him as an equal opponent…
"Heh, if you're weak, just train more," Ma Xiaotao smiled sweetly.
So far, she hadn't even unleashed her ultimate attack.
She was waiting. Waiting for Su Wen to shock them enough—his glory was her glory.
"If it's just one Storm Baboon, it's not enough to turn the tide of battle," Gongyang Mo said slowly after a long silence. But those familiar with him could see how tightly his brow was furrowed. He was now truly treating Su Wen as an equal.
"Then how about an additional Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear?" Su Wen grinned.
ROAR!!!
The bear's bellow echoed like thunder across the forest.
Xiao Jin's massive and sturdy form appeared on the field. His roar sent a chill down everyone's spine. The reputation of the Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear was deeply rooted in their minds. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was already monstrous—and now this?!!
"There's more?!!" Gongyang Mo was completely bewildered.
"It's only at about a thousand-year cultivation. Don't panic!" Dai Yueheng gritted his teeth.
Buzz!
Chen Zifeng, wielding his long sword, broke through Yao Haoxuan's obstruction and struck directly at Xiao Jin.
But as the sword landed—
It left only a faint white mark on the bear's abdomen.
"Damn it, this thing's defense is easily on par with a ten-thousand-year spirit beast!" Chen Zifeng's mouth twitched. "A thousand-year-old Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear nearly has the combat power of a Soul King!"
Hiss…
In that instant, everyone looked at Su Wen as if he were a monster.
This guy still had a year before he was even supposed to enroll in the Outer Court, right?
Without realizing it, they had all started treating Su Wen like a peer. But they had forgotten—this boy was only set to enter the first year of the Outer Court next year!
Roar!
Su Wen's expression remained calm.
Xiao Jin understood. He raised his head and roared, then his bear claws suddenly grew several times larger and swiped directly at Chen Zifeng.
"…"
Chen Zifeng swallowed hard. His martial soul was a sword—specialized for extreme offense, but his defense was incredibly weak.
Of course, the most important thing was that Yao Haoxuan wasn't slacking off either. He had blocked Chen Zifeng's escape route, clearly intending to coordinate with the Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear for a finishing blow.
"I surrender!"
With no other choice, Chen Zifeng raised his hand.
Voom~
In the next instant, he appeared outside the field.
With Chen Zifeng the first to be eliminated, the enemy team exchanged helpless glances and chose to forfeit. Ma Xiaotao hadn't even used her ultimate move yet. Originally, they had all been saving their trump cards to counter her big attack, but they never expected Su Wen to suddenly turn the tables on them.
(End of Chapter)