"Knock knock~"
In the middle of the night, after hesitating for a moment, Shui Bing'er knocked on Shui Wuhen's door.
"Brother, are you asleep?"
Upon hearing this sound, Shui Wuhen stopped cultivating, got up, and opened the door.
Outside the door, Shui Bing'er stood in her pajamas, her long, light blue hair cascading down her back. The leader-like demeanor she had during the day had vanished, replaced by a touch of cuteness.
Shui Wuhen led her into the room, poured her a glass of water, and said, "Bing'er, is there something you need to see me about so late?"
"I have some trouble sleeping."
Shui Bing'er took the water, smoothed the hair behind her ear, and replied.
"Mmm~~"
Hearing Shui Bing'er's words, the frozen bird by the window rolled its eyes. "Can't you sleep? Don't you know how to cultivate? Why do you have to disturb people in the middle of the night?"
After hearing Shui Bing'er's words, Shui Wuhen remained silent for a moment before suggesting, "Would you like me to accompany you for a walk?"
A moment later, Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er stood side by side on a path surrounded by various flowers. The sounds of cicadas and frogs filled the air, and moonlight reflected in the pond in the courtyard.
Articuno, meanwhile, perched on Waterless's shoulder, listlessly observing the surrounding scenery.
For Articuno, the god of ice, these colorful flowers are only fleeting; only the eternal glaciers are everlasting.
Here, she even had to carefully conceal her aura, fearing that the chill she naturally exuded might cause these delicate flowers to wither.
After an unknown amount of time, Shui Wuhen and Shui Bing'er arrived at a martial arts arena.
"We actually got here."
Shui Bing'er was somewhat surprised. This place should be a place for the participants to communicate, provided by the Heavenly Dou Royal Family. However, most of the academies had not yet arrived, and it was the middle of the night, so the arena was empty at the moment.
Then, Shui Bing'er smiled and suggested to Shui Wuhen, "Brother, it seems like we siblings haven't sparred in a long time. Why don't we take this opportunity to have a match?"
"Okay, let me check how well you've learned your self-created soul skill."
Upon hearing this, Shui Wuhen nodded slightly, then flew onto the arena.
Shui Bing'er also flew onto the arena, took a deep breath, and said to Shui Wuhen, "Brother, please give me your guidance!"
As she spoke, Shui Bing'er began to circulate her soul power, and four soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and purple—appeared around her. As the soul rings appeared, a phantom of an ice phoenix emanating wisps of cold air also suddenly materialized.
The moment the martial soul possessed her, Shui Bing'er's gentle gaze vanished, replaced by a calmer and colder expression.
At the same time, Shui Wuhen on the opposite side was also covered with a faint layer of icy blue light, obviously also using soul power.
The next moment, Shui Bing'er's first soul ring lit up first, and a chill immediately surged from beneath Shui Wuhen's feet, instantly freezing Shui Wuhen into a huge block of ice.
This is Shui Bing'er's first soul skill: Ice Seal!
Although the Ice Seal is only a hundred-year-old soul skill, its effect is not weak.
It can freeze an area instantly, including all the creatures within it, and it consumes little soul power, allowing for continuous use.
Once frozen, even opponents of a higher level than Shui Bing'er would have to expend some effort to break free. As a control-type soul skill, it is absolutely overpowered.
"Spinning Ice Rain!"
Seeing that Shui Wuhen was under control, Shui Bing'er immediately condensed dozens of high-speed rotating ice spikes in front of her and then shot them toward the frozen Shui Wuhen.
These ice spikes were extremely fast and had great penetrating power. They pierced through the ice blocks that had frozen water almost instantly and slammed into the ground behind them.
Even so, Shui Bing'er still dared not relax in the slightest, because she knew that her brother would not be defeated by her so easily.
Just then, a familiar voice came from behind her.
"Not bad, it seems you've become quite proficient with this 'Spinning Ice Rain' move."
Upon hearing this voice, Shui Bing'er immediately looked back and saw that Shui Wuhen had appeared behind her at some point, with a pair of ice wings on his back.
The moment he realized that Shui Bing'er had activated her Ice Sealing Soul Skill, Shui Wuhen vanished from his spot. The one Shui Bing'er had frozen was merely an afterimage he had left behind.
To understand why Shui Wuhen has such a high speed, we need to talk about his third soul skill.
Shui Wuhen's third soul skill is called High-Speed Movement, which can greatly increase the speed of a soul master. When combined with the Ice Wings created by Shui Wuhen, it can give Shui Wuhen a speed close to teleportation over short distances.
Although Shui Bing'er's ice seal is instantaneous, it still takes some time to completely freeze the target after it is activated, and that time is enough for Shui Wuhen to escape!
Shui Bing'er remained calm and said, "Compared to you, brother, this is nothing. After all, you created this move, 'Spinning Ice Rain,' when you were a child."
That's right, the move that Shui Bing'er just used was not a self-created soul skill she created, but rather one that Shui Wuhen created and then taught to her.
Rotating Ice Rain was originally called Rotating Ice Gravel, which was created by Shui Wuhen based on his first soul skill, Ice Gravel.
However, later on, this move was continuously improved by Shui Wuhen, and eventually became the current Spinning Ice Rain.
"Bing'er, you don't need to compare yourself with me."
Upon hearing this, Shui Wuhen shook his head helplessly. "Even the Haotian Sect, the number one sect in the world, mostly uses self-created soul skills created by their former sect leader, Tang Chen. But that doesn't prevent them from using them."
"However, I think your 'Rotating Ice Rain' is still not perfect enough."
After saying that, hundreds of high-speed rotating ice spikes instantly condensed around Shui Wuhen's body. With a gentle wave of his right hand, the ice spikes shot out one after another.
Like Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal, Shui Wuhen's first soul skill, Ice Shard, is also an instant-cast soul skill with an unlimited number of uses. As long as he has enough soul power, he can theoretically use it infinitely.
Furthermore, Shui Wuhen discovered that his ice shards were extremely fast, making it difficult for even agility-type Soul Masters of the same level to dodge them.
The power was a bit low, so Shui Wuhen chose to use high-speed rotation to increase the penetrability of the ice shards, creating his first self-created soul skill, Spinning Ice Shards!
In fact, Shui Wuhen had also considered another direction for improvement, which was to fuse multiple ice shards into one to increase the power of the Ice Shard Soul Skill.
However, after Shui Wuhen obtained his second soul skill, Triple Spin Strike, he abandoned the idea.
Because WaterTrace discovered that Triple Slash is actually a better material to improve upon compared to Ice Shard.
The original effect of Triple Strike was to cover a part of the body with ice element, and when attacking with that part, the power would double with each strike.
If such an effect could be used to create a Soul Skill, its potential would be much higher than that of Ice Shard.