Seeing Mu Yang eliminate Xue Wu and disable Sky Water Team's martial soul fusion skill—Ice and Snow Drift—Huo Wu couldn't help but cheer.
With their martial soul fusion skill rendered useless,Sky Water Team's morale plummeted instantly.
Mu Yang had spent years at Sky Water Academy and had often sparred with Shui Bing'er in battle training.
Everyone on Sky Water Team knew that although Mu Yang appeared to be a seemingly powerless food-type soul master, he was actually proficient in various secret techniques. His strength was in no way inferior to Shui Bing'er—he might even surpass her.
Even if Mu Yang didn't go all out, as long as he could stall Shui Bing'er, Sky Water Team had no chance of winning the match.
After all, given Shui Yue'er's strength, it was clear that she couldn't defeat the combined force of Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu. The most she could do was hold off one of them.
As for the others?
Yu Hairou and the three other Sky Water Team members knew the truth. Just like the four members of Blazing Academy, they were mainly there to bolster their team's presence.
Against an average team, they could be considered core members. But when facing Blazing Academy, the match's outcome would ultimately be decided by the battle between Mu Yang, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang against Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
If the sisters defeated Mu Yang and his team,Sky Water Academy would claim the championship of this year's Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
But if Mu Yang's team won, the championship would belong to Blazing Academy.
When there was an absolute difference in power, and the numerical advantage wasn't enough to compensate for it, that gap simply couldn't be bridged.
"It's not time to give up yet! Fourth soul skill—Ice Phoenix Wings! Fifth soul skill—Extreme Cold Frost!"
Even though their trump card—the martial soul fusion skill—had been nullified, Shui Bing'er had no intention of surrendering. Her two ten-thousand-year soul rings flashed in succession, and as her aura surged, an icy, bone-piercing cold wave rose behind her like a raging tsunami before sweeping toward the Blazing Team members.
Seeing this, Huo Wushuang quickly flapped his dragon wings, narrowly evading the freezing tide.
Meanwhile, on the ground, Huo Wu tapped her foot lightly, executing the Soaring Immortal Step with slightly unpolished movements, rapidly retreating diagonally backward.
At the rear of the formation, Mu Yang reacted swiftly, grabbing Huo Chui and Huo Jun by their collars and using Soaring Immortal Step as well. His movements seemed like shrinking the ground into inches, continuously shifting farther back.
As for Huo Yun and Huo Yu? Those two had wings—so they were flying mid-air, left to fend for themselves.
As the Blazing Team members scattered to evade, Shui Bing'er realized that her ultimate move was about to miss. She wasn't having it. Without hesitation, she activated her soul power, and as her first soul ring shone, three ice-blue streaks of light shot forward at high speed.
This time, Huo Wu, who was still dodging the cold tide, had no time to intervene.
Even if she wanted to, she couldn't always be the one to turn the tide.
After all, Repelling Fire Ring was only a thousand-year third soul skill, with a relatively high 7,000-year cultivation age. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er's ice-sealing soul skill was merely a 400-year first soul skill. The number of times each could be cast within the same timeframe was vastly different, with the former consuming significantly more soul power.
It was like using an expensive missile to shoot down a swarm of cheap drone units—even if the shot hit, it would be a terrible trade-off.
The three ice-blue streaks of light flashed and struck Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu, who were unable to dodge in mid-air.
Instantly, layers of ice formed over their bodies, freezing them into solid blocks in mid-air before they plummeted toward the arena floor.
Before they could hit the ground, Huo Yun and Huo Yu were engulfed by the incoming cold wave, stacking ice upon ice. The layers of solidified ice covering them instantly doubled in density, leaving them completely trapped with no hope of escaping anytime soon.
And unlike the instantaneous ice-sealing soul skill, Extreme Cold Frost was Shui Bing'er's fifth soul skill, with a 30,000-year cultivation age. Even if the two managed to break free from the ice, with their mere four-ring levels, they wouldn't recover quickly from the bone-chilling frost that seeped into their bodies.
Huo Wushuang, however, got lucky. The moment Shui Bing'er unleashed Extreme Cold Frost, he immediately flapped his wings and fled. Given his flying speed, he had already escaped beyond the reach of Extreme Cold Frost by now.
In the blink of an eye, as the freezing tide swept downward, most of the arena's ground was coated in a thick layer of ice.
"Fourth soul skill—Azure Whirlpool!"
Seeing that Huo Wushuang, who had been frozen into a block, hadn't been eliminated, Shui Yue'er didn't just stand by. Her main body, along with her five clones, simultaneously activated her ten-thousand-year fourth soul skill.
In no time, as if waves were surging, six water-blade whirlpools, each over ten meters in diameter, swept toward Huo Wushuang in succession.
Huo Wushuang was one of the three main forces of Blazing Team. Though his strength was the weakest among them, eliminating him would significantly increase Sky Water Team's chances of winning.
Huo Wushuang: Danger! Danger! Danger!
Upon seeing this, Huo Wu, who had been closely monitoring the battle, had a change in expression. Without hesitation, she activated her secret technique.
"Extreme Flame Mirror, go!"
As crimson light surged, soul power circulated within her, and six flaming ice mirrors suddenly materialized around her.
The next moment, Huo Wu raised her hand and pointed forward. The six extreme flame mirrors, each a foot in size, shot through the air at high speed, positioning themselves around the frozen Huo Wushuang.
In an instant, the six mirrors expanded rapidly. They paired up into three sets, forming a triangular barrier, shielding the frozen Huo Wushuang inside.
At the same time, another six smooth, ice-blue mirrors descended, layering on top of the first set of defenses in the same triangular pattern.
It wasn't anyone else—it was Mu Yang taking action.
However, this still wasn't enough.
After all, the Extreme Flame Mirror and Flaming Ice Mirror techniques used by Huo Wu and Mu Yang had to withstand six ten-thousand-year-level attacks from a Soul King.
Even if five of the attacks were from Shui Yue'er's clones, making them weaker than the one cast by her main body, they were still formidable. Whether these defenses could hold was uncertain.
At this moment, Huo Chui and Huo Jun's fourth soul rings lit up. Countless fire sparks materialized in mid-air, continuously descending onto the triangular protective formation created by the Flaming Ice Mirrors, forming a translucent red barrier.
Fourth soul skill—Flame Star Guard!
A defensive-type soul skill that could be applied to oneself or teammates. The more fire sparks gathered, the stronger the Flame Star Guard's protective effect.
In an instant, the six Azure Whirlpools arrived in succession. The densely packed water blades within them struck the red barrier formed by Flame Star Guard.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—crack crack crack—boom!"
In just one second, a series of ear-piercing slicing and cracking sounds rang out.
The red barrier formed by Flame Star Guard quickly became covered in fine cracks, then shattered completely.
However, although the barrier broke, the joint effort of Huo Chui and Huo Jun wasn't in vain.
Their defensive soul skill had successfully blocked the first Azure Whirlpool, which was released by one of Shui Yue'er's clones.
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