"Ice Staff!"
Ling Luochen bit her silver teeth lightly, a stubborn glint flashing in her eyes. As a yellow soul ring rose beneath her feet, a long staff of ice slowly condensed in her hand.
"Ice Armor!"
The very next moment—
A layer of ice armor instantly covered Dai Yaoheng and the others, and the pressure on them dropped sharply. But before they could breathe a sigh of relief—
Su Wen said evenly, "Sorry, Sister Luochen."
"The Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor absolutely suppresses all ice attributes…"
"Shit! What's happening?!"
Before Su Wen finished speaking, the inner-court senior sister fighting Xixi wore a look of shock. Clutching her chest, face growing paler, she struggled to break free of the ice armor that was supposed to protect her.
Boom!
With an explosive crack she finally shattered the ice armor Ling Luochen had cast on her. But thanks to that armor, an ultimate chill had slipped into her body at some point and was now raging wildly. She had to split off attention and soul power to suppress it!
Xixi certainly wouldn't let the chance slip by. She closed in, sticking to her like glue.
Dai Yaoheng, for his part, wore a bitter look. He had to suppress the ultimate ice wreaking havoc in his body while a Phoenix Evil Fire blazed in front of him, roasting his flesh.
Even if no one said it out loud, the situation was already clear.
Su Wen's dominance over the ice attribute was terrifying. Any ice-element soul master would be crushed and even turned into his stepping stone.
"Is an Ultimate Attribute really this fierce?" Gongyang Mo grumbled as a pitch-black soul ring lit beneath him. "Azure Bloom!"
It was his first time using a ten-thousand-year soul skill.
As emerald, rainbow-tinged radiance swept over them, Dai Yaoheng and the others finally looked much better.
"Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor, huh?"
Dai Yaoheng stole a glance at Su Wen. His pupils shrank hard—the aqua-blue scorpion behind the boy looked exactly like the Ice Empeor in the textbooks, one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.
"Luochen's countered, but we can still win." Gongyang Mo spoke with cool confidence.
Their overall strength was higher, and besides, he was the strongest support on the field. The Rainbow Dragon's standing among auxiliaries was in no way beneath the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; only the legendary Nine Treasure could press it down.
"…"
Su Wen pursed his lips.
He wasn't just talking big—he could clearly feel everyone was going all out this time. In the previous two matches, worried they'd hurt him or crush his confidence, they'd been holding back. This time, Yan Shaozhe had likely told them to use their full strength.
Their side did have Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Emperor, but the inner-court disciples on the other side were all above level fifty-five, while his team was below.
However…
Su Wen gave a soft shout.
"Come out, Gale!"
"Roar~!"
Along with a low roar, the Storm Baboon made its first appearance, instantly drawing cries of surprise all around.
Gongyang Mo gaped. "Wait—another soul beast?!"
In the previous two bouts Su Wen had only used the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor, so most people didn't know about the baboon—except Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.
"Astral Wind Blades!"
Su Wen ignored their shock and commanded Gale directly.
"Roar!"
Gale flashed into a white blur. Its three-meter height didn't hamper its agility in the slightest. It sprinted toward Xixi's battlefield, lifted an arm, and several azure astral winds solidified into blades, shooting toward the opponent.
Bang! Bang!
The inner-court girl hurriedly blocked them, but Xixi immediately slipped in close and planted a palm on her abdomen. She was blasted backward, her waist bowing as she skidded, leaving two faint long grooves on the ground.
"Something's off about that speed!"
She frowned hard.
"What's off?" Dai Yaoheng, harried as he parried Ma Xiaotao's attacks, asked in a rush. As captain, he had to shoulder the team's burden.
"That baboon's speed is at least Soul Ancestor level!" she gritted out, eyeing Gale as they closed from left and right.
"Rejuvenating Wind!"
At Su Wen's soft call, a warm green breeze rose around their six. If this were a game, Su Wen figured he'd see little green numbers floating up from everyone.
"Damn, it can heal too?"
Joy flickered in Ma Xiaotao's beautiful eyes.
"This kid is a freak," Dai Yaoheng muttered. Then it hit him—Su Wen was only ten! Not even an outer-court student yet! And he'd just treated him with the seriousness reserved for a peer...
"Heh, if you're weak, train more," Ma Xiaotao said with a bright smile.
Up to now, she still hadn't unleashed her strongest strike.
She was waiting.
She hoped Su Wen would shock these people enough to make her proud…
"If it's just one Storm Baboon, it's not enough to sway the battlefield," Gongyang Mo said at last. But his teammates could see his brows were about to knot into the character for "eight." Those who knew him understood—now he truly regarded Su Wen as an opponent.
"Then how about a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear?"
Su Wen grinned.
"ROAR!!!"
A bear's roar shook.
Little Gold's burly, stocky frame appeared on the field. At the sound, more than one person almost shivered. The Dreadclaw Bear's fearsome name was etched into their bones. The Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor was freakish enough—now a Dreadclaw Bear too?!!
"There's more?!" Gongyang Mo was already stunned.
"It's only around a thousand years—don't panic!" Dai Yaoheng ground out.
Buzz!
Chen Zifeng drove his longsword forward, forcibly breaking through Yao Haoxuan's obstruction, and slashed straight at Little Gold.
When the sword fell—
It left only a white line on the bear's belly.
"Damn, this guy's defense is definitely on par with a ten-thousand-year soul beast!" Chen Zifeng's mouth twitched. "A thousand-year Dreadclaw Bear is already almost comparable to a Soul King!"
In an instant, everyone looked at Su Wen like he was a monster.
He still had about a year before joining the outer court, didn't he?
Without realizing it, they'd treated Su Wen as a peer. They'd forgotten—he wouldn't enter the outer court's first year until next year!
"Roar!"
Su Wen remained impassive.
Little Gold understood. It threw back its head and roared. Its bear claws swelled severalfold in an instant and fanned toward Chen Zifeng.
"…"
Chen Zifeng swallowed hard. His martial soul was a sword—pure offense, very weak defense.
More importantly, Yao Haoxuan wasn't just standing around; he'd sealed the retreat, planning to coordinate with the Dreadclaw Bear for a killing blow.
"I concede!"
Helpless, Chen Zifeng raised his hand.
Bzz~
The next instant, he'd already appeared outside the arena.
With Chen Zifeng eliminated first, the opposing team exchanged helpless looks and chose to surrender. Ma Xiaotao still hadn't used her ultimate. Their trump cards had been held in reserve to counter Ma Xiaotao's nuke, but then Su Wen crashed the party.
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