"Courtesy demands reciprocity!"
"Second Soul Skill: Zero Degree Shock!"
Shui Yue'er's second soul ring flashed, and with a single wave of her hand, a spiral-shaped ice attack surged towards Huo Wu.
As an agile attack-type soul master, Shui Yue'er's soul skills were all long-range attacks, making her quite unique among her peers.
"Hmph, mere child's play!"
"Second Soul Skill: ..."
After five minutes of silence, the battle between the two turned into a barrage of soul skills, perhaps the kind of soul master duel everyone fantasized about.
What need was there for probing, for physical techniques?
When soul skills and soul power were strong enough, just throw out a soul skill.
Why rush in and brawl like a barbarian?
Soul masters were inherently physically weak, even beast soul masters.
In comparison, soul skills were much more powerful.
"Third Soul Skill: Extreme Cold Tornado!"
"You've been fooled, Shui Yue'er!"
"???"
Shui Yue'er was stunned; she never expected Huo Wu, known for her fiery temper, to dodge!
Why didn't she continue to release soul skills and clash head-on?
Huo Wu, with a smile on her face, walked from the edge to the center of the stage, looking down at Shui Yue'er, who was panting slightly.
Shui Yue'er lay on the ground, her soul power nearly depleted, unable to continue using soul skills.
"Step down. To have made me use two soul skills, you should be proud!"
"You!"
"You're panicking, you're panicking!"
"???"
The audience was also confused; had Huo Wu suddenly grown a brain?
Could it be that her previous rage was all an act?
This woman's scheming was quite heavy!
Huo Wu was indeed very angry, but she was not without intelligence; how could she not see that the opponent's strategy was targeted at her?
Just deplete most of her soul power, and the subsequent Blazing Fire would be powerless to recover.
That's why she actively cooperated with Shui Yue'er, saving as much soul power as possible.
"Alas..."
"Yue'er was careless."
"It's okay, we're still here!"
After Shui Yue'er stepped down, the second to enter the stage for Team Skywater was Xue Wu, also a Soul Ancestor and the vice-captain of the Skywater team.
After a struggle, Huo Wu fell, and Xue Wu was also in a bad state, unable to continue against the second member of Team Blazing Fire, conceding defeat.
Despite having the advantage, it ended up being a two-for-one outcome, leaving the Skywater Academy women's team with grave expressions.
Fortunately, in the subsequent matches, they managed to pull the score back.
In the end, Shui Bing'er cleaned up the mess.
"Blazing Fire Academy is quite impressive, managing to take down six from Skywater even when at a disadvantage."
"Yeah, who would have thought Blazing Fire could be so strong? If not for the disadvantage, they might have had an even match with Skywater!"
"Truly worthy of the old elemental academy, so powerful."
Listening to the discussions of the crowd, Huo Wu and the others stood tall and proud, as if they had won themselves.
If it weren't for that one move she still couldn't control, afraid of killing Shui Bing'er and the others, they might not have lost this match!
After all, it was 1v1, and without the martial soul fusion skills of Skywater, their strength was just so-so.
"Sister, I..."
"Lost?"
"Lost..."
"What does it matter? Next time we meet them, we'll make sure they taste defeat!"
"Yeah!"
To become the core of Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Wu not only had talent, but her intelligence was also not lacking.
The soul of the team, not just anyone could take on that role.
The competition was in full swing.
Unlike the preliminaries, the advancement matches had only one stage.
With half the teams gone, one stage was enough.
There were only seven matches each day.
Soon, night fell, and under the glow of the bonfire and moonlight, the scene was as bright as day.
Around eight in the evening, the day's matches finally ended.
"Second round, first match, Blue Sunshine Academy versus Botanical Academy!"
"Second round, second match, Thunder Academy versus Beast Academy!"
"Second round, third match..."
"Blazing Fire Academy has a bye!"
"What, we have a bye?"
Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the others were baffled; they had a bye so soon?
It was only the second round!
Having a bye early had its advantages and disadvantages.
They hadn't been injured in today's match, and because the matches ended earlier, they had recovered most of their soul power.
They could fight in full condition tomorrow.
If this bye opportunity allowed them to face a team injured in the second round, then it would be another opportunity for them.
If they later faced a strong team and were injured without a bye...
"Meet the soldiers with a general, cover the water with earth, we'll talk about it when the time comes."
Luck was also part of strength; if they encountered a weaker, injured team, they could win effortlessly, and might even win without fighting.
If they were unlucky and only faced "peak matches," then there was no retreat; it was time to test their true strength.
"Speaking of which, this Botanical Academy..."
"Their strength is not weak; Blue Sunshine might not be able to take them down."
You should know, the students of Botanical Academy were a group of control-type soul masters!
In such low-level battles, they had an absolute advantage!
Especially when not facing fire attribute soul masters and in 1v1 situations.
If Botanical Academy faced Blazing Fire Academy, they would surrender in minutes for everyone to see.
Even if some had high resistance to fire in their martial souls, they couldn't withstand the group from Blazing Fire Academy.
After the draw, Neuvillette and Focalors were about to return to their own tent when a voice caught their attention.
"Neuvillette, please wait a moment!"
"?"
Neuvillette paused, surprised; wasn't that Tang San?
What did he want with him?
Neuvillette wondered with curiosity.
"Tang Yin, what's the matter?"
Focalors also looked at Tang San with curiosity.
With Tang San's way of thinking, he wouldn't think he was ready to challenge Neuvillette again, would he?
"Neuvillette, I..."
Suddenly, Tang San glanced at Focalors next to him, pondered for a moment, and changed his tone.
"I'd like to talk with you and Lady Focalors."
Recruiting one of them was like recruiting both; it didn't really matter whether Focalors was there or not.
Focalors and Neuvillette exchanged glances, somewhat puzzled.
Tang San wanted to talk to them alone?
Such a thing shouldn't happen, right?
Tang San: 'Do people need to have such big prejudices against each other?'
'You are not me, how can you know what I'm thinking?'
Focalors didn't speak but nodded to Neuvillette.
Even if she didn't know Tang San's thoughts, she understood that Tang San's reason for finding them was mainly because of Neuvillette.
As for her, Focalors, she was probably incidental.
"Let's go, it's too crowded here, let's go outside the camp."
In a moment, a Dragon, an Archon, half plant and half human left the camp...