In the sixth match, the captain of Tianshui Academy could no longer hold back—Shui Binger stepped into the arena.
After five matches, Chen Xuan estimated that he still had around fifty percent of his soul power left, which was enough. To avoid revealing his true level, he couldn't use up all of his soul power.
The announcer declared, "Both sides in position. The sixth match between Shui Binger and Chen Xuan starts now!"
Before the words even settled, Shui Binger moved, taking the initiative. Her soul power surged, and a layer of hazy blue light appeared around her body.
"Hmm?"
Chen Xuan frowned slightly. That glow seemed to contain a strong amount of soul power, and the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped.
"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal." Shui Binger's voice was cold as she lightly waved her arm.
On the stage, the ground underwent a change. A row of giant ice pillars burst forth, exuding a bone-chilling cold.
Chen Xuan immediately retreated, leaping back. The moment his front foot left the ground, the spot was instantly covered in ice. It was extremely fast.
As he landed, he immediately used his Lightning Step to break through to the side.
The center of the stage, in a straight line, was now entirely covered in ice.
From behind, ice pillars continuously shot up, dozens of massive blocks of ice chasing after Chen Xuan.
The temperature around him dropped rapidly. Soon, even the moisture in the air started to freeze into snowflakes.
Chen Xuan wiped his face, and his hands were covered in ice shards. It was too cold—something unbearable for most people.
Swoosh!
The next moment, a giant block of ice shot up from the ground, carrying a bitter cold with it. Chen Xuan was still in the air with no way to avoid it, and in an instant, he was engulfed by the ice pillar.
As the match horn echoed, the battle between Tianshui and Shrek Academy had finally reached a turning point. It was no longer Shrek's complete dominance.
The ice's erosion was rapid. Chen Xuan was frozen into an ice sculpture, suspended in midair, unable to move.
"It looks like this dark horse is about to be defeated," some spectators sighed.
"An agility-type soul master facing a control-type is already at a disadvantage, not to mention that this kid is up against not just any control-type but Shui Binger, who has the Ice Phoenix martial soul," someone from Thunder Academy commented.
"I heard the two are the same age, both sixteen. I wonder who's stronger."
Seeing Chen Xuan frozen into an ice sculpture, the Shrek team had mixed reactions—some worried, some anxious, and some gloating.
Crack!
At that moment, a crisp sound echoed from the center of the stage, as if something had broken.
Shui Binger looked up at the sound, witnessing an unbelievable sight.
The seven massive ice blocks sealing Chen Xuan suddenly burst with intense light, like lightning, like serpents of electricity swiftly coursing through the ice.
Bang! Bang! The seven giant ice blocks shattered like mirrors, exploding into countless shards.
A cascade of ice shards fell like snow, blanketing the ground.
"So it's an instant soul skill, no wonder it was so fast." Chen Xuan formed hand seals as he walked through the dense field of ice shards.
Shui Binger bit her lip, her expression growing more serious.
She was shaken. Seven overlapping ice pillars, each at least seven or eight meters thick, had only trapped him for a moment. What kind of monster was this?
But what really stunned Shui Binger wasn't his brute force. Instead, he had used lightning to cut through the weak points of the ice, breaking her first soul skill, Ice Seal.
"Such sharp observational skills at such a young age... He's destined for greatness," the Emperor of the Snow Night Empire murmured to himself.
No one knew that Chen Xuan had relied on his Sharingan, with its innate ability to perceive and analyze, allowing him to detect even the smallest weaknesses.
"Your instant soul skill is indeed fast, but from now on, your Ice Seal will be useless against me," Chen Xuan said as he approached, completing his hand seals.
"Arrogant fool."
Shui Binger snorted coldly. No matter how fast one was, speed was futile in the face of a control-type. He was being overconfident.
Chen Xuan offered no explanation. Now, he was ready to get serious, no longer holding back excessively.
"Lightning Release, Chidori!"
In an instant, a flash of blinding light burst from the stage, as though a white sun had appeared.
A massive surge of lightning gathered in Chen Xuan's palm, the electric light intensifying. A sharp crackling sound echoed, like the chirping of a thousand birds.
For the first time in the tournament, he unleashed this trump card.
A murmur rippled through the rest area. Many gasped in astonishment, their eyes locked on Chen Xuan.
"Incredible!"
"What kind of soul skill is this? What exactly is his martial soul?" Many people were shocked and confused. They realized they knew very little about him, and no useful information could be found.
"Unbelievable! How is he able to hold so much violent lightning in his hand?"
Chen Xuan's mastery over the lightning stunned many, and whispers spread through the crowd. Could this dark horse be an illegitimate child of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's master, causing his martial soul to mutate?
Yu Tianxin's face darkened as he clenched his fists, wanting to rush up and scold the group for their wild speculations.
Yet he hesitated, thinking it wasn't impossible. In the continent, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was the best at controlling lightning, and their leader had been quite the romantic in his younger days. Could Chen Xuan really be an illegitimate child?
"Is this your trump card?" Tang San's face was grim, his eyes flashing with purple light as he quickly analyzed how to counter this Chidori.
On the stage.
Chen Xuan, holding the Chidori, became an electric blur, moving at unimaginable speed.
With electric arcs dancing across his body, he moved even faster. Each step covered twenty meters as he rapidly closed in on his target.
Shui Binger retreated while continuously using her Ice Seal soul skill to block Chen Xuan's path.
"Second Soul Skill, Ice Ring Armor!"
She responded calmly, encasing herself in a halo of light that quickly solidified into ice armor.
Zzzt!
In the center of the stage, the electric light grew even brighter. The one-meter thick ice blocks exploded into shards under the sweep of the lightning.
Chen Xuan charged forward, unstoppable like a flash of lightning, shattering the ice pillars in his path. Nothing could stop him.
"Kill!"
He was now close, and the Chidori in his hand shone even brighter, showing no signs of diminishing.
Shui Binger gritted her teeth. Her opponent was too fast, leaving her no time to dodge. The violent lightning crackled, mere moments away from touching her.
Boom!
Before they could make contact, just the stray electric arcs from Chen Xuan's Chidori shattered her ice armor.
With her armor about to explode, Shui Binger gritted her teeth and made a desperate decision.
"Third Soul Skill, Repelling Light!" In an instant, most of her soul power was drained.
At the very moment when the Chidori pierced through the ice armor, a cold blue light shot up from Shui Binger's body.
Boom!
The two energies collided on the stage, erupting into a brilliant light that engulfed both of them.
The ground trembled lightly as the stage was overwhelmed by the clash of lightning and ice.
Dozens of bolts of lightning shot out, as thick as an arm, crackling and roaring, as if a torrential rain of destruction was pouring down on the stage.
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