Crushing Superiority

After returning from the Ice Sealed Forest, Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo made a trip to Heaven Dou City and gave Qian Renxue an Immortal Herb.

Without Qian Renxue's help, Xiao Han would not have been able to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so smoothly and obtain so many Immortal Herbs.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed.

During that year, Xiao Han's Soul Power rose by four levels, reaching level forty-seven.

Shui Bing'er reached level forty-eight.

Xue Wu reached level forty-four.

Yu Hairou also broke through level forty. After obtaining her Fourth Soul Ring, her Soul Power reached level forty-one.

Shui Yue'er and Gu Qingbo were both level thirty-eight.

Shen Liuyu and Qiu Ruoshui were both level thirty-seven.

At this point, there were only two years left until the Soul Master Tournament.

The three Element Academies—Tianshui, Blazing Fire, and Divine Wind—organized an exchange tournament, to be held at Skywater Academy.

That day, Lin Zhiruo gathered the eight team members.

"Our exchange tournament between the three Element Academies is intended to test the strength of each other's teams, but every team will hold something back. Your overall strength has exceeded my expectations. You have a chance to win the Soul Master Tournament. This time, we must hide our strength as well. Xiao Han will not compete, Bing'er and Xue Wu must not use your Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and none of you are to reveal your exact levels to the others. Do you understand?"

"Understood."

Three days later, the teams from Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy arrived as scheduled.

As they entered Skywater Academy, the boys were all drawn to the beautiful girls passing by.

"There really are so many beauties at Skywater Academy!"

"Yeah, I'm so jealous of that guy who enrolled here by special exception. He gets to live surrounded by beauties every day."

"He's like Brother Tian—he has Innate Full Soul Power. You can't envy that."

Huo Wu said, "Is that all you guys see? Beautiful girls?"

"Huo Wu, I wasn't looking at them."

The one who spoke was Feng Xiaotian.

His eyes held only Huo Wu. He had no interest in the beautiful girls passing by.

Although he had secretly loved Huo Wu for years and had even deliberately suppressed his level to pursue her, Huo Wu had never taken him to heart.

Over the past few years, Feng Xiaotian had been studying his Self-Created Soul Skill, Gale Demonic Wolf Consecutive Slashes. He had now reached the realm of twenty-seven consecutive Gale Demon Wolf slashes.

However, unless absolutely necessary, he would not easily reveal this trump card.

That afternoon, the three teams assembled on the training grounds and exchanged a round of friendly greetings.

Huo Wu looked at Shui Bing'er and asked, "I heard your Skywater Team has a boy with Innate Full Soul Power. Isn't he competing today?"

Shui Bing'er smiled. "Our junior brother is a Substitute on the team. He won't be fighting today."

"Is that so? Making someone with Innate Full Soul Power a Substitute? It seems you're deliberately hiding your strength too."

After saying that, Huo Wu shifted her gaze to the rear of the Skywater Team and spotted Xiao Han standing beside Dean Zhao and Lin Zhiruo.

"Is that him?"

"That's right. He's our junior brother."

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and the others all turned to look at Xiao Han.

Xiao Han remained calm, utterly unafraid as he met everyone's gazes.

Feng Xiaotian said, "Someone who could make your academy admit him as an exception really is extraordinary."

Shui Bing'er merely gave a polite smile. She did not want to say much about Xiao Han.

"At the last Soul Master Tournament, our Skywater Academy lost to your Godwind Academy. But this time, we won't lose to you again."

"Is that so? It looks like you're quite confident. Still, strength will have the final say."

Huo Wu took over the conversation.

"Shui Bing'er, at the last Soul Master Tournament, our Blazing Fire Academy lost to your Skywater Academy. This time, we won't lose."

"I know you two captains are both very strong. Then let's meet on the field."

The two smiled at each other, both looking forward to their clash.

The first match of the day was Skywater Academy against Blazing Fire Academy.

After Godwind Academy stepped aside, both the Skywater Team and the Blazing Fire Team arranged their formations.

Both teams used a two-four-one formation.

Shui Bing'er and Yu Hairou stood at the very front of the team, while Xue Wu stood at the very back.

On the other side, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu stood at the front, while the team's support Soul Master stood at the rear.

"Both teams, please release your Martial Souls. The match will officially begin in one minute."

Following the referee teacher's announcement, all fourteen people on the field released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

When Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang saw the Soul Rings of the Skywater Team members, the siblings looked at each other in shock.

A Top-Tier Beast Spirit, the Ice Phoenix!

Three Battle Soul Ancestors and four Battle Soul Elders, all with the optimal Soul Ring configuration!

Even if they entered the Soul Master Tournament now, such a lineup would achieve impressive results, not to mention that there were still two years left before the tournament.

All seven members of the Blazing Fire Team were Soul Elders, and their Soul Rings also followed the optimal configuration of two yellow and one purple.

But before the Skywater Beauties, they still fell far short.

Before the match had even begun, the members of the Blazing Fire Team could already feel a bone-piercing chill, and the pressure on them multiplied.

The teacher leading Blazing Fire Academy was also utterly stunned.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang were already talented enough, but compared to Shui Bing'er, they still lagged far behind.

Feng Xiaotian frowned, somewhat worried for Huo Wu.

He knew Huo Wu had always been proud and hated admitting defeat.

Water and fire countered each other, but there was a considerable gap between them. Blazing Fire Academy had almost no chance of winning.

Forget Blazing Fire Academy—even Godwind Academy might not necessarily win this match.

Feng Xiaotian, the strongest member of the Godwind Academy team, had yet to reach level forty.

The match officially began.

Just as everyone had expected, the Skywater Team was clearly stronger, and the match quickly became nearly one-sided.

As the captain of the Skywater Team, Shui Bing'er charged ahead.

Her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul soared through the air, releasing waves of bone-chilling cold that shrouded the Blazing Fire Team members in frost.

Her every movement was calm and unhurried, as though the entire battlefield lay within her control.

Yu Hairou and the other members coordinated seamlessly with her, whether attacking or defending.

Although Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu of the Blazing Fire Team also displayed considerable strength, under the Skywater Team's overwhelming suppression, their attacks appeared somewhat powerless.

Huo Wushuang's Unicorn Blazing Dragon was domineering and blazing hot, but before the Ice Phoenix's frigid aura, it seemed greatly weakened, unable to pose any substantial threat to the Skywater Team.

After a fierce exchange, the Blazing Fire Team's morale instantly collapsed, and they could no longer resist the Skywater Team's assault.

With a whistle from the referee teacher, the match ended.

With overwhelming superiority, the Skywater Team easily defeated the Blazing Fire Team and claimed the first victory of the exchange tournament.

The Blazing Fire Team members all looked dejected, especially Huo Wu.

But she also knew that there was a considerable gap in strength between them and the Skywater Team.