Choice

Zhou Hanyou's third purple Soul Ring finally lit up beneath her feet. Her entire aura changed with it, and the white icy mist around her suddenly solidified. Then, her skin turned ice-blue. An extraordinarily strange chill radiated from her whole body.

She knew she could not hold back any longer. Their entire team was at a disadvantage now. If this continued, elimination would only be a matter of time.

She had to turn the tide!

Zhou Hanyou's third Soul Skill was called Ice Spirit. It was also an elemental amplification Soul Skill, much like Guyue's elemental amplification ability. But a hundred-year Soul Ring and a thousand-year Soul Ring were clearly worlds apart, not to mention that this was her third Soul Skill.

Ice cones rapidly appeared around Zhou Hanyou's body. Empowered by Ice Spirit, each ice cone she released this time was over a meter long. As they radiated cold air, they also brimmed with fierce, razor-sharp force.

The terrifying chill nearly froze the entire arena. Tang Wulin had only just used his Golden Dragon Claw to tear apart the thorny vines before Zhou Hanyou's attack locked onto him.

At the same time, Lin Xiuran was also struck by Zhou Hanyou's Ice Spikes. She had unleashed them in an almost arena-wide attack. Other than herself and her teammates, there was barely anywhere else to hide.

Although these Ice Spikes posed no real threat to Lin Xiuran, they genuinely helped Wang Dongqi ease the pressure.

They kept her from remaining at a disadvantage in her fight against Lin Xiuran.

Tang Wulin, who was closest to Zhou Hanyou, suffered the most damage. The Ice Spikes and ice walls besieged him from all sides, leaving him overwhelmed.

Zhou Hanyou showed no mercy. She instantly hurled out a blue orb of energy, which exploded directly in front of Tang Wulin. Even though he reacted quickly and shielded himself with Soul Power, he still could not block it.

He was blasted away and slammed heavily onto the ground, nearly losing consciousness.

He was only a one-ring Soul Master, after all, and the gap between him and a three-ring Soul Elder was enormous. This was only natural. Zhou Hanyou was practically firing at full power, and it was not something he could withstand.

But just as Zhou Hanyou was about to press her advantage and take down Lin Xiuran and Guyue next—

A barrage of elemental attacks rapidly shot toward the three of them.

It was not Guyue. She was still beside Tang Wulin, blocking the remaining Ice Spikes flying toward him.

That meant the only one who could have acted was Lin Xiuran!

And that was indeed the case. Lin Xiuran displayed the formidable strength of a three-ring Soul Elder. This time, he once again used the Fire Phoenix he had used against Ye Xinglan.

Zhou Hanyou's attribute was ice, so the Fire Element naturally countered her. Lin Xiuran understood the principle of the five elements restraining one another.

The difference was that, unlike when he faced Ye Xinglan, there were three Fire Phoenixes this time. However, they were less imposing than before, and their elemental power was weaker.

"Watch out!" Zhou Hanyou's expression tightened. She hurriedly raised ice walls to block them, but the Fire Phoenixes' might shattered several ice walls at once.

Zhou Tian'er was the same. Her wood attribute was completely restrained by fire. The thorny vines were useless and were all immediately destroyed.

Only Wang Dongqi fared somewhat better. She was not restrained and barely held on with lightning sword radiance.

Yet what puzzled them was that the three Fire Phoenixes seemed to have come alive. As they flew toward the three girls, they did not directly crash into them and explode.

Instead, they collided with and evaded their Soul Skills.

After attacking, the three Fire Phoenixes flew into the sky at the same time and collided with one another. The three phoenixes merged into one enormous Fire Phoenix.

A phoenix cry rang throughout the entire arena. Under the gaze of that Fire Phoenix, Zhou Hanyou and the others felt only terror.

The Fire Phoenix plunged down like a massive ball of flame, smashing directly toward the three of them.

Zhou Hanyou hurriedly looked at her younger sister, Zhou Tian'er. "Quick, use the Fusion Skill!"

As she spoke, she stretched out her right hand toward Zhou Tian'er. Zhou Tian'er reacted quickly as well, extending her left hand to clasp it. The sisters' auras changed at the same time.

A blue phantom flickered behind Zhou Hanyou, while a green figure appeared behind Zhou Tian'er. The two figures embraced behind them. In an instant, the sisters' auras surged, erupting at an astonishing speed.

At this moment, nearly everyone watching the match, whether in the private rooms or out in the open stands, had risen to their feet.

This included Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi in private room seven, as well as Long Huantian and Zhang Zhenpeng in private room one.

Although they were not in the same private room, the shock in their eyes was identical.

Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

This three-versus-three match, which should not have drawn much attention, had brought them far too many shocks.

The sisters' auras gradually surpassed the Fire Phoenix. Even when the powerful Fire Phoenix crashed into them, it only stirred a ripple.

Martial Soul Fusion Skills were already tremendously powerful, and this was one formed from two elemental Martial Souls. Its true power was undoubtedly even more terrifying.

A mass of brilliant white light suddenly rose before them. It was a giant tree. Its entire body shimmered with a luminous white glow, yet it was blue in color. It seemed to be formed from condensed ice crystals, but it was filled with the aura of life.

This was the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the sisters Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er—Ice and Snow Forest!

In almost an instant, the branches on the ice tree shot out at high speed, firing indiscriminately in every direction.

"Stop!" the referee shouted, but it was already far too late.

Although Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er could unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill on this scale, they were now completely unable to control it.

There was simply no way to stop it!

Lin Xiuran and Tang Wulin, who had attacked earlier, were positioned closest to it, while Guyue stood behind Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin immediately shielded his body with Soul Power and held the Golden Dragon Claw before him, trying his best to protect himself from harm.

Guyue did not hesitate. She immediately moved to Tang Wulin's side, gathering several elemental powers before them and forming something like a cocoon to protect them both.

But Lin Xiuran was in trouble. Guyue naturally chose to use all her Soul Power to support the defense before Tang Wulin, leaving her completely unable to spare any attention for him.

Even as a Soul Elder, he still seemed insignificant before this Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Every branch appeared to contain boundless power.

Ice and Snow Forest arrived before Lin Xiuran in an instant, but he could not truly resist it. He only felt as though the Soul Power within his body was about to freeze, and could only watch helplessly as Ice and Snow Forest closed in.

At almost the exact moment Lin Xiuran was about to be hit, a purple light flashed from his pupils.