"Whoosh—" Ma Xiaotao's figure vanished abruptly, leaving behind only the sonic boom produced as the cold wind and hot wind collided and burst apart.
Wang Dong'er's heart tightened. She immediately moved away from where she had been standing, yet she was still struck by an immense force in an instant. She fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.
"Is she getting serious now?" Wang Dong'er could not see Ma Xiaotao anywhere. Clearly, if she had continued using Extreme Ice to neutralize the evil fire, the predicament could have been resolved. Yet at this critical moment, all her efforts had gone to waste.
Outside the lakeside woods, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly let out a strange cry, making Huo Yuhao pause for a moment before quickly catching up again.
"What is it, Brother Sky Dream?"
"Extreme Ice! She actually has Extreme Ice?"
"Extreme Ice?" Huo Yuhao asked doubtfully in his mind, "Brother Sky Dream, what is that?"
"Sigh, I hadn't wanted to tell you this so early. I told you before that the second martial soul I gave you was soulless ice, and that its form could only be determined after you absorbed your first soul ring." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began speaking of his plan in a gloomy tone.
"Actually, I originally planned to wait until you grew stronger before taking you to the Extreme North to find your second martial soul. What I intended to give you was a martial soul possessing the Extreme Ice attribute."
"Extreme attributes can be called the kings of their respective elements. Before an extreme attribute, nearly all things must retreat. Do you understand now?"
"Extreme attribute, extreme martial soul..." Huo Yuhao repeated the words, feeling a vague sense that this was incredibly important to him.
"So Wang Dong'er has a martial soul with the Extreme Ice attribute? But isn't her martial soul the Light Goddess Butterfly?" Huo Yuhao asked his question inwardly.
"You idiot!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke as if he were looking at an utterly hopeless block of wood. "Of course it's her second martial soul!"
"Ah, right." Huo Yuhao wanted to scratch his head, but the situation did not permit it.
"But that means Wang Dong'er is still alive, right?"
"Of course she's not dead. Do you really want her to die? Still, the person she's facing is very powerful too. She seems to possess an attribute close to Extreme Fire. Wang Dong'er probably won't be able to hold on much longer." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "You'd better hurry."
As they drew closer, Zhou Yi also sensed that faint scorching heat. Her heart lurched. Had something really happened?
This was Shrek Academy. What could possibly happen here? From the bottom of her heart, Zhou Yi did not believe that outsiders or Evil Soul Masters could infiltrate Shrek Academy.
Yet when she remembered how confidently she had just told Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao that Shrek Academy would never have any danger, Zhou Yi could not help getting heated again.
Ever since meeting Wang Dong'er, nothing seemed to have gone her way!
Although she was annoyed with Wang Dong'er, she truly could not allow anything to happen to her within Shrek Academy.
That utterly disgusting feeling left Zhou Yi both furious and humiliated.
"Who dares act so recklessly in Shrek Academy?" Zhou Yi shouted, six soul rings appearing at once.
After all, she was a Soul Emperor-level powerhouse. The appearance of her six soul rings did ease Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao's worries somewhat.
The next moment, Wang Dong'er's body appeared in their sight.
"It's Dong'er!" Xiao Xiao was delighted at first upon seeing Wang Dong'er, but she quickly noticed that Wang Dong'er was in terrible condition. Her entire body was covered in blood, and she lay on the ground, her life and death unknown.
Just then, that scorching presence rapidly approached from somewhere nearby.
Feeling the enormous pressure brought by Ma Xiaotao's rampage, Zhou Yi immediately lit up her soul rings and tried to defend with a soul skill.
"Damn, Yuhao, your teacher's kind of useless! I need to take over your body for a moment!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurriedly took control of Huo Yuhao's body, staying slightly behind Zhou Yi and letting her take the front, before raising a golden soul ring.
Huo Yuhao raised his hand. His deep blue eyes turned white in an instant, and a dense icy chill bloomed from his body.
Zhou Yi did not notice Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao behind her. In the emergency, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had no time to think further. The power of ice condensed on Huo Yuhao's index finger, turning the entire finger ice-blue.
A layer of ice began to spread, and Ma Xiaotao's blood-red figure suddenly appeared.
As though she sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's threat, Ma Xiaotao's soul rings rose along with a resounding phoenix cry.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black—six soul rings that unmistakably marked a Soul Emperor-level powerhouse!
Her first, second, and third soul rings lit up. A flaming beam shot from Ma Xiaotao's mouth, and in a single exchange, the hastily defending Zhou Yi was sent flying backward by her attack.
"Yuhao, your teacher really is useless... But no matter who it is, no one is touching the person I chose today!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm controlled Huo Yuhao's body and shouted in a low voice.
"Hm? Someone's coming?" Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was about to attack, he sensed someone rushing over from afar at tremendous speed and hurriedly unleashed the attack he had only just begun to gather.
When he looked around again, he found that Wang Dong'er, who had been there moments ago, had vanished from her original spot at some point.
Because it had only been a hasty strike, the power of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's finger had weakened considerably. In the end, it merely forced Ma Xiaotao to stagger back a step.
"Looks like that Wang Dong'er has already contributed quite a bit with her Extreme Ice." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thought to himself, with no intention of attacking again.
Originally, he had planned to send her flying and freeze her at the cost of falling into slumber once more. However, the person rushing over appeared to be a Titled Douluo-level existence, so there was no need to do anything unnecessary.
The golden light instantly returned to white, and even the chill was swiftly withdrawn. Huo Yuhao shuddered and regained consciousness.
Zhou Yi Got MVP!
Time returned to earlier.
Just as Wang Dong'er was struck by Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao and the others arrived.
At the same time, because of Zhou Yi's "provocation," Ma Xiaotao also locked onto Zhou Yi as her target.
Yet no one noticed that Wang Dong'er, who had fallen to the ground, silently left her original spot.
If she had been struck by Ma Xiaotao like Zhou Yi had—with her martial soul and soul rings activated—Wang Dong'er might truly have been left waiting to die on the ground.
Fortunately, Wang Dong'er had only been facing a Ma Xiaotao who wanted to vent her evil fire, which was why she had been able to hold her own.
Ma Xiaotao had lost control. Yan Shaozhe might come after her, and if she could wait until Yan Shaozhe arrived and restrained Ma Xiaotao, that would work too.
But Wang Dong'er was not accustomed to leaving the fate of her life in someone else's hands.
So, the moment she sensed that Xiao Xiao had brought a Soul Emperor with her, Wang Dong'er had already begun preparing.
She simply hadn't expected that Soul Emperor to be Zhou Yi—and that Ma Xiaotao would take her out in a single strike so quickly...
Fortunately, that brief window of time was enough.
Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm knocked Ma Xiaotao back, Wang Dong'er reappeared with the Clear Sky Hammer in hand.
The frigid aura of Extreme Ice encased the entire Clear Sky Hammer, making it look like a hammer sculpted from ice.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had retreated. Wang Dong'er immediately knew that Yan Shaozhe and the others must have arrived.
But was she supposed to just take a beating without striking back?
If that were the case, Wang Dong'er would never feel satisfied.
"Feeling good after venting all that evil fire just now, huh?" Wang Dong'er spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm. "I'll make sure you enjoy yourself to the fullest!"
Though the Clear Sky Sect remained one of the most prestigious hereditary sects on Douluo Continent, much of its inheritance had long since been lost.
The Great Sumeru Hammer, a supreme technique passed down to only one person per generation, along with its profound meaning, Exploding Ring, had lost its inheritance when Tang San ascended to the Divine Realm.
In the end, only the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, which they had been forced to share with the Tang Sect, and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, containing nine force-generating techniques, remained.
The grand Clear Sky Sect had lost the inheritance of its own ultimate techniques. Even the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, which only direct descendants were once permitted to learn, had been forced into shared inheritance with the Tang Sect. Tang San had even forcibly stuffed two beasts into the positions of Clear Sky Sect Masters...
Still, Wang Dong'er did not know whether the people of the Clear Sky Sect cared about any of that.
The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer required continuous momentum-building, and Wang Dong'er had yet to master it. Against the current Ma Xiaotao, it was of little use. The only thing she could employ now was the last remaining technique—the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes.
The small hammer abruptly enlarged. Wang Dong'er dragged it across the ground like a saber, carving a white trail of ice behind it.
Ma Xiaotao shook her head, seemingly trying to lessen the effects of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's earlier finger strike. Only when she saw Wang Dong'er dragging the Clear Sky Hammer toward her did she let out a low roar.
"Whoosh—" Wang Dong'er swung the Clear Sky Hammer up from its dragging position. It sliced through the air with a deep, muffled howl.
Gripping the hammer's handle with both hands, Wang Dong'er accelerated, then fiercely smashed it toward Ma Xiaotao, who had only just regained her footing.
Though her mind was still muddled, Ma Xiaotao's bodily instincts remained. She reflexively raised a defensive stance.
"Boom—" A ring of black light rippled across the Clear Sky Hammer as it slammed into Ma Xiaotao. It paused for only an instant before sending her flying.
Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Shocking Character Technique!
This was also the only technique Wang Dong'er currently knew.
But this strike contained more than just the Shocking Character Technique—it also carried King's Descent.
It was Wang Dong'er's first time incorporating Spiritual Power into an attack, and the results appeared exceptionally effective.
Ma Xiaotao's mind had already been chaotic. After being shaken by Wang Dong'er's blow, not only did her blood and energy churn violently within her body, but even her gaze seemed to clear slightly.
At that moment, a mass of black light abruptly appeared. Xiao Xiao materialized behind Wang Dong'er, pointed at Ma Xiaotao, and the black shadow immediately charged toward her.
The black shadow resembled a cauldron with three legs and two handles. The instant it rushed toward Ma Xiaotao, it split apart into three small cauldrons, forming a triangular formation.
The sole first soul ring on Xiao Xiao's body glowed yellow. With a thunderous boom, even the air around Ma Xiaotao twisted.
This was Xiao Xiao's first soul skill, Cauldron's Shock.
Her martial soul was a heavy artifact symbolizing national fortune, called the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron!
However, Wang Dong'er also noticed that Huo Yuhao, farther behind them, had his first soul ring glowing with a milky-white light as well. He had clearly activated a soul skill.
From Wang Dong'er using Extreme Ice to weaken Ma Xiaotao's evil fire, to Ma Xiaotao unleashing her strength and taking Zhou Yi out in one blow, followed by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's intervention and the Clear Sky Hammer's strongest strike—
Under all those conditions, the mentally unstable Ma Xiaotao was once again affected by the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron and Huo Yuhao's Mental Shock. At last, she could no longer hold on. Her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed unconscious.
"We won? We... won?" Xiao Xiao panted heavily, asking in disbelief.
When Zhou Yi had been taken out by Ma Xiaotao's strike, Xiao Xiao had been caught in the shockwave and knocked unconscious as well. Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had awakened her in time, allowing the two of them to come and help Wang Dong'er continue fighting Ma Xiaotao.
Seeing Ma Xiaotao collapse, Wang Dong'er finally let out a sigh of relief.
To defeat Ma Xiaotao this time without paying a terrible price, they truly had Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao to thank. If they had not brought Zhou Yi along to absorb the damage, Wang Dong'er would have had to pay a heavy price to stop Ma Xiaotao.
Zhou Yi, who had tanked the most damage this round, earned the MVP!
Zhou Yi, lying on the ground: Motherfucker!
"You're not hurt too badly, are you, Dong'er?" Xiao Xiao withdrew the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron and hurried over to support Wang Dong'er, concern written across her face.
"I'm fine. Maybe I only broke a rib. At least I'm not dead."
"What do we do now?" Xiao Xiao asked. "I really never expected there to be such a lunatic in the academy."
"I'll go find a teacher who can treat her first," Huo Yuhao said.
When Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released his control earlier, he had said that someone was on the way. Huo Yuhao guessed it was a teacher from the inner courtyard.
"Wait." Wang Dong'er stopped Huo Yuhao as he turned to leave. "Xiao Xiao, let go of me."
"Huh?"
"Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, pretend that you've passed out right now. No matter what you hear later, don't act rashly. Understand?"
Huo Yuhao wanted to ask why, but Xiao Xiao had already efficiently dropped to the ground, looking exactly like she had been knocked unconscious.
She did not need to know why. Wang Dong'er was even willing to trade her own life to let her escape—what was there left for her to worry about?
"Quick!" Wang Dong'er urged as she sensed those figures drawing ever closer.
Huo Yuhao had no choice but to obediently lie down and pretend to have passed out.
Over Sea God Lake, more than a dozen figures skimmed across the water, crossing most of the lake in the span of a few blinks.
"This is bad—Xiaotao seems to have injured students from the outer courtyard!" The leading old man in white suddenly changed expression.
But I Refuse!
Without anyone seeing what the old man in white did, he merely took a step through the air, and his entire body seemed to pass through space, arriving directly at the battlefield on the shore.
The unconscious Ma Xiaotao and Zhou Yi, along with three students who appeared to be freshmen. Two of them seemed to have fainted, while the last student, with her unusual pinkish-blue hair, was covered in blood and staring directly at him.
These people seemed to be those students from Class One? The moment he saw Wang Dong'er's distinctive hair color, the old man in white recognized her.
This old man in white was none other than Shrek Academy's dean, Yan Shaozhe.
Although he could roughly guess what had happened, Yan Shaozhe could not help but ask, "What happened here?"
Wang Dong'er twitched her lips, unable to hold it in any longer.
Though she had never held much goodwill toward Shrek Academy, she really had not expected this old bastard's first question to be such nonsense.
Damn it, this guy had to be Yan Shaozhe.
"Are you completely blind?" Wang Dong'er wanted to ask that—and she did.
The people following behind Yan Shaozhe quickly caught up after he vanished, and they happened to hear Wang Dong'er's words.
It sounded rather respectful, and she even used "you," but once they heard the full sentence, none of them could hold it together.
The words Yan Shaozhe had been about to say stuck in his throat.
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