First Soul Skill: Ice Emperor's Decree

First Soul Skill: Ice Emperor's Decree

"That can't be blamed on Young Master. This is still his first day of combat, and he's already done very well."

Defeating the Lightning Leopard and the Elephant Rhinoceros in succession—two hundred-year Soul Beasts—was already an outstanding record for a Soul Master encountering real combat for the first time.

Even at the continent's finest academies, few one-ring Soul Masters could handle a hundred-year Soul Beast alone.

To face a hundred-year Soul Beast alone, even a genius needed the cultivation of a Soul Grandmaster to be considered safe.

"Besides, don't forget that Young Master still hasn't used his Martial Soul."

Bi Ji said with a soft laugh.

"That's true. What exactly is his Martial Soul?" Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked curiously.

A human becoming the young master of Soul Beasts was something she had never seen before.

"You'll find out soon enough." Bi Ji gazed at the battlefield in the distance and murmured.

In the forest, Su Yu was locked in combat with a Tiger Demon Cat.

It was an azure-furred civet no more than two feet long.

Faint tiger stripes marked its body, while its purple-red eyes gleamed with savage light.

The Tiger Demon Cat was also a common type of feline Soul Beast.

It was extremely aggressive.

It possessed both Wind Attribute and Dark Attribute, which was one of the reasons for its formidable attack power.

The Tiger Demon Cat had a pair of wings growing from its ribs, though they were too narrow for flight. However, when moving at high speed, they could help it change direction in midair.

Tiger Demon Cats were incredibly agile, which was why Su Yu had been unable to touch it despite fighting for so long.

"Whew!"

Su Yu let out a heavy breath, his gaze solemn.

This Tiger Demon Cat was truly slippery. His hammer swung so tightly that not even water could pass through, yet he still could not hit the creature.

Su Yu knew that if this dragged on, he would likely fall into a disadvantageous position.

"No other choice."

As he muttered, an icy blue radiance suddenly shone from Su Yu's body.

A layer of white frost gradually spread across a two-meter radius around him. Behind Su Yu, the figure of a man dressed in an ice-blue imperial robe emerged.

At his feet, a purple Soul Ring rippled with agile light.

Seeing Su Yu's aura suddenly transform, the Tiger Demon Cat grew wary.

Its back arched high, and its sharp claws gave off an azure glow.

It stared at Su Yu, poised to attack.

A moment later, a savage gleam flashed through its eyes. It turned into an afterimage and lunged straight at him.

Su Yu did not swing his hammer again. The purple Soul Ring flashed, and the Tiger Demon Cat's body instantly became an ice sculpture, falling from the air.

It had actually been instantly defeated in a single move by Su Yu!

"This..."

This time, even Bi Ji and Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had been watching from behind, were rather startled.

In just an instant, the Tiger Demon Cat had been subdued.

"Aunt Bi Ji, you can come out now," Su Yu said, slowly exhaling as he called behind him.

Hearing this, Bi Ji led Three-Eyed Golden Lion over to Su Yu's side.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion circled the Tiger Demon Cat's ice sculpture twice, curiosity in her eyes, before a flash of surprise passed through her golden pupils.

"What a low temperature. It's Ultimate Ice," Three-Eyed Golden Lion said in surprise.

As an Auspicious Beast, she not only possessed the Golden Dragon Bloodline, but also the two ultimate attributes of Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire.

It could be said that her attributes were utterly overpowered.

Su Yu's ice felt, in terms of quality, no inferior whatsoever to her Ultimate Fire.

She was certain that Su Yu possessed Ultimate Ice.

"How did you do that?"

Three-Eyed Golden Lion raised her head and looked at Su Yu curiously.

Even for Ultimate Ice, this was rather astonishing.

Before activating his Martial Soul, he had fought with such difficulty.

Yet after activating it, he had instantly defeated his opponent?

The contrast was simply too great.

Su Yu smiled faintly. "My first Soul Skill is called Ice Emperor's Decree."

"Like a supreme emperor issuing a sacred decree, it activates instantly. Once activated, it has a one-hundred-percent hit rate, and any target hit is forcibly frozen."

"Opponents whose Soul Power is no more than two ranks above mine are forcibly frozen for three seconds. For those more than two ranks above me, the duration depends on the opponent's cultivation."

"I don't recognize this feline Soul Beast, but it should be a hundred-year Soul Beast."

"A hundred-year Soul Beast, and an agility attack-type one at that—once frozen, it has no chance of breaking free."

That was right. After Ice Emperor's Decree landed, the forced freezing duration was three seconds.

But whether the target could immediately break free after those three seconds depended on the circumstances.

After all, Su Yu's attribute was Ultimate Ice. Breaking free from an Ultimate Ice freeze was no easy matter.

At the very least, this Tiger Demon Cat could not do it!

"Instant cast, guaranteed hit, forced freezing—what a powerful Soul Skill."

Even Three-Eyed Golden Lion could not help exclaiming in amazement.

The effect of this Soul Skill was truly terrifying.

Didn't that mean that once it was unleashed, the opponent would definitely be controlled?

"Does it consume much Soul Power?" Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked again.

"Not too much. With my current Soul Power, using it ten times won't be a problem."

Su Yu replied with a smile.

"A godly skill!"

Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes widened. Such an incredible ability did not even consume that much Soul Power. The effects of this Soul Skill were simply outrageous.

Only a godly skill could describe it.

"Indeed. This skill can be called godly. Against opponents of the same rank, or even one rank higher, you could easily sweep through them with this Soul Skill."

Bi Ji also spoke in praise.

Su Yu merely smiled without saying anything. This was already a godly skill?

This skill could grow stronger as the Soul Ring's age increased.

In other words, as the Soul Ring's age increased, so would the duration of the forced freezing.

That was the effect of his first Soul Skill, Ice Emperor's Decree.

How could the origin Soul Ring of a Heavenly Gifted Martial Soul possibly be undeserving of its reputation?

Only an effect like this was worthy of the grandeur of a heavenly gifted origin Soul Ring.

Of course, no Soul Skill in the world was absolutely invincible.

Skills such as purification, immunity, and invincible golden body techniques could all counter the effects of Ice Emperor's Decree.

But then again, how many people in the world possessed such Soul Skills?

With this one Soul Skill alone, Su Yu could already be considered an outstanding control-type Soul Master.

Of course, Su Yu was not planning to follow only the control-type path. For the development path of his Ice Emperor Martial Soul, he intended to combine powerful attacks and control.

Control and damage—now that was the true path.

Focusing solely on control would be somewhat wasteful of the Ice Emperor Martial Soul's potential.

"What an astonishing Soul Skill."

Bi Ji praised him once more, then raised her head to look at the sky. The sun was about to set, and the horizon was dyed with brilliant fiery clouds.

"Alright, it's getting late. Let's end today's training here."

Su Yu nodded. After fighting for so long, he truly was exhausted.

"Mm, then let's head back." Bi Ji smiled gently and led Su Yu and Three-Eyed Golden Lion back to the core area.

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