Holy Radiance Star Brilliance vs. Ice Sky Snow Dance (Part 2)

On the arena.

After the referee announced the start of the match, Xue Wu was the first to move. She summoned her martial soul, Dancing Snow Silk, and began dancing where she stood.

Three soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple—flashed alternately around her.

As blue halos spread outward, a vast expanse of dark clouds formed above the arena, covering it entirely.

The clouds churned as a stifling aura spread through the air. Raindrops the size of beans fell from the sky in an instant, rapidly becoming a torrential curtain of rain that shrouded the entire arena in hazy mist.

Whenever the rain approached Xue Wu and Shui Bing'er, it silently curved around them, as though an invisible barrier surrounded them and kept every drop at bay.

This wondrous sight left the spectators in awe, and they began discussing the marvels of Xue Wu's martial soul.

Still, many were talking about the way Xue Wu danced while using her soul skill, and why she had to dance in the first place.

"I knew it! Other than those Food System soul masters who have to chant their incantations when using soul skills, there are other soul masters who need to perform special actions too! She's so beautiful—if you didn't know better, you'd think she was holding her own dance recital!"

"What a bumpkin. I've seen some guy with a bizarre hooded martial soul. Whenever he uses a soul skill, he has to put that thing over his head."

"Hah! I've even seen someone who had to stand on his head to use a soul skill." The fellow who had previously been beaten flat by a crowd spoke up again, and the mood in the stands promptly went completely off track.

On the arena, Xue Wu's soul skill had not yet ended.

Amid the curtain of rain, sheets of ice crystals descended from the sky and blanketed the entire arena. In an instant, the arena became a world of ice and snow, the frigid air biting to the bone.

Slowing enemies, obstructing their vision, increasing their Soul Power consumption, and strengthening her side's ice-attribute soul skills—those were the general effects of Xue Wu's soul skill.

In a sense, Xue Wu's soul skill was better suited for the path of a Control System soul master.

Unless her soul skill could provide her teammates with an enormous damage boost, the first three effects were, at most, equivalent to someone else's ultimate domain.

But then again, if her soul skill could transform the entire environment into a deadly realm like the Far North, where the Snow Empress could unleash a sky full of ice and snow with every move, then her opponents would have nowhere to run and could only let her slaughter them.

Yet that would completely deviate from her path as an auxiliary-system soul master.

In Ling Qianyue's view, Xue Wu's role was very similar to the support class "dancer" from games in his previous life. But the only reason he had ever let a "dancer" take the field back then was because the class came with a resurrection skill.

Amid the falling snow, Shui Bing'er moved. Her First Soul Ring lit up abruptly. "First Soul Skill—Ice Seal!"

Crack—

With that soft sound, an intense chill suddenly surged across the arena. The falling snowflakes seemed to freeze into sharp ice blades at that very moment.

Shui Bing'er pointed her right hand straight at Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue. The ground beneath their feet rapidly froze over, and the chill spread from their feet throughout their bodies. In the blink of an eye, a thick shell of ice had wrapped them tightly, rendering them unable to move.

A very powerful First Soul Skill, Ling Qianyue assessed inwardly.

He ignored the cold brought by Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's soul skills, but the restraint imposed by Shui Bing'er's First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, was far stronger than anything he had experienced from the soul masters he had fought before.

The strength of this soul skill was comparable even to certain thousand-year soul skills.

And it was an area-type skill that could be cast repeatedly and instantly, with forced lock-on.

"First Soul Skill—Holy Radiance Thrust!"

Qian Renxue's yellow soul ring lit up sharply. A layer of brilliant golden light surged from within her body, instantly condensing into a sharp streak of golden radiance.

The radiance was like a tangible blade, carrying an unstoppable force as it stabbed straight into the ice shell imprisoning Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue.

Bang!

The golden radiance collided with the ice shell, erupting with an ear-splitting boom. Cracks appeared across the ice shell under the impact of the golden light and rapidly spread outward.

Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue felt the weight around them lighten, and the restraining sensation of the Ice Seal vanished instantly. Seizing the chance, they broke free and flipped aside with agile movements.

At this point, Shui Bing'er had only just begun using her Second Soul Skill. Seeing Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue escape, she hurriedly used her First Soul Skill again.

Ice pillars began forming beneath Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue's feet.

"Second Soul Skill, Four Symbols Constellation Transformation!"

The Shattered Star Sword hummed and trembled as countless starlights gathered from all directions, instantly illuminating the entire arena.

Four clusters of nebulae erupted and condensed in the air into the phantoms of the Four Symbols: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

The Azure Dragon phantom let out a resounding dragon roar and soared into the air. Its winding body then plunged toward the ground, transforming into countless streams of dazzling light!

The snowflakes around Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue shattered one after another, while the ice pillars forming beneath their feet collapsed with a crash, turning into fragments scattered across the ground.

Within this world of falling snow, the area around them was completely cleared.

The White Tiger phantom split in two. The phantom with black markings merged into Qian Renxue's body, while the phantom with white markings merged into Ling Qianyue's.

The Black Tortoise phantom stood proudly behind them, while the Vermilion Bird phantom transformed into a brilliant canopy of flames. Burning fiercely, it swept toward Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.

The fiery canopy contained scorching power, making Shui Bing'er feel unprecedented pressure. Her expression turned grave, and she did not dare let down her guard in the slightest.

The instant the phantoms of the Four Symbols appeared, Ling Qianyue's third soul ring lit up.

Celestial Pivot Forbidden Domain!

Three familiar sword phantoms of light hung in the air, and Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's speed abruptly dropped.

Since Xue Wu's soul skill would not be interrupted after activation and would not easily cease, her dancing posture had become somewhat strange.

Unlike before, however, two Star Marks suddenly appeared before Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's foreheads. Their Soul Power consumption increased!

The Star Mark seemed like a curse, drastically increasing their Soul Power consumption and making their faces turn slightly pale.

Starlight flashed across Ling Qianyue's body, boosting all his attributes!

As the Vermilion Bird's phantom transformed into a curtain of flames and swept forward, Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue had already charged ahead fearlessly.

Their figures shifted constantly across the field, crossing paths one moment and advancing side by side the next, their coordination flawless.

Their attacks fell like a raging storm, quickly breaking through the barrier Shui Bing'er had set up.

"Second Soul Skill, Holy Radiance Judgment!"

Qian Renxue shouted. A brilliant mass of light condensed in her hand, its scorching power etched onto her sword's edge as she slashed fiercely down at Shui Bing'er!

She couldn't retreat! Shui Bing'er gritted her teeth. "Third Soul Skill—Resisting Ice Ring!"

Its effect was similar to Huo Wu's Third Soul Skill, except Shui Bing'er's Resisting Ice Ring carried immense additional damage.

Yet to Shui Bing'er's surprise, the instant her third soul ring lit up, Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue retreated at the same time!

Before the Repelling Ice Ring's knockback effect could activate, they had already withdrawn beyond the range of her Soul Skill, wasting her Soul Power for nothing.

"Hehe, fooled you~" Qian Renxue stood in the distance and waved at Shui Bing'er, a sly smile curling across her lips.

"It's time to end this. First Soul Skill—Big Dipper Star Drawing Array!"

Are they going to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill? The thought flashed through Shui Bing'er's mind. No, I have to save it for the Soul Master Competition. She sighed inwardly and closed her eyes.

Seven streams of sword qi tore through the sky.