The azure gale lifted Gu Yue's slender figure into the air as she looked down at Xu Yue below.
A faint smile appeared on her usually cool face.
"Xu Yue, you can't leave the ground, can you?"
"Or rather, once you leave the ground, the effect of that immovable Soul Skill of yours will disappear."
"You observed very carefully these past few days." Xu Yue nodded and admitted, "Just as you said, the effects of Stone-Solid Tyrant Body are greatly reduced once I leave the ground."
"But if you think flying up there means you can defeat me, you're oversimplifying things."
"Oh? Then I'd like to see!"
As soon as Gu Yue finished speaking, her jade-like hands swept through the air.
The raging winds that had filled the sky rapidly merged with the blazing flames burning in her hands.
In an instant, they transformed into a scorching Fire Tornado that swept down toward Xu Yue.
"Wind and Fire Prairie Fire!!"
Boom!
Under the blazing heat, even the Metal Arena itself began to glow faintly red.
"Elemental fusion? Wind feeding the flames—this girl is incredibly strong!"
"That's right. This attack feels no weaker than some Soul Ancestors' Fourth Soul Skills."
"So this is a Grand Soul Master with a thousand-year Soul Ring?!"
As Gu Yue fused the two basic elements of wind and fire, the crowd beneath the stands immediately cried out in shock.
Even from so far away, the scorching heat became rolling waves that seared their cheeks.
However.
Gu Yue, who was unleashing this attack, was far from as relaxed as the spectators. Instead, her expression grew solemn as she stared below.
Xu Yue stood at the center of the Fire Tornado, still maintaining his previous stance, holding Vortex Vanquisher in one hand as he calmly watched her.
The crystalline Jade Shield emitted a faint golden radiance, blocking all heat and damage outside.
"Your shield is actually this tough?!"
"Actually, I'm tougher than the shield." Xu Yue smiled, then his expression sharpened. "Watch out!"
Before his words had faded, Gu Yue felt danger rise in her heart and instinctively used the Space Element to teleport.
Buzz!
A streak of golden light grazed past her shoulder.
It left Gu Yue, who had appeared elsewhere, shaken with lingering fear.
That was... Xu Yue's spear?
"My Rock Spears can be condensed whenever I want, but how many times can you teleport?"
As he spoke, another three to five Rock Spears turned into golden streaks and shot into the sky.
Their force of piercing through everything was nearly comparable to shells fired by Level Three or Four Soul Guidance Cannons.
For a time, Gu Yue could only abandon her stronger fusion of wind and fire elements, releasing Fireballs and Wind Blades during the intervals between spatial shifts.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Golden flashes flickered continuously, piercing through countless Wind Blades and Fireballs.
Yet amid silver flashes, they only grazed past her.
This kind of battle left Xu Yue somewhat helpless. He could not feel the slightest enjoyment from fighting.
"Since that's the case, let's end this early."
He glanced at the other two battles not far away.
Protected by the Jade Shield, Wei Xiaofeng was like a berserker who had gone mad, attacking Xie Xie relentlessly without any defense.
Even when Xie Xie used his Second Soul Skill to counterattack, it was still useless. He could not shake the Jade Shield in the slightest.
On the other side, Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin's battle was equally one-sided.
With both Ice Staff and Star Staff forms, Xu Xiaoyan possessed considerable combat strength as well.
Wherever the Ice Wheel passed, the Blue Silver Grass snapped apart one after another.
Even if Tang Wulin fortunately rushed close while carrying his forging hammer, he still could not shake that thin Golden Light Membrane.
The weight of stone was reassuring!!
Xu Yue withdrew his gaze and looked at Gu Yue in the sky with a smile.
"Gu Yue, do you know? Every Little Fire Dragon flying in the sky is destined to be shot down."
"What?"
Gu Yue froze for a moment while dodging the Rock Spears.
What Little Fire Dragon? Did he know my identity?
Before she could think further, Xu Yue below suddenly stomped heavily on the ground.
Boom! The ground began to quake.
Amid a rumbling roar, an enormous amount of earth element rapidly gathered at that moment, condensing into a thick stone pillar that shot skyward and stabbed toward Gu Yue in midair.
"An Earth Spike? You think an attack like this can hit me?" Gu Yue snorted coldly. "Xu Yue, have you run out of other ways to attack?"
"Who said it can't hit?" Xu Yue smiled faintly and fixed his eyes on Gu Yue. "Don't forget, I have teammates."
"Xiao Yan!"
"Brother A-Yue, I'm here!" Xu Xiaoyan sent Tang Wulin staggering back with an Ice Spear, then lightly turned her wrist.
The pure white, crystalline Ice Staff immediately transformed into a Star Staff wreathed in starlight.
"Stars in the sky, shining bright, eternally brilliant, forever peaceful!"
"Grant me your power, my Star Wheel!"
As the Star Staff appeared, Xu Xiaoyan's entire temperament began to change. Amid the swirling starlight, she seemed to become noble and elegant.
Her Soul Rings were also suffused with tiny points of starlight, while a golden star lit up on her forehead, becoming her most beautiful ornament.
Tang Wulin's expression changed upon seeing this. He immediately realized that Gu Yue was being targeted.
Without hesitation, he abandoned Xu Xiaoyan and charged toward Xu Yue with his forging hammer in hand.
Attack what the enemy had to save. To stop the situation before him, he could only interrupt Xu Yue, who was launching the attack.
However.
The speed of running could never compare to the release of a Soul Skill.
Amid the thunderous rise of the stone pillar, Xu Xiaoyan and Xu Yue's voices reached Gu Yue's ears one after another.
"First Soul Skill, Star Wheel Chain!"
"...It isn't called an Earth Spike. You can call it..."
"Blade of the Cliff!!!"
Just as Gu Yue was about to move.
A brilliant six-pointed star appeared beneath her body. As starlight flashed, strands of starry light extended outward from it.
"What?"
Gu Yue's pupils constricted. She felt her body tighten, and she instantly lost the ability to move.
Facing the Rock Pillar rushing up from below, Gu Yue hurriedly mobilized her Soul Power to resist.
But she was shocked to discover that some special power seemed to have sealed her. Her Soul Power circulated far more slowly than usual.
"This effect is... Absolute Certainty?!"
The instant that thought appeared in her mind, Xu Yue's Blade of the Cliff had already arrived before her.
Boom!
A wave of earth-yellow Soul Power exploded, and the rock pillar condensed from elemental power shattered with a thunderous crash.
Gu Yue, struck by the attack, fell toward the ground like a bird with broken wings.
"Stop!"
Tang Wulin had also rushed before Xu Yue. Without a second thought, he raised his forging hammer and smashed it down at Xu Yue's head.
Xu Yue did not even look at the attack.
Vortex Vanquisher merely swept lightly, and its terrifying force sent the forging hammer flying from Tang Wulin's left hand, hurling him several meters away like a tattered sack.
Then, with a light tap of his foot, Xu Yue gently caught Gu Yue just before she hit the ground.
Looking at Gu Yue in his arms, he smiled. "Well? You've lost now, haven't you?"
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