"Since you're standing on the arena, does that mean you want to spar with me in his place?"
Xu Yue's voice was low, carrying a trace of domineering force.
"Perfect. I also want to see what someone from Shrek is really made of."
The moment those words came out, Wu Zhangkong's expression turned even colder.
"Arrogant!"
"Whether it's arrogance or not..."
Xu Yue could not be bothered with more nonsense. Gravity Manipulation activated instantly, and his body shot forward like a cannonball as Vortex Vanquisher thrust straight at Wu Zhangkong.
"...Why not find out for yourself!"
This strike gathered the Second Soul Skill, Spear Intent of Rock, Mind-Ape Menogias, and a twenty-fourfold gravity enhancement!
Its power far surpassed what it had been when he fought Yang Xiong.
Xu Yue became a black-red meteor tearing through the sky, descending with a destructive aura and showing no mercy whatsoever!
The distance of several dozen meters vanished in an instant.
Vortex Vanquisher, carrying terrifying power, smashed fiercely into Wu Zhangkong's horizontally raised Sky Frost Sword.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted!
Violent Soul Power shockwaves spread in every direction, blasting the already-stunned students and teachers back more than ten meters.
In the arena.
Wu Zhangkong forcibly took the terrifying blow head-on.
He did not dare retreat, nor could he retreat!
Because if he dodged even slightly, that force would pour down onto Tang Wulin behind him.
An unimaginable force pressed down. The Metal Arena beneath his feet instantly caved in, and Wu Zhangkong was driven more than half a meter into the ground!
One had to know that this was Eastsea Academy's specially made arena, capable of withstanding battles at the Soul Emperor level!
"What?!"
For the first time, shock appeared on Wu Zhangkong's eternally icy face. "What terrifying weight!"
In his perception, the force behind Xu Yue's strike was no weaker than a Soul Guidance Truck crashing into him head-on!
His weapon mastery was no worse than Xu Yue's, but the Sky Frost Sword focused more on technique and artistic conception than overpowering an opponent with brute strength.
At this moment, he felt his organs churning, while the bones in both arms let out overloaded cracking sounds beneath the immense pressure!
Before he could catch his breath, Xu Yue had already raised Vortex Vanquisher again and smashed it down from above!
"Thousand Rocks Firm, Heavy Barrier Unmoved!"
With the Stone-Solid Tyrant Body strengthening him, each blow from Vortex Vanquisher was heavier than the last, its momentum far surpassing that of his battle against Guang Biao!
Boom! Boom!
Being suppressed so thoroughly by a three-ring student caused the anger in Wu Zhangkong's heart to steadily rise.
The pride of a Shrek student could not be trampled upon!
Soul Rings flashed on the Sky Frost Sword as sharp sword light blossomed!
Clang! Clang! Boom! Boom!
The Sky Frost Sword and Vortex Vanquisher clashed madly at the center of the arena!
Every collision unleashed astonishing aftershocks. The hundred-meter-long, hundred-meter-wide Metal Arena twisted, warped, and tore apart beneath them!
Facing Wu Zhangkong's counterattack, the red gleam in Xu Yue's eyes intensified, while an exhilarated smile appeared on his face instead.
"Good! This is what a battle should be!"
His battle with Wu Zhangkong was completely different from his spar with Yang Xiong.
He did not need to hold back, and the destructive urge suppressed in his heart was fully unleashed!
The Lithic Spear Technique in his hands became increasingly fluid and unrestricted.
Not only did he push Spear Intent of Rock to its limit, but he also integrated the Spear Intent of Water he had just comprehended into it.
Its fierce power now carried an unending, pliant force!
Just then, Wu Zhangkong's expression changed!
The ground of the training field suddenly exploded!
Rock Pillars compressed to the absolute limit by gravity burst from the ground like the fangs of giant dragons, biting toward Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin!
Screech!!
Amid piercing sounds of twisting metal, these iron-hard Rock Pillars instantly pierced through the already-deformed Metal Arena!
"Not good! Danger!" Wu Zhangkong's pupils abruptly contracted.
What worried him was not himself, but Tang Wulin behind him!
Soul Rings flashed rapidly on the Sky Frost Sword.
"Sky Frost Slash!"
A several-meter-long icy-blue sword beam swept out, severing the Rock Spear Xu Yue had thrust toward him.
Then, the sword trembled violently, shooting out countless sharp threads of sword energy toward the surrounding rising Rock Pillars.
Screech!
The icy-blue sword threads swept across the Rock Pillars, leaving deep sword marks, yet failed to cut them apart!
"Damn it, why are they so hard?!"
Wu Zhangkong's heart sank.
That was because these Rock Pillars were not elemental constructs. Xu Yue had used Plane Permission Authority to draw upon natural power, then compressed it with gravity until it became as hard as refined steel.
"Frost Ice Whisper!"
Wu Zhangkong hesitated no longer. His fourth Soul Ring shone brilliantly.
The Sky Frost Sword instantly expanded, becoming a massive sword more than ten meters long. With one blow, it cleaved apart the Rock Pillars that the sword threads had struggled to damage.
However, when he caught sight of Tang Wulin's increasingly pale face within the gravity field, Wu Zhangkong grew even more anxious.
"No! I can endure this gravity, but Wulin only has one ring. If this continues, his body will definitely suffer permanent damage..."
"I have to end this quickly!"
As his thoughts raced, Xu Yue's Rock Spear had already condensed again.
At the same time, the Third Soul Ring on his body lit up.
"Azhdaha, water!"
Amid the low murmur, Azhdaha, shaped like a Crocodile Dragon, appeared at Xu Yue's side. Its cold dragon eyes locked firmly onto Wu Zhangkong.
"Roar! Mortal, do not overstep your bounds!"
The next moment.
The phantom of a Giant Blue Water Tree rose behind Xu Yue.
Xu Yue's aura surged once more!
Countless water elements were drawn in, forming visible tornadoes that coiled around Vortex Vanquisher.
"Second Lithic Form, Spiral-Vortex: Vanquisher of Difficulties!"
The spear thrust out!
Like a Black Hole releasing extreme tidal gravity, it frantically tore at everything around it.
The shattered Rock Pillars were like fragments of stars, drawn into the blue-water torrent as it swept toward Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin!
Boom!
The violent Water Tornado instantly swallowed Wu Zhangkong!
But in the next second, a piercing frost sword aura erupted from the center of the Water Tornado.
Wherever the cold passed, the rushing water instantly froze into ice!
Pale blue ice mist spread apart, revealing the figure within.
Wu Zhangkong's face was colder and harder than before, while exquisite armor pieces wreathed in icy-blue light covered the vital parts of his body.
It was his One-Word Battle Armor: Ice.
With the Battle Armor on him, Wu Zhangkong's aura rose steadily.
From a rank sixty-nine Soul Emperor, he instantly surged toward the Soul Douluo level.
An aura of absolute cold mixed with powerful Soul Power pressure swept across the entire area, shaking everyone to the core and making them feel as though they had fallen into an ice cellar.
"A-Yue!!" Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan cried out at the same time, their pretty faces filled with worry.
"What is going on? What exactly happened?!"
The spectators at the scene also descended into panic.
This battle had erupted too quickly and too violently, completely exceeding the limits of their understanding and endurance.
Even Long Hengxu, the dean of students, was like a fallen leaf in a raging storm amid the battle's aftershocks, barely able to keep himself steady.
The Soul Ancestor- and Soul King-level teachers could not even withstand a casual strike from Xu Yue or Wu Zhangkong.
"A Battle Armor Master?"
Faced with the bone-piercing chill and Soul Power pressure rushing toward him, Xu Yue not only did not retreat, but the fighting intent in his eyes blazed even brighter.
"Good! Then let's see whose ice is colder!"
"Xiao Yan!"
At Xu Yue's call, the Ice Staff Martial Soul before Xu Xiaoyan appeared involuntarily.
At that moment, their auras intertwined and resonated with each other!
A chilling cold no weaker than Wu Zhangkong's, perhaps even faintly surpassing it, erupted around Xu Yue.
His aura likewise rose higher and higher.
It was the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Herrscher of Ice.
At this critical moment.
An aged voice filled with furious rage exploded over the training field like thunder:
"Enough! All of you, stop!"
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