Tang San's lips curled into an extremely confident sneer.
"I really did give you too much credit just now."
"Since you're asking for death, I'll grant your wish!"
Just as everyone thought Xue Tianyu was about to be swallowed completely by the Blue Silver Grass, a terrifying moment arrived.
A horrifically cold current burst without warning from within Xue Tianyu.
A phoenix's piercing cry soared straight into the heavens!
Behind Xue Tianyu, a gigantic phantom rose from the ground.
It was an Ice Phoenix, its entire body shimmering with an icy blue glow.
Every feather seemed carved from the purest ice crystal, radiating a sacred, inviolable majesty.
Its wings spread wide, noble, holy, and peerless beneath the heavens!
In that instant, the temperature outside the Great Soul Arena plummeted wildly.
"What kind of Martial Soul is that?!"
Dai Mubai's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets as he stumbled backward in fright.
The White Tiger Martial Soul within him let out a fearful whimper.
It was the purest, absolute suppression, rising from the deepest reaches of his bloodline!
Ma Hongjun, sprawled on the ground, trembled even more violently.
His pride and joy, the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, was now like a barnyard chicken confronted by a true dragon.
The moment the Ice Phoenix appeared, it cowered completely inside him, unable to release even a spark of flame.
"My Evil Fire... it's completely suppressed!"
Ma Hongjun shrieked in terror.
Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were utterly transfixed.
The Ice Phoenix's phantom refracted dreamlike colors beneath the sunlight.
That noble, sacred bearing, paired with Xue Tianyu's otherworldly figure—
It was simply breathtaking.
A powerful sense of admiration rose in all three girls' hearts at once.
This was a true peerless prodigy!
The moment the Ice Phoenix appeared, the protection of Nirvana Ice, unique to Ultimate Ice, burst outward.
The Blue Silver Grass that had wrapped toward him so aggressively—
The instant it touched that layer of extreme cold—
It couldn't even last a second.
"Crack! Crack!"
The crisp sounds of ice forming rang out in rapid succession.
Dozens of incredibly tough strands of Blue Silver Grass turned into brittle icicles in the blink of an eye, freezing from their tips downward.
A breeze swept past.
The frozen Blue Silver Grass shattered in midair, scattering into a storm of glittering ice dust.
It drifted down all around them.
"What?!"
Tang San's face turned as pale as paper.
An intensely frigid aura surged along the Blue Silver Grass connecting them and rushed into his body.
The Mysterious Heaven Skill energy within him came to a complete halt before that cold.
His meridians froze! His Soul Power was sealed!
"What level of frost power is this?!"
Tang San's scalp prickled with terror.
The Blue Silver Grass he prided himself on was more fragile than paper before his opponent's Martial Soul!
This absolute Martial Soul suppression filled him with unprecedented dread.
He couldn't hold back anymore!
Tang San hurriedly retreated, putting distance between them.
At the same time, the second Hundred-Year Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up with a dazzling yellow glow.
"Second Soul Skill, Parasite!"
When he had released the Blue Silver Grass just now, he had already secretly scattered its spores through the air.
Once he activated this Soul Skill, the spores would instantly grow on his opponent and bind him completely.
Tang San stared fixedly at Xue Tianyu, quickly forming a hand seal as he tried to activate his Soul Skill.
However—
One second passed.
Then two.
Not even a single Blue Silver Grass sprout had grown on Xue Tianyu.
"How is this possible?!"
Tang San stared in shock, as though he'd seen a ghost.
He was astonished to discover that the Soul Power circulating around Xue Tianyu flowed as one, without a single flaw.
That extreme protective chill had long since frozen the approaching spores into lifeless husks.
Parasite couldn't take effect at all!
Xue Tianyu brushed at dust that wasn't even there.
He slowly lifted his deep, ancient-well eyes and fixed them on Tang San.
"Are you done with those cheap parlor tricks of yours?"
Xue Tianyu's voice wasn't loud, but every person there heard him clearly.
"Now it's my turn."
Before the words had even faded, the first black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring beneath Xue Tianyu erupted with a dark, soul-shaking glow.
"First Soul Skill."
"Frost Sword Qi!"
There were no flashy movements.
Xue Tianyu merely lifted his right hand with casual ease.
He brought his fingers together like a sword and gave a light sweep toward Tang San from more than a dozen meters away.
"Shh—!"
A massive streak of icy blue sword energy, several meters long, slashed out with a terrifying shriek that seemed to tear through space!
Wherever the sword energy passed, the bluestone paving was instantly gouged into a deep, bottomless trench of frost.
The moisture in the air was sucked away in an instant, condensing into countless sharp ice blades that streaked alongside the sword energy.
Everyone sucked in a breath.
What a terrifying Soul Skill!
Its suffocating, icy pressure seemed capable of cleaving even the soul to pieces.
Facing this strike head-on, Tang San—
In that moment, he truly felt the breath of death!
Xue Tianyu looked down at Tang San, who was kneeling and kowtowing as he admitted his fault.
Since his opponent had already abandoned all dignity and done as told, Xue Tianyu naturally wouldn't give anyone grounds to criticize him.
Xue Tianyu slowly raised his right hand.
His fingertip traced a light line through the air.
A drop of pure, deep azure water took shape at his fingertip.
The droplet radiated an incredibly pure ice-elemental energy.
He flicked his finger.
The droplet became a streak of light and entered Tang San's forehead with unerring precision.
The frigid energy of Nirvana Ice burst through Tang San's meridians.
Like a force sweeping away dead leaves, it coursed through his body.
It cleared all the blood vessels that had been completely frozen.
Then Xue Tianyu abruptly swept his hand back.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
The poisoned Hidden Weapons embedded deep in Tang San's flesh were forcibly pulled out by a powerful suction.
They brought with them several spurts of foul-smelling black blood.
With a few crisp clinks, the Hidden Weapons scattered across the bluestone paving.
The lethal poison clinging to the wounds was also neutralized and purified by the lingering power of Ultimate Ice.
The deadly threat vanished with a casual movement of Xue Tianyu's hand.
The pain rapidly ebbed like a tide.
Tang San's strength left him, and he collapsed to the ground like a limp heap of mud.
He gasped for breath, greedily gulping in the air.
At least he had survived.
But the humiliation burning inside him now was a hundred times worse than the pain he'd felt before! A thousand times worse!
The undisguised, mocking gazes of the onlookers—
They were like dull knives, furiously carving away at his face and pride.
Yu Xiaogang hurried over and helped Tang San up from among the scattered ice shards.
Dai Mubai approached as well, his face flushed red, and helped.
Tang San kept his head bowed.
His disheveled hair obscured most of his face.
No one could see the boundless venom surging in his bloodshot eyes.
The humiliation he suffered today could never be washed away, even with all the waters of three rivers and five lakes!
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