Crossing Douluo: No One Masters Balancing Better Than Me

Suddenly being invited to join the Skywater Team.

"..."

Su Hui did not answer immediately.

Seeing his silence, Shui Furong hurriedly added, "Your age is just right, and your martial soul has been cultivated to a quite impressive level; you fully meet the standards for joining the team."

"After joining the Skywater Team, you can obtain the highest-spec resources available to academy team members, and—"

She emphasized her tone, tossing out her biggest bargaining chip: "Four years from now, it will be the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament."

"You should have heard of this competition, right?"

"It is the top-tier event that all advanced soul master academies on the entire continent participate in, and it is the stage where countless genius soul masters make a name for themselves."

"The Skywater Team needs a soul master with potential like you, and you should also need a platform that allows you to shine brilliantly, right?"

These words were sincere and earnest, devoid of any airs of an academy dean, sounding more like an elder discussing matters in good faith.

Su Hui had actually anticipated that Shui Furong would bring this up.

Given his cultivation and age, joining the Skywater Team was a logical progression.

But his concerns lay elsewhere.

"Dean, I have a question."

He spoke slowly, his words carrying the traces of careful consideration, "As far as I know, a soul master team can only field seven people at most in a soul fight."

"The Skywater Team currently has Xue Wu and the others, which makes exactly a seven-person lineup."

"If I join, it becomes eight people, and someone will inevitably be pushed to the substitute bench because of my arrival."

"I don't want to cause original core members to lose their chance to compete because of me."

"This..."

Shui Furong's expression froze, the long speech she had prepared stuck in her throat.

She had not expected Su Hui to consider this issue.

If it were any other young genius, hearing an invitation to the Continental Elite Tournament, they would likely have agreed immediately, never caring about anyone else's position.

Shui Bing'er stood to the side, a strange light flashing in her ice-blue eyes.

She suddenly gained a deeper understanding of Su Hui's character.

She greatly admired Su Hui for being able to consider things in this way.

Seeing the look of difficulty on Shui Furong's face, and knowing that the dean truly found it hard to choose, Su Hui took the initiative to speak: "Dean, how about this—I will join the Skywater Team, but as a substitute member."

"We will train as usual, and during official matches, we can flexibly adjust the lineup based on the opponent's situation."

"The seven seniors' lineup will remain unchanged, and I will simply fill in at critical moments."

Shui Furong's eyes lit up.

"A substitute?"

She chewed on the word, finding it more brilliant the more she pondered it.

"Good! This plan is excellent!"

It not only preserved the original synergy and lineup of the Skywater Team but also increased tactical flexibility.

"Little Su, for you to consider the team like this, I thank you on behalf of those girls."

"Dean, you are too kind."

Su Hui smiled.

He thought to himself that this didn't have much to do with considering the team.

It was purely because he didn't want to be a starter.

It's not like he would need to be on the field for every single soul fight, right?

That would be far too troublesome.

With that time, he would rather spend it researching Soul Tools.

He had always been obsessed with powerful Battle Armor, after all.

Shui Bing'er suddenly spoke up: "How will the cultivation resources for a substitute be calculated?"

"Of course, the same as the official members!"

Shui Furong waved her hand grandly, "Not only the same, but Little Su's share will be increased by an additional twenty percent."

"Since Little Su took a step back voluntarily, we cannot treat him unfairly."

She patted Su Hui on the shoulder, her spirits high: "Alright, now that the serious business is finished, let's begin the test."

"Little Su, show me your strongest capabilities."

"As the dean, I must know exactly how much talent our new Skywater Team member truly has!"

Inside the Sea of Consciousness, the Ice Empress lazily rolled over.

"Little one, go ahead."

"Let these human females see exactly how much weight the person chosen by This Empress carries."

Before the test began.

Shui Bing'er loosened her wrists, her ice-blue hair swaying gently with her movements.

"Su Hui, don't hold back."

Her tone was so serious that it didn't sound like a test meant to stop at the point of contact.

"I've wanted to experience that special Ultimate Ice of yours for a long time."

"Today, I finally have the chance; I want to see just how strong you really are."

As she spoke, pure competitive spirit burned in the depths of her eyes.

Both were at level 36 soul power.

She possessed the top-tier Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

Among ice-attribute soul masters of the same level, she had never encountered a true rival.

But Su Hui was different.

The Ultimate Ice this guy obtained through a fortuitous encounter was a power so formidable that even her mother said she had never seen its like before.

Su Hui nodded noncommittally: "Rest assured, I will use my third soul skill."

"Hm?"

Shui Bing'er was slightly taken aback.

She hadn't expected Su Hui to agree so decisively.

Deep within the Sea of Consciousness, Ice Empress rolled over lazily: "Little one, you aren't actually planning to use Extreme Ice Differentiation to bully a little girl, are you?"

"Using a 50,000-year soul skill against someone of the same level—aren't you afraid people will say you won unfairly if word gets out?" Her tone was full of anticipation for a good show.

Su Hui twitched the corner of his mouth in his heart.

"It's just a test, not a life-or-death battle."

"It's the perfect opportunity to test my third soul skill. I'll manage the degree of force; I won't actually hurt her."

"Tsk, and you say you aren't bullying her."

"With Xiao Bing here, you hitting a soul master of the same level is no different from a steel hammer smashing tofu."

Ice Empress didn't say anything more.

But judging by the fluctuations coming from the Sea of Consciousness, she was clearly looking forward to the show about to unfold.

Shui Furong retreated to the edge of the Soul Fighting Arena.

After standing still and taking a deep breath, she raised her hand and made a downward chopping motion.

"Soul fight, begin!"

The moment her voice fell, a blinding ice-blue light erupted from Shui Bing'er's body.

Two yellow and one purple soul ring spiraled up from beneath her feet.

Immediately following, a clear and lingering phoenix cry rang out across the entire training ground.

A pair of crystalline ice-crystal wings unfurled behind her back.

Every feather was condensed from pure ice elements, refracting colorful light spots under the sunlight.

Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, Possession.

Shui Bing'er's pupils turned ice-blue.

Faint ice-crystal patterns emerged on the surface of her skin.

The temperature of the surrounding air plummeted.

The water vapor on the ground condensed into frost flowers at a speed visible to the naked eye, spreading in all directions.

"Su Hui, release your Martial Soul!"

Her voice carried a metallic, cold texture due to the Martial Soul Possession.

Su Hui did not make her wait long.

Silver light flashed.

An ice-attribute aura, even purer and more domineering than Shui Bing'er's, rose from Su Hui's body.

His hair rapidly turned silver-white starting from the roots.

Silver light ignited in his pupils, and instead of ice-crystal patterns, fine, dense silver dragon scales emerged on his skin.

Shui Furong's brow twitched violently.

"Silver Dragon King Martial Soul... every time I see it, I find it incredible."

Then, she saw Su Hui's soul rings.

Purple, black, black!

Two ten-thousand-year spirit rings spiraled up from beneath Su Hui's feet.

The corner of Shui Furong's eye twitched even more violently.

"It's still shocking no matter how many times I see it; what a little monster."

Su Hui raised his right hand, the power of Ultimate Ice condensing frantically in his palm, causing the surrounding air to emit crisp cracking sounds as it froze.

His lips moved, spitting out four words: "Extreme Ice Differentiation."

His third spirit ring flashed.

A dense icy mist exploded from his body.

The aura of Ultimate Ice spread outward as if it were a physical substance.

Under the shocked gazes of the two, the icy mist rapidly contracted and condensed, outlining a complete human silhouette in front of Su Hui.

The outline solidified rapidly.

Silver-white hair, skin covered in silver scales, and facial features identical to Su Hui's.

A clone composed of Ultimate Ice stood on the training ground, radiating a heart-stopping chill from its entire body.

The ice man had no breath and no body temperature.

Yet, as it stood there, Shui Bing'er felt as if she were facing a dormant, humanoid beast.

"Is this the spirit skill brought by a fifty-thousand-year spirit ring?"

She clenched her fists, the shock in her heart transforming into an even more intense fighting spirit.

"Good, very good; only then does this test have any value!"

Her fighting spirit was completely ignited.