Shui Xinhan's Might

"If Tang San at level fifty-nine can defeat a Titled Douluo with forty percent soul power, then I, possessing the Sky Azure Bull Python soul ring and soul bone, have a power configuration that far exceeds his. Although the Dean's strength is not inferior to a Titled Douluo, I must force out her Martial Soul Avatar to consider this a success!"

"Yun Tao's fourth soul ring is definitely more than a thousand years old! The intensity of that attack just now could only be achieved by a Soul Sage unleashing their sixth soul skill!"

Shui Xinhan's mind stirred, and eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—manifested around her.

Immediately following, the first soul ring at her feet flared brilliantly.

"First soul skill! Ice Dragon Roar!"

A dragon's roar resonated throughout the entire Skywater Academy; the members of the Skywater Team covered their ears, only recovering their composure under the protection of several Soul Sage teachers.

As for Su Yun Tao, who was the primary target of Shui Xinhan's focus, his ears felt as if they were being torn apart.

Is this a dragon's roar? It's absolutely deafening. Su Yun Tao focused his mind intensely; facing an opponent like Shui Xinhan, he had no room to slack off!

High in the air, the Ice Dragon spread its wings again and dove down. With a boom, Su Yun Tao channeled his soul power to its limit to face the attack, the aura of his Gale Two-Headed Wolf Martial Soul surging as he pushed his first soul skill to the extreme.

As the smoke cleared, a crater over five meters in diameter appeared on the ground. Shui Xinhan frowned, for Su Yun Tao, having greatly increased his mobility, had once again evaded her attack.

"Fifth soul skill! Demon Wolf Storm!" Su Yun Tao roared, pouring his full level sixty soul power into his fifth soul ring.

His fifth soul ring originated from a fifty-thousand-year-old Storm Bird. Although his soul power was far inferior to Shui Xinhan's, this ring—aside from her eighth—was likely higher in age than even her seventh soul ring!

In an instant, countless tornadoes formed around Su Yun Tao. After dodging Shui Xinhan's attack, he launched a perfect counterstrike!

"Awoo!" The Ice Dragon let out a mournful cry. Under the assault of the Demon Wolf Storm, Shui Xinhan, caught off guard, suffered multiple wounds from the wind blades, and the Ice Dragon was blown backward.

The members of the Skywater Academy watched in stunned silence. They truly could not imagine that a mere five-ring Soul King like Su Yun Tao could reduce the peerless expert in their hearts to such a state!

"Brother Tao, is he even human?" Shui Yue'er murmured.

Shui Bing'er looked at the incredibly familiar figure before her, ripples forming in her heart. Bing'er, Brother Tao is a monster!

After being blown back over a thousand meters, Shui Xinhan finally steadied herself. With her strength, it was naturally impossible for her to be in such a sorry state; she had simply wanted to experience the full power of Su Yun Tao's fifth soul skill.

Impossible! For such power to be unleashed with Soul King-level soul power, the soul ring itself must be nearly one hundred thousand years old! Shui Xinhan felt her scalp tingle, a chill running down her spine.

In truth, although Su Yun Tao only had level sixty soul power, his physical constitution surpassed that of a Soul Sage. Simply put, his base attack power was high, which was why a fifty-thousand-year fifth soul skill could produce the effect of an eighty or ninety-thousand-year one.

Likewise, his ninety-year first soul skill, Demon Wolf Acceleration, appeared to be a formidable century-level skill due to Su Yun Tao's extraordinary innate speed.

"Yun Tao!" Shui Xinhan said in a deep voice. "Your strength far exceeds your level. I have never truly understood you from the very beginning!"

Su Yun Tao smiled. "Dean, everyone has their own secrets, and now I am willing to reveal a portion of mine to you."

"Haha." Shui Xinhan laughed heartily. "Yun Tao, I am also willing to let you see my true strength."

Before her words had even faded, the fifth soul ring at Shui Xinhan's feet suddenly lit up.

"Fifth soul skill! Bloodthirsty Ice!"

In an instant, a red light radiated from Shui Xinhan's entire body; this was the hallmark of her combat power being fully restored.

The red-eyed Ice Dragon let out a series of high-pitched roars, making the scalps of the Skywater Team members below tingle.

"Teacher! Please show mercy!" Shui Bing'er shouted hurriedly. Although she knew that in her memories her teacher never got angry, she couldn't help but worry seeing the current situation.

"Don't worry, Bing'er. I can feel that your Brother Tao still has trump cards left. Today, I want to see exactly what kind of monster he is!"

Watching Shui Xinhan's aura and combat power rise crazily, the fighting spirit in Su Yun Tao's heart surged forth.

"Good! Dean, today let me see just how high Titled Douluo-level combat power truly is!"

Before Su Yun Tao finished speaking, the lightning power on the Gale Two-Headed Wolf climbed steadily as he fully activated Thunder Possession, one of the two major skills granted by the Sky Azure Bull Python soul ring.

Having activated Thunder Possession, Su Yun Tao chose to confront Shui Xinhan's overwhelming pressure head-on.

The Ice Dragon in the sky and the Two-Headed Wolf on the ground stood in sharp opposition. Everyone from Skywater, including the several Soul Sages, felt a deep sense of dread—the feedback from the collision of their two auras.

Shui Xinhan's eyes narrowed, the shock in her heart no longer concealable.

With a mere five soul rings, he can actually stand toe-to-toe with my Ice Dragon. Could his soul rings be...

The next moment, Shui Xinhan moved, and her fourth soul ring flashed rapidly.

"Fourth soul skill, Ice Needle Pillar!"

"Awooo!" The Gale Two-Headed Wolf let out an angry roar as countless tiny ice spikes erupted from the ground out of thin air.

Damn it, the Dean's fourth soul skill is too underhanded.

Facing the abrupt ice needles, the caught-off-guard Su Yun Tao clearly suffered a major loss. Before he could continue to lament, Shui Xinhan moved again!

"Sixth soul skill! Heaven-Extinguishing Frost!" Shui Xinhan cried out, pushing her level eighty-seven soul power to the limit.

In an instant, the winds and clouds over the entire Skywater Academy shifted.

Behind the Ice Dragon, countless ice blades formed of frost aimed directly at Su Yun Tao in the center of the soul fighting arena.

"Yun Tao, can you take this?" Shui Xinhan asked with a smile.

"I can try!" Su Yun Tao replied calmly.

"Good!"

The next moment, countless ice blades carrying an aura of destruction descended upon Su Yun Tao, leaving the members of Skywater trembling.

Facing an attack of such immense power, Su Yun Tao's heart, conversely, began to grow calm.

"The Dean is a veteran of combat; with my legs already damaged and my mobility severely compromised, it is impossible for me to dodge such a large-scale destructive spirit ability!"

"Since that is the case, then let me see just how powerful an attack at the Titled Douluo level truly is!"

Su Yun Tao's eyes erupted with a fanatical glow as his third spirit ring suddenly flared to life beneath his feet.

"Third spirit ability, Nirvana Thunder!"

In an instant, countless ice blades collided with the thunder filling the sky, igniting the most brilliant sparks in the hearts of everyone from Tianshui.