Myriad Flower Ice Mirror

Dominating the World's entry-level practice wasn't that quick. Xiao Yi ran into trouble right from the first step.

The core of this battle skill was to incorporate spiritual power. The prerequisite was having a skill to serve as a vessel for that spiritual power. So, to use Dominating the World, Xiao Yi needed a physical attack that could carry his spiritual power—something beyond a basic attack.

He had nothing else...

After practicing for a while, Xiao Yi decided he should develop a set of Self-Created Soul Skills first.

"Maybe I can try some of the ones I remember." He wasn't familiar with light-type skills, but he had a perfect answer in mind for ice-type skills. Those moves were not only powerful, but also incredibly cool—and the latter was the key.

The golden dragon scales on his body faded, replaced by ice-white scales that looked like crystals.

Xiao Yi drew upon his body's instinct for Soul Power Materialization and the Ultimate Ice's absolute control over ice.

The space before him flickered, and Zhao Lan reappeared. A massive Bright Sacred Dragon stood not far away.

"Zhao Lan, attack me. Hold back a little." This was a ten-thousand-year-old true dragon, after all. If she went all out, she could probably send him straight to his grave.

Zhao Lan tilted her enormous head and nodded. Light gathered in her mouth, compressing into a vast mass of energy before she blasted it toward Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi's gaze sharpened. He raised one hand in front of himself, and ice crystals gathered into long diamond shapes. The strips joined together and spun, forming a rotating ice shield before him. The moment the orb of light struck the shield, a tremendous boom rang out, followed by the icy mist of the explosion.

"Cough, cough." Xiao Yi emerged from the icy mist, coughing. The ice shield had just managed to block the orb of light, but then it shattered with a crash.

"So creating a Self-Created Soul Skill really isn't easy." The ice shield he'd just formed was one of the Ice Emperor's signature skills, called Myriad Flower Ice Mirror. But it had only the outward appearance, without the essence. In theory, the move should have blocked that attack with ease, but in practice, it was less effective than simply forming a wall of ice in front of himself.

What Xiao Yi was doing now was essentially recreating Dou Techniques in Douluo Continent using Soul Power, then modifying them into skills better suited to the physique of a Douluo.

The essence of a Dou Technique was a fixed pathway for circulating energy through the meridians. It compressed the power within the body, then mobilized and connected with the power of heaven and earth to unleash an ability.

But Xiao Yi couldn't yet mobilize the so-called power of heaven and earth, so he could only rely on the first method: circulating Soul Power through his meridians to activate a Self-Created Soul Skill.

He had a plan. Now came the practice. Xiao Yi repeatedly tried to form and spin ice crystals in front of himself, shaping them into a circle to imitate Myriad Flower Ice Mirror. At the same time, he devoted part of his attention to recording the pathway his Soul Power followed through his body when he released the Ice Mirror.

Once he had worked out the circulation pathway, all that remained was to compress and release his Soul Power. Under Xiao Yi's precise control, the Ice Mirror before him was no longer assembled from joined ice crystals. Instead, it formed from the inside out, like a spinning kaleidoscope.

Several figures stood quietly in the distance.

"Is that the state of unity between heaven and man? And Ultimate Ice... Could that be the original Nether Cold Ice Python?" Yan Shaozhe exclaimed in amazement.

"He's creating a Self-Created Soul Skill."

Mu En stroked his beard with a chuckle. Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, who had come along to see their junior brother, were both astonished.

"Little Junior Brother's talent is truly monstrous. He's only twelve this year, isn't he?"

Xiao Yi was so immersed in developing his Self-Created Soul Skill that he hadn't noticed the people in the distance.

His body seemed to be quietly resonating with the world around him. The ice attribute scattered through the air flowed into him of its own accord, and Myriad Flower Ice Mirror continued to improve. Even the Frost Sacred Dragon's innate domain skill unfolded on its own, making Xiao Yi seem like a sovereign of ice and snow.

Suddenly, the snow and ice around Xiao Yi stopped drifting, then poured into the Ice Mirror as if summoned.

"Zhao Lan, attack me. This time, use your full strength."

Xiao Yi's eyes snapped open as he called to Zhao Lan in the distance. Already attuned to his thoughts, Zhao Lan had prepared herself. A ball of light gathered in her mouth, and she fired a beam.

Just as before, Xiao Yi raised his right hand. Terrifying cold erupted from him in every direction. First, a tiny ice-white point of light gathered in his palm.

Then the point spun and expanded at incredible speed. Countless ice crystals began spinning, forming a vortex of ice. Myriad Flower Ice Mirror, glinting with biting cold, revolved in his hand, shining brilliantly beneath the glow of the setting sun.

The moment the beam struck Myriad Flower Ice Mirror, it was like a mud ox vanishing into the sea. It failed to stir the slightest ripple on the mirror's surface. Then the Ice Mirror shattered with a crash, and countless ice crystals spun forward, forming a storm of razor-sharp ice.

"Mystic Ice Spin Kill!"

The ice crystals spun at incredible speed, slicing through the air with a grating screech.

After releasing the skill, Xiao Yi's body went limp with exhaustion. His Soul Power was nearly depleted.

With his current Soul Power, he couldn't unleash the follow-up Mystic Ice Spin Kill. He had borrowed the energy from the beam Zhao Lan fired, temporarily sealed it inside the Ice Mirror with Ultimate Ice, then used the spinning force of the explosion to unleash Mystic Ice Spin Kill in one smooth motion.

That attack's power is already on par with a regular Soul Douluo's full-strength strike, Xiao Yi thought. Ultimate Ice was already tremendously powerful, and Zhao Lan's energy had erupted along with it.

Of course, he couldn't unleash such a powerful skill by himself. But it could still serve as a trump card.

Just imagine it: while everyone watched in bafflement, Xiao Yi's Soul Beast attacked him.

Then the man and beast would shout something about friendship and bonds, and unleash a Mystic Ice Spin Kill. The scene was too beautiful to imagine.

Xiao Yi stepped forward and hugged Zhao Lan's head. She nudged into his embrace, nearly knocking him straight to the ground.

"Beautifully done, Zhao Lan." At the same time, Xiao Yi wondered if this counted as another kind of self-inflicted Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Only then did Xiao Yi notice the three figures in the distance.

He was naturally very familiar with Yan Shaozhe and Mu En, but he didn't recognize the middle-aged beauty with long green hair.

"Teacher, Dean Yan." Xiao Yi respectfully bowed to the three as a junior should, then cast a puzzled look at Xian Lin'er.

"Haha, Junior Brother, you don't have to call me Dean Yan anymore. Just call me Senior Brother. This is Xian Lin'er, another of Teacher's disciples. You can call her Senior Sister." Yan Shaozhe smiled at Xiao Yi.

"Senior Sister." At his words, Xiao Yi bowed to Xian Lin'er.

"Junior Brother, this is Senior Sister's welcome gift to you. Take it." Xian Lin'er smiled as she helped Xiao Yi up and placed a Soul Tool in his hand.

"It's a seventh-grade triggered Defensive Soul Tool. Though after seeing your Self-Created Soul Skill just now, it seems rather useless." Xian Lin'er smiled as she held it out. Xiao Yi wasn't foolish enough to say anything else; he thanked her and accepted it.

"Xiao Yi, you'll continue studying in the Outer Academy for now. Once your cultivation is sufficient, you can join the Inner Academy." After the three had exchanged pleasantries for a while, Mu En finally got down to business. He had naturally given Xiao Yi's arrangements careful thought. Though Xiao Yi was powerful, he was still young. Students in the Inner Academy had to carry out missions to hunt down Evil Soul Masters, and Mu En wouldn't feel comfortable sending Xiao Yi on them.

"As for the Outer Academy, the Academy has already arranged the resources of an Inner Academy disciple for you. You can also move straight to Sea God Island if you want to." Yan Shaozhe handed him a pass for the Inner Academy. He was clearly plotting away with great enthusiasm. He could just put Xiao Yi next to Ma Xiaotao, and then, hehe...

"Then thank you, Senior Brother." Xiao Yi cupped his hands. As for whether he'd move to Sea God Island, since no one was forcing him, he could simply go if he wanted.

After Mu En gave Xiao Yi some more pointers on cultivation, the three of them vanished from the spot. Seeing that it was gradually getting dark, Xiao Yi slowly rose and left as well.