Buzz!
An ancient, domineering, supreme aura burst forth!
An icy, bone-piercing dragon might swept across the arena. The howling wind instantly froze beneath its pressure!
A majestic ice-blue dragon forged entirely of ice crystals unfurled behind Li Jiuxuan. Its cold dragon eyes looked down upon every Beast Martial Soul in the world.
Feng Xiaotian felt his whole body stiffen. He could clearly sense an invisible chill suppressing everything about him—his speed, strength, Soul Power, every part of him!
His utterly ferocious Twelve Consecutive Slashes dimmed beneath the dragon might!
"A D-Dragon King!"
Feng Xiaotian hurtled down, and the moment he saw Li Jiuxuan activate his Martial Soul, his eyes flew wide!
This kid's Martial Soul—
Was it actually the Ice Dragon King, with such powerful bloodline strength?
Snow began to whirl across the entire plaza!
What incredible power!
It came with its own domain!
It firmly restrained every target except its master!
"His Martial Soul is the I-Ice Dragon King?"
"W-Wasn't he an agility-type Soul Master?"
"From the looks of it, he's a control-type!"
The entire arena was stunned. No words could express the shock they felt.
Such a breathtaking Martial Soul, such a powerful bloodline!
It was beyond the reach of so many people.
At first, they had even thought he was an agility-type Soul Master!
But when they thought about it more carefully, it was even more terrifying.
He wasn't an agility-type, yet he was faster than the top agility-type prodigy from Godwind Academy!
If he truly showed off the strength of his own specialty, how frightening would that be?
In midair, Feng Xiaotian's face turned deathly pale. An unprecedented panic surged in his heart.
But at this point, he had no way back. He could only grit his teeth, force himself to stay calm, and roar as he unleashed his first slash!
"Twelve Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Demon Wolf—First Slash!"
His Soul Blade became a wolf's claw, shrieking as it tore through the air toward Li Jiuxuan. But before it could reach him, the Ice Dragon King's chill held it back, keeping it from getting close to his body!
Boom!
His slash struck the empty air in front of Li Jiuxuan.
Then came the second slash, the third...
Feng Xiaotian's eyes were bloodshot. He drove his Soul Power to the limit, unleashing twelve continuous strikes without pause. Each one carried the desperate ruthlessness of burning his boats, as azure light filled the sky and he tried to break through the Ice Dragon King's pressure and hit Li Jiuxuan.
But Li Jiuxuan simply hovered in place, the Ice Dragon King phantom moving at his will. The dense ice power formed an impenetrable barrier of frigid air around him.
Feng Xiaotian's strikes landed against it with a series of sharp cracks, sending ripples across the air. The ice power even rebounded against him, making his blood and energy churn.
What left Feng Xiaotian even more desperate was that the speed he had always been proud of seemed utterly insignificant before Li Jiuxuan, empowered by the Ice Dragon King.
Li Jiuxuan shifted lightly. As Feng Xiaotian's final, most powerful strikes came down, he became a streak of ice-blue light and easily dodged every attack.
He moved as casually as if strolling through a courtyard, without the slightest strain!
"Impossible! My speed, my consecutive slashes..."
Feng Xiaotian was completely dumbfounded. He had pushed his Soul Power to the limit and was nearly out of stamina. Even though the Twelve Consecutive Slashes grew more powerful with each strike, by the final few, they were practically useless.
Li Jiuxuan watched him in his sorry state. The Second Soul Ring around him suddenly lit up, its brilliant yellow radiance shining in harmony with the Ice Dragon King phantom.
"Enough. My turn!"
"Second Soul Skill: Ice-Crystal Instant Shadow Kill!"
Before Feng Xiaotian's final slash could even fall, his body was instantly frozen!
It was a bitter cold that could not be resisted. No matter how astonishing the power of his final slash or how deep his Soul Power, he still couldn't withstand the forced restraint of Li Jiuxuan's Soul Skill.
Trapped inside the ice crystal, Feng Xiaotian clenched his teeth, his face filled with unwillingness.
Then Li Jiuxuan became a streak of extreme light, afterimages darting back and forth across the arena.
Each flash carried a razor-sharp edge. His relentless strikes landed on the ice encasing Feng Xiaotian, carving countless cracks across its surface as the biting cold collided with his blade-like attacks.
"That's also twelve consecutive slashes!"
The spectators cried out. They had never seen a Second Soul Skill so powerful.
It had interrupted Feng Xiaotian's Self-Created Soul Skill outright!
And encased his entire body in freezing ice crystals!
To be honest, when the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul appeared, every Beast Martial Soul Soul Master present had trembled.
Everyone had to draw upon their Soul Power just to withstand that ferocious cold!
The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul's pressure was peerless!
It left them feeling powerless!
Twelve fierce strikes flashed past in an instant. The final one carried the force to sweep all before it, smashing into the heart of the ice crystal. A deafening crash rang out as the thick ice burst into countless fragments, and the terrifying impact poured down upon Feng Xiaotian.
His azure Soul Power shattered at once. The Gale Demon Wolf Martial Soul was forcibly driven back into his body, and his Soul Ring dimmed until it was almost transparent. Feng Xiaotian lost every last bit of resistance. Like a kite with its string cut, he crashed heavily onto the arena, kicking up clouds of dust. He lay in a crater, unable to rise, without even the strength to lift a hand.
In truth, Li Jiuxuan had held back. Anyone else would have been left with a full twelve wounds across their body.
Each time a slash was about to touch Feng Xiaotian's body, Li Jiuxuan had withdrawn its force.
Even so, he had sliced Feng Xiaotian's Godwind Academy uniform to ribbons, sending the upper half fluttering through the air like scraps of cloth.
"P-Power Attack System..."
Feng Xiaotian hadn't been seriously injured, but he was utterly exhausted. Covered in dust, he lay in a hollow on the arena and murmured to himself.
Li Jiuxuan slowly descended to the arena. The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul behind him had already returned to his body.
He was only a six-year-old boy, yet the unfathomable pressure he exuded was now deeply etched in the eyes of every spectator.
Everyone fell silent.
At first, they had seen him overwhelm Feng Xiaotian with his speed and assumed he was an agility-type.
But when he revealed his Martial Soul, the whole arena was left unaffected as the winter storm descended, and they had thought he was a control-type.
Now that he had revealed his Second Soul Skill, he was unmistakably a Power Attack System Soul Master!
A Power Attack System Soul Master who outpaced an agility-type and displayed control abilities that astonished even control-types!
And his offensive power had settled the match with a single strike, defeating Feng Xiaotian, hailed as the greatest prodigy in Godwind Academy's history!
This boy who had suddenly appeared from the Skywater Sect was terrifying beyond compare!
"Xiao Jiuxuan, you're amazing!"
Shui Yue'er had appeared at some point. Her bright, lovely voice rang out as she began to applaud. "At this rate, you'll surpass my sister and me soon!"
As soon as she said that, everyone present turned to look at Shui Bing'er.
"..."
If Li Jiuxuan was Shui Bing'er's younger brother,
and he was already so exceptionally gifted,
then how powerful was Shui Bing'er herself?
Aside from the beautiful disciples of the Skywater Sect, no one from Godwind Academy or Blazing Fire Academy dared even think about it!
They had thought today would be a showdown between Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er.
They never expected Feng Xiaotian to be defeated so easily by Li Jiuxuan.
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