With a thunderous boom, Ling Yun and Shui Bing'er collided. Another rumble rang out across the sky, and the two of them were sent stumbling backward!
Although his cultivation was still inferior to Shui Bing'er's, with Huo Qingyang's boost, Ling Yun had managed to fight her to a standstill.
Meanwhile, as the two battled fiercely, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang led the Blazing Academy students in driving the Skywater Academy team back step by step.
Though they were at an elemental disadvantage, Huo Wu had instantly defeated Yu Hairou with her Ring Fusion talent, turning the tide. She then went on to defeat the rest of the Skywater Academy team.
Seeing that Skywater Academy was about to lose, Shui Bing'er could no longer afford to fight Ling Yun. She immediately flew toward Xue Wu and called out,
"Xue Wu, use Ice Snow Flutter!"
"Okay!"
As soon as the words left her mouth, the two girls clasped hands. A blue light shot into the sky, and with the two of them at its center, heavy snow began to fall. Crystal-clear snowflakes drifted down from above.
Snow by itself wouldn't have been much of a problem, but each flake was as sharp as a blade. They sliced through the air and hurtled toward Huo Wu and the others at tremendous speed.
Hearing the snowflakes whistle through the air, Huo Wu's alarm bells rang. She hurriedly shouted,
"Everyone, gather around me! We'll work together to evaporate every last snowflake. Huo Qingyang, make sure you boost us!"
As she spoke, Huo Wu used Ring Fusion again.
Though she was facing Ice Snow Flutter for the first time, she had a premonition that this Martial Soul Fusion Skill was devastatingly powerful.
After all, Shui Bing'er had reached thirty-ninth level Soul Power, and Xue Wu had reached thirty-eighth. How could the Martial Soul Fusion Skill they unleashed together possibly be weak?
As her thoughts raced, her three Soul Rings fused perfectly. She then unleashed a wave of heat at the incoming snowflakes.
Boom!
In an instant, a wave of heat surged skyward!
With Huo Wu giving it her all, the sharp snowflakes melted before they could hit her.
Seeing this, Shui Bing'er launched an even more ferocious attack. Snow swept toward Huo Wu in an endless torrent, and Huo Wu's Soul Power rapidly dwindled.
"Big Sis Huo Wu!"
Ling Yun gave a sharp shout and flew toward Huo Wu, the Five Spirit Lock in his hand glowing once more.
"Five Spirits Power, transform!"
Ling Yun's third Soul Ring flickered faintly. In the next instant, he transformed into the Stone Armor Bear, the form with the strongest defense. His huge body crashed down from above, smashing a deep pit into the arena before planting itself in front of Huo Wu and the Blazing Academy students.
Thud, thud, thud...
Countless blade-like snowflakes struck his body with sharp cracks, but the Stone Armor Bear's defenses were astonishing. The flakes couldn't hurt him at all.
"Big Sis Huo Wu, hide behind me. I'll take care of these weightless snowflakes."
At his words, Huo Wu immediately felt much more at ease. Confident in Ling Yun, she smiled. "That's right. Your Stone Armor Bear has incredible defense."
Unlike Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er knitted her brows and murmured, "He turned into a bear again? Does he have an earth-element Soul Skill too? What exactly is his Martial Soul?
No, now's not the time to think about that. These snowflakes clearly can't hurt them. If so, I have no choice but to use my trump card!"
With that, Shui Bing'er abruptly released her Soul Power and infused a trace of her Martial Soul Origin into the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Ice Snow Flutter changed form. The sky stopped snowing, and all the snowflakes gathered together, coalescing into a gigantic Ice Phoenix nearly seven meters long!
"Wh-what is that?"
Huo Wu gaped at the Ice Phoenix. Ling Yun, however, furrowed his brows and thought,
So this is Ice Snow Flutter's second form?
Ice Snow Flutter had two forms. The first was the sharp snowflakes from before, which could damage enemies over a wide area but lacked power. It was a skill meant to attack multiple targets.
The second was this. Once Shui Bing'er released her Martial Soul Origin, Ice Snow Flutter transformed into a gigantic Ice Phoenix that glided toward its enemy and smashed into them—a devastating attack against a single target.
Seeing that the sharp snowflakes couldn't hurt Ling Yun, Shui Bing'er had resolutely used her strongest skill.
Just then, Ling Yun said, "Big Sis Huo Wu, stay behind me. I'll block this attack!"
"What?!"
Huo Wu's face changed dramatically. She cried out, "Can you do that alone? Shouldn't I help you?"
"There's no need. Don't forget, you're not the only one at Blazing Academy who can use Ring Fusion."
Ling Yun smiled, the corners of his mouth lifting. Three Soul Rings shot into the sky and swiftly merged into one.
Among the Five Elements, wood generated fire, and fire generated earth. After three months of practice, Ling Yun could now fuse three Soul Rings perfectly.
The fused Soul Ring had now reached a terrifying five thousand years.
Seeing the dazzling purple Soul Ring, Shui Bing'er's expression changed in an instant. She cried out, "He can use Ring Fusion too!"
Though utterly astonished, she had already notched the arrow on the bowstring and had no choice but to go through with it. Together with Xue Wu, she controlled the Ice Phoenix as it charged toward Ling Yun.
At the same time, as the Soul Ring flickered, pure Earth Spirit Power gathered in Ling Yun's arms. He let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth!
"Stone Armor Bear's ultimate move: Savage Bear Fury!"
Ling Yun slammed his arms together. In an instant, a series of sturdy Earth Spikes burst from the ground, thrusting toward the gigantic Ice Phoenix like a volley of sharp spears.
Among the Five Elements, earth overcame water. Though the Ice Phoenix Shui Bing'er had created wielded icy power capable of freezing all things, it was helpless against the Earth Spikes Ling Yun had made.
Normally, frozen soil only became harder. Shui Bing'er's icy power would actually make Savage Bear Fury even more powerful!
As the Ice Phoenix slammed into the roaring Earth Spikes, a thunderous boom erupted between heaven and earth.
The two immensely powerful Soul Skills collided, unleashing a fierce, domineering pressure that swept outward like a gale. Ling Yun and Shui Bing'er stood right at the center of the storm!
In the end, the shock wave blasted Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu out of the arena, eliminating them completely. Ling Yun, meanwhile, kept staggering backward until he reached the edge of the arena.
The Stone Armor Bear weighed far more than Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu together. It wasn't so easily swept away by a gale.
Even so, after blocking Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's full-powered attack, Ling Yun had exhausted all his Soul Power and had no choice but to end his transformation.
On the other side, seeing Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu both fall out of the arena, Huo Wu beamed with delight and immediately gave the order. "Bing'er has been eliminated! Let's attack together and defeat them!"
Before she had even finished speaking, Huo Wu charged straight at the Skywater Academy team.
Thanks to her Ring Fusion talent, Huo Wu eliminated the opposing team with ease. The match came to an end, and the referee announced the result at once.
"I hereby announce: the winner of the first match is Blazing Academy!"
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