Martial Spirit Is Ambition, Bloodshed Is the Ladder of Progress

"Stop arguing. The score between humans and Soul Beast can't be settled in a few words."

Ye Qing waved his hand, directly interrupting the debate between Ice Empress and Snow Empress about the future.

Ice Empress snorted coldly and turned his head to the side.

"I have no interest in arguing with these short-lived humans."

Some ideas are so deeply ingrained that no one can convince anyone else.

Ye Qing didn't care. He came to Skywater City simply to see the local specialties.

"Let's go, I'll take you to a lively place."

Ye Qing took a step forward and walked towards the Tianshui Great Soul Arena.

If you want to understand the Soul Master of a place, the Soul Fighting Arena is undoubtedly the best place to go.

As the most important hub city on the edge of the Far North, Skywater City's Soul Fighting Arena is magnificent, with an overall deep blue color and a chilling aura.

As soon as you step through the gate, you are greeted by a series of frenzied roars.

"Kill him! Go, Frost Swordsman!"

"Water-attribute Soul Master have the strongest control!"

The stands were packed with enthusiastic spectators, their cheers almost lifting the roof off.

Ye Qing observed the battle unfolding on the arena.

The two combatants on the field are wielding ice spears and manipulating water to create giant waves.

Looking around,

On almost all of the dozens of arenas in the entire Great Soul Arena, Soul Master with Water and Ice attributes were Soul Fighting.

Fire and earth attributes are rare here.

"It truly is a holy land for water-ice Soul Master."

Ye Qing chuckled softly and leaned against the railing of the spectator stand.

"They treat the life-and-death struggles of their own kind as entertainment, and even cheer for it."

"These people are disgusting."

Ice Empress's tone was filled with undisguised disgust.

Snow Empress frowned almost imperceptibly.

"Humans are more inclined to glorify violence and bloodshed than we imagine."

"This race is indeed more dangerous than the Soul Beast of the Far North."

Ye Qing listened to their complaints calmly.

"This is hardly a bad habit."

"The law of the jungle prevails over the weak; this applies to all realms."

"Humans' martial spirit shows that this race has ambition; if they lacked courage, they wouldn't be far from extinction."

Ice Empress curled their lip. "You're full of twisted logic."

Just then, a dazzling icy blue light suddenly appeared on the main arena.

The host's loud voice resonated throughout the venue through the Amplifying Soul Tool.

"Next up is Skywater Academy's most dazzling genius!"

"The Ice Phoenix, Shui Bing'er, who has won eighteen consecutive games!"

The entire stadium erupted in deafening screams.

"Shui Bing'er! Shui Bing'er!"

"The Far North, the invincible Ice Phoenix!"

Ye Qing's gaze shifted slightly, landing on the center of the arena.

A slender, tall figure slowly walked onto the arena.

The girl had long, deep blue hair that cascaded down her back like a waterfall, her skin was as white as snow, and her eyes were clear and resolute.

Most striking of all is the enormous, ghostly figure that rises from the ground behind her.

It was an ice-blue phoenix spreading its wings, its feathers crystal clear, and it stirred up a biting cold wind as it circled.

Two yellow and one purple, three optimally configured Soul Ring, slowly rose and fell beneath the girl's feet.

"Ice Phoenix..."

A look of realization flashed across Ye Qing's eyes.

In the original Douluo Continent novel, there is Shui Ice Phoenix, the captain of the Skywater Team, who is also Shui Bing'er.

"This girl is interesting," Ye Qing muttered to himself.

Ice Empress let out a disdainful sneer, "Huh? You dare call yourself the Ice Phoenix with that?"

"They haven't even touched the threshold of Ultimate Ice; they've utterly disgraced the Phoenix Clan!"

Ice Empress, as the first person after Snow Empress to use ice, is extremely picky about ice elements.

In her eyes, any ice attribute that hasn't reached the Ultimate Ice level is rubbish.

Ye Qing released his mental energy and carefully sensed the energy fluctuations emanating from Shui Bing'er.

"Her ice element purity is indeed not at the Ultimate Ice."

"However, among ordinary Soul Master, this is already considered quite powerful."

"Pity..."

Ye Qing shook his head.

"What's a pity?"

Ice Empress asked casually.

"Unfortunately, this ice element is too violent."

Ye Qing looked at Shui Bing'er, who was about to engage in combat, and analyzed the situation in a low voice.

"Her physique seems unable to withstand the burst of power from the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul."

"If she were to forcefully unleash her full power, the raging ice element would first damage her own meridians."

"The risk of it getting out of control is extremely high."

At this moment, the battle on the arena had already begun.

Shui Bing'er's opponent was a Soul Ancestor of level 40 or above, wielding a large ice crystal hammer and exuding a menacing aura.

Shui Bing'er's expression was cold and stern as her First Soul Ring lit up.

"Ice Seal!"

An aura of extreme cold instantly spread, freezing the opponent inside a massive block of ice.

The movements were clean and efficient, without the slightest hesitation.

The audience in the stands erupted in another tsunami of cheers.

However, Ye Qing noticed that Shui Bing'er's fingers, which were hanging at her sides, trembled slightly after she released her Soul Skill.

Clearly, she wasn't having an easy time.

The Snow Empress also noticed Ye Qing's unusual attention to Shui Bing'er.

A cold voice echoed in Ye Qing's mind, "Do you know that human girl with the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul?"

Snow Empress was somewhat curious.

Ye Qing was indifferent to everyone else, but now he stared at a three-ring Soul Elder for a long time.

Ye Qing smiled slightly, "I don't know her, I've only heard her name before, and it seems somewhat familiar."

He silently complained to himself.

I can't exactly say I knew about this girl from the original novel, can I?

There was indeed no real interaction between him and Shui Bing'er.

It's nothing more than that before I transmigrated, I was a reader and had read about the Skywater Team in a book.

Seeing Ye Qing's response, Snow Empress did not press the matter further.

She has no understanding of social relationships in the human world, nor does she care about the past of these people.

"This woman's Martial Soul has a flaw; if it isn't resolved, she won't be able to unleash her full potential," the Snow Empress commented calmly.

Skywater City Great Soul Arena.

On the main central arena, a raging, frigid blue aura swept across the arena.

The moisture in the air was forcibly sucked out.

It turned into countless shards of ice crystals flying everywhere.

Across the arena.

A burly, Berserk Bear Soul Master stood with his arms tightly crossed in front of his chest.

His third Soul Ring shone brightly with purple light.

A layer of hard, defensive rock armor quickly solidified on the thick bear fur surface.

He tried to withstand the onslaught of frost.

Unfortunately, all of this was in vain.

Deep blue frost spread wildly down his feet.

In the blink of an eye.

The cold penetrated straight to the bone marrow.

The Berserk Bear Soul Master didn't even have time to unleash his next Soul Skill.

He was sealed inside a giant ice crystal coffin, about ten feet tall, and frozen solid, becoming an immobile statue.

The outcome is decided!

The referee raised his right hand.

A voice cracking with excitement echoed throughout the arena, "The winner Shui Bing'er from the Skywater Academy!"

"Oh!"

"Shui Bing'er! Shui Bing'er!"

"Skywater Academy! Skywater Academy!"

A tsunami of cheers erupted from the stands.

The gamblers betting on the Skywater Academy's victory grew louder and louder.