Dense cracks appeared on the ice crystal barrier.
Zhai Zidu groaned, and a severe tingling sensation came from his brain.
He gritted his teeth and activated <Ice Soul Art> to repair the barrier frantically. At the same time, he retreated sharply, trying to distance himself.
But the phantom would not give him a chance to breathe.
Long Spear follows him like a shadow, and the second spear comes.
This shot is faster and more powerful than before!
The spiritual cold light on the tip of the spear is brighter, and the meaning contained in it is also clearer.
That is the new power generated after the initial fusion of the calmness of the mountain and the fierceness of the fire!
Zhai Zidu Pupil constriction.
He no longer retreated, but roared and punched out with both fists!
<Ice Soul Art>; Frost Shatter!
Above the fist, the ice-blue power gathered crazily and turned into two solid fists, blasting towards Long Spear!
This is one of the killing moves in <Ice Soul Art>. It compresses the cold power to the extreme and then explodes instantly. It is powerful enough to freeze Blood and Qi and shatter gold and stone.
Zhai Zidu believes that no matter how strong Xu Wuyi's phantom is, it is impossible to ignore this blow.
However, the next moment, he saw a scene that he would never forget.
Long Spear's spear tip trembled slightly the moment it touched the fist.
Just a slight tremor.
Then, Zhai Zidu felt that the Frostfall fist that he blasted with all his strength seemed to have hit an invisible barrier and began to disintegrate on its own!
Not crushed, but disintegrated.
Just like ice and snow meeting the sun, they naturally melt and dissipate.
"Is this... artistic conception suppression?" Zhai Zidu was horrified.
He has heard that when the true meaning of Martial Artist is understood to a certain extent, it can form a realm of artistic conception and suppress the opponent's true meaning in the domain.
Xu Wuyi's phantom has obviously just been promoted to martial arts master not long ago, how could it be possible...
No time to think.
Long Spear passed through the collapsed fist, and the mental coldness on the tip of the gun suddenly erupted!
This time, Zhai Zidu's will barrier was completely shattered.
He felt as if his brain had been hit by a heavy hammer, his vision went dark, and his consciousness went blank for a brief period.
When he came to his senses, the tip of the spear had already pierced his throat.
Countdown:[02:01]
From the beginning to the end of the battle, exactly fifty-nine seconds passed.
Zhai Zidu froze in place, his whole body cold.
Not the chill of <Ice Soul Art>, but the chill from the heart.
He lost.
The defeat was clean and tidy, without any suspense.
In fact, he felt that the other party was not using all his strength yet.
After all, the phantom is just a simulation. If the phantom really had all the strength of Xu Wuyi at that time, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to survive for thirty seconds.
"The challenge is over."
A cold system prompt sounded.
The phantom retracted its gun, retreated to the front of the base, and returned to a static state.
Zhai Zidu is sent back outside the sensing area.
He stood there and did not move for a long time.
"How do you feel?" Fu Yun walked to him.
Zhai Zidu's virtual body's injuries were quickly repaired, but the mental impact was not so easy to recover from.
"It's very strong." He was silent for a few seconds before speaking slowly, "It's not as amazing as the suppressive power of Senior Sister Hong's phantom, but... it's still terrifyingly strong."
"Of course." Fu Yun said with a smile, "Xu's ability to defeat Hong Nianyi's phantom relies on the explosion after the true meaning is fused. The phantom records mainly this, and other aspects are a little blurry."
"But even so, it's far from what you can compete with now."
Zhai Zidu nodded without refuting.
He looked up at Xu Wuyi's phantom and suddenly asked, "Senior Fu, to what extent is Xu Wuyi... now?"
Fu Yun thought for a while and said, "I don't know, he has been very low-key recently and there is almost no news. He finished playing Departmental Competition at Star Martial last month, but you should be able to guess the result."
"With Star Martial's level, no one can make him take a second shot."
"Does he usually come to Red Star?" Zhai Zidu asked again.
"Occasionally." Fu Yun said, "Xu Di practices very hard, but he often browses Red Star's internal cultivation discussion forum, and occasionally posts to ask questions."
"What, you want to get to know him?"
Zhai Zidu shook his head and nodded again.
"I want to fight him." He said solemnly, "I'm not fighting Phantom, I'm fighting True Person."
"Even if I lose miserably, I still want to experience for myself how big the real gap is."
Fu Yun patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "You are ambitious. But I have to remind you that the tasks that Junior Xu is taking on are very difficult."
"If you want to fight him, you'd better improve your strength first. At least... you have to pass Red Star's Entry Level test first."
Zhai Zidu clenched his fists.
"I will."
At the same time, Star Martial University.
Within Cultivation Room, Xu Wuyi slowly opened his eyes.
There was a fist-sized crystal suspended in front of him. The crystal was translucent, with a pale golden halo flowing inside.
It is "Spirit-Concentrating Crystal Essence" redeemed from the college.
At this time, the light of the crystal soul has dimmed a lot, and the cracks on the surface have also increased a lot.
"The consumption rate is faster than expected." Xu Wuyi thought in his mind, "According to this progress, one crystal soul can only sustain a maximum of sixty hours, maintaining a high concentration of spiritual energy environment, instead of the expected seventy-two hours."
"It seems that <Heart Fire Refining Spirit>'s demand for spiritual energy is much greater than that of ordinary Visualization Method."
However, the effect is also significant.
Xu Wuyi Looking inside Sea of Consciousness, there, the two true meanings of "mountain" and "burn" are more closely integrated.
If it was just two streams that started to meet before, now a small whirlpool has formed at the intersection.
Although there is still a long way to go before complete integration, at least we are heading in the right direction.
He looked at the data panel on the console.
[Life Energy Level: Level 34.1]
[Mental strength: Level 35.6]
Nearly a month has passed since the last competition, Life Energy Level has improved by 1.1 levels, and its mental strength has increased by 1.5 levels.
This speed is terrifying at the martial arts level.
Among them, resources play an indispensable role.
"At this rate, it will be close to level 35 in early February, so it shouldn't be a big problem." Xu Wuyi thought to himself.
He closed the data panel, stood up and walked to the window.
It was already dark outside the window, and there were scattered lights on the campus.
It is already the end of January, winter has not passed yet, and the temperature is very low at night.
Xu Wuyi felt warm all over.
<Hundred Refinements Furnace>'s body-building effect made his body invulnerable to cold and heat.
Coupled with the initial fusion of the true meanings of "mountain" and "burn", Blood and Qi in the body is always in an active state, like earth fire running under the rock formations.
"It's time to go check out Red Star."
He lay down in the connection cabin and his consciousness sank into Battle Net.
Red Star Network, cultivation discussion forum.
Xu Wuyi's consciousness appeared in the private reading room. He called up the interface and browsed the recent posts.
<Discussion on the difficulties in the conversion of "Ice Soul True Intent" and "Frostfall fields">
<Comparison of the pros and cons of seventeen common methods for condensing mental power in the martial arts stage>
<Astral Battlefield Seventh Defense Zone recent battle summary (internal reference version)>
<Second Exploration Report of Ancient Civilization Relics "Falling Star Lake" (Partially Revealed)>
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