Xu Yue: Little Fire Dragon, it's time to eat the Cliffbreaker Sword

The azure gale lifted Gu Yue's slender figure, allowing her to look down at Xu Yue from above.

A faint smile appeared on her usually cool face.

"Xu Yue, you can't leave the ground, can you?"

"Or rather, once you leave the ground, the effect of that immovable-as-a-mountain soul skill of yours disappears."

"Looks like you observed quite carefully these past few days." Xu Yue nodded and admitted, "Just as you said, once Rock Sovereign Body leaves the ground, its effects are greatly reduced."

"But if you think flying up means you can defeat me, you're making things far too simple."

"Oh? Then I'd like to see!"

The moment Gu Yue finished speaking, her two jade-like hands swept through the air.

The raging wind that had filled the sky rapidly merged with the blazing flames burning in her hands.

In an instant, it transformed into a scorching fire tornado that swept down toward Xu Yue below.

"Windfire Wildfire!!"

Boom!

Under the blazing heat, even the metal arena began to glow faintly red.

"Elemental fusion? The wind is feeding the flames—this girl is so strong!"

"That's right. This attack feels no weaker than the fourth soul skill of some Soul Ancestors."

"Is this what a Grand Soul Master with a thousand-year soul ring is capable of?!"

As Gu Yue fused the two basic elements of wind and fire, the spectators immediately cried out in alarm.

Even from so far away, the searing heat rolled toward them in waves, scorching their cheeks.

However.

Gu Yue, who was using this move, was not as relaxed as the spectators. Instead, her expression grew solemn as she stared downward.

Xu Yue, standing at the center of the fire tornado, still maintained his previous posture, holding the Vortex Vanquisher in one hand as he quietly watched her.

The crystalline Jade Shield emitted a faint golden glow, completely blocking out the heat and damage.

"Your shield is actually this tough?!"

"Actually, I'm tougher than my shield." Xu Yue smiled, then his expression sharpened. "Watch out!"

Before his words had even faded, Gu Yue felt danger surge through her heart and instinctively used the space element to teleport.

Buzz!

A streak of golden light grazed past her shoulder.

Gu Yue appeared elsewhere, still shaken.

That was... Xu Yue's spear?

"My rock spears can be formed at will, but how many times can you use teleportation?"

As he spoke, another three to five rock spears shot into the sky as golden streaks of light.

Their momentum, as though they could pierce through anything, was nearly comparable to shells fired by third- or fourth-grade soul-guided cannons.

For a time, Gu Yue could only abandon the more powerful fusion of wind and fire elements, releasing fireballs and wind blades during the gaps between spatial shifts.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Golden light flashed again and again, piercing through countless wind blades and fireballs.

Yet amid flashes of silver light, they only grazed past her.

This kind of battle left Xu Yue rather helpless. He could not feel the slightest enjoyment from fighting.

"Since that's the case, let's end this early."

He glanced at the other two battles not far away.

Protected by the Jade Shield, Wei Xiaofeng looked like a berserker who had activated a frenzy skill. He made no attempt at defense and simply pressed Xie Xie with relentless attacks.

Even when Xie Xie used his second soul skill to counterattack, it was still useless. He could not shake the Jade Shield in the slightest.

Meanwhile, the battle between Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin was equally one-sided.

With both Ice Staff and Star Staff forms, Xu Xiaoyan possessed considerable combat strength as well.

Wherever the ice wheels passed, Blue Silver Grass snapped apart one after another.

Even if Tang Wulin managed to charge close with his forging hammer, he still could not disturb that thin layer of golden light.

The weight of rock was reassuring!!

Xu Yue withdrew his gaze and smiled at Gu Yue in the sky.

"Gu Yue, do you know? The fate of every little fire dragon flying in the sky is already decided once it gets shot down."

"What?"

Gu Yue froze for a moment as she dodged the rock spears.

What little fire dragon? Could he have discovered my identity?

Before she could think any further, Xu Yue suddenly stomped heavily on the ground below.

Boom! The ground began to tremble.

Amid a thunderous roar, an enormous amount of earth-element energy rapidly gathered, condensing into a thick stone pillar that shot into the sky, stabbing straight toward Gu Yue in midair.

"An earth spike? You think an attack like this can hit me?" Gu Yue snorted coldly. "Xu Yue, have you run out of other ways to attack?"

"Who said it can't hit?" Xu Yue smiled faintly as he gazed at Gu Yue. "Don't forget, I have teammates."

"Xiaoyan!"

"Big Brother Yue, I'm here!" Xu Xiaoyan used an ice spear to knock Tang Wulin back before lightly turning her wrist.

The originally pure-white, crystalline ice staff immediately transformed into a Star Staff wreathed in starlight.

"Stars in the sky, shining bright, forever radiant, forever peaceful!"

"Grant me your power, my starwheel!"

The moment the Star Staff appeared, Xu Xiaoyan's entire aura began to change. Amid the swirling starlight, she seemed to become noble and elegant.

Specks of starlight also spread across the soul rings beneath her. A golden star lit up on her forehead, becoming her most beautiful adornment.

Tang Wulin's expression changed at the sight before him, and he immediately realized that Gu Yue was being targeted.

Without hesitation, he abandoned Xu Xiaoyan and charged toward Xu Yue with his forging hammer in hand.

Attack what the enemy must save. To stop the situation before him, he had to interrupt Xu Yue, who was launching the attack.

However.

Running would never be faster than activating a soul skill.

Amid the rumble of the rising stone pillar, Xu Xiaoyan's and Xu Yue's voices reached Gu Yue's ears one after another.

"First Soul Skill, Starwheel Chains!"

"...It isn't called an earth spike. You can call it..."

"Cliffbreaker Sword!!!"

Just as Gu Yue was about to move.

A dazzling six-pointed star appeared beneath her body. As starlight flashed, strands of stellar light extended from it.

"What?"

Gu Yue's pupils contracted. She felt her body tighten, and she instantly lost the ability to move.

Facing the rock pillar rushing up from below, Gu Yue hurriedly circulated her soul power to resist it.

Yet she was shocked to discover that some peculiar force seemed to be sealing her, making her soul power circulate far more slowly than usual.

"This effect is... absolute success?!"

The instant that thought surfaced in her mind, Xu Yue's Cliffbreaker Sword had already reached her.

Boom!

A wave of earth-yellow soul power exploded, and the stone pillar condensed from elemental power shattered with a crash.

Gu Yue, struck by the attack, fell toward the ground like a bird with broken wings.

"Stop!"

Tang Wulin had reached Xu Yue by then. Without a second thought, he raised his forging hammer and smashed it down at his head.

Xu Yue did not even glance at the attack.

With a casual sweep of the Vortex Vanquisher, terrifying force sent the forging hammer flying from Tang Wulin's left hand, throwing him several meters away like a rag doll.

Then, with a light tap of his foot, Xu Yue gently caught Gu Yue before she could hit the ground.

Looking at Gu Yue in his arms, he smiled. "Well? You've lost now, haven't you?"