Ultimate Ice Profound Meaning

If Ling Luocheng had been present and seen the Ultimate Ice rod in Ling Feng's hand, she would certainly have been greatly shocked.

Because the ice rod condensed in Ling Feng's hand gave off a feeling of arriving at the same destination by different paths as her first soul skill, Ice Staff.

The difference was that Ling Luocheng needed to use her first soul skill, while Ling Feng did not.

Looking at the ice rod radiating a chill, Ling Feng casually swung it a few times before charging at Ma Xiaotao.

Having suffered a setback in their close-quarters fight earlier, Ma Xiaotao only felt her blood and qi roiling. Seeing Ling Feng charge at her again, she had no time to adjust herself before her sixth soul skill suddenly lit up.

"Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

In an instant, clusters of fireballs fell like meteors, raining down upon Ling Feng from all directions!

Facing Ma Xiaotao's ultimate move, Ling Feng neither dodged nor evaded. As he swung the ice rod in his hand, he simply batted aside each fireball.

Bang, bang—

The sounds of fireballs crashing down rose and fell, yet not a single one struck Ling Feng.

Although Phoenix Meteor Shower was Ma Xiaotao's sixth soul skill, its actual power was not particularly great due to its numerical advantage, unless she could concentrate all of it into a single point.

Clearly, Ma Xiaotao did not possess that ability.

The sheer density of Phoenix Meteor Shower gradually made Ling Feng lose patience as well.

Facing another incoming fireball, Ling Feng gave up using the ice rod to block it and instead extended his left hand before it.

At the very instant the fireball was about to hit, a burst of Soul Power fluctuations suddenly emerged from Ling Feng's left palm, followed by the appearance of an ice shield!

The fireball struck the ice shield, yet failed to leave even the slightest mark on it!

"How is that possible? He clearly didn't use any soul skill!"

Ma Xiaotao's gaze remained fixed on the ice rod and ice shield in Ling Feng's hands.

She was certain that Ling Feng had not used any soul skill. All he had used was ice-attribute Soul Power.

"He can do this with Soul Power alone?"

Ma Xiaotao stared at Ling Feng in disbelief.

If the other party had been far stronger than her and could achieve this, Ma Xiaotao would naturally have been able to accept it.

But using only Soul Power to produce effects comparable to soul skills of the same rank, or even those of a higher rank—Ma Xiaotao had not merely never seen such a thing; she had never even heard of it!

Ma Xiaotao had no chance to think any further, because Ling Feng had already rushed in front of her.

The ice shield had vanished at some point. Ling Feng gripped the rod with both hands and thrust it forward, viciously striking Ma Xiaotao's shoulder without the slightest bit of mercy!

The blow landed, and something even more unexpected happened to Ma Xiaotao.

The instant the ice rod touched her shoulder, Soul Power actually followed it into her body!

Chop, sweep, thrust, strike.

Ling Feng only knew a few simple, basic rod techniques, but they were more than enough for this moment.

Ma Xiaotao was beaten so badly that she had no ability to fight back at all.

With the final upward swing of his rod, Ma Xiaotao was sent flying straight off the arena, marking the end of the match.

The ice rod in his hand slowly vanished. Ling Feng's eyes were exceptionally bright, and there was even a trace of delight on his face.

Why had his spar with Ma Xiaotao been set for the next day?

Naturally, it was because he needed to absorb the God-Bestowed Soul Ring and obtain his third soul skill!

Although it appeared that Ling Feng had not used his third soul skill during his spar with Ma Xiaotao.

In a sense, however, Ling Feng's third soul skill had never stopped being used!

Ultimate Ice Profound Meaning, a powerful ten-thousand-year soul skill.

Its most distinctive feature was that it was not an actively cast soul skill, but a passive one!

Total Soul Power increased by thirty percent, attribute enhancement increased by thirty percent, and Soul Power release effects increased by one hundred percent!

The moment Ling Feng finished absorbing his third soul skill, all of these attributes had increased within his body.

That was why it could be said that Ling Feng had been using his third soul skill all along.

The ice rod and ice shield that appeared in Ling Feng's hands naturally originated from this third soul skill as well.

As everyone knew, releasing soul skills required Soul Power as support.

At face value, a one-hundred-percent increase in Soul Power release effects strengthened other soul skills.

But Ling Feng had thought of a second possibility—external Soul Power release!

That was right. A one-hundred-percent increase in Soul Power release effects naturally applied to external Soul Power release as well, since it was also a form of Soul Power release!

Moreover, while testing it the previous night, Ling Feng had accidentally discovered that the objects condensed from externally released Soul Power were like parts of his own body.

It was precisely because of this that Ling Feng could achieve the effects of others' soul skills using only externally released Soul Power!

As long as he wished it, whether ice rods, ice staffs, or ice swords, he could condense them all.

As for the thirty-percent increases in total Soul Power and attribute strength, there was nothing so complicated about them.

One especially important point was that Ling Feng's martial soul was the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and the Ultimate Ice he possessed corresponded to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's Ultimate Ice.

There were differences even among ultimate attributes.

In terms of attributes, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion had cultivated for four hundred thousand years. Naturally, its Ultimate Ice surpassed the Ultimate Ice of an ordinary Ice Jade Scorpion.

And now, Ling Feng's third soul skill had granted him a thirty-percent enhancement to his attributes.

In other words, Ling Feng's Ultimate Ice had already surpassed even Ice Empress herself in terms of pure attributes!

"The effects of releasing Soul Power... shouldn't be limited to this, right?"

"This time, I tried releasing Soul Power externally."

"What if I released Soul Power inside my body..."

A new idea inevitably arose in Ling Feng's mind.

Only then did Ling Feng remember that there was still someone else in the training room.

He looked toward Ma Xiaotao. Her condition was truly miserable.

Her arms, shoulders, thighs, and even her face were covered in bruises of varying severity.

The frigid Soul Power that had entered Ma Xiaotao's body had not only frozen and ruined her clothes, but Ling Feng's staff strikes had shattered much of them as well, exposing the snow-white skin they had covered.

Trembling as she rose to her feet, Ma Xiaotao looked at Ling Feng with a complicated expression, filled with emotions that could not be put into words. She even looked somewhat pitiful.

"I don't know why you chose not to go all out."

"But I've already done what I promised you. I hope you won't do those strange things again in the future."

"That's all."

Ling Feng turned and left. Behind him, Ma Xiaotao bit her red lip tightly. Seeing that he was about to walk away, she could not help calling out.

"Wait."

"Can you tell me why you hate me so much?"

Ling Feng stopped and turned to look at Ma Xiaotao. With a soft sigh, he slowly shook his head.

"You're too self-centered—so much so that you haven't even realized the problem yourself."

"You sneaked into Sister Luochen's dormitory. You know perfectly well what you were after."

"When I had just entered the academy, I first encountered you by Sea Cucumber Lake. If I hadn't possessed Ultimate Ice, I would probably have died miserably in your evil fire."

"Even after you regained your senses, you showed not the slightest remorse."

"If this weren't the academy, with so many teachers backing you up, it wouldn't have been excessive for me to kill you!"

Ling Feng's words were cold and resolute, making Ma Xiaotao's face turn pale in an instant.

"Stay away from me from now on!"

"This is your final warning!"