Ice God Phantom! Is Xuan Zi Leading the Team Again?

"Let me show you the true strength of a Soul Sage!!"

Dai Yueheng's muscles bulged all over his body, and his confidence swelled once more.

He stamped both feet down heavily, reducing the entire ice sculpture to powder.

Ling Luochan, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zifeng struggled free from the ice sculpture, each greedily gulping down air.

"Monster, he's simply a monster." Gongyang Mo trembled all over. When he glanced at the fixed-installation soul cannon that had already shattered into powder, his heart bled.

That was his lifeline, something he had saved up for through an entire year of missions!

He had not even fired a single shot before it became icy slag.

Gongyang Mo drained every last bit of soul power from his body, sending several streams of light onto Dai Yueheng and the other two.

With a tearful face, he shouted, "Boss Dai, you have to win!"

After saying that, he jumped off the arena without hesitation and rushed to Xuan Zi's side. Shivering, he cried, "Elder Xuan, it's too cold. Give me a sip of wine."

As a support-type soul master, he had lost both his means of self-defense and attack, and had even exhausted his soul power.

Staying on the arena would only distract Dai Yueheng and the others.

More importantly, if he did not get off the stage soon, his internal organs would be frozen into mush.

Xuan Zi hurriedly tossed his wine gourd to Gongyang Mo and sent a wisp of soul power into his body.

"Damn, this ultimate ice is really overbearing!"

"Our academy has truly struck gold this time!"

Only after swallowing a mouthful of warm wine did Gongyang Mo feel the frozen organs inside him begin to ease.

He returned the wine gourd to Xuan Zi, his lips still trembling instinctively. "Boss, you have to win!"

Could they win?

Dai Yueheng did not know!

But he knew this was his last chance to face his inner demon.

If he did not win this battle, Ye Ming would become the inner demon that haunted him for the rest of his life.

"Ah! Ye Ming, fight me!"

Dai Yueheng roared and directly activated his White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation.

He would face the greatest nemesis of his life in his strongest state!

Ling Luochan took a deep breath. Even the hand gripping her ice staff trembled faintly.

A Soul Emperor with an ice-element martial soul had actually failed to seize control over the ice element from a mere Soul Ancestor.

That alone would have been bad enough.

The problem was that she had actually been frozen by ice.

What humiliation!

She was ready to risk everything as well.

Chen Zifeng held a sword in each hand, and sword qi surged skyward from his body.

The three of them radiated an overwhelming momentum, making Gongyang Mo's body tremble below the stage.

Yet, in the face of the three who were about to unleash their full power, Ye Ming merely spoke softly.

"Ice God Phantom."

The pearly-white halo shone once more.

Dark clouds descended.

Snowflakes began drifting across the sky above Sea God Island.

Above the battle platform, ice and snow formed a small storm.

Within the storm, a graceful figure slowly condensed.

She wore a flowing ice-blue feathered robe, like a goddess who had descended leisurely from the divine realm.

Pure white snowflakes danced around her like spirits.

At that moment, everyone above and below the arena had their eyes drawn to that peerlessly beautiful figure.

Light as clouds, she stepped upon the snowflakes and made her way, step by step, to a position above Ye Ming.

"Don't let him finish! Attack!"

Dai Yueheng's roar snapped Ling Luochan and Chen Zifeng out of their daze. The two came to their senses and each unleashed their most powerful moves at Ye Ming and the icy figure.

"Ice Radiance Ring!"

"White Tiger Annihilation Strike!"

"Razor Annihilation Sword!"

The ice ring, sword qi, and white light—three incomparably powerful soul skills—shot forward, tearing a rift through the entire icy world.

But faced with those three terrifying attacks, the graceful ice-blue figure frowned slightly and gently extended her delicate hand, tapping the air.

Ice-blue ripples spread from her fingertips.

The first things to come into contact with those ice-blue ripples were the sword qi, white light, and ice ring.

The three attacks, which had been charging forward with terrifying force, strangely froze in midair the instant they touched the ice-blue ripples.

Frozen.

The ice-blue ripples contained a trace of the Ice God's power, possessing the ability to freeze everything.

Elements, attacks, even space itself—all of it was frozen in that instant!

Dai Yueheng and the other two were dumbfounded.

Was this truly a power a four-ring Soul Ancestor could possess?

Seeing the ice-blue ripples closing in on the three, Xuan Zi could no longer restrain himself.

"Ye Ming, stop! They've already lost!"

Even Xuan Zi sensed an aura of annihilation from the ripples released by that ice-blue figure.

If Dai Yueheng and the other two were truly struck by those ice-blue ripples capable of freezing everything, they would either die or be crippled!

Ye Ming had no intention of killing them all. At Xuan Zi's words, a thought crossed his mind, and the ice-blue figure halted the spreading ripples.

She no longer looked at the stunned Dai Yueheng and the others. Instead, she turned toward Ye Ming, gave him a gentle nod, and then dissipated into the world.

The dark clouds dispersed.

The falling snow stopped as well.

Thud!

Dai Yueheng dispelled his White Tiger true body and staggered before collapsing onto the ground.

His pride, the "Soul Sage barrier" he had spoken of, had been crushed to pieces beneath a single finger of that ice-blue figure.

Seeing this, Ye Ming did not say anything to further strike at him.

He dismissed his martial soul and inwardly sighed in regret.

This fight had still been unsatisfying!

To be honest, he had indeed held back.

He had not used his self-created martial soul fusion skill, and had not even used Heavenly Dominion.

Ye Ming glanced at Dai Yueheng, who was utterly lost and whose heart for the path had shattered, then rubbed his chin, feeling that this was about enough.

"Yay! The class monitor won!!" Xiao Xiao leaped up excitedly, her eyes filled with admiration.

"The class monitor is the best!!" Even the usually composed Ning Tian could not help shouting at this moment.

Wang Dong looked at the figure standing amid the ice and snow on the stage, feeling that the gap between himself and Ye Ming was growing wider and wider.

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi exchanged a glance, their eyes full of helplessness.

Compared to Ye Ming, the two of them, the twin stars of the outer court, had completely lost their standing.

Ling Luochan pressed her lips together and unconsciously walked up to Ye Ming. Trembling, she asked, "That figure summoned by your soul skill just now... was it the Ice God?"

The Ice God was not only the faith of every ice-attributed soul beast in the Far North.

It was also the faith in the hearts of all ice-element soul masters.

Ye Ming looked at Ling Luochan before him and nodded gently. "It was only an Ice God Phantom."

"Ultimate ice... Ice God Phantom..." Ling Luochan looked at the golden-haired youth, who stood half a head taller than her, and ripples stirred in her cool eyes.

Just then,

Xuan Zi flashed directly onto the stage. He glanced at Dai Yueheng and said solemnly,

"Yueheng, you don't need to be discouraged. You are all outstanding as well."

"As for Ye Ming... he is a genius seen only once in ten thousand years."

"To live in an era with him is both your fortune and your sorrow."

"What you should be thankful for is that he is your teammate, not your enemy!"

At this point, Xuan Zi swept his gaze over the crowd and said seriously, "Today, everyone from the Shrek Seven Monsters and the reserve team is here."

"You all now have a rough understanding of each other's strength."

"There is one more matter for each of you to consider."

"Inner court students will all join the Shrek Inspection Corps and travel across the continent to fight evil soul masters."

"This is very dangerous. If any of you are unwilling to join, you may step forward now."

His gaze passed over everyone, but not a single person stepped out.

A trace of gratification appeared in Xuan Zi's eyes as he continued, "I'll give you another two days to get familiar with your teammates."

"Two days from now, I will lead the team to the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire to carry out the first Inspection Corps mission for both your teams."

Ye Ming's heart immediately skipped a beat.

Xuan Zi was leading the team?

With my current strength, can I handle it?