Elementalization

At the command!

The six Soul Fighting Arenas lit up at once. Everyone began revealing their Martial Souls and activating Martial Soul Possession.

On Soul Fighting Arena Four, Sun Haoran moved like lightning. Since he was facing a level-twelve Soul Scholar,

and an auxiliary Soul Master at that, he had to finish him within two minutes.

His Martial Soul was Gale Leopard. The instant he activated it, a blue leopard appeared and disappeared across his body.

His limbs grew larger, and his veins bulged. He stared at Han Bing and said coldly,

"Classmate Han Bing, sorry about this. I'll finish you as quickly as possible. Show me your Martial Soul."

The corners of Han Bing's mouth lifted slightly. Completely calm, he simply held out one hand and faced Sun Haoran, saying nothing and summoning no Martial Soul.

Sun Haoran curled his lip and smiled. "Have you given up? Well, you only have a Candy Spirit. Though you have Twin Martial Souls and might become powerful in the future, you're no match for me right now. Give up!"

Two Yellow Soul Rings lit up around Sun Haoran. He unleashed his first Soul Skill:

"First Soul Skill, Thrust!"

Sun Haoran dropped to all fours and charged forward, like a bolt of lightning, straight at Han Bing.

Han Bing still stood motionless.

Teacher Gao Lan on the platform and Sun Haoran in the arena both thought he had given up resisting.

Teacher Gao Lan was confused. Why wasn't he showing his Martial Soul?

Guang Ling Douluo had personally said that Han Bing's Second Martial Soul, Six-Pointed Ice Star, was powerful enough to face a Soul Grandmaster even without hunting for a Soul Ring.

That was why he had been admitted to Advanced Spirit Academy through special consideration.

Teacher Gao Lan was ready to step in and save Han Bing if his life was in danger.

On Soul Fighting Arena Four, only three seconds had passed.

Sun Haoran launched his attack, convinced victory was in his grasp. Two minutes? He'd finish Han Bing in less than ten seconds.

That was what he thought as he unleashed his first Soul Skill, Thrust, and lunged forward with both claws, aiming straight for Han Bing's chest.

Teacher Gao Lan would be there to save him if anything went wrong, so Sun Haoran held nothing back.

Just as the claws were about to make contact, Han Bing still hadn't moved.

Sun Haoran panicked and shouted, "Han Bing, if you don't dodge, you'll die! My first Soul Skill has a four-hundred-year Soul Ring behind it. With your current Soul Power, there's no way you can withstand it! Teacher Gao Lan, I can't stop!"

Seeing this, Teacher Gao Lan realized something was wrong and moved to intervene. But in an instant, a wall of ice blocked her.

Guang Ling Douluo had arrived. "Gao Lan, don't panic. Look!"

Teacher Gao Lan collected herself. Seeing Guang Ling Douluo, she immediately bowed respectfully. "Lord Guang Ling, what brings you here?"

"I just came to take a look!"

Han Bing was extremely important to Guang Ling. He was also deeply interested in Han Bing's Six-Pointed Ice Star Martial Soul. Today was Han Bing's first battle against a Soul Master.

Naturally, he wanted to come watch, though he was also a little worried about Han Bing.

But he knew Han Bing had the Domain Skill Ice Age, an astonishing innate ability of his Martial Soul. Sun Haoran would probably turn into an ice statue the instant he touched him.

But what happened in the arena left Guang Ling dumbfounded.

Sun Haoran passed straight through Han Bing's body, which had turned into a cloud of icy mist.

Han Bing was completely unharmed and still stood firmly in place.

Guang Ling was stunned. He'd thought Han Bing would freeze Sun Haoran outright and end the match. He hadn't expected Han Bing to have another trick. What had just happened?

Had his body turned to ice?

Was that a Soul Skill?

Even Teacher Gao Lan was dumbstruck. She pushed up her glasses, thinking she must have seen wrong.

Sun Haoran was just as baffled.

What had just happened? Was Han Bing's body made of ice?

He turned around, unable to believe it. His first Soul Skill, Thrust, hadn't caused Han Bing the slightest harm. Unwilling to accept that, he immediately activated his second Soul Skill.

"Quit your tricks, Han Bing. I underestimated you. Now I'm going to use my full strength!"

"Second Soul Skill, Gale Leopard Claw!"

A huge claw formed from wind appeared on Sun Haoran's arms, and in an instant his speed shot up.

He lunged at Han Bing.

Han Bing still didn't move, letting him attack.

Sun Haoran held nothing back now. He attacked with all his strength, putting everything into every strike. But each time he hit Han Bing's body,

it was like striking icy mist. His attacks passed right through.

Han Bing smiled faintly. His Freeze-Freeze Fruit elementalization had three forms:

crushed ice, icy mist, and solid ice.

Whatever the form, if you didn't know Haki, you couldn't hurt him.

Han Bing had achieved his goal in testing himself. At least attacks from Soul Grandmasters were useless against him.

But what about those stronger than Soul Grandmasters?

By now, he had also spotted his master, Guang Ling Douluo, watching.

So he stood there at ease, thinking. Maybe I should ask Master to test me later?

Sun Haoran kept attacking without pause. No matter how hard he tried, Han Bing's body seemed to melt into ice, and he couldn't land a hit.

"Lord Guang Ling, is this Han Bing's Domain Skill? It's incredible. What a genius!"

Guang Ling Douluo nodded. It seemed Han Bing's Six-Pointed Ice Star Martial Soul could do more than freeze things. It could even turn his body into the Ice Element.

Guang Ling Douluo swallowed. Even a Titled Douluo couldn't turn their body into an element, could they?

It seemed the heavens of Douluo Continent were about to change.

The source of ice had not only granted Han Bing a Domain Skill, but had even transformed his body, turning it directly into the Ice Element. Incredible.

That was what Guang Ling Douluo thought. He had no idea about the Freeze-Freeze Fruit.

Han Bing thought for a while. To test what level of Soul Master his Ice Element transformation could withstand, he decided to try it out with his master after school.

Sun Haoran had already been attacking for three full minutes, and he was exhausted.

Han Bing hadn't even taken a single step.

"Th-this... How is this possible? Are you made of ice?"

Sun Haoran asked in despair.

Han Bing finally answered, "That's right. I'm made of ice."

Strictly speaking, Han Bing could freely control the temperature of his body. A little colder, and he became icy mist; colder still, and he turned into solid ice.

He had to admit, having a Logia Devil Fruit was great in the early stages.

"Th-this... Are you even human? How am I supposed to fight you? I can't even hit you!"

Sun Haoran was utterly crushed and could only admit defeat.

And so Han Bing won the duel. He returned to Teacher Gao Lan's side, and when he saw Guang Ling Douluo, he hurriedly bowed.

"Master, your disciple pays his respects!"

"Mm! Good. Keep it up!"

Seeing this, Guang Ling Douluo was reassured and left.

Sun Haoran scratched his head. There was nothing he could do. Teacher Gao Lan felt sorry for him, too.

"It's all right. Sun Haoran, remember this lesson. Underestimating your opponent is your biggest problem!"

"Yes, Teacher Gao is right."

"Not bad, Han Bing. I never expected your Martial Soul could even let you become an element. That's incredible. Keep working hard. Your future prospects are boundless!"

"Thank you, Teacher Gao!"

Ten minutes later, the other Soul Fighting Arenas had all declared their winners!