Seeing that Bing Yekong did not back down, Feng Xiaotian's fighting spirit was roused as well.
"Good! Today, I'll give little brother Yekong a proper lesson!"
Feng Xiaotian put tremendous emphasis on the final word, "lesson," and Bing Yekong instantly understood what he meant.
A Soul Master fighting a Soul Elder seemed like a match with no suspense, but Bing Yekong was different.
Feng Xiaotian might also have been a genius, but Bing Yekong was a genius among geniuses.
With two Ultimate Ice martial souls in hand, he was confident he could defeat his opponent.
His insights into swordsmanship today had benefited Bing Yekong greatly, and this battle was the perfect chance to digest what he had learned.
Feng Xiaotian stepped into the training ground as well.
Huo Wu and the others watched anxiously from the edge of the field.
To them, a Soul Master fighting a Soul Elder had no suspense whatsoever. Bing Yekong was certain to lose.
"Feng Xiaotian, be careful! If you hurt little Yekong, I won't let you off!"
Feng Xiaotian's arrogant expression immediately changed upon hearing his Huo Wu say that.
"Don't worry, Huo Wu. I won't use my third Soul Skill, and I'll go easy on him."
Bing Yekong shook his head helplessly. In certain respects, Brother Feng Xiaotian was still far too authoritative.
Bing Yekong looked at Feng Xiaotian and summoned the Tianshuang Sword.
As the Tianshuang Sword appeared, a deep yellow Soul Ring emerged beneath Bing Yekong's feet.
Feng Xiaotian also released his martial soul.
The Gale Twin-Headed Wolf appeared alongside three Soul Rings, two yellow and one purple.
Seeing the Soul Ring beneath Bing Yekong's feet, darker in color than even his own second Soul Ring, Feng Xiaotian felt both shocked and uneasy.
"Brother Feng Xiaotian, please."
Bing Yekong raised a hand and crooked a finger at Feng Xiaotian.
The gesture was full of provocation.
The fire in Feng Xiaotian's heart was instantly ignited.
"Take this!"
He transformed into a cyan afterimage and charged toward Bing Yekong.
Feng Xiaotian was an agility-type battle Soul Elder, and his greatest pride was his speed.
In just a few breaths, Feng Xiaotian had reached Bing Yekong.
Cyan Soul Power wrapped around the wolf claws formed by his hands as he slashed at Bing Yekong.
Bing Yekong smiled faintly and leaned back slightly, easily evading Feng Xiaotian's attack.
Then Bing Yekong swung his arm, driving the Tianshuang Sword in his hand upward in a slash.
Feng Xiaotian reacted swiftly, raising both wolf claws before him and barely blocking Bing Yekong's attack.
But it was not over yet. Bing Yekong pressed his advantage.
The longsword in his hand danced continuously, using the very basics of the sword techniques he had just learned.
Yet those most basic sword moves took on entirely new variations in Bing Yekong's hands.
Every strike left Feng Xiaotian struggling to fight back.
Feng Xiaotian's expression turned incomparably ugly. A dignified Soul Elder was being beaten into such a sorry state by a Soul Master.
"Second Soul Skill, Twin Wolf Possession!"
At that moment, Feng Xiaotian's second Soul Ring lit up, and the phantom of the Gale Twin-Headed Wolf behind him merged into his body.
A burst of cyan light immediately erupted from within Feng Xiaotian.
His attributes were all significantly enhanced.
He became faster, and his attacks grew even fiercer.
Bing Yekong was only a one-ring battle Soul Master. It was already no easy feat for him to suppress Feng Xiaotian with the swordsmanship he had just learned, so now he had to use his own Soul Skill.
"First Soul Skill!"
With Bing Yekong's loud shout, an icy blue radiance lit up upon the Tianshuang Sword.
"Tianshuang Battle Body!"
As his words fell, Bing Yekong's entire body began to emit icy blue light.
All his attributes rapidly increased, elevating his strength to a new level.
The longsword collided with Feng Xiaotian's wolf claws again, and this time, Bing Yekong still held the upper hand.
Clearly, Bing Yekong's higher-age enhancement Soul Skill was more effective than Feng Xiaotian's.
"Damn it!"
Feng Xiaotian glared at Bing Yekong, angry and embarrassed.
"First Soul Skill, Wind Blade Formation!"
Several crescent-shaped wind blades flew out, surrounding Bing Yekong from all directions and sealing off his retreat.
Faced with a situation he could not evade, Bing Yekong could only swing the longsword in his hand.
At that moment, a current of air formed around him and rapidly condensed.
Those currents seemed to come alive, spontaneously forming one blade of air after another.
More precisely, they were sword energies.
At this critical moment, Bing Yekong successfully comprehended sword energy.
As the Tianshuang Sword in his hand continued to swing, wave after wave of sword energy slashed forth.
As everyone knew, once a sword possessed sword energy, it was no longer merely a close-range weapon.
Each sword energy strike could offset two or three wind blades.
With that, Bing Yekong easily blocked every wind blade.
"How could this happen?!"
Feng Xiaotian stared in stunned disbelief.
He could never have imagined that after activating his second Soul Skill to enhance himself, then using his first Soul Skill, his attack would be received so effortlessly by his opponent.
And from Bing Yekong's appearance, it seemed he had suddenly comprehended sword energy in the middle of battle.
This dealt Feng Xiaotian a tremendous blow.
He had always been researching Self-Created Soul Skills, yet even now, he had achieved no obvious results.
But now he was being told that his opponent had fought him, and before the fight had even ended, gained an epiphany in the midst of battle and comprehended a new move.
It hurt. It hurt so much!!!
Feng Xiaotian felt as though his very Dao heart had suffered a devastating blow.
But there was no helping it. The match continued.
Feng Xiaotian transformed into a cyan shadow once more and rushed at Bing Yekong.
But this time, his attack seemed utterly powerless.
Frigid currents surged around Bing Yekong, while sword energy swept in all directions.
Powerful sword energy fused with Ultimate Ice Soul Power, forming a wall of air that firmly blocked Feng Xiaotian outside.
The reason this air wall could stop Feng Xiaotian was not because its defense was especially strong, but because its offense was powerful enough.
As the saying went, offense was the best defense. That was the principle behind this air wall.
As long as Feng Xiaotian dared touch the air wall, he would be subjected to indiscriminate attacks from the sword energy.
Faced with Bing Yekong's sword energy attacks, Feng Xiaotian had nowhere left to retreat.
"Third Soul Skill, Gale Twin Wings!"
In his desperation, Feng Xiaotian instinctively lit up his third Soul Ring.
Cyan wings of light unfolded behind him, carrying him into the air and allowing him to evade this attack.
However, the moment he used his third Soul Skill, he had already lost this match.
After all, he had said before the match that he would not use his third Soul Skill.
Although Feng Xiaotian had used his third Soul Skill, the match was not over yet.
Bing Yekong also wanted to see exactly where his limits lay.
Feng Xiaotian hovered in midair, then gritted his teeth, flapped the wings behind him, and dove toward Bing Yekong.
The powerful force of the dive instantly stirred up a fierce gale, which swept toward Bing Yekong along with him.
Facing this menacing strike, Bing Yekong remained unmoved.
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