But Shui Bing'er had no need to move at all.
She stood there like an ice sculpture rising from the eye of a storm. Flames licked at the hem of her clothes and the tips of her hair, yet her expression remained as still as water.
Whenever the sea of fire spread to within three feet of her, an almost imperceptible chill would radiate from her body, silently freezing and extinguishing those eager tongues of flame.
Her Soul Power consumption was astonishingly low.
Meanwhile, Huo Wu's consumption was rising at a visible rate.
Controlling flames across such a vast area was already extremely taxing on Soul Power.
What was more, she had to remain wary of Shui Bing'er's possible counterattack at any moment.
"Third Soul Skill, Repelling Flame Ring!"
Huo Wu gritted her teeth as her purple Soul Ring shone brilliantly.
A crimson ring of fire over ten meters in diameter rapidly expanded from beneath her feet!
This was her proudest Soul Skill, capable of forcibly knocking back every enemy within its range.
As long as Shui Bing'er was pushed away for even an instant, she could—
Shui Bing'er lifted her eyes.
"Third Soul Skill, Repelling Ice Ring."
Buzz—
An icy-blue ring blasted outward from beneath her feet at a speed no slower than the Repelling Flame Ring!
One red and one blue, the two rings collided head-on in the center of the arena!
This was neither attack nor defense.
It was a pure, direct contest of Soul Power against Soul Power!
Boom!!!
At the boundary where the two rings met, the air was torn into countless fine, visible spatial ripples.
Huo Wu clenched her teeth, veins bulging faintly on her forehead as she poured out Soul Power like mad.
Shui Bing'er's expression remained calm, but the chill in her