"Ice-Soul Wall!" Huo Yuhao pressed both hands to the ground. Ice-blue soul power surged forth like a fountain, condensing into a thick wall of ice along the shore. Azure-gold Marrow of Extreme Transformation was embedded in the ice like veins, granting the wall both the biting chill of Ultimate Ice and remarkable resilience—he knew all too well how tyrannical Phoenix Evil Fire was. Ordinary defenses simply could not withstand it.
"Amplify!" Ning Tian's Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda burst with unprecedented radiance. Halos of "Attack" and "Speed" enveloped the ice wall and her companions at once, while a faint golden thread even drifted from the tower's tip and wound around Ma Xiaotao's wrist. It was the "Soothing" support ability Ning Tian had activated at the cost of her spiritual power, hoping to reach the remnants of Ma Xiaotao's consciousness.
Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly wings beat so quickly they became afterimages. The pale golden blades of light no longer took an offensive form, instead weaving into an impenetrable net before the ice wall. Light elemental power naturally restrained evil forces. When the net collided with the rain of fire filling the sky, it gave off a sizzling burn. Though its golden glow rapidly dimmed, it forcibly became the first barrier before the ice wall.
Huo Yuhao braced the ice shield and held back the flames with all his strength, yet waves of heat still churned through the ice wall.
"Wang Dong, can you still hold on?"
Wang Dong bit her lips until they bled. The edges of her Light Goddess Butterfly wings had already charred black, yet she continued beating them desperately. "I... I can!" Her voice trembled, not from fear, but from the weakness of depleted soul power. Every collision between the light net and the rain of fire felt