Icebound Instant Kill

"Oh? You're the genius Tang Ya recommended?"

Zhou Yi leaned back in her chair, crossed one leg over the other, and stared arrogantly at the person before her.

"Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and only Rank 15 Soul Power at this age. You're merely a little fairer-skinned than most, with nothing else remarkable about you."

She adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses, looked Wang Xiao over from head to toe, then shook her head.

Wang Xiao disliked that immensely. They had only just met; how much could they possibly know about each other?

Yet she casually passed judgment based on her own experience.

Wang Xiao understood now. With Zhou Yi's qualifications, she would have had no problem entering the Inner Court, yet she had been assigned to a freshman class.

That showed that people like her were the most conceited. They always believed their teaching abilities were exceptional and that they could nurture genius students.

She was no different from Yu Xiaogang.

Wang Xiao sneered. "Do all Shrek teachers judge people by appearances?"

"Oh?" Zhou Yi's eyes brightened slightly, and she became somewhat interested. Few students dared to talk back to her.

She could not help giving Wang Xiao another look before saying blandly, "You're arrogant and conceited. Unfortunately..."

"I've seen plenty of students like you throughout my career. You have a little talent and no longer know your own limits. Yet you fail to realize that at Shrek Academy, being a genius is merely the threshold for admission."

"Is that so?"

Wang Xiao chuckled. "I think that in the near future, those so-called geniuses you favor may only be qualified to meet me."

"Hehe, arrogant enough."

Zhou Yi smiled, but she was not angry. She actually hoped to have more students like this in her class; they had spirit.

But that was only if this boy could pass the assessment.

"Your opponent is a Rank 21 Soul Grandmaster with the Gale Wolf Martial Soul. I hope you can remain this confident when facing him later."

Zhou Yi stood up, tucked the documents beneath her arm, and swayed toward the Outer Court's open-air combat arena.

"Only Rank 21? I thought he'd be Rank 29." So long as no Soul Elder appeared, Wang Xiao considered himself invincible.

Above the Soul Elder realm, only Tailed Beast Transformation could give him a worthy opponent.

Of course, unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to reveal his Tailed Beast Transformation in public. It would be easy for others to mistake him for a transformed Soul Beast, and then even ten mouths would not be enough to explain it.

The moment Wang Xiao chose to borrow the Nine-Tails' chakra for this match, the outcome had already been decided.

Since this was his first battle, he would not hold back. Only by displaying some strength could he demonstrate his value.

Deliberately taking a beating despite possessing great strength was something only lunatics did to play the pig and eat the tiger.

On the way to the arena, Wang Xiao felt no pressure whatsoever. Instead, he was pondering what sort of entrance he should make.

To make a name for himself in one strike, he had to kill in a single move. And the Soul Skill had to be as explosive as possible—preferably an area-control skill.

Clearly, the Blue Silver Emperor could not satisfy that requirement.

That left only his second Martial Soul, the Ice Fruit.

Wang Xiao sent his consciousness into his sea of awareness and said with a cheeky grin, "Kurama, lend me some more chakra later. I'm preparing something big!"

"A brat is a brat. Always trying to look cool at that age." The Nine-Tails snorted coldly.

Wang Xiao knew that meant he had agreed, so he strode toward the fighting platform.

By then, the open-air Soul Fighting arena had already been cleared for the duel.

Only two teachers remained nearby to supervise and prevent casualties.

Wang Xiao stood in the middle of the platform. Across from him was a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old youth with a thin frame and wolf-like eyes. When he released his Martial Soul and dropped onto all fours, he truly resembled a wolf.

"Do you have any other requests?" he asked.

Wang Xiao said calmly, "Worry about yourself. You probably won't even have the chance to beg for mercy later."

"You don't know your own limits."

His face was full of disdain as he introduced himself. "My name is Blue Wolf. My Martial Soul is the Gale Wolf. I am a Rank 21 agility-attack battle Soul Master."

Wang Xiao followed suit, activating his second Martial Soul before announcing his own abilities.

But in everyone else's eyes, he was reporting his Martial Soul information while no Spirit Rings appeared beneath his feet. It was clearly a provocation.

"Good, good, good. You've successfully enraged me!" Blue Wolf's gaze turned icy. He had originally intended only to injure Wang Xiao, but now this brat would either die or be crippled.

"Why so much nonsense? Hurry up and start."

Wang Xiao had already borrowed chakra from the Nine-Tails. The immense energy within his body was practically overflowing.

Next, he would unleash his ice abilities with all his strength.

Seeing that both sides were ready, Zhou Yi stepped forward. "I declare the assessment begun!"

The instant her words fell, Wang Xiao stomped down fiercely and shot into the sky.

His entire body glowed like a blazing sun hanging overhead.

"Showboating." Blue Wolf scoffed. He stood there leisurely with his hands behind his back, still brimming with confidence.

However, he failed to notice that the surrounding temperature was plummeting toward freezing.

The water molecules in the air condensed into ice and drifted down like snowflakes.

Beneath the scorching sun, the air was as cold as winter. Everything felt utterly strange.

"Not good!" The two referees outside the arena reacted quickly and immediately moved.

But they were still a step too late. Wang Xiao had finished gathering power, and terrifying cold air surged from his body.

Like a white sun blooming, it erupted with blazing cold radiance, and the entire platform was engulfed in white light.

"Icebound Mile!"

In an instant, a freezing wave swept through the area. The entire platform was frozen over, and Blue Wolf's disdainful expression remained on his face as, in the next second, his whole body was sealed inside an ice pillar. The scene froze there.

Within a hundred meters, the cold was bone-piercing, and a thin layer of ice covered the ground.

From beginning to end, only two breaths had passed, yet the entire combat arena had become a field of ice.

Sea God Island

Yan Shaozhe sensed that aura, and his entire body jolted as shock filled his face.

"This cold aura... could it be... Ultimate Ice?!" His fingers trembled with excitement.

"It has finally appeared. Xiaotao's Evil Fire can be cured!"

Boom!

Yan Shaozhe shot into the air like a cannonball and flew at top speed toward Shrek Outer Court.