The Flame Furnace Absorbed the Fire, First Among the Top Three

Huo Wu made no probing attacks.

As her four spirit rings lit up, the fire shadow behind her rapidly towered higher. The matches Huo Wushuang and the others had already finished became waves of soul power on her side, all pouring into her fourth spirit ring.

Ring Fusion.

She had used this move against Tang San in the Promotion Tournament, and had nearly left them both badly injured when the soul skill went out of control. This time, her feet never left their original position. She kept the Ring of Resistance within three feet in front of her, leaving herself room to cut off the soul skill at any moment.

"Huo Wu's Sunflare."

A white fireball condensed overhead, and the temperature in the square rose rapidly.

Yuan Yu glanced at her stance and smiled. "Much smarter this time."

"I don't need your praise."

Huo Wu thrust both hands forward.

Trailing a long plume of flame, the white fireball descended. It did not rush toward Yuan Yu's body, instead locking directly onto the Myriad Phenomena Wheel behind him. She had watched the earlier matches and already noticed that those artifact aspects were all attached around the Wheel.

As long as she disrupted the Wheel, Yuan Yu would have to spend more soul power stabilizing it again.

The Sun Wheel Blade left the central axis.

In the first breath, the Wheel's flame patterns rotated outward.

The phantom Three-Legged Furnace, which had previously appeared for only half a breath, rose again. Its body was crimson-gold, with large sections of its surface still transparent, but its mouth had already opened.

Huo Wu's Sunflare slammed into the furnace's mouth.

The white flames did not vanish immediately. They spread along the furnace's body in every direction. The flagstones beneath Yuan Yu's feet rapidly reddened, and fine