Gu Yue Comes Clean

The tide turned in a flash of lightning.

Just as Gu Yue's Heart of the Elements drove Zhou Hanyou into a desperate corner, and Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw pressed Zhou Tian'er so hard she could barely breathe, the two girls from Hailu Academy exchanged a resolute look. They knew that unless they staked everything now, this match would be over.

"Sis, we have no choice!"

Zhou Tian'er shouted, forcibly breaking free of the threat of Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw. Her figure flashed as she charged toward Zhou Hanyou, heedless of everything else. Tang Wulin was about to pursue her when a sudden wave of cold forced him back.

At that same moment, Zhou Hanyou abandoned her defenses and opened her arms to her younger sister. Their hands clasped tightly, and then they actually pulled each other into a fierce embrace.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

The sisters' voices overlapped, trembling slightly yet filled with resolve. Their martial souls—Ice spirit and wood spirit—merged perfectly at that moment. The vitality of plants and the chill of ice and Xue should have been at odds, yet through the miracle of martial soul fusion, they reached an uncanny balance.

"This is bad! It's Forest of Ice and Snow!" Gu Yue's expression changed sharply. She could sense the elements rioting in the air.

But it was already too late.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Forest of Ice and Snow!"

With the sisters' low cry, the temperature across the Competition Stage instantly dropped to freezing. Countless sharp trees of ice and Xue burst from the ground. These were no ordinary pillars of ice, but structures shaped like trees, their branches covered in razor-sharp ice spikes as they spread wildly in every direction.

Rumble!

The ground shook violently as enormous ice trees sprang up one after another, not