An eerie, formless rush of wind sounded beside Qian Renyue's ear. In an instant, Liu Tian vanished from before her eyes. Hovering in the air, she could not pinpoint his position. Just then, he abruptly appeared behind her. "First Soul Skill, Wolf Claw!"
Liu Tian's third soul skill granted a strength buff. With its enhancement, the power of his first soul skill could increase threefold. Caught off guard, Qian Renyue took a heavy blow from his Wolf Claw to the wings on her back.
"Ugh!"
Qian Renyue let out a muffled groan and frowned slightly. Even the relatively sturdy wings of the Light Butterfly could barely withstand Liu Tian's enhanced strike. She hurriedly flew toward the ground, detached the tail supports from her wings, and fused them with the ice prisms, transforming them into a long, slender soft whip.
She had been careless. She had never expected Liu Tian, a power attack system soul master, to possess such incredible speed. And he even had Instant Flash.
"I've been waiting for this move!"
A fusion soul skill. Liu Tian had watched many of Qian Renyue's fights. Aside from a few troublesome soul masters who could force her to use it, she had hardly needed it against anyone else. Having earned her recognition, Liu Tian suddenly grew excited.
He gathered soul power into his fist, the smile never leaving his face. His dark, eerie eyes fixed on Qian Renyue, and a moment later, he charged at her again.
Qian Renyue lashed out with the soft whip, but Liu Tian swiftly dodged. His movements truly resembled a wolf's-fast and impossible to predict. She knitted her brows slightly. It seemed she had truly met her match this time. Qin Ming, oh, Qin Ming, just what are you hoping to see?
"Don't lose focus, little Yueyue!" In no time, Liu Tian was right before Qian Renyue. His charged fist drove toward her abdomen. Her gaze sharpened, and she hastily retreated, swinging her soft whip around his fist. Liu Tian did not panic in the slightest. With a light smile, he reached out with his other hand, grabbed the whip, and violently yanked her toward him from the other end!
Qian Renyue's pupils widened slightly, and she immediately activated the paralysis poison on the whip. Unfortunately, it seemed to have no effect on Liu Tian. His Wolf Transformation granted exceptionally strong resistance, and under the protection of his fur, the poison could not penetrate his flesh at all. Seeing this, Qian Renyue had no choice but to release the whip. Her entire body was flung away. She activated her second soul skill, and her Butterfly Wings reappeared, narrowly preventing her from being thrown off the platform!
"What's going on?"
Qian Renyue's brows drew tighter and tighter. This was the first time she had encountered such a troublesome opponent. As things stood, her attacks had no effect on Liu Tian whatsoever. Moreover, she had already expended some soul power in the previous match. If she did not use her external soul bone or third soul skill now, she would probably lose this fight.
"Tch."
Qian Renyue was rather annoyed.
I'm saving my external soul bone and third soul skill for Tang San and the others. If I use them now, won't that put them on their guard?
At that thought, Qian Renyue could not help wondering whether Qin Ming was a spy.
Who goes out of their way to expose every trump card on their own side?
Absurd.
Absolutely absurd!
Despite her resentment, Qian Renyue still focused on finding a way to deal with Liu Tian first.
Liu Tian had a beast martial soul, the same kind as Blind Douluo's. Yet the path he had taken seemed somewhat different from that of ordinary beast martial souls, which was evident from his soul skills.
Every soul master had shortcomings and weaknesses. Liu Tian's strength lay in his Wolf Transformation, and skills like that generally could not last long without powerful soul power to sustain them-just like her fusion soul skill.
"Silver Frost!"
Qian Renyue flew down to the ground and detached her wing tail supports again. She fused them with the ice prisms, and a silver longsword appeared in her hand. Frowning, she plunged it into the Soul Fighting Platform. Frost spread across the platform, and even the surrounding air instantly congealed. At the sight, Liu Tian grew even more excited.
He did not dodge the frost sweeping toward him. He had already seen Qian Renyue use this move in her fight against Xiao Wu, but he had never expected to experience it himself today. In his Wolf Transformation state, he had no need to fear any negative effects. His fur would block every debuff for him-including frost capable of freezing a person solid!
As frost spread over a vast area, the Soul Fighting Platform's protective mechanism activated. Once again, Qian Renyue had triggered it. Standing in the second-tier spectator seats, Yu Xiaogang stared at the silver sword in her hand with some astonishment. "Th-this is... an ice attribute?!"
Elemental martial souls were uncommon. Moreover, the nine-petal immortal lotus itself did not actually possess any attribute. Could it be because the soul ring she had absorbed had come from an elemental soul beast?
"Is... is this Little Monster really Tang Yue?"
Beside him, Flender was equally dumbfounded. He adjusted his glasses, unable to believe that the girl before him was the same Tang Yue whose innate soul power had been only half a level!
How wonderful would it be if a monster like her belonged to their Shrek?
Silver Frost was the new name Qian Renyue had given this sword. Since she could currently summon only three ice prisms, she could transform them into only three weapons: a soft whip named Green Vine, a silver sword named Silver Frost, and, lastly, an ice bow named Ice Forge. As for why she had chosen those names, they had simply happened to come to mind, so she had used them.
The chill of the Silver Frost sword bore straight down on Liu Tian, and frost covered the entire Soul Fighting Arena in a short span of time. Qian Renyue seized the chance to press her attack. "First Soul Skill, Thousand Absolute Ice Prisms!"
Two ice prisms shot out! Covered in frost, Liu Tian had no way to dodge. His feet seemed welded to the Soul Fighting Platform. Even if his hands could move in an instant, his feet could not!
Those two ice prisms were aimed squarely at Liu Tian's calves. Knowing he could not dodge, he reached out and forcibly caught them both. At that moment, when his fate hung by a thread, Qian Renyue seized her opening. She pulled out Silver Frost and slashed through the air, bringing her sword down on Liu Tian!
Shing-
Liu Tian had nowhere to evade. A dazzling white light suddenly appeared before his eyes, and he instinctively raised a hand to shield them. Yet he saw Qian Renyue, clad in red, swinging her silver sword down at him. Perhaps it was that fleeting glimpse, startling as a swan in flight, that etched this strike into his heart forever.
Boom-
A tremendous impact thundered across the Soul Fighting Platform. Amid the dust and haze, Liu Tian caught Qian Renyue's frostbound strike with his hands. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his Wolf Transformation faded, and several warm rivulets of blood ran down his smooth, broad forehead. He was panting heavily, yet a delighted smile remained on his face. Qian Renyue watched him, a trace of astonishment in her eyes. Among soul masters of her level, no one had ever forcibly caught her frostbound strike barehanded. Although she was not currently at her peak, its power rivaled her third soul skill. Unless a soul master possessed exceptionally high defense, catching it should have been impossible. Besides, no normal soul master would think to take that strike head-on. With Liu Tian's strength, he could easily have used a soul skill to counteract the impact the moment the sword descended. Instead, he had chosen to meet it with brute force.
Just what breed of freak is this Liu Tian?
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