The Far North
"Kill him first!"
Long Chen was defeated, but the outcome of the other battles is still undecided. This is a team battle, not a one-on-one duel.
At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, one of the female students, named Xue Liushuang, shouted.
Among these people, her cultivation level was second only to Long Chen. In terms of true strength, she was not much lower than those ranked in the bottom ten of the Young Genius Ranking.
Of the eight people present, five abandoned their original opponents and launched a coordinated attack on Tang Wulin from multiple directions, including front, back, left, and right.
Xue Liushuang thrust out her sword, aiming straight for Tang Wulin's heart.
"Roar! Instead of running away, it's attacking me!"
Faced with meteor hammers, giant axes, longswords, missiles, and even Ice Laser attacking him, Tang Wulin's principle is...
Run!
"Let's all attack together! Nine against eight, we're bound to win!"
Zhang Yangzi and Luo Guixing, two control-type Soul Master, immediately launched an attack.
Dark Mist divided the battlefield, and spatial the Binder immobilized two students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy who were desperately resisting the attacks of others.
They all attacked together and instantly killed the two.
At this point, the scales of victory had completely tipped in Tang Wulin.
Tang Wulin and the others were all present, including the control and support roles.
Even if Xue Liushuang on the other side is powerful, she will eventually fall to the combined attack of the nine people.
Wu Hongchen stood up abruptly, turned around, and left.
The outcome of this match is no longer in doubt.
The fighting on the other battlefield had long since ended.
Since Wu Hongchen had no hope at all, he only sent two teachers from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to act as referees, along with Shen Yi who had come in with him.
At this moment, in the center of the field.
Jiang Mingyuan, Yu Hongchen, and Xu Yunmeng sat at a table and chairs made of metal.
"Doctor, how is she? Is there any hope?" Xu Yunmeng asked anxiously.
Jiang Mingyuan gently removed his fingers from Yu Hongchen's wrist. Then, he sighed dramatically.
Actually, he doesn't know anything about pulse diagnosis.
It's simply about getting a closer look at the other person's physical condition through physical contact.
"You're suffering from the backlash of your own poison. Unless there's a way to completely remove the toxins from your body, you'll eventually die from them no matter what."
Yu Hongchen's body is like a cup filled with water.
Her current internal condition is like a container with a stone that continuously produces toxins. Unless the stone is completely removed or its toxin production is stopped, the "water" she contains will continue to be contaminated by toxins.
Even if it were purified by other healing-type Soul Master, it wouldn't work. It's as if this Vermilion Clear Ice Toad was deliberately trying to poison Yu Hongchen to death.
Normally it only produces a small amount of toxins each day, but once it's cleaned up, the amount of toxins it produces will increase.
"To be honest, I have a way to cleanse the toxins from your body, but that's just a temporary fix. I can't stay by your side forever."
Upon hearing Jiang Mingyuan's words, Xu Yunmeng's expression instantly turned dejected.
Yu Hongchen gently patted Xu Yunmeng's back.
"It's okay, I've come to terms with it."
"However, I do have two more methods." Jiang Mingyuan held up two fingers and gestured in front of the two of them.
"What! Tell me!"
Jiang Mingyuan didn't mind helping the two out; he was sure that others could think of the same solution as him, but it was just too difficult to implement.
"There are two methods: either start with yourself, or start with your Martial Soul."
"I'm sure you've all heard of Tang San's story. The first method is to consume some Immortal Grade medicinal herbs to make your body immune to all poisons,"
Yu Hongchen shook her head.
The legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well does exist, but it is firmly held in the hands of the Tang Sect. Although their Hongchen Family has a certain influence in the Federation, it is nothing compared to the behemoth that is the Tang Sect.
The path of seeking immortality through Immortal Herb is a dead end.
Seeing the two of them like this, Jiang Mingyuan silently withdrew one of his fingers.
"Then there's only one way: start with your Martial Soul. Either find a way to cripple it completely. Although your talent will be greatly diminished, at least you'll survive."
Yu Hongchen shook her head again.
Her family had tried this method before. Logically speaking, if Soul Master loses their Martial Soul, they will be crippled, if Undying killed. But for Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls, the situation is much better. They had tried, but no matter what they did, they couldn't get rid of Vermilion Clear Ice Toad's Martial Soul.
In fact, the Hongchen Family tried many methods in an attempt to salvage Yu Hongchen, this super genius.
For example, forcing the poison into the Soul Bone or Battle Armor.
Soul Bone are extremely rare in this era. Even a genius as outstanding as Yu Hongchen only absorbed a thousand-year-old Left Arm Soul Bone, which was already completely corroded by toxins.
Her Battle Armor wasn't originally supposed to have that semi-transparent texture. It was only because of the poison that it became so; if it were forced any further in, even the Battle Armor wouldn't be able to hold up.
The second method was to try to condense Soul Core. Yu Hongchen, as expected of a genius, successfully condensed a Fire Attribute Soul Core in her dantian. Originally, she hoped that the addition of this Soul Core would break the coexistence of ice and fire in Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, forcibly expelling the ice attribute and leaving only the Fire Attribute, so that it would not produce poison.
After condensation, the ice attribute was not expelled; instead, it intensified the ferocity of the Ice-Fire Poison.
"Judging from your expressions, you've probably already tried eliminating your Martial Soul. It seems that this path is also blocked. However, I have one last possible method. But I'm just thinking about it randomly; this method might not only fail to save you, but could also cause you to explode and die."
A glimmer of hope returned to Xu Yunmeng's face.
"Please tell us. No matter how slim the hope, I don't want her to just sit here and wait to die."
Jiang Mingyuan had already heard about her from Yu Hongchen. Originally, Vermilion Clear Ice Toad's quality was not much different from that of other clansmen.
When Yu Hongchen was 15 years old, one day Vermilion Clear Ice Toad's Fire Attribute suddenly intensified, becoming second only to the Ultimate Attribute.
Have you ever tried to fully elevate the ice and fire attributes of the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad to their ultimate potential?
If Yu Hongchen truly elevates the two attributes within her to their ultimate potential, then there will be two possibilities.
The first type of poisoning will also worsen, Yu Hongchen will not be able to hold on any longer, exploding with a bang.
The second possibility is that after the two attributes are sublimated into their Ultimate Attribute, Yu Hongchen's control over them increases, and there might be a slight possibility that he can control the two attributes and prevent them from continuing to produce toxins.
The Ice-Fire Poison of Vermilion Clear Ice Toad is not a poison in the true sense, but rather a kind of negative energy generated by the chaotic collision of ice and fire attributes.
However, Jiang Mingyuan also felt that the poison would most likely intensify, causing him to explode and die.
Yu Hongchen and Xu Yunmeng both fell silent.
This kind of task is probably no less difficult than finding a Immortal Herb.
Throughout history, there have been very few examples of people who have been able to advance from the non-ultimate to the ultimate. The vast majority of them have accomplished this by relying on legendary Immortal Herb.
With less than two years left to live, how could Yu Hongchen possibly accomplish that?
"Oh, thank you, little brother Mingyuan. Let's go back and think of another way."
As Jiang Mingyuan watched the two women support each other as they walked off the Competition Platform, he felt a strange sense of unease.
Jiang Mingyuan felt as if he were seeing himself and Wulin from the past.
He still remembered that Wulin had just learned that he possessed the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, which could make him stronger but also kill him. That night, he comforted Wulin for half the night, using his lap as a pillow.
Jiang Mingyuan could understand Xu Yunmeng's feelings.
"Perhaps you could try your luck in the Far North."
Yu Hongchen and Xu Yunmeng turned their heads at the same time.
"If you can find a way to maximize the ice attribute, I might be able to help you maximize the Fire Attribute as well."