At the referee's command.
A vast chorus of cries and roars shook the square!
-all the Beast Martial Soul masters on both sides had entered Martial Soul Possession.
"Charge!" Xu Zi growled from the rear. "Their team has no Defense System members. We can break their formation with a headlong charge!"
Thud, thud, thud...
At the command, they moved as one. The ground shook as the Spirit Hall Second Team charged headlong.
Countless masses of blue water flew up ahead, gradually freezing in midair into fist-sized hailstones that crashed toward them like a northern winter wind carrying a blizzard.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
The three Dragon Pattern Staff brothers whirled their tool Martial Souls into three circular shields, batting away and smashing hundreds of hailstones.
Thanks to their advantageous positions, the two Defense System members had not even needed to block before the entire Spirit Hall Second Team charged into the Skywater Team's half.
Xu Zi's bright purple eyes pierced the wind and snow ahead, constantly watching the Skywater Team, especially Shui Bing'er's and Xue Wu's movements.
Suddenly, he saw Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu clasp hands.
Immediately afterward, the icy-white light on Xue Wu dimmed. Through the compatibility of their Martial Souls, she actually transferred her own Soul Power to Shui Bing'er.
The next moment, white and blue light blazed from Shui Bing'er. At the same time, she activated her first soul ring-
First soul skill: Ice Seal!
An icy-blue curtain of light burst instantly from beneath Shui Bing'er's feet, rushing along the ground straight toward the seven charging opponents...
In previous matches, she had needed no Soul Power support from Xue Wu. Her own Soul Power alone had been enough to temporarily freeze the enemy front line.
But this was a ranking match. Every member of the Spirit Hall Second Team was a Soul Ancestor, and no fewer than four had cultivation equal to or even higher than hers. Without Xue Wu's Soul Power reinforcement, she could not restrain them at all.
Now, a layer of solid ice enveloped the five members at the Spirit Hall Second Team's front from the feet upward, making their advance increasingly difficult.
Xu Zi followed close behind the team and growled again, "Bear with it. Trust me."
Freezing, stiffening pain shot up from their soles. The five in front gritted their teeth and lifted their feet, while the two Defense System members took the lead, pressing forward to shoulder some of the wind and snow for the three Dragon Pattern Staff brothers.
Their advance slowed drastically. The ice had already climbed past the five frontliners' waists and hips, and now even lifting their legs was difficult.
The wind, snow, and hail even broke past the front line and struck Xu Zi's clothes.
Even Li Qin began swinging his leopard claws, constantly hacking away the ice behind the five frontliners.
Yet even so, Xu Zi had no intention of acting. The Purple Sun floated quietly behind him, giving off only a ring of faintly warm purple light...
Just then, Shui Bing'er's third ring lit up, and two suits of Ice Ring Armor appeared on her team's two Agility Attack System members.
She immediately issued an order. "The time has come. Launch the assault."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Shui Yue'er and Gu Qingbo nodded in agreement. Water-attribute Soul Power surged out, and the two girls immediately transformed into a dolphin and a sailfish, hurtling along the frozen, slippery ground toward the enemy formation ahead.
At the same time, Shui Bing'er drew on Xue Wu's Soul Power again, covering the three Power Attack System members with the soul skill: Ice Ring Armor.
She commanded again, "It's our turn to attack!"
"Let these brutes who blindly charged into our half witness the might of us women!"
"Yes!" Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, and Qiu Ruoshui answered in unison.
They summoned phantoms of a barracuda, a crocodile, and a bass, then "slid" forward with all their strength.
The Skywater Team's offensive had fully unfolded, while the Spirit Hall Second Team was trapped in dire straits.
At this sight, every spectator believed from the bottom of their heart that this Soul Fighting match was nearing its conclusion.
Even within the Spirit Hall Second Team's ranks, crises of trust began cropping up at this critical moment.
Yet at that very moment, seeing the two enemy Agility Attack System Soul Elders hurtling closer, Xu Zi laughed. "The time has come."
He suddenly planted his feet, then held both wrists forward with his arms hanging naturally, assuming a stance to exert power and cast.
The next moment, his Purple Sun Martial Soul abruptly swelled, rising from behind him and continuously pouring down scorching radiance.
The five standing at the front felt a blast of fierce heat against their backs.
The solid ice covering their lower bodies was melting into water at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the Purple Sun rose and expanded, it soon reached a spot directly above the square, shining down with dazzling purple rays.
Winter gave way to spring across most of the square at once. Even the wintry wind and snow blowing toward them lost their chill beneath its scorching light, while the fist-sized hailstones melted into splashes of cool water that fell with wet slaps.
The five members at the Spirit Hall Second Team's front immediately began moving their feet, which had been painfully stiff just moments before.
The sunlight melted the ice on the ground. Shui Yue'er and Gu Qingbo, who had been skating toward them, suddenly felt roughness beneath their feet. Their sliding momentum sent them staggering sharply, then tumbling over and over.
Of the two, Shui Yue'er had the highest Soul Power and thus the greatest sliding speed, leaving her closest to the Spirit Hall Second Team's defensive line.
She could not stop tumbling at all!
The two Defense System members wiped the cool water from their faces. Seeing the two girls rolling toward their side, they immediately took their stances, ready to "welcome" them into the striking range of the three Dragon Pattern Staff brothers.
Fortunately, Gu Qingbo had been sliding more slowly. After rolling several times across the water-covered ground, she lashed a leg forward, hooking her instep around the Ice Ring Armor on Shui Yue'er.
Yet before this, neither had noticed that, among the Spirit Hall Second Team's seven members, the Agility Attack System member with the highest cultivation... had vanished!
"Stick to the original tactics. Maintain formation and keep advancing!" Xu Zi ordered from the rear.
The next moment, a black-striped leopard silhouette appeared like a phantom behind Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er.
"Yue'er! Qingbo!"
Cries of alarm rose from the Skywater Team, but they had no time to help. With the ground's ice melted, the three Power Attack System members sliding forward in their charge had also tripped against the rough surface.
Their meticulously planned offensive had, in a mere five seconds, been utterly dismantled by the Purple Sun overhead.
"Is this that support?!" Shui Bing'er's expression abruptly turned cold.
Bam!
Li Qin delivered a powerful, heavy kick straight into the ice ring at Gu Qingbo's lower back, sending both her and Shui Yue'er flying toward his own team.
The Ice Ring Armor behind Gu Qingbo's waist shattered. By the time she and Shui Yue'er stopped themselves by clawing at the ground-
Tuoba She and Huang Su had already opened their defensive perimeter and followed through with a kick apiece, sending the two girls completely into the Spirit Hall Second Team's encirclement.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three Dragon Pattern Staffs swung out in layers of afterimages, all raining down on the two girls amid the dull thuds of savage blows striking flesh and bone...
Only a few seconds later, as the Spirit Hall Second Team advanced again, did the Skywater Team's two Agility Attack System members reappear in the spectators' view, battered unconscious and covered in injuries.
Now, the Purple Sun overhead kept pressing toward the Skywater Team. White steam rose directly beneath its path-even the water covering the ground was being dried up by its rays!
Li Qin rejoined the team, returning to Xu Zi's side.
Xu Zi repeated, "Maintain formation. Stick to the original plan. Attack!"
"Yes!" Six voices thundered in unison beside his ears.
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