This time, the six of them admired Xu Zi from the bottom of their hearts.
He had actually taken out two opponents in one go within the first thirty seconds.
The five in the front row felt as though a cold wind had just made them squint...
Then, the moment they opened their eyes, the enemy's Agility Attack System Soul Masters had come scrambling straight up to get beaten with their staffs. The five of them really had-almost failed to react in time!
High above, the Purple Sun shone overhead.
Below, water vapor rose with a hiss.
When the Purple Sun rose above the three Power Attack System Soul Masters, Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, and Qiu Ruoshui, a series of crisp cracks rang out across their bodies.
Shui Bing'er's expression shifted slightly, and she called out sharply, "Everyone, get back here!"
For before her and Xue Wu's eyes, the Ice Ring Armor covering the three Power Attack System Soul Masters was slowly cracking and melting.
"A rank thirty-seven Soul Elder? How is that possible?"
Xue Wu said in disbelief, "What kind of Martial Soul is that?"
"Purple Sun, a purple sun." Shui Bing'er looked up at the Purple Sun drawing ever closer, and at the Spirit Hall Second Team advancing straight ahead through masses of cold water.
She, too, found it hard to believe. My Condensed Water Flying Luan is a top-tier Martial Soul. He's six whole ranks below me. How could he counter me instead?
And merely summoning his Martial Soul melted my first Soul Skill and weakened my third. How is that possible?
Shui Bing'er was not the only one puzzled by this. Every Soul Master watching from all sides shared her confusion.
Some even speculated that Xu Zi must have used a Soul Skill, but his Martial Soul's characteristics simply prevented them from seeing his Soul Rings light up.
Only Xu Zi knew that this was an effect he could achieve without doing anything, merely letting his Martial Soul shine.
Aside from the sun having also been elevated to a god-level Martial Soul, there was another crucial point-
Whenever any Martial Soul gained a new Soul Ring, a function would be activated, adding a new characteristic.
Take Tang San, for example. After his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul obtained its first ring, its texture not only became more supple and resilient, but it even acquired mildly poisonous barbs.
Xu Zi's Sun Martial Soul was the same.
Although the Power of Destruction had removed his first two Soul Rings of light and fire, both compatible with his Sun Martial Soul, their characteristics and functions had not disappeared.
Those two features would remain with his Purple Sun Martial Soul forever, unless the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon fully hatched and broke out of the sun.
Thus, his current Sun Martial Soul had undergone five Soul Ring modifications, giving it strength on par with a Five-Ring Soul King.
As Shui Bing'er ordered a retreat, three ice paths extended from beneath Xue Wu's feet to the heels of the Skywater Team's three Power Attack System Soul Masters.
But only two managed to skate back smoothly.
For Li Qin moved again. He fixed his sights on the clumsiest of them, the Enamel Fortune Crocodile Soul Elder, Shen Liuyu, and tangled with her.
At the same time, Xu Zi shouted, "Everyone, deploy according to plan! Scatter!"
The three Dragon Pattern Staff brothers immediately darted out, their three long staffs spinning into three circles before them, blocking the cold water and shattered ice hurled by Skywater's remaining four members.
Following Xu Zi's orders, the three brothers did not so much as glance at Shen Liuyu as they passed her, pinned down by Li Qin. With three whooshes, they charged straight at Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
For even before issuing her retreat order, Shui Bing'er had already drawn close to Xue Wu. Calling the three Power Attack System Soul Masters back was merely to buy herself time...
As the three brothers whistled past him, Li Qin also abandoned Shen Liuyu, whom he had pressed to the verge of collapse. He turned into a black shadow and swiftly advanced abreast of the brothers.
Just as Shen Liuyu was puzzling over this and preparing to catch her breath, her Enamel Fortune Crocodile Martial Soul suddenly shuddered, as though subjected to some suppression from a shared origin.
The next second, the Golden Crocodile Soul Ancestor, Huang Su, charged up, half his body clad in golden armor!
One punch left Shen Liuyu's arms numb. A second thudded into the side of her neck, sending her into a good sleep.
At that very second, with Li Qin clearing the way, the three Dragon Pattern Staff brothers had reached the Skywater Team's final defensive line.
Four against two. Before Yu Hairou and Qiu Ruoshui had each taken even three staff blows, a pair of leopard claws pinned them to the ground.
The three brothers immediately set up their Dragon Pattern Staff Formation. Their four identical Soul Rings and Soul Skills formed some kind of connection. Though it fell short of the compatibility of Martial Soul Fusion, it was enough to create an impenetrable circle of staff shadows.
Dragon shadows seemed to swim within this circle of staffs, which closed over Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu from above...
"The match is decided!" An expression finally appeared on Li Qin's zombie-like face.
His ten fingers tightened their grip, pulling the two women's heads up by their hair beneath his palms. The next second, just as he was about to slam them into the ground and end the match in a single blow...
Buzz!
A sudden change erupted!
Li Qin discovered that Yu Hairou's and Qiu Ruoshui's hair had frozen to the ground in an instant. He could neither pull it up nor easily press it down.
At that instant-
Ice and snow Soul Power intertwined, and a blue-white pillar of light shot into the clouds.
Within the circle of swimming dragon staffs, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu vanished simultaneously...
The next second, a tornado carrying a blizzard spread an icy-blue field across the Soul Fighting Arena, turning Skywater's half of the arena into a realm of snow.
Even the Purple Sun hanging in the air was affected, dimming considerably.
In the blink of an eye, the ice tornado broke through half the Dragon Pattern Staff Formation, blasting the weakest, the third brother, into a snowman...
At that moment, a clear phoenix cry rang across the square:
"Ice and Snow Drifting!"
The second brother was frozen into a statue immediately afterward.
Only the eldest turned back, looking regretfully toward the far rear as he explained, "The one called Xue Wu blocked most of the blows with her body. We were afraid of killing her, so we didn't dare unleash our full strength."
"Sorry. Three for one, and we only knocked one out..."
Hearing this, Xu Zi's eyes brightened slightly. "So you're saying there's only one left?"
"All right, then we've got this in the bag. You have my word."
After receiving Xu Zi's nod, the eldest Dragon Pattern Staff brother could hold out no longer.
The Soul Power covering his body was scoured away, and, like his two brothers... he became a snowman.
At that moment, icy-blue rain poured from the sky. The freezing rain formed fluttering snowflakes, like spinning frost blades. Swept up in the storm, they became a vortex of ice blades that sliced down toward the ground!
Li Qin bore the brunt of it, but even after witnessing the three brothers' miserable state, he did not shrink back. The pride of a Titled Douluo's grandson sustained him as he roared and slammed the two heads beneath his palms toward the ground.
Half a second later, engulfed by the vortex of frost blades, he was completely sealed in ice.
Now, because of a single merciful thought.
The two opposing sides in the Soul Fighting Arena had returned to a state of relative balance.
"Xu Zi." Shui Bing'er's voice came from within the ice tornado.
"A Support System team captain. Sorry, I admit I underestimated you far too much and overlooked you."
Had the Purple Sun overhead not kept blazing down, constantly raising the temperature where the Skywater Team stood, Ice and Snow Drifting would likely have descended long ago.
As Shui Bing'er spoke, a gust of white wind swept down with her words.
Tuoba She and Huang Su blocked the snowy wind on either side, deflecting the frost blades one after another with a series of sharp clinks.
Both suddenly sensed something and stepped aside.
Xu Zi walked slowly out. Shattered ice and white wind blew against him, yet failed to freeze even a corner of his clothes.
He stared at the ice tornado and gave a chuckle. "Since you intend to take me seriously, why are you still hiding your Martial Soul Fusion Skill's true-"
"-power!"
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