That's the feeling!
That's how her Huo Wu's Blazing Sun was stolen!
"To put it simply..." Xuan Ming frowned slightly, thinking about how to explain this matter in a simple, easy-to-understand way that wouldn't be discouraging.
"My control over fire is superior to yours, or rather, far surpasses it. Therefore, when your control is insufficient or you are not focused enough, I can directly take away your fire."
Huo Wu frowned. "You're not a fire-attribute Soul Master, how could you possibly have better control over flames than me?"
Xuan Ming sighed softly, a glint of fire flashing in his eyes. The flames in his palm instantly ignited, turning from orange-red to white.
Huo Wu's eyes trembled slightly. She actually sensed a power comparable to her own, Huo Wu's Blazing Sun, from this small fireball, no bigger than a palm?
Xuan Ming paused, tapped Huo Wu's head with his finger, and gave her something, "Do you understand?"
Huo Wu lowered her head, remained silent for a moment, then looked up at Xuan Ming with a complicated expression, "What was that final black aurora all about?"
"That black aurora is a special ability within my domain; you can understand it as the fusion of darkness and space." Xuan Ming paused, raised his left hand, and a small, dark void less than an inch in diameter formed as he continued.
"I created a dark void within the domain, like a bottomless black hole, capable of rapidly devouring surrounding energy. Your Huo Wu's Blazing Sun disappeared because it was swallowed by this dark void."
Huo Wu was dumbfounded; she had never heard of such a miraculous ability. To merge darkness with space and create a dark void that could devour energy was simply beyond her comprehension.
"This... how is this possible? Darkness and space, how could they possibly merge together?" Huo Wu muttered to herself, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Darkness is a rare attribute, and so is space. These high-level, rare attributes are inherently extremely powerful; how could they possibly be fused together?
"Don't ask me why, it's just talent." Xuan Ming clenched his fists, and the fireball and the dark void vanished instantly.
Huo Wu remained silent for a moment, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
She had always thought she was quite outstanding among fire-attribute Soul Master, but compared to Xuan Ming, she realized she was still far behind.
"Then why didn't you just attack me with Huo Wu's Blazing Sun back then?" Huo Wu raised her head and looked at Xuan Ming with confusion.
Xuan Ming paused, picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and slowly said, "Under normal circumstances, I don't have the heart to make a move on pretty girls."
Huo Wu's cheeks flushed instantly. She hadn't expected Xuan Ming to give such an answer, and for a moment she was at a loss for words. She lowered her head slightly, her eyes flickering, as if something in her heart had been gently touched.
"Just... just because of this?" Huo Wu's voice was weak, with a hint of barely perceptible shyness.
"Isn't that enough?" Xuan Ming asked, puzzled.
"I'm not a pervert, I don't have that kind of weird fetish."
Although he was rather reckless in the Great Soul Arena, that was because he was in a life-or-death arena, where he naturally couldn't show any mercy.
But under normal circumstances, he is quite normal.
Unless absolutely necessary, I rarely use lethal force, let alone deadly force.
After all, he had been at the Moonlight Pavilion for quite some years, and Tang Yuehua had taught him everything he needed to know. Although he was usually not very polite, that didn't mean he was truly lacking in manners.
Moreover, the reason he gives people the impression of being rude is because most people are rude when they interact with him!
"And all those things you just put in my head..." Huo Wu hesitated, then stopped herself from speaking.
"It's a gift for you. Don't ask why. I just wanted to," Xuan Ming said.
Huo Wu remained silent for a moment, then picked up the teacup on the table, drank it all in one gulp, and stood up. Instead of leaving immediately, she gave Xuan Ming a deep look. "Thank you for telling me all this. Although I still lost, at least I know where I went wrong now. Next time, I won't lose to you so easily."
"Okay, keep it up," Xuan Ming said.
Huo Wu nodded and turned to walk towards the door.
As she opened the door and was about to step out, she suddenly stopped, turned back to look at Xuan Ming, and asked, " Xuan Ming, don't you... think I'm actually pretty good too?"
Xuan Ming paused for a moment, "Of course, I also said during the competition that your talent and strength are quite good."
"However, you need to change your temper. You're too impulsive. One sentence from me almost got you burned. Luckily, this was just a competition; if it were a real fight, you would have been finished."
Huo Wu paused slightly, her cheeks flushing slightly. "I'll remember. Goodbye."
After saying that, she quickly walked out of the room and gently closed the door.
Xuan Ming glanced at the tightly closed door, then turned back to continue condensing the Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
At the same time, after Huo Wu left the room, Huo Wushuang and the members of the Blazing Fire Academy quickly surrounded her.
" Huo Wu, are you alright?" Huo Wushuang asked worriedly, looking at the somewhat flustered Huo Wu.
This was the first time his younger sister had ever shown such a flustered expression in all her life!
Could it be that Xuan Ming is a wolf in sheep's clothing?
"I'm fine, what are you doing here?" Huo Wu asked, puzzled.
"You were so distraught after the match, how could I be at ease with you?" Huo Wushuang said helplessly.
Why is your face so red?
"Red?" Huo Wu was stunned for a moment, then reached out and touched her burning cheeks.
"I drank some hot tea, it's a bit too hot."
"What?!" Huo Wushuang's expression changed.
"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? You don't seem to be feeling dizzy, and your body might be a little feverish, do you?"
Huo Wu's face darkened. "Brother! What are you thinking?"
Huo Wushuang scratched his head and smiled somewhat awkwardly, "I was just worried about you. Xuan Ming is such a mysterious guy, who knows if he'll pull some bad tricks."
Huo Wu rolled her eyes at him. "Brother, don't make wild guesses. Xuan Ming didn't do anything to me. He just explained some things about the competition to me."
"Really?" Huo Wushuang was still somewhat skeptical, his gaze sweeping over Huo Wu.
When had he ever seen his younger sister like this?
"Really!" Huo Wu stomped her foot, but faced with the doubtful looks from everyone, she snorted, too lazy to explain, and turned to walk away quickly.
However, in everyone's eyes, this seemed somewhat like a hasty retreat.
"Our opponents tomorrow are from the Skywater Academy. Their ice and snow abilities will also greatly interfere with my control of poison mist. What are your thoughts?"
Just as Huo Wushuang was about to go back and ask Xuan Ming what had just happened, the voices of Dugu Yan and her group came from the other side of the corridor. Almost instinctively, Huo Wushuang took off running, and the members of the Blazing Fire Academy quickly followed.
"Hmm? Who is it?" Dugu Yan frowned.
This is the top floor, and this entire floor is the exclusive rest area for the Imperial Fighting Team. What are other people doing up here?
"Judging from their team uniforms, they seem to be from the Blazing Fire Academy," Ye Lingling said.
"What are they doing here?" Ning Rongrong asked, puzzled.
"..."
" Xuan Ming!"
Seemingly realizing something, Dugu Yan and her group burst into speed and rushed towards Xuan Ming's room, with Gu Yuena, who was in the lead, kicking open the door.
Bang!
Xuan Ming, who was concentrating on gathering Dark Demon Evil Thunder, was disrupted by this sudden intrusion. The already unstable lightning in his hand suddenly exploded, and the evil lightning danced wildly, directly blasting the entire room into chaos.
"..."
An awkward silence seemed to fill the air.
Xuan Ming looked at the messy room, then slowly turned his head to look at Gu Yuena and her group, who were standing stunned at the doorway.
Especially Gu Yuena, whose right foot was still dangling in mid-air when she kicked the door.
You'd better give me a reasonable explanation.
"..."
Chapter 247 You absolutely mustn't be infatuated with him.
After a day of rest, the qualifiers continued.
In this round, the Imperial Fighting Team's opponent is Skywater Academy. Like Blazing Fire Academy, this team's ice and snow abilities still have a great restraining effect on Dugu Yan's poison mist control ability.
Under both high and low temperatures, Dugu Yan's threat level is greatly reduced, and this is an unavoidable issue of attribute advantage.
"Based on observations from previous matches, Skywater Academy is very strong, on par with the Blazing Fire Academy. However, we are not sure if they have used their full strength, since the teams they have faced before were not particularly strong, and were mostly composed of Soul Master who were all Soul Elder."
Xue Qinghe, the team leader, is introducing relevant information to everyone.
" The Skywater Academy Team has three Soul Ancestor above level 40. The captain, Shui Bing'er, is a Control System Soul Master. Her Martial Soul is somewhat special, different from what she reported."
"Different?" Dugu Yan was taken aback.
"What is her Martial Soul?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a top-tier ice-attribute Beast Martial Soul, comparable to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, the Ice Phoenix," Xue Qinghe said.
"After all, the dean of the Skywater Academy possesses this Martial Soul."
"As the five most powerful advanced Soul Master Academy under the rule of the Heaven Dou Empire, the deans of the Five Elemental Academies are at least high-level Soul Saint. However, they are all figures from decades ago, and few people in the Soul Master World today know their names."
"These five academies are either connected to the Seven Great Sects, belong to the high-ranking nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire, or have close ties with the Seven Great Families. Among them, the dean of the Skywater Academy is also the city lord of Skywater City, who is an old marquis of the Heaven Dou Empire."
"Then why does she hide her Martial Soul?" Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.
"I don't know. Maybe it's to hide their strength, or maybe there's some problem at home. After all, there's that old marquis in Skywater City..." Xue Qinghe shook his head helplessly.
"She's incredibly fickle."
"Hmm?" Dugu Yan and the others' expressions changed slightly, their gossipy nature immediately piqued.
"Your Highness, could you please explain in detail?"
Xue Qinghe's eye twitched slightly. "We're talking about the competition right now."
"It's okay, I'm already restrained anyway, Xuan Ming will definitely carry me." Dugu Yan said confidently.
Xue Qinghe was speechless for a moment. "Alright, but don't go spreading rumors when you get out of here. Shui Hantian is, after all, an old marquis of the Heaven Dou Empire."
"Yes, yes, yes! We'll keep our mouths shut!" Everyone nodded repeatedly, their eyes sparkling with anticipation.
Xue Qinghe paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Among the Five Elemental Academies, Skywater Academy Five Elemental Academies the most stringent application requirements, and it is also the only one that is open to ordinary people. In addition to water-attribute Martial Soul, they have two other requirements: first, they only accept female students; second, they only accept beautiful women."
"And then contact that philandering dean again, and... you understand?"
Dugu Yan's eye twitched slightly, "Playing such fancy tricks?"
Xue Qinghe shrugged slightly. "Although it's not as exaggerated as you imagine, the special requirements of this academy were indeed what the dean wanted from the beginning. After all, he is an old marquis of the Heaven Dou Empire."
"However, later on, this old marquis married several wives, all of whom were graduates of the Skywater Academy. His wives had rather bad tempers, and coupled with the old marquis's advancing age, he toned it down considerably."
Although these things may not sound pleasant, Shui Hantian is first and foremost Soul Douluo powerhouse with a high status in the Soul Master World. Moreover, he is the city lord of Skywater City and an old marquis of the Heaven Dou Empire. Not to mention commoners, even female Soul Master from noble families have many desires to get involved with him.
This situation is not uncommon in the Soul Master World, but there is only one case like Shui Hantian, who so blatantly opened an academy to cause trouble.
"So, the reason why Shui Bing'er is hiding her Martial Soul is very likely because of the dean of the Skywater Academy?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously.
Xue Qinghe nodded slightly. "That's possible. This dean doesn't have a good reputation. Some of his offspring have also made some jokes in the past. It's normal for Shui Bing'er, a young girl, to hide her Martial Soul and not want people to associate it with anything else."
"However, Shui Hantian's reputation has been rarely mentioned in recent years. Even if she didn't hide it, few people would actually think of her."
"Alright, enough of the gossip, let's talk about the competition."
"A competition?" Dugu Yan and her group all turned their gazes to Xuan Ming, who had been lying on the side pretending to be asleep from the beginning.
"Captain, it's up to you!"
"Yeah! They're all girls on the other side, and you're the best at bullying women!"
Xuan Ming slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed, and glared at everyone with annoyance. "What do you mean, 'I'm best at bullying women'?"
"You didn't bully us last night?" Ning Rongrong asked, looking indignant.
"Bullying?" Xue Qinghe's eyes changed slightly.
What did you do last night?
Hu Liena was planning to touch Xuan Ming's bed in the middle of the night, but she was caught by Xuanming outside the hotel!
Damn it! You can guard against anything day or night, but it's hard to guard against a thief within your own ranks!
How could she forget about those little sluts in the hotel!
"We were worried he might be in trouble, which is why we accidentally disturbed him, and what happened? He beat us up!" Ning Rongrong said, looking annoyed.