But Ling Luochеn froze for only a moment before regaining her composure.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Ice Radiance Ring!"
Her fifth, black Soul Ring suddenly blazed.
In an instant, the chill across the entire training ground surged again!
Icy mist rapidly gathered, and a gigantic ring appeared on the ground, enclosing Xiao Yan. Streams of ice-blue cold rushed out in an instant, sweeping toward him like ice dragons.
Wherever they passed, the ground froze rapidly, and fine cracks from the ice even appeared in the hard bluestone.
This was one of her true trump cards.
Against a Soul Master of the same level, anyone caught within the Ice Radiance Ring's range would find it extremely difficult to escape!
And every snowflake that melted within the domain would take away the enemy's Soul Power, until the enemy became an ice sculpture.
She wanted to see just what Xiao Yan could use to block it!
But just as the ice-blue currents were about to close around him,
Xiao Yan plunged forward like a tiger entering a forest. He took a step and swept the Heavy Xuan Ruler across in a sudden arc.
"Second Soul Skill, Qian Jun!"
Boom!
The pitch-black ruler burst forth like a tiger from its cage, cold white flames trailing it like a dragon. Its ferocious force and the flames' heat made the air around it twist and dance.
It came from a 2,200-year-old Giant Strength Savage Ape and allowed him to swing three times in quick succession, each blow carrying twice the force of the last.
Three full-force swings amounted to an eightfold increase!
But one swing was enough to defeat Ling Luochеn!
At the same time, under the might of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, the ice-blue currents surging in from every direction halted, unable to advance another inch.
Crack!
Crack!
Crisp cracking sounds rang out one after another.
As Xiao Yan moved, the currents came into contact with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and rapidly turned into translucent ice crystals. They fell to the ground in a shower and became gray residue.
The Ice Seal for a Thousand Li Ling Luochеn had unleashed was forcibly torn open from the front, a great gap ripped through it by that bone-white chill!
But Ling Luochеn was, after all, a genius of the Shrek Inner Court. Her strength as a level fifty-one Soul King was no empty boast.
Even an ordinary Soul Emperor would be easily defeated by her.
So even faced with this situation, she remained calm and unruffled.
"You should have come to Shrek Academy."
As Ling Luochеn spoke, Soul Power surged wildly inside her.
In the Inner Academy, besides learning about Soul Beasts, there were numerous secret techniques available to study.
The one she had chosen was the relatively less difficult secret technique, Ring Fusion!
Although she was not yet very skilled at using it, surely thirty percent Ring Fusion would be enough to deal with Xiao Yan!
Watching Xiao Yan charge, how could Ling Luochеn not know what he was after?
Then, as you wish!
"Ice Armor Body Protection!"
The instant Ling Luochеn used her second Soul Skill, she activated Ring Fusion!
The blue ring on the ground contracted at the same time, returning to the icy mist beneath Ling Luochеn's feet.
The dark blue light patterns of the Ice Radiance Ring rapidly appeared across the surface of the ice armor, growing deeper in color.
Because of Ring Fusion's effect, Ling Luochеn was now continuously releasing pulses of extreme cold within three meters of herself.
The power of this secret technique after Ring Fusion had already far surpassed the Soul King level!
This was the secret technique formed by fusing her second Soul Skill, Ice Armor Body Protection, with her fifth Soul Skill, Ice Radiance Ring. Ling Luochеn called it the Ice Radiance Battle Armor!
At that moment, Xiao Yan arrived!
A dark figure passed through the icy mist and appeared before Ling Luochеn like a god or a demon.
Xiao Yan!
He had charged straight into close range!
Alarm bells rang wildly in Ling Luochеn's heart, but she responded without the slightest panic, raising her staff to unleash another Soul Skill.
But it was already too late!
The Heavy Xuan Ruler swept across like a dragon, raising a tremendous, raging wave of white flame that truly came surging in like a tide blotting out the sky.
The intensely scorching heat made it almost impossible for Ling Luochеn to look straight at it.
She instinctively held her staff across her body while drawing on all her Soul Power to protect herself!
Then came the immense force transmitted through Xiao Yan's ruler, spreading through her entire body in an instant.
Every flow of Soul Power was severed in an instant!
Bang!
Her ice staff shattered, turning into a skyful of snowflakes!
Immediately afterward, cracks spread across the Ice Radiance Battle Armor, and it broke apart into ice crystals!
The tremendous force sent Ling Luochеn flying!
She lost her balance in midair and smashed through two layers of ice walls she had formed before landing heavily at the edge of the training ground.
"Pfft!"
She could not help spewing a great mouthful of blood, which fell to the ground and crystallized. Her face turned deathly pale in an instant.
But it was not over yet.
The ice crystals from the shattered Ice Radiance Battle Armor flew toward Xiao Yan one by one. Like pieces of a puzzle, they assembled around him, sealing him inside a massive block of ice!
"You fell for it... cough, cough..."
Ling Luochеn knelt on one knee, her right hand pressed to her chest as she forcibly suppressed the blood welling up in her mouth.
The corners of her mouth were already crimson. Though she was gravely injured and pale, the pleasure on her face was plain to see.
But the next second, the smile froze on Ling Luochеn's lips.
A towering figure had loomed over her, casting her entire body into shadow!
The Heavy Xuan Ruler hung above her head like a mountain.
"Do you admit defeat?"
Xiao Yan held the ruler in his right hand, pressing it horizontally over Ling Luochеn's head.
Bone White Flame burned slowly along the ruler, making him look even more cold and stern.
In Ling Luochеn's eyes, Xiao Yan was practically a ghost!
How had he gotten out of the Ice Seal?!
Ling Luochеn's emotions were on a roller coaster, but no matter how he had done it,
the outcome was set. Victory and defeat had been decided.
"You won..."
"Now, your life belongs to me."
Xiao Yan coldly tossed out those words and turned to leave.
Hearing that, Ling Luochеn lowered her head. Xiao Yan's image was deeply imprinted in her mind. This contest decides not only who is superior, but also who lives and who dies.
She had indeed lost. Her skills were inferior, and there was nothing she could say in her defense.
Too proud to go back on her word, she knew only that Xiao Yan had become an insurmountable mountain in her life.
That towering figure had already shattered certain convictions she had held in her life!
The entire training ground fell deathly silent.
Ling Luochеn had been defeated by Xiao Yan in three moves!
And from the start of their exchange until now, only a few dozen breaths had passed.
The members of the Ling Clan who had been so overbearing moments ago were now like eggplants struck by frost, every one of them hanging their heads in dejection.
The Ling Clan head in particular was already wondering how to extricate himself safely.
He was also complaining inwardly about how careless Ling Luochеn had been!
On the other side, Xiao Zhan's heart burned with excitement. His son seemed different?
After all, Ling Luochеn was no ordinary Soul King.
She came from the Inner Academy of Shrek Academy, had an impressive Soul Ring Configuration, and possessed far more combat experience than most of her peers.
Yet even so, Ling Luochеn had failed to gain the slightest advantage against Xiao Yan.
His son really was a genius!
He had been confident in Xiao Yan's combat strength, but he had not expected it to be so great.
For that final move, Xiao Yan had used the icy mist and flames as cover, formed a substitute with Ultimate Ice, then closed in a second time at extreme speed, securing his victory completely!
What terrifying combat awareness!