Shui Bing'er, transform

The two split up.

Shui Bing'er summoned her Martial Soul, formed wings, and attacked the Monstrous Tuna from above.

Xiao Yao approached it through the water.

"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal."

Instant-cast Soul Skills always managed to work wonders.

One moment, the Monstrous Tuna had its mouth wide open, about to swallow its prey.

The next, he was frozen solid, forced to watch his lunch sit right before him without being able to swallow it.

The ice trembled slightly. Clearly, the Monstrous Tuna was truly angry and was doing everything it could to break free of its restraints.

But just then, Xiao Yao's attack arrived.

"Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique, Sea Heart Flame."

The Sea Heart Flame actually coordinated with Shui Bing'er, slipping inside without melting the ice and giving the Monstrous Tuna a taste of what it meant to be "roasted over a fire."

The ice shook even more violently. It was easy to imagine the cruel torment it was enduring inside.

Soon, thirteen seconds passed, the ice melted, and the tuna finally broke free.

But...

"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal."

Through this cycle, the Monstrous Tuna was roasted alive, serving the three of them a lunch of ice-sealed grilled fish.

A Yellow Soul Ring hovered over the ice, spinning and flickering. Xiao Yao could distinctly feel its resentment.

They boarded the boat and dug in.

Xiao Yao was the first to give a thumbs-up. "Senior sister, you're amazing. The Soul Skill Teacher picked for you might be dirty, but it really works."

"In a one-on-one or many-on-one situation like this, it's practically invincible."

Shui Bing'er smiled shyly. "Not really. This Soul Skill still has weaknesses. They just haven't shown themselves because everyone's Soul Skills are still low-quality."

She did not elaborate on those weaknesses, but Xiao Yao already knew.

In the original story, Tang San had used Blue Silver Cage to block Ice Seal, then immediately withdrawn the cage, using the force of the retracting Blue Silver Grass to break out of the ice.

Ice Seal was only a hundred-year Soul Skill, after all. As long as an opponent used a similar trick, breaking it was not particularly difficult.

Qiu Wanxi wore a dark expression throughout. "I sent you out to experience how Sea Soul Beasts fight, not to cheat."

"Go back out after lunch. No using this kind of cheap fighting method."

"Yes."

Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er exchanged another glance, their eyes holding both helplessness and amusement.

The Monstrous Tuna's flesh was tender and melted in their mouths.

The moment she took a bite, Shui Bing'er let out a comfortable moan:

"I never thought Sea Soul Beasts would taste this good. This is so much better than the academy cafeteria's food."

Qiu Wanxi explained, "Sea Soul Beasts all have water-attribute Soul Power, which nourishes the skin and flesh. That's also why those of us with water-attribute Martial Souls tend to produce so many beauties."

Xiao Yao suddenly cut in. "I remember your younger cousin Gu Sanshui's Martial Soul is a tuna too. Well? Does eating this meat feel like you're teaching him a lesson?"

Shui Bing'er lowered her head shyly. "A little. It reminds me of whipping him when we were little. I rather miss those days."

Xiao Yao observed a moment of silence for Gu Sanshui, hoping Shui Bing'er would not want to relive those days after returning.

The three had nearly eaten their fill when Qiu Wanxi spotted an unidentified flying object in the distance with her powerful eyesight.

Once she alerted them, Xiao Yao and Shui Bing'er looked that way too.

It was a disc-shaped monster. Back on Earth, they would have had to call it a UFO.

It was enormous, a full forty meters across.

Numerous tentacles hung beneath the disc, with two ending in sickle shapes. It looked just like a mutated jellyfish.

"That's a Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish. Bing'er, it's especially suitable for your third Soul Ring."

Shui Bing'er froze. "Isn't... isn't it a jellyfish? How could it suit my Ice Phoenix?"

"It's not a jellyfish. It's a Water Spirit Jellyfish."

"Though it's a Soul Beast, it's more like a spiritual treasure. No, it's like one of those legendary immortal herbs, even more precious than spiritual treasures."

"A Water Spirit Jellyfish continually absorbs water-attribute Soul Power, stores it within its body, and refines it over and over."

"That refined water-attribute Soul Power turns into water drops. Since no one has studied them yet, we call them Mystic Water Drops."

"A Soul Beast that eats a Mystic Water Drop will gain a huge boost in cultivation, and a human absorbing its Soul Ring will experience a similar effect."

"More importantly, Mystic Water Drops can promote the evolution of all water-attribute spiritual treasures."

"If you absorb it, your Martial Soul might evolve into Ultimate Ice."

Qiu Wanxi's words left Shui Bing'er stunned again and again.

She had never expected to encounter two opportunities within just a few short days. The sailor uniform and Breath of Ice Xiao Yao had given her were already incredible.

And this Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish, which offered a chance to improve her Martial Soul's quality through evolution, was no less impressive.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry and catch it. Don't let it get away."

Xiao Yao nudged Shui Bing'er and leaped into the water.

Qiu Wanxi smiled helplessly and prepared to act at any moment.

Afraid of startling it away, the two women slowed as they approached.

Up close, its details became clearer. A ring of tiny tentacles constantly writhed at the center of its underside.

Had Xiao Yao's spiritual power been strong enough, he could have sensed that this was the very part constantly absorbing water-attribute Soul Power from heaven and earth.

"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal."

An instant-cast control skill was undoubtedly the best opening move. Before the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish even noticed them, it had already been frozen into an ice sculpture.

Xiao Yao was just about to follow up with a finishing blow when the next sight nearly made his eyes pop out.

The Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish swam out of the ice sculpture. Yes, it simply swam out without any obstruction.

"Is this... form without substance?"

Xiao Yao was stunned. This was his first encounter with such a Soul Beast.

Shui Bing'er was at a loss too, even forgetting the next wave of attacks she had prepared.

Just then, Qiu Wanxi's voice carried over from afar. "You need to break the organ where it stores spiritual power. Only then can you release its power, and only then can you hit him."

"But we can't even touch it, let alone break its organ." Shui Bing'er was bewildered.

"When the cart reaches the mountain, there'll be a road. Let's follow it first. It's already getting away."

When God opened a door for you, he was bound to close a window as well.

The Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish had nearly invincible defenses, but at the same time, its means of attack were severely limited.

Xiao Yao had heard from Xiao Wu that its sole means of attack was to draw others into its body and suffocate them to death.

Thus, when the Disc Water Spirit Jellyfish discovered someone harbored ill intentions toward it, its first reaction was not to fight back, but to flee.

The two hurried after it, but compared with a spiritual creature born in the ocean like the Water Spirit Jellyfish, they were still far too slow.

Xiao Yao glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye and found that Qiu Wanxi had indeed followed.

However, presumably to give them practical training, she stayed far behind.

An idea came to him. "Senior sister, I'll use Sea Heart Flame to block the view. Transform."

"All right."

The Sea Heart Flame rose, scorching even the surrounding light into distortion.

Faced with the suddenly blurred view, Qiu Wanxi knitted her delicate brows slightly, but made no major move.

She could never have imagined what sort of transformation Shui Bing'er was undergoing within the flames.