"Huo Ling'er, quickly..."
Huo Shan was in much the same state, and he could barely even get his words out.
A crimson lotus appeared in the hand of the support-type Soul Master called Huo Ling'er.
An orange flame burned at the heart of the flower.
"Third Soul Skill! Dispel!"
Huo Ling'er's third Soul Skill was very special. In theory, it could remove any negative effect.
But it took an enormous toll on her.
If she treated all three of them, she would basically lose the ability to continue competing.
Dugu Yan naturally had no intention of giving Blazing Fire Academy another chance to catch its breath, and immediately prepared to press the attack.
But just as she moved, Yu Tianheng called out and stopped her.
"Yan Yan, there's no need to waste any more effort. They've already lost."
Yu Tianheng's tone was perfectly calm, as though he were merely stating a fact.
His voice wasn't loud, but everyone on the field could hear him.
"Yu Tianheng! What do you mean?"
Huo Wu stepped forward, her pretty face full of undisguised anger.
"It's just a fact. If you can dispel Indestructible Raging Thunder, we'll admit defeat."
Yu Tianheng stretched, looking as though he had grown bored and sleepy.
"You..."
Huo Wu was at a loss for words, as if she had been choked.
"How could this happen?"
Just then, Huo Ling'er suddenly fell to the ground.
Her face was filled with exhaustion and boundless astonishment.
"What's wrong, Sister Ling'er?"
Huo Wu hurriedly supported Huo Ling'er and asked.
"There really is no way to dispel the black lightning on the captain and the others. I've already used my Soul Skill three times, but it didn't have the slightest effect!"
Huo Ling'er had never encountered anything like this before.
If she hadn't stopped in time, the purple lightning would probably have spread to her as well.
"Yu Tianheng, what exactly did you do?"
A moment later, Xiao Wu came to her senses and glared at Yu Tianheng as she asked.
"What do you mean, what did I do? This is my Soul Skill. Don't worry, aside from me, there probably isn't anyone in this world who can dispel this lightning. Whenever you admit defeat, I'll remove it for you."
Yu Tianheng waved a hand, looking rather unconcerned.
He and Blazing Fire Academy weren't mortal enemies.
As long as they were willing to admit defeat, he would naturally leave them a way to live.
Otherwise, given the power of Indestructible Raging Thunder,
in two days at most, the three of them would become corpses without a breath of life.
As for Blazing Fire Academy now, one member had been afflicted by poison fog, one had been knocked down by Yu Tianheng and still hadn't regained consciousness, and three had been touched by the strange black lightning.
Huo Wu was the only one left who could still fight.
That left Huo Ling'er, the support-type Soul Master.
Their defeat was already certain, so Yu Tianheng's words were really more of a way to save them some face.
After a long while, Huo Wu suddenly raised her head.
A fierce will to fight burned in her eyes.
"Yu Tianheng, do you dare fight me one-on-one? If I lose, we'll admit defeat."
The Soul Master Tournament was only held once every five years, and Huo Ling'er didn't want to give up just like that.
She wanted to give it everything she had.
"Sure. If I lose, we'll admit defeat."
Yu Tianheng agreed at once, without the slightest hesitation.
"Tian Heng, is that really necessary?"
Dugu Yan linked her arm through Yu Tianheng's, clearly unwilling to let him go to the trouble.
"It's all right. I'll just take it as a chance to stretch my muscles."
Yu Tianheng gently patted Dugu Yan on the head to reassure her.
Before long, all the members of both teams had left the field.
Only Yu Tianheng and Huo Wu remained.
"Yu Tianheng, thank you for giving me this chance. I won't hold anything back."
Behind Huo Wu, the crimson shadow quietly appeared.
"All right."
Yu Tianheng nodded, and the enormous phantom of the Thunder Dragon King gradually appeared behind him.
At that moment, everyone present felt an invisible pressure.
It was almost suffocating.
Huo Wu swallowed instinctively and forced down the fear in her heart, slowly chanting aloud.
"Third Soul Skill! Repelling Fire Ring!"
Soul Power surged, and flames erupted in a ring of dazzling light.
In almost an instant, they reached Yu Tianheng.
The Soul Skill actually had little offensive power; its only purpose was to repel enemies and send them flying.
Huo Wu had it all planned out. As long as she could temporarily prevent Yu Tianheng from fighting back,
she would have a chance to seriously injure him!
It was her only chance of victory.
The instant the Soul Skill was unleashed, the fiery shadow behind Huo Wu dashed straight forward.
"First Soul Skill! Flowing Fire Bomb!"
"Second Soul Skill! Phantom Lost Track!"
In the space of a few moments, Huo Wu played all her trump cards.
She herself also kept closing in on Yu Tianheng.
Yet who could have expected that the control effect of the ring of flames
would have no effect on Yu Tianheng whatsoever?
Thunder Dragon Tyrant Body was a Soul Skill that granted immunity to all control effects!
The fiery shadow exploded, but even the resulting heat wave failed to move Yu Tianheng's feet an inch.
Huo Wu's close-quarters attacks were no different, having almost no effect at all.
She even felt as though every punch she threw had struck a solid boulder.
"Enter the next Soul Master Tournament. By then, you might still have a chance."
Yu Tianheng spoke indifferently and gave Huo Wu a gentle tap on the chest with his hand, which had already transformed into a dragon claw.
A torrent of lightning poured into her body, and numbness swept over her in waves.
Huo Wu felt her mind go blank for an instant. Then her legs went weak, her vision darkened, and she toppled toward the ground.
Fortunately, Yu Tianheng was quick to react and caught her.
Otherwise, after an intimate encounter with the ground, her pretty little face would probably have been disfigured.
"Heaven Dou Team wins!"
With the outcome decided, the announcement sent a wave of cheers through the stands.
"Awesome! This match was way more exciting than yesterday's!"
"I'm coming to every match Heaven Dou Team has from now on! Why do I get the feeling Yu Tianheng still hasn't used his full strength?"
"Damn, I bet on Spirit Hall Team to win. Doesn't that mean I'm going to lose everything?"
"..."
After Yu Tianheng helped Huo Wu over to Huo Ling'er,
he reached out and touched Huo Shan and the other two, drawing the still-rampaging Indestructible Raging Thunder back into his body.
That half an incense stick's time had already left the three of them feeling as though they had taken a trip to the gates of hell.
They collapsed weakly to the ground.
"We lost. We actually lost."
Huo Shan was already quite old, and there was certainly no chance of him participating in the next Soul Master Tournament.
He had originally hoped to lead Blazing Fire Academy to new heights, but he hadn't expected their journey to end here.
There was a slightly different look in Huo Wushuang's eyes as he gazed at Yu Tianheng.
Given Yu Tianheng's age, he would certainly participate in the next Soul Master Tournament.
Over the next five years, Huo Wushuang would devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.
When the time came, he would wipe away this humiliation.
A gentleman could take his revenge! Five years was not too late!
"Boss, why did you fight that little chili pepper one-on-one just now?"
After they left the field, Shi Mo immediately came up to him and asked.
"What do you know? Heavenly secrets must not be revealed."