Silent Ice and Snow: The Two Control Cores' First Time Joining Forces

In the center of the training field.

The three ice crystal platforms are arranged in a triangular pattern.

Each platform is only half a meter wide.

Soul Master can temporarily occupy a Soul Power mark if they maintain it for ten breaths.

The game is over.

The side that controls two or more ice crystal platforms wins.

There is no knockdown requirement.

There is no prohibition against attacks.

What we really need to fight for is the venue.

The side of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Dugu Yan stood on the left.

Li Man stood on the right.

There were three steps between them.

This distance isn't far.

However, it is clearly not Control System from the same team.

opposite.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu stood side by side.

From the moment I stepped onto the Soul Fighting Arena.

The two then did not exchange any words.

Shui Bing'er only glanced at the three ice crystal platforms.

Xue Wu then took half a step back.

He stood in the most suitable position to unleash his Martial Soul.

This tacit understanding.

It's not something that can be caught up with by simply devising a tactic on the spot.

Dugu Yan lowered her voice.

"I'll take over CCTV."

"After the poisonous fog covered the area, Shui Bing'er dared not stay there for long."

Go to the right side.

"Just hold one position."

Li Man looked at the distance between the central broadcasting station and the sides.

"If we separate."

"Shui Bing'er will freeze the connection between you and CCTV first."

"Xue Wu changes the temperature again from behind."

"Your toxic fog diffusion rate will decrease."

Dugu Yan frowned.

"It hasn't started yet."

"Are you sure they'll do that?"

"They started from the moment they entered the training field."

"It's about changing the temperature here."

Li Man lowered her head.

The ground of the Soul Fighting Arena appeared unchanged.

However, the area near the ice crystal platform was already covered with a very thin layer of water vapor.

It's not obvious frost.

More like moisture in the air, it is being drawn little by little towards a specific area.

Dugu Yan noticed it too.

How do you want to fight?

"We can't each guard one side."

Li Man said:

"Your poison fog is responsible for compressing a large area."

"My role as the array's focal point is responsible for determining the passage."

"You decide the main direction of the attack."

"I've decided on the specific route."

Dugu Yan asked:

"What if we have different opinions?"

"Set a takeover password."

Whoever discovers first that the original solution is no longer effective.

Who said 'change of scenery'?

"Take over command for three breaths."

Dugu Yan stared at her.

"After three breaths?"

"Reassess."

"If it's still not resolved."

"Another person takes over."

Dugu Yan gave a soft hum.

That sounds complicated.

"It's at least simpler than two people issuing opposite instructions at the same time."

On the sidelines.

Qin Ming raised his right hand.

"Prepare."

Shui Bing'er releases her Martial Soul.

A layer of icy blue light covered his body.

Three Soul Ring, two yellow and one purple, rose up.

Xue Wu also released her Martial Soul.

The Snowflake Martial Soul unfolded behind him.

The temperature in the air suddenly dropped.

But Li Man discovered...

The biggest change isn't in the temperature.

It's the ground.

The thin layer of water vapor has already connected into three invisible paths.

Connect the three ice crystal platforms.

"Start!"

The bell tolled.

Dugu Yan took the lead.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul has possessed him.

Three Soul Ring rose up.

A green, poisonous mist spread from my side.

He didn't pounce directly on Shui Bing'er.

Instead, they first occupied the area around the central ice crystal platform.

"Central."

Dugu Yan said.

Li Man simultaneously lowered two main bamboo shadows.

A cable connects to the central broadcasting station.

The other one is closer to the right.

Bamboo and rattan grow along the ground.

Prepare a safe route for Dugu Yan to enter CCTV.

Shui Bing'er did not stop her.

She simply raised her right hand.

The first Yellow Soul Ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill, Ice Seal."

A cold glint fell on the front of the central stage.

It's not freezing the Dugu Yan.

Instead, it froze the ground between the toxic fog and the central broadcasting station.

Green toxic gas encounters low temperatures.

It has not completely dissipated.

It felt as if it were pressed under a layer of transparent ice.

The diffusion rate decreased significantly.

Xue Wu rotated her body at the same moment.

Xiao Xue began to fall.

No blizzard occurred.

This only makes the water vapor on the Soul Fighting Platform more abundant.

The bamboo and rattan beneath Li Man's feet quickly hardened.

The root system's grip is decreasing.

"Mobile Formation Eye and retreat."

Li Man said.

"The toxic fog continues to press down on the center."

Dugu Yan spoke almost simultaneously.

The two commands collided.

Li Man's Mobile Formation Eye had just retreated.

Dugu Yan then injected a wisp of poisonous mist into it.

The surface of the bamboo and rattan immediately turned green.

But the next moment.

The ice layer spread rapidly along the roots of the bamboo vines.

The green toxin was frozen along with it.

The entire moving bamboo shadow came to a stop in place.

They were unable to move forward.

It cannot be recycled either.

Dugu Yan frowned.

You shouldn't have left.

"Keep moving forward."

"It will only cause the ice layer to freeze the main formation along the array's core."

Li Man answered.

"Shui Bing'er is borrowing my bamboo vines to pave an ice path."

Dugu Yan did not admit her mistake.

The second Soul Ring lit up.

The poisonous fog suddenly thickened.

"Take down the central government first!"

She took a step forward.

The turquoise poisonous gas crossed the ice layer.

Forcibly cover the ice crystal platform.

Shui Bing'er still did not back down.

She gently touched the ground with her left foot.

The frozen toxic fog tunnel suddenly cracked open.

It's not broken.

Instead, it forms an ice trough that slopes to the left.

The cold wind created by the Xue Wu blew in from the other side.

The poisonous gas compressed under the ice changed direction along the ice trough.

They all rushed towards the core of Li Man's formation.

Li Man's expression changed slightly.

"Abandon the central line!"

She voluntarily deactivated the first main array.

The bamboo shadows are broken.

The green poisonous fog had already approached along the remaining bamboo vines.

Dugu Yan immediately said:

"Don't retreat!"

"If they withdraw again, CCTV will be completely handed over to them!"

"Change of scene!"

The two shouted it out almost simultaneously.

Dugu Yan wants to take over.

Li Man also wanted to take over.

The password was supposed to resolve the conflict.

It became completely ineffective on the first use.

The two of them paused for a moment simultaneously.

It was in that very moment.

Shui Bing'er has already stepped onto the central ice crystal platform.

The icy blue Soul Power fell onto the platform.

First breath.

Second breath.

Li Man immediately cut off the remaining bamboo vines.

Dugu Yan then released a poisonous mist that rushed towards Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er did not leave.

Xue Wu took a step forward.

A large number of snowflakes formed a swirling current.

The poisonous fog was parted in the middle by the cold wind.

It cannot completely cover the ice crystal platform.

The ten breaths have ended.

CCTV was illuminated by an icy blue light.

Skywater Academy was the first to occupy one.

Dugu Yan's face turned ugly.

"We shouldn't have shouted at the same time."

Li Man said.

"Whoever shouts first takes over."

We can't be together.

"You shouted first?"

"I'll go first."

Dugu Yan was about to retort.

Qin Ming's voice came from outside the arena.

The game has not been paused.

The two immediately looked away.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu have moved towards the ice crystal platform on the left.

They didn't rush to compete for the second seat.

Shui Bing'er left only a few thin pieces of ice in front of her.

The Xue Wu continuously increases the density of snowflakes.

Li Man watched as the ice layer spread.

Suddenly I realized.

Shui Bing'er wasn't freezing the core of her formation.

Instead, they were forcing her to choose the location of the key point in the formation.

There are fewer and fewer places that are not frozen.

Those seemingly safe locations.

This route was deliberately left by Shui Bing'er.

"Right side."

Li Man said.

"Don't follow Zuo Tai."

Dugu Yan asked:

"Should we give them the second seat?"

They want us to pursue them.

"The three routes on the left have been connected by ice."

"Just get in."

"Xue Wu can cover it all at once."

Li Man positioned the main force on the right flank.

It does not extend towards the center of the ice crystal platform.

Instead, it is arranged along the perimeter.

This time, Dugu Yan did not object.

She released a small patch of poisonous mist.

It does not cover the entire right platform.

It was placed only on top of the Li Man bamboo rattan.

A chill is approaching.

The bamboo and rattan froze rapidly.

The toxins were also sealed inside the ice.

It forms a strip of green and blue ice bamboo.

Shui Bing'er's gaze changed for the first time.

"Freeze the poison at the core of the formation?"

Xue Wu released a cold wind to the right.

I want to freeze the ice bamboo completely.

Li Man immediately Mobile Formation Eye.

The frozen bamboo vines could not be bent.

Yet it can be pushed laterally like a sturdy long rod.

Poisonous bamboo swept across the ground.

It wasn't an attack on Shui Bing'er.

Instead, it cuts off the shortest route between her and Xue Wu.

Xue Wu was forced to take a step back.

Shui Bing'er stopped on the other side of the ice wall.

The two were separated for the first time.

Dugu Yan saw an opportunity.

The poisonous fog instantly spread from the other side.

There was no pursuit of Shui Bing'er.

Instead, it surrounds the ice crystal platform on the left.

"So your array's core can be used like this."

She said.

"Ice will restrict the growth of bamboo and rattan."

Li Man answered.

It also fixes toxins.

Don't waste your time.

Dugu Yan stepped onto the ice crystal platform on the left.

Green Soul Power was injected into the surface.

First breath.

Shui Bing'er did not forcefully attack.

She raised her hand and pointed behind Li Man.

"Ice Seal."

A cold glint suddenly fell.

It's not about attacking the core of the formation.

Instead, it froze beneath Li Man's feet.

The ice rose rapidly up his calves.

Li Man was unable to move.

At the same time, Xue Wu also avoided Bing Zhu.

Release a snow curtain upon the Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan's view was obstructed.

The toxic fog spread in an inaccurate direction.

The occupation is about to be interrupted.

"Change of scene!"

Li Man called out first.

Dugu Yan did not argue this time.

Immediately reduce the toxic fog.

He temporarily relinquished control over a large portion of the territory.

Three breaths.

Li Man did not attempt to break free from the Ice Seal.

First breath.

Instant Formation Eye appeared behind his feet.

The bamboo stalk is curved.

Utilizing the rebound force.

The ice started to crack at the ankle.

Second breath.

The Mobile Formation Eye actively impacts the edge of the left-side ice crystal platform.

The frozen poisonous bamboo suddenly shattered.

The compressed green toxic mist inside was released instantly.

It's not covering the Shui Bing'er.

Instead, it forms a wall of poison between Xue Wu and Dugu Yan.

Third breath.

Li Man removed the right flank from the main formation.

All Soul Power was redirected to the left.

Bamboo vines wrapped around the bottom of the ice crystal platform.

Dugu Yan reinfused her Soul Power into the table.

Ten breaths have passed.

The ice crystal platform on the left lit up with a green light.

Each side occupies one seat.

Dugu Yan looked at Li Man.

"This time it was correct."

"Just okay?"

"Win first, then we'll talk."

Shui Bing'er stood in front of the central stage.

His expression remained unchanged even after an ice platform was taken away.

She looked at Li Man.

You are not controlling people.

"You are controlling the routes that others can choose."

Li Man replied:

"The same to you."

"Different."

Shui Bing'er said:

You need to let the opponent see the core of the formation.

"I don't need it."

She reached out her hand to Xue Wu.

Xue Wu remained silent.

Just hold it.

Their Soul Ring lit up simultaneously.

The icy blue and snow-white Soul Power began to converge.

On the sidelines.

Qin Ming's expression turned serious.

The teachers from the Skywater Academy who were leading the team also stepped forward.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu are not yet able to complete a truly stable Martial Soul Fusion.

However, the two were already very close in aura.

"Martial Soul Fusion?"

Dugu Yan frowned.

"Not complete yet."

Li Man watched as the snow and ice continued to spread.

"But enough to cover half of the Soul Fighting Arena."

The cold wind suddenly intensified.

The snowflakes no longer fall in scattered drops.

Instead, it forms a small area of ice and snow.

The central ice crystal platform was the first to be completely covered.

It then spread to the left and right sides.

The bamboo shadows were frozen.

The toxic fog condensed.

Even the surface of the Soul Fighting Arena quickly became smooth.

Dugu Yan released poisonous fog towards the center.

The green poisonous gas was just getting close.

They were then pushed back by the blizzard.

"Direct confrontation."

"We can't outlast them."

Li Man said.

"We don't need CCTV anymore."

Dugu Yan looked at the center, which had already been occupied by Shui Bing'er.

"Abandon the central government."

"They only need one more win to win."

"Continue to uphold the central government."

All three will be lost.

Li Man watched the direction in which the ice and snow were spreading.

"Change of scenery."

"I'll take over."

Dugu Yan remained silent for a moment.

The toxic fog that had spread towards the center was eventually withdrawn.

You have three breaths.

First breath.

Li Man proactively removed all the bamboo shadows near the center.

Give up CCTV.

Concentrate all your Soul Power on the left and right sides.

Second breath.

The Mobile Formation Eye advances to the right.

The poisonous ice bamboo is lying horizontally on the left.

This forced Shui Bing'er to decide which city to attack first.

Third breath.

Li Man built an extremely thin bamboo vine between the two side platforms.

It's not for transferring Soul Power.

Instead, it senses the direction of ice and snow movement.

The blizzard intensified towards the left.

"They want the left stage."

Li Man said.

Dugu Yan immediately pushed most of the poisonous fog to the left.

Green toxic gas comes into direct contact with ice and snow.

It keeps getting frozen.

They continued to replenish their supplies from the rear.

The control over the ice crystal platform on the left flickers between green and ice blue.

Li Man did not go to help the left side.

Instead, they focused all their efforts on occupying the right wing.

She was forcing Shui Bing'er to make a choice.

Continue to maintain the central and left-wing stance.

Skywater Academy will acquire two.

Turn to the right.

The power of ice and snow will then dissipate.

Shui Bing'er did not hesitate.

She and Xue Wu simultaneously focused their fusion area on the left side.

The area affected by ice and snow has shrunk.

The temperature, however, was even more terrifying.

Dugu Yan's poisonous fog was completely frozen.

The green light on the left side of the table faded rapidly.

"We can't hold it."

Dugu Yan said.

"Retreat."

Li Man did not ask her to continue.

Dugu Yan voluntarily left Zuotai.

Conserve remaining Soul Power.

In the final moments.

Li Man completed the occupation of the right flank.

The three ice crystal platforms on the field lit up with different colors.

central.

Ice blue.

Left side.

Ice blue.

Right side.

Lapis lazuli.

The incense has gone out.

Qin Ming raised his hand.

"Match over."

"Skywater Academy controls two."

"Skywater Academy wins."

The ice and snow slowly melted away.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu simultaneously released their Martial Soul.

Both of them looked rather pale.

Clearly, this nascent fusion process consumes a great deal of Soul Power.

Dugu Yan retrieved her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

There was no immediate argument as there had been after the first training failure.

She looked at the only remaining ice crystal platform on her right.

"Final changeover."

"You are right."

Li Man said:

"If only it had started..."

"I'll let the poison enter the core of the formation."

"We might not lose the first position."

Dugu Yan gave a soft hum.

A loss is a loss.

Don't rush to seek comfort.

"I was just reviewing the situation."

"Then remember it clearly."

Dugu Yan looked at Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.

"They're not more in control."

"It allows for faster coordination."

Shui Bing'er walked over.

"Even earlier."

She looked at Li Man.

"Your takeover password is correct."

"But we need to wait for someone to discover the error."

"We don't need it."

"Because Xue Wu was before I made my judgment."

"They already know what I'm going to do."

Li Man did not deny it.

Years of tacit understanding.

It's not something that can be tied simply by saying "change of field".

Qin Ming walked into the arena.

"A control core."

"The advantage is unified command."

"Two control cores."

"The advantage is that it offers more variety."

He looked at Dugu Yan and Li Man.

"But both core elements coexist."

The hardest part isn't giving orders together.

"It's an admission that their solution has failed."

"At least once today."

You did it.

Dugu Yan said:

"We still lost."

So keep practicing.

Qin Ming answered.

On the other side of the training field.

Dong Jian kept observing the ice surface.

Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal made the Soul Fighting Arena even harder.

Shocks travel faster on hard surfaces.

The range could also be much farther.

However, ice surfaces absorb almost no impact.

The counter-shock will also be stronger.

Ye Lingling stood beside him.

"What are you thinking about now, how to walk on ice?"

Dong Jian glanced at her.

"If Mountain-Shaking Stomp is used on the ice..."

"The power may be increased."

"Your legs will also get injured more easily."

Ye Lingling answered.

The harder the ground.

"The recoil is complete."

"Unless you can make both legs take turns bearing the weight."

Dong Jian looked down at his left foot.

These past few days.

He has begun practicing generating Short Tremor using his left leg.

The accuracy is still insufficient.

But it at least proves that the other leg can also be an outlet for power.

Perhaps it's not just about alternating between left and right.

It can also be done after each oscillation.

The remaining recoil is then transferred out using the next movement.

It's not about standing still and continuously stomping.

Instead, it changes one step at a time.

Mountain-Shifting Step.

A name, not yet fully formed, appeared in Dong Jian's mind for the first time.

Just as everyone was preparing to leave the training ground.

The sound of orderly footsteps echoed from the college entrance.

The royal knights stood in two rows on either side.

A blond young man walked in slowly.

He was wearing a white and gold robe.

His face was gentle.

Calm and composed demeanor.

No Soul Power was released.

Everyone around them naturally fell silent.

Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire

Xue Qinghe.

Qin Ming and the teachers from various colleges bowed simultaneously.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Xue Qinghe smiled and nodded.

"It was just an academic exchange."

"Don't be too reserved."

His gaze first fell on Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.

"Excellent teamwork."

Then he looked at Dugu Yan and Li Man.

"A newly formed team."

"It can force out the rudimentary form of the fusion technique from the Skywater Academy."

"Equally rare."

Dugu Yan remained composed.

It's obvious they've met Xue Qinghe before.

This was the first time Li Man had faced members of the royal family up close.

Xue Qinghe's gaze was gentle.

No review was conducted.

There was no deliberate attempt to exert pressure.

But when his gaze swept over Dong Jian...

There was a very brief pause.

It was so short that almost no one noticed.

Xue Qinghe took out four golden invitation letters.

"After the exchange."

"The Imperial Palace will host a showcase of young Soul Master."

"Yu Tianheng."

"Dugu Yan"

Dong Jian.

"Li Man."

"We hope all four of you can participate."

Yu Tianheng accepted the invitation.

Dugu Yan was not surprised.

Dong Jian and Li Man had only just joined the Imperial Fighting Team.

Xue Qinghe had clearly reviewed their information beforehand.

After everyone dispersed...

Xue Qinghe's attendant asked in a low voice:

Your Highness.

Should we continue investigating those two new recruits?

Xue Qinghe opened Dong Jian's file.

My gaze lingered on the pattern of the Panda Martial Soul.

Black and white.

Town/township.

It also possesses a power that can resonate with plant-based Martial Soul.

"This Martial Soul."

Xue Qinghe said softly:

"I seem to have seen a similar record in an old file of the Spirit Hall."

"Just the name in that record."

"Not a panda."

He closed the document.

"Continue to observe."

"Don't disturb them."

The other side of the golden invitation.

It bears the Swan emblem of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

But deep within Dong Jian's consciousness...

The black Key Fragment that has been dormant for a long time.

There was a sudden, slight vibration.