Chapter 291 Limitless Freezing.
As soon as Wu Xuan finished speaking, he threw a 20,000-year-old right arm soul bone onto the referee's table behind him. The entire audience erupted in uproar. Defeating Xiao Xiao was such a simple condition, yet he was giving away a 10,000-year-old soul bone? Wasn't that practically free?
The uproar was quickly followed by cheers from the entire audience.
The Sun Moon Exchange Students, upon hearing that only Shrek Academy inner court students were eligible, immediately shouted, "Unfair! Unfair! We Sun Moon Exchange Students are also inner court students, we are also qualified to participate!"
"Participate my ass, get out of here!"
"Sun Moon Exchange Students? You guys who can't even pass the inner court entrance exam are worthy?"
"That's right, get out!"
A series of angry curses immediately drowned out the Sun Moon Exchange Students' shouts.
"Quiet! Everyone has a chance, decided by drawing lots! Only Soul Emperor cultivation is restricted!" Wu Xuan finished speaking and brought out a lottery box from the referee's table.
Upon hearing Wu Xuan's rules, the many students whose cultivation had not reached Soul Emperor level let out a chorus of groans.
In the end, fewer than ten students took to the stage. As the draw began, Xiao Xiao's opponents were determined one after another:
Ling Luochen, Meng Hongchen, and Chu Qingtian!
Wu Xuan looked in Xiao Xiao's direction and curled his lips: "Three Soul Emperors, little girl, it's all up to you now. Don't let my ten-thousand-year soul bone go to waste right away!"
"Don't worry, Brother Xuan, I'm very confident now. In the end, I'll definitely make sure you bring your soul bone back intact." Xiao Xiao raised her chin, seemingly quite dissatisfied with her first two opponents.
Because both were ice-type, the extreme ice and snow element was extremely effective against ordinary ice martial souls.
Wu Xuan smiled at this, not taking it seriously. It was no surprise that Xiao Xiao would win the first two matches, but winning the last one wouldn't be so easy.
He announced loudly: "First match: Xiao Xiao vs. Ling Luochen!"
"Ling Luochen, it seems she's already reached the intermediate Soul Emperor level, right? Xiao Xiao's match... is going to be tough." Jiang Nannan, standing in the spectator stands, frowned slightly.
"Exactly, is Wu Xuan sick or something? Giving away soul bones for free! He's not even on our side." Xu Sanshi complained bitterly.
He was only a high-level Soul King, still quite a distance from Soul Emperor, so Wu Xuan only allowed Soul Emperors to participate, which naturally made Xu Sanshi very unhappy.
Moreover, Xiao Xiao was only a low-level Soul King fighting against Ling Luochen, a mid-level Soul Emperor, with a huge difference in soul power. Besides, Ling Luochen was one of the Shrek Seven Devils from the previous year, so their talents wouldn't be too different. Therefore, most of the students in the audience thought Ling Luochen was bound to win.
Meng Hongchen on the other side also looked indignant, clearly feeling that Wu Xuan was playing them for fools. Only Chu Qingtian seemed thoughtful. He considered himself quite familiar with Wu Xuan, so he felt that this match was definitely not simple.
"The match begins!" Wu Xuan announced loudly, and then his figure flashed and appeared in front of the judges' stand.
"Little girl, please thank Wu Xuan for the soul bone for me." Ling Luochen smiled brightly, her icy eyes suddenly shining.
She released her elemental ice martial soul, and six soul rings—yellow, purple, black, and yellow—rose up, instantly covering her exquisite body with a layer of granular ice crystals.
The first spirit ring flashed, and Ling Luochen grasped at the air, conjuring a two-meter-long staff entirely composed of ice element, accompanied by a blue halo.
"First Spirit Skill, Ice Staff!"
This spirit skill saved Ling Luochen twenty percent of his spirit power consumption, plus increased the release speed and power of all his spirit skills by ten percent.
The second spirit ring shone brightly, and the ice element around Ling Luochen rapidly combined to form a light blue ice armor, which refracted brilliant light under the sunlight.
This was Ling Luochen's second spirit skill, Ice Armor Protection!
She basically understood Xiao Xiao's martial spirit and methods, especially that dark gold dinosaur claw bear paw bone. She feared she might be killed in one move if she wasn't careful, so releasing a defensive spirit skill to anticipate the enemy's moves was definitely the most sensible method.
Taking a deep breath, Ling Luochen pointed the ice staff in his hand into the air, and the jet-black sixth spirit ring beneath his feet shone brightly, instantly enveloping the sky in a layer of ice-blue light.
A dense chill suddenly burst forth. Ling Luochen's long black hair turned white, and even his eyes became a chilling, icy white. Snowflakes danced, sharp as blades, and the cold wind in the air swirled and fell, instantly forming a huge vortex that swept outwards.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Frost Tornado!"
The entire Soul Arena was covered with a thin layer of ice, and the chill in the arena was enough to instantly restrict all Soul Emperor-level powerhouses.
"Not bad, arguably the best ice control below the ultimate ice. It's a pity that Xiao Xiao's martial soul is now the legendary Ice and Snow Maiden!" Wu Xuan felt the chill emanating from the surroundings and shook his head with a smile.
"First Soul Skill, Ultimate Ice Seal!"
The Ice and Snow Maiden martial soul, along with its orange-gold first ring, flashed past behind Xiao Xiao. As Xiao Xiao pointed in the direction of Ling Luochen, an icy blue light flashed and disappeared in the air.
The icy mist spread across the sky like a rolling tide, freezing the previously rampaging frost tornado in an instant. Yes, it froze completely in mid-air, followed by a series of crisp cracking sounds. Ling Luochen, along with the frost tornado, was enveloped in an icy blue light, and in the next instant, both were transformed into ice sculptures.
For a moment, the entire arena fell silent. The level 64 Ling Luochen had been instantly defeated in one move. A question involuntarily arose in everyone's mind: Wait, are this the level of the Shrek Seven Devils this good?
"Wait… is it over already? What happened?" Xu Sanshi stood up and shouted.
At this moment, Xu Sanshi's question was arguably the question of over 90% of the audience. Previously, Ling Luochen had unleashed all his soul skills, seemingly poised to sweep the entire arena, but who would have thought that the situation would reverse so drastically in the blink of an eye?
Most people in the arena didn't understand what had happened, but a few, including Xiao Hongchen, had seen it clearly.
Orange-gold? What was that light, and that illusory white figure? Xiao Hongchen desperately wanted to test Xiao Xiao's abilities, but unfortunately, he didn't have the chance.
Looking at the massive ice sculpture in the arena, Wu Xuan's lips twitched, and he instantly felt a chill. Even he couldn't dodge Xue Di's first soul skill, which was only a thousand-year-old technique, let alone the orange-gold beast soul ring now.
It had to be said that Xue Di's first soul skill, condensed using her own characteristics, was truly monstrous—a large-area group control that was instantly locked on. Which control-type soul master's first soul skill had such a control effect!
Wu Xuan leaped off the stage. As the extreme wind resonated and swept through, the frost tornado, now an ice sculpture, trembled violently, then exploded into a shower of light and shadow with a "bang." Immediately afterward, Ling Luochen's figure broke free from the ice.
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