Reverse Control
Seeing this scene unfold, Yuhao's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze shifted toward the cold and aloof beauty standing behind the Shrek Academy team.
Her name was Ling Luochen.
She was a level fifty-five Control-type Soul King, and her martial soul was pure ice.
Under Ling Luochen's precise control, the members of the Noumenon Academy had been heavily suppressed. Some were restrained by freezing currents, while others were slowed down by layers of cold that seeped into their bodies and soul power circulation.
At this moment, Ling Luochen was already preparing to unleash a powerful freezing-type soul skill to completely eliminate Gu Tong, who had been immobilized.
However, just as she was about to activate her soul skill, an inexplicable chill suddenly surged through her heart.
It felt as if she had been locked onto by a terrifying existence far above her own level.
Before Ling Luochen could even react, she was horrified to discover that the ice-attribute soul power she had just released suddenly lost control.
It rolled backward.
Straight toward herself.
"How is this possible?!"
Ling Luochen's expression changed drastically. Shock flashed through her eyes as she hurriedly circulated her soul power, desperately trying to regain control over the runaway ice-attribute energy.
But it was completely useless.
The ice that had originally belonged to her now rejected her will entirely.
In just a few breaths' time, Ling Luochen's body was completely frozen, turning into a crystal-clear ice sculpture.
"Explode."
Yuhao's calm voice rang out softly.
Boom!
The ice encasing Ling Luochen detonated violently. A terrifying explosion erupted, sending her body flying backward. She tumbled several times across the competition stage before barely managing to stabilize herself.
Puff!
Ling Luochen spat out a mouthful of blood.
To be honest, if she had not instinctively condensed a layer of soul power around her body at the very last moment, she would have been severely injured by that explosion.
Even so, she had completely lost her ability to continue fighting for the time being.
Yet compared to her external injuries, what truly horrified Ling Luochen was what she had just experienced.
She stared at Yuhao in the distance, disbelief filling her eyes as she murmured inwardly:
"Is this… Ultimate Ice?"
Only Ultimate Ice could suppress her ice attribute so thoroughly—no, not just suppress it, but reverse-control it.
Only Yuhao possessed such terrifying power.
On Yuhao's side, when he saw that Ling Luochen had not been blown off the competition stage, a trace of regret appeared on his face.
"What a pity."
"If I could completely freeze her, then detonating a Soul King like that might even wipe out half of the Shrek Academy team."
The Ice Explosion Technique Yuhao had just used merely detonated the ice on Ling Luochen's surface.
The true Ice Explosion Technique was far more terrifying—it detonated a completely frozen target, turning the body itself into a living bomb.
The stronger the opponent's soul power, the more horrifying the explosion.
This was precisely the method Yuhao had once used against the Snow Emperor.
Unfortunately, Yuhao was still only a Soul Sect without a fourth soul ring. The gap between his soul power and Ling Luochen's was still significant.
Even though he could reverse-control her ice, this was the limit of what he could currently achieve.
Nevertheless, temporarily removing a control-type Soul King from the battlefield was already enough to achieve his objective.
"Damn it! How dare you look down on me!"
At this moment, an angry shout rang out.
A blazing red figure descended from the sky, wrapped in violent flames, and slammed directly into Yuhao.
Caught slightly off guard, Yuhao was forced back several steps. At the same time, the flames seized the opportunity to surge across his body.
The owner of that fiery figure was naturally Ma Xiaotao.
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao's face was twisted with fury.
She had never imagined that one day she would be looked down upon—especially by someone younger than herself, with a lower soul power level.
While fighting her head-on, Yuhao had still been paying attention to other battles on the field.
In Ma Xiaotao's eyes, this was nothing short of humiliation.
It was precisely this rage that stirred the Evil Fire sealed deep within her body.
The reason Ma Xiaotao had been allowed to participate in this Soul Master Elite Competition was because Mu En had found an Ice-attribute Soul Douluo and used a special method to temporarily suppress the Evil Fire within her.
Although this method caused long-term damage to her body, once the seal was broken, the Evil Fire would become several times more difficult to suppress.
For the sake of winning the championship, Mu En did not hesitate.
Under normal circumstances, if Ma Xiaotao fought calmly, the seal would not be easily broken.
But now, her emotions had spiraled completely out of control.
The Evil Fire erupted.
In an instant, the temperature of her flames skyrocketed, rising several times over and nearly reaching the level of Ultimate Fire.
Yuhao naturally sensed this change.
Otherwise, ordinary flames would never have been able to burn across his body at all.
Looking at Ma Xiaotao's blood-red pupils, a hint of surprise appeared in Yuhao's eyes.
"It seems… the Evil Fire can no longer be suppressed."
At this moment, Dai Yueheng also recovered somewhat from the soul-burning pain inflicted earlier.
As a teammate, he immediately sensed the abnormality in Ma Xiaotao.
"Xiao Tao, are you alright?"
"Don't worry about me."
Ma Xiaotao's voice was hoarse and filled with madness.
"Go help Gong Yangmo and the others. Leave this brat to me!"
Although the Evil Fire had already begun to affect her sanity, Ma Xiaotao's attention was completely locked onto Yuhao.
She only wanted to burn him to ashes.
Dai Yueheng did not hesitate.
He knew that this was indeed the best choice.
Moreover, Ma Xiaotao's mutation was not entirely a bad thing. With the power of the Evil Fire, she was no longer completely suppressed by Ultimate Ice in terms of attributes.
With this thought, Dai Yueheng endured the lingering pain in his mind and rushed toward the other battlefield.
Yuhao, meanwhile, became Ma Xiaotao's sole target.
"Boy, I'll burn you to ashes!"
As the words fell, Ma Xiaotao charged forward. The flames around her body now carried a dark, blackened core.
Facing Ma Xiaotao's assault, Yuhao remained calm.
Ice crystal particles instantly condensed on his arms.
Ice Emperor Dragon Claw!
This top-tier soul skill greatly enhanced Yuhao's arm strength and destructive power, instantly transforming his arms into weapons comparable to divine artifacts.
When Ma Xiaotao's raging flames struck him, Yuhao relied solely on the defensive power of his arms to block the attack head-on.
Ma Xiaotao's expression changed slightly.
She had not expected that even with the assistance of the Evil Fire, she still could not injure Yuhao in the slightest.
"Even if you borrow the power of Evil Fire, what difference does it make?"
Yuhao's faintly mocking tone completely ignited Ma Xiaotao's fury.
The blood-red color in her pupils deepened, and the black flame core within her flames continued to expand, on the verge of turning completely black.
Seeing this, the corner of Yuhao's mouth lifted slightly.
The reason he had deliberately provoked Ma Xiaotao was precisely because he wanted to see how far her flames could evolve after fully transforming into the Black Phoenix state.
He wanted to test how they compared to his Ultimate Ice and Snow.
In Yuhao's judgment, even Ultimate Fire could only barely contend with Ultimate Ice.
Compared to the Ultimate Ice and Snow that had evolved through integration with the Snow Emperor's power, there was still a significant gap.
"Die! Die! Die!"
Ma Xiaotao roared hysterically as the temperature of her flames climbed higher and higher.
Yet no matter how terrifying the heat became, it still could not harm Yuhao in the slightest.
This was the absolute suppression of Ultimate Ice and Snow.
Not to mention that Ma Xiaotao's flames had not truly reached the level of Ultimate Fire— even if they had, she would still need an overwhelming soul power advantage to contend with Yuhao.
The more difficult it was to injure Yuhao, the more furious Ma Xiaotao became.
And as her fury grew, the corrosive power of the Evil Fire only intensified further.
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