Chapter 52: Dragon Cub VS Ice Phoenix.
Upon hearing this, Granny Shui Jingxin showed a hint of surprise on her face, then smiled and shook her head.
"Xiao Lie, you're only level 28. Are you sure you want to fight me?"
Her tone carried a hint of well-intentioned reminder.
It is obviously extremely unfair for a level 85 Soul Douluo to spar with a level 28 Great Soul Master.
Yu Xiaolie nodded seriously.
"It is precisely because I am only level 28 that I want to spar with Granny Shui."
"Only by fighting against the strong can you improve yourself the fastest."
Grandma Shui Jingxin quietly watched Yu Xiaolie.
This young man possesses an admirable courage.
"All right."
Grandma Shui Jingxin finally nodded, her eyes filled with anticipation.
"Then let's go to the training ground in the backyard; it's more spacious there."
Yu Xiaolie followed Granny Shui Jingxin to the training ground in the backyard.
There is a stone pillar at each of the four corners of the arena, with intricate patterns carved on it, seemingly used to stabilize the fluctuations of soul power within the arena.
The two stood in the center, about ten meters apart.
"I will control my strength and won't hurt you."
Granny Shui Jingxin kindly reminded her, then extended her right hand and whispered.
"Ice Phoenix, appear!"
As she finished speaking, a blinding blue light burst forth from her body.
A phantom of a crystal-clear ice phoenix appeared behind her, spreading its broad wings and radiating a chilling aura.
At the same time, eight spirit rings slowly rose from beneath her feet—two yellow, two purple, and four black. The powerful fluctuations of spirit power caused the temperature of the entire training ground to drop sharply, and a thin layer of frost began to condense on the ground.
Yu Xiaolie took a deep breath, circulated his soul power, and whispered.
"Dragon cub, appear!"
Yu Xiaolie's soul power surged, and two soul rings rose from his feet—one yellow and one purple.
"bring it on!"
Yu Xiaolie steadied himself, assumed a fighting stance, and his eyes flashed with fighting spirit.
Granny Shui Jingxin nodded, and her first spirit ring suddenly lit up.
"Second Soul Skill: Phoenix's Cold Light!"
Her illusory image of an ice phoenix gently flapped its wings, and dozens of ice-blue rays of light shot out from its wings, heading straight for Yu Xiaolie like sharp arrows.
Yu Xiaolie neither dodged nor avoided, and the first soul ring on his body shone with a dazzling yellow-purple light.
"First Soul Skill - Devouring Breath!"
The dragon cub opened its mouth and let out a low roar. Before the icy blue light could even touch the dragon cub's body, it began to melt rapidly, turning into specks of blue light that the dragon cub inhaled.
A hint of surprise flashed in Granny Shui Jingxin's eyes.
Immediately afterwards, her third spirit ring lit up.
"Third Soul Skill: Phoenix Ice Feather!"
This time, what flew out of her icy phoenix phantom was not light, but countless sharp ice feathers, each exuding a chilling aura.
Yu Xiaolie immediately activated the dragon cub and used the Devouring Breath again.
The dragon cub quickly devoured the ice feathers, but this time, there were many more ice feathers than before, and they kept coming in, making it impossible for the dragon cub to devour them all at once.
"Second Soul Skill - Light-Piercing Strike!"
Yu Xiaolie immediately activated his second soul skill. The purple soul ring suddenly lit up, and the phantom of the dragon cub charged out with powerful light, colliding with the ice feathers that had not been devoured.
"boom!"
A loud bang was followed by a blinding flash of light, and a powerful shockwave spread outwards, lifting several stone slabs off the training ground.
Even so, a few ice feathers still managed to break through the dragon cub's defenses and head straight for Yu Xiaolie.
Yu Xiaolie remained calm and composed, quickly forming hand seals as his soul power surged within him, transforming into a faint light screen that shielded him.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The ice feather struck the light screen, producing a series of crisp sounds. Yu Xiaolie was pushed back several steps by the force, but eventually managed to regain his balance.
The icy power of those few ice feathers had already penetrated the light barrier and entered his body, making him feel a bone-chilling cold.
After all, it's not a soul skill; you can't withstand it by simply gathering soul power.
"Such powerful icy energy!"
Yu Xiaolie was secretly amazed, but he was not worried because he had already tempered his body in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire and had a good resistance to the power of ice and cold.
When Granny Shui Jingxin saw that Yu Xiaolie was able to block her two attacks, her admiration deepened.
Then the fourth spirit ring lit up.
"Fourth Soul Skill - Extreme Cold Domain!"
With a soft shout, an extremely strong icy aura erupted from her body, instantly lowering the temperature of the entire training ground to its limit. The stone slabs on the ground began to frost over, and the moisture in the air condensed into tiny ice crystals that floated in the air.
Yu Xiaolie felt as if the air around him had frozen, his movements became unusually slow, and his body felt a bone-chilling cold.
"What a powerful soul skill!"
Yu Xiaolie was secretly alarmed. This fourth soul skill was not just a simple attack of cold, but also a domain-type soul skill that could completely suppress the opponent's movement speed.
"First Soul Skill: Devouring Breath!"
Yu Xiaolie increased his soul power again, allowing the dragon cub to absorb the surrounding icy power.
It kept devouring the ice crystals in the air, but the range and intensity of this icy power were too wide and too high for the dragon cub to absorb completely.
Yu Xiaolie felt his movements becoming increasingly slow.
He gave a slightly expectant smile.
"That's it, the stronger the better!"
Yu Xiaolie's soul power circulated rapidly within his body, and the dragon cub continuously devoured the icy power, absorbing and internalizing it for its own use.
Yu Xiaolie could feel that with each bit of icy power he absorbed, the energy in his dantian grew stronger.
Granny Shui Jingxin was surprised to see that Yu Xiaolie could still move within her extreme cold domain, and that the dragon cub was constantly absorbing the cold air.
"Interesting, it actually withstood my fourth soul skill."
She exclaimed in admiration, and then made another move.
This time, she did not use her soul skills, but simply controlled her ice phoenix phantom to launch an attack on Yu Xiaolie.
The phantom of the ice phoenix hovered in the air before swooping down towards Yu Xiaolie.
Upon seeing this, Yu Xiaolie immediately activated his soul power, and the dragon cub activated its Devouring Aura, simultaneously swooping down to meet the illusory ice phoenix.
boom!
The two collided, unleashing a blinding flash of light.
The dragon cub was thrown away by the great impact, crashing into the training ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Yu Xiaolie was also shaken back several steps by this force, and felt a dull pain in his chest.
"Dragon cub, again!"
He shouted, and the dragon cub sprang up from the ground, charging once again at the illusory ice phoenix.
"Second Soul Skill - Light-Piercing Strike!"
The dragon cub's phantom once again headed straight for the ice phoenix's phantom.
Granny Shui Jingxin smiled slightly and gently waved her right hand.
The phantom of the ice phoenix spread its wings, forming a barrier in front of her, easily blocking the attack of the Radiant Sky-Piercing Strike.
Then, the illusory image of the ice phoenix swooped down once again to attack Yu Xiaolie.
Instead of retreating, Yu Xiaolie advanced, charging towards the illusory image of the ice phoenix.
"First Soul Skill: Devouring Breath!"
The dragon cub and he devoured the icy power emanating from the phantom of the ice phoenix.
However, the power of the Ice Phoenix phantom was too great. Even though the dragon cub had consumed a large amount of icy power, the remaining soul power would still cause great damage to Yu Xiaolie.
"Bang!"
The phantom of the ice phoenix crashed heavily into Yu Xiaolie, sending him flying. He slammed to the ground and rolled several meters before coming to a stop.
"Xiao Lie!"
Seeing this, Granny Shui Jingxin withdrew her attack and quickly came to Yu Xiaolie's side.
Are you alright?
Yu Xiaolie was panting heavily, but a satisfied smile was on his face.
"fine."
"Grandma Water, your Ice Phoenix Martial Soul is really too strong, especially that icy power, it's so pure."
Granny Shui Jingxin helped Yu Xiaolie sit up, gently pressing her palm on his back and channeling a gentle stream of soul power to help him recover.
"Your constitution is very special."
She looked at Yu Xiaolie with curiosity.
"My icy power should have caused you severe frostbite, but you seem to have a very strong resistance to the cold."
"You are... immune to ice?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaolie's lips curled up slightly.
I guess so.
He did not explain in detail.
Granny Shui Jingxin looked at Yu Xiaolie, her eyes flashing with endless surprise.
Yu Xiaolie, Yu Xiaolie, what other hidden strengths do you have that I don't know about?
But she didn't press the matter further.
"Alright, let's continue."
As Yu Xiaolie spoke, he struggled to stand up.
Grandma Shui Jingxin quickly pressed down on his shoulder and frowned.
"No, you're injured. If you force yourself to fight, you might damage your very essence."
Shui Jingxin had already figured it out: the reason Yu Xiaolie had enough soul power to keep up with her was because he constantly devoured with his first soul skill and used his second soul skill to attack.
These moves repeatedly exhausted his soul power, only to have it repeatedly absorbed and allowed him to continue fighting.
Yu Xiaolie shook his head.
"I can still manage, Grandma Shui, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Granny Shui Jingxin was truly amazed by the strong willpower of this young man, Yu Xiaolie.
"Alright, since you insist, let's continue."
She nodded, then took a few steps back and released the phantom of the ice phoenix once more.
After nearly an hour, Yu Xiaolie finally exhausted himself.
He was struck again by the aftershocks of the Ice Phoenix phantom and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
"Xiao Lie!"
Seeing this, Granny Shui Jingxin quickly withdrew the illusory image of the ice phoenix and hurried to Yu Xiaolie's side to check on his condition.
After confirming that Yu Xiaolie was only exhausted of physical and spiritual energy and was otherwise unharmed, Granny Shui Jingxin breathed a sigh of relief, picked him up, and walked towards the guest courtyard.
"What a crazy little guy."
Grandma Shui Jingxin sighed softly.
After settling Yu Xiaolie in.
She sighed softly, got up, and left.
As the sun set again, Yu Xiaolie finally opened his eyes.
He slowly sat up, feeling the soul power flowing through his body, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
"We're almost there!"
Yu Xiaolie clenched his fist.
He felt that his soul power had not only fully recovered, but had also become more abundant, and had an added touch of icy coldness.
What surprised him most was that his soul power level had increased from level 28 to level 29!
The door was gently pushed open, and Granny Shui Jingxin came in. Seeing that Yu Xiaolie was already awake, she smiled.
"You're finally awake."
How are you feeling?
"Much better."
Yu Xiaolie answered with a smile, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Thank you for Grandma Water's help, I've reached level 29."
Upon hearing this, Granny Shui Jingxin's face showed a shocked expression.
"What? Level 29 already?"
"You mean, you increased your soul power by one level after sparring with me once?"
Yu Xiaolie nodded.
Granny Shui Jingxin stared at Yu Xiaolie in shock, her mind filled with countless thoughts.
Goodness, you level up after every fight?
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Your cultivation speed is simply unheard of."
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