Chapter 54: The new coach's martial spirit is both adorable and his strength is formidable.
Soon, the news spread throughout the entire academy—a duel between the new male coach and the academy's teacher, Mr. Shangguan, that spanned almost four major levels!
A large crowd quickly gathered on the playground, discussing the matter animatedly.
"I heard that the new coach is only level 29, yet he dares to challenge Teacher Shangguan?"
"Teacher Shangguan is a level 66 Soul Emperor, isn't this just asking for trouble?"
"But I heard that the new coach was brought in personally by the dean, so maybe he has some special abilities?"
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The central playground is a wide, flat area with stands around it, capable of accommodating hundreds of spectators.
Shui Jingxin, Yu Xiaolie, and Shui Qing'er have arrived at the edge of the playground.
Teacher Shangguan stood in the center of the circle, looking at Yu Xiaolie with an arrogant expression.
Shui Qing'er looked at Yu Xiaolie with a hint of worry in her eyes.
"Teacher Shangguan is already a level 66 Soul Emperor."
"Xiao Lie, are you sure you want to fight her? She won't hold back."
Yu Xiaolie nodded gently.
"Don't worry, I'm confident."
After he finished speaking, he walked into the circle and stood opposite Teacher Shangguan.
"Shangguan, a level 66 Soul Emperor, with the Martial Soul Frost."
Her tone was full of arrogance, as if she were emphasizing the difference in their strengths.
"Don't say I'm bullying a child. If I use even three of my soul skills, I'll admit defeat!"
A hint of disdain flashed in her eyes.
After all, the gap between a Soul Emperor and a Great Soul Master is too great. If they go all out, the battle could probably be ended in one move.
Yu Xiaolie simply nodded calmly.
Teacher Shangguan sneered and stretched out her right hand.
"Frost, appear!"
As she finished speaking, a dazzling blue light burst forth from her palm.
A snowflake appeared in her right palm, spinning continuously and emitting a faint blue light. The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, and frost formed on the ground.
At the same time, six spirit rings slowly rose from beneath her feet—two yellow, two purple, and two black. The powerful fluctuations of spirit power caused the surrounding audience to involuntarily take a few steps back.
Yu Xiaolie looked at Teacher Shangguan's martial spirit.
"Dragon cub, appear!"
A chubby little beast, resembling a pig but not quite, appeared in front of him.
"Ah! What an adorable martial spirit!"
"What kind of martial soul is this? I've never seen one like it before!"
"I really want to go up and touch it!"
The female students around gasped in surprise when they saw the dragon cub.
Upon seeing this scene, Teacher Shangguan's face immediately darkened.
She had assumed that Yu Xiaolie's martial soul would be some high-level martial soul, but to her surprise, it was such a cute but seemingly harmless little thing.
"You dare to challenge me with just this martial spirit?"
Her first spirit ring suddenly lit up.
"First Soul Skill: Freeze!"
A powerful, icy force erupted from the snowflakes in her palm, rapidly enveloping Yu Xiaolie.
Frost rapidly formed around Yu Xiaolie, and in an instant, he and the dragon cub were frozen in a crystal-clear ice crystal, unable to move.
"They're under control, and that's it?"
"Teacher Shangguan is indeed Teacher Shangguan; she solved it in one move."
The students and teachers around couldn't help but murmur in surprise at what they saw.
Feeling the icy power emanating from his body, Yu Xiaolie smiled. He couldn't have asked for such an attack!
"First Soul Skill: Devouring Breath!"
Click.
Suddenly, countless cracks appeared on the ice crystal, and without the support of soul power, it shattered with a crash.
Yu Xiaolie stood still, his first spirit ring emitting a dazzling light.
The dragon cub opened its mouth and let out a low roar.
An invisible suction force erupted from its body, and the ice shards began to melt rapidly before they even touched its body, turning into specks of blue light that were then absorbed into the dragon cub's body.
"What?"
Teacher Shangguan's expression changed drastically.
Her first soul skill, Freeze, while not a particularly powerful attack, can at least temporarily disable a soul master of the same level.
The icy power alone was enough to restrict the movements of many Soul Masters, but Yu Xiaolie easily broke free of the restraints!
She squinted.
"It seems I underestimated you."
Yu Xiaolie smiled slightly and walked step by step toward Teacher Shangguan.
Every step he took carried an extremely strong sense of pressure.
The dragon cub followed beside him, its bright eyes fixed on Teacher Shangguan, ready to devour her attack at any moment.
Upon seeing this, Teacher Shangguan felt a sense of unease, and her first spirit ring lit up once more.
"Freeze!"
Another chilling aura enveloped Yu Xiaolie.
This time, she significantly increased her soul power output, making the cold air even more intense and the ice crystals formed at a faster speed.
But the result was the same as before. Yu Xiaolie easily broke through the attack by using the dragon cub's devouring breath and continued to move forward.
Teacher Shangguan's expression grew increasingly grim.
The dragon cub was like an insatiable black hole, constantly devouring her icy power, while Yu Xiaolie was also getting closer to her step by step, bringing her immense pressure.
Damn it!
How can this little guy exude such a powerful aura of pressure?
Without a second thought, Teacher Shangguan gritted her teeth, and her second spirit ring suddenly lit up.
"Second Soul Skill: Ice Wall!"
A thick ice wall quickly solidified in front of her, reaching a height of five meters and a width of about ten meters, completely separating her from Yu Xiaolie.
The ice wall, though seemingly indestructible, did indeed hinder Yu Xiaolie for a moment.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Teacher Shangguan quickly retreated, widening the distance between herself and Yu Xiaolie.
Yu Xiaolie continued walking forward, with the dragon cub beside him, constantly absorbing the surrounding icy power.
When he reached the ice wall, the ice wall, which had absorbed his soul power, weakened and thinned continuously, and then quickly melted. After a moment, a five-meter-wide circular opening appeared.
"How is that possible?"
Teacher Shangguan watched this scene in disbelief.
Her second soul skill is Ice Wall.
It could withstand the Soul King's full-force attack, but in front of Yu Xiaolie's dragon cub, it was as fragile as an ordinary block of ice.
Yu Xiaolie easily passed through the barrier.
Teacher Shangguan's face turned even uglier.
She kept backing away, trying to create distance, but the playground was limited in size, and she quickly retreated to the side.
Seeing the dragon cub and Yu Xiaolie closing in on her, Teacher Shangguan seemed to be in a desperate situation.
"No, we can't control him, we have to attack him head-on."
The third spirit ring lit up.
"Third Soul Skill - Ice Sword!"
The snowflakes in her palm quickly deformed and extended, eventually transforming into an ice sword about a meter long, its blade completely transparent and radiating a chilling aura.
"Let's see how you devour this!"
Teacher Shangguan gritted her teeth and shouted, then leaped forward, her ice sword slashing straight at Yu Xiaolie's head.
The sword contains extremely strong icy energy, and the surrounding air seems to freeze.
This sword strike was incredibly fast and sharp; even if it couldn't cleave Yu Xiaolie in two, it could freeze him into an ice sculpture.
Faced with this sudden and fierce attack, the surrounding audience couldn't help but hold their breath, their eyes filled with worry.
"careful!"
Shui Qing'er couldn't help but shout out, her eyes filled with worry.
However, Yu Xiaolie remained calm and composed, and instead of dodging, he urged the dragon cub to meet the ice sword head-on.
"Breath of Devouring!"
In an instant, most of the soul power on the ice sword was absorbed by the dragon cub, greatly reducing the ice sword's lethality.
Just as the ice sword was about to strike Yu Xiaolie's head, he suddenly raised his hands and caught the sword.
With a thought, he focused all his devouring power on the sword his hand was holding.
Teacher Shangguan was completely stunned. Why was this kid unharmed by any of the icy power?
"Snap!"
The ice sword broke in Yu Xiaolie's hand, falling into two pieces.
This scene stunned everyone.
A powerful Soul Master actually caught a Soul Emperor's attack with his bare hands.
"That's amazing!"
How did he do that?
"So handsome!"
The surrounding female students gasped in surprise, their eyes filled with admiration and wonder.
The female teachers looked at each other in bewilderment.
You look at me, I look at you.
I don't know what to say.
Teacher Shangguan was so shocked that she couldn't speak, as her ice sword was imbued with a large amount of soul power.
How did Yu Xiaolie manage to break it so easily?
In the instant she was stunned, Yu Xiaolie seized the opportunity, took a step forward, and quickly grabbed her wrist with his right hand in a palm-blade shape.
Teacher Shangguan came to her senses and tried to retreat to avoid it, but found that she had nowhere to retreat to.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Frost Tornado!"
In a moment of desperation, acting on instinct, Teacher Shangguan unleashed her fourth soul skill, a powerful burst of icy energy erupting from her body.
A massive frost tornado formed, spreading outwards from her body.
"This is against the rules!"
Shui Qing'er shouted out, reminding her.
But Yu Xiaolie didn't care; his second spirit ring had already lit up.
"Second Soul Skill - Light-Piercing Strike!"
The light attribute within his body burst forth, and dazzling light power burst forth, causing the phantom of the dragon cub to surge out and collide head-on with the frost tornado.
The purple, thousand-year-old soul ring shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight, drawing gasps of amazement from the surrounding audience.
"That's a thousand-year soul ring!"
"He's only level 29, yet he already possesses a thousand-year soul ring?"
"How is this possible?"
The Radiant Skybreaker and the Frost Tornado collided in mid-air, creating a powerful shockwave that spread outwards and whipped up a gust of wind.
The two forces confronted each other in the air, neither willing to give an inch.
After briefly withstanding the frost tornado's attack and greatly weakening its power, Yu Xiaolie activated his first soul skill again.
"Breath of Devouring!"
The overwhelming force surged forth once more, and the dragon cub quickly absorbed the icy power within the frost tornado.
Under the combined effects of Sky-Shattering Strike and Devouring Breath, the Frost Tornado quickly turned into a sky full of ice shards.
Yu Xiaolie used his soul power to condense a palm blade shape in his right palm and quickly placed it against Teacher Shangguan's neck.
All of this happened so fast that Teacher Shangguan didn't even have time to react before Yu Xiaolie subdued her.
She wanted to use her soul skill to fight back again, but she found that if there was any sign of her soul power leaking out, the dragon cub would notice and absorb it instantly.
The moment she tried to condense her soul skill to resist, Yu Xiaolie could have ended her life with a swift stroke of his blade.
She couldn't outrun him.
"I forgot to tell you, I'm immune to ice, so you lost."
Yu Xiaolie said calmly.
Teacher Shangguan stood there stunned for a long time before letting out a long sigh.
The entire room fell silent; no one could believe their eyes.
How could a level 29 Great Soul Master defeat a level 66 Soul Emperor?
Applause and cheers erupted from the playground, especially from the female students.
"That's amazing!"
"The new coach's martial spirit is adorable, and his strength is formidable!"
"I absolutely must attend his course!"
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