As the voice faded, both sides moved simultaneously without a moment's hesitation. Seven deep black spirit rings suddenly rose around Ma Xiaotao, and a powerful Aura naturally radiated from her. A seven-ring Spirit Saint, and all seven were ten-thousand-year spirit rings. Since Zhang Lexuan took charge of the Sea God Pavilion, the core students of the Shrek Inner Court had received the benefit of increasing their spirit ring ages with the help of the chamber of commerce. With the academy's support, she had long since elevated all her spirit rings to the ten-thousand-year level.
At the same time, beside her, Gongyang Mo also revealed his Rainbow DragonSpirit. Seven different colors of buffing light cascaded down like a rainbow, precisely attaching to Ma Xiaotao.
Almost the instant the buffing light entered her body, Ma Xiaotao shot out like an arrow from a bow. Scorching Phoenix flames erupted from within her, condensing into a pair of magnificent flame wings behind her back as she pressed forward with an all-encompassing Aura. However, the moment she charged out, the set of Ice-blue Armor on Meng Hongchen's body flared with light. An ice-blue mist carrying a bone-chilling cold rapidly spread out from her like a tide. Positioned at the center of the ice mist, Meng Hongchen held a slender silver-white blade in each hand. Her originally ice-blue eyes had turned a searing crimson, her gaze calm and focused. In an instant, the ice mist submerged Meng Hongchen along with the auxiliary Spirit Master beside her who was applying buffs, and the two figures vanished from sight.
Ma Xiaotao paused and immediately gained altitude, flying into mid-air. Looking down, she saw that within the Sun Moon Team's half of the field, the ice mist—of unknown effect—had already formed a sphere with a radius of seven or eight meters and was still expanding. Ma Xiaotao frowned slightly. Spreading her wings, dozens of fireballs suddenly fell, exploding upon contact with the ice mist. Water vapor rose, turning into bursts of white mist that quickly spread. However, after just a moment, the rapidly spreading white mist was once again tainted by the ice-blue. The water vapor condensed into ice crystals and continued to expand, covering most of the arena in a short time and even rapidly spreading toward Gongyang Mo. Ma Xiaotao quickly dove down, grabbing Gongyang Mo before the ice mist could swallow him, and flew back into the air. Gongyang Mo hurriedly took out a flying spirit tool to steady himself. Looking at the continuously expanding ice mist Domain below, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wait, what's going on here?!"
Ma Xiaotao's expression was grave, and she didn't answer. She tried raising her hand again, and a scorching fireball condensed, then smashed straight into the ice mist below.
"Boom—!"
The fireball exploded, once again steaming off a large amount of white mist, but the white mist quickly condensed under the low temperature, instead replenishing the ice mist and causing its range to expand slightly. Was this... not a bit too cheap?
Ma Xiaotao was momentarily speechless, finding the situation extremely troublesome.
There was no doubt that this ice mist was problematic and absolutely could not be touched lightly. Perhaps it was like the method used by the youth she had seen five years ago in the previous Soul Master Tournament—once touched, one would instantly lose combat capability. But if left alone, the entire arena would be filled with it in a moment, leaving them with nowhere to stand, and they would surely lose. But how could it be countered?
Ma Xiaotao's eyes were solemn, then a flash of determination crossed them. "Gongyang Mo, fly higher and stay further away!"
Hearing this, Gongyang Mo immediately controlled his flying spirit tool to fly higher. The next moment, the deepest black seventh spirit ring on Ma Xiaotao's body suddenly shone!
"Screech—!"
A clear Phoenix cry echoed through the arena. Ma Xiaotao's figure expanded and transformed amidst the brilliant flames, finally turning into an Evil Fire Phoenix with a wingspan of over ten meters, its entire body burning with dark red flames!
Seventh Spirit Ability, Martial Soul True Body!
Next, her sixth spirit ring lit up. The giant Phoenix circled gracefully in the air, its wings flapping violently. Sixth Spirit Ability, Phoenix Meteor Shower!
Countless Phoenix feathers burning with raging flames trailed long tails of fire, smashing ruthlessly into the ice mist Domain below like a real meteor shower!
"Boom boom boom—!!!"
Continuous explosions rang out one after another, and the entire arena was shrouded in firelight and white mist. The violent Energy impact caused ripples to spread across the protective shield. Ma Xiaotao stared intently below, trying to find Meng Hongchen's figure in the gaps between the explosions. At one point, the white mist thinned slightly, and she seemed to see that silver-haired figure standing in the ice mist. A hint of surprise seemed to flash across the other's face, but then, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly into a faint smile. The next moment, beneath her feet, five deep black ten-thousand-year spirit rings rose in sequence, flashing with dazzling light. Then, the ice mist around her churned violently again, as if it had received a new source of power. The parts that had been steamed away by the explosions were restored in an instant, and it even became denser!
Ma Xiaotao's heart sank. However, before she could think further, countless chains condensed from ice shot out from within the thick ice mist, covering all the space she could possibly dodge into!
Ma Xiaotao's pupils constricted. This attack style felt incredibly familiar. Wasn't this the Spirit Ability used by that youth from the Sun Moon Team in the tournament five years ago?
Ma Xiaotao became even more cautious, quickly controlling her Martial Soul True Body. The giant Phoenix wings danced frantically, spitting out large amounts of Phoenix flames to form barriers of fire. At the same time, her figure dodged rapidly in the air, parrying the incoming ice crystal weapons. However, the weapons condensed from the ice mist seemed endless, attacking from every tricky angle and becoming increasingly difficult to withstand. Meanwhile, the ice mist Domain below never stopped expanding. After covering the entire floor, the ice mist began to creep up the inner walls of the protective shield like a living thing, squeezing her maneuvering space. After a short while, Gongyang Mo, who had been relying on his flying spirit tool, finally lacked sufficient flexibility and was entangled by an ice-blue chain that suddenly struck from the side. He was then dragged into the ice mist below with a scream and went silent. Ma Xiaotao was anxious and tried to force a dive to rescue him or find Meng Hongchen's main body for a killing blow. However, every time she tried to get close, she met an even more dense and terrifying barrage of weapons and those ice-blue chains that clung to her like maggots on a bone. Her Spirit Ability consumption was heavy, and the Evil Fire Phoenix's movements became increasingly sluggish. Finally, at one point, a chain containing extreme cold precisely wrapped around the Phoenix's ankle.
In an instant, the bone-chilling cold pierced through her flame protection, striking straight to the marrow. Ma Xiaotao felt her Martial Soul True Body almost give way, and her body inevitably stiffened for a moment. And in that very moment of stiffness, countless ice-blue chains swarmed up, instantly wrapping Ma Xiaotao. "Bang!"
The giant Evil Fire Phoenix let out a mournful cry as the flames around it suddenly dimmed. Its massive body was forcibly dragged down from the air and smashed heavily into the thick ice mist. Everything returned to silence.
(End of Chapter)
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