Chapter 45 Ice and Fire
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With the Thunder Sound Jade Pearl as a precedent, Yu Xinxue had some expectations for the upcoming assessments.
'I didn't expect that Zhu Youzhi would occasionally send some talented people over…' she thought to herself.
Bing Lan and Yan Jin tacitly jumped onto another intact arena at the same time.
While watching the battle just now, they both had a strong feeling about each other:
'This person is so annoying!'
"Bing Lan, level 30 Control type Soul Grandmaster."
"Yan Jin, level 28 Assault type Soul Grandmaster."
"Two monsters!"
When they announced their identities and levels to each other, the others in Class One had the same thought.
Bing Lan was not old, only fourteen years old, and Yan Jin looked even younger.
At this age, with such soul power cultivation, it was obvious that they would be able to reach heights that ordinary people could not reach in the future.
When they released their martial souls, one ice and one magma, the arena was suddenly occupied by two elements, half of the arena's air was scorching hot, with surging heat waves, and half of the arena was filled with cold air and frost.
Amon raised his right hand, gently stroked his monocle, and revealed a strong interest, "Interesting."
Everyone was surprised by this sense of division and opposition, ice and fire, cold and heat, this was simply a natural rivalry!
Without much talk, the two activated their martial souls.
Bing Lan waved her hand, and the first soul ring lit up, a surge of cold air suddenly erupted on Yan Jin's body.
Her body began to stiffen, and frost gradually spread from her feet upwards.
Sizzle…
Magma emerged from all parts of her body, dispelling the cold, "Hey, not bad…"
Yan Jin showed a wanton smile on her face and stretched her palm forward.
"Volcanic Barrage!"
Lava balls shot towards Bing Lan like cannonballs.
The latter still had no expression on her face, she directly used the second soul ring, and the ice began to deform, forming a circular shield in front of her that could protect her entire body.
"Martial Soul Solidification?" Seeing this familiar ability, the smile on Yan Jin's face grew bigger and bigger.
She waved her fist greatly, and the hot magma turned into a huge fist.
"Great Eruption!"
Bing Lan's right hand glowed with a light blue brilliance, she swiped her arm from bottom to top, and a crystal clear, ice-constructed bird flew towards the magma.
"Ice Bird!"
The two collided, the sound waves surged, and steam overflowed.
Yan Jin sprang towards her opponent.
The two sides' martial souls were mutually reinforcing and restraining, using soul skills to compete with each other was obviously disadvantageous for her who was two levels lower in soul power.
So she decisively chose close combat.
Without a doubt, for the human body, the threat of magma was greater than that of ice!
Bing Lan also knew this, but there was no good way to stop it, her first soul skill "Freeze" had almost no effect on Yan Jin.
She waved her hand and condensed a long knife out of ice.
"Ice Army Blade."
The ice knife collided with the fist covered in magma armguards.
Upon contact, both of them found that their soul power consumption was rapidly accelerating.
Originally, the ice and magma they created only required a small amount of soul power to maintain for a long time, but at this time, because the temperature canceled each other out, the ice was evaporated and the magma was cooled, which forced both sides to invest more soul power.
Yan Jin reached out and grabbed the ice knife, and struck towards Bing Lan's body with the other hand, which was blocked by Bing Lan's arm covered in ice crystal armguards.
Fists, elbows, knees… every part of Yan Jin's body became an extremely dangerous weapon after being wrapped in magma.
Compared to ranged attacks, Yan Jin's close combat ability was even stronger, this was her fighting style that she had honed to this day.
In contrast, Bing Lan's response was much inferior, she could only condense pieces of solid ice as shields to resist.
"It's over…" Yan Jin whispered.
After melting a piece of ice, Yan Jin swept her leg towards the opponent's abdomen.
But the always passive Bing Lan suddenly burst out at this moment, after enduring this kick, she took advantage of the momentum to pounce to the side, and at the same time kicked towards Yan Jin's head with a side kick.
Yan Jin took a slight step back and used her elbow to nudge the side of Bing Lan's calf, resolving her final counterattack.
Bing Lan, after falling to the ground, did not try to continue fighting, she knew she had lost, struggled to stand up, and limped towards the edge of the arena.
Her calf had fractured in the previous collision!
Covering her calf with ice as protection, she condensed a slide, sat down and slid down, and left the arena without saying a word.
Alana's martial soul healing had no effect on this kind of internal injury, and two girls supported her as they walked towards the infirmary.
Yu Xinxue scratched her head, feeling a little worried.
Another one went to the infirmary.
Although it was normal to be injured in battle, this was too frequent!
She couldn't help but look at Amon, who revealed a smile.
"You're not going to put another one of my students in the infirmary, are you?"
Amon pushed up the edge of his glasses and asked:
"I'm already a Soul Elder, do I still need to be tested?"
Yu Xinxue wanted to see Amon's abilities, but she was also worried that the situation would be the same as the previous two matches, one assessment, and three people injured and sent to the infirmary in a row, she would definitely be reprimanded by the principal later.
"Yes, of course, you wouldn't back down at the last minute, would you?" It was Roy who spoke, having found a new arena.
Roy saw the performances of Lei Yin and Yan Jin, and was already a little frightened in the face of the obviously older Amon, but he still firmly remembered the task that Brady had given him.
Since the boss had spoken to test the other side, how could he, as a younger brother, back down?
Moreover, Boss Brady had always been generous, if he was injured, he could probably get a lot of compensation…
With this in mind, Roy hooked his fingers at Amon, making a provocative gesture.
Amon raised his right hand and adjusted his monocle, "Heh," he said, "Then as you wish."
He lightly leaped and jumped to the arena where Roy was.
"Roy, level 33 Agility type battle Soul Elder."
"Amon, level 34 Auxiliary type battle Soul Elder."
Roy raised an eyebrow, "An auxiliary type… battle Soul Master?"
In most people's common sense, auxiliary soul masters and battle soul masters were completely two different development directions, no auxiliary soul master had any fighting power.
The famous Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of the Heaven Dou Empire was a typical example.
"Martial souls are all kinds, each with its own characteristics, it's not surprising to have a certain amount of combat power while being able to assist others, right?" Amon said with a smile.
"That's true." Looking at Amon's gentle smile and scholarly temperament, the hostility in Roy's heart suddenly subsided a lot.
Amon then continued: "Classmate, we don't actually need to be at loggerheads… this battle is completely unnecessary.
"Lei Yin won, Yan Jin won, can't you understand the strength they showed?
"Since they can achieve victory, then I, who am stronger than them, will naturally not lose, so, why don't we skip the process and directly announce the result?"
Amon's mouth turned backwards, outlining a smile, "You admit defeat."
Roy's thinking became sluggish, he didn't have time to understand the logical connection, he just felt that what Amon said seemed to make sense.
So he blurted out according to his intentions: "Okay, I admit defeat."
The students watching the battle from the sidelines didn't understand what was going on, looking at this scene, they only felt it was strange and absurd.
Brady frowned, he even suspected that Roy had been bought by Bi Da'er and deliberately embarrassed himself in such an occasion.
When he finished saying the words admit defeat, Roy had already sobered up, he slapped himself, seemingly regretting that he had spoken without thinking.
Amon's second soul skill "Deception" could reduce the opponent's thinking speed and increase his affinity, making his words more credible.
He took advantage of the shock that the violent martial souls of the previous two matches had brought.
In fact, before Roy went to the arena, he vaguely felt that he would lose.
And Amon temporarily suppressed the speed of his rational thinking, guiding out the thought in his heart that he "would lose."
Under the passive effect of the second soul skill, Roy also felt that Amon was "credible" and that what he said was "correct", so there appeared such a somewhat ridiculous and laughable scene.
"Hahaha, I was just kidding, let's have a full-fledged fight!" Roy said with a stiff face.
Amon ignored him, just looking at Yu Xinxue with a smile.
As a Soul Emperor, Yu Xinxue naturally understood what had just happened.
Amon used a mental skill similar to "Charm"!
She spoke to make a judgment on the outcome of this battle, "Roy, you have already lost."
"Teacher Yu, but, but I…" Roy opened his mouth, but didn't say anything more.
He also realized that his spirit might have had a problem just now, it was Amon who did something, rather than simply himself speaking without thinking.
Roy's gaze towards Amon was filled with deep fear and a trace of fear that even he himself could not detect.
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