Peerless: Auspicious Beast's Star Revival Plan

Chapter 175 The Ice Emperor Descends vs. the Netherworld White Tiger
Huo Yuqing finally did what she had been dreaming of since she was seven years old.

She rushed toward her blood relative, the one who had killed her mother, her clenched fists cracking as she swung them toward Dai Huabin's face.

The moment she raised her hand, her mother's pale, lifeless face and her weak, dry lips flashed before her eyes. She heard her mother's last words and her dying breaths. She felt the hunger and cold she had endured in her childhood, and the pain of being beaten by the servants of the Duke's mansion.

Thirteen-year-old Dai Huabin's slightly cold and hard face overlapped with his chubby, childlike face when he was eight years old.

All that pain transformed into motivation in that instant, propelling her forward and urging her on. From whispers to shouts, in that moment, Huo Yuqing almost felt... she almost felt an intoxicating sweetness.

Look! I finally have the strength to throw a punch at Dai Huabin squarely!
However, Dai Huabin merely chuckled and casually raised his hand to defend himself.

A level 20 mental attribute control-type Grand Soul Master and a top-tier Beast Martial Soul Battle Soul Venerable whose soul power is almost 10 levels higher directly compete in strength?
Isn't this just hilarious?

Dai Huabin was naturally wary of his current opponent.

He wasn't stupid. During the annual assessment, Huo Yuqing was only at the first level, and she could send his teammate Cui Yajie off the field with just one glance. Just now, she directly eliminated Xie Huanyue.

Spirit-based martial souls are extremely rare, and their abilities are also extremely unpredictable.

Although Dai Huabin didn't think Huo Yuqing could use such a powerful skill twice in a row, he had indeed thought about how to deal with that silent mental attack. Perhaps he could just avoid eye contact—Huo Yuqing was indeed very good at keeping information about her abilities secret, and he wasn't sure—but he could give it a try.

Regardless of the circumstances, a spirit-type soul master using physical strength to fight against oneself is simply playing to one's weaknesses and overestimating one's abilities...

Then Dai Huabin was knocked to the ground by this punch, rolling several times before the force dissipated.

Elder Xuan, who was watching the remaining members on the field, choked on the wine in his gourd and coughed violently.

How could this be? Even if that Dai family brat underestimated me, it shouldn't be like this! Could it be that I misjudged that brat's original martial soul has already awakened a second time?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Could it be a high-level soul bone? If it's due to the bonus from a few high-level soul bones, then it makes sense.

"Hua Bin!" Zhu Lu cried out in surprise and rushed over to help her fiancé up, but was pushed away.

Dai Huabin got up, spat the blood in his mouth onto the ground, and glared fiercely at Huo Yuqing, his eyes filled with hatred, even the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.

He let out a deafening tiger roar, his three soul rings flashed, and a layer of platinum light covered his entire body. His tiger claws extended from his fingertips, also tinged with a brilliant gold. Then, his muscles swelled a second time, and a strong white light surged out, condensing into a layer of white fur on his body. The black tiger stripes on it also released the bloodthirsty and powerful aura of the king of beasts.

He stomped his foot on the ground and charged straight at Huo Yuqing, leaving behind only broken floor tiles and Zhu Lu, who hesitated to go forward.

Zhu Lu knew Dai Huabin too well. Her fiancé had lost face and was determined to get it back. If she intervened before being allowed to, she would definitely be blamed. So she could only guard against others interfering in this battle.

Faced with Dai Huabin's fury, Huo Yuqing's eyes were filled with even greater hatred.

Seeing her enemy charging towards her like a ferocious beast, Huo Yuqing's aura changed.

The white spirit ring behind her disappeared, leaving only a deep purple spirit ring. The clear light gold in her eyes faded, and a cold emerald light ignited.

Dai Huabin didn't even have time to think about why one of Huo Yuqing's spirit rings had disappeared—he only felt as if he were rushing into a blizzard, facing a cold wind as sharp as a knife.

"click"

With the amplification of the two soul skills, Dai Huabin's power had been amplified to a terrifying level. Even so, when the tiger claw, flashing with golden ferocity, slammed down towards Huo Yuqing's head, it was still steadily blocked by a pair of hands that shimmered with the light of dazzling diamonds.

Huo Yuqing's hands were covered with regular hexagonal ice crystals, while her fingertips were mirror-like silver, and that smooth mirror silver extended to her slightly longer, somewhat sharp nails.

At this moment, her four fingers were together, her thumb was open, and her sharp silver nails were joined together, like a real scorpion's claws. A bone-chilling coldness was released unrestrainedly from her hands, and the water in the air was condensed, forming a swirling white mist.

It is one of the four skills that the Ice Emperor Soul Ring bestowed upon her, the Ice Emperor's Claw!
Huo Yuqing's soul power was not yet at level 30, but with the multiple enhancements of the Heavenly Dream Origin Power, the Gold of Life, the Ice Emperor Soul Ring, and the Soul Bone, even without the power of the ultimate attribute, she was no less than Dai Huabin in terms of pure physical strength!
Furthermore, the Ice Emperor's Claw is far stronger than the pure bonus-type soul skill that combines the White Tiger Vajra Transformation with the White Tiger Protective Barrier.

Seeing that his first attack failed, Dai Huabin immediately shifted his force and changed his move, striking Huo Yuqing's waist with his tiger palm. However, his intentions were exposed under the mental detection. Huo Yuqing used one hand to retreat and block, while using the other hand to pull Dai Huabin's arm to the side and deflect his force.

The two then engaged in close combat, relying on their powerful martial spirits.

The tiger's claws and scorpion's pincers clashed fiercely, producing a deafening explosion. Platinum and emerald light flashed, and each attack was aimed at the opponent's vital point.

The sheer scale of the battle between the enemies was even greater than the lightning and explosions generated by the chaotic fighting among the three fourth rings in the distance.

Dai Huabin's physical skills were expansive and powerful, reminiscent of the White Tiger Camp, but Huo Yuqing's movements lacked a clear system.

She had practiced close combat with Hanwen, Wang Rui, and other friends in Jade City whose cultivation levels were similar, but no one had truly taught her—her mental martial soul was special enough that, relying on mental detection and the calculation ability brought by her powerful mental strength, she was able to assess the most efficient way to dodge and the most lethal way to attack, and finally sort out and summarize her own style.

However, she was ultimately influenced by her sparring partners, and while her moves were agile, they carried a certain wild and domineering aura.

In particular, her Ice Emperor Martial Soul is a ferocious beast through and through, the king of the far north ice plains. When the Ice Emperor Martial Soul is possessed, the violent and fierce aura of a soul beast, as if from the ancient and barbaric era, is even more evident.

That domineering and ferocious aura put immense pressure on Dai Huabin.

He even felt a slight urge to retreat that he himself was unaware of. Dai Huabin had already realized that his opponent was probably a rare twin martial soul, one in a hundred years. Moreover, the first martial soul was a top-tier body martial soul, and the second martial soul could only be identified as a top-tier ice-type beast martial soul—its quality must far surpass that of the White Tiger.

But he absolutely cannot back down.

If he backs down and loses to a Great Soul Master whose soul power is ten levels lower than his own, how can he be worthy of being the youngest son of the White Tiger Duke?
He absolutely had to win this battle, no matter what. No matter what.

Dai Huabin secretly gave Zhu Lu a hand gesture. Zhu Lu nodded in understanding, and the dark figure vanished instantly.

At extremely close range, Dai Huabin unleashed a White Tiger Cleave Light Wave, risking injury to grab Huo Yuqing's forearm and prevent her from dodging. Meanwhile, Zhu Lu rapidly approached from behind, her Netherworld Claws piercing straight for Huo Yuqing's back.

Huo Yuqing gave a cold laugh.

With one hand restrained by Dai Huabin, she caught the attack with her other hand. With a snap of her fingers, she forcefully crushed the shimmering white light into scattered specks of light.

While Huo Yuqing was dealing with Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu had silently approached Huo Yuqing's "blind spot" behind her. Just when she thought she was about to succeed, a bright green scorpion tail suddenly sprang out from under Huo Yuqing's clothes at her lower back.

The scorpion's tail lashed out at Zhu Lu like a whip, accompanied by a terrifying whooshing sound.

However, the scorpion's tail was actually even thicker than Zhu Lu's calves. It was divided into eight segments, and its shape was between that of the Ice Jade Scorpion and the Pink Queen Scorpion. The end of the tail near the heart was a deep and rich emerald green, and the color of the stinger became more transparent as it approached the tip. By the time it reached the last segment, the stinger was completely transparent and crystal-like.

Zhu Lu felt as if she had been hit hard by a heavy hammer. Agility-based characters are naturally lighter, and her body immediately flew a long way before crashing heavily to the ground.

Old Master Xuan swallowed the meat in his mouth and was about to pull Zhu Lu out when he saw her struggling to stand up. He stopped and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

The disheveled black-haired girl spat out the long hair that had fallen into her mouth, wiped the blood from her lips with the back of her hand, and then, with a light step, charged at Dai Huabin again.

Dai Huabin, risking having his left arm broken by Huo Yuqing's Ice Jade Scorpion Claw, lunged at Zhu Lu.

A flash of black and white light appeared, and a massive white tiger with purple eyes appeared on the field.

The white tiger was nearly three meters tall and almost ten meters long, making Huo Yuqing, who was standing in front of it, appear extremely small.

"Aren't they going to go back and rescue their comrades?" Elder Xuan stared at the stalemate in the fourth ring.

At this moment, a giant net of lightning, resembling a giant snake, formed around Beibei and enveloped Wang Rui in the sky. A terrifying red light flashed on the latter's dragon wings as he reached out and grabbed the lightning net. Flames burned along the lightning in a way that was completely beyond comprehension, igniting the blue-purple lightning net completely.

The burning net of fire seemed to come alive, swirling back towards Bei Bei, while Wang Rui turned his attention to Xu Sanshi. A crystal-clear fire element shield, as if made of rubies, appeared in his hand, and he rammed it directly into Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Shield.

It was as if he had no idea that the enormous Netherworld White Tiger had appeared on the field, preparing to bite off Huo Yuqing's head.

This left Elder Xuan puzzled.

Should I trust my companions... but that kid doesn't seem capable of dealing with the Netherworld White Tiger alone, or should I trust the Shrek Academy referee?

The terrifying white tiger then raised its massive forepaw and slammed it down directly at Huo Yuqing.

Huo Yuqing took a deep breath, raised her hands slightly, and a deep green light emanated from her upper body, faintly outlining the shape of her torso and bones.

A phantom of an equally enormous, but even more ethereal, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared above Huo Yuqing, its six long, slender scorpion legs acting as a protective shield, enveloping her in its center.

Huo Yuqing raised her hands and touched them together in front of her chest, then stretched her arms straight up until they were above her head—this simple action caused fine sweat to seep from her forehead and her face to turn pale instantly.

It was as if a vortex had appeared in her body, and her soul power was being drawn away by that vortex.

Unlike the real Ice Emperor's wild, bright yellow eyes, the Ice Jade Scorpion possessed a pair of more human-like, eerie green eyes. These eerie green eyes held the same indifference as Huo Yuqing's at this moment, along with the hatred hidden beneath that indifference.

As she moved with difficulty, the enormous icy scorpion phantom also slowly raised its pincers. The instant it met the giant claws of the Netherworld White Tiger, the silver tips of its pincers, which were as smooth as mirrors, actually materialized and blocked the Netherworld White Tiger's sharp claws.

The enormous icy scorpion phantom consumed a massive amount of soul power with every inch it moved, and the Netherworld White Tiger's giant claws brought extremely terrifying pressure.

Huo Yuqing pushed her body to its limits. Her raised arms began to tremble, her clothes were soaked with sweat and clung to her back, veins bulged on her forehead, and she almost bit her teeth to pieces. The tiny blood vessels under her conjunctiva had ruptured under the immense pressure, and blood slid down her cheeks like tears.

At this moment, her soul power was completely exhausted.

But she refused to admit defeat.

She will never admit defeat.

With her soul power depleted, she used her willpower to suppress her spirit.

In Huo Yuqing's sea of ​​consciousness, the enormous, cyan-gold vertical eye formed from the gold of life radiated dazzling light from its seven rotating points of light within its pupil.

The purest life force, Huo Yuqing's own spiritual power, and the tiny seed of divinity in her sea of ​​consciousness merged, and the newly generated power flowed through her meridians like water gushing from a newly opened spring. This power enabled her to suddenly raise her hands, flip them over, grasp something in the void, and swing them violently—

The massive, icy scorpion phantom's solid pincers flipped over the enormous Netherworld White Tiger, clamping down on its tail. Amidst the deafening roar of the violent explosion caused by the collision between Wang Rui's molten fire shield and Xu Sanshi's Xuanming tortoise shell shield, it was thrown away.

　Quack! Finished writing!

　　Actually, I didn't enjoy writing it. I don't like writing action scenes, and I don't really like the kind of rhythm where you introduce a soul skill after every fight. Anyway... well, it's finished now!
　　
　
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