After another shockwave from the Immovable Wisdom King Body, the Profound Ice Chain shattered and subsequently dissipated.
The fact that the Profound Ice Chain could hold out for so long under a Spirit Saint's attack was already quite impressive; Yu Yan was extremely satisfied with its performance.
Zhao Wuji watched the finally shattered ice chains and breathed a sigh of relief, yet at the same time, the sense of foreboding in his heart grew a bit more, and his right eyelid began to twitch uncontrollably.
Raising his arm to rub his twitching right eyelid, the fourth and fifth spirit rings on Zhao Wuji's body lit up simultaneously.
Zhao Wuji's fifth Spirit Ability was called Gravity Squeeze, which could control gravity to crush an opponent, thereby binding them and controlling their movement space.
Zhao Wuji controlled gravity to surround Yu Yan from all directions, intending to trap him in place.
The Gravity Squeeze produced by a ten-thousand-year spirit ring indeed had a significant impact on Yu Yan; within this gravitational force, he felt as if he were in mud—able to move, but with great difficulty.
As Gravity Squeeze took effect, Zhao Wuji's fourth spirit ring detached from his body and flew toward the struggling Yu Yan.
This was Zhao Wuji's Fourth Soul Skill, called Locating Trace. Once caught by this spirit ring, he could use the power of jumping to instantly close the distance within a hundred meters.
The combination of the fourth and fifth spirit rings was Zhao Wuji's standard method for dealing with Spirit Masters with flexible movement; using these two combined Spirit Abilities, he had successfully defeated many agility-attack system Spirit Masters.
Yu Yan didn't know the specific effects of Zhao Wuji's Spirit Ability, but he understood he couldn't let that flying purple spirit ring catch him. Tyrannical spirit power erupted from his body, forcibly breaking free from the control of Gravity Squeeze, as six spirit rings appeared on his body one after another.
Third Ice Jiao Ability: Moon Eclipse: Thousand Frost Return to Silence.
First Fire Jiao Ability: Blazing Breath.
The Ice Jiao transformed into a moon occupying the high sky, and fine frost patterns drifted down from it. Zhao Wuji, within the range of the frost patterns, could clearly feel his condition beginning to slowly decline.
A phantom of the Fire Flood Dragon appeared to Yu Yan's right. After a brief charge, it opened its maw toward the incoming purple spirit ring and released the breath belonging to a flame flood dragon.
When the Spirit was the Ice and Fire Twin Fish, the Blazing Breath Spirit Ability belonged to the fire fish; after evolving into the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons, it became the breath of the Fire Flood Dragon. If the Spirit evolved into the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons in the future, this Spirit Ability would become the breath of a Fire Dragon.
The Blazing Breath collided with the incoming purple spirit ring, successfully stopping the ring mid-air and preventing it from advancing further.
"Isn't your Spirit the Ice and Fire Twin Fish?"
"And, aren't you a Spirit Ancestor?"
Looking at the Ice and Fire Jiaos beside Yu Yan and the six spirit rings surrounding him, Zhao Wuji—who had learned some basic information about Yu Yan from Ma Hongjun—tried to comprehend what was happening before him.
A fish-type Spirit evolving into a Jiao-type Spirit was something Zhao Wuji could somewhat understand.
But a child the same age as Ma Hongjun having six spirit rings was beyond his comprehension. Such a young Spirit Emperor—was this really not an illusion?
Unable to believe his eyes, Zhao Wuji raised a hand to slap his head, circulated his spirit power, and focused intently on Yu Yan; six spirit rings were still revolving around him.
"I have no obligation to tell you."
Using the continuous Blazing Breath to successfully hold off the flying purple spirit ring, Yu Yan raised his hand and released his fifth Ice Jiao technique, Vault Frost Falling Star Net. A hundred-meter-wide net appeared and covered the area, ensuring Zhao Wuji couldn't escape in time.
"Hmph, I'll find out once I take you down."
Zhao Wuji glanced at the six spirit rings on Yu Yan again and lunged forward. Regardless of whether he spoke or not, once he was captured, he would naturally be willing to talk.
A seven-ring Spirit Master possessed the ultimate weapon known as the Martial Soul True Body. Once the Martial Soul True Body was used, it provided absolute suppression over Spirit Masters below seven rings.
Seven rings against six—the advantage is mine.
As he lunged forward, Zhao Wuji's second spirit ring settled between his hands, and his hands transformed into thick bear paws.
Watching the Vault Frost Falling Star Net surround the area, Yu Yan, wishing to take the opportunity to hone his actual combat abilities, raised his right hand. His sixth spirit ring, its true color hidden, settled onto his right arm, and a long spear transformed from the Ice Jiao slowly appeared in his hand.
This was Yu Yan's sixth Ice Jiao technique, the Abyssal Extreme Cold Vortex Spear.
The spear's body was indestructible, and its swings naturally carried cold energy attacks. Combined with the Ice Jiao's other Spirit Abilities, it could maximize the impact on the enemy and reduce the opponent's condition as quickly as possible.
The spear tip could be launched during battle to cause an unexpected attack; after launching the tip, spirit power could be used to recongeal it.
The only drawback was that because the spirit ring's age was extremely close to a hundred thousand years, with Yu Yan's current spirit power, he could only recongeal the spear tip four times—meaning he could use the spear tip for sneak attacks five times in total.
Yu Yan brandished the Ice Spear, meeting Zhao Wuji who came striking with both paws. With an extremely clever parrying motion, he successfully deflected Zhao Wuji to the side.
After parrying Zhao Wuji, Yu Yan exerted force from his waist, turned his hand to swing the spear, and pointed the tip directly at Zhao Wuji's face.
Deflected to the side and not yet steady, Zhao Wuji saw the Ice Spear piercing toward his face out of the corner of his eye. In haste, he quickly activated Immovable Wisdom King Body, attempting to use the golden shockwave to shake off the Ice Spear piercing toward him.
Yu Yan, thrusting forward with the spear, felt a clear resistance from the front of the tip. He held the spear with both hands, took a deep breath, and thrust forward even harder.
This battle was to hone his frontal combat abilities; there was absolutely no possibility of retreating.
After slightly delaying the Ice Spear piercing toward him, Zhao Wuji gave a great shout and swung his bear paw to smash heavily against the Ice Spear.
The spear tip and bear paw collided again, and both sides could feel the terrifying force transmitted from the other.
Retreating slightly, Yu Yan swung the spear forward again. Taking advantage of the spear's reach, he continuously thrust at various parts of Zhao Wuji's body while advancing and retreating. The cold energy inherent to the Ice Spear surged in large quantities toward Zhao Wuji's area with the thrusts, while the cold moon in the sky and the Vault Frost Falling Star Net were also affecting Zhao Wuji's condition.
Zhao Wuji swung his bear paws, occasionally using the two Spirit Abilities, Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Squeeze, to launch sneak attacks on Yu Yan, wanting to disrupt his offensive rhythm and close the distance. Close-quarters combat was Zhao Wuji's forte.
Facing the two gravity-type Spirit Abilities released by Zhao Wuji, Yu Yan would always use his thick spirit power to forcibly break free from the gravitational control the moment they took effect.
As time passed minute by minute, Yu Yan's state improved as he fought, and he gained some brand-new ideas on how to better apply the Ice Spear.
Completely opposite to Yu Yan was Zhao Wuji, whose condition worsened as the fight went on. Affected by the cold energy of the Ice Jiao's Spirit Abilities, Zhao Wuji could feel that his spirit power circulation speed, movement speed, and Spirit Ability activation speed were all heavily impacted, with his overall state dropping by one-fifth.
A strange cold poison also surged into his body along with his breathing, affecting his physical form.
If not for the Vigorous Vajra Bear Spirit making Zhao Wuji's cold resistance stronger than that of an ordinary Spirit Master, his current state might have dropped by a quarter.