Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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Three more people suddenly appeared on the arena, giving everyone a massive shock.
And this was precisely Huo Yuhao's fifth Spirit Ability! After breaking through to become a Spirit King, Huo Yuhao had not yet truly unleashed this Spirit Ability. This time served as an opportunity for him to test the power of this Spirit Ability.
Huo Yuhao's fifth Spirit Ability was also bestowed by the ten-thousand-year Spirit Soul, the Rebirth Butterfly, and was named—Reinacarnation Avatar!
This Spirit Ability required the fourth Spirit Ability, the Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain, to be active. Within the Domain, Huo Yuhao's fifth Spirit Ability could replicate a Avatar of the enemy.
Moreover, this was no simple Avatar. Because this Avatar would strip away the enemy's corresponding attributes! For instance, right now, the Avatar in front of Dai Yueheng possessed all of Dai Yueheng's abilities. The same cultivation, the same Spirit abilities, and the same combat instincts. Furthermore, because of this Avatar's appearance, all of Dai Yueheng's attributes had dropped significantly!
Strength, speed, defense, Spirit Power... everything was discounted!
This was the terrifying aspect of the Reinacarnation Avatar; it didn't just create a Avatar, it simultaneously weakened the opponent!
Within the Myriad Thoughts Return to Nothingness Domain, there was no limit to the number of enemy Avatars Huo Yuhao could produce. As long as his mental force was sufficient, he could replicate a Avatar of every single opponent. However, the more Avatars he produced, the greater the drain on his mental force.
The three attack system Spirit Masters were intercepted by the Avatars, falling into the predicament of a fierce battle against their own doubles.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao walked forward with slow steps. His targets were Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan in the rear. Ling Luochen's willow-leaf brows furrowed tightly, her cold face now filled with solemnity. Due to previous concerns, she hadn't really made a move, fearing she would be suppressed by Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice.
But now, she could no longer afford such worries. She swung the ice staff in her hand abruptly! An icy-blue light shot out from the tip of the staff, instantly condensing into an Ice Prison around Huo Yuhao!
The Ice Prison was crystal clear and overflowing with chilling Qi, trapping the advancing Huo Yuhao within! Inside the Ice Prison, the temperature plummeted, enough to freeze any Spirit Master below the level of Spirit King into an ice sculpture. However, Huo Yuhao simply stopped in his tracks, looking at the surrounding ice walls with a gaze as calm as water.
He didn't use any violent means to break the Ice Prison; he merely raised his right hand and lightly tapped his index finger against the ice wall in front of him. That finger tap was light and airy, as if it were just a casual touch.
But in the next second Ling Luochen watched as the Ice Prison she had just created through her Spirit Ability instantly turned into countless tiny ice crystals! Those ice crystals reflected rainbow colors under the sunlight, scattering down like a magnificent rain of ice. The scene was exquisitely beautiful, so much so that one couldn't look away.
But Ling Luochen was not captivated by this sight. Her lips were tightly pursed, and her right hand holding the ice staff was trembling slightly. Just as she had anticipated, Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice attribute was an existence that simply crushed her own. Her ice-attribute Spirit abilities couldn't even last a second in front of Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao's advancing steps did not cease. He simply walked out from the shower of ice crystals, step by step, towards Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan.
Ling Luochen did not attack again, because she knew everything was futile. Beside Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan's height had already exceeded four meters under his Spirit Body Enhancement! He was like a small mountain now, slamming his fists against his chest and letting out a deafening roar! He was an auxiliary control system Spirit Master, but unlike Gongyang Mo, he wasn't without means of attack.
The fifth spirit ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up! That was his strongest ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability!
But before he could truly unleash it, he felt a sudden, sharp pain in his head! His pupils instantly dilated, and his entire body froze in place, receiving the same treatment as Xi Xi.
Subsequently, Yao Haoxuan instantly deactivated his Spirit Body Enhancement, his massive four-meter-tall frame rapidly shrinking back to its original form. Then, he fell backward with his head tilted up.
Huo Yuhao walked smoothly up to Ling Luochen; he looked at the cold woman before him, whose eyes were currently somewhat vacant, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the shock.
"Senior," his voice was calm, "do you still intend to fight?"
Ling Luochen seemed to finally snap back to her senses. She met Huo Yuhao's gaze, and a bitter smile appeared on her cold face.
She shook her head, her voice carrying a hint of helplessness: "With the Spirit suppression, I am simply not your match."
Even though her Spirit Power was higher than Huo Yuhao's, when facing him, she felt as helpless as a Spirit Grandmaster facing a Spirit Emperor. That sense of powerlessness left her without even the courage to strike.
Huo Yuhao said nothing more upon hearing this. He turned around and cast his gaze toward the other side of the battlefield. Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Chen Zifeng were still in a fierce struggle with the Avatars.
It had to be said that the strength of these three was indeed formidable. Even with their attributes weakened, they were still able to contend with their Avatars and firmly held the upper hand. At this moment, those Avatars were on the verge of defeat.
Huo Yuhao watched quietly. Then... the aura on his body suddenly shifted! Two blood-red spirit rings slowly rose from beneath his feet, circling around him! The red was as thick as blood, emitting an eerie glow under the sunlight.
Immediately afterward, a surge of extreme cold Qi erupted from his body! That chilling Qi was almost tangible, sweeping across the entire Soul Fighting Arena! Everywhere it passed, the air seemed to freeze; even before any Spirit Ability was used, a thin layer of frost had already condensed on the ground.
The depth of that coldness caused Ma Xiaotao and the other two to involuntarily shiver, their movements faltering slightly.
Upon the high platform, Xuan Zi even forgot to eat the chicken leg he had brought to his mouth, his gaze fixed intently on Huo Yuhao in the Soul Fighting Arena. Those amber eyes were currently filled with shock. He had only heard about them before; this was his first time seeing Huo Yuhao's two hundred-thousand-year red spirit rings with his own eyes.
He swallowed hard and muttered to himself, "Good heavens, they really are hundred-thousand-year spirit rings?!"
A moment later, Dai Yueheng and the other two finally defeated the Avatars. But now, their auras were much more withered than before. They looked at Huo Yuhao, at those two streaks of crimson, their eyes filled with unprecedented solemnity.
Huo Yuhao stood in the center of the Soul Fighting Arena, surrounded by those two hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, like an invincible Divinity.
He asked loudly, "Do you want to continue fighting?"
Yan Shaozhe often told Ma Xiaotao how great Huo Yuhao's talent was and how extraordinary he would be in the future. Ma Xiaotao acknowledged this point. A twelve-year-old Spirit King, twin spirits, Ultimate Ice, and two hundred-thousand-year spirit rings—any one of these would be enough to cause astonishment.
His talent was indeed a rarity in Ten Thousand Years. But talent did not equal strength. No matter how good the talent, it required time to grow, refinement through actual combat, and the need to prove oneself in battle after battle.
So before today's friendly match began, although Ma Xiaotao valued Huo Yuhao, she didn't believe he could change anything by himself.
But now, Xiaotao had truly seen Huo Yuhao's strength.
She floated in mid-air, looking down at Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng below. The two of them clearly looked over-exhausted, their faces somewhat pale, breathing heavily with their chests heaving violently.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao was still as calm and composed as ever. He just stood there quietly, as if the intense battle just now hadn't cost him any effort at all.
A flash of complexity crossed Ma Xiaotao's eyes. She was truly unwilling to admit defeat just like this, but if they continued, she feared they wouldn't be able to win either.
Huo Yuhao, this Spirit King, was like a bottomless abyss, impossible to see through. You never knew how many trump cards he still held, or where his limit was.
Just then, Xuan Zi's voice rang out.
"Enough!"
His voice was hoarse yet resonant, echoing over the entire Soul Fighting Arena.
"In this friendly match, the preparatory team wins!"
As the words fell, the entire field went silent. Regarding this result, although these Main Team Members were unwilling, no one raised an objection.
Because they knew in their hearts that if they continued to fight, they would only lose more miserably. The outcome wouldn't change; it would only make things more embarrassing for themselves.
The eyes of the Inner Court Students were now all focused on Huo Yuhao.
In those pairs of eyes, there was shock, complexity, awe, and a few unidentifiable sentiments.
Even though it was a team battle, they had lost to this one person.
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