The cold air rushed toward him.
Huang Ji, who had fallen to the ground, scrambled to his feet and fled into the distance.
At that moment,
a fire-patterned dog covered in frost rolled out of the bushes, completely unconscious.
It was that fire-patterned dog with a spiritual power limit of 144!
Su Hao roughly knew who was chasing Huang Ji.
A white seal shattered the icicles, sliding across the frozen ground.
Behind the white seal was a candidate gliding over the icy surface as if on flat ground, with a small conch following beside her.
It was a successor of some school, Ice Ning!
Su Hao wasn't sure if it was related to spirits, but he felt that Ice Ning's face was covered in frost.
The way she looked at him was very off.
It carried murderous intent.
Oh, right, whoever landed the final blow, knocking the shield energy down by 30%, would be the victor.
And they'd get the points.
Su Hao just remembered he'd snatched a huge opportunity.
That final strike from the silkworm was simply... brilliant!
"Gunono!"
The silkworm sensed pressure from the white seal in front of it, its small face turning serious.
This white seal radiated cold, condensing the surrounding air into a mist of water.
On its body, there was a flowing spiritual power glow like rippling waves—this was... an entry-level mark!
Su Hao's expression grew grave.
Information about the white seal appeared before his eyes.
[White Seal: Entry-Level · Beginner]
[Learned Moves: Ice Fang, Frost Breath, Ice Shard...]
[Description: I, seal, show off my cards!]
[Other Info: ...]
Su Hao felt the panel's description was getting more and more cheeky—it definitely had nothing to do with him being shown up by a seal in a game group a few days ago!
Then...
"Ice Shard!"
With a cold command, the white seal lying on the ground lifted slightly, and three ice shards materialized around its body.
They shot forward at incredible speed.
"Caw caw!"
The little fire crow's wings extended with black feathers formed from spiritual power, closing like two giant hands to shield Su Hao.
But...
The sharp ice shards pierced through, and the black feathers were continuously punctured. The little fire crow kept pulling them in, barely managing to block one ice shard.
The gap in spiritual power between the two spirits was too great!
"Guno!"
The silkworm quickly flung out two energy spheres, barely intercepting the other two ice shards.
The black wings held against the explosion's aftermath before finally collapsing, scattering into countless black feathers.
"Fire Feather Needles! Rice Grain Machine Gun!"
The little fire crow gained altitude, flapping its wings and showering down countless fire feathers.
The silkworm was faster, spewing out countless rice grains that converged into a stream of light, heading straight for Ice Ning standing behind.
One good turn deserves another!
"Su Hao's being impulsive; he should retreat now!"
Old Chen watched this, his heart tightening.
Facing the Rice Grain Machine Gun, Ice Ning chose not to defend but to attack head-on.
The white seal unleashed Frost Breath, while the small conch simultaneously stirred up a water current, enveloping her like a bubble.
Boom!
The white breath collided with the green light stream, ice and wood spiritual powers clashing and annihilating each other, neither gaining the upper hand!
"How is that possible!"
"Isn't the silkworm not even entry-level yet?"
"Is that a Rice Grain Machine Gun? More like a cannon!"
A teacher from the affiliated school couldn't help but exclaim.
Even King Zhou showed a hint of surprise.
For a spirit not yet at entry-level, without compressed spiritual power, the quantity of spiritual power might be similar, but the effect displayed was vastly different.
After a brief stalemate, the ice spiritual power gradually overpowered the wood.
The silkworm stopped clashing with the white seal, used a silk pull to vanish, and disappeared.
The breath left a straight line of ice shards.
Ice Ning looked around; the goose-yellow figure darted through the trees, incredibly fast.
With the silk pull, the silkworm was faster than most speed-oriented spirits!
It made her frown.
Suddenly,
three energy spheres flew in from three directions.
The white seal hastily conjured three hexagonal ice mirrors. The spheres smashed into the mirrors, shattering them, and the shockwave swept up the fallen leaves like a gust of wind.
"Su Hao is actually... suppressing Ice Ning!" a teacher from another school said, full of surprise.
The affiliated school teacher wasn't too worried. "It only looks like suppression. The silkworm used a move that can rival an entry-level spirit, probably at the cost of more spiritual power.
"Plus, it's on the offensive, so its stamina and spiritual power consumption are high. It can't last long."
The speaking teacher smiled. "Most importantly, the silkworm can't have any other tricks up its sleeve, but Ice Ning definitely has one or two killing moves left. We might see them soon."
"I don't think so," a referee said with a smile. "If Ice Ning or Lin Mingzheng wins the championship, how boring would that be? Today, I'm rooting for this silkworm. I think it can create another miracle."
In the forest,
the white seal tried to shoot two ice shards but couldn't hit the silkworm, so it gave up, not wasting more spiritual power.
Its owner, Ice Ning, looked at Su Hao hiding in the trees without even showing his head, and took a deep breath.
"Use Rain!"
"Ice Storm!"
In the sky, countless cold raindrops fell.
Splattering, growing denser.
This move wasn't an attack but a production-type one, used for irrigating fields.
But under the Ice Storm, the cold raindrops turned into sharp steel needles, and with the storm's wind and the small conch's water control assistance, they formed ice tornadoes that swept in all directions!
"This is!"
"A combined move, with incredible control!"
"No wonder she's a school successor; you'd never guess she's just a high schooler!"
The combined move was so massive that the trees rustled, branches quickly icing over. A wave of cold spread, and the ice tornadoes, like terrifying jaws, lunged at the silkworm.
Even the little fire crow was affected; it dropped a fireball that melted mid-air.
It could only pitifully fly back to Su Hao, igniting a huge flame claw to ward off the chill.
Su Hao could no longer see the silkworm.
The roaring ice storm swallowed the figure darting back and forth.
Ice Ning, using the synergy of her two spirits, achieved a large-scale attack nearly impossible for a novice.
At that moment,
in the monitoring center,
several screens were shrouded in fierce wind and snow.
The battle was unclear.
It left everyone itching with curiosity.
A referee walked out with his spirit.
"Hey, where are you going?"
The referee said seriously, "This battle is too large-scale. As a referee, I must be on-site to ensure no accidents happen."
"Hey, the last 30% shield strength of our spirit bracelets is the highest; it can totally withstand... Hey, why are you all going?"
One by one, referees and team leaders hurried out. Some barely made it out of the monitoring center before eagerly having their flying spirits carry them to the scene.
Any slower, and they'd miss everything!
In the blink of an eye, only staff and a few referees remained in the monitoring center.
"King Zhou, why did they all... all leave?"
Zhou Weiping's face was expressionless, but his eyes were fixed on the screen obscured by the ice storm.
He was extremely frustrated.
If not for his duty and reputation as a king, he, too, would want to go to the scene!