Douluo Continent: My name is Lu Mingfei, and my martial soul is Lu Mingze.

Lu Mingfei got up from the ground, but before he could even stand up properly, a second ball of fire came crashing down on him.

Holy crap!

He lunged to the side, rolling twice on the ground in an extremely awkward posture.

Flames struck the spot where he had just stood, sending rubble and dirt flying everywhere.

The red-haired woman stood still, waved her hand, and flames flew towards him again.

Lu Mingfei immediately activated Instantaneous Strike, and the flames grazed him as they struck the ground.

He drew his Tang sword and took a deep breath.

"Hey lady, what have I ever done to you? I was just fishing, is it really that big of a deal?"

Could it be that Old Mu hired someone specifically to watch over the fishpond when he raised fish?

But that doesn't make sense. He wasn't beaten for stealing fish before.

The red-haired woman did not answer. Her eyes swirled with a dark red light, and she resembled a ferocious beast engulfed in flames, completely devoid of reason.

Lu Mingfei realized that something was wrong with this woman.

"Lu Mingze, what's wrong with her?"

"The fire-attribute soul power has gone berserk; it's probably some kind of evil fire or something," Lu Mingze said lazily.

"Bro, be careful, this woman is at least level 60 or higher."

Level 60?!

Lu Mingfei almost threw the Tang sword in his hand away.

How can a level 30 player fight a level 60 player?

The red-haired woman gave him no time to think, transforming into a ball of flame and charging towards him.

Her speed was astonishing; even with Lu Mingfei using low-power braking, he could barely keep up with her movements.

He dodged to the side, and his Tang sword slashed out in the process.

The dark red blade sliced ​​through the red-haired woman's arm, making a cut.

But the next second, Lu Mingfei realized something was wrong.

The feel of the blade cutting in wasn't right.

It was like striking a red-hot iron plate; the blade barely cut in half an inch before being bounced back by a blast of scorching air.

"What the hell is this?"

Lu Mingfei took a few steps back, looking at the unharmed red-haired woman, with only one thought in his mind—what the hell is this?

The red-haired woman charged forward again, conjuring two dark red fireballs the size of washbasins in her hands, which she hurled at Lu Mingfei from the left and right.

Lu Mingfei dodged the group on the left, but he couldn't dodge the group on the right, so he could only hold his sword horizontally in front of him.

The fireball slammed into the Tang sword, the enormous impact sending him flying. His back slammed into a tree, causing leaves to fall in a rustling sound.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—"

The red-haired woman did not give chase, but stood still, the flames on her body becoming even more violent, her hair flying in the flames, making her look like a fire demon crawling out of hell.

Lu Mingfei cursed inwardly at this mess, thinking he should have just skipped fishing today.

"Jun Yan!"

He stretched out his right hand, and golden flames condensed in his palm, then transformed into a pillar of fire that blasted towards the red-haired woman.

Junyan is one of his few offensive incantations.

But when the pillar of fire struck the red-haired woman, she didn't even flinch.

The dark red flames and the golden flames collided with a muffled thud, and then Lu Mingfei saw his Sovereign Flame being devoured by the opponent's dark red flames.

The red-haired woman tilted her head, and a hint of disdain flashed in her eyes, which were swirling with a dark red light.

Lu Mingfei felt that he was being looked down upon.

"No way, sis, you can even eat Junyan?"

He tried again.

The red-haired woman raised one hand.

Dark red flames condensed into a shield in her palm, and Jun Yan crashed into it, producing a dull thud.

After the flames subsided, the dark red shield remained intact.

Lu Mingfei remained silent.

He glanced at the Tang sword in his hand, then at the red-haired woman opposite him, and only one thought remained in his mind—run.

Just then, Hyotei's voice exploded in the Sea of ​​Spirit.

"You idiot!"

Lu Mingfei was stunned by the scolding.

"You have four 100,000-year-old soul bones, and all you do in a fight is hack and slash with a knife?"

Hyotei's voice was filled with exasperated anger: "Are those soul bone skills just for show? Don't you know how to use them?"

Lu Mingze chimed in, his tone so nonchalant it made you want to punch him: "Brother, that's not right of you. I've already bestowed upon you the title of King of the Ocean and Water, and you can't even use this kind of incantation? How embarrassing."

While dodging the red-haired woman's flames, Lu Mingfei cursed inwardly, "Can you two shut up! I'm busy right now! Come out and fight if you dare!"

"You got beaten up, why should we help you? You can't get out!" Lu Mingze said righteously.

"Then shut up!"

The red-haired woman's attacks grew increasingly fierce, with flames raining down as if they were free.

The grassland by Poseidon Lake had been burned with more than a dozen large and small pits, and several trees were set on fire, the flames turning half the sky red.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, increased his speed to eight times, and rushed towards the red-haired woman as a blur.

The Tang sword drew a dark red arc in the moonlight, slashing towards the red-haired woman's neck.

The red-haired woman raised her hand to block, and flames condensed into a layer of armor on her arm.

The blade clashed with the flame armor, producing a piercing metallic scraping sound.

The knife was knocked away, and Lu Mingfei used the recoil to jump backward. The moment he landed, all four soul bones lit up at the same time.

A pair of faint, emerald-green ice crystal patterns appeared on his back, shaped like a giant emerald scorpion. The moment the patterns lit up, an extremely cold aura burst forth from his body.

The Land of Eternal Freeze.

Centered on Lu Mingfei, an extremely cold area with a diameter of 100 meters suddenly unfolded.

The flames on the ground were extinguished instantly, the scorched grass was covered with a layer of white frost, and all the moisture in the air condensed into tiny ice crystals in an instant, shimmering with a ghostly blue light under the moonlight.

A thin layer of ice has formed on the surface of Poseidon Lake, and the ice is spreading in all directions at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The flames on the red-haired woman's body suddenly stopped.

The dark red flames around her flickered violently in the frigid realm, like candles in a gale, threatening to go out at any moment.

Her movement slowed noticeably, and every action became sluggish, as if her hands and feet were bound by invisible chains.

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes.

In the depths of his pupils, a touch of deep blue had appeared amidst the original golden light.

"The Sting of Hyotei"

His fists were covered with a layer of emerald green ice crystal shell, with fine patterns flowing on the surface of the shell, as if the shell of an Ice Jade Scorpion had been scaled down and placed on his hands.

Lu Mingfei made a move.

With the speed boost of eight times and the slowing effect of the frozen domain on enemies, according to the equation "your slowdown = my acceleration," Lu Mingfei's speed advantage was amplified to the extreme.

He rushed up to the red-haired woman and punched her directly in the abdomen with his right fist.

The red-haired woman tried to block, but her arm became sluggish in the extreme cold, and before she could raise it, Lu Mingfei's fist had already slammed into her fiery armor.

The emerald green ice crystal gauntlets clashed with the dark red flame armor.

There was only a soft "hiss".

It was like a red-hot iron block being thrown into ice water.

Where the fist struck the flame armor, the dark red flames instantly extinguished, replaced by a layer of emerald green frost.

Frost spread along the surface of the armor, extinguishing all the flames in its path.

The red-haired woman let out a muffled groan.

The surging dark red light in her eyes suddenly flickered, as if in struggle.

Lu Mingfei gave her no chance to catch her breath.

He followed up with his left fist, smashing it into her shoulder.

The same effect occurred again—the flames went out, and the frost spread.

A thin layer of ice covered the red-haired woman's left arm, making her movements even slower.

"it works!"

Lu Mingfei was overjoyed and started throwing punches like raindrops.

The emerald green ice crystal gauntlets traced patterns in the moonlight, each punch landing precisely on the red-haired woman's fiery armor.

The penetrating damage of the ultimate ice penetrates through the armor and directly affects her body.