Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

Faced with ice shards that were several times larger than before, Xiao Yan frowned slightly. Suddenly, flames from his palm enveloped his entire body, and he simply let the ice shards approach.

Like Xiao Yan, Shui Bing'er didn't expect her ice seal to have any effect after realizing it wouldn't hinder her opponent. Although Xiao Yan's method of enveloping his entire body in flames was somewhat unexpected, it didn't have much impact on Shui Bing'er.

A phantom appeared behind Shui Bing'er. It was a blue flying beast shadow. Although it was blurry, one could still feel its noble and peaceful aura.

'Phoenix?'

Enveloped in flames and bathed in icy shards, Xiao Yan, reminded by Yao Lao, learned the true nature of Shui Bing'er's martial soul. Although he didn't understand why a top-tier beast martial soul would choose the control-type path, Xiao Yan became cautious. The flames intensified, and all the incoming icy shards instantly transformed into countless ice crystals—

Water mist?

Before Xiao Yan could raise the temperature of the flames again, a chilling aura had already spread from Shui Bing'er's location. The misty water formed countless ice threads, which actually made Xiao Yan feel his body slow down.

Then, a cold storm suddenly swept across the field, with sharp ice shards in the wind. The gale swept across the entire field, wildly attacking everything around it.

The cold wind raged, and ice crystals danced in the air, creating a wild and flamboyant scene.

Watching the icy storm raging on the stage, Huo Wu's lips twitched involuntarily. Although she knew that with Shui Bing'er's soul power, this icy storm wouldn't last long, she just couldn't understand why Shui Bing'er hadn't used this move when they fought yesterday. Was it because she looked down on her and therefore didn't use her full strength?

"I think the key is that the flames can melt the solid ice created by Shui Bing'er in an instant." As if seeing through Huo Wu's thoughts, Huo Wushuang suddenly said.

"In that case, wouldn't no one in our academy be able to do it?" Huo Wu murmured.

Although Blazing Academy is famous for its fire-attribute martial souls, the martial souls of both students and teachers in the academy only have the fire attribute. In terms of the temperature of the flames, the strongest is definitely the Fire Master, who is over eighty levels. Below the Fire Master is the Fire Peerless, who is the chief of Blazing Academy.

"That move you left for the Spirit Hall Academy might work," Huo Wushuang reminded him.

"Let's forget about it. No one would be stupid enough to make us charge up," Huo Wu shook her head. "But this is a good thing, at least we don't have to worry about Shui Bing'er using this move during team battles."

It was clearly a good thing, but Huo Wu felt a strange sense of frustration.

The icy storm was indeed fierce, but as everyone expected, it slowly dissipated in less than ten seconds.

As the storm subsided, an ice sculpture appeared in the center of the arena, resembling an ordinary person who had struggled in vain and was frozen in ice.

'We won!'

Although her soul power was exhausted, a hint of excitement flashed in Shui Bing'er's eyes. This combination technique was one of her personal trump cards. In the past, she could only use it in places with abundant water. This time, relying on Xiao Yan's flames to melt the solid ice was a small idea, but she didn't expect it to be so effective!

Looking at the ice sculpture on the arena and Shui Bing'er, whose soul power was exhausted, Huo Hao subconsciously glanced at the sky. He couldn't say for sure before, but now he was certain. He didn't know when it started, but the "Xiao Yan" on the arena had been replaced by a flame humanoid, just like those flame beasts. But this flame humanoid had managed to defeat Thirteen, oh, now it's Fourteen.

Huo Hao watched as Xiao Yan gracefully landed in the air, his clothes neat and tidy, just like when they met before.

"You...you scoundrel!"

Even though she didn't know that what she had frozen was actually a fire-shaped humanoid, Shui Bing'er could guess from Xiao Yan's graceful landing that he had flown into the air to dodge the attack, which annoyed her, as she was exhausted of her soul power.

"It's a tactic. If you can dodge, who would take someone's attack head-on?" Xiao Yan said with a smile. "Speaking of which, your martial soul is... an ice phoenix?"

When he got to the second half of the sentence, Xiao Yan's voice hesitated slightly.

"Yes, is there a problem?" Shui Bing'er didn't care. Anyway, her last move had definitely been seen through. Rather than continuing to hide it, she might as well just say it directly.

"Then why didn't you use Martial Soul Possession in the first place?" Xiao Yan asked, looking confused.

Although Xiao Yan knew that he could use soul skills even if he only showed his soul rings and not his martial soul, there was still a big difference between the soul skills when he was possessed by the Ice Phoenix, a top-tier beast martial soul, and when he wasn't.

"Why do I need a Martial Soul Possession? I can use my Soul Skills directly even without a Martial Soul Possession." Shui Bing'er also looked puzzled.

"So... why would you, a top-tier beast spirit holder, choose to become a control-type spirit master instead of a power-attack type?" Xiao Yan's head throbbed at the thought of Shui Bing'er's three spirit skills: Ice Seal, Ice Armor, and Ice Resistance Ring. Was this really a normal choice?

"Because control-type Soul Masters are stronger than attack-type Soul Masters," Shui Bing'er said matter-of-factly.

"What kind of twisted logic is this?" Xiao Yan was even more exasperated. "Only someone with a screw loose would focus on the attributes that come with their martial soul being a top-tier beast martial soul, right? What's the difference between your behavior and a Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Soul Master who only chooses lightning attribute soul rings and mindlessly strengthens the lightning attribute?"

"My ice attribute can control others."

"What's the use of control? Isn't defeating them directly much more effective than control? Every spirit ring you absorbed could strengthen your martial spirit; I couldn't even withstand that ice storm just now!"

"Don't try to fool me. Even if she were a Soul Master, the icy storm just now wouldn't have affected you, right?" Huo Hao rolled his eyes.

However, one question arose in everyone's mind—

Which idiot made a top-tier beast spirit owner choose the control type?

Suspicious gazes were cast from all directions toward the stands of Tianshui Academy and its principal, Shui Yun.

Chapter 81 Control System

After the battle between Xiao Yan and Feng Xiaotian of Shenfeng Academy began, the principal of Leiting Academy glanced at Shui Yun again, but swallowed back the words he was about to say.

"If you have anything to say, just say it," Shuiyun said, glancing at him.

"Who in your academy made her a control-type Soul Master?"

Since Shui Yun had said so, Feng Dan, the principal of Shenfeng Academy, asked directly, "We previously thought Shui Bing'er's martial soul was weak, only possessing strong control over ice attributes, so we didn't ask, but the Ice Phoenix..."

"Is your academy really okay to let a Soul Master with the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul be a Control-type Soul Master?" Yu Xiaoke, the principal of Thunder Academy, was speechless.

"So what if you're a control-type? Including Huo Hao, which of the four of you can beat me?" Feng Dan was fine when she spoke, but as soon as Yu Xiaoke opened her mouth, Shui Yun's eyebrows shot up and she rebuked him angrily.

'You have the nerve to call yourself a control system user?' Feng Dan's eye twitched slightly.

"None of my business." After glancing at Yu Xiaoke, Hu Yanzhen pretended to be watching the match seriously.

"Didn't you tell me to say it?" Yu Xiaoke looked completely bewildered.

"Heh, who in the Soul Master world doesn't know that your family's good-for-nothing keeps proclaiming that control-type Soul Masters are invincible when all members are of the same class?" Shui Yun sneered.

Yu Xiaoke opened his mouth, but didn't know how to defend that shameful guy in the family.

Let alone Soul Douluo level, even Soul Saint or Soul Emperor level Soul Masters from regular academies all know one thing—

Unless a spirit has absolutely no advantages in attack and agility, and has a certain degree of control ability, a spirit master will choose the path of control. The most obvious example is a student at Thunder Academy whose spirit is a lightning spider. He is not fast and his attack power is not good. He can only rely on lightning attribute to have a certain impact on others.

Alternatively, it's possible that the strengths and weaknesses of a martial soul cannot be determined, which is why a control-type martial soul is attempted at the beginning. The most obvious example is Huo Wu's Naruto martial soul. Although it is said that there is a titled Douluo with a shadow martial soul in the Spirit Hall, it is not exactly the same martial soul. Therefore, Huo Wu took the path of control-type martial soul.

It's common sense, but Yu Xiaogang, more than twenty years ago, when he was still traveling on the continent, kept proclaiming that: in a one-on-one battle, the strongest soul master is the control-type soul master; although control-type soul masters are not famous, all powerful soul masters know that control is very important and very powerful.

A strong Soul Master would naturally not believe such nonsense. After all, there is a title of the weakest, with Poison Douluo as a typical example. Although it cannot be said that all control-type Soul Masters are like this, it can at least prove the fate of the vast majority of Soul Masters with weak Martial Souls.

However, the problem was that the common people didn't know this. They naturally admired Yu Xiaogang, who was willing to impart knowledge to Soul Masters, which led to a huge number of Soul Masters going down the wrong path in those years.

"Let's not talk about that unlucky guy..." Yu Xiaoke didn't want to mention that person either, "This has nothing to do with your academy letting the Ice Phoenix's soul master go into the control department, right?"

"No relation? If that were the case, do you think I would target you?" Shuiyun's expression was very sour. "Bing'er's martial soul is a mutation. Her family's previous martial soul... was a relatively weak type, so her family all went for the control type."

Although Yu Xiaogang suddenly disappeared twenty years ago, the trend of being the "strongest in control" continued until ten years ago, and Shui Bing'er's age...

"During the years when Bing'er's martial soul awakened, she happened to hear that the control type was the strongest. Although she received proper guidance when she entered Tianshui Academy, none of her classmates could actually surpass Bing'er. That's why she, as a 'control type,' has remained so far." Shuiyun sighed. How could any academy be so extravagant as to let a top-tier beast martial soul master be a control type?

"Our agreement with her is that if a Soul Master of the same level defeats her in this Soul Master Competition, and that Soul Master is not a control type, then we will have to arrange her Soul Rings. We were worried about her fourth Soul Skill, but now it seems that she can absorb normal Soul Rings."

"Oh, and also, your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would better deal with that good-for-nothing. His optimal spirit ring age... has already caused the deaths of quite a few civilians."

After saying these words indifferently, Shuiyun just stared straight at the battle on the arena.

"Oh..." If I could really make that decision, I would have already taken that unlucky guy home.

Yu Xiaoke secretly rolled her eyes.

On the arena, the battle between Xiao Yan and Feng Xiaotian had ended, and Xiao Yan was undoubtedly the victor. However, this battle felt far more awkward to Xiao Yan than any of his previous battles with anyone else.

The Gale Two-Headed Wolf is a powerful martial soul that combines attack and speed. In terms of martial soul strength alone, it even far surpasses the Dai family's inherited martial soul, the White Tiger. However, the wings that Feng Xiaotian's third soul skill gave him do not seem to be very suitable for him now. Although he can fly and it can also increase Feng Xiaotian's speed, Feng Xiaotian, whose only soul skill is a ranged skill, cannot put any pressure on Xiao Yan.

Later on, Feng Xiaotian had to give up the advantage of flight brought by his wings and rely solely on his speed to fight Xiao Yan.

Even without using his mental power, Xiao Yan was still able to accurately pinpoint Feng Xiaotian's location and block every single one of Feng Xiaotian's attacks. After several exchanges, Feng Xiaotian was gloriously turned into an ice sculpture and was subsequently sent off the stage by Huo Hao.

"Hu Yanluo, 25 years old, level 47, defensive type Battle Soul Master."

Xiao Yan's final opponent was a student from Elephant Armor Academy. However, looking at Hu Yanluo's height of about 2.5 meters, dark skin, and burly physique, Xiao Yan knew that this person's martial soul was the same as the previous ones, namely Diamond Mammoth.

"Xiao Yan, ten years old, a level 32 Power Attack type Battle Soul Master."

After uttering the phrase for the sixteenth time, Xiao Yan's face was full of helplessness. Besides his aversion to this inexplicable etiquette, he also felt disgusted at having to fight this kind of human shield again.

"start!"

It was Huo Hao's voice again that heralded the final battle.

The third spirit ring on Hu Yanluo's body lit up directly, and the flames that appeared under his feet were extinguished without any further struggle under the powerful pressure.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Yanluo's first and second spirit rings lit up, and his massive body gained a layer of crystalline color, as if covered with a layer of glaze. Under his huge feet, the stone bricks of the arena seemed to crack slightly.

'The first three skills are exactly the same…' Xiao Yan had a thought of sighing and rubbing his forehead, 'They're so simple and straightforward!'

When Xiao Yan saw the second student from Elephant Armor Academy, he had a bad feeling. After the third and fourth students took the stage, his premonition came true.

All the students at Elephant Armor Academy who use the Diamond Mammoth as their martial soul have roughly the same first three soul skills: the first soul skill is special defense, the second soul skill is power enhancement, and the third soul skill is "gravity compression". Their extraordinary weight is likely specially trained to enhance the effects of the first three soul skills and reduce the consumption of soul power.

If dozens or even hundreds of people activated their martial souls, used their first three soul skills, and then charged towards the same target, Xiao Yan had no doubt that he could directly crush an army of ten thousand.

"Speaking of which, on the arena, if seven people maintained the same posture and rapidly advanced towards an enemy in another direction, it seems they could easily wipe out most Soul Master teams of similar levels?"

As Xiao Yan continued to exchange punches with Hu Yanluo, each straight punch carrying immense power. The air was compressed and exploded during their clashes, with energy radiating in all directions.

Although his body looked somewhat bulky, Hu Yanluo's body was actually extremely...light. In just a few breaths, the two had exchanged dozens of moves. On the stage, their figures flashed continuously, and their fists and feet intertwined.

boom! boom! boom!

On the arena, powerful gusts of wind swept across the entire arena, raising countless specks of dust.

Although the audience could tell from the fight between Xiao Yan and Feng Xiaotian that Xiao Yan's physical strength was very high, unlike that of an ordinary weapon spirit master, many people were still stunned when they saw Xiao Yan go head-to-head with Hu Yanluo, who was using two enhanced spirit skills.

"So why did he try to dodge the punches from the Elephant Armor Sect students in the beginning?"

The dozen or so people who had been defeated by Xiao Yan gathered together, and the one who spoke was Feng Xiaotian, who had just been sent off the stage not long ago.

Watching the intense battle on stage, Feng Xiaotian felt a bit irritated. He had initially thought Xiao Yan was weak in close combat because he tried to avoid close combat with others as much as possible, but... he ended up not lasting very long.

“It wasn’t the last match before,” Yu Tianxin said, seemingly unconcerned. “Besides… before Shui Bing’er went on stage, it seemed like none of the people on stage were his true form.”

"If nothing unexpected happens, it was the fire-formation humanoid he created with his first soul skill," Shui Bing'er sighed. "I don't know how he did it, but the fire-formation humanoid he created with just his first soul skill defeated so many of us."

Although the students of Elephant Armor Academy were a bit older, they were all renowned young geniuses. After Xiao Yan's true form appeared, everyone knew that what they were fighting was actually just a flame humanoid. However, they had no clue as to when Xiao Yan's true form disappeared or how he managed to deceive so many people.

"He can defeat so many people at only level 32. I can't even imagine how strong he will become in the future," a student from Elephant Armor Academy complained. "And when I think about how he is only ten years old... I can only be glad that I will not participate in the same Soul Master Tournament as him."

In short, the expressions of Yu Tianxin, Shui Bing'er, and Feng Xiaotian, the three top students of their respective academies, were slightly stiff. Feng Xiaotian was alright, as next year's Soul Master Conference would be the last one he could participate in. However, the other two were not very old and could participate in one more conference besides next year's.

"My fourth soul skill must be one that can grant me powerful offensive soul skills." - Shui Bing'er

'I won't participate in the one after next...' Yu Tianxin.

"Oh? That's great! I can watch Xiao Yan grow up!" Shui Yue'er's reaction was completely different from the others. "He'll definitely grow into a handsome and dashing young man!"