At the same time.
Snow Dance spread her arms, twisted her slender waist, and traced graceful arcs with her toes on the ground, her dance light and exquisite.
As she danced, the sky above the arena suddenly changed color.
A massive dark cloud materialized out of nowhere, covering the entire arena.
It gave off a sense of oppression.
The next second, large raindrops began to pour down from the dark cloud.
As the raindrops approached the Tianshui Academy team members, they seemed to hit an invisible barrier and silently slid away.
However, the Blazing Academy members were instantly drenched, Huo Wu's red hair plastered wetly to her face, making her look somewhat disheveled.
Snow Dance's dance did not stop; she continued to spin and leap.
The raindrops in the dark cloud suddenly transformed into large snowflakes, falling in a flurry.
The temperature within the entire arena plummeted at an astonishing speed, thin ice began to form on the ground, and the water vapor in the air condensed into tiny ice crystals.
The white mist exhaled by the Blazing Academy members was clearly visible, and their eyebrows and hair tips were adorned with frost.
"So cold."
The Blazing Academy members were forced to expend spirit power to form a protective layer on their bodies to resist the biting cold.
Even a Spirit Ancestor like Huo Wushuang had to allocate some spirit power to maintain his body temperature.
This showed that Snow Dance's Spirit Ability was quite effective.
Although its effect wasn't overwhelmingly strong, it would be extremely powerful on a battlefield, covering an incredibly wide area.
Huo Wu stomped her foot in anger, only to find that the sole of her boot had frozen to the ground.
"Damn you, Snow Dance."
"Second Soul Skill: Fire Dance Prairie Fire!" Blazing flames rapidly spread out from her, covering a portion of the field in the blink of an eye, directly melting Snow Dance's ice and snow.
Shui Yueer remained unfazed, took a deep breath, and exhaled a biting cold wind carrying countless ice shards.
The cold wind rapidly spun and grew, forming an ice frost tornado.
Wherever the tornado passed, the walls of fire were extinguished.
"This is a bit troublesome." Although Huo Wu's spirit power was stronger than Shui Yueer's, the power of their initial Spirit Abilities was similar, and she couldn't afford to expend too much spirit power dealing with Shui Yueer.
Otherwise, there would be no one to deal with Water Binger later.
Water Binger was the core of Tianshui Academy.
Her control ability was extremely strong, and she also possessed a certain degree of self-preservation.
On the other side, under Water Binger's continuous ice sealing, everyone except Huo Wushuang was having a very difficult time.
Especially the two support system Spirit Masters; they hadn't even released a single Spirit Ability, being controlled from start to finish, their mental state on the verge of collapse.
Furthermore, Tianshui Academy, apart from Snow Dance, who was a support system Spirit Master, all had combat capabilities.
Huo Wushuang and his two teammates were directly surrounded and beaten.
Huo Wushuang was strong enough, but his two teammates behind him were already bruised and swollen.
Huo Wu turned her head and saw that the situation was not looking good.
Then she suddenly raised both hands high, and her fourth spirit ring erupted with dazzling light.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Fire Dance Blazing Sun!"
A blindingly white, scorching fire orb rapidly condensed above her head, its terrifying high temperature distorting the surrounding air.
The audience on the stage involuntarily raised their hands to shield themselves from the surging heat waves.
"Go!" Huo Wu swung her arms, and the white fire orb shot towards Shui Yueer.
Shui Yueer's pupils constricted; for a moment, she was so awed by this astonishing momentum that she froze in place.
This was her first time seeing Huo Wu's fourth Spirit Ability.
Huo Wu's Fire Dance Blazing Sun had immense power, and Shui Yueer didn't react in time.
"Sister!" Water Binger's ability to observe her surroundings was extremely strong, and the commotion from Huo Wu was too great.
With a flick of her delicate hand, a crystalline ice-blue halo rapidly spread out from her.
The ice ring accurately struck the white fire orb, which visibly shrunk by a circle, but its remaining power was still astonishing.
It also enveloped Shui Yueer in a layer of crystalline blue armor.
Water Binger's movements didn't stop, and her fourth spirit ring lit up immediately after: "Fourth Soul Skill: Snow Spirit Chant."
In an instant, the temperature of the entire arena plummeted, and countless extremely cold snowflakes drifted down from thin air.
These were not the same kind of snowflakes as Snow Dance's, but a much colder variety. This was also Water Binger's fourth Spirit Ability, a Domain-type Spirit Ability.
Furthermore, countless sharp ice thorns suddenly emerged from the ground, Binding towards the white fire orb, continuously weakening its power.
Despite being weakened layer by layer, the white fire orb ultimately exploded with a roar in front of Shui Yueer.
The violent shockwave sent her flying dozens of meters, and the ice crystal armor shattered into countless fragments in the high temperature.
Shui Yueer fell heavily onto the ice, leaving a long trail.
"Cough, cough." Shui Yueer propped herself up, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, but her injuries were much lighter than expected.
Water Binger nodded slightly, a hint of heartache flashing in her ice-blue eyes.
However, this was a competition; there would always be winners and losers.
Huo Wu gasped for breath; this attack had consumed a large amount of her spirit power.
Fire Dance Blazing Sun had high damage but also high consumption, even she, Huo Wu, couldn't release it many times.
Water Binger keenly noticed this and immediately began to direct Tianshui Academy to engage Blazing Academy in a war of attrition.
The Spirit Abilities of the Tianshui Academy members were not very powerful, but their consumption was low, so they could outlast their opponents.
And within Water Binger's ice and snow Domain, a large number of ice thorns continuously appeared, knocking the two support system Spirit Masters of Blazing Academy out of the arena.
This saved her the trouble of expending more energy to deal with them.
"Brother Xiao Ze, what do you think?" Ning Rongrong recovered for a while; although her cheeks were still a bit red, turning to watch the match made her feel much better.
"Tianshui Academy won. Huo Wu's aggressiveness is very strong, and many of her Spirit Abilities are area-of-effect attacks. She wasted a lot of time on Yue'er.
With Bing'er on the other side, without Huo Wu's cover, Huo Wushuang couldn't charge forward and could only take hits.
And Bing'er is indeed very strong; her control ability is extremely powerful. It's just that her First Soul Skill has a low age limit. If she could have a thousand-year or even ten-thousand-year one, her single-target control ability would be stronger than Sister Yanyan's."
"Is that so?" Dugu Yan wasn't angry; she had been watching the battle and knew how powerful Water Binger was.
"Yes, Sister Yanyan, your control ability is mainly super-large area and poisoning. While Bing'er's is single-target, she has an extremely strong ability to control the entire field.
She is more suitable to be a commanding captain.
If Bing'er could learn Heart Separation Control, she would be even stronger.
It's just a bit of a pity about this Ice Phoenix Spirit.
The Ice Phoenix Spirit would probably be better suited for an assault type, but it's also acceptable for control, as ice attribute naturally has strong control. But what's with a defensive Spirit Ability?"
Xiao Ze was somewhat speechless about Water Binger's defensive Spirit Ability.
It would have been better to add another group control Spirit Ability.
A defensive Spirit Ability was simply redundant.
He also wondered if, later, if she encountered a god's trial, she could change her Spirit Ability.
But by that time, it probably wouldn't be necessary anymore.