Chapter 52.2. The Ice Empress'' Armor


    Wu Feng, who stood near Dai Huabin, gazed towards Huo Yuhao, her eyes filled with anger. She couldnt understand why a sense of fear towards him had welled up in her heart after their match, despite him clearly being much weaker than her. It was because of this feeling that, during the months that followed their match, she hadnt issued him another challenge.


    Wu Feng didnt know why this had happened, but the unyielding look in Huo Yuhaos eyes would frequently pop up in her mind.


    Hes actually going against the ming Lion King. This is gonna be a nice show to watch. Vicious thoughts popped up in Wu Fengs mind. Itd be good if it burned him to cinders.


    The ming Lion King charged out of the beast cage and roared towards the sky. The lions distinctive mane spread outwards and its fire-red fur looked even more formidable due to the fire surrounding it.


    It was much more robust than the Wind Tiger that Dai Huabin had faced; its body was a full three meters long and its shoulders were one and-a-half-meters wide. Its muscles were outlined distinctly and its light brown eyes had a grim look to them. After letting out a roar, it shot through the air towards Huo Yuhao.


    The mes around its body rose unceasingly as it charged towards Huo Yuhao. The mes were so hot that they began to distort the air around them.


    Could Huo Yuhao really take on a thousand year ming Lion King? It was even stronger than the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear and Wind Tiger that Wang Dong and Dai Huabin had faced.


    Dai Huabin did not not believe for a second that such a miracle would ur. In his opinion, Huo Yuhao wouldnt even be able to take a single blow from it.


    Huo Yuhao stood unyieldingly as he faced the ming Lion Kings charge. He released his Spiritual Detection and locked it onto its body. Despite having faced a thousand year soul beast in the past, it would be a lie to say that he wasnt nervous. This was still his first time facing a soul beast of its level by himself. However, he let out a mental sigh of relief once he sensed his opponents attribute.


    By this time, it had already reached within fifty metres of Huo Yuhao. Arge majority of the audience was now focused on its body. Yet, due to their focus on the ming Lion King, they didnt notice that a change had urred to Huo Yuhaos soul rings.


    This time, the change wasnt the color of his soul rings, but rather the number of them. His two soul rings had suddenly be a single one, though they still remained white.


    That single white soul ring emitted a weak and feeble light as ayer of translucent crystals silently covered his body. Every crystal was about the size of a fingernail, and didnt hinder his movements even though they had covered his entire body. On the contrary, they formed a suit of armor made of ice.


    These crystals of ice were all hexagonal and multifaceted. Thus, any light that shone on these ice crystals would result in dazzling reflections.


    After the crystals of ice covered Huo Yuhaos body, the ming Lion King suddenly stopped. The zing mes around its body converged and turned into a fiery light identical to its body which then shot straight towards Huo Yuhao.


    This was the ming Lion Kings innate skill, ming Clone Strike.


    The fiery light surrounding its body vanished as soon as it released this attack. However, the speed of its charge didnt diminish in the slightest as it continued to charge towards Huo Yuhao.


    The referee had been following the entire situation closely. He felt somewhat surprised when theyer of ice crystals appeared on Huo Yuhaos body. Just what was his martial soul? Furthermore, the audience had just noticed that his two soul rings were now just a single soul ring.


    This strange phenomenon sent the two referees into a daze for a brief moment. Naturally, this wasted some of their time; by the time they came back to their senses and realised that Huo Yuhao might not be able to withstand the ming Lion Kings attack, it had already reached him.


    Du Weilun had already risen to his feet with his right hand pointed downwards. He could naturally see that the two referees wouldnt be able to make it in time to help Huo Yuhao.


    Yan Shaozhe flicked his sleeve and blocked Du Weiluns hand. He smiled slightly and said, No need.


    At that moment, the ming Clone Strike had already struck Huo Yuhao.


    Astonished cries began to ring throughout the entire stadium, both Zhou Yi and Wang Yan rushed into the arena simultaneously. However, they suddenly stopped after taking three steps; they had just witnessed a miraculous scene.


    Right when the lions ming Clone Strike had collided with Huo Yuhaos body, ayer of white mist surged from his body. Immediately after that, an illusory shadow shed behind his body. Following which, the lions skill vanished without a trace. It was as though it had never urred in the first ce.


    After the white mist disappeared, Huo Yuhaos body returned back to its normal state. He sped his hands behind his back and red at the lion coldly. Scram! he shouted with a stern voice.


    The huge lion had unexpectedly shivered before it turned around and ran away with its tail between its legs. Its terrified appearance was as though it had seen something extremely terrifying. Yet, it was only Huo Yuhao who stood there, with apletely nonchnt attitude.


    The two referees were left dumbstruck. Last time, a hundred year soul beast had been paralyzed from fear and this time, a thousand year soul beast had been scared to the point of fleeing. Furthermore, he had withstood its attack without releasing a hundred thousand year soul ring!


    Just what had happened? All the teachers within the arena were baffled.


    Yan Shaozhe slowly rose to his feet, turned towards Du Weilun and spoke, Im going to head back now. Huo Yuhao gets full marks for his advancement test. I want this kid.


    With that, he took a step forward and left the tall stage. Then, he shed through the sky and disappeared.


    Of all the spectators observing the match, the only person who had clearly seen what Huo Yuhao had done was Yan Shaozhe.


    After he was struck by the lions ming Clone Strike, a white mist had poured from Huo Yuhaos body. At the same time, the crystalline ice armor he wore had turned jade-green. Furthermore, an illusory image had appeared behind him as the white mist floated upwards.


    It was a meter-and-a-half tall scorpion and Yan Shaozhe had clearly seen the scorpion coldly re at the ming Lion King with its crystal-yellow eyes. At that exact moment, the lion had pissed itself


    This wasnt the sense of fear caused by his Imitation skill, but a true intimidation caused by the attribute of his martial soul. It was just like the intimidation Dai Huabins White Tiger released towards the Wind Tiger.


    Yan Shaozhes emotions surged violently as he hurriedly left. It had already been 76 years since hed entered Shrek Academy, but this was the first Ultimate element martial soul hed seen.


    Ultimate Ice, this was the Ultimate Ice attribute!


    The fire-type ming Lion King was frightened to the point of fleeing by Huo Yuhaos Ultimate Ice-type martial soul. This was the absolute suppression that stemmed from their attributes!


    Only Yan Shaozhe had been able to see through everything clearly and he had made many decisions as a result. The skill Huo Yuhao had just released was called the Ice Empress Armor, and it was the other skill that the Ice Empress four hundred thousand year soul ring had given him. The Ice Empress Pincer and the Ice Empress Armor were absolute godly skills. Only, the current Huo Yuhao wasnt able to reveal their true strength. However, the strength required to send a fire-type opponent fleeing through elemental suppression posed no problem to him.


    Yan Shaozhe had left earlier because he had seen what he hade to see. Now, all he needed to do was figure out a way to make Huo Yuhao stay in the Martial Soul Department without losing face.


    A slight sinister smile appeared on Yan Shaozhes face. Qian Duoduo, ah, Qian Duoduo. I was taken in by your scheme this time, but lets see who gets thestugh. My Martial Soul Department is the true number one department on the continent and we have certain things that your Soul Tool Department doesnt. If this Dean doesnt hesitate to spare no expense, hehe its all worth it for an Ultimate element!


    The silence in the arena vanished following Yan Shaozhes departure, and the spectators all flew into an uproar.


    Just what in the world had urred?


    Dai Huabins earlier feat of killing a thousand year soul beast was already enough to astonish them, but Huo Yuhao hadnt even made a move. Yet, hed sent his opponent fleeing by merely withstanding a single blow from it. This was even more stunning than a direct kill!


    But, just what did he use to achieve this? After all, he wasnt allowed to use his Imitation!


    Dai Huabins confident eyes turned somewhat dazed. He muttered to himself, Just how could this happen, how could this?


    At this moment, Du Weiluns voice boomed across the arena, Huo Yuhaos test is over. ording to the Deans evaluation, Huo Yuhao has obtained 150 marks. He passes with full marks.


    Ah The astonished cries of various students immediately rang out. They didnt even know that the Dean had been watching this round of the advancement test. Without a doubt, Du Weiluns announcement of Huo Yuhaos score had been made even more persuasive with his use of the Deans name.


    Huo Yuhao slowly walked back to the area where the rest of the ss 1 students were waiting. In reality, even he didnt know that a situation like this would ur. It hadnt even been his own intention to yell out the word Scram; in that instant, the Ice Empress had awakened. The Ice Empress had urged him to yell that out and as a resultthe grand ming Lion King was actually scared witless. The might of the Ice Empress Jade Scorpion was truly terrifying.


    Without even waiting for Huo Yuhao to return, Wang Yan instinctively ran up to him. Though his eyesight wasnt as good as Yan Shaozhes, his research in the field of martial souls was extremely profound. Moreover, he more-or-less understood Huo Yuhaos abilities which resulted in him obtaining a few ideas as to what had really happened.


    Yuhao, you, just now, the soul skill you used just now, what happened? Your two rings became a single ring dont tell me you have two martial souls? Your second martial souls belongs to the Ice element?


    Wang Yans words rang out like a string of cannon shots.


    Huo Yuhao mightve been able to conceal the truth from other people, but Wang Yan had always treated him extremely well. Furthermore, he had always been extremely concerned about Huo Yuhaos growth. The heartfelt respect that Huo Yuhao held towards Teacher Wang was no less than the respect he held for Fan Yu and Zhou Yi. He nodded softly, affirming Wang Yans guess.