Chapter 1 The Wind and Thunder Battle the Tianlong Clan's Leader

At the same time that Feng Lei was fiercely battling the leader of the Tianlong clan…

On the Qiling Nebula, A Xue and Luke simultaneously encountered members of the Tianlong tribe.

"I am Ziyi, a Tianlong Battle Soul of the Tianlong Clan."

Luke and A Xue both looked at the Tianlong Battle Soul named Ziyi.

She was dressed in cyan and green, slender and graceful. Three parts gentle beauty, seven parts heroic spirit.

A Xue said, "Luke, go quickly and rescue the Spirit Tool. I'll handle things here."

Luke, upon hearing this, was naturally worried.

"A Xue, how can that be? Don't let her being a woman fool you; she's a Tianlong Battle Soul. Maybe I should stay, and you go rescue the captured Spirit Tool."

Luke wanted to say more, but A Xue scolded, "How long are you going to dawdle! Go!"

Luke didn't speak. After a few seconds of eye contact with A Xue, he turned and ran off into the distance.

"Hmph… You Yuedong warriors are really unusually confident, always eager to fight one-on-one."

"I am a Tianlong Battle Soul of the Tianlong clan; aside from our leader, I'm the best fighter!"

Before Tianlong Ziyi could finish speaking, A Xue drew her blade and stepped forward, slashing at the Tianlong.

"Falling Snow Freezing!"

*Shua!*

A Xue transformed into a beam of snow, flashing past Ziyi.

Instantly, Ziyi was completely encased in ice, losing her ability to move.

A Xue seized the opportunity, slashing horizontally at Ziyi's waist.

Just then, the frozen Ziyi instantly transformed into a puddle of water.

With a *pop*, A Xue's blade struck nothing.

"She! How could she turn into a puddle of water?"

As A Xue was wondering, the water element suddenly coalesced, and Ziyi reappeared.

"Heh heh heh… Your ability is ice-based, but I am a water elemental. What does ice become when it melts? Water, of course."

"Drawing your blade to cut water only makes it flow more. You understand that principle, right…"

*Pu!*

A Xue didn't want to listen to her nonsense.

With a sudden flick of her wrist, A Xue sent an ice pillar directly into Ziyi's chest.

The next second! Ziyi once again transformed into a mist of water. "Heh heh heh… Didn't I already tell you? The ultimate form of ice is water. How could your ice elemental attacks possibly harm me?"

"Water Dragon's Roar!"

Ziyi quickly gathered water elemental energy with both hands, transforming it into a water dragon that roared towards A Xue.

A Xue was originally a mercenary, and her combat experience was superior to that of Luke and the others.

"Ice Shield Formation!"

A snowflake-shaped ice shield instantly appeared, perfectly deflecting Ziyi's roaring Water Dragon.

Because the snowflake ice shield obscured her vision, A Xue didn't realize that Ziyi had turned into mist and come behind her.

"Careful, Yuedong warrior!" Suddenly! Ziyi's arm transformed into a spiraling water pressure drill, stabbing toward A Xue.

"Not good! It's too late!" A Xue knew that at this range, there was no time to dodge.

The next second, a wall of ice rapidly formed on A Xue's back to defend against Ziyi's high-pressure water drill.

*Pu!* Water met ice, a collision of spear and shield!

"Hmph! You're really stubborn. See how long your ice can hold out!"

Alerted by Ziyi's words, A Xue looked at the ice wall she had created.

She saw the ice wall melting at a visible rate.

In the instant that A Xue was stunned, Ziyi kicked A Xue in the face.

*Bang!* A Xue was sent flying back more than ten meters.

"This is really troublesome! Ice melting rapidly when it meets water is an unbreakable law of the universe. Is there really no other way to win besides that?"

As A Xue pondered, Ziyi's high sweeping kick flashed toward her.

A Xue's subconscious muscle memory activated her brain's nervous response, and she drew her blade, slashing toward Ziyi's sweeping leg.

Seeing this, Ziyi instantly turned the leg she had kicked out into mist.

With a *pop!*, A Xue's Tearless Blade struck the water mist, unable to cause any damage.

*Pa!*

Ziyi's water mist high sweep passed through the Tearless Blade, and its power suddenly accelerated. This high sweep was like a tsunami, crashing heavily into A Xue's face.

After being struck by Ziyi, A Xue revealed an extremely confident expression. "You can't defeat me. No matter how strong your ice attribute or freezing ability is, I can quickly melt it away."

The battlefield situation was currently very unfavorable for A Xue.

Ziyi continued to attack relentlessly, and A Xue could only rely on her footwork and positioning to evade Ziyi's attacks.

Suddenly, Ziyi seized a flaw in A Xue's dodging and knocked her away with a punch.

Before A Xue could steady herself, Ziyi's punch, as heavy as a cannonball, came crashing down again.

With no time to dodge, A Xue had no choice but to cross her arms to block.

*Bang!* Ziyi's punch struck A Xue.

The ground behind A Xue instantly cracked, and water elements burst out from the cracks.

The next second, Ziyi's right fist gathered power once more.

*Bang!* This punch!

Directly smashed the ground behind A Xue, creating a crater roughly six meters in diameter.

A Xue endured the pain without a sound.

Ziyi looked at A Xue, who didn't make a sound, and thought to herself, "She's not giving me any face at all! Every one of my punches is a full-force attack! She didn't even make a sound."

The more Ziyi thought about it, the angrier she became. The angrier she became, the more force she used, and the more force she used, the more energy each punch consumed.

Just then, the surrounding temperature noticeably began to drop rapidly.

Ziyi suppressed A Xue from above, bombarding her rapidly, which caused her own physical energy to drain away quickly.

Suddenly, a gust of cold air assaulted her, and Ziyi instantly shivered.

When she looked around, she saw that the surroundings had begun to frost over.

Before Ziyi could figure out what was happening,

A Xue explained to Ziyi, "Don't be alarmed. This is just frozen air."

"Your water element can indeed melt ice… However, no matter how powerful your water element is, it can't possibly withstand frozen air."

"Once frozen air appears, the temperature will drop. Whether it's an ice attribute or a water element, within the frozen air range below zero degrees, everything will be dominated by frozen air."

"So… Releasing frozen air does take some time for me. But then again, you seemed to be enjoying yourself when you were beating me up earlier…"