...
However, before Feng Xiaotian could even catch his breath, Xuan Hao's massive frame remained upright amidst the blazing fire.
He swayed slightly, and the overflowing blood and qi emanating from his body only trembled for a moment before the sea of fire vanished without a trace, like smoke blown away by a gale.
"Your warm-up is over, right?" Xuan Hao looked at her, his tone indifferent. "If it's an attack of this level, you can leave now."
Huo Wu gritted her teeth and did not refute.
After the earlier probing, she has come to a complete and clear understanding of the gap between the two sides.
That was a vast chasm, a chasm. Just as Xuan Hao said, her full-force probing couldn't even make the other party move a single step.
However, she cannot admit defeat yet.
She didn't expect to defeat the monster in front of her, but at least she wanted to make it move!
If she could just move her feet a little, even half an inch, her presence here today would have meaning!
Huo Wu lightly touched the ground with her toes, widening the distance between herself and Xuan Hao.
She raised her hands high, a resolute glint in her beautiful eyes, and her first, second, third, and fourth soul rings lit up at the same time.
However, instead of releasing their respective soul skills, the four soul rings began to converge and merge towards the center under a violent pulling force.
In the VIP section, Ning Fengzhi's eyes narrowed: "This is... Fusion Ring?!"
"The Blazing Fire Academy actually has such a talented student." Emperor Xueye also looked surprised.
Fusion is a rare talent and skill.
By instantly concentrating the energy of all the soul rings and integrating it into a single soul skill.
This technique can exponentially increase the power of soul skills, defying common sense.
However, the price it comes at is extremely high.
Not only will the soul power be instantly drained, but the enormous energy also far exceeds the caster's own level, and if not controlled carefully, it will cause serious backlash.
This is Huo Wu's last trump card.
"Fire Dance, don't do anything reckless!"
Feng Xiaotian, sitting in the audience, was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He knew all too well the dangers of the fusion ring.
Boom!
The intense fire-attribute soul power was unleashed wildly.
Huo Wu's nearly 1.8-meter-tall figure trembled slightly in the raging energy storm, and a white fireball rapidly condensed and enlarged between her hands.
The color of white flame is only visible at extremely high temperatures that exceed the limits!
But Huo Wu didn't stop. She used all her soul power and even her mental power without reservation to frantically compress these energies into the fireball.
"Move...move for me!" Huo Wu screamed frantically in her heart.
Xuan Hao stood not far away, watching quietly, his hands still in his pockets.
With his strength, interrupting Huo Wu would only take a moment.
But he didn't. He wanted to see just how far this proud redhead could go.
As soul power surged forth, the white fireball was compressed to its limit, and the energy contained within caused the air around the arena to distort violently.
Huo Wu's face was ashen white. The double exhaustion of her soul power and mental power caused her vision to blur.
Her clothes were soaked with sweat and then instantly evaporated by the high temperature.
She has reached her limit.
However, the enormous energy brought about by the fusion ring is still raging.
It was at this critical point that Huo Wu's heart skipped a beat.
The highly compressed, white fireball suddenly trembled violently, and the originally pure energy began to become violent and chaotic.
It's out of control!
This force was completely beyond her control.
Huo Wu felt as if the fireball above her head had transformed into a mountain, so heavy that it almost crushed her spine.
Forget about throwing fireballs at Xuan Hao, she was now finding it incredibly difficult to even maintain her standing posture, and she was swaying precariously.
"Can't even throw it out...?"
A deep sense of despair flashed across Huo Wu's face, and a bitter feeling welled up in her heart.
Despite his best efforts to resist, he ended up losing control of himself.
On this stage that has captured the attention of the entire mainland, I have ultimately become a complete laughing stock.
Huo Wu's vision went completely black, her hands fell limply to her sides, and she was completely exhausted.
She closed her eyes and waited for the energy to explode and devour her.
However, the expected explosion did not occur.
Even the scorching heat that almost baked her dry disappeared in an instant.
Huo Wu opened her eyes with difficulty. Exhausted, she knelt awkwardly on the cold arena floor.
Above her head, a large, slender hand, glowing with a faint golden-red light, steadily held the out-of-control white fireball.
Xuan Hao had appeared in front of her in an instant, easily catching the energy blast that could explode at any moment, as if he were holding a toy.
"You..." Huo Wu looked up, staring blankly at the tall man in front of her.
Xuan Hao glanced down at her, his tone full of speechlessness:
"Fine, I take back what I said before. You really don't care about your life."
"I'll let you off the hook today because you're so brave and fearless."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Hao clenched his right hand, which was holding the fireball.
puff.
A soft, muffled sound.
Amidst the stunned and bewildered gazes of tens of thousands, the molten ring white fireball that had sent chills down everyone's spines and was highly compressed and out of control was extinguished like an oil lamp that had been extinguished.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no heatwave that swept the entire venue, and no fancy special effects.
That extremely violent fire-attribute energy was silently annihilated and disappeared under Xuan Hao's grasp.
Huo Wu was completely dumbfounded.
She sat on the ground, her mouth slightly open, her mind blank.
That was a blow she wagered on with all her pride and soul power, and almost killed herself!
But in front of this man, it was as easy as putting out a cigarette butt?
Before Huo Wu could recover from her shock, Xuan Hao's tall figure had already crouched down.
Immediately afterwards.
Snap!
A loud and crisp flick on the forehead landed squarely on Huo Wu's fair forehead.
"ah!"
Huo Wu cried out in pain, instinctively covering her forehead with both hands, tears almost streaming down her face from the pain.
Her originally pale and delicate face flushed bright red with embarrassment.
"You're so young, don't be so impulsive, take it easy."
Xuan Hao squatted down in front of her, flicked his finger as if to scare her, and casually lectured her:
"Health is the foundation of everything, safety comes first, don't you understand?
You have a long life ahead of you, there are so many delicious foods and fun things in this world that you haven't experienced yet, why would you die for a stupid competition?"
"Losing to me isn't shameful. There isn't even a single person my age in the entire mainland who can withstand a punch from me yet."
Xuan Hao stood up and turned to look at the host, Dou Dou, who was equally stunned in mid-air:
"What are you all standing there for? Announce the results!
Also, people from Blazing Fire Academy, hurry up and carry your captain away."
After saying that, Xuan Hao put his hands back into his pockets, and in the deathly silence of the entire arena, he turned around and slowly walked down the passage from the arena.
Huo Wu, kneeling in the center of the arena, covered her forehead and watched the tall, pale gold figure gradually disappear into the shadows.
For some reason, the resentment and humiliation in her beautiful eyes gradually turned into a complex ripple.
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