Finals

(There was a title mistake in previous chapter that I fixed. I put "Finals" but it was supposed to be "Difficulty". And this chapter real title is "Finals")

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Seeing the ice wall in front of him, Tang Wulin, rushing out of the ice prison, raised his clenched golden dragon claw and punched the ice wall with one strike. However, this time the ice wall was evidently larger than the one he had shattered before. Regardless of its hardness, with a resounding bang, there was merely a spray of ice chips, and they rebounded.

Zhou Hanyou smiled slightly, stepping in front of the ice wall, he slapped it with his palm. The ice wall shattered with a bang, and the fragments turned into pieces, flying towards Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in the ice prison, leaving wounds on their bodies.

The frigid air poured into the bodies of the two people along the wounds. In an instant, they were frozen stiff. A thin layer of frost formed on their bodies, and they fell to the ground with two thuds.

"Stop! Sea and Land Academy wins!" The referee swiftly appeared in the ring and signaled the end of Zhou Hanyou's subsequent ice pick.

After the referee announced the result, Wu Zhangkong pulled Shen Yi onto the ring. Although his tone remained calm, a hint of anxiety could be seen in his movements. "You are a healing soul master. Let's see how they are doing."

In recent years, this was the first time Shen Yi saw Wu Zhangkong being so concerned about others. With a wave of his right hand, two pieces of mimosa-like green light sank into Tang Wulin and Xie Xie's bodies.

The wounds on the two men healed at a visible speed. After a while, they turned pale but appeared somewhat better.

After some examinations, Shen Yi nodded slightly to Wu Zhangkong and said, "Xie Xie is merely affected by the cold, so it's not a significant issue. Tang Wulin is a bit more serious. Despite his robust recovery ability, he has suffered a series of injuries recently. If you want a full recovery, it's best for him not to participate in any further actions."

Wu Zhangkong nodded slightly, indicating his understanding. He then lifted Tang Wulin from the ground and proceeded toward the bottom of the ring. Seeing this, Shen Yi picked up Xie Xie and followed.

While leaving the ring, Xu Xiaoyan looked at Wu Zhangkong and asked with some concern, "Teacher Wu, are the captain and Xie Xie seriously injured?"

"Fortunately, it's not a major problem. Let's head back to the hotel," Wu Zhangkong replied, motioning for the others to follow.

On the way, Tang Wulin had already regained consciousness and found himself in Wu Zhangkong's arms. He spoke in a weak voice, "Teacher Wu, I'm sorry, we lost."

Wu Zhangkong shook his head slightly and said, "You've done well. Forget about the rest of the competition and focus on resting."

"Teacher Wu, there's nothing wrong with my health. I can recover in two days at most. Please let me participate in the next competition," Tang Wulin eagerly pleaded when Wu Zhangkong advised him to rest.

Wu Zhangkong responded coldly, "You've been getting injured almost every day recently. Continuing like this could harm your foundation, affecting your future cultivation. This is just a Skysea Alliance competition. There will be a bigger stage waiting for you in the future."

Hearing that damaging his foundation might impede his future cultivation, Tang Wulin nodded slightly, realizing that his current cultivation speed was already the slowest in Class Zero. If his foundation suffered, he feared his progress would be even slower.

In the following days of the competition, though Tang Wulin and Xie Xie couldn't take the stage due to injuries, they observed the subsequent matches. Watching opponents they found almost invincible being easily defeated by Anping and Gu Yuena, both looked on with envy.

Regarding the schedule, team competition players had a few days of rest after the round robin. These days were mainly for determining the individual competition champion, and the finals of the youth group individual competition left the entire audience clamoring for refunds.

There were no surprises. Anping and Gu Yuena reached the finals of the youth group individual competition. Upon taking the stage, Gu Yuena declared her defeat without waiting for the referee to speak, silencing the entire arena. After multiple confirmations from the referee, the youth group individual competition ended dramatically.

As for the team competition, perhaps for entertainment's sake, competition officials intentionally staggered the stronger teams into different groups. It wasn't until the finals that they faced the three girls from Sea and Land Academy again.

Facing each other in the arena, they once again confronted the team from Class 0 of Eastsea Academy. Having watched previous games, they knew Anping and Gu Yuena were much stronger than the opponents they had faced before. Even Zhou Tianer, typically lively, remained quiet.

"Three, two, one, the game begins!"

Upon the referee's command, Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er exchanged glances, reaching out to hold each other's hands. A blue light and shadow and a green light and shadow emerged behind them, embracing each other.

The aura of the two suddenly rose. This was the fusion skill of the two martial arts. Having watched previous games, they knew they couldn't win in a regular battle against Anping and Gu Yuena. They had no choice but to employ the martial soul fusion technique they were still unfamiliar with.

Wang Dongqi understood the potency of the martial soul fusion skills of these two, so she jumped off the ring first. Initially intending to warn the weaker Xu Xiaoyan on the opposing side, she was surprised to find Xu Xiaoyan turning around and leaving the ring after she jumped off.

The spectators couldn't help but stand up. This was an exceedingly rare martial soul fusion skill. Despite being just a three-person team competition for the youth group, witnessing martial soul fusion skills was unexpected.

Observing the scene, Long Huantian, the dean of Skysea academy in Box 1, expressed surprise, "Brother Zhenpeng, no wonder both of us applied for places in Shrek Inner College. I didn't expect your Academy to harbor such a genius."

Brother Zhenpeng, also known as Zhang Zhenpeng, the dean of Sea and Land Academy, smiled slightly, "If not for this, I wouldn't have dared to propose."

"I can offer you the chance to apply for Shrek Inner Academy." Long Huantian saw Zhou Zhenpeng's proud expression and shifted the topic, "But don't celebrate too soon. You probably won't win this game."

As the dean of Skysea College, Long Huantian had interacted with Shen Yi. Based on Shen Yi's praises for the talents of Anping and Gu Yuena, he concluded that these two students from Eastsea Academy were more than ordinary.

While they conversed, the temperature of the entire competition ground rapidly dropped, and Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tianer's bodies became discernible. Green and blue rays of light intertwined, covering the arena with a layer of frost and mist. Giant blue trees, radiating white light, emerged from the ring.

Naturally, Anping and Gu Yuena wouldn't stand idly by. When the frost and fog began to envelop the arena, Gu Yuena took Anping's hand, initiating their martial soul fusion skill.

Their fusion skill manifested much faster than the two sisters opposite. Due to the frost and fog, the audience outside could only perceive a flash of colorful light, and all the giant blue trees and the shrouded frost and fog dissipated.

As the frost and fog dissipated, the audience beheld the scene on the ring. Ultimately, only a peculiar silver-haired girl remained standing. She pointed forward with a staff, while Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er lay unconscious on the ground.

Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er had collapsed and lost consciousness. It wasn't due to excessive damage; rather, Anping had unleashed the elemental dispersion technique, dispersing the nearby ice elements. The two martial soul fusion skills shattered, leading to a backlash.

"Martial spirit fusion technique!" The dean of Sea and Land academy exclaimed, bursting out of the box window and rushing towards the ring.