vncnus Chapter 732 The Battle Between Raven and Fire Dance
Chapter 732 The Battle Between Raven and Fire Dance
Chapter 732 The Battle Between Raven and Fire Dance
In the second round of the draw, the Shrek Seven Devils were lucky enough to receive a bye, while the other four teams that qualified from the Tian Dou City regional qualifiers were not so fortunate.
All four teams had their own opponents, but they ended up clashing with each other in pairs.
The Spirit Hall's second team drew Blazing Fire Academy, while Tianshui Academy drew Divine Wind Academy.
Silent all night.
The qualifying rounds are much faster-paced than the preliminary rounds; there are no ordinary spectators, only the results matter.
By removing those tedious processes and the noise of the audience, it became easier for Soul Masters to unleash their full potential.
The match between the Spirit Hall's second team and Blazing Academy was scheduled for the fourth game.
The first to appear were Raven and Fire Dance.
Due to the unknown relationship between the forces behind the two sides, the two teams are already very familiar with each other and know each other inside and out.
In addition, Huo Wu is Ye Qifeng's official girlfriend and often goes to the Spirit Hall's second team's base. She also has a very good relationship with the seven girls, including Ruiwen and Fengxian, and they are as close as sisters.
Based on the overall combat strength comparison between the two sides, Blazing Fire Academy is clearly no match for the Spirit Hall's second team.
Originally, Blazing Academy also planned to forfeit and admit defeat, but Raven and the others did not want to take advantage of Fire Dance, so they proposed the idea of deciding the outcome in one battle.
So the two teams hit it off immediately. After discussion, they decided that Raven and Fire Dance would have a one-on-one duel, and the winner would be the one to win.
Therefore, in this match between the Spirit Hall's second team and Blazing Academy, only Raven and Huo Wu appeared.
Before the competition even started, the two beautiful girls received the most intense attention from the entire audience, and the tens of thousands of Heavenly Dou Royal Knights who surrounded the training ground stared at them with wide eyes.
Forget about military discipline and orders; everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, their faces flushed, offering their utmost enthusiasm.
"Sister Huowu, I might go a little too hard when I fight, so please be careful."
Raven wore a unique women's fitted dress, her silver-gray hair with a slight purple tinge was tied into a stylish lotus flower. Ignoring the cheers from the crowd, she smiled at Fire Dance across from her, her blue-green eyes appearing gentle and natural.
This is Raven's first time fighting against Mai Shiranui.
Although his own soul power was already at level 57, three levels higher than Huo Wu's, he was not absolutely certain that he could defeat Huo Wu.
After all, many of the things she knows are also known to the opposing Fire Dancer, and Fire Dancer also possesses an improved version of the Fusion Ring Technique, a powerful move that Riven herself doesn't know.
Of course, Riven is not without her own special moves, and she unleashes a Fusion Ring Technique that is no less powerful than Mai Shiranui's.
If both players go all out and reveal all their cards, it's hard to say who will win or lose.
Fortunately, this match was just a friendly sparring session. Both sides had already agreed that this battle would only be a contest of spirits, relying solely on their awareness, skills, and spirit ring abilities to determine the winner.
Huo Wu wore a wine-red long dress, her long, wavy hair styled into an elegant updo, looking beautiful yet spirited, with a faint, charming smile on her face.
Hearing Raven's words, she smiled and said frankly:
"Haha, Raven, don't feel pressured, just bring it on. I'd like to test my skills too."
"Before this, I always sparred with Bing'er, but we were too familiar with each other, and due to certain factors, we both knew each other's thoughts, so the fights were never very satisfying."
"Let's fight to our hearts' content this time."
"However, I must remind you, my martial soul is a fire attribute martial soul, naturally violent and scorching, so you should be careful."
In closing, Huo Wu also reminded the opposing Riven to be careful of the flames and high temperatures associated with her martial soul and soul skills.
"The match begins."
As they were talking, the referee stepped between the two and, without any hesitation, waved his right hand downwards, announcing the start of the match.
Neither Raven nor Huo Wu activated their martial souls immediately. Instead, as if by telepathy, they both chose to fight hand-to-hand.
The two charged straight at each other almost simultaneously.
Raven moved with incredible speed, leaving trails of afterimages in her wake.
Fire Dancer, with her Meteor Butterfly Steps, danced like a wine-red butterfly, suddenly flying forward at a speed no less than Riven's.
Twenty meters was nothing to the two of them; they crossed it in an instant.
Raven and Fire Dance are both tall and agile girls, and they also share a similar domineering personality. When they fight, they are incredibly fierce, yet they are surprisingly pleasing to the eye, with a touch of beauty.
After all, it's a contest between two stunning beauties, so it's bound to be more interesting to watch.
Without using martial spirit abilities or secret techniques, in terms of combat awareness, skills, and tactics alone, Raven and Fire Dance are almost identical.
After a back-and-forth exchange of blows, neither of them could gain the upper hand, and they were evenly matched.
After another round of punches and palm strikes, and a fierce collision of elbows and legs, Raven and Mai finally managed to create some distance between them.
Fifteen minutes had passed by this time. Both of them had a light sheen of sweat on their foreheads, but excited smiles were on their faces, clearly indicating that they had both had a great fight.
Raven and Fire Dance exchanged a smile, and with perfect understanding, simultaneously activated their martial souls and released their soul rings.
The physical clashes and punches have ended; what follows is a battle of martial spirits, soul skills, and soul power.
A broken blade appeared in Raven's right palm. As soul power was injected, the runes in the broken blade were activated, and the power of the runes was released. The blade was charged and instantly became a complete greatsword.
It is Riven's martial spirit - the Exile Blade.
At the same time, five soul rings, one yellow, two purple, and two black, shimmering with soul light, rapidly rose from beneath her feet, undulating and rhythmically moving around Raven's body.
Directly opposite, Huo Wu also underwent a change.
A shadow, formed from Huo Wu herself, emerged from behind her. It appeared to be five meters tall, extremely unique, and filled with explosive fire elemental energy.
It is Huo Wu's martial spirit—the Fire Shadow.
The Fire Shadow is a Beast Martial Soul, which needs to be possessed to unleash its power. So, not long after it appeared, the giant Fire Shadow quickly shrank and attached itself to Huo Wu's body.
This is the spirit possession of the Naruto.
After being possessed by the Hokage, a faint, blurry orange-red shadow appeared behind Mai Shiranui, its form exactly the same as Mai Shiranui's, creating an ethereal effect.
Similarly, as the martial soul was released, five spirit rings—yellow, purple, black, and red—quickly rose from beneath Huo Wu's feet.
Her configuration is slightly inferior to Riven's, but not by much. The only difference is the age of her first and second spirit rings.
After all, these two spirit rings were obtained before meeting Ye Qifeng, unlike Ruiwen, who had already absorbed beyond her limits from the very first spirit ring.
As their martial souls and soul rings were released, the two revealed their strength as Soul Kings of level 50 or above, immediately causing a great stir of astonishment and leaving many speechless.
Few people at the scene knew the true strength of the two girls. Those who did were relatively calm, while those who were unaware opened their mouths wide, stared in disbelief, and were dumbfounded.
Especially the students from the five kingdoms and duchies, apart from those from the Beast Academy, were utterly shocked and couldn't help but gasp in horror.
They finally realized the gap between the teams from the Kingdom and Principality regions and the Tiandou City region, and began to pay more attention to it.
Just as everyone was shocked and horrified, the battle of soul skills between Raven and Fire Dance had already begun.
Raven is a power-attack type Soul Master who excels in close combat. After acquiring the Exile Blade, her combat ability was greatly enhanced, and she immediately launched a charge, advancing bravely.
After being possessed by the Naruto, Huo Wu is more adept at long-range attacks and control. The Naruto, which has already evolved into a super martial soul, is imbued with extreme fire, which can also cause great damage to enemies.
As Raven charged forward, Fire Dance raised her eyes slightly and waved her hand, unleashing a dazzling ring of flames centered on her body.
It was Huo Wu's third soul skill—the Fire Resistance Ring.
Resisting the impact of the fire ring, Raven's forward momentum slowed, but she was not thrown back.
The triple runic shield granted by Charge Forward blocked the impact of the Fire Ring and extinguished the extreme fire associated with it, but the effect of Charge Forward also disappeared, making it difficult to charge forward.
Raven seemed to have anticipated this, and immediately followed up with a Broken Wing Dance, wielding her greatsword in three consecutive Broken Wing Jump Slashes, heading straight for Fire Dance.
Huo Wu naturally wouldn't stand still and wait for Riven to jump and slash at her. While using the Meteor Butterfly Step to gracefully retreat, she raised her right hand and condensed several fiery meteors in the air.
He then swung his sword down, controlling the several fiery meteors to fall from the sky and fly towards Riven. Each fiery meteor contained extremely strong explosive power.
It is the fifth soul skill of the Naruto martial soul - Flame Meteor.
Noticing this, Raven held her greatsword horizontally in front of her chest, the power of the runes stirring up the energy of the Holy Spirit.
Immediately afterwards, the greatsword suddenly swung upwards, and a huge shockwave flew out horizontally, heading straight towards the fiery meteor falling from the sky.
This is Raven's fourth soul skill, Exile's Edge - Gale Slash. She used it to deal with the Shrek Seven Devils in the last round of the preliminaries, and it is a good choice to use it to deal with Huo Wu's Flame Meteor.
The fiery meteor and the swift wind slash collided in mid-air, unleashing a violent roar.
Then, Raven and Fire Dancer engaged in another fierce battle.
Huo Wu used her signature soul skill, Huo Wu Yao Yang, but it was quickly neutralized by the runic sword energy bursting from Riven's giant sword and disappeared into thin air.
Raven charged forward with her sword, trying to close the distance, but was soon blocked by the flames bursting from Huo Wu, and was unable to pull Huo Wu into her preferred close combat range for a long time.
The two of them attacked and defended each other, pulling and tugging at each other, fighting from their first soul skills to their fifth soul skills. A dazzling array of skills were unleashed one after another, without any particular order.
The intense fire and runic light shone brightly in the arena, presenting the audience with a unique visual feast.
However, in the end, Raven's cultivation level was higher and her soul power was stronger, so she gradually gained the upper hand and defeated Huo Wu.
With the end of the sparring match between Riven and Huo Wu, the match between the Spirit Hall's second team and Blazing Academy came to a close.
The final victory of this match naturally went to the Spirit Hall's second team.
The next match was between Tianshui Academy and Shenfeng Academy.
It's obvious what the outcome will be; Tianshui Academy will emerge victorious.
Whether in terms of overall strength or individual strength, Shenfeng Academy is inferior to Tianshui Academy. Moreover, Tianshui Academy has Shui Bing'er, a Soul King-level fighter, so there is no chance of them winning.
However, considering the long-standing friendship between the two academies, Shui Bing'er gave Shenfeng Academy some face, only defeating Feng Xiaotian before voluntarily stepping down and replacing her with someone else.
In the end, although Shenfeng Academy lost the overall score, it won two individual points, which salvaged some face and prevented them from losing face like Barak Academy and Shrek Seven Devils, who were defeated in a single battle.
The last two matches were not very interesting; they were just weak teams from the five kingdoms and duchies fighting each other.
Another day has passed.
In the subsequent rounds of the qualifying matches, the five teams that qualified from the Tiandou City division did not meet again and were able to defeat their opponents easily.
After several rounds of competition, the strength of each side has been revealed, and everyone has a good understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses.
The qualifying rounds have a total of fifteen participating teams, which can be roughly divided into five tiers.
The Spirit Hall's second team is undoubtedly in a class of its own, with four Soul Kings and three high-level Soul Masters, making them the absolute overlords of this qualifying tournament.
The next tier consists of Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy.
Both teams have Soul King level combat power of level 50 or above, and three to four Soul Master level students. Their overall combat power is second only to the Spirit Hall's second team.
The third tier consists of the Beast Academy, the Divine Wind Academy, and the Shrek Seven Devils team.
Among these three teams, the Beast Academy is quite special, with only two Soul Master level combatants, one of whom is Meng Yiran.
Meng Yiran is a level 49 advanced Soul Master, and she alone is equivalent to four or five Soul Masters.
In this qualifying round, which is mainly based on individual competitions, the Beast Academy actually has a slight advantage over the Divine Wind Academy and the Shrek Seven Devils because of Meng Yiran's presence.
Both Shenfeng Academy and Shrek Seven Devils have four Soul Master level combatants, but their Soul Power level is generally not high. However, there is no doubt that their strength is second only to Blazing Fire Academy and Heavenly Water Academy.
In the fourth tier are the Silas Academy and the Botanical Academy from the five kingdoms and duchy regions.
As for the final fifth tier, it is occupied by a few colleges such as Barak and Fabia.
The participating teams selected from the five kingdoms and duchies were not particularly strong. The only team worth mentioning was the Beast Academy, followed by the Silas Academy and the Plant Academy.
Silas Academy has three Soul Masters above level 40, and its combat strength is similar to that of the Plant Academy.
However, the Plant Academy takes an even more extreme approach than the three elemental academies, with all its members being control-type Soul Masters, making its overall strength slightly stronger than that of the Silas Academy.
(End of this chapter)