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Wu Changkong's body emanated a chilling aura, and his swordplay was as powerful as the sudden arrival of winter, sending shivers down one's spine. His sharp sword intent was aimed directly at Su Mo's brow.
The terrifying chill emanating from the body covered the flat playground with a thin layer of frost.
Facing Wu Changkong's fierce attack, Su Mo's eyes remained calm, even somewhat casual. With a slight twist of his wrist, the horizontal blade swept across his palm in a tricky arc, accompanied by a whistling wind, and slashed out horizontally.
The blade gleamed like a white ribbon, its sharpness unmatched.
Su Mo's timing was so perfect and ruthless that Wu Changkong had no choice but to turn the direction of the Heavenly Frost Sword to defend against Su Mo's attack.
"Qiang——!"
The horizontal saber and the Heavenly Frost Sword clashed fiercely, producing a piercing metallic clang, and a terrifying shockwave spread outwards from the two of them.
The ice beneath Wu Changkong's feet cracked inch by inch, yet he remained firmly steadied, a glint of light flashing in his eyes as he looked at Su Mo.
Originally, Wu Changkong intended to use his speed combined with his Heavenly Frost Sword Intent to unexpectedly suppress Su Mo.
But to his surprise, Su Mo not only reacted immediately, but also responded perfectly, which made him the one who was suppressed.
However, he had anticipated the current situation.
Although he didn't particularly like troublemakers like Su Mo, he had stopped underestimating Su Mo after their last battle.
In Wu Changkong's eyes, Su Mo was an opponent he was worthy of taking seriously.
A chilling aura emanated from the Heavenly Frost Sword, from which delicate, transparent sword threads floated out, their target Su Mo.
As the sword threads drifted down towards him like snowflakes, Su Mo instinctively sensed a hint of danger.
He instinctively tried to draw his sword to escape, but no matter how hard he tried, the sword in his hand remained motionless.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that a layer of frost had formed on the part of his sword that had come into contact with the Heavenly Frost Sword.
Seeing the slight surprise on Su Mo's face, Wu Changkong's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.
Su Mo is still too inexperienced!
But soon Wu Changkong's smile froze as two hemispherical earthen walls, each several meters high, rose up with a rumble, pressing down on him from the left and right.
"not good!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Changkong, like Su Mo, instinctively wanted to retreat.
But Su Mo wouldn't give Wu Changkong that chance. He suddenly exerted force with his right hand and grabbed Wu Changkong tightly, preventing him from retreating even an inch.
With his earthen spear by his side, he wouldn't suffer any harm even if he took a direct hit from Wu Changkong.
But Wu Changkong is different; without the Heavenly Frost Sword, he has no other means of defense.
Realizing he had shot himself in the foot, Wu Changkong didn't hesitate at all. He decisively recalled the Heavenly Frost Sword and used the Ghost Shadow Step to retreat at top speed.
"Humph!"
Watching Wu Changkong's figure become ethereal and retreat rapidly, Su Mo's lips curled into a smile. He had long anticipated that Wu Changkong would do this.
So, while casting the Mountain and Earth Technique, taking advantage of the moment when Wu Changkong's attention was distracted by the sound of the technique, he quietly cast the Yellow Springs Swamp, turning the open space behind Wu Changkong into a wet swamp.
Just as Wu Changkong used the Ghostly Shadow Step to escape from the range of the Mountain and Earth Technique's attack, he suddenly felt his legs give way and his whole body began to sink uncontrollably.
"A swamp! When did this appear?"
Seeing the mud that was already up to his ankles, Wu Changkong dared not be negligent. A sudden burst of cold air erupted from his body, turning the swamp beneath his feet into a frozen wasteland.
Before Wu Changkong could escape, Su Mo's attack came again.
The ground suddenly began to rise without warning, and the violent shaking made it impossible for Wu Changkong to find any point of leverage.
Thanks to his chakra transforming into a martial soul, Su Mo's control over his own chakra has reached an unbelievable level.
Su Mo can now use any ninjutsu without needing to form hand seals.
"Vacuum Dayama!"
Su Mo took a deep breath, her chest suddenly bulging.
The next second, a huge burst of air suddenly shot out of his mouth, flying towards Wu Changkong like a rocket.
Seeing the air cannon coming straight at him, Wu Changkong's pupils suddenly contracted, and an unprecedented sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart.
Third Soul Skill - Heavenly Frost Slash
Wu Changkong unleashed the full power of his Heavenly Frost Sword, instantly covering its snow-white blade with a layer of blue-white frost. The emanating chill froze the entire ground.
Wu Changkong swung his sword fiercely, and the sword light poured down like frost and snow, mixed with an extremely cold aura. It transformed into a crescent-shaped sword beam, cutting through the air and slashing straight at the whistling air cannon!
"boom--!!!"
Su Mo's Vacuum Jade and Wu Changkong's Heavenly Frost Slash collided in mid-air, causing a violent explosion.
A violent gust of air, carrying ice shards, swept across the playground like a once-in-a-millennium blizzard.
"Depend on!"
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, who were watching the battle from a short distance away, cursed inwardly upon seeing this scene, then hurriedly got up and ran back, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
Xu Xiaoyan, who was sitting next to Gu Yue, was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she quickly hugged Gu Yue's arm tightly.
Of everyone, only Gu Yue remained calm.
With a wave of her hand, Gu Yue conjured a massive earthen wall that rose from all directions, enveloping her and Xu Xiaoyan completely.
To explain: Whether or not you need to form hand seals to release ninjutsu in Naruto depends on your level of control over chakra.
The more precise one's control over their own chakra, the fewer hand seals are needed to activate ninjutsu.
The ability of Hashirama to summon whatever he shouts by clapping his hands is essentially due to his extremely powerful chakra control.
Chapter 71 Easily Win
When the snowstorm subsided, Su Mo was nowhere to be seen on the playground. Only Wu Changkong remained, his hair disheveled and looking rather disheveled, standing there.
At this moment, Wu Changkong was in a terrible mood. The power of Su Mo's air cannon attack far exceeded his expectations.
If it weren't for the fact that his soul power was compressed and far surpassed Su Mo's in quality, he really wouldn't have been able to withstand Su Mo's attack just now.
Even though he used his first soul skill, Frost Mark, to protect his body the moment the explosion occurred.
However, his clothes were still torn to shreds by the fierce wind, and he no longer looked like the East Sea God.
Looking at the vast playground before him, Wu Changkong dared not relax for a moment, and fully activated his Purple Demon Eye in an attempt to find Su Mo's whereabouts.
But no matter how much Wu Changkong activated his Purple Demon Eye, he still couldn't see Su Mo's figure.
Tang Wulin and the others who were watching from the sidelines were also dumbfounded.
On the playground, where there was no cover, Su Mo vanished into thin air as if he had evaporated into thin air.
Only Gu Yue looked at the ground with a suspicious expression. With her extremely high elemental affinity, she could clearly feel the earth element beneath her feet becoming unusually active.
Suddenly, a fair and delicate hand appeared without warning beside Wu Changkong's right foot, grabbed his ankle, and pulled him to the ground before he could react.
Only when Wu Changkong's head was sticking out of the ground did Su Mo slowly emerge from the soil.
"you lose!"
Su Mo crouched down, looking down at Wu Changkong, and said with a smile.
Trapped in the soil, Wu Changkong was annoyed by the undisguised mockery on Su Mo's face.
He lost this match in a very frustrating way.
Because he had always been longing for Su Mo's secret technique that could amplify himself in all aspects and his unique swordsmanship.
Even this competition was to test his skills in these two areas, which led him to completely overlook Su Mo's ability to manipulate elements.
Su Mo seemed to have realized this long ago, and only used his sword once from beginning to end, controlling the elements to attack him the whole time.
Moreover, Su Mo's use of elements is completely different from Gu Yue's.
Gu Yue is the kind of traditional mage who uses elements to bombard enemies.
Su Mo, on the other hand, focuses more on making full use of each element, creating a series of interconnected attacks through the cooperation between the elements, keeping the opponent busy until a weakness is exposed, at which point a fatal blow is delivered.
It's hard to say that these two completely different fighting styles differ much in their use of elements.
The main challenge is to test the user's overall perspective and foresight.
To put it simply, if you're brainless, just use firepower to suppress them like Gu Yue did.
If you have the brains and experience, you can use various micro-management techniques, just like Su Mo, to lead your opponent step by step to defeat.
The former is more stable, while the latter has a higher potential.
"Su Mo won already?"
Xie Xie, hiding in the distance, looked at Wu Changkong, whose head was the only part of his body that was visible, scratched his head, and looked at Tang Wulin with some uncertainty.
The battle between Su Mo and Wu Changkong was completely different from what he had expected.
In Xie Xie's vision, the duel between Su Mo and Wu Changkong should be a back-and-forth battle, with every punch landing hard and all sorts of amazing techniques appearing one after another, finally deciding the winner in a thrilling collision.
But what about reality?
Su Mo and Wu Changkong only exchanged one move throughout the entire battle, and then the rhythm of the whole battle inexplicably fell into Su Mo's hands.
Wu Changkong could only passively follow Su Mo's movements and retaliate until he was inexplicably dragged into the ground by Su Mo, ending up covered in dust.
Tang Wulin nodded heavily, he hadn't expected the battle between Wu Changkong and Su Mo to end so abruptly.
Gu Yue looked at Su Mo with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
Su Mo's way of using elements opened a whole new door for her.
"Truly worthy of being called Su Mo!"
Of the four, only Xu Xiaoyan jumped for joy upon seeing Su Mo win, making no attempt to hide her excitement.
"Get out of the way!"
After giving Su Mo a cold reminder, Wu Changkong stopped suppressing his power and shot out of the ground with a "whoosh".
After escaping, Wu Changkong patted his dusty and tattered clothes, then stared intently at Su Mo for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.
After a moment, Wu Changkong solemnly announced to Su Mo, "Dismissed!"
After saying that, Wu Changkong walked towards the staff dormitory without looking back.