Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 178 Ice and Snow Valkyrie

When everything on the competition stage became clear again, everyone could see that Meng Hongchen was still standing in the ice prison. Her originally pure white skin seemed to have become even whiter, and her entire body was covered with a layer of frost.

On the other side, Ling Luoshang remained standing in place, holding up her ice staff, her entire body encased in ice armor.

Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo serving as the referee, stood in the center of the arena, his body enveloped in a protective shield formed from starlight. Clearly, he was also wary of Meng Hongchen's potent poison.

Just then, accompanied by a series of crisp sounds, thin pieces of ice fell from Meng Hongchen's body and shattered on the ground.

A hint of disdain appeared on Meng Hongchen's exquisite face.

"Ice can block my poison? Too bad, my martial soul is also ice-attribute. Transferring poison through ice is exactly what I excel at. So, you didn't lose unjustly."

As she spoke, a blue light flashed in her right hand, and a blue longsword appeared in her palm. With a slash in front of her, a dark blue light flashed, cleaving open the ice prison that had lost Ling Luochen's control, and she slowly walked out from inside.

"Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy wins. Shrek Academy, please send your next team member to the stage." Tian Sha Douluo waved his hand, and a ball of light enveloped Ling Luochen, who was like an ice sculpture, and sent her off the stage.

Ji Lin stepped forward and took Ling Luochen from him, placing his palm on Ling Luochen's ice armor to melt it.

As expected, Ling Luochen, like Beibei before him, completely lost consciousness, even his complexion was exactly the same. Meng Hongchen's Ice Toad Poison was indeed very potent.

Everyone's faces were filled with horror. This was the terrifying power of a Poison Soul Master. Bei Bei and Ling Luo Chen were defeated before they could even fight Meng Hong Chen head-on, without giving them a chance to clash.

However, although Meng Hongchen's Ice Toad Poison is powerful, it just so happens to have met its nemesis, Ji Lin. Ice Toad Poison is a mixture of ice poison and fire poison. Extreme ice and extreme fire can restrain poisons. If Ji Lin only has one extreme attribute, he certainly wouldn't dare to detoxify rashly. If he detoxifies the ice poison, the fire poison will erupt, and if he detoxifies the fire poison, the ice poison will erupt.

However, Ji Lin happens to have two extreme attributes, namely ice and fire. But it was his turn to take the stage, and there wasn't enough time. He could only suppress the deadly poison in Bei Bei and Ling Luo Chen's bodies to prevent it from erupting in a short period of time.

It's no exaggeration to say that Ji Lin is Meng Hongchen's nemesis. Whether it's the restraint of martial soul attributes or Ji Lin himself, he has completely suppressed Meng Hongchen.

"Next." Meng Hongchen's voice remained as cold and indifferent as ever, her face bearing the same arrogant expression as her brother Xiao Hongchen. She truly had reason to be proud, having defeated two Shrek students in a row; her performance had already won over most of the audience.

However, upon seeing the fourth Shrek student enter the arena, her expression changed. She subconsciously took a step back, and the pride on her face vanished, replaced by panic.

"Dream!" Xiao Hongchen's voice rang out behind her. She turned around and saw the solemn expression on Xiao Hongchen's face.

Xiao Hongchen looked at Meng Hongchen seriously and said, "Meng, remember, you are my sister and a member of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. This is a competition, so give it your all to defeat him and don't let him look down on you."

Upon hearing Xiao Hongchen's words, Meng Hongchen's expression changed, and the panic on her face disappeared. She took a few deep breaths, turned around, and looked directly at Ji Lin who was walking onto the stage. She thought to herself, "That's right, I can't let him look down on me. I am also a member of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team. I have to let him see my strength. I absolutely cannot let him underestimate me."

Ji Lin saw Meng Hongchen's expression and wondered, "Am I that scary? Why would she be so frightened?"

Wang Dong'er chuckled twice and whispered to Xiao Xiao, "This round is in the bag, your class monitor is going to dominate."

Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Dong'er with a puzzled expression and said, "The class monitor is so strong, she should be able to easily defeat everyone!"

Wang Dong'er rolled her eyes at Xiao Xiao, who then realized what was happening. She looked at Meng Hongchen, then at Ji Lin, and remembering how Meng Hongchen had been teased earlier, exclaimed, "Oh! I remember now! The class monitor can win this round just by looking good!"

Even Xu Sanshi and Wang Yan put aside their worries and looked at the competition arena with a relaxed attitude.

From the city wall, Xu Jiawei smiled and said to Xu Jiujiu, "Jiu-mei, you'll have to keep a close eye on this kid from now on. I'm speechless at his charm. Anyway, thank you for your hard work!"

She sighed for a long time, feeling utterly exhausted. She wouldn't even mention the Shrek Academy students, but why were even the Sun Moon Empire members here?

"Both sides step back," the Heavenly Fiend Douluo repeated habitually.

Meng Hongchen had calmed herself down and stepped back with a composed expression.

With the referee's command, the two simultaneously summoned their martial souls. Ji Lin's hand produced the Heavenly Fire Judgment, with four soul rings—one yellow, two purple, and one black—revolving around him.

A pure white ice toad appeared on Meng Hongchen's shoulder, and five soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—emerged on his body.

Facing Ji Lin, Meng Hongchen knew that her poison would be ineffective. She also knew that extreme ice and extreme fire naturally countered poison soul masters, so she directly used her soul tool.

Ice-blue light shone simultaneously from thirteen places on her body: her forehead, shoulders, chest, elbows, lower abdomen, hips, knees, and hands.

The thirteen clusters of icy blue light quickly transformed into an exquisite icy blue armor that protected Meng Hongchen's entire body.

Although her armor was full suit, it didn't look bulky or redundant at all. Every part was exquisitely crafted, with magnificent blue and gold patterns on the armor. The already beautiful Meng Hongchen looked even more heroic and valiant in this armor, like a Valkyrie in the snow.

A pair of icy blue longswords extended from her hands, each three feet long and slender. Behind her, three pairs of wings, each only a foot long, unfurled simultaneously. The mere sight of her clad in this soul-guided armor emanated a chilling aura.

This is a full-body armor set made of level six soul tools, complete with weapons and a flying soul tool. Furthermore, it is a level six soul tool set that can be worn and used by level five soul masters.

This is a complete set of level-six soul tools tailor-made for her by her grandfather, Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall, the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and a level-nine soul master of level ninety-four. This is a privilege that even her brother Xiao Hongchen did not receive.

With a flash, Meng Hongchen rushed towards Ji Lin, her ice-blue twin swords slicing through the air. Two ice-blue lights appeared in mid-air like lightning, crossing into a cross-shaped blade of light that flew towards Ji Lin.

(End of this chapter)