Emperor Xue Ye's voice, amplified by his soul power, echoed throughout the arena.
He stood at the forefront of the VIP seats, preventing the referee from interrupting the match.
He couldn't allow outsiders to interfere with such a tense competition.
The hesitant referee, seeing the Emperor's command, immediately raised his hand to announce the outcome of the duel.
At the same moment, Chi Huo Academy's third competitor, Huo Yu, had already reached the edge of the arena.
Without waiting for the staff to assist, he personally dragged the fallen Ling Yun off the stage, and then, without hesitation, stepped into the arena.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Crane's Cry Ascends the Heavens!"
Upon entering, Huo Yu erupted with scorching flames, and immense fire-attributed energy surged forth, enveloping him in a dense sphere of fire.
From Ling Yun's defeat to Huo Yu's entrance, there was barely any pause.
The distance between Feng Xiaotian and the edge of the arena was further increased by Ling Yun's outburst, and this combination granted Huo Yu valuable time to unleash his attack.
Watching Huo Yu covered in high-density flame energy, Feng Xiaotian knew he was somewhat late, and immediately changed his strategy.
The third soul ring behind him lit up.
"Third Soul Skill, Gale Wings!"
Giant azure wings extended from his back, and his body immediately ascended from the ground, soaring to a height of dozens of meters in the blink of an eye.
He hovered in mid-air, observing the situation on the ground, without贸然 advancing.
Although Feng Xiaotian was a step behind, he condensed his wings faster than Huo Yu, but Huo Yu wasn't slow either.
The oval egg formed by flames split open in the middle, and two enormous crane wings unfolded, revealing the crane's body within.
The lifelike crane's head tilted slightly, and its eyes shone with human-like intelligence, locking onto Feng Xiaotian in the sky.
This gaze alone caused Feng Xiaotian's vigilance to reach its peak.
However, the newly formed fire crane flapped its wings, and its slender legs powerfully pushed off the ground, unleashing astonishing speed as it charged towards Feng Xiaotian.
The massive difference in size made Feng Xiaotian's figure appear small.
The pressure and speed brought by the fire crane were indeed astonishing, but compared to the explosive power of the Fire Star Ray, it was far from being beyond Feng Xiaotian's ability to react.
Seeing the fire crane rapidly approaching, his arm muscles tensed, and the six claw blades, with their sharpness greatly reduced, once again condensed a Zhang of azure light.
This time, under Feng Xiaotian's control, the azure light shot out from his claws, transforming into six flying blades attacking the fire crane.
The six azure light blades once again converged into two longer, thinner wind blades during their flight, attacking the fire crane with extreme cutting force.
A thousand-year-level soul skill, amplified by the soul power of a Soul Emperor and excellent control, increased its power to that of a ten-thousand-year skill.
Faced with this attack, the fire crane's pupils contracted, and its enormous blades swung forward with astonishing speed.
The edges of the wing blades drew a cross of sharp crimson sword energy, precisely striking the two wind blades at a speed no less than that of the wind blades.
In the fire crane state, the crane blades unleashed were several times stronger in terms of speed, power, and inherent strength compared to the fleshy body state.
At this moment, the crane blades swung by the fire crane were equally powerful as a typical ten-thousand-year single target attack skill.
The crimson crane blades collided with the wind blades, and the thin wind blades carried tremendous impact.
At the moment of impact, the fire crane's momentum faltered.
However, the crane blades showed no signs of damage, exhibiting an extremely resilient state.
Huo Yu, inside the fire crane, felt the pressure on his wings and truly experienced Feng Xiaotian's strength.
However, at least in this attack, it did not bear an irresistible force.
Huo Yu sensed the violent power contained within the wind blades through the perception of his wings.
The wind force perception that he had diligently cultivated played a significant role at this moment.
Huo Yu made subtle adjustments to the angle of his wings, and the wind blades, guided by the crane blades, violently rubbed against the blades and flew towards the sides of the fire crane's body.
Huo Yu did not choose to resist head-on, but instead, cleverly used the direction of the wind blades' force to guide them away.
This allowed Huo Yu's body to continue flying towards Feng Xiaotian without being greatly affected.
A look of surprise flashed in Feng Xiaotian's eyes, although this move was more of a probing attempt, not everyone could block it.
He didn't expect Huo Yu to use such a technique of deflecting force with minimal effort, passing through the wind blade's attack almost unscathed.
The fire crane's figure was close at hand, and after flinging away the wind blades, the two crane blades came slashing towards him at an even faster speed.
Seeing the accelerated blades, a familiar feeling immediately surfaced in Feng Xiaotian's mind.
He was very familiar with Huo Yu's maneuver.
Because it had the same effect as his proud continuous slash technique.
When Huo Yu caught the wind blades, it was not only to defend against the attack, but he also had a purpose to use the power of the wind blades to further accelerate his own crane blades.
He knew that he could not compete with Feng Xiaotian on his own, but if he borrowed Feng Xiaotian's own power, he would have a chance to catch up with Feng Xiaotian.
Feng Xiaotian watched Huo Yu use the continuous slash technique, wielding his blades to attack him, and his expression finally became serious.
As the originator of the continuous slash skill, he knew best the terror of this skill.
Don't underestimate the limited speed increase of the crane blades now, but once Huo Yu continues to accumulate more slashes, its power will stack to a terrifying level.
"However, you seem to have forgotten that I have been practicing continuous slashes for much longer than you.
Are you sure you want to fight me in this way?"
The corners of Feng Xiaotian's mouth curled up in a sinister smile, and his arms quickly adhered to the giant wings on both sides, instantly merging the wings with his arms into one.
The azure wings vibrated, and Feng Xiaotian himself transformed into an incomparably sharp azure giant blade, colliding with Huo Yu's wings.
"Clang!"
A huge clang sounded in the collision between the two.
The brief pause caused by the violent collision allowed people to see the state of the two.
This time, even though Huo Yu had stacked the power of Feng Xiaotian's own attack, he was still blocked by his single azure wing from the dual attack of his two wings.
Whether it was power or precision, Feng Xiaotian demonstrated his superb skills and mastery of the continuous slash skill.
The two figures, one red and one azure, immediately separated after the first collision, and then, at a speed exceeding the previous strike, collided again in the upper air of the arena's center.
"Clang!"
A metallic impact sound, even sharper than the last, was transmitted outside the arena.
One man and one crane, in the process of continuous acceleration, gradually blurred, leaving only the flashing blades constantly colliding in high-speed operation.
