Ye Changfeng glanced calmly at the teacher from Yongzhou University, then walked back to his own resting room.
Before Ye Changfeng could ask, Ma Ziqian hurriedly spoke.
[You recommended yourself faster than the others, Godspeed value +4]
"Let me do it," Long Guocheng said. "You're too hasty, running too fast, you might even run out of the ring without realizing it."
"I have a sense of proportion!" Ma Ziqian said, rubbing his hands together eagerly.
Xiang Beifei had been watching Yongzhou University's rest area. He had seen those five SR system interfaces and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Let Li Zimu go instead."
"Why?" Long Guocheng demanded, unconvinced.
Xiang Beifei explained, "In the early rounds, there's no need to reveal too much strength. All the schools are analyzing the students who go up, then strategizing on how to handle these students. It's not wise to send you two up."
"So sending Li Zimu is suitable? Are you looking down on Li Zimu or what?" Long Guocheng asked.
Li Zimu smiled and said, "He's not looking down on me, but because I have a variety of abilities that are hard to figure out, while your traits are too obvious."
Li Zimu himself was a very smart person; he understood what his role was when he went up.
Ma Ziqian fought using speed, Long Guocheng fought by glowing or glaring, almost wearing their abilities on their faces, which made them easy to guess by the experienced professors from the Martial Arts College.
But Li Zimu was different; he had the ability "Poetic Kill," where each verse was a power. Using one ability meant he still had others from the Poetry Realm, so even if one ability was analyzed by others, it wouldn't matter.
"Exactly, it's better for Li Zimu to go up this time, you guys can talk later." Ye Changfeng agreed.
Since Mr. Ye had spoken, Long Guocheng and Ma Ziqian had no choice but to stand down.
Li Zimu appeared on the platform, and Yongzhou University also sent up a male student.
[SR level, Splendid Rivers and Mountains System]
[Realm: Late Qi Mastery]
This system possessed the ability to change topography; he could turn an area into a valley, or a vast abyss, or even transform the land into a vast sea!
Of course, the larger the area changed, the more Spiritual Power it consumed. Currently his cultivation was only at the Qi Mastery stage, meaning he couldn't change too much terrain, but it was still possible within this hundred-meter ring.
"Yongzhou University, Di Sheng."
"Liangzhou University, Li Zimu."
Both sides still politely introduced themselves. They didn't talk much, and after stating their identities, they immediately entered the combat mode.
A strange aura spread from under Di Sheng's feet, and in the blink of an eye, the hundred-meter ring started to undergo bizarre transformations, the solid concrete floor cracking instantly. Scorching red-hot magma flowed through the cracks, emitting intense heat and occasionally splashing tiny sparks.
Di Sheng directly changed the terrain, turning the entire ring into his battlefield.
As the magma flowed vigorously, it spread under Li Zimu's feet, and the concrete under him was also melting, turning into boiling magma.
Li Zimu pondered for a moment, stepped on the ground, and then a wave of Spiritual Power spread from his footsteps, encircling him, containing the approaching magma.
But by now, the area around Li Zimu had turned into a magma world, bubbling and rolling with heat waves, distorting the air around. Only the less than one square meter of ground under his feet was still resisting the magma, and he stood like a rock in a sea of magma, at constant risk of being submerged.
Di Sheng stood on the magma, the summoned magma having no effect on him.
The magma, with its intense heat, was a real and present danger to anyone, and a mere slip could be enough to burn someone into a pile of char.
Di Sheng waved his hand, and the ground's magma surged up violently in a hot wave, forming a pillar of flames like a roaring Fire Snake, coiling towards Li Zimu.
Li Zimu, watching the roaring pillar of flames, remained calm. He leaped high into the air, dodging the assault of the flame column. However, as he jumped, the concrete ground where he had been standing was instantly devoured by the magma.
But as he rose into the air, a column of ice surged under Li Zimu's feet, supporting him, and in his hand appeared a sword formed from concentrated cold air.
The ice sword traced a thick streak of light in the air, striking the oncoming pillar of flames. The cold, white energy collided fiercely with the red column, causing the two vastly different energies to clash, and erupted into a powerful roar!
The strong light swept out, instantly illuminating the entire arena, invigorating everyone present!
So far, the fight between these two was the most eye-catching, with previous SRs engaging in close combat or ending their fights quickly due to system counteraction.
However, both Li Zimu and Di Sheng were skill-type Awakeners, their powers extremely formidable, manifesting various intercrossing glows upon their attacks.
The fiery magma and cold ice intertwined in the air, exploding into countless dried-up fragments, making the air constantly tremble from the clash between ice and magma.
"Amazing, Di Sheng is an Awakener with a magma-type system, right?"
"That must be the case, then Li Zimu is an Awakener with an ice-type system."
"I didn't expect two elemental type SRs to match up so perfectly."
The venue, previously subdued due to the incident with Hou Chengwu, quickly buzzed with excitement again, the students from Qingzhou University drawn by the formidable presence of the two fighters.
Only such battles were captivating enough for them.
The confrontation between ice and magma continuously exploded in the air, sending rolling energy waves throughout the venue.
Countless pillars of flame continually rose from the magma, and Di Sheng, taking advantage of the magma's cover, had already approached Li Zimu, placing a hand on the surging ice from Li Zimu.
A smirk of triumph appeared on his face.
Everyone thought he was a magma-type system Awakener, but they were completely mistaken!
His ability was not limited to controlling magma; he could actually control terrain, with magma terrain being just one aspect, including various ice mountains as well.
The ice that Li Zimu had condensed, touched by Di Sheng's spiritual power, seemed to be stripped of control in an instant, breaking away from his perception. Simultaneously, the ice turned around and stabbed back towards Li Zimu!
"A very peculiar ability."
Li Zimu frowned slightly, tossing the sword in his hand. The ice sword instantly transformed into countless shadows in the air, each shadow a sword of ice, glinting coldly, meeting the uncontrollable ice columns!
These ice fragments, interlocking with each other, clashed violently with the ice swords, shattering the ice columns. The icy debris scattered into the air, falling into the scorching magma and directly melting away.
Di Sheng, controlling Li Zimu's ice columns, continued to advance. Originally, the ice columns summoned by Li Zimu had turned into a tool for attacking Li Zimu himself. Li Zimu kept retreating, dodging his own ice columns.
His figure flickered, but he was facing not only the furious Di Sheng but also his uncontrollable ice columns, with various pillars of flame constantly rising behind him targeting him.
Li Zimu could only avoid them hastily, continually summoning his own ice columns to block the flame pillars, but the more he summoned ice columns, the more uncontrollable they became, giving Di Sheng more ice columns to control.
"You have nowhere to retreat!"
Di Sheng stood on Li Zimu's ice columns, looking down loyally at the frantic Li Zimu and chuckling.