The ice blade in Vladimir's hand had already shattered apart, while a gigantic wall of crystallized ice had formed around his body, freezing him in place. Within the ice crystal, Vladimir's entire face was flushed red, while his hands were raised high up, appearing as though he wanted to clamp down on the frightening axe. Furthermore, the flaming Heaven's Raising Axe appeared to be trapped between his palms and the ice crystal, causing it to sink deep into the ice.
Silence filled the entire stadium. Did he block it, or did he not? However, it seemed like the situation wasn't too favourable for Vladimir …
Before everyone could come back to their senses, Chen Fan
Clang clang …
BANG …
Following a massive bang, as well as the dust rising from the ground, the ice crystal was split into 2, before collapsing to the sides. Being frozen within, a large mouthful of blood spurted out from Vladimir's mouth, nose and ears.
Plop … his limp body fell straight onto the ground. At the same time, a muffled bang rang out, as the entire ground where Vladimir had fainted suddenly sunk down by a large circle.
Countless fissures started to spread out from the sunken ground, extending over half the stage.
Split into pieces!
The flaming Heaven's Raising Axe was still in an active state in Wang Zhong's hand. At this moment, it was at least twice as large as when it was condensed, while the blue flames present on its blade appeared to have become increasingly pure.
The flaming Heaven's Raising Axe did not move, as did Wang Zhong. Maintaining his stance of holding the axe with a single hand, he pressed it against Vladimir's body. Raising his head slightly, he closed his eyes, appearing as though he was reminiscing about the earlier moment.
Indeed, the blessing from the Sovereign of Flames had dissipated. However, what had unlocked for him was a completely different world. This was the true divinized fire attribute special ability! The perfect fusion of combat techniques and combat techniques had actually allowed him to reach such a realm of strength!
It was a pity that he did not have the chance to unleash his 5th chop. Vladimir's judgement was correct. If he was able to unleash his 5th chop, he would not be able to stop it, and would not be able to control the outcome.
A cool breeze blew past, mixing with the remaining bits of chilly air present in the stadium, causing a refreshing feeling to seep into his heart.
4th chop …
4th chop to kill 5 soldiers!
Watching from below the stage, Noriba's eyes were already completely devoid of the exuberant life force and courage to challenge. This was only the 4th chop … this was only the 4th chop …
A sliver of a smile finally appeared at the corner of Mo Wen's mouth. He really wanted to personally experience the 5th chop! This finals was finally going to be slightly interesting!
A deathly silence filled the entire stadium. The audience, the participants, the bigwigs in the viewing gallery, and even the various experts in the distant empires were all stunned. It was just an additional special ability, but in Wang Zhong's hands, its might had already reached an astonishing level.
"This is the strength of the Federation's elite?" In the palace of a foreign country, Solomon's gaze was like a torch. This was slightly beyond his expectations, regardless of whether it was the Ice Prince Vladimir or Wang Zhong.
Even in the Kaiser Empire, after undergoing the most cruel and cruel training, and experiencing the most despairing life and death situations, wanting to step through such a threshold while in the Casted Soul Stage was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Even in the Kaiser Empire, there were definitely less than a handful of such people.
"They're having a good fight." Enoch was chewing something. To him, his stomach was never full, and his biggest enemy was always his stomach.
Solomon laughed and did not comment.
As for the other empires …
On the streets of Tutankhamun, a little baldy rubbed his shiny head as he laughed. So it turned out that being happy for one's friends would make one incomparably happy. However, there were truly too many people in the Federation, to the point where there were so many people watching a fight.
When everyone turned their gazes back to the deathly silent stadium, everyone was already unable to use words to express the shock and astonishment in their hearts. In the end, it was Ruo Zhi who shouted out the name "All Mouthy King" with a trembling voice. However, his voice was transmitted through the loudspeaker, instantly igniting the hearts of countless people in the stadium, as well as the countless people watching the live broadcast via Skylink.
All Mouthy King ~ ~ ~
Under the Heavens ~ ~ ~
Wang Zhong! Wang Zhong! Wang Zhong! Wang Zhong!
Everyone had gone completely crazy, as this was simply an unbelievable spectacle! Vladimir had actually fallen! Wang Zhong had created yet another miracle! A god-like miracle! He had won once again!
The Tianjing squadron members were undoubtedly the most blessed and excited of all. Ma Dong and the others were already hugging each other in excitement. Every single one of them was alive and kicking. If they had wings, they would definitely be able to fly. Faced against such a powerful king of the northern regions, and such a frightening Ice Ruler, All Mouthy King was still All Mouthy King!
Invincible under the heavens!
The legend was still continuing! Even the Ice Prince, the king of the northern regions, and the ruler that was known to be omnipotent were utterly unable to stop him!
Carolyn, Gui Xinying, Divian, Bobo Torres … and the others all had deep shock and astonishment present in their eyes. They were unable to imagine such a Wang Zhong, and were also unable to understand how a "commoner" like him was truly omnipotent. What kind of willpower and determination did he have to endure? Despite having no one to share his burden, all he could do was to smile faintly!
In the viewing gallery, Mo Wen had already stood up. His applause was completely drowned out by the shouts and shrieks that blotted the skies. However, no one was able to drown out his high spirited fighting intent. In the past, he had treated this CHF as a training trip. Be it Vladimir, Carolyn or that All Mouthy King, all of them were just whetstones for him to hone his path.
Mo Wen thirsted for a fight with them. However, it was just a form of tempering and tempering himself. However, at this very moment, a slightly "uncertain" excitement gushed out from the depths of Mo Wen's heart.
Within the younger generation, he had already been a loner seeking defeat for far too long. Only people in his position would know how lonely, how lonely it was!
He hoped that there would be someone who could ignite his passion, causing him to feel uncertainty and terror. This was the driving force for him to advance forward, and also the prerequisite for his evolution!
This was the feeling of truly thirsting for combat! Uncontrollable, unpredictable, filled with danger and the unknown, causing people to tremble with excitement that came from deep within their bones, causing people to be unable to stop.
The match still had to continue. However, everyone could feel that Tianjing was only a step away from victory. This was the deterrence brought about by absolute strength, especially in the participant viewing gallery, where all of the experts were whispering to each other. Frankly speaking, they were more optimistic about Vladimir's chances. The soldiers of the northern regions were famous for being reliable. However, truthfully speaking, it wasn't that Vladimir wasn't strong, but that Wang Zhong was too strong, and didn't give him any way out.
Before the duel between Mo Wen and Carolyn yesterday, everyone had paid great attention to the difference between special abilities and techniques. Yesterday, they had already verified which was stronger and which was weaker. Today, it had clearly been verified even more clearly. Wang Zhong's special ability wasn't superior to Vladimir's. In fact, it was to the point of being completely suppressed. However, this was the strength of a skill-based soldier. As long as one was able to defend against special abilities, and cause their opponent's methods to fail time and time again, the superiority of a skill-based soldier would gradually become apparent.
This principle had always been used in the Casted Soul Stage.
Although Wang Zhong's fire attribute hadn't reached the level of a Ruler, it had basically reached the level of a Divine Transformation. This should be comparable to Vladimir's 5 Elements Constitution. This also meant that Vladimir was similarly unable to defeat Mo Wen. Although Mo Wen's 5 Elements Constitution might be able to deal with Wang Zhong's ice attribute, it was, after all, the most miraculous inner world. Once he was able to withstand it, Vladimir could only be defeated by the endless variations of a skill-based soldier.
When it came to variations, regardless of how one's special ability was used, it would never be able to match up to a skill-based soldier.
Naturally, special ability users would grow stronger in the Heroic Soul Stage and Heavenly Soul Stage. The stronger one's Soul Power was, the more powerful they would be able to control. If Wang Zhong, Mo Wen, Vladimir and Carolyn were to step into the Heroic Soul Stage at the same time, Wang Zhong and Mo Wen's increase in strength would be limited. However, for an Ice Dominator like Vladimir, he might be able to make a huge leap in his combat strength by three ranks the instant he stepped into the Heroic Soul Stage. This was something that skill-based soldiers would pale in comparison to.
Furthermore, there was an even greater problem, and that was that it would be even more difficult for skill-based soldiers to break through their bottlenecks. Although there might be no obstacles in the Heroic Soul Stage, the Heavenly Soul Stage … there were many geniuses in history that had walked the path of skill-based soldiers that had been trapped in that bottleneck, unable to achieve anything in their entire lives …
However, these were the thoughts of the unwilling special ability soldiers. This CHF seemed to be the world of skill-based soldiers, with all of the special ability users returning in low spirits. One had to know that in the past, it had always been the world of special ability soldiers.
The future was the future, while the present was the present. It was hard to imagine what kind of a showdown between kings would happen if Wang Zhong and Mo Wen were to meet up in the finals.
The 5th duel between both sides quietly came to an end amidst the chaotic and clamorous atmosphere in the stadium. Truthfully speaking, this duel wasn't the main point of this duel. Nevertheless, it was still an extremely important one for Tianjing. That's because Wang Zhong needed to rest. Although he had controlled this duel extremely well, Wang Zhong had almost reached the end.
However, this was indeed a calamity for the Grozny squadron. Despite their mainstay being in a rather complete state, an indescribable gigantic pressure had enveloped their hearts. This was especially true for Noriba, a super soldier that didn't know the meaning of cowardice. At this moment, an incomparably solemn expression was present on his face, while his mind was filled with thoughts of Wang Zhong's Heaven's Raising Slash. If one were to say that his opponents in the cage were brainless freaks, there was still another reason. However, the might of Wang Zhong's 4th chop in this duel was simply too frightening! Furthermore, he had yet to unleash his 5th chop …
Emily VS Leninski.
An assassin VS an assassin. Frankly speaking, there wasn't much worth watching in this duel. Be it the media, experts, or even the laymen in the audience, all of them didn't have a high degree of recognition towards Emily. Due to her being from the Assassin Family, people had assumed that this little loli assassin was Tianjing's number 3 seed. However, Barran and Scarlet's eruption had completely surpassed her. Not only in terms of strength, they had also surpassed her in terms of combat results and contributions to the squadron. Other than a battle of attrition against the Bierlia Academy, Emily didn't seem to have displayed the performance that a member of a first-rate aristocratic family should have.
Truthfully speaking, this was an injustice. Even an assassin as strong as Eddie had fallen in the 1st duel. Unless one was a freak like Wang Zhong or Mo Wen, combat results were still determined by the strength of one's opponent. Every single one of Tianjing's opponents were much stronger than the Assassin Family. However, it was a pity that the majority of the audience only cared about the outcome, and not the process.
On the contrary, her opponent, Leninski, had attracted the attention of a portion of people. The northern regions, which emphasized on ferocity and strength, did not have much interest in the occupation of assassins. The ice attribute special abilities that were commonly seen there didn't seem to be suitable for assassins. However, although there weren't any famous assassin aristocratic families, there were legendary assassins like Joseph, who had used facts to prove to people that ice attribute special abilities were similarly suitable for assassins in combat. Furthermore, this Leninski seemed to belong to the same path as Joseph.
This had become the only highlight of this duel. How would an ice attribute assassin fuse slaughter and ice attribute special abilities?
The answer was sluggishness. It was just a simple ice attribute sluggishness. Although it was merely a support skill, it was close to a godly skill for assassins. Emily, whose fundamentals were almost the same as her opponent, was affected by the sluggishness. Regardless of her movements or actions, she was more than a notch slower than her opponent. What's more sullen was that Emily's fire attribute special ability was seemingly suppressed in all aspects, while her opponent's special ability was clearly stronger.
This was within everyone's expectations. Nevertheless, Emily wasn't disturbed by the outside world. Her mission was to delay for as long as possible, and not to face her opponent head-on. Although her opponent's ice attribute special ability was able to suppress her fire attribute special ability, it was, after all, a fire attribute special ability. Therefore, the sluggishness wasn't completely effective. Most crucially, Leninski had been greatly affected by the previous duel, causing him to feel somewhat absent-minded. At the very least, his judgement and actions had been affected to a certain extent, causing him to lose his decisive killing and killing aura. In the end, Emily managed to delay for 16 minutes, before being defeated by Leninski.
Nevertheless, the little lass had already used her full strength to execute her strategy. Being able to do so on a top-class battlefield was already an improvement for her. The final score of the duel between the 2 squadrons was 3: 2.
Both squadrons entered the fixed period of rest before the group battle. The roughly half an hour of rest was enough for both squadrons to do some basic recuperation and strategizing. In the stadium and Skylink, countless people were currently discussing the upcoming group battle, with the greatest focus being on the lineup and injuries of both squadrons. The few key figures of both squadrons had paid an enormous price in the duel. For Vasilyevich's side, Vladimir's collapse was undoubtedly the most fatal blow.
However, with Vasilyevich's powerful foundation, who would dare to say that he would definitely be unable to recover? Similarly, Tianjing's side wasn't having a good time either. Being the absolute mainstays of the group battle, Grai and Barran had suffered rather serious injuries when they were carried off the stage. Therefore, the possibility of them being able to participate in the group battle was extremely low.
Therefore, the final deciding factor for victory was still Wang Zhong and Vladimir's condition. However, in summary, Wang Zhong, who had obtained some rest, should be more reliable than Vladimir. Now, it all depended on how much of Wang Zhong's recovery was. After all, he had stood and watched the 5th duel, while Vladimir had not shown his face ever since he was carried off the stage.
The buzzing noises rang out across the stadium, yet the Vasilyevich fans weren't restless. The people from the northern regions wouldn't give up that easily. It wasn't as if they didn't have the strength to fight in the group battle. Despite their king's fall, Vladimir was still Vladimir in the hearts of these people, the uncrowned king that the entire northern regions were loyal to. Regardless of whether he was strong or weak, win or lose, their loyalty would never waver in the slightest.
A hero wouldn't be judged by victory or defeat. This might be the greatest difference between the northern regions and the other regions of the Federation.
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