Ling Luochen was currently following Zhou Huanyou to a fairly hot place. She instinctively frowned and looked ahead, only to see an extremely vast underground space before her. Above her was a gloomy rock wall, and beneath her feet the ground was rugged, filled everywhere with the scent of sulfur and burning.
The most eye-catching feature was the wide, churning river of magma ahead. The magma presented a blazing orange-red color, with bubbles constantly rolling on the surface. Every burst brought up a wave of scorching heat, and rolling thermal currents rose from the surface of the river.
Beneath Ling Luochen's feet was a bridge spanning the magma river. The bridge deck was built from some kind of dark grey stone. Although the surface looked quite sturdy, the heat emitted by the churning magma beneath the bridge still made her feel a wave of discomfort.
She lowered her head to glance at the rolling magma, shuddering inwardly; if she were to fall down... she feared her entire body would be completely done for on the spot.
Ling Luochen carefully felt the heat emitted by the magma again, then instinctively compared it with a certain someone.
She found that the heat of the flames here was probably much stronger than the Evil Fire of that fellow Ma Xiaotao.
Ling Luochen turned her head to look at Zhou Huanyou beside her and asked, "Teacher, what is my training content?"
In such a hot place, her Ultimate Ice Spirit would probably be suppressed quite a bit here... If the academy's arrangement was for her to completely fill and freeze this entire magma river before her... Thinking of this, Ling Luochen only felt her scalp go numb.
She took another glance at the endless magma river, crying out inwardly.
With this boundless magma, even if she drained all her Spirit Power, she probably wouldn't be able to freeze it, right?
However, Zhou Huanyou seemed to see through her thoughts and spoke in a calm tone. "Rest assured, you don't need to fill this magma."
Hearing this, Ling Luochen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed all over. Fortunately, she wasn't being asked to do such an outrageous thing.
"What you need to do next is to make sculptures using your ice-attribute Spirit."
Ling Luochen blinked, not reacting for a moment.
"Sculptures?"
Just making sculptures? So simple?
However, she quickly realized her naivety; how could making sculptures in a place like this be simple?
The high temperature emitted by this rolling magma was eroding everything around it at all times. The ice she condensed would probably melt by more than half as soon as it left her palm, let alone making any sculptures.
Right at this moment, the magma river below suddenly emitted a violent churning sound, followed by an orange-red fireball suddenly soaring into the sky from the magma. The fireball rapidly transformed in the air, finally turning into a bird burning with flames all over.
That flame bird was about half a meter in size, bringing up a wave of scorching airflow when its wings spread. Its body was completely condensed from pure flames.
Ling Luochen's pupils shrank slightly.
At the exact moment this flame bird appeared, Zhou Huanyou, standing beside her, suddenly raised one hand.
A crystal-clear ice crystal rapidly condensed in the palm of her hand, turning into an ice bird of the exact same size as the flame bird within a single breath.
Zhou Huanyou gave a gentle push, and that ice bird flew out from her palm, crashing straight towards the flame bird.
The two birds met in the air. The moment ice and fire collided, a crisp explosive sound rang out, followed by both simultaneously turning into tiny specks of light that dissipated into the air.
Watching this scene, Ling Luochen was completely dumbfounded.
She blankly stared at Zhou Huanyou's palm, which still retained wisps of chill, and then looked at the scattered points of light in the air, suddenly understanding something in her heart.
"Teacher... you mean..."
There was a hint of uncertainty in Ling Luochen's voice.
"You already understand, right? I'll leave the rest to you."
"This training has tremendous benefits for your control capabilities. If you can instantly condense ice into various shapes, then you won't need chicken-rib Spirit Abilities."
Hearing this, Ling Luochen couldn't help but be slightly startled.
She understood that Zhou Huanyou was pointing out her third Spirit, Ice Prison. This Spirit Ability was purely used for crowd control. If it were in the past, Ling Luochen would still be quite satisfied with this Spirit Ability, because after all, it was a powerful Control System Spirit Ability.
But after coming to this Shrek Academy, her horizons had broadened quite a bit.
She had witnessed Wu Changkong's application of Spirit Abilities, where even a mere First Spirit Skill could be played out in so many fancy ways.
If she could condense ice into any shape at will like Zhou Huanyou... then the Ice Prison would indeed become dispensable.
Ling Luochen took a deep breath and nodded.
"I understand."
Zhou Huanyou glanced at her and calmly said a sentence.
"Begin."
Just as her voice fell, Ling Luochen felt the environment beneath her feet abruptly change!
She lowered her head to look and found that the bridge deck beneath her feet had disappeared, replaced by a huge block of ice floating above the magma river.
That ice block presented a crystal-clear light blue, and water droplets constantly dripped from the edges, falling into the magma below and making a sizzling sound.
Beneath her feet was that rolling magma, causing the corners of Ling Luochen's mouth to twitch slightly.
There was nothing underneath this floating ice block; as long as she stepped slightly off center, she would fall directly into the magma.
This training... really doesn't leave one any retreat.
Before she had time to think much more, another flame bird suddenly emerged from the magma below.
It soared into the sky from the magma, then spread its wings, bringing a wave of scorching airflow straight towards Ling Luochen's direction!
Ling Luochen's pupils shrank violently. Without time to think more, she instinctively raised her hand, urging her Ultimate Ice Spirit, instantly condensing a sharp ice cone in her palm, and then fiercely hurled it towards that flame bird!
Swoosh!
The ice cone carried a cold light through the air, precisely hitting the chest of the flame bird!However, to Ling Luochen's surprise, the moment the ice cone contacted the flame bird, it let out a sizzling sound, then quickly melted and evaporated, turning into a cluster of white water vapor that dissipated in the air. Meanwhile, the flame bird's figure only paused slightly before continuing to pounce toward her!
Ling Luochen's expression changed abruptly.
No! The ice cone's attack method is useless against this thing!
She hurriedly dodged to the side. The flame bird brushed past her shoulder, then plunged headfirst into the magma beneath her feet, emitting a muffled explosion.
Before Ling Luochen could breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly felt a slight sinking beneath her feet.
Lowering her head to look, her expression immediately became ugly. The ice block beneath her feet had actually shrunk by a circle!
If a few more came, Ling Luochen's eyelids twitched. You must know that she could just feel the Spirit Power contained within that flame bird, and the Spirit Power within her own ice cone was clearly more than that of the flame bird, yet there was no way to eliminate that flame bird.
Suddenly, Zhou Huanyou's action from earlier flashed through her mind, and she suddenly understood: Zhou Huanyou did this precisely to train her ability to shape ice elements. Therefore, she had to achieve the exact same shaping as that flame bird.
The next moment, more flame birds quickly emerged from the magma. Ling Luochen couldn't help but grow nervous, and then began to control her Spirit.
"Ice Shaping Magic, Freezing Bird, condense!"
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