I'm Really Pissed Off Right Now!

After delivering her first blow, Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow realized she had failed to subdue Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella. Furthermore, Zhang Ping herself was somewhat intimidated by Zhou You, so she changed direction and set Xie Yue as her next target.

"Damn it!" Xie Yue couldn't withstand the sonic "bullets." When he saw Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow looking over, his scalp tingled, and he quickly began to move like a snake.

He had clearly discovered the Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow's weakness: as long as it wasn't given a chance to aim, it could dodge the sonic attack.

This is similar to the principle of dodging bullets; as long as you try your best to avoid the muzzle, you can greatly reduce the hit rate.

But will Sun Chuantao allow him to continue hiding like this?

When the Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow accelerates, it can only move in a straight line. This weakness is obvious to opponents, and as its teammate, he is certainly aware of it as well.

If Zhang Ping's Second Soul Skill could launch a supersonic attack under any circumstances, she could simply go on a rampage and kill everyone.

The purpose of a team is to compensate for the shortcomings of individual members.

Moreover, although Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow could not accelerate when changing direction, its movement speed was much faster than during the first ring stage. In order to avoid being targeted, Xie Yue could only be chased around.

In this situation, he found it somewhat difficult to deal with Sun Chuantao.

Sun Chuantao is also a cunning old fox. His Circular Ring Great Blade is not as strong as the Moon Blade, but his First Soul Skill is a remote control skill, which allows his Martial Soul to be used like Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow, attacking opponents from a distance.

There are also drawbacks. First, the range cannot be too far; it can only move within a radius of about 10 meters. Any further and the Circular Ring Great Blade will lose control. Second, it consumes a lot of Mental Power.

The skill of controlling the body out of the body consumes less Soul Power because it is not an energy attack, but relies more on Mental Power. This is why Sun Chuantao was so reluctant to part with the Eye of Truth when he made the deal with Zhou You.

If he had the Eye of Truth, his remote control capabilities could extend even further.

Now we can only pin our hopes on Xu Yu.

"Xiaoyu!"

"Understood!" Xu Yu withdrew the light from Zhang Ping and projected it onto Sun Chuantao.

Sun Chuantao suddenly felt his mind clear, as if his thoughts had grown a hand that could touch the world outside his brain.

This is Xu Yu's First Soul Skill— [Focus Light]

As Support System Soul Master, Xu Yu's First Soul Skill has a rather unique effect. Unlike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's Soul Skill, it doesn't unconditionally enhance a teammate's inherent attribute.

Instead, it extracts similar attributes from other teammates and adds them to the selected teammate, hence the name [Focus Light].

In other words, the enhancement of the Focus Light does not arise out of thin air, but is a process of "raising funds" from others and putting them into a "designated wallet".

This also means that when a designated person has a certain attribute enhanced, the corresponding attributes of other teammates will decrease, and the specific amount of decrease depends on how many draws Xu Yu has made.

The power of this Soul Skill lies in the fact that the attributes it enhances are not limited.

Xu Yu used Focus Light for the first time, he enhanced Li Kai's defense, which is why the latter was able to withstand Yan's savage charge. Yan was blocked not by Li Kai alone, but by the combined strength of the four of them.

However, at the same time, the defenses of the remaining three would become extremely vulnerable, which is why Xu Yu and Zhang Ping hid in the back, while Sun Chuantao only dared to remotely control the Circular Ring Great Blade to fight the enemy, because their defenses were as fragile as glass at this moment.

Xu Yu used his Soul Skill a second time, this time to enhance Zhang Ping's Mental Power. Faced with Hu Liena's [Charm], the combined Mental Power of the four of them was barely enough to withstand it.

This is because Zhang Ping is a girl, and therefore has a basic resistance to the allure of the same sex.

This is Xu Yu's third time using it, and he has also strengthened Sun Chuantao's Mental Power so that he can better remotely control the Martial Soul and cooperate with the Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow to strangle Xie Yue.

All of the above are conclusions drawn by Zhou You during his observation, but he believes his speculations are probably correct.

It has to be said that the opposing support player is quite something; no wonder he earned Sun Chuantao's trust at a mere level 19. The effect of that Soul Skill is extremely powerful.

If used properly, it can be even more valuable than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in certain tactical aspects.

However, it's not without its drawbacks. First, it can only strengthen one person at a time, and strengthening one person will weaken the abilities of other teammates.

Secondly, although Zhou You could not verify it yet, he guessed that Xu Yu's Soul Skill should have a limited range. As long as he left the area where the Soul Skill was effective, the Focus Light would lose contact with other teammates, rendering the Soul Skill ineffective.

Hu Liena stared at him in a daze, never expecting that he could analyze so much information so quickly.

So you weren't just lounging around here slacking off!

Zhou You looked at her with amusement. "What kind of image do I have in your heart?"

Hu Liena wrinkled her nose and snorted, "Anyway, he's not a good person!"

She then said urgently, "Are you just going to stand by and watch?"

"What? Are you worried that Xie Yue and Yan will lose?"

"... That's not what I meant." Despite her words, Hu Liena's brow remained furrowed, indicating that she wasn't as confident as she claimed.

She wasn't even aware that she was still in Zhou You's arms.

Zhou You ignored her and looked at the group of people still fighting. He thought to himself that this small group of four was indeed quite strong. Why weren't they mentioned in the original story?

At this moment, Li Kai was still gritting his teeth and enduring the beating. He was being pressed down and beaten by the enraged Yan, and he was almost powerless to fight back. His body was covered with wounds.

Surprisingly, he was able to persevere even without Xu Yu's assistance!

Has Yan's fist weakened?

That's not the case.

Zhou You could see clearly that Li Kai's Second Soul Ring was glowing at that moment.

He sensed the aura of the Soul Ring and a realization dawned on him.

"I see, this guy actually did hunt a Black-Horned Mountain Pig."

The Black-Horned Mountain Pig, Soul Beast, possesses a devastating skill: when it is wounded, it strengthens itself by the amount of blood it loses, until it dies or defeats its enemy.

This is practically trading lives for combat power!

It's just a gamble; there's no need to risk your life, is there?

He then looked at Sun Chuantao and saw that the guy was also covered in sweat, clearly very anxious, but there was nothing he could do; Xie Yue was too good at dodging!

His Circular Ring Great Blade, combined with Zhang Ping's Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow, chased Xie Yue for nearly ten minutes, yet they still couldn't catch him—it was simply unbelievable!

'This kid has gotten stronger again!' Sun Chuantao thought through gritted teeth.

In the past, Xie Yue would have been defeated by their combined forces long ago, and it would have been impossible for him to have lasted this long.

This cast a shadow over Sun Chuantao's heart, giving him a bad feeling.

Soon, the premonition came true.

Xie Yue, who was still running away, suddenly changed his footing. Without even looking, he slashed at the air with his backhand, having anticipated the trajectory of the Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow. The blade struck the annoying bird, sending it flying.

Then he made a sharp turn, jumped, and spun half a circle in mid-air, passing through the middle of the Circular Ring Great Blade and heading straight for Sun Chuantao.

--[Moon Blade Slash]!

Xie Yue's eyes were filled with hostility. He had been walked like a dog for so long, and now he was furious!