Heavenly Net

"All right, don't overthink it. How are your injuries?" Zhou Yi asked, rubbing her forehead.

"I'm mostly better already. It's just that Luo Ling and Wanwan are worried and won't let me fight." Huo Yuxi held the Soul Devouring Spider, looking rather helpless.

Zhou Yi smiled. "What kind of mentality is that? You've been injured so many times, yet you've actually become addicted to fighting?"

It made her sound like some kind of masochist, and Huo Yuxi's face flushed red.

"All right, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Go get something to eat first, then get some proper rest. You still have a match this afternoon."

"Goodbye, Teacher."

Huo Yuxi went to the cafeteria. After eating, she packed an extra serving of plain porridge and brought it back to the dormitory for Xiao Xiao to eat when she woke up.

Perhaps their luck was terrible. That afternoon, Huo Yuxi's team ran into Huang Chutian's team.

It was the very team that had made Huo Yuhao and the others consider trying a Martial Soul Fusion Skill last time. The three girls immediately felt their heads ache.

The two sides were about evenly matched. Their opponents had three two-ring Soul Masters, along with the advantage of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. This would be a difficult battle!

This time, Luo Ling and Lu Wanwan did not stop Huo Yuxi. Instead, they let her take the lead in attacking again.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo were identical twins, their delicate little faces exactly alike. The burly boy standing before them was clearly their captain, Huang Chutian.

Once both sides had taken their positions, the proctor called out, "Match begin."

Both sides swiftly unleashed their martial souls. Huang Chutian let out a roar and pounded his chest like a gorilla. Once his martial soul was released, his five-foot frame shot up to nearly six feet, and his swelling muscles burst his clothes into tatters.

Huo Yuxi stood upright. She opened her hands, and the doll spider transformed into its martial soul form, hovering in midair. One yellow and two purple soul rings began to pulse around her.

Knowing this opponent would be difficult to handle, she chose to strike immediately. "First soul skill, Gui Yan Blade."

Eight wind blades formed a circle and spun toward Huang Chutian. The pressure they generated surged outward, lifting Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's long blue hair.

Huang Chutian shouted, crossing his arms before his chest as he strode forward to meet Huo Yuxi's attack head-on.

"Roar!"

A powerful aura erupted from him, forcing Huo Yuxi two steps back. As expected of the Great Strength Ape martial soul, known for its bronze skin and iron bones. She had expected that she might not injure him, but she had not anticipated something this absurd—not even his skin had been broken.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo saw this and began to move as well. The sisters clasped hands, and powerful Soul Power fluctuations burst from their bodies.

Their blue hair scattered through the air and grew longer and longer, reaching roughly thirty feet as it spread across the entire arena.

"First soul skill, Step by Step Bloom."

The lotus flowers created by Lu Wanwan's first soul skill hid beneath the hair. Whenever the two came into contact, explosions rang across the stage. The irritating strands were shredded completely, yet they quickly grew back.

They knew this could not continue, but they could not think of another solution for the moment.

Huo Yuxi stared at the troublesome hair and used Heart Separation Control to manipulate her blades, attempting to cut through the obstructing strands.

During their previous conversation with Huo Yuhao's group, she had learned that Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's martial souls were hair. Curious, she had asked about some details of their fighting methods. Looking back, it truly was fate.

The Gui Yan Blades carried corrosive poison. Sure enough, once the severed strands were contaminated by it, they did not grow back.

Seeing all three girls entangled by the hair, Huang Chutian hurriedly blasted away the bothersome blades and seized the chance to launch his soul skill, Power Cannon Hammer.

He smashed both fists toward Huo Yuxi. A sphere of light condensed from yellow radiance blasted out from where his fists met.

The hair around Huo Yuxi had already been mostly cut away. Sensing danger, she quickly twisted aside to dodge.

However, the light sphere had a locking effect. No matter how Huo Yuxi dodged, it adjusted its direction in time and continued pursuing her.

A thought flashed through her mind. She turned and began circling Huang Chutian. Once he started growing impatient, Huo Yuxi looped behind him, then sprang forward in a flying leap.

Huang Chutian realized something was wrong and hurriedly rolled to the side. Still, he was a step too slow. The light sphere struck his arm.

"Boom."

Huo Yuxi was blasted several yards backward. Once the dust settled, the ground was littered with shattered strands of hair, while Huang Chutian had suffered only a minor injury.

At that moment, Huo Yuxi's expression turned grave. Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo had clearly been focusing on dealing with Lu Wanwan and Luo Ling just moments ago.

Yet they had reacted so quickly, splitting their attention to control their hair and form a protective barrier around Huang Chutian.

Luo Ling was no pushover either. She swiftly unleashed her second soul skill. Calm, wave-free seawater began to flow, seeming completely harmless.

Only Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who faced it directly, were horrified by the terrifying power hidden within.

The seemingly tranquil seawater moved incredibly fast, reaching them in the blink of an eye. It was already too late to use their second soul skill, because they had no time to charge it.

The two exchanged a glance. The Soul Power fluctuations around them vanished, and their soul rings dissipated in an instant.

Everyone else looked confused, but Huo Yuxi alone knew what they were doing. "Luo Ling, Wanwan, be careful."

"Whoosh."

An aura no weaker than that of a Soul Elder erupted. Deep blue light flashed, concealing their figures within it.

Fine strands of hair rose once more, just as slender as before, but their color was now more crystalline and translucent, giving off an entirely different feeling.

The seawater was easily blocked outside and diverted to both sides. Luo Ling hurriedly dodged the sweeping hair.

At the same time, the hair behind the twins' heads began intertwining, weaving into a giant net that descended upon Lu Wanwan.

Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net!

"Wanwan!"

Luo Ling wanted to pull Lu Wanwan behind her, but Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo were both control-type soul masters. With their dual control working in tandem and enhanced by the connection between twins, their control had reached an extremely high level.

Some of the strands tangled Luo Ling's feet, while the hair net successfully enveloped Lu Wanwan, curling into a cocoon.

Wrapped within it, Lu Wanwan pondered briefly before trying to attack the inner cocoon with Soul Power. She discovered that a layer of Soul Power covered the outside of the hair, completely reflecting her attack back at her.

Not only that, the hair was gradually tightening. The air inside was also becoming thin, making it hard for her to breathe or think.

Huo Yuxi tried the method from before, but it failed. After the twins fused their martial souls, every aspect of their hair had been enhanced.

Whether in elasticity or toughness, it was far beyond what it had been moments ago.

On top of that, Huang Chutian joined in. He let out a low roar and suddenly lunged at Huo Yuxi.

The situation was already spiraling out of control. Even Zhou Yi, watching from the elevated platform, could not help worrying for them.

In the previous match, Huo Yuhao and his team had won entirely because of his Mental Impact. But now...

"Luo Ling."

The moment Huo Yuxi spoke, Luo Ling immediately guessed her plan. She struggled with all her strength to break free from the hair's restraint, flashing forward to block Huang Chutian's attack.

Huo Yuxi closed her eyes. A golden spider pattern lit up between her brows. The Soul Devouring Spider hovered before her as Soul Power began circulating madly around it. Her three conspicuous soul rings spun tightly around the girl and spider.

"Crack."

Her first and second soul rings suddenly shattered, recombining into a rapidly spinning orange-gold ring before finally forming eight exquisite, slender solid flying daggers.