In the Name of the Team

Tang San scratched his head guiltily, then received an angry glare from Yu Xiaogang.

However, Su Xiao still had a chance. The flight effect of Oscar's Daydreaming Mushroom Sausage was about to end.

As long as he could eliminate Ning Rongrong in that instant, without the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's boosts, defeating the remaining six would not be difficult.

"First Soul Skill, Holy Light Dragon Claw."

Su Xiao repeated his old tactic, firing another wide barrage of arrows with the aim of scattering Dai Mubai and the others' formation.

"First Soul Skill, White Tiger Protective Barrier."

A pale shield of light appeared around Dai Mubai's body as he charged straight at Su Xiao through the arrow barrage.

"Second Soul Skill, Netherworld Hundred Slashes."

"Third Soul Skill, Teleportation."

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's Soul Skills were better suited for close combat, so they had no need to fear Su Xiao's attacks.

As for the remaining four, with Ning Rongrong's boosts, they could naturally evade again.

"You fell for it." A faint smile curved Su Xiao's lips, his expression one of triumph.

Dai Mubai and the others' responses had all been within his expectations. Their originally tight formation had been completely split apart.

"Dragonification. Holy Light attribute increased by one hundred percent, attack power increased by one hundred percent."

A layer of pale golden dragon scales gradually covered Su Xiao's right hand, extending all the way up his forearm until it had completely transformed into a dragon claw.

By then, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu had already surrounded Su Xiao from three directions, leaving him no route of retreat.

Su Xiao's dragon claw collided with Dai Mubai's tiger palm. Just as Dai Mubai thought he could finally have a satisfying fight with Su Xiao again, he felt his body freeze for a second.

Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon

Dai Mubai exerted force through his tiger palm, but Su Xiao vaulted into the air, stepped on Dai Mubai's shoulder, and kicked off hard, charging toward Ning Rongrong.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's attacks missed as well. It all happened in the blink of an eye, just as the effect of Oscar's Soaring Mushroom Sausage ended.

Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Meng Yiran were slowly descending. With nothing to push off from in midair, they had no way to evade Su Xiao's attack.

"First Soul Skill, Phoenix Firewire."

Ma Hongjun spat out flames in an attempt to salvage the situation, but it was too late. His attack could not stop Su Xiao at all.

The Holy Light Divine Dragon Transformation had already condensed a golden spear, greatly increasing Su Xiao's attack range and accuracy.

But at that moment, Su Xiao involuntarily noticed Ning Rongrong's helpless expression.

Heh, I must look terrifying to this girl right now. Su Xiao mocked himself inwardly.

That moment of hesitation slowed Su Xiao's attack by perhaps half a second. Then he felt numbness and restraint spreading through his feet.

"Third Soul Skill, Heavenly Net."

Meng Yiran's Thousand-Year Soul Ring shone with dazzling light. A massive purple net had appeared beneath Su Xiao's feet, completely restricting his movements.

"Everyone, stop! With such terrible performances, all you deserve is punishment!" Yu Xiaogang suddenly rebuked them.

Everyone withdrew their martial souls. They knew full well that they had made far too many mistakes in this match.

Yu Xiaogang then pointed out each of their errors. "Dai Mubai, is mindless attacking the only way you know how to fight?

Ma Hongjun, when Oscar and Ning Rongrong were descending, why didn't you protect them immediately?

And Su Xiao and Tang San, the hesitation in your hearts is your greatest weakness! You have disappointed me greatly!

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar performed adequately.

Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran's Soul Skills, however, gave me a great surprise."

Yu Xiaogang then led everyone to the entrance of Shrek Academy.

"This is your punishment, you so-called monster geniuses. Carry these weights without using Soul Power, and reach Suotuo City before nightfall."

Su Xiao and the others had no complaints. They found the baskets marked with their names, filled with weighted stones, and set off in the direction of Devil Road.

On Devil Road, Tang San explained that this was Master's test of their ability to function as a group.

In other words, they were expected to help one another make it through Devil Road. That was also why each of them carried a different amount of weight.

"Let me make this clear first, I'm not carrying Su Xiao's load!" Ma Hongjun declared firmly.

Tang San and the other seven all looked at Su Xiao's burden. His basket was clearly larger than everyone else's and packed full of stones. Its weight was equivalent to ten times that of Ning Rongrong's, the lightest load among them.

"Master, you really are strict with me." Su Xiao complained from afar.

Even so, before the sun set, the nine of them saw Yu Xiaogang waiting early at the west gate of Suotuo City.

"Master, we succeeded!" Tang San said, his expression filled with determination and exhaustion.

The next second, Tang San and the other seven collapsed to the ground from fatigue.

Only Su Xiao remained standing. Though he too was gasping heavily and bracing his hands against his knees, sweat continually rolled down the side of his face and dripped onto the ground.

Besides his own burden, he had also taken on part of Ning Rongrong's, Oscar's, and Zhu Zhuqing's loads.

At that moment, Flender and Zhao Wuji appeared as well. With a wicked grin, Flender said, "Lao Zhao, you owe me one hundred Gold Soul Coins. I told you that little weight wouldn't reach Su Xiao's limit."

Zhao Wuji did not seem distressed at all as he generously handed the Gold Coins to Flender. "Su Xiao, you're something else, kid. Looks like I, Lao Zhao, underestimated you."

Yu Xiaogang smiled in satisfaction, his eyes also filled with anticipation.

"The true power of a team."