"What are you standing around for? Run!" Huo Yuhao grabbed Xiao Xiao with one hand and Wang Dong with the other, changed direction, and sprinted with all his might.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao instantly activated Mental Detection. Within its range, Ma Xiaotao saw the three of them change direction and unexpectedly changed course as well. In only a few moments, she had caught up to them.
Seeing that none of the three would escape at this rate, Huo Yuhao grabbed Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong and flung them away. He remained where he was, gathering all his spiritual power to form a mental attack.
But Huo Yuhao had been given too little time. He had no idea how long his mental attack could delay Ma Xiaotao. She had already rushed in front of him, and he could feel the tongues of flame scorching the air around him.
At that moment, Ma Xiaotao abruptly stopped. A trace of reason still remained in her seductive phoenix eyes, but it was rapidly being eroded by a bewitching pink hue. Her fiery red lips quickly uttered a soft, moaning sound. "Quick, Huo Yuhao, I can't hold on anymore. Hurry and use your spiritual power—"
Before she could finish speaking, the reason in Ma Xiaotao's phoenix eyes was completely consumed. A scorching wave of fire erupted in an instant, and at that very moment, Huo Yuhao's mental attack crashed into Ma Xiaotao's Sea of Consciousness.
Under the invisible, formless mental attack, Ma Xiaotao instantly lost the ability to maintain Martial Soul Possession. The flames around her dispersed, and the dizziness and roaring in her mind left her frozen in place.
Huo Yuhao knew he had spent too little time gathering his mental attack. Even if it could restrain a Soul Emperor, it would