Deception upon deception

"Tsk, why do you have to bring up such a sore spot, you fatso? Are you looking for a beating?"

Xiao Wu shook her fist at Ma Hongjun, clearly annoyed that he had reopened her wound.

The reason she Flash in the Star Dou Great Forest was entirely because she encountered Er Ming. As a result, after returning, she was not only scolded by Chen Feng and Tang San, but Ma Hongjun also kept making fun of her about it.

After that incident, she had already toned it down considerably and rarely Flash any signs of being agitated anymore.

Xiao Wu even rarely uses Flash anymore, because she originally acquired the Flash Soul Skill mainly to get closer to enemies. After being prohibited from jumping into enemy lines, the Frequency of Flash usage naturally decreased significantly.

As for the intended use of Flash, which is to avoid the opponent's threat, Xiao Wu doesn't really need it, because the opponents in the Spirit Fighting Arena are not very able to withstand her firepower.

Even if someone gets close to her, the one who should be worried is her opponent, not Xiao Wu.

After all, Chen Feng and Tang San only prohibited her from using the Flash to jump into the enemy's face, but they didn't say she was completely forbidden from close combat. This allowed Xiao Wu to frequently use the baiting tactic to lure her opponents over and beat them up.

Ma Hongjun puffed out his chest, a little smug. "Young Master Jun, I'm clearly not fat anymore. You should call me Phoenix, or call me handsome, I can accept that too."

"Besides, we're almost at the Soul Ancestor now, Jade Rabbit, you're no match for me, you can't beat me anymore."

"Alright, alright, let's have a go at it then, let me see what kind of person you really are." Xiao Wu was amused by Ma Hongjun's arrogant attitude.

Just as Ma Hongjun was about to tease them a bit more, the Grand Soul Arena announced that the team battle was about to begin, with the two sides being the Hydra Team and the Heavenly Dou Royal Team.

The participants and spectators then separated and headed to the Soul Fighting Arena.

The two teams took their positions on the stage. Without much small talk, the host announced the start of the Soul Fighting.

At the same moment, both the Hydra Team and the Heaven Dou Royal Team released their Martial Soul.

As various lights flashed, the Soul Power levels of both sides were clearly visible.

To the audience's surprise, this recently emerging Hydra Team, like the Heaven Dou Royal Team, had a lineup of two Soul Ancestor leading five Soul Elder.

Chen Feng narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Tang Ying, who was holding a large purple bow.

When facing that Level 40 team from the duchy last time, Tang Ying didn't even release his Martial Soul; he just stayed in the back and did nothing.

However, this time when facing them, Tang Ying used his Purple Splendor Bow Martial Soul, clearly showing that he was wary of the Hydra Team's strength.

This indicates that during the month or so that Chen Feng and his group emerged, the Heaven Dou Royal Team had likely noticed their existence, gathered some intelligence about them, and attached great importance to the Hydra Team composed of Chen Feng and his group.

Indeed, Tang Ying was no longer the leisurely man he had been before. He held the Purple Splendor Bow and stared intently at a girl with Scorpion Braid opposite him, whom he saw as a great threat.

Tang Ying's discovery of Xiao Wu was not a coincidence, but rather a result of a reminder from team leader Qin Ming.

Qin Ming told him that a very powerful archer had appeared in the Great Soul Arena. After careful observation, Tang Ying found that this was indeed the case. The girl with the Scorpion Braid was on par with Tang Ying in terms of both the accuracy and power of her attacks, and was even slightly better.

Moreover, the girl with the Lion Martial Soul on the other side had also encountered the Shi Brothers. She was said to be quite strong and capable of breaking through the impenetrable wall formed by the Shi Brothers.

Therefore, Qin Ming allowed Tang Ying to act freely in this Team Battle, believing it to be a good opportunity for Tang Ying to hone her Team Battle.

In the spectator area, a brown-haired young man wearing glasses watched the two sides on the Soul Fighting stage with a slight smile on his face.

"Dean Flanders, let me see what these junior students are capable of."

On stage, the moment Oscar released his Martial Soul, he quickly distributed the Flying Mushroom to his teammates.

Meanwhile, the Heaven Dou Royal Team was not to be outdone. Dugu Yan began to recklessly spray Poison Water, but her eyes were fixed on the sword in Chen Feng's hand.

Grandpa said that the young man's Martial Soul is a sword, and there are black and white patterns on the Sword Guard. Could it be him?

Chen Feng noticed Dugu Yan's gaze. He wasn't sure if she recognized him, but even if she did, the Team Battle had to be finished today.

He didn't charge in directly with "Shunatsu" because, judging from the turtle-like formation on the other side, he would most likely not be able to get out if he charged in, and it was unlikely that he would achieve much.

When Dugu Yan sprayed the Poison Water, Tang San did not react immediately.

He wanted to wait until Dugu Yan had spread the Poison Water far enough before clearing a field for his teammates, which would deplete Dugu Yan's Soul Power.

Only when Dugu Yan controlled the Poison Water to spread in this direction did Tang San take countermeasures.

He pressed one hand against the ground, and countless green plants sprouted from the ground and spread out in front of him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dai Mubai rushed forward and clashed with Yu Tianheng on the opposite side. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and the White Tiger Martial Soul met, determined to fight to the death.

However, just when Yu Tianheng thought Dai Mubai would have a passionate one-on-one fight with him, Gu Yue Ling rushed over at that moment, directly launching a righteous two-on-one battle.

Upon seeing this, Osler, who was behind, transformed into a Shadow Strike Gu Yue Ling. Gu Yue Ling turned around and engaged him in battle.

"Huh?" Dugu Yan raised an eyebrow. This was the first time she had encountered Soul Fighting opponent like herself who could change the battlefield environment.

"It does impose some limitations on me, but my Poison Water is not that simple."

Dugu Yan smiled slightly, and the Poison Water that had spread on the ground immediately flowed back and contracted towards Yu Tianheng's location.

This scene puzzled Tang San. Was Dugu Yan about to start a fight among themselves?

However, his doubts were quickly resolved. As the lush green Poison Water rapidly contracted towards Yu Tianheng, its color began to subtly change to red.

The red Poison Water spread up Yu Tianheng's legs and quickly seeped into his body.

The next moment, a faint red light appeared in his eyes, and his aura increased significantly with every move he made. Dai Mubai also felt the pressure from his opponent suddenly increase.

"Crimson Phosphorus Poison' really be used like this? It seems Dugu Yan has truly become a Water Viper," Chen Feng muttered to himself, before charging towards Dugu Yan without any hesitation.

Dugu Yan chuckled and quickly retreated. Just as Chen Feng thrust his sword at her, a black shield blocked Dugu Yan path.

"Clang!" The sword and shield clashed, producing a metallic clang.

Chen Feng changed from a thrust to a slash, but the shield merely trembled slightly, deflecting his attack.

He glanced at the Shi Mo opposite him and the Shi Mo behind him. At this moment, the Shi Brothers had a piece of black metal on their chests, clearly having become conjoined twins capable of sharing attacks.

Chen Feng continued to wield his sword, while Shi Mo defended flawlessly, resulting in a stalemate between the two.

As the Vanguard began their battle, the archers' duel also commenced.

Several Moon Blade flew from Xiao Wu's hand, heading towards the rear of the Heaven Dou Royal Team, but were blocked by Shi Mo, who was stationed at the rear.

Bai Chenxiang also took flight, scattering feathers from the Airborne towards the back row of her opponents.

Tang Ying drew back the Purple Splendor Bow and aimed it at Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu showed no intention of dodging and continued to maintain a high density of firepower.

Seeing this, Tang Ying frowned slightly. He moved the bow in his hand from Xiao Wu's chest to her shoulder and then released the bowstring.

As a beam of yellow light shot out rapidly, Tang Ying's three Soul Ring quietly turned into two.

When she saw the yellow light approaching, Xiao Wu revealed a sly smile.

A purple Soul Ring on her body lit up, and her figure instantly disappeared from the spot, appearing in another place closer to Tang Ying.

"Flash!?" Tang Ying's face showed surprise. He had watched Xiao Wu's Soul Fighting Battle before and had never seen her use this Soul Skill.

Could it be that this girl has never used her full strength in the Soul Fighting?

"Hehe, I tricked them out of an arrow." Xiao Wu launched another attack on the back row of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

Tang Ying snorted coldly and shot another arrow, but Xiao Wu, who had been on guard against his movements, reacted quickly and dodged it.

However, when she looked back, she was surprised to find that Tang Ying's Soul Ring had not decreased any further.

What's going on? Wasn't it supposed to be using Soul Ring as arrows? Xiao Wu wondered.

"You're not the only one who can lie," Tang Ying said with a smile.

That's right, for his Purple Splendor Bow to unleash a truly powerful attack, it must use Soul Ring as arrows.

Logically speaking, this kind of Martial Soul has many limitations and is not suitable for participating in Soul Fighting competitions, let alone joining the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

However, thanks to the Archer Theory proposed by the Biological Pioneer Chen Feng, Tang Ying found a technique for using the Purple Splendor Bow Martial Soul.

That was Deceptive Arrow.

According to Chen Feng's Archer Theory, Biological Spirit Master are the most suitable to become archers because they have the Foundation Ring, which allows them to directly release absorbed elemental energy to attack enemies through Energy Release.

While it's not impossible for Tool-Type Spirit Master to use this method of attack, their attack power is not ideal due to the lack of Foundation Ring, making them unsuitable as archers.

However, in Tang Ying's hands, this method of Energy Release served another purpose: to provide cover for his actual arrows.

Whether the attack power is ideal or not is not important. As long as it can interfere with the enemy's judgment and make them unable to distinguish between the harmless energy arrow and the threatening Soul Ring arrow, then Tang Ying can be considered successful.

His arrows fly at an extremely fast speed, so fast that it's no exaggeration to describe it as lightning fast, and this speed increases as his Soul Power increases.

If the enemy judges the authenticity of the arrow by observing Tang Ying's Soul Ring, then they will certainly not have enough time to dodge the arrow.

However, if the enemy is only focused on dodging arrows, they will be deceived and make a futile effort.

Generally speaking, Tang Ying would first shoot a real arrow to demonstrate its power to his opponent, telling them that they must dodge his arrow, otherwise being hit would at least result in serious injury.

Then he would begin to use fake arrows to deceive, hiding real arrows among the fake ones to launch a surprise attack.

The methods used are quite insidious, blurring the lines between truth and falsehood.

Through this method, Tang Ying defeated many opponents in the Academy and was eventually chosen by Qin Ming to be a member of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

As an archer, Xiao Wu quickly realized that Tang Ying was using Energy Release to deceive people, and immediately frowned deeply.

Because Tang Ying's arrows were too fast, it was impossible to dodge and observe the changes in the Soul Ring at the same time; one had to choose between being tricked and being shot.

Meanwhile, Chen Feng, who was entangled with Shi Mo, suddenly realized what the factor he had felt he had overlooked was.

It was his own Archer Theory.

Indeed, in Douluo Dalu 2, Tang Xiaolei could only use his Soul Ring as arrows; once he ran out, he had nothing left.

However, after Chen Feng proposed the Archer Theory, Tang Ying had a way to play a game of deception and trickery.

Given the extremely high speed of the arrows shot from the Purple Splendor Bow, theoretically, even after Tang Ying has fired countless arrows, his Soul Ring should remain completely still.

"Hiss~ Why is there a sixth guy here? Shouldn't it be a head-on 1v1 man-on-man battle? What kind of hero uses these dirty tactics?" Chen Feng thought to himself.

However, he completely overlooked the fact that he himself was the one who most loved using dirty tactics.

Unable to distinguish between the real and fake arrows, Xiao Wu could not use her Flash continuously, so she and Tang Ying were locked in a stalemate, neither daring to make any further moves.

Without the ability to Flash, Xiao Wu must concentrate fully on observing Tang Ying's movements in order to dodge his arrows.

As a result, she was unable to unleash her full power or pay attention to the status of Tang Ying's Soul Ring.

Therefore, the Shi Mo behind could focus a large portion of its attention on Bai Chenxiang, blocking the feathers she flung down.

At this point, the two sides seemed to be at a stalemate, but the stalemate was soon broken.

Osler, who was relying on his own speed to fight Gu Yue Ling, suddenly stumbled. An inconspicuous green plant had appeared under his feet.

Gu Yue Ling's eyes lit up. She had been worried about not being able to catch this slippery guy, and now a perfect opportunity had presented itself.

Without hesitation, she grabbed Osler's arm and then delivered a powerful punch to his forehead.

Suddenly, Osler felt a buzzing in his head, and he lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

After taking down one opponent, Gu Yue Ling ignored Yu Tianheng behind her and charged directly towards the back row of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

But the familiar Poison Water spread again, blocking Gu Yue Ling's path forward.

At the same time, Tang Ying, who was confronting Xiao Wu, swiftly shot an arrow. Gu Yue Ling immediately stopped, her body releasing golden light, and her fists, which were shrouded in the Golden Dragon Head, blocked in front of her.

What many people didn't notice was that Bai Chenxiang had unknowingly arrived above Gu Yue Ling.