Hold Out Under Attack for an Incense Stick? Better Run First

Zhao Wuji rolled his shoulders.

A crackling sound like popping beans rang out continuously.

"I'll remind you now: don't try any tricks. No one can escape this area by relying on speed."

As soon as Zhao Wuji finished speaking, the System Voice rang out in Tang Lin's mind.

[System Choice triggered.]

[Current Ability System: as long as you Make a Choice, you can receive a reward.]

[Choice One: Actively display your strength and join the others in resisting Zhao Wuji for an Incense Stick. Reward: the lifespan of the next Soul Ring you obtain will increase by one thousand years.]

[Choice Two: Slack off during the battle, perform poorly, and cause everyone to fail after half an Incense Stick. Reward: physique enhancement, equivalent to increasing Soul Ring lifespan by five hundred years.]

[Choice Three: Do not fight Zhao Wuji at all—just run. Reward: Five Elements Evasion Technique.]

The System Choice had begun again.

Tang Lin carefully examined the options, analyzing and considering them.

Clearly, the second choice was the best.

That way, she could perfectly conceal her strength and avoid drawing attention.

But she really liked this Five Elements Evasion Technique.

She had no choice. The system was simply offering too much.

"Seven Treasures Turn Out Glazed Tile."

Ning Rongrong gracefully spun in place, and dazzling seven-colored light immediately burst from her body.

"The Seven Treasures have a name: first, Strength."

"The Seven Treasures have a name: second, Speed."

Her two Soul Rings flashed, and ten beams of light shot from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, swiftly enveloping the five of them.

Tang Lin instantly felt power fill every part of her body. At the same time, her steps became lighter, as if her body had lost all weight.

As expected of the number one Martial Soul of the Support System. Both speed and strength had increased by Thirty Percent.

"A Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master?"

Zhao Wuji laughed loudly, bent his Legs halfway, and slammed both fists into the ground.

With a dull boom, the earth shook violently.

A ring of earthen-yellow waves surged toward Tang San and the other four along with the trembling ground.

His intention was clear: take Ning Rongrong out first. Yet this was obviously a wide-range attack.

Tang San wrapped Ning Rongrong with Blue Silver Grass and swiftly pulled her into the air.

Then, together with Tang Lin and the other two, he leaped through the air and avoided the first impact.

"Go!"

Tang San swept his right hand forward.

Xiao Wu sprang up from the front while Zhu Zhuqing darted out from the side, but both targeted Zhao Wuji.

Meanwhile,

although Tang Lin had summoned Blue Silver Grass and made it grow wildly, with some of it seeming to coil forward,

her body was actually inching backward.

The battle ahead was intense as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked continuously.

However, the damage they could inflict was limited.

Just as Zhao Wuji wondered why only four people were attacking,

Tang Lin's attack arrived.

"Second Soul Skill, Blue Silver Strangler!"

Two Sword Leaf Vines burst from beneath Zhao Wuji's feet and coiled toward him.

"This is a strangler? Even a morning glory climbs faster than this."

Feeling the vines beneath his feet,

Zhao Wuji laughed.

"The attack power is pitifully weak."

"The poison is even more useless."

With two casual stomps, he crushed both Blue Silver Vines into pieces.

Yet Tang Lin's face showed no sign of weakness after her Blue Silver God Vine had been destroyed.

She had only used a tiny bit of Soul Power to avoid letting Zhao Wuji discover too early that she planned to slip away.

Besides, the Soul Power she consumed was less than what the Primordial Creation Art restored.

More and more Blue Silver God Vines grew across the ground, nearly covering the entire area.

By then, Tang San and the others had finished their first wave of attacks.

Zhao Wuji had been forced into Martial Soul Possession, while only one-third of the Incense Stick had passed.

As for Tang Lin, they had already given up on her.

Dai Mubai did not even spare her a glance.

Although her Soul Power Level was high, she had no real Strength. All she could do was grow Blue Silver Grass.

They both had Blue Silver Grass—so why was the difference between them so great?

"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect to be put at a disadvantage."

"I think highly of you four."

Zhao Wuji clapped his hands.

If there was nothing remarkable about her, then Tang Lin could not be accepted. She had no Combat Ability at all.

"Continue."

As those two words fell, Tang San and the others launched their second wave of attacks.

Unfortunately, the second wave did not achieve nearly as much as the first.

Zhu Zhuqing's arms were dislocated and sent flying by Zhao Wuji's Immovable Ming King Body.

Xiao Wu used her Charm Soul Skill, but her Spiritual Power was insufficient, and she fainted.

As for Tang San, he had lost his ability to attack and was sent flying by a single strike from Zhao Wuji's Great Strength Vajra Palm.

Only Ning Rongrong remained, maintaining the strength and speed boosts for all five of them.

Zhao Wuji turned his gaze toward Ning Rongrong.

He clapped his hands.

"There's no need for me to make another move, right? Little girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"You've lost. You're all still far too weak. You couldn't even withstand me for an Incense Stick. That's the gap in strength."

"Oh, right. I nearly forgot there's still one playing hide-and-seek."

By now, the Blue Silver God Vine-covered area had expanded beyond twenty meters, and Tang Lin was hiding within it.

Zhao Wuji lightly shook his head and struck the ground with his palm.

The Blue Silver God Vines began shattering one after another with rumbling crashes.

"Shrink Ground into Inches!"

At the final moment, Tang Lin finally used the Movement Technique Soul Skill she had obtained.

With one step, she covered the distance of three or four steps.

Shrink Ground into Inches was like proportionally shrinking the background in a photograph while leaving the subject unchanged.

Before Zhao Wuji could destroy all the Blue Silver God Vines, Tang Lin had already escaped over a hundred meters away.

In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded.

Dai Mubai stared wide-eyed.

"You're a Control System Soul Master, yet you run this fast?"

Zhao Wuji was even more surprised.

Although this Tang Lin did not have much Strength, she was quite capable in one regard. At the very least, she had trained her Escape Ability well.

He lightly shook his head.

His Third Soul Ring flashed.

Third Soul Skill, Gravity Amplification.

The area around Tang Lin instantly became heavy.

Unfortunately, it did not land on Tang Lin herself.

The surrounding area was ultimately only the surrounding area.

All the camouflage Tang Lin had prepared beforehand was meant to escape the range of Zhao Wuji's Gravity Amplification and Location Tracking skills.

In that brief moment, Ye Lin had moved several more meters away.

Zhao Wuji snorted angrily.

"Could it be that she's really going to toy with me today?"

"Even if I don't specialize in Speed, could the speed of a dignified Soul Sage really be inferior to that of a Soul Grandmaster?"

He took off after Tang Lin.

But unfortunately, he truly could not catch up. Tang Lin pushed Shrink Ground into Inches to its limit. Not only did the distance not decrease, it kept growing.

As he chased her, he noticed a problem.

Where had Tang Lin gone?