Xiao Wu Bound

"Garlic Turtle, Level 34 Control System Battle Spirit Master. Please enlighten me!"

Qing Mu made a welcoming gesture and spoke.

At the same time, where no one could see, a seed glowing with a faint green light appeared within Qing Mu's sleeve, pinched between the fingers of the hand behind his back.

Once Qing Mu pinched it, the seed's pale green glow abruptly vanished, leaving behind an utterly ordinary-looking seed.

"Control System?!"

Tang San immediately frowned upon hearing Qing Mu identify himself as a Control System Spirit Master.

In a one-on-one battle, Control System Spirit Masters could be considered the strongest. On top of that, his opponent had three more levels of Soul Power than Xiao Wu. This would not be an easy battle for Xiao Wu to win!

Compared to Tang San's vigilance, Xiao Wu did not feel anything unusual. Out of courtesy between Spirit Masters, she replied:

"Xiao Wu, Martial Soul: Soft Bone Rabbit, Level 31 Assault System Battle Spirit Master."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu cast Qing Mu a flirtatious glance and activated her Second Soul Skill, Charm!

Under the influence of Xiao Wu's pink eyes, Qing Mu seemed to freeze, losing his ability to resist.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu immediately smiled smugly. I thought he was something special. Didn't he still get charmed by me?

Xiao Wu then pushed off with both feet and rapidly charged toward Qing Mu.

The Soul Fighting Arena was not particularly large. Xiao Wu soon arrived five meters in front of Qing Mu. Her Third Soul Ring lit up, and her body instantly vanished from where she stood.

In the next moment, Xiao Wu appeared directly above Qing Mu's head. A smile rose to her face. This battle was hers!

Yet at that moment, beneath the mask Xiao Wu could not see, the corners of Qing Mu's lips curled slightly upward.

With a flick of Qing Mu's finger, an ordinary-looking seed shot from his fingertips. Its target was undoubtedly Xiao Wu.

"What?!"

Xiao Wu was instantly startled. She had never imagined that, among opponents of the same level, someone besides Tang San could break free of her Charm so quickly.

Although Xiao Wu did not believe this ordinary-looking thing could pose any threat to her, she still instinctively adjusted her trajectory slightly, intending to evade Qing Mu's attack.

As for giving up this attack, that was impossible. She was only one step away from victory. Even if his seed had something strange about it, as long as she could get her legs around him, nothing would be frightening beneath her Eight-Section Fall.

Moreover, Xiao Wu still held onto a trace of wishful thinking. No matter how strange Qing Mu's attack was, could it be stranger than Tang San's Hidden Weapons?

At such close range and with so little time, even her Third Brother would not have been able to make an effective response. There was no way this Garlic Turtle could be stronger than her Third Brother. At most, he was merely trying to block a chariot with a mantis arm in a desperate rush.

Because Xiao Wu dodged, the seed did not hit her and instead grazed past her side.

However, just as Xiao Wu was about to sigh in relief, the seed suddenly emitted a pale green glow. Vast numbers of green vines burst from it and rapidly bound Xiao Wu.

This is bad!

Xiao Wu inwardly cried out in alarm and was just about to use Teleportation to escape when, in the next second, a powerful suction force came from the vines.

"Ah~"

With Xiao Wu's pained cry, her Soul Skill was interrupted without surprise, and she fell behind Qing Mu.

Qing Mu turned around, glanced at Xiao Wu lying on the ground, and said calmly, "Your Soul Skill is good, but you were too reckless. Underestimating your opponent like that is not a good thing."

Even Qing Mu had not expected his Leech Seed to catch Xiao Wu so easily. As a result, his entire series of follow-up battle plans relying on Grassy Terrain had become useless.

Originally, Qing Mu had thought that even with Leech Seed's assistance, and even though his level was higher than Xiao Wu's, defeating an Assault System Spirit Master like Xiao Wu would not be easy with his own two support-type Soul Skills.

That was right. The seed Qing Mu had thrown was not an ordinary seed, but one of Bulbasaur's moves: Leech Seed!

Although Bulbasaur protected him, Qing Mu himself was ultimately too fragile. During the battles in the Star Dou Great Forest, by the end, he had even depleted most of the Wood Spirit Seed's energy, and it needed time to recover.

Under the pressure of such life-and-death crises, Qing Mu's use of moves naturally improved by leaps and bounds.

At first, he could only control Leech Seed's activation, having Bulbasaur produce more Leech Seeds to store with him for protection. But after using them so often, Qing Mu unexpectedly mastered the method of creating Leech Seeds himself.

From then on, Qing Mu learned his first Self-Created Soul Skill: Leech Seed!

"Xiao Wu!!!"

Seeing this from below, Tang San immediately panicked. He stood up at once, seemingly intending to rush onto the Soul Fighting Arena!

But Dai Mubai reached out and stopped him, looking toward the Soul Fighting Arena as he said, "Xiao San, don't be so impatient. This is the Great Soul Arena. If you rush up there now, you'll be disrupting the match."

"Yeah, Third Brother. Besides, Xiao Wu hasn't lost yet. Don't forget, Xiao Wu has Teleportation!"

Ma Hongjun echoed.

Only after hearing the others from Shrek say this did Tang San calm down. However, his eyes remained fixed on the Soul Fighting Arena, afraid that something might happen to Xiao Wu.

Seeing Qing Mu look at her, pink light began to shine from Xiao Wu's eyes again. She wanted to take this opportunity to use Charm and control Qing Mu once more.

But in the next instant, the suction force from the vines around her body returned. The extreme pain interrupted the Soul Skill she had been preparing without any surprise.

Using Soul Skills required concentration. Perhaps some people could endure Leech Seed draining their strength and still use Soul Skills, but Xiao Wu clearly could not do that yet.

Xiao Wu's fighting style was very simple: control her opponent with Charm, Teleport close, then rely on her First Soul Ring's Waist Bow to deal damage.

To maximize Waist Bow's power, Xiao Wu had even used her hundred-thousand-year experience to create a Self-Created Soul Skill: Eight-Section Fall!

Eight-Section Fall was extremely powerful, a move that could still be used even in the late stages. If Qing Mu were caught by it now, he basically could not withstand it.

But all of that depended on Qing Mu being controlled. If even Charm failed, it would be difficult for Xiao Wu alone to carry out the rest of her moves.

Qing Mu's Spiritual Power was already far stronger than that of ordinary people, and he had been prepared. Naturally, he could not be caught so easily. His earlier appearance of being controlled had merely been an intentional opening to lure Xiao Wu closer.

Second Soul Skill, Giga Drain!

In the next moment, as Qing Mu's Second Spirit Ring lit up, several cyan-green energy vines grew from his palms and swiftly spread toward Xiao Wu.