Effortless, I really want to have him...

People had a herd mentality.

What always shattered the hesitation in one's heart was the first gunshot.

Yu Tianheng angrily swung his Dragon Claw at Luo Li, prompting Dugu Yan and the others—who had been wavering and lacked the will to fight—to finally make their decision.

Osler took the lead. Possessed by the Black Panther Martial Soul, his body turned into a streak of black light as he pounced toward the white-clad figure in the arena.

He was so fast that he even surpassed Yu Tianheng, who had charged forward first.

A pale green scale appeared between Dugu Yan's brows, while her originally snow-white legs fused together and transformed into a snake tail.

Her slender waist, narrow enough to fit in one hand, swayed from side to side.

Pale purple mist spilled from her mouth, enveloping Luo Li.

Yu Feng, possessed by the Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul, launched an attack from the air.

The Shi Brothers held Black Tortoise Shields, ready to defend at any moment while engaging the enemy.

Ye Lingling cradled a red-and-white begonia blossom in her hands, its petals hanging delicately as she stood with graceful poise.

Faced with the renowned King Frost Extreme, no one had any intention of holding back.

At the center of their encirclement, Luo Li still did not make a move.

He simply stood there, as though he were the center of heaven and earth—unshakable!

Osler, with his Black Panther Martial Soul, was the first to arrive before Luo Li.

His third soul ring flashed, and another figure split from his body. The two attacked Luo Li from both sides at once, slashing with their sharp claws.

Luo Li remained perfectly calm.

To his eyes, Osler's movements, fast as black light, were unbearably slow.

"Exposing your back to the enemy is not a wise choice."

Unhurriedly, he extended both hands and lightly pressed downward.

The separated Panther Shadow Clone was casually dispersed.

Osler only felt a terrifying force strike his back.

As if a towering mountain had crashed down upon him, his body had no strength to resist as he plummeted downward and smashed hard into the arena floor.

A trickle of blood flowed out.

Although Luo Li had controlled his strength, he still made Osler suffer a little.

"Thunder Wrath!"

"Thunderous Myriad Strikes!"

Yu Tianheng followed close behind, his Dragon Claw crackling with blue arcs of lightning as it swung fiercely toward Luo Li's head.

He knew very well how wide the gap between them was, so he had no delusions about holding back.

"Bang!"

The Dragon Claw stopped roughly ten centimeters from Luo Li's head, unable to advance even a fraction further.

And what had blocked it was merely two fingers Luo Li had extended!

Yu Tianheng's pupils abruptly contracted. He instinctively tried to retreat and create distance, but it was already too late.

"Your reaction was decent, but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul gave you too much confidence, making you blindly impulsive."

"Even when facing an enemy far stronger than yourself, you still did not think about what came next. You still hoped to crush them with the brute force of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon."

"That kind of wishful thinking will only make you lose faster."

With a casual flick, Luo Li knocked aside the Dragon Claw. Then he raised his leg like a whip and kicked toward Yu Tianheng's abdomen.

Yu Tianheng instinctively tried to block it, but after his Dragon Claw had been stopped, he did not have enough time to change his movement and defend.

"Bang!"

A mouthful of sour fluid spewed out. Yu Tianheng's body flew helplessly backward, slamming heavily into Yu Feng, who was still in the air.

Yu Feng, who had been waiting for an opportunity in the air, clearly had not expected this. Watching Yu Tianheng fly toward him, he could neither dodge nor stay put.

In that moment of hesitation, Yu Tianheng's body had already reached him.

The powerful impact sent both of them crashing to the ground.

Ye Lingling, who had remained in the rear observing the situation, reacted quickly. A faint white glow covered the Nine Heart Begonia in her hand.

Her delicate fingers lightly pinched a petal, preparing to heal them.

However...

"Having no other Martial Soul to protect a Support System Soul Master is a major taboo on the battlefield."

"As a Support System Soul Master, keeping yourself safe is the most important thing."

A calm voice sounded beside her ear, and Ye Lingling's pupils suddenly contracted.

At some unknown point, Luo Li's incomparably handsome face had appeared directly before her.

Seeing Luo Li reach out, Ye Lingling reflexively squeezed her eyes shut.

"Tap."

A soft sound rang out.

Ye Lingling felt a light flick on her forehead, but it did not hurt.

When she opened her eyes, her dark, beautiful gaze held a trace of confusion.

Luo Li withdrew his finger. A smile appeared on that stunning face of his, making Ye Lingling's usually tranquil heart beat a little faster.

"You're eliminated now."

Before Ye Lingling could speak, Luo Li vanished again.

He had actually taken the initiative to appear right in the gap between Dugu Yan's poison mist assault and the Shi Brothers' encirclement!

Beneath her veil, her red lips pressed together slightly.

Watching the white figure return to the arena, Ye Lingling reached up and touched the spot on her forehead where he had flicked her.

The Nine Heart Begonia martial soul vanished from her hand.

She had already been eliminated, so naturally, she no longer had the right to continue healing.

What followed was still as inevitable and smooth as flowing water.

As the Shi Brothers closed in on Luo Li and launched full-force attacks from both sides, they suddenly discovered that Luo Li had vanished once more.

Unable to stop in time, the Black Tortoise Shields in their hands slammed violently into each other. Both were sent staggering backward before collapsing to the ground.

As for Dugu Yan—

She silently raised her fair arm in surrender.

There was no point in continuing.

Because she had seen that her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison had no effect on Luo Li whatsoever!

He stood within the poisonous mist of the Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, breathing normally without being affected in the slightest.

The sacred purification properties possessed by the Sun Eclipse Sword were absolutely the bane of all poisons in the world!

And Luo Li's Soul Power contained that very power.

Forget Dugu Yan—even if her grandfather, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, acted personally, he would have absolutely no way to do anything to Luo Li.

The vast majority of Dugu Yan's combat strength came from her poison.

Without poison, more than half of her strength was useless.

Thus, the Imperial Dou Team was completely defeated.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

Luo Li had not even used his martial soul.

"Alright, girl with the Nine Heart Begonia, make your move."

Luo Li called out softly.

"Ah, yes!" Ye Lingling, who had still been lost in a daze, finally came back to her senses. She plucked a begonia petal and let it fall upon Yu Tianheng and the others.

Luo Li had not struck heavily. He had merely caused them some minor flesh wounds.

Injuries of this degree quickly healed under the Nine Heart Begonia's treatment.

Yu Tianheng braced himself as he rose to his feet, his face filled with dejection.

It was too powerless.

Against someone of his own generation, Yu Tianheng felt as though an old man was toying with children.

The others were not in high spirits either.

If Luo Li had released his martial soul, they might have felt a little better.

But this utterly clean defeat, without him even releasing his martial soul, had dealt them a severe blow.

Yu Feng, that carefree fellow, seemed not to have been affected much. Scratching the back of his head, he laughed.

"As expected of Dean Luo. He's just too strong!"

Qian Renxue, who had been watching from the side, instinctively replaced Luo Li with herself.

Yet the conclusion she reached was that it was impossible.

She could easily defeat Yu Tianheng and the others, but she could not remain as effortless as Luo Li without even releasing her martial soul.

A gleam of desire flickered in those golden eyes.

She truly wanted to possess him more and more now...