"Teacher Wu, we're ready."
The tactics Ji Fengyu and the others had come up with were simple. They had no tactics at all.
Just charge!
Ji Fengyu led the charge!
As long as Wu Zhangkong dared hit Ji Fengyu back, heh, he'd get to see the whole team go Berserk.
Besides, Ji Fengyu had his Skin Martial Soul as a Second Martial Soul and Flawless Golden Body.
With the Ascending Dragon Pillar's position swap, there was basically no chance of him getting taken out.
This strategy was downright inhuman.
"Are you ready?"
Wu Zhangkong blinked, but he wasn't ready yet.
Let him think this through.
The students' lineup...
Oh no. He knew nothing about Lan Xuanyu and Na'er's skill effects, or how they might work with the team!
"Then let's begin."
Wu Zhangkong paused. His white robes stirred without a breeze, and with a Blue Sword in hand, he couldn't help but laugh.
Wu Zhangkong, oh, Wu Zhangkong.
These little guys were only eight or nine years old.
And yet you had a bad feeling about this? Had you been out of practice so long that you couldn't even lift your sword anymore?
"Teacher, here we come."
The seven of them began taking their positions.
But the moment their formation came together, Wu Zhangkong lost his composure. Ji Fengyu was at the very front!
An auxiliary support, at the very front!
Was that any way to use an auxiliary support?
Wu Zhangkong had originally thought that taking out Ji Fengyu would provoke the others to unleash their power, so he'd have to leave Ji Fengyu until last.
Who would've thought...
These little brats really didn't play fair!
"Charge!"
"We're going straight in."
Ji Fengyu called out and charged ahead.
He, Tang Wulin, Na'er, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi surged forward at the front.
Gu Yue and Lan Xuanyu stayed at the rear.
At Ji Fengyu's command, the other six all felt their fighting spirit rise, glaring fiercely at Wu Zhangkong.
Feeling that atmosphere, Wu Zhangkong became even more certain of his suspicions.
Ji Fengyu was practically the Dragon Clan's "Queen Bee"!
It was still unclear whether Ji Fengyu could "command" the other Dragon Soul Masters. If he could, that would be a huge problem!
"Red!"
"Orange!"
Ji Fengyu's Rainbow Dragon possessed him.
Two Yellow Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet. Under Heart Separation Control, red and orange light shot out,
striking Tang Wulin, Na'er, Wang Xie, and the other Power Attack System fighter, boosting both their strength and attack power.
"Wind Element enhancement!"
Gu Yue waved her hand, and the five at the front were blessed by the Wind Element, making their bodies lighter.
Naturally, Ji Fengyu received special treatment and became the lightest of all.
"This old lady's got a Thick Dragon Rising Pillar!"
Lan Xuanyu activated her First Soul Skill, Thick Dragon Rising Pillar, granting everyone resistance to control effects.
Against Soul Masters with ice attributes, resistance to control effects was highly effective.
By the time the sequence was complete,
everyone's aura had far surpassed the level of a first- or second-ring Soul Master. They were at least as strong as those at the peak of the third ring.
With enhancements like these, they were unbeatable in a seven-person team match at the same level.
Wu Zhangkong's mouth twitched.
Was this even reasonable?
He didn't dare take it lightly. He immediately released his aura to the Soul Ancestor level.
"Frost Mist!"
Wu Zhangkong unleashed his Second Soul Skill, conjuring a massive cloud of white mist that blanketed the battlefield and spread across his domain.
In the Frost Mist, Ji Fengyu and the others could barely see a thing. But with the Ascending Dragon Pillar, the mist was useless.
Under the Ascending Dragon Pillar's Spiritual Detection,
Wu Zhangkong's Frost Mist was nothing but a trick to fool himself.
The group wasn't disturbed in the slightest and kept charging straight at him.
"A detection-type Soul Skill?"
"Lan Xuanyu?"
Wu Zhangkong's extensive combat experience let him figure out what was happening at once.
This auxiliary detection ability had to be the work of that mysterious Ascending Dragon Pillar Martial Soul.
"Frost Scar!"
His First Soul Ring lit up. He thrust out multiple sword auras in an instant, sending them straight at Tang Wulin to deal with him first—he was an extremely dangerous fighter.
That outrageous strength of ten thousand kilograms was still fresh in his mind!
Wu Zhangkong wasn't sure what the others could do,
but he knew even better that if Tang Wulin landed a hit on him, he'd be numb all over.
"Shifting Form Position-Swapping Dragon Rising Pillar!"
But just as Wu Zhangkong's sword auras were about to hit Tang Wulin,
a flash of golden light appeared.
Tang Wulin had actually switched places with Ji Fengyu!
What?!!!!
Wu Zhangkong's pupils instantly widened. He'd already launched his attack and couldn't pull it back.
He'd let his guard down and been tricked!
The Ascending Dragon Pillar could swap positions too? How was he supposed to fight that?
"Ah!!!!!"
By then, Wu Zhangkong was already a little dazed as he heard Tang Wulin's furious roar.
Tang Wulin's eyes were bloodshot, and he was panting like a bull.
His aura surged once more!
This mere One-Ring Soul Master, with only a single Ten-Year Soul Ring, was making Wu Zhangkong's heart race with alarm!
And it wasn't just Tang Wulin. Na'er, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi, Gu Yue, and Lan Xuanyu had all gone Berserk!
Every one of them had bloodshot eyes and was panting like a bull!
The entire team's combat power had soared by at least another thirty percent!
Wu Zhangkong: ...
Still, there was some good news.
His many Frost Scars had been aimed at sealing Tang Wulin's pressure points, enough to instantly cripple his fighting ability.
The other side had voluntarily swapped Tang Wulin and Ji Fengyu's positions.
Maybe it wasn't a bad trade after all?
Crippling Ji Fengyu would be far more useful than crippling Tang Wulin.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, Wu Zhangkong's calculations fell apart again.
The Ji Fengyu struck by Frost Scar simply shriveled up, turning into a snake-skin-like substitute.
It was Ji Fengyu's Skin Martial Soul's Second Soul Skill, Snake Molting!
Like a cicada shedding its shell, it negated one attack!
So their whole trick was to trigger the entire team's power-up without taking a hit!
You thought Ji Fengyu had sacrificed himself to power up the whole team?
Don't make your Brother Chicken laugh.
Ji Fengyu hadn't even taken the hit himself. He'd used a substitute to take it, just like a golden cicada escaping its shell.
"Ji Fengyu actually has a life-saving skill?!"
If not for his aloof persona, Wu Zhangkong would've cursed out loud right then.
Wasn't this just dirty?
Even someone as experienced in battle as he was had been left completely dumbfounded.
The mechanics and the stats were both this outrageous. Was this really necessary?
"Frost Scar!!!"
His bad feeling grew even stronger. Wu Zhangkong instantly thrust out over a hundred Frost Scars, weaving them into a cocoon of swords around himself.
He truly had mastered his First Soul Skill to perfection.
Without a proper defensive skill, Frost Scar could even be used as a shield.
Riiip!!!
But Tang Wulin was like a little Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear cub. With ten thousand kilograms of strength behind him, he simply tore Wu Zhangkong's sword cocoon apart with his bare hands!
?!!!
Wu Zhangkong froze for a moment.
Then he reacted quickly, releasing his Soul Power all the way to the Five-Ring Soul King level!
A Four-Ring Soul Ancestor couldn't fight them at all!
As Na'er, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi attacked together, Wu Zhangkong rapidly used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to break out of their encirclement.
Then he immediately started searching for Ji Fengyu.
Since he'd already provoked the Dragon Clan's fury, he might as well go all out and take Ji Fengyu down.
"Hm?"
But Wu Zhangkong was once again stunned.
He couldn't find Ji Fengyu!
Ji Fengyu had vanished completely. No matter how he searched with his spiritual power, the only place he could sense Ji Fengyu's aura was where that substitute had just been.
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