The Great Melee (Mid)

The target changed, but Dai Huabin and Ning Tian were still forced to remain in place to intercept Ji Siyuan.

They did not need to defeat Ji Siyuan; they only needed to ensure he could not provide support to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.

Defeating Huo Yuhao would prevent the appearance of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill that had defeated Xu Sanshi that day had left a deep impression on Ning Tian.

"Xie Huanyue, Huang Chutian, it's up to you two!"

Ji Siyuan said, "Relying on just the two of you won't cut it—bring Xie Huanyue over here as well!"

Three fire vortexes were unleashed, composed of pure Yang Fire with explosive power.

Dai Huabin could not dodge in time and was struck by one of the fire vortexes.

Ning Tian had no choice but to apply all three of her soul skills to Dai Huabin; otherwise, they would be completely suppressed by Ji Siyuan.

Seeing this, Xie Huanyue knew he could not let Ji Siyuan break free, so he immediately chose to join the defense.

Wu Feng said, "Ning Tian, leave it to me. I will pursue Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao, you can rest assured!"

With Huo Yuhao and Ji Siyuan isolated, the battlefield split into three sections.

Three Soul Elders battled Ji Siyuan, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er dodged the attacks of Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Huang Chutian.

If the four teams had truly worked together, they could have actually taken down Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo was highly effective.

But who would hand their trump cards over to a common enemy?

One had to remember that winning against Ji Siyuan did not mean the end of the match; they would still have to fight each other afterward.

This was also the reason Ning Tian had not let Wu Feng move out at the start—one always had to leave a glimmer of hope for one's own team.

"First Soul Skill, Wing Guillotine!"

The Radiant Goddess Butterfly flapped its wings, their edges slicing toward the enemy like guillotines.

Wu Feng and Huang Chutian launched a fierce assault on Wang Dong'er, making it difficult for her to hold on.

Cui Yajie, the control-type soul master of Dai Huabin's team, activated Martial Soul Possession, her Nine-Tailed Fox tails swaying behind her: "First Soul Skill, Charm!"

However, the target she selected was Huo Yuhao.

She couldn't handle Huo Yuhao when he was at level sixteen or seventeen, let alone now that he was level eighteen, with all his attributes improved.

Of course, the bigger problem was Cui Yajie herself and why her Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul was being played in such a manner.

It was clearly a high-level martial soul, yet in the end, her control didn't feel like control, and her assault didn't feel like an assault.

With four teams against one, they should have had the advantage.

Yet, the three Soul Elders were the ones being suppressed and beaten.

Ji Siyuan didn't even need to use soul skills; his flames alone were more than the two of them could bear.

Furthermore, Ning Tian was holding back her third soul skill to conserve soul power.

But without the support of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, Xie Huanyue and Dai Huabin were nothing but punching bags.

Forced into a corner, they had to drag the unlucky level 29 Huang Chutian over to help.

With Huang Chutian, an assault-type soul master nearing the level of a Soul Elder, gone from the other side, the pressure on Wang Dong'er plummeted.

But just because her pressure decreased didn't mean Huo Yuhao's pressure would be any less.

Under Spiritual Detection Sharing, Wang Dong'er discovered an agility-attack soul master eyeing Huo Yuhao.

"First Soul Skill, Hell Stab!" Zhu Lu found an opening and attacked Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao was the weak point of their team and the indispensable component for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

When Ning Tian and the others discussed their tactics, they naturally treated Huo Yuhao as their breakthrough point.

It could be called a standard decision.

The backline-cutting ability of agility-attack types was very strong, and she even held a suppression in cultivation level.

Even though Huo Yuhao knew the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track personally taught by Ji Siyuan, he was no match for Zhu Lu.

Not to mention, Zhu Lu still had her second soul skill.

"Ji Siyuan, you're finished!" Dai Huabin grew excited; the situation on the field was very clear.

The four of them would hold Ji Siyuan back, while the rest dealt with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.

It seemed there could be no problems.

With twelve people across four teams, the four strongest were dealing with Ji Siyuan, and the remaining eight could handle Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er no matter how much they held back.

But they seemed to have forgotten that this match was not a chaotic brawl between five teams, but a contest between six.

"Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, Cauldron Shock!"

Xiao Xiao's soul skill slammed down around Huo Yuhao, knocking Zhu Lu back directly.

"Thank you, classmate Xiao Xiao."

"We're all in the same class; helping each other is only right."

The sudden change left Ning Tian and the other three stunned.

They had previously assumed that Xiao Xiao's team had advanced through luck rather than strength.

After all, the team only had one two-ring Soul Grand Master, and even as a Twin Martial Souls user, her soul power was only level 22; the rest were not worth worrying about.

They had overlooked this team entirely, yet now, this team had actually shifted the momentum of the battle.

The sudden change caused chaos among the four teams that had been following their original plans.

Because there was more than one Control-type soul master among the remaining eight people, they all wanted to take command of the chaotic situation.

This melee was never just about the team's ranking; individual performance was also crucial.

Being able to take command of so many people would lead to a higher evaluation.

Conversely, after Xiao Xiao helped Huo Yuhao, there were no such issues; the existence of Spiritual Detection Sharing naturally meant that Huo Yuhao would be the one in command.

He also logically took over the command of the five.

As for Ji Siyuan, he could not be commanded; the gap in strength was too great.

The battle would exceed the scope of Huo Yuhao's predictions.

Under the dual crowd control of Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, the situation stabilized for a time.

After all, Wang Dong'er was also quite overpowered among this group of people.

Wu Feng was exasperated: "Are you really going to watch two teams fight the four of us? Don't hold anything back! I'll go first, Second Soul Skill: Dragon's Fury!"

With her attack and defense fully boosted, this was originally a trump card Ning Tian had told her to save to deal with Dai Huabin.

But the current state of affairs left her no choice.

Ning Tian watched Wu Feng unleash her abilities, knowing that it would be difficult to win the championship in this competition.

Fortunately, led by Wu Feng, the others also unleashed their second soul skills one after another.

This was where the gap between them and the remaining five lay.

After all, among those five, only two were two-ring soul masters.

Whereas Huang Chutian and his group had five or six two-ring soul masters.

The situation reversed once again.

Even if no one was eliminated, no one would say it wasn't exciting.

They held back when they needed to, but struck when they had to.

Wang Dong'er: "Xiao Xiao, help me trap Wu Feng! Huo Yuhao!"

"Understood!"

Wang Dong'er's voice could be heard clearly by everyone on the field, even Huang Chutian himself.

It wasn't that they didn't care; they were simply helpless to stop it.

Wang Dong'er's strength was very high; only Wu Feng could contend with her, so she had to stand on the front line.

It was easy for Xiao Xiao to control Wu Feng.

"Damn it, I can't be controlled like this."

She immediately set her sights on the soul masters from Xie Huanyue's team, wanting to pull them in to block Xiao Xiao's control for her.

Once controlled by Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er would definitely use her second soul skill, and she certainly wouldn't be able to withstand that thousand-year soul skill.

Just as she moved her feet, her mind suddenly went blank, and she stumbled.

Huo Yuhao's Mental Shock was controlled in intensity; it only needed to create an opening for Xiao Xiao.

"Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, Cauldron Shock!"

With Spiritual Detection Sharing, the control chain was perfect.

"Second Soul Skill, Butterfly Goddess Light!"

A figure flashed by: "Wu Feng, eliminated."