Discussing Tactics

Zhao Wuji casually tossed a stick of incense, planting it firmly into the ground.

"I will give you one stick of incense worth of time to discuss your tactics."

"After the incense burns out, I will suppress my soul power to the fortieth rank and will only utilize my first four soul rings."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo and the others gathered together to deliberate on their strategy.

At this moment, Dai Mubai took the initiative to interject into the conversation.

"Normally, the fourth trial only requires you to hold out against me for one stick of incense, but I don't know what has gotten into Teacher Zhao today."

In truth, Dai Mubai lacked the confidence to serve as the examiner for this group; he couldn't even handle Li Luo alone, let alone the fact that there were five freshmen this time.

"Ahem!" Hearing Dai Mubai's grumbling, Zhao Wuji coughed impatiently twice.

"Four-fifths of the incense remains!"

With little time left, Dai Mubai spoke concisely.

"Teacher Zhao's martial soul is the Vajra Diamond Bear, but do not make the mistake of thinking his martial soul is slow."

"He is a Soul Saint; even with his soul power suppressed, he is not someone you can confront head-on."

"Furthermore, among Teacher Zhao's first four soul rings, two are quite special: one soul skill is Gravity Enhancement, and the other is Position Tracking."

"He can lock onto your locations directly, so trying to rely on dodging around to stall for time is impossible."

Hearing Dai Mubai's introduction, Li Luo and the others gained an understanding of Zhao Wuji's soul skills and gathered to discuss countermeasures.

However, among the five, four were on Li Luo's side. Although Li Luo did not react with hostility toward Zhu Zhuqing, she was naturally cold-natured and unfamiliar with the group, so she felt awkward joining their discussion.

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was unable to integrate into the group, Dai Mubai felt his opportunity had arrived. He stepped forward, performing a gesture he deemed gentlemanly, intending to take Zhu Zhuqing's hand.

"Zhu Zhuqing, I..."

Before Dai Mubai could finish his sentence, Zhu Zhuqing swatted away his reaching hand and turned her head, projecting an air of keeping others at a distance, ignoring him entirely.

At this moment, Xiao Wu performed a silent step, quietly moving behind Zhu Zhuqing.

"Come here, you!"

Xiao Wu wrapped her arms around Zhu Zhuqing and pulled her into the group of people discussing.

Zhu Zhuqing wanted to resist, but unfortunately, Xiao Wu's strength was too great; she couldn't break free from her arms at all.

Seeing that it was a girl holding her instead of Dai Mubai, she half-heartedly allowed Xiao Wu to do as she pleased.

"Brother Luo, I've dragged Zhu Zhuqing over too; we can discuss the tactics now."

Xiao Wu's personality was cheerful, lively, and fearless, very similar to Ning Rongrong's.

However, since Ning Rongrong was an auxiliary-type soul master and might not be able to instantly control Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu took the lead to forcibly pull her into the team.

Seeing that Li Luo's team was willing to accept her, Zhu Zhuqing did not refuse. She remained silent, listening to the arrangements of Li Luo, who was clearly the core of the team.

"Zhao Wuji is a seventy-sixth rank Soul Saint; we definitely cannot resist him head-on."

"Once the battle begins, I will first apply buffs to you all."

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong all understood what Li Luo meant, but only Zhu Zhuqing remained completely confused.

Because Dai Mubai had informed Li Yusong about Li Luo's situation in advance, Li Luo had no opportunity to display his martial soul, and Zhu Zhuqing did not know what his martial soul or soul rings were.

So, this person named Li Luo, is his martial soul an auxiliary-type?

Zhu Zhuqing did not ask aloud, but calculated silently in her heart.

Li Luo continued to arrange the plan.

"After I apply the amplification to you, Rongrong, you will then apply the strength and speed dual-attribute buffs to Xiao Wu."

Hearing Li Luo's arrangement, Ning Rongrong nodded obediently.

"Okay, Brother Luo (•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)ᵒᵏᵎᵎᵎᵎ"

"San, you are responsible for disrupting Zhao Wuji; just bind his ankles directly, don't let him attack smoothly."

"Besides that, use your third soul skill to take to the air and dodge Zhao Wuji's surprise attacks."

Tang San's third soul ring came from a 5,000-year-old Rattan Bamboo.

Rattan Bamboo was not a particularly powerful plant-type soul beast, but its characteristics were very distinct: it was incredibly tough.

Combined with the 5,000-year age of the Rattan Bamboo, it provided Tang San's Blue Silver King with very powerful soul skills and attributes.

Tang San's Blue Silver King had become exceptionally hard; Li Luo had tested it, and even the bolts from the Godly Zhuge Crossbow could not directly pierce through it, showing that the hardness of Tang San's Blue Silver King had reached the fortieth-rank level.

This happened to correspond to the level of a typical soul master's fourth soul skill.

As for Tang San's third soul skill, it was called Blue Silver Pole Vault.

It could summon independent Blue Silver Bamboo Poles, with the quantity summoned determined by soul power.

The manifestation of the Blue Silver Bamboo Poles came in two forms.

The first was for Tang San to precisely control his soul power to summon a bamboo pole with a radius of twenty-five centimeters—that is, two and a half decimeters—at a designated location.

The length of the Blue Silver Bamboo Pole was a full two and a half meters.

The person standing on the Blue Silver Bamboo Pole gains damage reduction, with the specific percentage determined by Tang San's Soul Power Level.

In other words, if Tang San's current Soul Power Level is thirty-five, it will provide thirty-five percent damage reduction to whoever is standing on the pole.

Beyond that, the summoned Blue Silver Bamboo Pole is extremely sturdy and can fully withstand a full-force strike from a Soul Ancestor.

If Zhao Wuji does not utilize the offensive spirit rings from his own spirit rings, he would have to spend a significant amount of time just to break the pole through brute force alone.

Most importantly, the person standing on the pole gains Dominant Body, meaning they will not fall off until the pole is broken.

The second form is holding the Blue Silver Bamboo Pole by hand; in this form, the pole lacks those extra attributes, with its core feature being toughness, making it a very decent and handy weapon.

For instance, Tang San can use the Blue Silver Bamboo Pole to skillfully execute the Chaotic Cloak Staff Technique.

Tang San's third spirit ring is incredibly powerful; theoretically, a mere five-thousand-year Rattan Bamboo should not be able to provide such a potent spirit skill.

However, because Tang San's loyalty to Li Luo had long since reached one hundred percent and his intimacy was maxed out, the spirit ring underwent an accidental evolution while Tang San was absorbing it, granting him such a powerful spirit skill.

"Xiao Wu, just use your Teleportation spirit skill, take Tang San's Blue Silver Bamboo Pole, and keep harassing Zhao Wuji. Remember, do not use Charm on Zhao Wuji."

"Rongrong, you just stay on Tang San's Blue Silver Bamboo Pole; Zhao Wuji won't be able to reach you."

Li Luo arranged the battle plan in a few quick strokes, then looked toward Zhu Zhuqing at his side.

To be honest, Zhu Zhuqing did not have the same level of practiced coordination with Li Luo and the others.

Even if a task were assigned to Zhu Zhuqing, she might not necessarily be able to complete it smoothly.

Most importantly, Zhu Zhuqing is too weak, being only at level twenty-seven; even if Ning Rongrong were given a Blue Silver Bamboo Pole, she could easily handle Zhu Zhuqing and remain in an invincible position.