Mu Jing: No!

The Seven-Star Plum branches, wreathed in flames, were like a sword trailing flowing light as they stabbed straight at Tang Liu's face.

Tang Liu could not help but smile. "You're serious."

With a twist of his wrist, the Haolan Force Field condensed into a longsword in his right hand. With a casual upward flick, he knocked aside the Seven-Star Plum branch Mu Jing had thrust at him.

Tang Liu then threw out the sword in his hand. The longsword spun several times rapidly at his side before circling behind Mu Jing under his control and stabbing swiftly toward her.

Mu Jing naturally noticed it, but Tang Liu was still in front of her. Two fists could not fend off four hands, so she had no choice but to light up her third Soul Ring.

With a light wave of her Seven-Star Plum branch, the ground behind her suddenly rose, forming a solid wall that blocked the thrusting longsword formed by the Haolan Force Field.

Only then did Tang Liu regard this girl more highly—or rather, regard the Seven-Star Plum Martial Soul more highly. After all, possessing such an exceedingly rare ability to control elements proved that the Seven-Star Plum truly deserved its status as a top-tier Martial Soul.

But it was far from over. Tang Liu discovered that the ground beneath his feet began trembling again, and in the next instant, an earth spike shot rapidly up from directly below him.

Although Tang Liu leaped aside in time, it still looked rather dangerous.

Before he could land, another earth spike rose toward him. Tang Liu had no choice but to step on the Haolan Force Field and lift himself a little higher, avoiding the emerging spike.

But the earth spikes erupted faster than he could evade them, so he could