Facing the opening greeting of Lan Kai's Ultra Slash, Huo Yuhao immediately activated his Spiritual Detection Sharing, guiding Tang Wutong to defend with her Radiant Dragon God Butterfly Martial Soul.
The wings of Tang Wutong's Radiant Dragon God Butterfly Martial Soul merged into one, the power of the light attribute rapidly condensing along the edges like a massive guillotine, colliding precisely with the Ultra Slash thrown by Lan Kai.
Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up; he opened with Soul Shock, then stepped into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, sprinting wildly toward Lan Kai.
Clearly, the coordination between this pair of scoundrels was exceptionally tacit; even if Gu Yue were in their place, she might not necessarily have gained the upper hand against them.
However, when facing Lan Kai, the situation deviated drastically.
First was Huo Yuhao's Soul Shock. This skill was usually invincible against the vast majority of Spirit Masters, but Lan Kai only felt a slight discomfort in his head, lacking any sensation of being stunned on the spot.
And once he activated Ultra Psychokinesis to protect his head, Huo Yuhao's Soul Shock couldn't even scratch him.
On the other side, the first spirit skill Tang Wutong used to resist Lan Kai's Ultra Slash didn't yield much effect either.
Her pair of dragon wings, which bore butterfly characteristics, were as fragile as paper before the Ultra Slash, easily having a portion sliced off.
Yet, despite the pain from her damaged Martial Soul, Tang Wutong's expression remained unchanged. She continued to charge at Lan Kai as her second spirit ring lit up. A shimmering golden dragon head appeared above her, spitting out a large number of light orbs toward Lan Kai.
Unbeknownst to him, Huo Yuhao's second spirit skill, Simulation, had expanded its range, creating an illusion before Lan Kai.
However, under Ultra X-Ray Vision, Huo Yuhao's Simulation was useless, and the Dragon God's Fury second spirit skill launched by Tang Wutong was shattered by a Cutting Beam Lan Kai threw out casually.
Facing Huo Yuhao, who had rushed right in front of him, Lan Kai immediately raised his hand to parry the Ice Empress Pincer Huo Yuhao had switched to as his second Martial Soul, followed by an elbow strike that landed squarely on Huo Yuhao's chest, then a Liver-Exploding Fist.
However, the pain that would be excruciating for a normal person failed to elicit any reaction from Huo Yuhao at this moment. He immediately activated his External Soul Bone skill, Domain of Eternal Freeze, at point-blank range, creating a large-scale low-temperature zone around Lan Kai, then swung his right hand, attempting to layer the Dark Gold Dreadclaw over the Ice Empress Pincer to launch his strongest strike against Lan Kai.
As for Tang Wutong, that pretty little princess naturally wouldn't engage in such crude close-quarters combat, especially since her wings were already injured. She immediately retreated far away, continuing to launch her second spirit skill, performing attacks that looked grand in scale but were negligible in terms of damage.
If it were the Lan Kai of not long ago, he would have needed to deliberate before facing Wu Zhangkong's low temperatures, and being hit by Huo Yuhao's Domain of Eternal Freeze would indeed have resulted in a pathetic performance.
But with Lan Kai's growth, his resistance to low temperatures had improved significantly; at the very least, he could walk out of a frozen cargo container calmly, just like Kurenai Gai did during his debut in the TV series, without any issues.
Coupled with his newly acquired Spirit and his hidden trump cards, Huo Yuhao's Domain of Eternal Freeze had some impact on him, but it was not a major problem.
Facing Huo Yuhao's disorganized close-quarters attacks, although Lan Kai hadn't learned Cosmic Fist Style, he could use the combat techniques honed from Juggler, repeatedly ravaging Huo Yuhao's body with various brutal attacks.
"However, thinking about it carefully, any living creature would feel pain, fear, or reveal openings when attacked.
"But clearly, neither this pair of scoundrels, nor Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Mubai, whom I dealt with earlier, have such feelings.
"In that case, aren't they just like Super Beasts?!
"Then..."
Lan Kai kicked Huo Yuhao away with a chest-thumping strike, then raised his right hand, and a blade formed by condensing the Light of Orb with Ultra Psychokinesis appeared in his hand.
Lan Kai rushed to Huo Yuhao, and with a swift motion, cleanly left Huo Yuhao in the same defeated pose as Satoru Gojo. He then threw the blade aside, overlapped his wrists in front of his chest, and pulled a light blade out with his right hand upward and left hand downward, launching it toward the distant Tang Wutong.
"Vertical Guillotine!"
Tang Wutong was immediately split in two from the middle, her two halves falling to either side.
This time, that notification sound did not ring, but the four severed body parts of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong vanished without a trace.
Replacing them was a handsome man with long blue hair, possessing six spirit rings—a super configuration exceeding the optimal ratio, with two yellow, one purple, two black, and one red.
"So you're not even pretending anymore, actually using a six-ring Tang San to deal with me.
"However, if it were the real Tang San, I might have some trouble without transforming, as his hidden weapons still deserve some respect.
"But, what is there for me to fear from a puppet Super Beast like this that lacks its own combat consciousness?"
Seeing that Tang San immediately released his Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone, stepped into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and charged at him, while Blue Silver Bind had also been activated to bind Lan Kai tightly in place, Lan Kai couldn't help but think.
The previous "Prisoner Huo" and the Chimera had already made Lan Kai realize quite a few problems, and these issues would only further affect the combat effectiveness of this Tang San.
Seeing the Eight Spider Lances about to pierce his body, Lan Kai exerted force suddenly, easily shaking off Tang San's Blue Silver Bind, while simultaneously destroying the Parasite second spirit skill he had attempted to attach to him.
Immediately following this, Lan Kai held a Sperion Ring in each hand, beginning to continuously slice at Tang San's Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone.
As everyone knows, parts that look as strange as the Eight Spider Lances must be removed as quickly as possible during combat.
To ensure efficiency, Lan Kai even made an exception by controlling one Sperion Ring with each hand, continuously slicing at Tang San's Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone.
Soon, the ground was littered with segments of the Eight Spider Lances and Blue Silver Grass.
Yet, just like with "Prisoner Huo" and the Chimera, Tang San's movements did not deform due to the destruction of his External Soul Bone. He immediately activated Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, pushing Lan Kai away from himself, then raised his hands to unleash a barrage of hidden weapons.
Lan Kai immediately deployed the Sperion Shield in front of him, blocking all the hidden weapons Tang San threw, including the so-called armor-piercing types that supposedly countered shields.
"Courtesy demands reciprocity! Try this next... Spearion Dart!"
As Tang San's attack paused for a moment, Lan Kai quickly condensed the Sperion energy into many small darts and threw them toward Tang San.