It was just that Gu An still couldn't influence the battle without anyone noticing, not with so many people watching.
Having lived two lifetimes, his spiritual power had only barely reached the Spirit Connection Realm.
He had spiritual power, but no way to use it to attack.
Like a strong man who had plenty of strength but didn't know a single fist technique.
So if they wanted to have any real impact on the battle, Leng Yaozhu would have to act.
Gu An leaned close to Leng Yaozhu's ear and quietly told her what he had in mind.
His lips nearly brushed her earlobe. His warm breath made the tip of Leng Yaozhu's ear twitch slightly.
After hearing him out, Leng Yaozhu wore a helpless expression.
But she didn't refuse.
She had never refused Xiao An's requests.
She gently closed her eyes. A thread of spiritual power, so faint it was almost imperceptible, separated from her consciousness and silently spread toward the Soul Fighting Platform.
Her target was Huo Yuhao.
She left Wang Dong alone.
Gu An was still growing, and his strength was nowhere near its full potential.
They couldn't let Great God King Tang notice anything amiss.
Though Gu An had no idea whether Great God King Tang had left any safeguard or divine sense mark inside Wang Dong.
It was better not to take that gamble.
If they alarmed Tang San, that Great God King might personally step in and fight in her place.
If he discovered Gu An's presence as an outsider, he would surely target them relentlessly from then on.
His attention on Douluo Continent would also increase considerably.
Even with Destruction keeping an eye on Tang San in the Divine Realm, they couldn't take that risk.
On the Soul Fighting Platform.
The battle had reached its most critical moment.
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu attacked at the same time.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill! Hell White Tiger!!"
Their Martial Souls intertwined and fused in midair, and a gigantic Hell White Tiger took shape on the Soul Fighting Platform.
Black-and-white light coiled around its body. Its paws struck the ground, making the entire platform tremble.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong exchanged a glance.
Their expressions turned resolute at the same time.
They were going to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, too.
A Martial Soul Fusion Skill was the best way to counter another Martial Soul Fusion Skill!
They had no idea that a Martial Soul Fusion Skill had a seven-day cooldown.
Huo Yuhao turned and called out to Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao, hold it off for a while!"
Wang Dong couldn't even be bothered to say anything.
Xiao Xiao stood in front of the two of them, looking at the Hell White Tiger before her, a creature countless times larger than she was.
The corner of her mouth twitched. Her face was filled with speechless disbelief.
She looked down at her small frame and the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron in front of her.
Then she looked up at the Hell White Tiger charging toward her.
She was a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.
And they expected her to hold off a Martial Soul Fusion Skill at the Soul Elder level?
Were they serious?
They really thought a lot of her.
"I..."
She tried to say something, but Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao had already exchanged a glance. They couldn't hear her.
The two of them clasped hands tightly.
Their fingers intertwined.
They closed their eyes in unison.
Haodong Power began to flow between them, weaving their Soul Power together.
But several seconds passed, and nothing happened.
Wang Dong furrowed her brow and tightened her grip.
Fine beads of sweat formed on Huo Yuhao's forehead. He clenched his teeth and desperately urged the Soul Power within him onward.
Seated in the stands, Leng Yaozhu moved a fingertip. A thread of spiritual power was ready to go.
She had been about to interfere.
But then she realized she didn't need to do anything.
They couldn't manage it on their own.
The seven-day cooldown on their Martial Soul Fusion Skill hadn't ended yet.
But just as Leng Yaozhu was about to withdraw her spiritual power, her eyebrows suddenly lifted.
"Hm? They can still fuse?"
The two streams of Soul Power attempting to fuse really had begun to resonate with each other.
It was faint, but there was no mistaking it.
As expected of Douluo Planet's own son, the chosen one of this world.
Even though their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was still on cooldown, given enough time, they really could slowly fuse successfully.
But the problem was...
Where were they going to get the time?
On the other side of the platform, the Hell White Tiger opened its jaws and let out a roar that shook the entire arena.
Xiao Xiao stood between the Hell White Tiger and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron in front of her was only half her height, but she stood behind it all the same.
"Just admit defeat! You think you can stop us?"
As soon as the words left its mouth, a paw came crashing down.
"Whether I can stop you or not, I have to try!"
She had already decided to leave Shrek, but that didn't mean she'd slack off in battle!
"First Soul Skill! Cauldron Shock!"
Xiao Xiao gritted her teeth. The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron split into three and blocked the Hell White Tiger's attack.
"Clang—!"
The tiger's paw struck the cauldron, ringing out with a deafening crash of metal.
The Blue Steel Rock beneath Xiao Xiao's feet cracked in several places. Her arms went numb, and the web of her thumb throbbed from the impact.
"That all you've got? Let's see how many attacks you can block!"
Dai Huabin's voice rang out, and a second paw came right after the first.
Xiao Xiao blocked it again, but a trace of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
She turned her head and looked at Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong behind her.
"Are you two done yet? I can't hold out much longer!" she gritted out.
Unfortunately, the two of them couldn't hear her at all.
The next instant,
another paw struck.
The tiger's paw sent the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron flying. It spun through the air several times before crashing into the edge of the Soul Fighting Platform with a heavy thud.
With her Martial Soul injured, Xiao Xiao was flung away as well. She rolled across the ground several times before coming to a stop.
She lay prone, struggling to lift her head and look toward Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
The Hell White Tiger swept past her, trailing a gust of bloody wind.
Its target was Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
At the sound of the rushing wind, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time.
They saw the last thing they wanted to see in their entire lives.
A gigantic tiger's paw was rapidly growing larger in their vision.
Their pupils contracted at the same time.
With no choice, they let go of each other and rolled in opposite directions.
The tiger's paw struck the spot where they had been standing. Shattered stones flew everywhere.
Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been interrupted.
Dai Huabin's voice came from the Hell White Tiger, brimming with barely restrained pride and arrogance.
"Get off the platform already."
"You measly first-ringers made it this far? You've reached the end of the road!"
The Hell White Tiger charged again.
Without their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stood no chance against a Martial Soul Fusion Skill at the Soul Elder level.
"Hmph! So what if you have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
"Second Soul Skill! Light of the Father God!"
After releasing her second Soul Skill, Wang Dong spread the wings of her Light Goddess Butterfly and tried to fly up, putting some distance between herself and the tiger so she could attack.
Unfortunately, the Hell White Tiger gave her no such chance. One swipe knocked her out of the air.
"Wang Dong!"
Huo Yuhao cried out in alarm.
"First Soul Skill! Mental Shock!"
He unleashed Mental Shock. The Hell White Tiger only paused for a moment.
Then a paw swept Huo Yuhao away, sending his back crashing into the guardrail at the edge of the Soul Fighting Platform with a heavy thud.
Even the Million-Year Soul Ring was no use.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had already fallen into a deep sleep because of Leng Yaozhu, then had been forced awake to rescue Huo Yuhao during Ma Xiaotao's indiscriminate attack.
Now it was sleeping even more deeply and couldn't help Huo Yuhao at all.
He could only rely on himself.
But with his own strength, he had no way to win.
The Hell White Tiger's final paw came down.
Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao were both sent crashing to the edge of the Soul Fighting Platform.
Huo Yuhao hit the ground hard on his back. His vision swam with darkness.
He forced himself to his feet, staring fixedly at the Hell White Tiger as it roared toward the heavens on the platform.
He clenched his fist, nails digging into his palm. Blood seeped between his fingers.
No matter what, he didn't want to lose to that man's son!
Not one bit.
An overwhelming resentment and unwillingness welled up inside him.
Why hadn't Xiao Xiao held it off?
Why had she lost so quickly?
If Xiao Xiao had held out a little longer, even just a few seconds more, he and Wang Dong could have completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
If Xiao Xiao hadn't been late, if she hadn't been so indifferent, maybe they would have worked together better.
If Xiao Xiao had listened to Teacher Zhou Yi and given her Second Martial Soul a Soul Ring, maybe she really could have held off the Hell White Tiger.
All that unwillingness, all that anger, all that hatred...
It built and built inside his chest.
The surging negative emotions stirred the depths of his mind, rousing the sleeping Electrolux!