Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, Join the Sun Moon Empire!
Chapter 42

Direct Ambush!

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The next moment, Xiao Hongchen snorted coldly and directly activated his Martial Soul Possession.

Since his Martial Soul was the Three-legged Golden Toad, his body immediately glowed with golden light. Even his legs were covered in gold, and at the same time, a golden toad leg grew from behind his backside.

Looking at Xiao Hongchen's current state, Huo Yuhao immediately felt that it was ugly as hell. The Hongchen siblings were both quite attractive, yet their Martial Souls were both toad-type. This kind of Martial Soul really was not very good-looking.

Just then, Xiao Hongchen scattered a large number of metal spheres. Then, his first, second, third, and fourth soul rings lit up one after another. In just a few breaths, those metal spheres transformed into terrifying Fifth-Level Soul Guiding Cannons and piled themselves all over Xiao Hongchen's body.

As the reserve team captain, Xiao Hongchen's Three-legged Golden Toad was an extremely rare Beast Martial Soul. Its primary ability was controlling metal, so all five of his soul skills were actually related to metal.

"Ma Rulong, have a taste of my Soul Guiding Cannons!"

Xiao Hongchen shouted.

Boom!

The power of 128 Fifth-Level Soul Guiding Cannons firing at once could not be underestimated. Even Ma Rulong, a Soul Emperor, had to brace himself seriously.

"Spread out and avoid Xiao Hongchen's attacks as much as possible. For anything you can't dodge, return fire with Soul Guiding Cannons or block it with Defensive Soul Tools. Remember, our priority is to eliminate Xiao Hongchen. As long as Xiao Hongchen is eliminated, we win." He quickly issued his orders.

In Ma Rulong's eyes, Xiao Hongchen was the core of the opposing team.

First, Huo Yuhao was merely a Soul Grandmaster and posed no threat.

Although Meng Hongchen's Vermillion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul was formidable, with precautions in place and prior knowledge of her methods, they could still hold out for a while.

When it came to using Soul Guiding Cannons, Meng Hongchen was clearly inferior to Xiao Hongchen. Xiao Hongchen's instantaneous explosive power was far too terrifying. They had to force him out of the match. As long as they took down Xiao Hongchen, victory would certainly be theirs.

"Alright!" Chen Fei and Li Yan nodded together before beginning to move.

The continuous roar of Soul Guiding Cannons echoed around them. Though Xiao Hongchen's cannons were powerful, his offensive was immediately suppressed under the interception of the three opponents. Xiao Hongchen even began moving around the arena while firing his cannons, looking rather bedraggled.

After all, Ma Rulong was a Rank 6 Soul Engineer, while Chen Fei and Li Yan were both Fifth Level Soul Engineers. With the three of them together, no matter how strong Xiao Hongchen was, he had to avoid their edge.

Ma Rulong, who had already activated his Soul Tool Cannon Platform Tactics, gradually frowned. He was somewhat confused. "Xiao Hongchen's aim is way too accurate. Is he really this precise today? How can every shot target us? Didn't he used to just carpet-bomb the entire area? And why do I feel like Xiao Hongchen can predict our attacks in advance? It's as if he can see every single movement we make perfectly clearly."

"Meng! Why haven't you made your move yet?" Xiao Hongchen finally could not take it anymore and shouted.

Although he was shooting far more accurately than before, being suppressed by their firepower made him feel utterly miserable.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out in Xiao Hongchen's mind through Mental Detection Sharing. "Senior Xiao, please remain calm. Senior Meng and I have come up with a foolproof plan.

"But we still need your cooperation. In a moment, Senior Meng and I will ambush them and create an opportunity for you to counterattack. You need to help us draw their attention."

"What? I still have to take the hits?" Xiao Hongchen felt a headache coming on, but he gritted his teeth and agreed. After all, with his Fifth Soul Skill, a pile of Invincible Barriers, and Defensive Soul Tools all over his body, he really could take a beating!

Xiao Hongchen had no time to pay attention to Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao's side. The three opponents' Soul Guiding Cannon attacks were all aimed at him, and he was under immense pressure.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao's First Soul Skill was quite effective. He could easily sense the opponents' movements. Otherwise, he would soon have been eliminated under the three men's combined assault.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao had his arms wrapped around Meng Hongchen's slender waist as she led him into the air.

There was really no other way around it. If he wanted to enhance Meng Hongchen's ice attribute, he had to stay extremely close to her.

Her waist felt soft, and a faint, alluring fragrance lingered around her.

However, because he was pressed against Meng Hongchen's back, he could easily feel that her body was somewhat tense. Judging from her reaction, Meng Hongchen seemed a little nervous.

Having activated her Martial Soul, Meng Hongchen was now in her white-haired, red-eyed form.

It was also her first time being so close to someone of the opposite sex. A faint blush surfaced on her delicate, fair face, and her heart beat slightly faster than usual.

Just moments earlier, Huo Yuhao had told her about his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and Simulated Soul Skill in order to secure victory in one stroke.

Of course, he had not told her before the match in order to prevent Ma Rulong and the others from learning about it and taking precautions.

Huo Yuhao was now operating his Simulated Soul Skill at full force, mimicking the surrounding environment so that he and Meng Hongchen would disappear from Ma Rulong and the others' sight, catching them completely off guard.

Very soon, the two arrived behind Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Li Yan.

The three remained completely unaware of their arrival. In the original story, only certain detection-type Soul Tools and beings with extraordinarily powerful Spiritual Power could generally see through the Simulated Soul Skill.

The three clearly did not possess extraordinarily powerful Spiritual Power, nor did they have detection Soul Tools.

For one thing, no one would bring such things into the Soul Arena.

For another, they were far too precious. At this point in time, those detection Soul Tools should still have been in the stage before mass production.

Therefore, Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao could easily sneak up behind Ma Rulong and the other two.

"Senior Meng, you can begin now." Huo Yuhao's voice echoed in Meng Hongchen's mind.

Meng Hongchen nodded. Then, a massive stream of white air at an extremely low temperature flew from her hand. She was somewhat surprised as well. My ice attribute seems to have become even purer. As expected of Ultimate Ice!

The icy mist swept toward Ma Rulong and the other two. The extreme cold made them shudder. "Not good! It's Meng Hongchen's ambush!"

A biting chill immediately spread throughout their bodies. For some reason, Ma Rulong felt that this chill seemed even colder than when Meng Hongchen had attacked in the past.

The three immediately scattered in different directions. After all, none of them wanted to collapse from poisoning.

Ma Rulong's mind raced. Meng Hongchen had somehow silently approached from behind him without his notice. Without a doubt, that was Huo Yuhao's doing. It seemed he had indeed underestimated this junior.

"Huo Yuhao, could it be that you have a soul skill that lets you turn invisible?" He looked around, but could not find Huo Yuhao or Meng Hongchen. For a moment, he became anxious.

After Li Yan escaped the icy mist, he immediately turned around and prepared to fire a Soul Guiding Cannon behind him. Seeing this, Huo Yuhao directly used Mental Interference, followed by Soul Impact.

Li Yan instinctively staggered back several steps, his mind feeling dazed. Then, he was completely swallowed by the sweeping icy mist. He swayed a few times before collapsing to the ground with a thud.

Jing Hongchen intervened in time, directly removing Li Yan, who had already lost his ability to fight, from the Soul Arena. His thoughts churned. It looks like Yuhao and the others should win! Ma Rulong is about to lose.

Ma Rulong's expression was somewhat ugly. He had not expected to lose a teammate so quickly, and sweat was already pouring down his back.

"Based on the current situation, Huo Yuhao seems to have used three soul skills. One is invisibility, one improves the accuracy of Soul Guiding Cannons, and one is a mental attack. Could he be a Twin Martial Souls user? Is his talent really that good?"

Thinking of that possibility, Ma Rulong was somewhat shocked. Then, he decided to take Chen Fei and continue attacking Xiao Hongchen.

After all, he could not find Huo Yuhao or Meng Hongchen at all right now. He was completely in the dark. Even if he used blanket fire to force the two out, he still had to consider the watchful Xiao Hongchen behind them.

Moreover, he had to put distance between himself and Meng Hongchen's attacks to prevent the toxins in his body from worsening. Under these circumstances, they had no choice but to close the distance with Xiao Hongchen.

With that in mind, he said, "Chen Fei, follow me! We'll force our way through and attack Xiao Hongchen!"

Chen Fei nodded, then followed Ma Rulong as they flew toward Xiao Hongchen together.

Meanwhile, for Huo Yuhao, Twin Martial Souls could actually be used at the same time as long as he used his powerful Spiritual Power to control both Martial Souls. Therefore, he would not interrupt his Ultimate Ice enhancement of Meng Hongchen.

Of course, there was another classic example: Xiao Xiao. When Xiao Xiao first appeared in the original story, she could already use both Martial Souls simultaneously. However, having a Twin Martial Souls user wield both Martial Souls at once was actually an advanced technique explicitly established by the original author in Peerless Tang Sect.

Even Wang Dong, Tang Buddha's daughter, could not use this so-called advanced technique in the early stages of the original story.

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