(First update)
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, Host, for speaking Sekiro's classic line. You have received one lottery chance. Would you like to activate the lottery wheel?"
"No!"
With the long, thick Soul-Seizing Chain pulled taut, Yang Ming easily departed before Huo Wushuang's grief-stricken and furious gaze.
"W-Wait... wait!"
Blazing flames burst from Huo Wushuang's throat, while his hands shot out like dragon claws, desperately trying to seize Yang Ming and drag him off the arena together.
Unfortunately, his terrifying flames were completely ineffective against Yang Ming, and his hands were blocked by the Black Tortoise Shield. He could not touch Yang Ming at all and could only fall helplessly outside the arena under the pull of gravity.
Silence!
Dead silence!
Helpless silence!
This sudden turn of events came too swiftly and violently. The entire process had taken no more than ten seconds, yet it had already displayed the wisdom and courage gathered by Blazing Fire Academy from top to bottom. Unfortunately, they had still failed at the final step.
It was not that Blazing Fire Academy had not put in the effort. They had carefully researched and arranged tactics around Yang Ming's Martial Soul and spirit skills. Their plan from the beginning had not been to defeat Yang Ming, but merely to drag him off the arena with them through mutual destruction.
Yet the intelligence in their hands had lacked information on the Soul-Seizing Chain alone.
Of course, that was only what Blazing Fire Academy's strategists believed.
In truth, if Yang Ming had used the Eight Gates Released Formation, he would have ended things much faster. However, they did not understand that ability very well, because whenever Yang Ming used it before outsiders, he usually held back a portion of his strength and never fully unleashed the Eight Gates Released Formation's power.