(Third update)
After the Spirit Douluo leader erupted with the Soul Power of a Spirit Douluo and released his Martial Soul, the two black-clad men beside him refused to be outdone and released their Martial Souls as well.
Though the Soul Power fluctuations of these two black-clad men were slightly weaker than the Spirit Douluo leader's, no one dared underestimate them, because they were both Soul Saints!
One Spirit Douluo, two Soul Saints!
Adding the two Soul Saints who had tied down Flender and Liu Erlong, that made five Advanced Spirit Masters!
Flender and Liu Erlong's hearts tightened, and their expressions gradually turned grave.
Unlike the Shrek Academy students, who had spent all year at the academy and knew little of worldly affairs, they had once roamed the Douluo Continent in their youth. Naturally, they understood what this meant.
Only first-rate forces, or even top-tier forces, could possibly produce such a lineup of powerful experts all at once!
There was another force that Flender and Liu Erlong vaguely suspected, yet they did not dare think in that direction: Spirit Hall.
If these people had truly been sent by Spirit Hall, it was simply unthinkable!
Moreover, Flender and Liu Erlong could barely protect themselves at this moment. Tangled up by two Soul Saints whose Martial Souls countered theirs, they had no chance to rush to Yang Ming's aid.
If Grandmaster had not vanished for no reason, then with the three of them joining forces—and with Grandmaster's Martial Soul now completed through Yang Ming's help—the Martial Soul Fusion Skill they unleashed would surely have been even stronger, easily breaking the current deadlock.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
Thus, the two of them could only pray in their hearts that Yang Ming, the younger generation talent they had thought so highly of, could