Tang Hongning was hardly any better off. Lightning soul power flickered wildly over his body, burning the Blue Silver Grass on him to charcoal, but there were simply too many seeds to clear them all away.
Tang San fought Pinocchio while diverting soul power to sustain Blue Silver Parasite.
Fine beads of sweat had already seeped from his temples. With Marionette Theater strengthening them, Pinocchio's threads grew ever denser. He had to remain alert at every moment, or a thread could connect to him at any time.
But this wave of support bought Lin An precious breathing room.
Lin An gritted her teeth and poured the last trace of soul power in her body into her third soul ring.
"Third soul skill, Veil Binding!"
The veil transformed into dozens of fine, deep-purple threads that surged from her palm, tracking their target like living creatures.
The instant the threads touched Ying Wei, they wound around his limbs and tightened furiously.
"Damn it!" Ying Wei struggled desperately. The strength Muscle Inflation granted him reached its limit, snapping the threads one after another.
But every time one snapped, another took its place. Veil Binding's restraining effect kept him from escaping for the moment.
Seeing this, Tang Hongning became a lightning afterimage, trying to circle past Lin An and go straight for Oscar behind her.
"Oscar, watch out!" Lin An cried.
Oscar's face was deathly pale, but he did not retreat. He clenched the Mushroom Sausage in his hand and shoved it into his mouth, his cheeks bulging as he chewed desperately and swallowed it in a few bites.
"Third soul skill, Speed Mushroom Sausage!"
Golden light burst from within him, and his speed instantly soared by thirty percent.
He lunged sideways, narrowly avoiding Tang Hongning's first claw strike.
But Tang Hongning was a