Numbers Are the Reason Kings Rule!

Huo Yuhao and the other two, who had watched Lu Yuan's team fight before, knew that Lu Yuan was the absolute core of the team and its strongest member.

If they did not take down Lu Yuan, everything else was just wishful thinking.

However, confronting Lu Yuan head-on was undoubtedly the worst possible choice. With Ning Tian's three Soul Skills providing different forms of support and Wu Feng assisting from the side, they had no chance of winning no matter how they looked at it.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao and the others planned to defeat them one by one!

After Wang Dong carried Huo Yuhao into the air, Wu Feng, whose mobility was lacking, would most likely go after the other support-type Soul Master, Xiao Xiao.

Sure enough, the opening unfolded exactly as they had planned.

Then there was Ning Tian. Her second Soul Skill was extremely unusual. It was not a boosting Soul Skill, but one that removed control effects.

It heavily countered the Soul Skills of Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, as well as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, because all of their Soul Skills were control-type abilities. Although they did not know whether Ning Tian's second Soul Skill could remove the control effect of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Golden Road, they did not dare gamble on it—and could not afford to.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao would first use Cauldron's Tremor to bait out Ning Tian's control-removal Soul Skill. Then Huo Yuhao would use Mental Shock to disrupt Ning Tian's state and cut off the boosts she provided to Lu Yuan and Wu Feng.

It worked!

As Huo Yuhao's Mental Shock struck, Ning Tian felt as though her brain had been hit by a massive hammer. She let out a muffled groan, and the Soul Ring shining on her Seven Treasure Glazed Tower instantly dimmed. The boosting light from her first and third Soul Skills, which had linked Lu Yuan and Wu Feng, vanished as well.

Spiritual Detection Sharing allowed Xiao Xiao to seize the instant Ning Tian lost focus. The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron guarded her side, while an emerald-green flute appeared in Xiao Xiao's hand. The jade flute was long, its surface carved with lifelike phoenixes.

Second Martial Soul—Nine Phoenixes Paying Homage Flute!

First Soul Skill—Sluggishness!

A yellow Soul Ring on the Nine Phoenixes Paying Homage Flute activated. Along with waves of flute music, a twenty-percent group movement-speed reduction debuff was placed on everyone.

The two Soul Rings of the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron lit up at the same time. Xiao Xiao seemed to have abandoned her own defenses as all three Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons flew toward Lu Yuan.

A nation's heavy weapon, Cauldron's Tremor!

The three cauldrons merged into one, releasing a thunderous roar. A colossal cauldron twice the size of any of the previous ones appeared in midair. Strange runes faintly surfaced upon it, and an indescribable majesty burst forth with that deafening boom.

Rings of black halos spread outward. Lu Yuan and Ning Tian, caught within their influence, felt their movements grow sluggish while their Soul Power evaporated at an eerie speed.

With a flash of light, Xiao Xiao closed her eyes in relief. Du Weilun had taken her off the arena.

The moment Xiao Xiao used the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron against Lu Yuan, she had already prepared herself to be eliminated. Without the cauldron protecting her, she was undoubtedly a living target for Wu Feng. But her task was complete. Yuhao, Wang Dong, the rest was up to you two!!!

Everything Xiao Xiao had done was meant to weaken and restrain Lu Yuan as much as possible, paving the way for the moment Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong revealed their true trump card!

"Yuhao, Xiao Xiao has completed her task. Now it's our turn!" Wang Dong whispered into Huo Yuhao's ear after carrying him past one light blade after another fired by Lu Yuan.

It was clear that Lu Yuan's movements had become far slower than they had been at the start of the match.

"Come on, Wang Dong. Brother Yuan may be strong, but don't underestimate the bond of Room 108!"

At some point, their posture had changed from an arm around each other to a full embrace. A faint golden glow had lit up in Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, while Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly became increasingly dazzling.

A strange radiance lit up within ten meters of them. Blue, purple, and gold light continuously shifted and interwove. Centered around a dense aura of light, it was also mixed with many peculiar fluctuations of Soul Power.

As the resplendent Goddess Butterfly embraced the Spirit Eyes, the butterfly's figure slowly faded away, while the blue-purple Spirit Eyes blazed with brilliance.

Gorgeous blue-gold flames instantly bloomed around the spectral image of the Spirit Eyes. It slowly descended, protecting the embracing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong within.

The massive Spirit Eyes appeared incomparably profound. Looking closely, it seemed as if endless worlds lay within them. In the next instant, a terrifying beam of blended blue, purple, and gold light shot forth like lightning.

The prismatic beam shot straight ahead. Wherever it passed, that instant of brilliance seemed as eternal as ancient time itself, leaving behind only a distorted, dazzling haze.

Withering amid brilliance, Golden Road!!!

"Ning Tian, move!"

The moment Lu Yuan sensed that surge of Soul Power, he grabbed Ning Tian and threw her toward Du Weilun, who was flying over. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill of this level was not something Ning Tian could withstand.

However, just as Du Weilun intended to take Lu Yuan away as well, transmissions from both Lu Yuan and Xuan Zi rang out in his mind. After giving Lu Yuan a deep look, Du Weilun took Ning Tian and withdrew from the arena first.

Then, a surging torrent of light engulfed Lu Yuan.

Could they win? Watching the rolling three-colored light, hope shone in Xiao Xiao's eyes.

As long as they took down Lu Yuan, Yuhao and Wang Dong would definitely be able to defeat Wu Feng!

Scorching heat, dizziness!

That was what Lu Yuan felt now. The light element, which had once obeyed him as easily as an arm or finger, seemed to be slipping away from his grasp. Even his Martial Soul was falling silent.

To be honest, despite being burdened with so many debuffs, he still had a chance to dodge this Martial Soul Fusion Skill if he wanted to.

But dodging was the mindset of the weak.

Lu Yuan raised his right arm against the beam, and Light's Demonbreaker within that arm began to emit a faint glow!

Had they succeeded?

Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao kept their minds fixed on Lu Yuan's figure. Seeing him swallowed by Golden Road, they were so excited that they nearly released their Martial Soul Fusion Skill on the spot.

One step, then another.

Yet deep within the light, a figure seemed to be steadily advancing!

It was Lu Yuan!

(Lu Yuan tanking Golden Road be like)

How was that possible? N

Lu Yuan took slow but resolute steps out of the torrent of light, walking all the way to the enormous vertical eye. Then he raised his right fist and smashed it heavily into that illusory eye!

The divine strength granted by the second-level Great Tortoise Shell Technique allowed the Great Tortoise Shell Master to strike and damage even an illusory spiritual body.

Bang!

That heavy punch directly knocked Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong out of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill state. Still embracing each other, the two rolled into a heap on the ground.

Spreading her wings to cushion herself as she rolled across the ground, Wang Dong held Huo Yuhao and said in shock, "That's impossible! Golden Road should restrict your movements and strip away your Martial Soul! How could you still attack us?"

"My Martial Soul was indeed sealed," Lu Yuan said as he shook his right fist and loosened his muscles, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth. "But as for restricting my movements, maybe I'm just stronger than you. After all, numbers are the reason kings rule!"