Black Flash!!!

"You can see me?" An androgynous voice came from the red mist, carrying unmistakable shock and confusion.

"What's there to see through? It's just a Martial Soul Fusion Skill from two Soul Grandmasters." Bai Ranmo shrugged.

Demon Charm fell silent.

He darted through the red mist like a ghost, searching for an opening in the three opponents' defenses.

As he saw it, Bai Ranmo's Limitless was powerful, but an ability that absurd had to consume a huge amount of Soul Power.

That was his chance. He and Hu Liena still had plenty of Soul Power. If he dragged the fight out, the red mist's suppression would soon leave Bai Ranmo unable to maintain Limitless. So what if Bai Ranmo could track Demon Charm? Without Limitless, he would be a lamb to the slaughter.

The enormous blood-red Moon Blades kept taking swipes at Tianyue and Zhao Yunxiao, irritating them both. Tianyue was holding up well enough—the Golden Crocodile King had formidable defenses—but Zhao Yunxiao could barely hang on. He had little Soul Power left.

"We can't just sit here! Do something!" Tianyue shoved Bai Ranmo, who looked as though he were enjoying the show.

"Oh." Bai Ranmo gave a leisurely hum. Then...

Azure!

In an instant, Bai Ranmo appeared behind Demon Charm. Teleportation was an extension of Azure: by making himself the target of Azure's Attraction, he could pull himself through space.

Demon Charm's senses were sharp. He reacted at once, swinging both enormous blood-red curved blades behind him.

But the blades stopped dead in front of Bai Ranmo.

"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!"

A pull strong enough to shake space erupted at point-blank range. It packed a punch, but inside Demon Charm's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, it dealt less damage than expected.

"You can take a hit, huh?"

"First Soul Skill: Blazing Mad Blade!" Zhao Yunxiao roared. He followed his shout in, bringing a flaming longsword down toward Demon Charm.

"You're asking for it!"

The huge blood-red Moon Blade met the flaming longsword. They held against each other for two and a half seconds before the longsword shattered.

Zhao Yunxiao stared in shock. He had underestimated Demon Charm's head-on attack.

"Careful!" Bai Ranmo called in his easygoing voice. He caught Zhao Yunxiao by the back of his collar and pulled him two steps away. The blade skimmed past his clothes.

"Brother, if Bai Ranmo wants to save someone, he has to touch them. That means his Limitless won't protect him!" Hu Liena shared her thought within Demon Charm's mental space.

As Bibi Dong's disciple, she was no fool. Soul Skills came in all forms, and Bibi Dong had taught her many ways to handle powerful ones. Hu Liena knew how to put those lessons to use.

Xie Yue understood immediately. "Tianyue's defense is too strong. Focus on Zhao Yunxiao."

With that initial plan in place, Demon Charm singled Zhao Yunxiao out.

Zhao Yunxiao felt terribly wronged.

As for Tianyue, the Golden Crocodile King simply wasn't that fast. Demon Charm moved freely through the red mist, and every time she tried to attack, he had already vanished.

It drove the hot-tempered Tianyue mad!

"Ranmo, maybe I should leave the platform. I'm almost out of Soul Power. Staying will only hold you back," Zhao Yunxiao suggested between heavy breaths. He had less than a tenth of his Soul Power left.

Before Bai Ranmo could answer, Demon Charm's Moon Blade swung toward Zhao Yunxiao's back.

Bai Ranmo immediately grabbed Zhao Yunxiao and pulled him away.

"Got you."

Demon Charm released the Moon Blade in his hand. Then he burst forward with startling speed, as though he had been gathering strength all along. He appeared behind Bai Ranmo and raised his other Moon Blade for a swift strike.

He wants to catch me before I can react—before I activate Limitless... Bai Ranmo realized.

But hadn't he wanted to fight Demon Charm head-on too?

Bai Ranmo grinned. Instead of activating Limitless, he wrapped his fist in Azure!

You think an Azure-coated fist can stop me? How stupid...

Of course not!

Bai Ranmo's grin widened. Neither had spoken; they had read each other's intentions in their eyes.

A sudden sense of dread came over Demon Charm.

Focus... Gather all my will into one point...

He found the distortion in space that formed when physical impact and Soul Power struck within 0.000001 seconds of each other.

Space shuddered! Violent energy erupted from his Azure-coated fist.

The damage surged exponentially—to the power of 2.5 times a normal blow!

"Black Flash!!!"

Before Demon Charm's disbelieving eyes, black and red energy intertwined like lightning around the azure-blue fist.

The fist, flashing black and red, slammed into the blood-red Moon Blade.

Crack!

A small fracture appeared in the Moon Blade.

Then searing energy crashed into Demon Charm's chest.

Demon Charm flew backward. His grip loosened, and his other Moon Blade fell to the ground.

Tianyue had been rushing over at the sound of the clash. When Demon Charm landed in front of her, unable to move for the moment, she froze in bewilderment.

Then delight surged through her!

"Thank you for this gift, nature!"

Tianyue threw back her head and howled. Her entire body seemed to become the head of a golden crocodile.

Her arms became two rows of fangs, clamping tight around Demon Charm. Then she began to roll violently.

"Death Roll!"

Already exhausted, Demon Charm could not withstand Tianyue's finishing move. The Martial Soul Fusion Skill broke apart completely.

"Tianyue, why'd you take him down? I was just getting warmed up!" Bai Ranmo appeared beside Hu Liena and Xie Yue, who lay on the ground now that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had ended. He sounded a little disappointed.

He really had been in the zone. Landing Black Flash had set every nerve in his body buzzing, and he had wanted to see if he could land a second one!

When the red mist dispersed, no cries of surprise greeted them—only deathly silence.

"Oh, yeah! Redhead, weren't you just saying my big brother was sure to lose? Look! Your two friends are the ones on the ground!" Sun Chuantao shouted excitedly, nudging Yan beside him with a smug grin.

"How... how is that possible?" Yan's eyes went wide. He looked almost dazed.

Bai Ranmo hopped leisurely down from the platform. "Chuantao, how much did you put down at the Betting Table?"

"Ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, Big Brother!" Sun Chuantao's eyes shone.

As the Second Worship's sole registered disciple, he could hardly be short of money.

"Good! Let's collect!" Bai Ranmo and Sun Chuantao headed off together to claim their winnings at the Betting Table.

Tianyue's head was still spinning. She had done more than fifty rolls in that brief stretch, and it had been a bit much even for her.

Zhao Yunxiao still hadn't quite come back to his senses.

"So we... won?"

"Of course! Don't just stand there..." Tianyue looked at the wrecked Dueling Platform and sniffed. "I'm done for. If the old man has to pay for all this, he'll give me another scolding."

Then Tianyue remembered why they had fought so hard: to bring glory to the Worship Hall. She straightened unconsciously. "If that old man dares scold me today, I'll go complain to Grandpa!"