After the Soul-Locking Net fell, the sounds around them immediately grew distant.
Tang San could see Dai Mubai and the others charging through the formation outside, but all he heard was the hum of vibrating chains. Eighteen gray junctions steadily drained the Soul Power inside the net. The moment the Blue Silver Emperor touched a chain, white smoke rose and its leaves curled rapidly.
Xiao Wu kicked the net. The recoil shot up her shin and forced her back two steps.
"This thing is designed to counter Soul Power," she said.
"Eighteen people are maintaining it. There has to be a gap."
Tang San wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and activated the Purple Demon Eye. The gray light in the net no longer looked like one unbroken field of color. The Soul Power flowing through each chain moved at a slightly different speed. The third junction to the left rear glowed brightest, yet the Soul Master maintaining it was only a Soul Emperor.
Salas had kept his strongest fighters at the front and hidden the weak point behind Tang San.
"Xiao Wu, give me three breaths."
"All right."
She did not ask what Tang San planned to do. She activated her first Soul Skill, Waist Bow, and skimmed along the ground toward the left. Two chains tightened ahead of her. Just before they collided with her, Xiao Wu used Teleportation and crossed the first barrier in an instant.
Another chain slammed down from above.
Invincible Golden Body flared. The gray chain struck the golden light, and the recoil shook the entire net. Xiao Wu seized the chain and yanked it backward. All eighteen Soul Masters maintaining the formation stumbled forward at once.
Tang San moved.
The Eight Spider Lances stabbed into the ground, launching him into