After watching the third round of matches, Dai Chengqian took the women back to the hotel.
Spirit Hall had prepared the hotel especially for the competing teams, and it had dedicated cultivation rooms.
They entered a cultivation room.
Zhu Zhuyun asked Dai Chengqian curiously, "The match is coming up soon. Is there still time for that killer move you mentioned?"
Dai Chengqian smiled faintly and told them, "The killer move I mentioned is both simple and difficult. It's the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill."
"What? The Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill? We can't do that.
Your Highness, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill requires the innate attributes of our martial souls to be compatible. Of the seven of us, only Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and you have compatible martial souls. The rest of ours aren't compatible at all. It's completely impossible," Dugu Yan said.
"You're right. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill does require compatible martial souls, but what I'm talking about is the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
It doesn't require our martial souls to fuse. We just need to pour all our soul power into one person, who can then unleash tremendous power."
As Dai Chengqian spoke, he walked over to Ye Lingling and said with a smile,
"The only hurdle is that our minds must be completely connected, and our spiritual power must be on the same frequency.
That's why I asked Ye Lingling how proficient she was with her Soul Bone Skill earlier.
To make sure we could succeed, when I first gave Ye Lingling her soul bone, I told her to keep practicing its mind-linking ability. It was all for the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill."
"All right, there's no point talking any more. You'll understand once we try it."
Dai Chengqian called Dugu Bo over to serve as their training opponent.
Then everyone took their positions according to the protagonist's instructions.
"Lingling, begin!"
Ye Lingling nodded. Her head soul bone shone, enveloping every member of the team.
Within the light's reach, the Spiritual Sharing Domain sprang into place.
Dai Chengqian felt his thoughts connect with those of his six teammates. They could now perform any action in perfect synchronization.
"Begin! Transfer your soul power!"
With a thought from Dai Chengqian, everyone heard his voice and moved simultaneously.
Under Spiritual Sharing, they maintained the same soul power frequency, sending an unbroken stream toward Dai Chengqian at the front.
Feeling the immense soul power surging into him, Dai Chengqian unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Thunder God's Arrow.
An enormous arrow gradually took shape overhead, stretching above them all.
Rolling thunder wreathed the arrow, giving off deafening booms.
"Good grief, what has this monster come up with now?!"
Dugu Bo watched in alarm. He felt that this Soul Skill's power was already on par with an all-out strike from a rank-seventy Soul Saint.
Nine soul rings slowly rose from Dugu Bo's body. He prepared to use his full strength to test the protagonist's strike.
"Senior Dugu, brace yourself!"
"Come on, brat. Let's see just how powerful that strike of yours is!
Martial Soul Avatar!"
Dugu Bo immediately activated his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body to defend himself.
Besides his true body, he also released a large amount of jade phosphor soul power, forming a protective shell around himself.
With these two layers of protection, Dugu Bo was extremely confident in his defenses. He beckoned to the protagonist and said,
"Come on!"
Thunder God's Arrow shot toward Dugu Bo, carrying the power of rolling thunder.
The amplified Thunder God's Arrow struck the protective shell of soul power surrounding Dugu Bo's Martial Soul Avatar.
Crack!
The shell formed from jade phosphor soul power held for only one second before shattering.
Then Thunder God's Arrow slammed straight into Dugu Bo's flesh.
Fortunately, Dugu Bo was currently in his Martial Soul Avatar state, his skin covered entirely in hard Jade Phosphorous Serpent scales.
Against Dugu Bo's full-powered defense, Thunder God's Arrow ultimately failed to injure a Titled Douluo. Dugu Bo gradually wore away all its energy.
Looking at Dai Chengqian, Dugu Bo sighed in admiration.
"Boy Dai, you really are a little freak.
At its peak, that Soul Skill of yours had power comparable to an ordinary rank-seventy-five Soul Saint."
Dai Chengqian was holding a soul power Milk Bottle to replenish his soul power.
Hearing Dugu Bo's words, he shook his head and smiled.
"Its power is pretty decent, but that single strike drained all the soul power from the seven of us.
Let's keep this move as a trump card for now."
The competition reached its fourth round.
When Dai Chengqian drew lots, he drew a familiar team: the Divine Wind Team, which had taken in the Blazing Fire Team.
Meanwhile, Shrek and the Spirit Hall Team did not draw each other. Each drew a team that was not particularly strong.
After the fourth round began,
the Shrek Team and the Spirit Hall Team both defeated their opponents easily, securing two spots in the fifth round of the finals.
The remaining spot would be decided between Dai Chengqian's team and Feng Xiaotian's.
After Dai Chengqian's team and the Divine Wind Team took the stage,
every team below watched closely.
Looking at the peerlessly gallant Dai Chengqian onstage, Ning Rongrong asked Tang San beside her,
"Brother San, who do you think will win?"
Tang San shook his head and said,
"It's hard to say.
Dai Chengqian's team has shown tremendous strength so far.
But the reorganized Divine Wind Team can't be underestimated either."
"Oh, but I still believe in Dai Chengqian. He's definitely going to win this match."
Tang San looked at Ning Rongrong in surprise. For some reason, she had been paying a great deal of attention to Dai Chengqian lately.
If he remembered correctly, she had come to watch every single match Dai Chengqian's team had fought.
He glanced at Oscar beside him and found Oscar looking back with a miserable expression.
Oscar had been heartsick these past few days. He had noticed that whenever he spoke to Ning Rongrong, her mind kept wandering, and every so often she would suddenly laugh.
Whenever he asked Ning Rongrong what had happened, she would wave him away impatiently and say, "Nothing."
It had nearly driven him to despair.
He did not know why Ning Rongrong had changed so much from before.
But his sixth sense told him it most likely had something to do with Dai Chengqian up onstage.
Oscar silently resolved to compete with him. He would crush Dai Chengqian in the finals and make Ning Rongrong turn her attention back to him.
On the arena stage,
Dai Chengqian looked at Huo Wu and spread his hands helplessly.
"What rotten luck. Didn't you want to fight Tang San? How did the two of us end up drawing each other?"
Huo Wu smiled.
"Nothing we can do about it. Maybe this is fate.
Let me make this clear beforehand: even though you're not Tang San, I won't hold back.
Use everything you've got and let me see how strong you are!"
Dai Chengqian spread his hands. "Whether I use my full strength depends on whether you're strong enough to make me."
Feng Xiaotian gave Dai Chengqian a cold look. "You're pretty arrogant. Let's see whether we can make you use your full strength!
Take this!"
As Feng Xiaotian's words fell, the formation of the Divine Wind Team's seven members changed instantly.
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