Martial Soul Fusion Skill

Huang Chutian's team had four members, two boys and two girls.

As the captain, Huang Chutian was a little shorter than Qi Xuan but much more heavily built. One glance marked him as the stereotypical power attack system Soul Master.

Long Xiangyue was considerably smaller and thinner. Walking behind Huang Chutian, he was almost entirely hidden from view.

The other two girls, however, were worth mentioning.

Both had long blue hair and delicate, adorable faces, and they looked exactly alike.

They were actually twins.

"Huang Chutian, Long Xiangyue, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo. We look forward to the match."

Qi Xuan returned the cupped-fist salute. "Qi Xuan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao. We look forward to the match."

As everyone released their martial souls, the match officially began.

On Qi Xuan's side, a figure took the lead, charging boldly forward.

It was not Qi Xuan, but Wang Dong.

The two butterfly wings behind Wang Dong spread to their fullest extent and slashed viciously toward the opposing team.

Huang Chutian hammered his chest, and his Great Strength Divine Ape martial soul possessed him. His height shot up to one meter eighty, and the muscles across his body bulged.

His fist collided with Wang Dong's butterfly wing with the clang of clashing metal.

Wang Dong was sent flying backward, but a cut remained on Huang Chutian's fist, blood slowly seeping from it.

Just as she retreated, Long Xiangyue hurled the Boomerang in his hand, sending it hurtling toward her from a bizarre angle.

It had to be said that, as an agility attack system Soul Master, Long Xiangyue was excellent at seizing opportunities.

Unfortunately, nothing could hide from Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection.

A large cauldron abruptly appeared in the Boomerang's flight path.

Hum.

The Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron blocked the Boomerang's attack outright, leaving Long Xiangyue's strike fruitless.

But their offensive was far from over. Lan Susu's and Lan Luoluo's hair had already grown more than ten meters long and fluttered through the air. Seeing that Wang Dong had broken away from her formation, they sent their hair reaching toward her, intent on binding her.

Two layers of hair nets swept down over Wang Dong, blotting out the sky. As sisters, the two worked in perfect harmony.

Even Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection could find no opening.

After all, using a net to catch a butterfly was practically their specialty.

With two control specialists in their lineup, their strategy had always been clear.

They would use the Blue Twins' powerful battlefield control to quickly eliminate an opponent, then overwhelm the remainder with superior numbers.

Huang Chutian strode forward to surround Wang Dong. Clasping his hands together, he raised them above his head, and his second soul ring began to flash.

Force Cannon Hammer!

His arms instantly swelled, gathering tremendous power into a yellow sphere of light that blasted straight toward Wang Dong.

Entangled in the hair nets, Wang Dong had no attention to spare for anything else. Her Butterfly Wing Guillotine swept out again and again, forcibly tearing an opening in the vast net woven by the sisters.

Huo Yuhao's expression grew grave. Once his spiritual power passed through the hair nets, it met heavy resistance, and the range he could probe shrank by more than half. At this rate, he could no longer maintain control over the entire battlefield.

Meanwhile, Qi Xuan arrived just in time to raise a hand and intercept Huang Chutian's Force Cannon Hammer.

Huang Chutian dared not underestimate him. Over the past few days, Qi Xuan's fearsome reputation had spread throughout the first year. Many already considered him the strongest power attack system Soul Master among the freshmen-or perhaps simply the strongest freshman.

Thus, they had never planned to take Qi Xuan out first. Instead, they intended to defeat him last through sheer numerical advantage.

And so, while Huang Chutian and Qi Xuan were locked in combat, a dark figure silently closed in on the rear.

Long Xiangyue lunged straight at Huo Yuhao, intent on eliminating him.

When squeezing persimmons, pick the softest one. Naturally, Long Xiangyue, who excelled at seizing opportunities, understood that principle.

He therefore seized the precise moment when both Qi Xuan and Wang Dong were tied up and launched a sudden assault.

Thanks to Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection, Xiao Xiao had already caught his movements. With a sweep of her hand, she sent the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron blocking his path for the second time.

But Long Xiangyue was prepared. Almost the instant the cauldron appeared, he activated his second Soul Skill. The Boomerang in his hand split into three, turning into three phantom images that circled around Xiao Xiao's cauldron.

He then appeared at the position of one of the phantom images and continued his assault on Huo Yuhao.

The first time Xiao Xiao stopped him, he had already devised a countermeasure. The same move would not work on him twice.

As the final line of defense around him was breached, Huo Yuhao remained completely calm.

As a control system Soul Master overseeing the entire battlefield, he trusted his teammates, but he would not entrust his safety entirely to them.

Thus, the moment Xiao Xiao deployed her cauldron, he turned and ran, leaving her to face Long Xiangyue.

Long Xiangyue flung out his hand, and the Boomerang shot diagonally from behind him, heading straight for Huo Yuhao's face.

Huo Yuhao dropped into a roll, and the Boomerang buried itself in the ground nearby.

While Huo Yuhao faced one peril after another, Huang Chutian's situation was also hanging by a thread.

"Urgh!" Huang Chutian spat out a mouthful of blood, his face haggard. Wounds already covered his body, and his fur had been scorched black by electricity.

In their plan, Huang Chutian was responsible for holding Qi Xuan back. His Great Strength Divine Ape martial soul gave him bronze skin, iron bones, and boundless strength.

By Huang Chutian's estimation, holding Qi Xuan off for five minutes should have been no problem.

But the instant they clashed, he realized he had been wrong.

He had initially intended to meet Qi Xuan head-on. Yet when their fists collided, he discovered, to his shock, that his own bones had cracked, while Qi Xuan appeared completely unscathed.

He changed his strategy, doing his best to use his forearms, thighs, or palms to dissipate the force of Qi Xuan's attacks.

Qi Xuan also noticed Huo Yuhao's dangerous situation behind him and settled on a course of action.

Crimson Palace Thunder drove Huang Chutian back three meters. Then Qi Xuan formed a hand seal with his left hand, preparing to use Three Thousand Thunderclaps to return and reinforce the rear.

Huang Chutian gritted his teeth. This was their only opportunity to eliminate an opponent; he absolutely could not let Qi Xuan return. Throwing his head back, he roared, his body growing even thicker and more muscular, and forced himself to exchange several more blows with Qi Xuan.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo had been restraining Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao simultaneously. When they heard Huang Chutian's roar-the signal they had agreed upon-they immediately made their decision.

The two opened their arms and embraced each other.

In an instant, a powerful surge erupted from their bodies. A pale blue curtain of light enveloped them, obscuring everything within.

At the same time, dense layers of hair abruptly sprouted all around Qi Xuan, weaving into a cage that imprisoned him.

In that instant, Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing was also cut off.

This was the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net!

Huang Chutian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. This was their team's strongest trump card.

When two Soul Masters' martial souls were exceptionally compatible, they could unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, producing power far beyond their own ranks.

Even a Soul Elder could not easily break free of this Heavenly Net.

They had originally wanted to keep it hidden a little longer, but the pressure from Qi Xuan's team was simply too great, forcing him to have it unleashed now.

After using Heavenly Net, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo would also lose their ability to fight.

Using the time the Blue Twins had bought them, Huang Chutian raced toward the rear without pause. He had to eliminate Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao before Qi Xuan broke free of Heavenly Net.

What barred his path was a brilliant flash of a blade.