Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly.
She moved swiftly around the perimeter, preparing to find a gap in the Imperial Fighting Team's formation.
Tang San, however, remained unmoved.
He had been waiting a long time for an opportunity like this.
He paid no further attention to Ye Lingling.
Instead, his priority was to eliminate Shrek's remaining members first.
The field split into three major zones in an instant.
Lu Ning faced three Soul Elder experts head-on: the Shi Mo brothers and Dugu Yan.
Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing needed to get past Tang San's protection and take out the Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master who specialized in healing, Ye Lingling.
Over by the light barrier.
Yu Tianheng, the Ghost Leopard Soul Master Osler, the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master Yu Feng, and Xiao Wu needed to deal with the five Shrek Soul Masters inside the light barrier.
No matter how one looked at it.
All three zones seemed evenly matched.
The only weak point was...
Dugu Yan's side seemed unable to keep Lu Ning tied down!
The three had yet to use their Soul Skills.
Lu Ning had already stepped up beside them, the azure lotus beneath his feet seemingly about to press against Dugu Yan. He reached out, and his muscular forearm was already against her neck.
It all happened in a flash of lightning!
It was so fast that Dugu Yan was restrained before she could react.
The Sword Bone Soul Skill's passive effect!
A permanent one-hundred-percent increase in speed!
Lu Ning's speed was unmatched even among Soul Ancestors, let alone against this group of Soul Elders.
It was a complete dimensional crushing.
"If you don't surrender, I'll snap your neck."
Lu Ning spoke calmly.
Yet Dugu Yan wore a seductive smile, deliberately extending her snow-white, swanlike neck as she spoke.
"You like my neck that much?"
"If you want it... then take it~"
She acted as though she had given up, but her Soul Rings were anything but quiet. Her third Soul Ring lit up again, and her cherry-red lips blew gently toward Lu Ning's face.
Fragrance filled the air, immediately followed by a cloud of purple mist pouring from her mouth.
At that moment, she was like a beauty with the heart of a viper.
She spoke the gentlest words while doing the cruelest things.
At such close range.
She was certain Lu Ning had nowhere to dodge or evade. That purple mist could corrode his entire face away. It was just a pity about that handsome face.
The next moment.
Dugu Yan's pupils widened.
She watched as the purple mist actually passed by Lu Ning.
It had no effect whatsoever!
"Foolish."
With his foot on the Sword Bone, Lu Ning left his intangible state and placed his other hand on her slender waist.
The warmth against her waist left her momentarily dazed.
Apart from Yu Tianheng, no one had ever placed a hand on such an intimate part of her body.
Lu Ning exerted force with both hands.
He threw her straight off the fighting platform.
The entire movement flowed seamlessly.
There was not the slightest hesitation out of tenderness for a beauty.
"Sister Yan!"
The Shi Mo brothers beside them cried out at the sight.
They had not expected Lu Ning to throw Dugu Yan out so easily either.
That terrifying poison had no effect on Lu Ning at all.
Lu Ning's first Sword Bone Soul Skill, Intangibility.
Once he entered his intangible state.
Never mind Dugu Yan's Soul Skill.
Even if Sword Douluo Chen Xin were standing before him, Lu Ning could still guarantee himself three seconds of absolute invincibility. It was only his speed that could not truly match a Titled Douluo's.
"Bastard!"
"Couldn't you be gentler?"
It took Dugu Yan quite a while to recover after being sent off the platform.
She pointed at Lu Ning on the platform and cursed.
She rubbed her faintly aching waist, Lu Ning's warmth still lingering on her thin clothing.
Lu Ning ignored Dugu Yan below the platform and instead looked at the Shi Mo brothers beside him.
"What about you two?"
The moment Lu Ning spoke.
His left leg swept straight toward the Shi Mo brothers.
Without the slightest hesitation.
The force unleashed by his left leg, equipped with the Sword Bone, sent the Shi Mo brothers straight off the battlefield.
This battle ended before it had even lasted twenty seconds.
By then, Zhu Zhuqing had also found a gap in Tang San's defenses.
She broke through his Blue Silver Grass.
And charged straight toward Ye Lingling.
Lu Ning surveyed the situation on the field.
The Shrek Team had all but gained the upper hand.
Yu Tianheng and the others had approached the light barrier. Even though they bombarded it with Soul Skills as though they cost nothing, they could not shatter Lu Ning's light barrier at all. Instead, Ma Hongjun hid inside, repeatedly spitting out Phoenix Fire Line.
It caused Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng to suffer a little.
Below the platform, Yu Xiaogang watched with an aching heart.
His hands were clenched until they turned red.
He had intended to use their numerical advantage to defeat Lu Ning completely.
But now...
Never mind a numerical advantage.
With Dugu Yan and the Shi Mo brothers off the field.
The Imperial Fighting Team had only six people left, all told.
Moreover, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could not stop Zhu Zhuqing at all. Soon, their only support-type Soul Master, Ye Lingling, would also be sent off the field.
Five against seven.
And those seven included Lu Ning, who had barely used any Soul Skills.
No matter how he thought about it.
The Imperial Fighting Team had lost this time.
And lost horribly!
"We..."
"Concede!"
Yu Xiaogang raised his hand.
His entire face was filled with dejection.
The confidence in his heart shattered across the ground.
The referee on the field began announcing the winner. The smile on the organizer's face was almost overflowing. He had been worried that Lu Ning would use his First Martial Soul, but by the time the Imperial Fighting Team conceded, Lu Ning had not even had a chance to use his third Soul Skill.
It was an overwhelmingly one-sided solo show.
Lu Ning alone against nine was enough to counter every move the Imperial Fighting Team had.
The organizer even suspected.
If the Soto Great Soul Arena had not required a minimum of seven participants for team matches.
Lu Ning alone could have defeated the Imperial Fighting Team completely.
"Uncle!"
Yu Tianheng still wanted to say something.
But Yu Xiaogang waved his hand. There was no point in struggling any further now. The gap between this group and Lu Ning was simply too vast.
There was no possibility of victory at all.
Zhu Zhuqing also possessed a Soul Bone.
If they kept fighting.
They would only strip the Imperial Fighting Team of every last shred of dignity.
Everyone dispersed.
"Brother Ning, you finished that way too quickly," Ma Hongjun said listlessly. "You should've dragged it out a little longer. Otherwise, it all becomes your solo show, and we don't get to show our strength."
"How are we supposed to pick up the girls on the other side?"
Oscar waved the sausage in his hand. "Brother Ning, that was too fast. I didn't get to serve any purpose as a food-type Soul Master at all."
"Look, I didn't even use up a single sausage during the match."
"None of us got a chance to show off."
Lu Ning wore a relaxed expression.
"All right."
"Don't act hard done by after getting a bargain."
"If you can earn money lying down, why risk your lives?"
"The dean placed bets. The organizer expressly prohibited it, but if he said he hadn't bet, I wouldn't believe him even if you beat me to death."
"He must have used someone else's name to place a few small bets in separate batches. We can just go back and ask him for our share."
When Ma Hongjun heard there was money to split, his feigned dejection instantly vanished. If he could get a share of the money, he naturally had no interest in showing off. Those two women on the Imperial Fighting Team were not people he could handle anyway.
If he had money, he would rather go out and pay for triplet sisters!
Why triplets?
Boss Dai already had twin sisters. With his abilities being so strong, what was wrong with paying for three?
"Come on, come on!"
"Let's collect the money first!"
Ma Hongjun called for everyone to leave.
Lu Ning had just stepped out.
A familiar voice sounded behind him.
"Lu Ning, please wait."
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