Was This Another Change Huo Yuhao Had Brought?

Xiao Hongchen sneered as he directed over a hundred Soul Guidance Rays, each pulsing with powerful Soul Power, to strike a single spot with exceptional precision despite their staggered timing:

"My Clustered Soul Guidance Rays have never failed me either!"

The Level 6 aerial Soul Tool, Thunder God's Wrath, which Ma Rulong had thrown into the air, had already unfolded. He said in a low voice:

"Stick to the plan!"

He raised his right hand. Light flashed from his silver ring, and a metal cannon barrel a meter and a half long, with a bore over ten centimeters wide, appeared on his shoulder.

At the same time, he released his Martial Soul, the Big-Headed Spirit Ape, shielding Lin Xi and Mi Jia behind him:

"Focus your fire on Xiao Hongchen! Hit him hard!"

Xiao Hongchen concentrated on guiding over a hundred Clustered Soul Guidance Rays into a single point, forming a crimson clustered beam.

If Xiao Hongchen's previous all-out strike, with Huo Yuhao's assistance, had already brushed the level of a Soul Saint,

then this time, with Xiao Hongchen returning with five rings, this crimson clustered beam, empowered by ten layers of Heart of Gold and imbued with forty percent of his Soul Power,

had fully entered the Soul Saint level!

Having learned his lesson when his movements were predicted last time, Ma Rulong did not have the three of them move to evade. Instead, they quickly gathered together.

His response was simple: deploy a Level 5 Invincible Shield immediately!

So what if your burst damage was high?

Last time, Xiao Hongchen had nearly blasted through three layers of Level 6 Impenetrable Shields in one strike. This time, Ma Rulong went all out from the start.

A layer of pale golden light emerged from Ma Rulong's body, forming a golden shield half a finger thick.

Yet this thin layer of golden shielding forcibly absorbed every bit of damage from the crimson clustered beam!

There was not even a violent explosion or a blinding flash.

With only a faint sizzle against the shield, the crimson clustered beam vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

Wasn't your burst damage absurdly powerful and incredibly precise?

Then I'll use my deeper reserves of Soul Power.

With an Invincible Shield capable of blocking any attack from a Soul Master below eight rings for three seconds, I'll fight you in a battle of attrition!

Meanwhile, the various Soul Guidance Ray weapons on the three fighters' shoulders had finished charging, and the first Thunder Punishment from Thunder God's Wrath was ready to fire.

Lin Xi was the first to fire his fully charged Level 5 Soul Tool.

Light of Spiritual Marking!

A white screen of light shot out, sweeping across the entire arena in a single second and marking the invisible Huo Yuhao standing beside Meng Hongchen!

This Soul Tool worked by stimulating an energy field similar to Spiritual Power within the base material of its Core Array, marking all targets for one minute!

This single support function alone earned it a place among Level 5 Soul Tools.

That was thanks to its ability to specifically counter insidious Soul Skills such as invisibility.

Rather than focusing their fire on Xiao Hongchen as Ma Rulong had shouted, the three feinted east and struck west, turning every muzzle.

Aiming at the mark on Huo Yuhao, they unleashed their full firepower!

Focusing fire on Xiao Hongchen was just talk. Taking out Huo Yuhao was their real intention. Without Huo Yuhao, calling Xiao Hongchen dead would hardly be an exaggeration.

Huo Yuhao was not surprised. Before he was marked, he had already taken the Level 4 Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle that Meng Hongchen had finished charging.

He dispensed with aiming and activated a direct lock onto the head.

A crisp-

Bang!

The spirit-nourishing cast iron bullet tore through the air with a whistle, threading the gaps between the many Level 5 and Level 6 Soul Guidance Rays, high-energy Soul Cannon blasts, and Thunder Punishment.

Though fired later, it arrived first, catching the exact instant the Invincible Shield expired and striking Lin Xi directly.

Ding!

Lin Xi's Invincible Shield was triggered immediately.

His expression unchanged, Huo Yuhao tossed the Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle to Xiao Hongchen.

Already prepared, Meng Hongchen swept Huo Yuhao into her arm, her attribute rapidly rising to the ultimate level.

That feeling of dominance and invincibility surged through Meng Hongchen's heart once more. Her blue eyes turned crimson, and she cried:

"Ice Refraction!"

Across a broad expanse of mirrored ice, the two used Spiritual Detection to pinpoint where the various rays and energy projectiles would land, refracting light and shadow to shift positions.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

For a time, shell after shell struck the ground, blasting the ice mirrors into flying fragments.

Yet between each shell's impact, the ice mirrors spread again at an uncannily rapid pace.

Every refraction the two made across the ice mirrors was the optimal choice.

Like butterflies weaving through flowers, they evaded every attack that could be evaded.

For attacks they could not dodge, Meng Hongchen used her Level 6 Ice-Attribute Rapiers to slice them apart or parry them.

They suffered little damage!

But one bolt of Thunder Punishment still darted between the cannon blasts, constantly closing the distance like a maggot clinging to bone.

Their refraction abruptly paused. Meng Hongchen held Huo Yuhao with one arm and gripped her Level 6 Ice-Attribute Rapiers tightly in her other hand.

Her crimson eyes were icy as she faced Thunder Punishment head-on and slashed straight down:

"Break!"

A blue arc carrying bone-piercing cold and powerful Soul Power fluctuations collided with Thunder Punishment.

Boom!

A tremendous explosion rang out. The shock wave swept rapidly across the entire arena, carrying the great mass of shattered ice crystals from before.

Ma Rulong and his teammates watched everything unfold, dumbstruck. They exchanged glances, each reading a faint helplessness in the others' eyes.

The all-out barrage of a Level 6 Soul Engineer and two Level 5 Soul Engineers, intended to settle everything in one stroke and secure victory,

had actually been neutralized through this kind of "loophole."

How the hell were they supposed to keep fighting?

Xiao Hongchen had dragged Meng Hongchen into fighting them plenty of times, so Ma Rulong knew her Ice Refraction well.

Powerful as Ice Refraction was, it required ice mirrors as a foothold. Though those mirrors could be laid down quickly, it had never been this absurdly fast!

How had that been laying anything down? They had practically grown straight out of the ground.

Ma Rulong stared fixedly at Huo Yuhao beside Meng Hongchen.

Was this another change Huo Yuhao had brought?

Ever since Xiao Hongchen had brought this fellow along, nothing had gone smoothly for Ma Rulong in battle!

Wait.

Ma Rulong noticed the Spiritual Power fluctuations coming from Huo Yuhao, almost as strong as his own despite him being a Soul Emperor, and felt that things were going badly.

The marks from the Light of Spiritual Marking could be quickly removed with powerful Spiritual Power, couldn't they?

Swish, swish, swish!

The marks from the Light of Spiritual Marking were rapidly wiped away like writing beneath an eraser!

Then Huo Yuhao took a step back and vanished again.

Something occurred to Ma Rulong, and he hurriedly looked toward Xiao Hongchen.

He saw that the fully charged Level 4 Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle in Xiao Hongchen's hands had disappeared, while Xiao Hongchen kept his fifth Soul Ring shining.

It had not disappeared. It had gone into Huo Yuhao's hands!

Ma Rulong shuddered. Weren't Live Ammunition Soul Guidance Sniper Rifles all single-use Soul Tools?

What was going on with the one Xiao Hongchen had just been holding?

What he feared really did come to pass. A ruthless glint flashed through Ma Rulong's eyes:

"Execute plan two! Take to the air and kite them!"

He had barely finished speaking and was just about to deploy the Level 7 Eye of Fear.

A bang rang out, and Ma Rulong felt something graze past him.

When he turned to look, Lin Xi, who no longer had his Invincible Shield, had not been protected even by his triggered Level 5 Soul Tool Shield.

The referee teacher had already shielded him, effectively taking him straight out of the fight.

Ma Rulong's head felt as swollen as an ox's. He could only suppress his unease and turn to meet the enemy.

Charging straight toward Ma Rulong and Mi Jia was Meng Hongchen, her Level 6 Ice-Attribute Rapiers in hand as she advanced across the ice mirrors.

She had only one goal: to use her agility to harass Ma Rulong and Mi Jia.

To give Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen the time and space to unleash the blow that would end the battle!