One Against Three

"Don't panic. Keep using your Soul Skills."

Sea Maiden Douluo was not flustered in the least and gave the order with complete composure.

The Sea Soul Masters' Soul Rings flashed as they unleashed Soul Skill after Soul Skill at the Spirit Hall forces.

With one side advancing and the other holding its ground, the side trying to close the distance could only take the attacks in vain. In just a few breaths, Spirit Hall lost dozens of Soul Masters, all killed or injured in the Soul Skill bombardment.

Then Sea Maiden Douluo turned to the people behind her. "We should prepare for battle too. Take the fight to the sky. Sea Ghost, Sea Star, you two work together to hold down one of the Titled Douluo."

"Yes!"

Soon, Spirit Hall's six elders were fighting Sea God Island's seven Sacred Pillar Guardians. This was a battle of generals.

Jun Yan held a wooden shield in front of him as he steadily closed in on the Sea Soul Masters.

It had to be said that the passive effects of the octagonal mysterious ice grass and the Demon Soul Great White Shark left leg bone were quite useful.

Most of the Sea Soul Masters' Soul Skills were water-attribute, while his Wood Release was nearly immune to water. Aside from feeling some impact, he was hardly affected at all.

Jun Yan was extremely fast, reaching the Sea Soul Masters almost before anyone else. He then hurled his wooden shield into their ranks.

Smack! As luck would have it, the shield struck two Sea Soul Masters.

Jun Yan stretched out one hand. "Wood Spear."

His First Soul Ring flashed behind him, and four long wooden spears appeared around him in an instant before shooting fiercely forward.

With a series of wet thuds, the Wood Spears struck three Sea Soul Masters.

"Cutting Technique." Jun Yan held one hand before his chest, fingers pressed together as he spoke.

No Soul Ring flashed. This time, it was a Self-Created Soul Skill.

Thin spikes sprouted from the Wood Spears embedded in the Sea Soul Masters and began growing rapidly.

It all happened too quickly. Before the Soul Masters could pull the Wood Spears out, several wooden spikes burst through each of their bodies, and blood flowed from the wounds, pooling across the ground.

In this war between Spirit Hall and Sea God Island, Jun Yan drew first blood for Spirit Hall.

Behind Jun Yan, more Soul Masters had also closed in, and the sea god warriors immediately changed formation. Some defense-system Soul Masters stepped forward to block them, while the Soul Masters in the rear continued unleashing Soul Skills.

Spirit Hall's Soul Masters, however, had no such awareness. Every one of them charged bravely forward, doing no more than joining forces with people they knew.

But how could such attacks compete with the sea god warriors' orderly ranks? Most of their Soul Skills were blocked by the defense-system Soul Masters, while the sea god warriors' Soul Skills all came crashing in.

Although Spirit Hall's side was clearly stronger on average, its losses were unexpectedly equal to those of the sea god warriors.

The Soul Douluo on both sides had also begun fighting, but they deliberately stayed away from the ordinary Soul Masters' battlefield. Overall, Spirit Hall was still at a disadvantage.

That was not true everywhere, however. Spirit Hall had brought many elites, all outstanding talents among those of the same rank. Such people could often fight two or even three opponents at once, like Bibi Dong and Jun Yan.

Besides the two of them, Jun Yan had also noticed two promising elites: one had the Blood Demon Berserk Bear Martial Soul and level seventy-nine Soul Power, while the other had the Blood-Piercing Pufferfish Martial Soul and level seventy-seven Soul Power.

Each of the two was fighting two of Sea God Island's Soul Saints alone. As for Jun Yan, he already had three Soul Saints around him.

"Frost Fang."

Two sharp fangs formed from ice flew straight at Jun Yan.

Jun Yan pressed his fingers together. "Wood Barrier."

Several vines suddenly grew out of the ground, stretching and gathering into a wall that blocked Frost Fang.

Suddenly, Jun Yan pushed off with his toes and flew backward to the side.

Just after he jumped away, a petrel the size of a person suddenly appeared where he had been standing, its two sharp talons piercing deep into the ground.

"Quick reaction," the petrel Soul Saint said in a human voice.

Jun Yan had no intention of paying him any attention. A Wood Spear rapidly grew from his palm, and he gripped it and blocked behind him.

Clang! A sharp, massive pincer slashed down on the Wood Spear. The spear bent into a huge arc, but it did not break.

This was a lobster man, with two lobster pincers for hands. He was also a Soul Saint.

Jun Yan stomped his right foot down hard, and two thin vines suddenly grew beside the lobster Soul Saint's feet. They quickly grew longer and thicker, then wrapped around his ankles.

"Careful!" the ice scorpion who had first used Frost Fang warned.

But he was clearly too late. "Wild Dance of Wooden Thorns."

Several thorny vines burst out of the ground around the lobster Soul Saint and lashed at him relentlessly. He tried to escape, but the vines around his feet were unusually tough, and he could not shake them off at once.

"Martial Soul Avatar!"

With no other choice, the lobster Soul Saint used his Martial Soul Avatar. A red lobster shell covered and protected him completely, and the sharp thorns left only a few marks on his carapace.

"A bit troublesome!" Jun Yan said helplessly. "In that case, I'll have to get serious."

With that, his fifth Soul Ring flashed behind him. A Wood Clone separated from his body, then became identical to him.

He then brought his hands together and activated his fourth Soul Skill. "Tree Realm."

Dozens of small sprouts suddenly appeared within fifty meters of Jun Yan, swaying as they began to grow.

In just a few breaths, the entire fifty-meter area was filled with towering trees.

"That's a fourth Soul Skill?" said the ice scorpion, the strongest of the three Soul Saints, in surprise.

Jun Yan laughed inwardly. This is just the beginning.

"Wood Dragon Technique."

The branches of several large trees near Jun Yan began to grow wildly, slowly gathering together until they formed a Wood Dragon over ten meters long.

The Wood Dragon swung its tail and slammed it down hard, striking the lobster Soul Saint squarely.

Bang-

When the Wood Dragon moved its tail away, the lobster Soul Saint had been driven into the ground.

But a Soul Saint was a Soul Saint, and the lobster's defense was extremely strong. Aside from making a sorry sight of him, the Wood Dragon's blow had not seriously injured him.

The lobster Soul Saint sprang up from the ground and thrust both pincers at the Wood Dragon.

The Wood Dragon neither dodged nor evaded, charging straight into him.

Naturally, the other two Soul Saints did not stand idle either. The petrel Soul Saint rose into the air again, circling as he searched for an opening.

The ice scorpion, meanwhile, immediately unleashed his strongest sixth Soul Skill, Extreme Cold Storm.

Ring after ring of fierce wind swept up snowflakes, swirling in every direction around him as he charged at Jun Yan.

To help his companion strike the target, the petrel flying overhead also swooped down. His figure flickered several times as he approached Jun Yan, then split into four, attacking him simultaneously from four directions.

Only the space directly in front of Jun Yan was left without an attack, and that was the direction from which the ice scorpion was advancing.

Unless Jun Yan had a spatial Soul Skill, there was simply no way for him to dodge their combined attack.