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"The first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"

"The first soul skill, entanglement!"

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The moment the match began, Yu Tianheng, Oslo, Yu Feng, and Tang San charged towards Xiao Wuji's group. Among them, Oslo and Yu Feng, who were agility-type soul masters, went directly to Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, who were support-type soul masters.

Although they knew that Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong had mastered some self-created soul skills, they did not think that they would be a match for them. Therefore, they still followed the strategy of attacking the support first in team battles and went straight for the two of them.

As for Tang San and Yu Tianheng, they went there with the intention of containing one of the main combat forces. Although they were indeed no match for Xiao Wuji, they still had a good chance of winning the first half without Xiao Wuji intervening.

To their surprise, Dugu Yan, who was originally a control-type Soul Master, confronted them alone, while the others ignored their fate.

Dugu Yan's soul power had already reached level 40, but because he did not have any extra head soul bones, he had not yet been able to absorb his fourth soul ring. He had only learned some martial arts that suited him.

With a flick of its snake tail across the ground, it launched itself forward.

This is a special footwork technique, created by a spirit beast called the Jumping Snake, and is extremely suitable for spirit masters with snake-type martial spirits. If one can master it, the speed of short-distance movement is comparable to teleportation. The drawback is that it can only move in a straight line and lacks flexibility.

Facing their former lovers, both Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng showed no mercy, their Thunder Dragon Claws either slashing faces or leaving swollen welts, but they were always a step behind in speed. Fortunately, Tang San intervened, preventing them from being outmaneuvered by the other's speed.

Dugu Yan circulated her internal energy, and her hands gradually turned a vibrant greenish-jade color. This was the result of tempering her palms with poison through practicing the "Ten Thousand Poisons Hand." The Ten Thousand Poisons Hand was a failed attempt by Xiao Wuji when developing a body-refining technique. It possessed both hardness and toxicity, and was an upgraded version of the Mysterious Jade Hand.

Dugu Yan slapped Yu Tianheng's dragon claw with her palm, then flicked her snake tail at the ground to avoid the blue silver grass, while her hands formed eagle claws and tore open the dragon scales on Yu Tianheng's arm.

This is an extremely vicious and ruthless claw technique called "Whip Claw." Using the forearm as a whip to drive the claw, it can easily pierce fingers into flesh. If it can hook the collarbone or ribs, it can easily pull bones out of the enemy's body. If it hooks other areas, it can easily tear away a large chunk of flesh.

However, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex's scales were quite strong, so after breaking through the scales, it only scraped off a few layers of skin and drew some blood.

"Third Soul Skill, Thunderous Might!"

Yu Tianheng's body erupted with lightning, blasting in all directions. With nowhere to dodge, Dugu Yan could only shatter the lightning with her palms.

As for the paralyzing effect of Thunder, Dugu Yan can only say that it's not even as good as the effect of the first floor of the Golden Pagoda!

Tang San was then stopped by Wang He and Han Yu. Although their cultivation levels were not high, they were not useless; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to endure the pain of the Thunder Body Tempering. It could only be said that they hadn't worked hard enough and their talent wasn't good enough. However, with their combined strength, they were able to suppress Tang San, who also only had the cultivation level of a Soul Master, for a time.

Without the ability to use hidden weapons and the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San's strength is equivalent to that of an ordinary Soul Master. No matter how fast Ghost Shadow Steps is, it can't outrun the Soul Skills of a Soul Master of the same rank who specializes in Agility-based attacks. And no matter how powerful Xuan Jade Hand and Crane Control Dragon Capture are, they can't outrun the Soul Skills of a Soul Master of the same rank who specializes in Power-based attacks.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battle, a surprising scene unfolded.

Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong were like two fluttering feathers, and no matter how fast Oslo and Yufeng were, they couldn't catch them.

On the contrary, Oslo and Yufeng, the two agility-type Soul Masters, would easily be struck by a palm strike if they were not careful. The force of their palm strikes was not heavy, but it seemed to reach straight to their internal organs, causing their internal organs to tremble. Each palm strike gave them a feeling of chest tightness, as if they wanted to vomit blood but could not.

The Shi brothers, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, who had been protecting their support-type Soul Master from the rear, had no choice but to abandon their protection and rush forward to help. However, before they could join any battle, they were stopped by Zhu Zhuqing.

Compared to the extensive memory alterations experienced by Ning Rongrong and others, Zhu Zhuqing was at a significant disadvantage in terms of martial arts. A few months was simply not enough time for her to learn much, so her fighting style still relied mainly on soul skills.

However, with her fourth soul skill, she was confident she could hold these two guys back!

Her fourth soul skill, unsurprisingly, is teleportation, which Xiao Wuji dislikes the most, and it's a short-range teleportation at that. It can only teleport a mere fifty meters at most!
Fortunately, although this soul skill is a ten-thousand-year soul skill, its consumption is similar to his third soul skill, which is enough to be used as a regular skill. Moreover, the shorter the teleportation distance, the less soul power is consumed. If it's just a prolonged battle, she can teleport dozens of times in a row.

Throughout the entire process, Xiao Wuji did not take any action; he simply stood there quietly, his hands behind his back, silently observing the battle.

Until one of the battles is decided!
The first to crumble were Han Yu and Wang He, who were dealing with Tang San. This was because Tang San used his external soul bone—the Eight Spider Lances!

The eight spider legs, like eight spears, gave Tang San and the other two the opportunity to engage in close combat.

The reason for Wang He and Han Yu's failure was simple: they were poisoned! They were poisoned by the Eight Spider Lances!
Just as Tang San finished dealing with his opponent and was about to help Yu Tianheng, Xiao Wuji made his move!
He summoned his martial spirit, then flicked his finger, and two dodder vines shot out like steel wires, wrapping around the wrists of Wang He and the other man respectively.

Then, the Soul Bone Skill was activated, followed by the third Soul Skill. Life force was channeled along the Martial Soul into the two people's bodies, suppressing the toxins in their bodies and giving them the power to fight again.

Before the two could move, more dodder swarmed up and enveloped their bodies, leaving only their heads exposed.

"Self-created Soul Skill - Puppet Manipulation!"

Xiao Wuji used his martial spirit to control the two people's bodies and used his movement technique to chase after Tang San.

"Remember this feeling of drawing your sword. Your sword is a light and agile sword, so you must avoid all head-on attacks!"

"Like the teeth of a venomous tongue, it either doesn't show them, or it bites its prey and delivers a fatal blow!"

"Truth and falsehood intertwine, reality and illusion blur, truth sometimes lies, falsehood sometimes lies. Use the sword's light to confuse the enemy, find their weakness, and then unleash a fatal blow! This sword is called—The Illusion Sword!"

While loudly analyzing the sword techniques for him, Xiao Wuji used his martial spirit to control Wang He's body and launch an attack on Tang San!
Although Tang San possessed the Purple Demon Eye, which allowed him to see through the illusion of sword light, he still had to devote all his energy to dealing with the dense array of sword lights.

"The spear is the courage of all weapons, and spearmanship should have the momentum to charge into battle and the spirit to fight to the death!"

"One should also have the courage to face an army of thousands without changing one's expression!"

"A firm will makes for firm marksmanship! A domineering mind makes for domineering marksmanship!"

"This is—the Overlord's Formation-Breaking Spear!"

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(End of this chapter)