Douluo Continent: The Peerless Hunting Heavenly Lord, Huo Yuhao!

The golden bell waves spread out, trying to slow down the entire team's pace. But Ling Luochen was faster; his first ice-blue spirit ring lit up, and a two-meter-long ice crystal staff materialized out of thin air, unleashing his third spirit skill—Ice Prison!

A beam of azure light descended from the sky, freezing Cao Jinxuan, who was about to unleash his power, in a half-person-high ice prison, instantly severing the source of the time clock.

"If you want to control the situation, take care of yourself first." Ling Luochen's tone was icy, and his second soul skill, Ice Armor, instantly covered his entire body.

Gu Yue raised his hand simultaneously, unleashing his first soul skill – Elemental Tide!

The four elements of water, fire, earth, and wind surged around her, and her second soul skill, Elemental Control, manipulated the wind to create ice shards and the water to form a barrier, directly laying down multiple layers of defense in front of the formation.

Dai Heng let out a low roar, and his first three soul rings lit up one after another, activating the White Tiger Protective Barrier, White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, and White Tiger Vajra Transformation in quick succession!

Golden and white tiger stripes covered his entire body, his muscles suddenly swelled, and his hair stood on end like steel needles. A golden and white light wave blasted straight at Ma Xiaotao's face.

Dai Huabin immediately activated his third soul skill, "Life-Giving Vajra Transformation," which covered his body in gilded bone armor, causing his size to double. The white tiger phantom behind him roared and charged forward. He then unleashed his first soul skill, "Life-Devouring Barrier," creating a light barrier, followed by his second soul skill, "Serious Life-Splitting Wave." The two tigers attacked simultaneously, their ferocious aura overwhelming him.

Ma Xiaotao scoffed, instantly activating the Phoenix Rebirth skill. Golden-red flames rose more than two meters high, and her third soul skill, Phoenix Wings Soaring, unfolded. Huge fiery wings spread out behind her, and she soared into the air, dodging the White Tiger's fierce light wave. The scorching flames distorted the air.

She swooped down, spewing phoenix fire from her mouth; the golden-red pillar of fire crashed into Dai Heng's protective barrier, exploding into a shower of sparks.

On the other side, Xixi had already transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed out.

Her first soul skill, Lightning Thrust, was activated. Lightning enveloped her figure, increasing her speed by 30%, and she rushed straight for Ning Tian in the back row of Ma Xiaotao's team. Agility-based attack and support is a timeless tactic in soul master melees.

She was so fast that she was just a blur, and the lightning at her fingertips had a paralyzing effect. She was about to rush in front of Ning Tian.

A dark silver figure suddenly appeared in front of Ning Tian.

Wu Meng brandished her double maces horizontally, activating her first soul skill, "Empty Prism Mace Edge." Highly compressed spatial prisms covered the maces, precisely striking Xi Xi's claws.

The spatial cutting force directly tore through the lightning shield, causing Xixi to take a half step back.

"You dare to block me at level 38?" Xi Xi's eyes turned cold, and she activated her third soul skill, Lightning Phantom. Four lightning phantoms popped out around her, indistinguishable from the real ones, and attacked Wu Meng from all directions.

Wu Meng remained unfazed and unleashed her third soul skill, the Sky-Locking Domain!

A spatial domain with a diameter of fifteen meters instantly spread out, and the space within the domain was slightly distorted. Xixi's speed was suddenly suppressed by 30%, and even the flow of her soul power became sluggish.

The two maces appeared out of thin air within the domain. The left mace smashed the illusory image, while the right mace went straight for the real body. Spatial ripples spread along the maces, forcing Xixi to dodge repeatedly.

Unable to break through after a prolonged attack, a fierce glint flashed in Xixi's eyes, and her fifth spirit ring suddenly lit up—her fifth spirit skill—Thunder Prison!

Her figure flashed in twelve locations in an instant, and twenty-seven crescent-shaped lightning strikes blocked all escape routes from all directions. Finally, a cross-shaped lightning strike came down from above, aiming to deliver the final blow.

Wu Meng's gaze remained unchanged as she continuously activated her second soul skill, "Gap Leap," precisely weaving through the gaps in the slashes. Within the spatial domain, her twin maces flashed repeatedly, shattering the remaining lightning blades.

The instant the cross slash landed, she teleported directly behind Xixi, maximizing the suppression of the Void Locking Domain, and smashed a mace into Xixi's back, sending her flying.

Seeing that he could not break through the enemy's defenses head-on, Chen Zifeng drew his Soul-Chasing Sword, and a blood-red sword light shot into the sky.

First Soul Skill: Cleave!

A crimson orb of light gathered at the tip of the sword, then slashed downwards with tremendous force, heading straight for Gu Yue.

Second Soul Skill: Flirt!

A crimson sword beam swept out, creating a wide-ranging energy shockwave that forced back the front-line defenses.

Gu Yue's eyes narrowed, and he gripped his fourth soul skill, the Staff of Elements, while activating his third soul skill, Elemental Fusion. Earth element condensed into a thick shield, and fire element wrapped around wind element to form a fire dragon, which collided head-on with the blood-red sword light and exploded with a bang.

Chen Zifeng shattered the oncoming elemental fragments and activated his fifth soul skill, "Ten Thousand Swords Return to One," causing countless crimson sword energies to converge into a river of swords that surged towards the opposing position!

Ling Luochen's fourth soul skill, "Icy Mist," instantly spread out, a huge arc of icy mist filling the entire area and corroding the power of the sword energy. Gu Yue's thick earth element wall stood in front, and with Yao Haoxuan's battle intent boost, they managed to withstand this wave of ten thousand swords attacking simultaneously.

Tang San stood in the back row, and the Blue Silver Grass spread out silently. He activated his first soul skill, Growth, his second soul skill, Parasite, and his self-created soul skill, Entanglement, at the same time. The Blue Silver Grass burrowed into the cracks in the ground and tried to secretly control the back row support.

But as soon as the blades of grass ventured into the frosty area, they were frozen stiff by the chilling air wrapped in lace.

Huo Yuhao stood in the center of the formation, a faint light flashing between his forehead. The Heavenly Extreme - All Phenomena Illumination had already spread out, and all movements in the entire area were within his perception. Even the spread trajectory of the Blue Silver Grass was accurately predicted.

The Frost Lightning Calamity Domain instantly unfolded, covering an area of ​​120 meters with frost wrapped in lightning threads. Dai Heng's team members felt their physical speed drop by 70%, their soul power circulation slow down by 30%, and even the release of their soul skills was delayed by half a beat.

"Mental detection sharing." His calm voice fell on each teammate's ears, and enemy weakness markers instantly appeared in everyone's vision, even the attack trajectory was marked in advance.

Dai Heng frowned, just about to let Cao Jinxuan break the deadlock, when he heard another deafening roar from the other side.

Yao Haoxuan's fourth soul skill has been weakened!

The roar, imbued with soul power, slammed into the entire opposing team. Dai Heng and the others felt a sudden heaviness all over their bodies, and all their attributes dropped by 40%.

Before they could recover, the fifth soul skill—Shock!

Yao Haoxuan took a step forward and roared like thunder! Tang San's hundred-year soul ring dimmed instantly, the Blue Silver Grass withered, Dai Huabin's first two hundred-year soul skills were also sealed, and even Cao Jinxuan's action of shattering the ice prison paused for a moment.

In that brief moment of opening, Ling Luochen activated his fifth soul skill – the Ring of Ice!

A dark blue ice ring floated into the air, causing the temperature to plummet and directly suppressing the blood energy on Dai Huabin's body. Several blue beams of light fell simultaneously, and an ice prison formed one after another, freezing Dai Huabin and Chen Zifeng, who had just escaped, firmly in place once again.

Cao Jinxuan gritted his teeth and activated his second soul skill, Time Lock, instantly. Golden time power rushed towards Ma Xiaotao in the air, intending to imprison her in place.

Ning Tian reacted swiftly, and the second soul ring of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda lit up: "Seven treasures have names, the second is release!" A seven-colored light swept across, and the Time Imprisonment was directly dispelled.

Instead of retreating, Cao Jinxuan advanced, activating his third soul skill, Time Interruption, which completely disrupted time within its range, aiming to reflect all of the opponent's attacks.

Gu Yue immediately manipulated the elements to disperse, and the tiny elemental fragments crashed into the Time Domain, bounced back without posing any threat. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ling Luochen cast an Ice Prison, controlling him once again.

Dai Huabin frantically pounded on the ice prison, unleashing his fourth soul skill, Devouring Life and Withering Wilderness. A golden drizzle fell within a hundred meters, and a golden tiger-striped magic circle spread out, attempting to absorb the surrounding life force to replenish himself!

However, the Ice Ring directly froze the raindrops, and the magic array was suppressed by the Frost Lightning Domain, so it could not exert any effect at all. In the blink of an eye, it was frozen solid again.

Dai Heng, facing directly, took several fire attacks from Ma Xiaotao head-on, retreated three steps, and his eyes flashed with a fierce light.

Fifth Soul Skill – White Tiger Demon God Transformation activated!

Based on the Vajra Transformation, his aura surged again, and all his attacks were imbued with armor-piercing and shattering effects. One claw tore apart the oncoming fire dragon, and the other claw smashed the ice arrow.

His sixth spirit ring lit up, and the White Tiger Annihilation Strike was fully charged. The golden-white energy was compressed to the extreme, transforming into a deadly claw shadow that rushed straight towards Ma Xiaotao!

"Well done!" Ma Xiaotao's eyes were blazing with fighting spirit. She activated her fifth soul skill, Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike, at the same time. The golden-red flames were compressed to the extreme, forming a fiery spear that pierced through the heavens and earth, and collided fiercely with the White Tiger Annihilation Strike!

Boom!

The violent explosion swept across the entire area, and the shockwave even flipped up the blue bricks on the ground.

In the aftershocks of the explosion, Wu Meng had already dealt with Xi Xi, and in a flash, she leaped to Dai Heng's side and rear, her double maces, imbued with spatial blades, aimed straight at his weakness. Dai Heng countered with a palm strike, forcing Wu Meng back, but his rhythm was also disrupted.

Just then, a dark golden phantom sword appeared behind Huo Yuhao.

Dai Heng's shockwave just now injured his front-line teammates, triggering his talents "Use Violence to Combat Violence" and "Vengeful Retribution" in succession, and his sin value was already full.

"The sword is drawn; it will not return until blood is drawn. May the mighty spirit Yazi be summoned."

The boy's voice remained calm as a dark golden phantom with a jackal's body and a dragon's head rose into the air, unleashing his ultimate move—"Wrathful Gaze with Sword in Hand"—"Unforgivable Punishment"!

The ultimate wind's slash swept across the entire field, directly tearing apart Dai Heng's defensive shield.

High in the sky, Ma Xiaotao's sixth soul ring, as black as ink, slowly lit up.

"Sixth Soul Skill—Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

Dozens of meteorites burning with golden-red flames fell from the sky, carrying devastating heat, precisely covering all of Dai Heng's team's positions.

Gongyang Mo exerted all his strength to activate his fifth soul skill, Azure Flourishing, maximizing his defensive buffs. However, the attribute weakening debuff was still present. The Frost Lightning Domain suppressed his speed, and the icy cold slowed down the circulation of his soul power. Dai Huabin and Chen Zifeng were frozen and unable to move, Cao Jinxuan was trapped in the ice prison, and Tang San couldn't even release his soul skill.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the smoke cleared, Dai Heng's entire team collapsed to the ground. Dai Heng, supporting himself on his knees, had already deactivated his White Tiger Demon God Transformation. His body was covered in burn marks, and he was completely incapable of fighting again.

Xuanzi walked over with a gourd of wine in his mouth, and laughed: "Alright, Ma Xiaotao's team wins."

Dai Heng took a breath, accepting his defeat, stood up straight, and spoke first, his voice clear: "I am a pig."

Dai Huabin, Chen Zifeng, and the others behind him shouted three times. Even Tang San spoke up expressionlessly. Only Xixi glared at Wu Meng defiantly, but still obediently finished shouting the whole thing.

Ma Xiaotao landed, patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder, and laughed heartily: "You're pretty good, you have a good eye."

Huo Yuhao smiled, put away his domain and mental probe, and didn't say anything more.

Xuanzi stuffed the wine gourd back into his pocket and waved his hand to interrupt everyone's rest: "Don't rest anymore. Go back and pack three days' worth of equipment. We'll set off on time this morning, heading towards the Mingdou Mountains."

Chapter 63 Maglev Express, The Debate on Soul Guidance

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Huo Yuhao looked at Zhou Sichen and whispered a few words. Zhou Sichen was slightly taken aback, glanced at Dai Huabin and Tang San with a strange look, and nodded.

"Yuhao, what did you and Zhou Sichen talk about?" Ning Tian asked curiously.

"Nothing much, just told him to hurry up," Huo Yuhao said with a faint smile.

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you?" Huo Yuhao retorted.

“Yes,” Gu Yue said.

"Gu Yue, why do you have to play like this too?" Huo Yuhao was speechless.

“Of course, Gu Yue is on my side.” Ning Tian said with a faint smile, linking arms with Gu Yue.

"Hmph." Tang San snorted coldly, looking at Dai Huabin without saying a word.

"Now that everyone's here, let's set off." Xuanzi suddenly appeared, said this, and then vanished again. As for asking if they wanted to join the Shrek Academy Surveillance Corps? Their club report says they exterminate evil spirit masters; they even have the privilege of hunting down evil spirits!

"The last one to arrive treats."

Huo Yuhao and the others exchanged glances, and Huo Yuhao took out a silver hovercar from his storage soul tool.

"Senior Ma, get in the car." Huo Yuhao patted the car body, gesturing for Ma Xiaotao and the others to get in.