72: Chapter 72 The Gap in Strength

The audience below erupted into chaos.

The one-sided cheers from moments ago instantly turned into sharp gasps of cold air.

"W-what was that?"

"I didn't see clearly! I just saw a flash of golden light, and the mantis boy was down!"

"T-this reversal is too fast, right?"

On the arena, Lin Mo condensed another alchemy furnace in his hand.

He glanced at his unconscious opponent on the ground, then looked up at the remaining four.

He blinked with an innocent look, as if he had only done a trivial thing.

The remaining four on the opposite side were still a bit slow to react.

Their teammate, who had been rampaging and holding all the advantages... was suddenly insta-killed?

"Ha, Boss is awesome!"

At this moment, Lu Mengmeng, who had climbed back up, suddenly laughed loudly.

Aside from making her fall face-first, that last hit hadn't hurt her at all.

She was full of energy...

"Damn it, I was careless!"

Tang Shan's face turned livid.

His eyes secretly glanced at Master Yu outside the arena.

Seeing that the other party's expression was also turning a mix of green and red.

It looked like he was about to lose his composure.

Tang Shan gritted his teeth and shouted sternly:

"Don't hold back anymore, all of you attack together!"

He roared, his Soul Power suddenly erupting, targeting Lin Mo.

"Qin Ran, leave the one in the sky to you!"

"Beibei, assist Li Xiong to take down those three!"

"I'll restrain that brat!"

Tang Shan quickly adjusted his strategy.

"Okay."

Qin Ran and Luo Beibei immediately responded and took action.

Lin Mo's side was also adjusting their strategy.

"The opponent is too strong, one-on-one definitely won't work. Mengmeng, Xiaoxiao, you go help Da Chun. I'll restrain that guy swinging the bamboo!"

"As for Mu Liuli..." Lin Mo glanced up at Mu Liuli, who was being beaten like a dog by Qin Ran in the sky.

"Anyway, she won't die, let her be!"

Both their Soul Power and Martial Soul quality were vastly different; Lin Mo only hoped she could stall for a bit.

"Okay!"

The two women didn't waste words and immediately rushed toward Niu Dachun's side.

Both sides were in motion.

Lin Mo and Tang Shan locked eyes.

The former found the other eyesore-ugly, while the latter found the other annoyingly handsome.

Both of their tempers flared up immediately.

A purple jade solitary bamboo staff over a meter long appeared in Tang Shan's hand.

He quickly spun the staff a few times.

Is he a staff user?

Seeing this, Lin Mo had a guess in his heart.

Just as he thought the other party would rush over to swing the staff, the corner of the other's mouth suddenly curled up slightly.

"Brat, die for me!"

"Solitary Bamboo Entanglement!"

Countless purple bamboos suddenly sprouted from under Lin Mo's feet, winding directly toward him.

"Damn! Are you freaking sick? You have a perfectly good staff, and instead of swinging it, you use control skills on me?"

In Lin Mo's view, if the opponent could utilize the strength and power of the purple jade solitary bamboo and awaken some strength-based Soul Skills...

He would definitely be a powerful assault-type Soul Master.

But he hadn't expected the other party to develop their Martial Soul in a control-type direction.

Lin Mo cursed, exerting force under his feet, and maxed out Gravity Imbuement instantly.

The weight of over ten tons made him like an iron block nailed to the spot.

At the same time, the golden light of the Furnace Shield surged, blocking those crazily growing purple bamboos half a foot away.

"Crack, crack."

The bamboos hit the golden light as if hitting steel, snapping with a crackle.

Tang Shan's face sank: "Pretty tough!"

He quickly formed seals with his hands, and those broken bamboo stubs suddenly exploded with a "bang," turning into dense, tiny bamboo needles. The tips of the needles glinted with poisonous, eerie light, shooting toward Lin Mo like a blanket.

With a thought from Lin Mo, the Furnace Shield instantly became a bit more solid.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

The bamboo needles hit the golden furnace image, emitting a dense series of crisp sounds, all blocked.

"Solitary Bamboo Pole Vault!"

Tang Shan suddenly propped half a piece of bamboo on the ground, used the reaction force to spring up, and like an arrow released from a bow, instantly rushed in front of Lin Mo.

"Eat my staff!"

He swung the purple jade solitary bamboo in his hand, carrying a whistling wind and wrapped in powerful Soul Power, smashing it toward the furnace image on Lin Mo.

"Thud!"

With a muffled sound, the ground under Lin Mo's feet shook.

He originally hadn't paid much attention, but the next second, he caught a glimpse of a few tiny cracks spreading across the furnace image.

"How is this possible!"

Lin Mo's heart jolted.

He knew his own Soul Power foundation.

Even the attack from that SSS-rank Martial Soul just now hadn't broken the shield; how could it be cracked by an S-rank Martial Soul?

"You guy, you aren't an S-rank Martial Soul at all!" A thought popped into Lin Mo's mind.

Hearing this, Tang Shan's eyes instantly turned as cold as ice.

This secret was known only to him and his teacher, Master Yu; he hadn't expected this brat to see through it.

"This brat cannot be left alive!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Tang Shan's eyes.

"Soul Skill: Solitary Bamboo Life-Taking Staff! Break for me!"

The purple jade solitary bamboo in his hand suddenly grew in size, glowing with an eerie purple light, and instantly swung out countless staff shadows, smashing like a storm onto the already cracked Furnace Shield.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The dense collision sounds merged into one, the cracks on the golden furnace image grew more and more, and the Furnace Shield looked like it wouldn't hold on much longer.

Lin Mo's pupils constricted.

The moment the Furnace Shield was about to shatter.

He immediately did a backflip.

"Bang!"

The shield shattered.

He also happened to create distance.

However, the moment his Furnace Shield shattered, the Furnace Shields of the other four also failed simultaneously.

"Haha, get out of the way and die!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Ouch!"

"Awoo!"

Two black shadows flew back, crashing beside Lin Mo.

It was exactly Da Chun and Su Xiaoxiao.

And Lu Mengmeng was currently splitting into three clones, still struggling to hold on.

"This is tough to fight!"

He wanted to apply the shield again.

"Whoosh! Bang!"

The little butterfly also fell behind him.

He hadn't expected that just in this gap of failure.

Except for Lu Mengmeng, the other three teammates were simply no match for the opponents without the invincible state.

Niu Dachun and Su Xiaoxiao, originally under the protection of the Furnace Shield, were able to help Lu Mengmeng and trade blows with Li Xiong and Luo Beibei.

Even the audience had started to think that even if the Eastern Bully couldn't win, they wouldn't lose too miserably.

The result was that just because of that single moment without the Furnace Shield.

The opponent seized the opportunity and took out two people first.

But fortunately, the time was rushed, and the opponent couldn't use any too powerful moves.

They only suffered minor injuries and could still climb up.

"Brat, your turtle shell isn't all that!"

Tang Shan curled his lips, and with Qin Ran above and below, they confronted them.

"Brother Mo, I'm sorry, we dragged you down." Niu Dachun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face full of annoyance.

Su Xiaoxiao and Mu Liuli climbed up from the ground, their faces slightly pale.

When Mu Liuli was fighting in the air, she was also the one being bullied.

"Mengmeng, come back!"

After Lin Mo reapplied the shield to his teammates, he shouted to Lu Mengmeng.

Lu Mengmeng controlled the three clones to cover the retreat, and she herself ran back with a "whoosh."

Panting, she said: "Boss, let me use my ultimate move. That blockhead is too troublesome; not only is his strength great, but my poison is useless against him!"

Lin Mo nodded, "Mm! The rest is up to you!"

It was just a Earth-tier high-grade Soul Skill; if it was exposed, so be it, as long as they could win the match.

After Li Xiong and Luo Beibei destroyed Lu Mengmeng's clones, they also arrived at Tang Shan's side.

"What, are you preparing to surrender?"

"Surrender? It's way too early for that."

Lin Mo sneered.

Soul Power surged on his body.

A huge phantom of an alchemy furnace appeared, and then wrapped everyone except Lu Mengmeng inside.

Immediately, the alchemy furnace solidified into a physical object, and the four were wrapped inside the furnace.

"What kind of turtle tactic is this again?" Li Xiong asked curiously.

Tang Shan frowned, not knowing what the other party was planning.

Only Qin Ran in the air had a sinking expression.

She had witnessed how strong the defense of this furnace of Lin Mo's was.

If they hid inside and didn't come out, they would have absolutely no way to deal with it.

The next second, the furnace lid was pushed open by four heads.

Lin Mo revealed a mouthful of white teeth and smiled:

"From now on, Mengmeng alone is enough!"

"Ahahaha, now let me show you that I, Lu Mengmeng, am not to be trifled with."

Lu Mengmeng laughed with her hands on her hips.

She had long wanted to try the feeling of unleashing her ultimate move with full power.

"Hmm?"

"Watch closely, this move of mine is called 'Demon World Descent'!"