Seeing that Qian Yuelong's strongest support had been transferred away, he waited for this second opportunity to attack. He took out a container he had prepared in advance from his soul tool, crushed it with a "crack", integrated his soul power into his blood to create a mirror sausage, and swallowed it without hesitation.
"唳——"
A loud phoenix cry accompanied by scorching heat that distorted the air spread outwards. The phoenix, its body ablaze with flames, took flight. The terrifying heat instantly incinerated the Holy Soul Knights who stood in its way, turning them to ashes. Some faint golden particles even floated in the rising flames, but no one paid them any attention.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Phoenix True Form!"
Two voices, one from each other, overlapped, and the flames carried by the two enormous evil fire phoenixes almost turned the sky in this area into a fiery cloud.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Soft Bone Lock!"
After several teleports, Xiao Wu, who had successfully flashed behind Qian Yuelong, immediately activated her binding soul skill. Her supple body clung to Qian Yuelong's arm as if boneless, trying to control her and provide an opportunity for Oscar and Ma Hongjun, who were racing against time to charge up their most powerful soul skills.
However, just as Xiao Wu had welded Qian Yuelong's arms together like a solid iron lock, Qian Yuelong's right arm, which had been sealed by her, suddenly disappeared.
Before Xiao Wu could even react in surprise, Qian Yuelong's vanished right arm was already close to her chest, condensing powerful soul energy, and slammed down hard on her heart meridian, causing Xiao Wu to cough up a mouthful of blood.
"Xiao Wu!"
"Never mind me! Do it!"
Xiao Wu, who spat out a mouthful of blood essence, was as pale as paper, but she still maintained the state of her fifth soul skill, holding Qian Yuelong tightly.
Oscar and Ma Hongjun gritted their teeth and activated their sixth soul skill, while Ning Rongrong, with tears in her eyes, applied the ultimate amplification of the Nine Treasures True Body to her companions.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Piercing Clouds Strike!"
"The eighth soul skill, Lotus Life in One Thought."
A gigantic golden lotus phantom emerged from the body, its misty golden roots resembling parasitic spores, tightly binding the enemies marked by the lotus within the lotus heart domain. The seemingly harmless roots instantly increased their power to absorb their blood and soul power, and a rich golden hue and several newly formed lotus buds bloomed in an instant.
Xiao Wu's pupils, which had already lost the essence and blood they contained, contracted due to the intense pain. Her fair and smooth skin seemed to have been drained of its youth, rapidly aging like tree bark, full of wrinkles.
The flesh beneath the skin seemed to have been drained, leaving only a thin skin hanging on the skeleton. It could no longer contain Qian Yuelong and also lost its ability to teleport.
"Oh no, it's too late to stop!"
Oscar and Ma Hongjun, having unleashed their full soul skill attack, were horrified. Ning Rongrong, her face deathly pale, screamed:
"My support was completely suppressed!"
"It's not just your support role."
Looking up at the two phoenixes rising from the ashes so close to her, Qian Yuelong's lips curved into a slight smile.
"One Thought Lotus" will directly cover the area and all amplification effects of the target marked by the lotus, bringing the opponent back to their original level. At the same time, "One Thought Lotus" will lay a net like a spider weaving its web. As long as the target touches the tightly woven "tentacles", they will be parasitized by the "tentacles". The moment their movements are blocked and slowed down, a terrifying chain reaction explosion will occur.
She parted her lips slightly and uttered an onomatopoeic word: "Bang."
In an instant, an invisible golden net appeared around them, covering the entire area.
The explosion generated by the 100,000-year soul skill, which had been around for 400,000 years, was extremely terrifying. The series of explosions instantly engulfed all the buildings and people within a radius of 100 meters, regardless of friend or foe, and all were annihilated in the chain of terrifying explosions!
"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"
Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, houses on the ground were blasted to dust in the explosion.
They should have had the protection of their soul skills and more buffer, but because of the bug-like effect of the Lotus of One Thought overriding the original amplification, their amplification disappeared, and they were reduced to their original state. They could only rely on their own soul power and the most basic physique to withstand this dense series of explosions!
After billowing black smoke, the ground, riddled with holes, was revealed, along with Ma Hongjun and the others, covered in blood and their bones shattered, lying in deep pits in the ground.
Strangely, even though Qian Yuelong's eighth soul skill had dragged the other Holy Soul Knights into it, there wasn't a single corpse to be seen, only scattered patches of blood.
Hu Liena and Xie Yue, who arrived following the fluctuations of soul power, felt a slight sense of relief when they saw Qian Yuelong land gracefully from mid-air without any injuries.
Following Qian Yuelong's signal, the Holy Soul Knights silently approached from a distance of about 100 meters.
Although the ground is now riddled with holes, all the buildings that obstruct the view have been reduced to nothing by the bombardment of the soul skills, making it impossible for anyone to hide.
Some of them were covered in blood, and others had large and small wounds from the battle, inflicted by Ma Hongjun and his men.
"How...how is this possible..."
Covered in blood, Ma Hongjun stared wide-eyed at the Holy Soul Knight who had thrust a spear into his neck, his eyes wide with disbelief.
On the battlefield, no one remembers the face of every soldier they kill.
Ma Hongjun remembered this Holy Soul Knight because when they were fighting each other in the air, this Holy Soul Knight, who had held a spear to his neck, was using a longsword.
He was very skilled and almost reached him with his sword, but due to the difference in their soul skills, he died under his Phoenix Fire.
But now he actually saw this knight who should have died again. How could this be?
"Isn't it strange that someone you clearly killed has reappeared alive in front of you?" Xie Yue, who saw through Ma Hongjun's thoughts, scoffed lightly, looking down at the barely alive Ma Hongjun, her tone tinged with a strange emotion:
"That's because any Imperial Knight who joins the Martial Soul Empire can use their personal contribution points to choose the Guardian Blessing from the military supplies when exchanging for military equipment or personal necessities."
"The blessing of protection is equivalent to a substitute for life. It can help the host who is bound by the blood pact withstand one fatal injury and randomly teleport the host to other nearby places."
In recent years, even though Qian Yuelong hasn't been very active, she's still exploiting people all over the continent.
She now possesses an astonishing number of faith points. In order to have some trump cards for this war concerning the future, Qian Yuelong purchased tens of thousands of protective blessings. While there is a consumption involved, a large amount of faith points will be gained when these protective blessings are exchanged or used.
Moreover, the supply of such protective blessings is far from meeting the demand, so there is absolutely no loss. In her spare time from cultivation, Qian Yuelong also studies the uses of the individual items in the clothing catalog.
This is also the source of her confidence to lead an army of 300,000 "ordinary people" to launch an attack from one side alone.
Xie Yue had to admit that although Qian Yuelong's decision to release this highly sought-after protective blessing to the general public was wasteful, it did indeed play a huge role on the battlefield.
This is equivalent to having a second life; what appears to be an army of 300,000 is actually the strength of an army of 600,000.
Seeing the shocked and desperate expressions on Ma Hongjun and the others' faces, Xie Yue felt that he could accept it calmly.
"Most Holy Soul Knights will exchange for a Guardian Blessing when they have enough contribution points, especially before going into battle."
"Do you think they all died at your hands? Or do you think Yuelong is so ruthless that she wouldn't even care about the lives of her own people in order to kill you?"
"Are you really that naive, thinking that Yuelong's defenses are weak and that you can take advantage of her?"
Ma Hongjun's breath hitched for a moment, and a tearing pain shot through his slightly heaving chest, plunging his vision into near darkness.
"Brother, why bother talking to them so much? Just kill them already."
Hu Liena pulled out three poisoned daggers from her soul tool and threw them at Ma Hongjun and the others in the deep pit.
—A side note—
This extra chapter is coming earlier than usual, sigh.
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