Chapter 402: Linked Soul Conductor

At the critical moment, Tang Wulin flicked his hand, tossing Huo Yutong aside, while he himself turned into flowing water, narrowly dodging that strike.

Azure light ripped across the sky, leaving a gorgeous trace in the air, causing Jing Feng and Zhuang Lao to stare in awe.

An attack of this level would not be easy even for Du Bushi and Xuanzi to unleash, yet the soul conductors of the Ri Yue Di Guo have somehow reached this point……

Tang Wulin also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart; even with his extremely tough physique, if he had taken that blow head‑on, he would surely have been seriously injured.

Even with Zhuang Lao, a healing-type Super Douluo, present, this is still terrifying.

Huo Yutong, however, had already seen through the name of this soul conductor.

"Everyone be careful, this is a Linked Attack Soul Conductor!"

As she shouted that in her mental detection, she also transmitted the general features of the Linked Attack Soul Conductor to the other three via thought.

Linked Attack Soul Conductor, as the name suggests, is a soul conductor that links the soul power of multiple soul conductors to carry out a linked attack.

It sounds ordinary, but the terror lies in the fact that its link limit is extremely high.

Judging by the performance of that strike, it likely linked the soul power of the entire Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group, which is how it could unleash that blow.

This strike relied not on any special trait, but simply on an exceptionally large total energy, resulting in tremendous force.

After hearing her explanation, Jing Feng and Zhuang Lao's faces instantly turned grim.

They are elders of the older generation, not well versed in soul conductors; although they have recently been forced to learn some soul conductor knowledge for various reasons, they are ultimately antiquated relics of the past, still subconsciously looking down on soul conductors.

But after hearing Huo Yutong's words, they instantly realized their grave mistake—linking the soul power of over three hundred soul conductors above the fourth ring—how terrifying that is; as Super Douluo‑level powerhouses, they know this all too well.

The entry threshold for the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group is the fourth ring, which does not mean they are all Soul Ancestors; their average cultivation should be around Soul Emperor, and gathering the soul power of so many of such rank has already reached the level of Limit Douluo.

In a sense, their current situation is no different from facing a Limit Douluo who knows no soul skills and fights brutally with raw soul power.

Tang Wulin's heart sank as well, but he did not panic; instead, he led the others to first create a little distance from the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group, then calmly asked:

"Yutong, what should we do?"

The biggest taboo in battle is to throw one's own formation into chaos; panic now is meaningless, as their every move bears the hostages' lives, so they must swiftly take the correct action.

In such a moment, command should obviously go to Huo Yutong, the one among the four who knows soul conductors best.

Huo Yutong's eyes flickered, and she quickly made a judgment.

"We have two options now."

"If we merely want to buy time, we just need not charge head‑on into their ranks; after all, a Linked Soul Conductor is merely a simple accumulation of energy, and it is hard to inflict lethal harm on us powerful, agile soul masters. As long as we keep dodging, we can hold them off without taking fatal blows, and barring accidents, the hostage‑rescue mission can still proceed smoothly."

"The other option is to find a way to eliminate them here. Although the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group is formidable in combat, their greatest strength lies in speed, and their firepower suppression is not especially fierce. With the combat strength of the six Super Douluo present, defeating them here is not impossible, and once we wipe them out here, future battles will be much easier—after all, such a good opportunity may not come again."

Tang Wulin asked: "Which plan do you think is better?"

Huo Yutong took a deep breath and said: "I think the second option is better."

In the Five Great Guardians of the Nation, the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group's role is support, assistance, and harassment; they excel at guerrilla warfare using extreme mobility, a tactic so despicable on the battlefield that anyone who understands knows it. If possible, Huo Yutong does not want them to return alive—at least not all of them; some must be left behind here.

"Then it's the second." Tang Wulin gave his girlfriend's judgment unreserved support without hesitation, turning his gaze to the other two present.

"What do you two think?"

Zhuang Lao chuckled and shrugged.

"I will follow the Pavilion Master's orders."

Jing Feng also nodded.

"I don't understand soul conductors; you handle the command."

"Fine, that's settled."

Golden light blazed in Tang Wulin's eyes.

"Yutong, you will command the battle from now on."

"Understood."

Having confirmed the upcoming task, the few of them flickered and rushed again toward the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group.

Facing their pursuit, the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group launched another attack.

However, unlike before, this time they employed a mixed approach of two attack methods.

One side used various loose soul conductor devices to block the four's retreat, while the other side used the Linked Soul Conductor to launch a lethal attack at them.

Once they, while dodging a barrage of soul conductor shells, were hit by the Linked Soul Conductor's attack, they would likely lose one combatant temporarily.

Yet they could not truly ignore those loose soul conductor devices, many of which were mixed with seventh‑ or even eighth‑level fixed soul conductor shells; being struck by one is no laughing matter.

If it weren't for Huo Yutong here controlling the situation, this wave of assault, even if it could not seriously wound Tang Wulin and the others, would at least throw them into panic.

At the center of the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group, a white‑clad elder showed a smug expression.

"What's a Super Douluo? Before the mighty Guardians of the Nation, they can only flee like a rat."

The Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group he leads is still merely in a probing phase; after another two minutes, once he fully grasps the opponent's details, he will unleash a burst to wipe out these jumping clowns entirely.

Pleased with himself, he did not notice that Tang Wulin and the others were drawing ever closer.

More accurately, he had noticed, but simply did not care.

That is natural; even if they approached the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group, what of it? The Linked Soul Conductor is not limited to offense—it can also play a major role in defense.

These foolish, antiquated old fogeys could hardly do anything to them.

Until the Xie Jun Soul Mentor Group's Linked Defense Soul Conductor was split by a jade‑green light, he still thought that way.

Judgment, the special effect of the Divine Artifact Blade of the Spirit Guardian, is that it can deprive the life of any unconscious entity.

Before it, the defensive power of all soul conductor shields is as fragile as paper.

(End of Chapter)