Chapter 49: Heavenly Net Earthly Net

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Not only did the referee sense this soul power fluctuation, but Tang Wulin and the others' gazes were instantly drawn to the twin sisters.

They had all been taught by Wang Yan, so they could instantly tell what the sisters were doing.

"Soul Fusion Technique?!"

Zhou Sichen exclaimed in shock.

Tang Wulin's expression also turned grave.

Now he finally understood why Huang Chu Tian was so confident; even knowing they had once defeated the Ning Tian Team, they were still that arrogant.

The Soul Fusion Technique used by the two great soul masters could not be opposed even by a Soul Elder.

Almost in an instant, under the Soul Fusion Technique's effect, Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu's hair grew wildly, countless strands sweeping over Tang Wulin and the others like a flood.

Tang Wulin hurriedly shouted to Zhou Sichen:

"Zhou Sichen, protect Huo Yutong!"

Obviously, among the three of them, he was the only one capable of breaking this Soul Fusion Technique.

Only he could accomplish the breakthrough.

The instant he finished shouting, the wave of hair completely engulfed him.

"Wulin!"

Huo Yutong's expression changed instantly.

The moment Tang Wulin was engulfed by the hair-made Heavenly Net Earthly Net, her usually infallible mental detection could not sense anything inside.

This was the first time her mental detection had been blocked.

She suddenly felt a deep unease, instinctively stepping forward, and Zhou Sichen quickly grabbed her upon seeing this.

"Oh my little ancestor, if you get swept up in something happens, the boss will probably kill me!"

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Hearing Zhou Sichen's somewhat exaggerated words, Huo Yutong came to her senses.

"Sorry, I lost my composure."

"It's fine, it's fine."

Zhou Sichen chuckled, recalled his two summoned beasts, shielded himself and Huo Yutong, and barely managed to block the entangling Heavenly Net Earthly Net.

All they could do now was pray that Tang Wulin would bring them victory.

Entangled in the Heavenly Net Earthly Net, Tang Wulin did not panic.

He clenched his right fist, and with a crackling sound, the Golden Dragon Claw appeared for the first time on the freshman assessment arena.

Before, he had always worried that its power was too great and might hurt someone, but now it was clearly no time to worry about that.

Tang Wulin lightly tugged, breaking all the hair entangled on him, and forged ahead against the seemingly endless tide of hair toward where he remembered the Lan sisters were.

But the further he went, the worse his expression became.

Because he could feel that the closer he got to the Lan sisters, the stronger the hair became.

When the distance between them shortened to about five meters, the hair's flexibility had reached an astonishingly terrifying degree; even if Tang Wulin used the Golden Dragon Body, he could hardly break through the Heavenly Net Earthly Net's blockade.

"... Looks like I have to use this move."

Tang Wulin took a deep breath and made up his mind.

Over these three months, Mu En taught him many things, one of which was how to use strength.

Usually he relied on absolute brute force to erase the difference between friend and foe, but his grasp of strength had always been only partial.

When Mu En learned that his right hand's Golden Dragon Claw contained a crushing property, he taught him to combine it with his own strength.

After two months of study, Tang Wulin has just begun to grasp the basics.

At least, he can still manage something like "releasing the crushing property along with strength outward."

Tang Wulin controlled his breathing rhythm, mobilized the circulating qi and blood in his body, gathered all his strength into his right hand's Golden Dragon Claw, and then struck hard. "Boom——"

A blast of air shot forward from his right fist, instantly pulverizing the hair blocking the path ahead.

This air wave continued until it reached the entwined hair beside the embracing Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu sisters, where it was blocked.

Seizing the opportunity, Tang Wulin rushed forward, slammed his claw, concentrating force at a point, broke through their final defense, and delivered the final blow.

"Ugh!"

Accompanied by two muffled groans, Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu collapsed together, losing consciousness.

The Heavenly Net Earthly Net slowly dissipated, revealing the three people still conscious on the field.

These three were all members of Tang Wulin's team, and this match was another complete victory for them.

However, compared to their previous matches, this one was obviously much more dangerous.

If they had faced Huang Chu Tian's team three months ago, they might have ended up defeated here.

The Lan sisters' powerful Soul Fusion Technique left a deep impression on Tang Wulin and his two companions.

As a result, Tang Wulin was still chatting with Huo Yutong that evening about those sisters from earlier today.

"Today was really dangerous; actually, I bear a lot of responsibility. I clearly sensed that their team had a trump card stronger than a Soul Elder, and I also saw those twins, yet I never thought about the Soul Fusion Technique aspect. Now I think if we had let Zhou Sichen send his summoned beasts to interfere with them from the start, we could have won much more easily."

He is now sitting in the chair of Huo Yutong's room; since they moved into the Sea God Pavilion three months ago, they have unconsciously formed a habit: before bedtime, they go to each other's rooms to chat for a while.

The order of room rotation alternates: today they chat in Huo Yutong's room, tomorrow they will go to Tang Wulin's room.

This is not initiated by either party deliberately; it is a mutual tacit understanding.

Huo Yutong brought Tang Wulin a cup of hot tea and said gently:

"Don't say that; it's true you didn't think of the Soul Fusion Technique, but I'm the same—next time we just need to be more careful."

She previously couldn't brew tea, having never even touched low-grade tea leaves since childhood; her current tea-making skill has been completely honed through nightly chats with Tang Wulin.

Although the leaves used aren't ordinary tea leaves, they are of higher grade—fallen from the Golden Ancient Tree, rich in energy; merely using them to brew tea is greatly beneficial to soul masters.

Tang Wulin took a sip of tea, let out a slight sigh, and wistfully said, "Ah, if only we could also have a Soul Fusion Technique, then next time we face such an enemy we wouldn't find it so difficult."

"Haha, that's impossible."

"I know, I'm just daydreaming; everyone needs a bit of a dream, right?"

Tang Wulin shrugged, was about to switch to a lighter topic, but noticed Huo Yutong's expression had turned strange.

She asked, "Wulin, have you heard any strange sounds?"

"Huh? No."

"..."

Huo Yutong furrowed her brows.

Just as the two had finished speaking, an elderly voice suddenly sounded in her mind, telling her to try a Soul Fusion with Tang Wulin.

"Is it an illusion?"

She stared at Tang Wulin, whose expression was somewhat bewildered, for a moment, then suddenly said:

"Wulin, let's try a Soul Fusion."

Whether it's an illusion or not, she doesn't mind having close physical contact with Tang Wulin.

On the contrary, she is quite eager for it.

As a side note, starting from the next chapter, we will give the protagonist duo some cheats.

As for why we need to strengthen them even though they already overwhelm peers of the same level,

Because the next competition arc is not far off, I don't plan to let Ma Xiaotao take the field, so we must use Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to make up for the combat power loss caused by her absence.

Leaving aside Ma Xiaotao's character, her strength alone in the competition arc is indeed overpowered; losing her would almost be fatal to the protagonist team, and the only way to compensate is for the protagonist to cheat.

(End of chapter)