Chapter 95: Team Switch

At this moment, Dai Yaoheng felt immensely aggrieved.

If he didn't know that Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen weren't the type to betray teammates, he would suspect they had been bought by the opponents.

But now it's too late for words; he can only find a way to make up for the void left by the two missing Soul King teammates.

He does have a chance to win; after all, he is the only Soul Emperor in the arena, a strong offensive type with overwhelming front‑line suppression. Deploying tactics around him might still turn defeat into victory.

"He Caitou, fire suppression! Yao Haoxuan, apply control! Xu San Shi, Xi Xi, charge with me!"

Hearing his order, He Caitou opened his mouth to say something, but ultimately swallowed it back, silently raising the soul‑guide cannon barrel on his body.

When he saw Zhang Zehao assigned to the opposite side, he felt intensely envious.

As a soul guide who also relies on long‑range turret attacks, He Caitou knows best how exhilarating Huo Yutong's Mental Detection Sharing is.

Even more disgusting, Huo Yutong can not only boost her own team's hit rate but also reduce the enemy's hit rate.

Feeling the cold slowly spreading through his mind, He Caitou let out a helpless sigh.

Sure enough, it began.

Huo Yutong's third soul skill, Snow Thought, provides comprehensive reinforcement to her mental attributes; in theory, any Soul Eye skill can be enchanted with Snow Thought.

Mental Interference is no exception; although its ice‑snow attribute isn't strong enough to instantly freeze the mind like Soul Shock, it can continuously affect the target, slowing their thought speed.

For a soul guide like He Caitou who focuses on long‑range turret output, this is deadly; in the past two weeks, whenever Huo Yutong used this move, she never hit him.

Our side's slowed remote thinking with interference versus the opponent's clear‑minded, auto‑aiming remote thinking—how to fight this? As expected, the artillery roared; He Caitou's attacks all landed in empty space, while Zhang Zehao's shells, as if they had eyes, precisely struck the spot that hurt Dai Yaoheng and his teammates the most.

Dai Yaoheng was stunned.

"He Caitou, what are you doing?!"

He Caitou's soul‑guide cannon shells didn't hit a single time! Have the soul‑guide trainees' quality dropped to this level? He Caitou scowled, too lazy to explain.

Such matters can't be explained on the battlefield; Dai Yaoheng would have to go down to the arena floor to experience it himself.

From the moment he was assigned opposite Huo Yutong, his role was destined to be merely a fireworks display for the other side.

Under Zhang Zehao's rhythmic artillery barrage, Dai Yaoheng and his two teammates were quickly forced to split up, fighting separately.

Wang Dong and Zhou Sichen faced Xu San Shi, Huo Yutong faced Xi Xi, and Tang Wulin, Chen Zifeng, and Bei Bei together faced Dai Yaoheng.

As for Zhang Zehao, he focused his artillery toward Yao Haoxuan.

The gap in raw power became evident; even though two of the four battlefields had an extra player, Bei Bei's squad still couldn't gain any advantage for a while.

All they could do was stay calm, hold onto their numerical advantage, and wait for a chance to turn the tide.

Soon, that moment arrived.

Surprisingly, the battlefield that first produced a result changing the war wasn't one of the two extra‑player fields, but the sole one‑on‑one field.

The snow‑white girl rushed toward Xu San Shi; behind her, Xi Xi, already turned into an ice statue, stood silently on the arena.

Seeing Huo Yutong charge at him, Xu San Shi's eyes suddenly widened, and many unpleasant memories surged to his mind.

Don't underestimate him fighting two Soul Elders, Wang Dong and Zhou Sichen; although he can't win quickly, he still holds a big advantage. The key is that Huo Yutong, a Soul Elder, is different—she can truly beat him like a son.

So he swept his large shield, forcefully clearing Wang Dong and Zhou Sichen's summons from his side; his fourth soul ring lit up as he shouted, "Senior Dai, prepare the handover!"

Dai Yaoheng, caught in a one‑against‑three, was stunned—what handover? Huo Yutong, however, instantly caught on, even though she had been nauseated by Xu San Shi's annoying soul skill many times.

Her gaze suddenly turned icy; a layer of ice crystals surfaced on her hands, lightly drifting toward Xu San Shi.

This strike combined Ice Snow Armor, Ice Emperor's Ao, and Great Cold No Snow—arguably Huo Yutong's strongest attack to date.

Without exaggeration, if this hit Xu San Shi, it could wipe out his life.

If the opponent were Xu San Shi, Huo Yutong obviously wouldn't use this move; first, his strength is too weak, and second, she holds a good impression of him.

But against Dai Yaoheng it's different—he's both a Soul Emperor and Huo Yutong's enemy, and she has no intention of holding back.

Xu San Shi's figure flashed, disappearing from the spot, and Dai Yaoheng took his place to bear Huo Yutong's full‑force strike.

From Dai Yaoheng's perspective, the scene suddenly shifted, and a small hand lightly tapped his chest.

In an instant, his heart seemed to stop beating.

An incredibly terrifying cold surged from that tiny palm into his body, nearly freezing everything.

Fortunately, as a Soul Emperor he couldn't be left without any room for resistance; a massive tiger roar sounded, his first, third, and fifth soul rings lit up together, blocking further cold influx, while his internal soul power surged at high speed, desperately neutralizing the deadly chill.

But it was useless; when he was caught off‑guard by Huo Yutong's strike, it was essentially a declaration of his exit.

An ice‑blue sword materialized in Huo Yutong's hand; with a single slash, it swept Dai Yaoheng out of the arena.

On the other side, the substituted Xu San Shi couldn't withstand the three‑person onslaught and quickly fell; none of Bei Bei's seven members were eliminated, while Dai Yaoheng's group was reduced to two, and the rest needs no further explanation.

The battle ended that quickly, its outcome surpassing all main‑team members' expectations.

Whether enemy or ally, everyone's gaze fixed on Huo Yutong.

Her performance was truly dazzling; though it's unclear how she did it, she instantly killed Ling Luochen at the start, single‑handedly eliminated Xi Xi, and with one palm took out Dai Yaoheng. How does a single Soul Elder achieve that? Xuanzi chuckled beside her, reminding:

"Don't forget the promised punishment."

Thus Dai Yaoheng's squad could only grimace, and one person muttered, "I'm a pig."

After they finished, Xuanzi let out a snicker.

"I know you're dissatisfied. How about this: Ling Luochen, Gongyang Mo, you go swap positions with Chen Zifeng and Zhang Zehao, then have another match."

Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin's recent performance also exceeded his expectations; he instantly chose to forget how he treated Huo Yutong last year, and now seeing her, he felt as if he were looking at his greatest treasure.

He also wanted to see how much surprise these two geniuses' second‑year students could bring him.

Side note: Boss Dai suffered from lacking information; the Xuanming Swap can easily backfire when teammates are unaware of its effect.

(End of Chapter)