Chapter 61: Crushing

After hearing Dugu Bo's words, Zhou Heng nodded to indicate he understood.

Subsequently, he turned his head to look at the seven Spirit Masters opposite him.

These seven people had already summoned all their martial souls: a four-ring food-type Spirit Master holding a small tree that had grown red fruits; a sturdy five-ring Soul King who excelled with a long staff; and a female Spirit Master who, after merging with her martial soul, radiated a white holy light, with five soul rings rotating beneath her feet.

One was a long-haired man holding an illusory longbow, with four yellow soul rings beneath his feet; one was a short man with red flames entwined behind him and four soul rings rotating beneath his feet; and there was also a fat man holding a large hammer, with four soul rings also lighting up beneath his feet.

As for the man wearing armor, the armor on his body suddenly transformed into a full-body suit with fiery red patterns; this armor was his martial soul.

While Zhou Heng and the other were talking, these seven Spirit Masters all gathered together, looking at the person injured by Dugu Bo's soul power shot.

The female Spirit Master radiating white holy light breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that the injury sustained by the armored figure was not severe.

"Healing Spell!"

A yellow soul ring lit up beneath the female Spirit Master's feet, and a golden beam of light shot out, illuminating the wound on the armored figure.

The armored figure's wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths' time, the wound on the armored figure's body had completely healed.

"These two fellows must have good things on them, otherwise why would they be so nervous? Let's all attack together and split all the spoils!" the armored figure said coldly, his tone incomparably chilling and permeated with cold killing intent.

Regarding Dugu Bo, who was able to pierce the muscle on his shoulder, the armored man only assumed he had used some special weapon; he never once considered whether it was because Dugu Bo's strength was too great.

The other six Spirit Masters looked at Zhou Heng and the other, simultaneously releasing their martial souls and soul rings, while spreading out to begin surrounding the two.

At this moment, Zhou Heng turned his head and saw the seven people trying to surround him, letting out a cold, disdainful snort: "Hmph."

Purple, purple, purple, and black—four soul rings were released beneath his feet, carrying the Gold Element, Water Element, and Wood Element; the three elements linked together and attacked the seven Spirit Masters opposite him.

The cold Water Element power linked with the Wood Element that had already bloomed with vitality, and blue vines grew out one after another on the ground.

The vines grew tiny icy spikes, and they grew and spread rapidly toward the direction of the seven Spirit Masters, intending to entangle them.

Zhou Heng's attack arrived in front of the seven people in an instant. A Spirit Master with flames entwined around his body and four soul rings rotating beneath his feet saw these blue vines winding toward his side.

His third and fourth soul rings lit up together, and flames gathered from behind the Spirit Master, turning into fire snakes that attacked the incoming vines.

Just as this Spirit Master was staring at the vines beneath his feet, Zhou Heng had already disappeared from his original spot, relying on his body strengthened by "Heavenly Stem Power" and the infusion of soul power.

Zhou Heng instantly arrived in front of a sturdy Spirit Master with five soul rings beneath his feet, raised his right hand, and attacked with a fist.

On his right fist, streaks of Gold Element gathered, turning into a golden gauntlet that wrapped around Zhou Heng's right fist; there were also several two-centimeter spikes growing between the knuckles on the gauntlet, increasing Zhou Heng's powerful attack strength.

The sturdy Spirit Master saw Zhou Heng arrive in front of him and even swing a fist to attack him.

His first and second soul rings lit up together, and the second soul ring shone with a stream of light that fell upon his body, making his already sturdy frame even more Zhuang Shi.

At the same time, a solid iron staff appeared in the sturdy Spirit Master's hand, which he smashed heavily toward Zhou Heng's body.

Zhou Heng's figure flickered, dodging the iron staff swung by the sturdy Spirit Master.

Subsequently, the Battle Instrument Martial Soul flashed and vanished in his right hand, and the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast turned into a golden dot of light, flew out from the Battle Instrument Martial Soul, and landed behind the seven Spirit Masters.

Beside the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast, Fire Elements gathered together, turning into materialized fireballs.

Endless fireballs, carrying scorching high temperatures and terrifying lethality, whistled and smashed crazily toward the seven Spirit Masters in front.

Facing the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast's terrifying fireballs, the seven Spirit Masters each used their own moves, either dodging or blocking, one after another intercepting the incoming fireballs.

Among them, the most eye-catching was the man wearing armor. Seeing the fireballs about to strike, his second and fourth soul rings lit up, the form of the armor on his body transformed again, and finally, it became a suit of armor that could be called a shield wall.

This suit of armor was a full three meters high and two and a half meters wide, standing on the spot like an indestructible iron wall.

The armored man moved closer to the female Spirit Master radiating holy light, and finally, just before the fireballs were about to hit, he blocked in front of the female Spirit Master.

After the fireballs hit the armored man, the red patterns on his tall armor lit up one after another, absorbing the Fire Element energy within the fireballs.

However, the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast's terrifying fireballs, besides the powerful impact force brought when they flew over, also possessed that terrifying high temperature.

The moment the fireballs touched the armor, that iron-wall-like armor began to melt.

If it weren't for the red patterns attached to the armor absorbing the Fire Element energy and giving the armor resistance to Fire Element attacks, this single attack would have cost this fellow his life.

Behind the armored person, the female Spirit Master also understood her situation and released several of her buffing soul skills in succession.

"Soul Power Recovery!"

"Defense Enhancement!"

"Strength Enhancement!"

With the woman's help, the armored Spirit Master completely stabilized his defense, but at the same time, he lost the ability to counterattack.

While the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast was attacking, Zhou Heng flashed again, rushing toward the long-haired man holding a bow and arrow on the other side.

Seeing Zhou Heng's figure approaching at high speed, the long-haired man hurriedly drew his bow and fired arrows at Zhou Heng in succession.

The shot arrows were like wind and lightning, but Zhou Heng was able to dodge the arrows aimed at him with minimal movement at the critical moment of Qianjun.

Finally, after approaching within a meter of the long-haired man's side, Zhou Heng gathered Gold Element in his hand, which turned into a spiked gauntlet, and punched the long-haired man in the head.

Zhou Heng's own powerful strength, combined with the infusion of soul power, directly smashed the long-haired man's skull into fragments.

As the long-haired man's corpse fell to the ground, the remaining few became anxious; this was the first death to occur in this slaughter.

Zhou Heng fought more bravely as the battle progressed, his figure flickering repeatedly as he rapidly approached the food-type Spirit Master. The Spirit Masters around him were currently facing the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast's fireball attacks and were each too busy to care for themselves; where would they have the time or energy to pay attention to Zhou Heng's attack on the food-type Spirit Master?

Zhou Heng approached the opponent with ease and smashed the food-type Spirit Master's heart with one punch, ending the opponent's life.

Then, it was the turn of the fat man holding the large hammer.

Facing the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast's continuous fireball attacks, the fat man could only dodge with all his might. For the fireballs he could not dodge, the fat man used the large hammer in his hand to smash the incoming fireballs directly into pieces, turning them into Fire Element energy that dissipated between heaven and earth.

After Zhou Heng approached him, the fat man also discovered Zhou Heng's tracks and watched Zhou Heng rushing toward him.

Seeing that he had fallen into a dead end, the fat man let out a loud roar, and his first and second soul rings lit up, with two red rays of light shooting into his body.

Under the infusion of the two soul skills, the fat man's body, which was originally covered in fat and grease, directly turned into a sturdy man two meters and two centimeters tall, covered in muscles.

The sturdy man swung the large hammer in his hand and smashed it fiercely toward Zhou Heng, wanting to kill Zhou Heng directly.

When swinging the large hammer, his fourth soul ring lit up, and the head of the large hammer was immediately covered with sharp spikes, increasing his lethality.

Seeing the sturdy man's attack, Zhou Heng extended a curtain of water forward. The moment it reached the sturdy man's feet, a chilling cold air was released, freezing the water curtain into a layer of ice crystal slide.

On this ice crystal slide, Zhou Heng's speed increased by a few points again, bringing up bursts of wind as he rushed toward the sturdy man.

The moment the two made contact, wooden shields appeared one after another around Zhou Heng, with ice chains connecting the shields to one another.

Caught off guard, the burly man brought his great hammer down onto the shields; faced with several meters of wood and ice, the hammer in his hand was blocked after smashing through several shields.

Zhou Heng threw a punch with all his might, shattering the burly man's massive head; white brain matter and red blood intertwined in the air, the stench of fresh blood causing people's nostrils to contract uncontrollably.

Zhou Heng did not care about this in the slightest and chose his next target: the Spirit Master wearing the armor martial soul.

The others were now completely suppressed by the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast with its endless attacks; only this person wearing the armor martial soul could still put up a little resistance, and killing him would completely wipe out the lives of these few Spirit Masters and preserve his own secret.

Zhou Heng arrived not far from the Spirit Master wearing the armor martial soul, and a mass of water radiating cold air was gathered by Zhou Heng and splashed onto the opponent's armor.

The armor, which had been scorched hot by the high temperature brought by the fireballs, was hit the instant the cold water splashed onto it.

Sounds of "Crack! Crack!" rang out; those were the sounds of the armor's defenses fracturing.

The next moment, a continuous stream of scorching fireballs flew over, easily submerging this armored Spirit Master completely in an ocean of fire elements.

In no more than three or four breaths of time, the armor on the Spirit Master's body surface shattered completely, and the fire elements submerged the opponent's physical body, easily burning the opponent to death.

After killing the armored Spirit Master, the Holy Light Spirit Master was swept up by the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast's fireballs the very next moment, turning into a piece of charred coal.

Now, only the long-staff Soul King and the Soul Ancestor wreathed in flames remained; the strength of these two people was truly not high, and under the combined attacks of the Fire Phosphorus Molten Beast and Zhou Heng, they retreated steadily.