"That slut!"
The short, stocky man glanced sideways at her, muttering to himself, clearly angry but unable to speak out.
Despite being a short, stocky man, and his giant axe exuding masculinity, he couldn't escape reality; he was a henpecked husband.
In the second-floor viewing room, Dai Mubai watched with slight confusion, unsure of Ma Hongjun's intentions.
Xiang Chengxian, on the other hand, looked disgusted, believing Ma Hongjun was flirting with the tall, thin woman again, his nature unchanged.
Both knew Ma Hongjun's thousand-year soul ring skill, the Ghost Vine's entanglement, was indeed very strong. If the tall, thin woman were a rank higher than Ma Hongjun, she might have a chance to control him; with a soul power difference of around the same level, there was no chance.
The only worry was the Ghost Vine's poison. If Ma Hongjun didn't break free of the restraints and eat Oscar's antidote sausage, he would soon lose his fighting ability.
"Hongjun!" Oscar called out worriedly, holding a large sausage in each hand, while the small sausage stood frozen in place, at a loss.
Ma Hongjun looked at the tall, thin woman in front of him; she was indeed somewhat attractive, but a bit too flirtatious.
A slight smile played on his lips, and a crimson-gold light erupted from Ma Hongjun's body.
In the tall, thin woman's horrified eyes, the ghost vines binding him shattered section by section, finally turning into splinters that scattered everywhere.
"How, how is this possible!"
The tall, thin woman was directly blasted away. Freed from his restraints, Ma Hongjun's red hair fluttered, and a dazzling purple spirit ring spun up and down on his Dragon Soul Spear.
This was the true terror of his second spirit skill. The original explosive attack effect was merely an additional ability; its true function was to unleash the body's power, breaking free from all physical control.
As long as one's spirit power did not exceed level ten, it was basically impossible to control Ma Hongjun.
As expected, the tall, thin woman's two spirit skills were Entanglement and Parasitism.
These two spirit skills were the same as Tang San's first two; Ma Hongjun endured her control and parasitism precisely to personally experience the effects of these two spirit skills. This would also give him a clearer understanding of Tang San in the future.
Aside from the poison, which left him helpless, he could easily break free from the entanglement and parasitism. Those seeds that had parasitized his body were all destroyed after using his second soul skill.
This was also what surprised the tall, thin woman; parasitism, an unpredictable skill, was her tried-and-true method, causing many powerful opponents to suffer slight defeats. The short, stocky man's henpecked nature was also due to this soul skill of hers.
"Little Oscar, sausages, bring them all!"
The Ghost Vine's poison still had some numbness in his body, and his soul power couldn't completely clear it.
After eating Oscar's large and small sausages, Ma Hongjun's condition had basically recovered.
"I'm not playing with you anymore." His
second soul ring lit up again, and Ma Hongjun's attacks became even more fierce and explosive.
Ghost Axe began to cooperate seriously, the giant axe facing the attack head-on, while the Ghost Vine approached from the ground, attempting to control it.
However, the Dragon Soul Spear's attack power was explosive at this time, mostly area-of-effect bursts, and the Ghost Vine broke before it even got close.
The tall, thin woman was no longer of any use. The remaining short man, though requiring more effort, couldn't withstand the strain thanks to Oscar's restored sausage. The giant axe was also draining his soul power. The tall, thin woman still
wanted to control Oscar, but Ma Hongjun wasn't about to give her the chance. Protecting her support was a team battle instinct honed over many years. Before her ghost vines even reached Oscar's feet, Ma Hongjun's spear tip was already pressed against her left atrium.
This was a sensitive spot; the tall, thin woman was mainly thin at the waist, but her bust was quite large, and Ma Hongjun's spear tip precisely struck the tip.
Through the Dragon Soul Spear, a slight elasticity could be faintly felt.
"You little rascal!" Xiang Chengxian, watching the battle, frowned and muttered. Then, looking at Dai Mubai, he warned,
"Don't you dare imitate him!"
"How could I? I would never do such shameless, vulgar, despicable, and perverted behavior."
Dai Mubai, with the air of a refined gentleman, utterly despised Ma Hongjun's actions, deeply expressing his shame and indignation at being associated with him.
"Would you believe me if I said it was a coincidence?" Ma Hongjun looked at the tall, thin woman with an embarrassed expression.
"You naughty little brother!"
This really wasn't Ma Hongjun's intention. Originally, his spear should have been aimed at the tall, thin woman's neck, but due to the height difference, he misjudged.
However, the heart is just as fatal.
"Kid, you've gone too far!"
The dwarf's face was already green with anger, and he brought his giant axe down on Ma Hongjun's head.
Kicking the woman away, Ma Hongjun immediately withdrew his spear and thrust it into the sky.
"Hundred Birds Ascend!"
With the blessing of his second soul ring, Ma Hongjun used the Hundred Birds Phoenix Spear to meet the attack head-on.
Spear after spear thrust, the spear tip against the axe blade, the force of each spear strike pushing the giant axe back a little. After ten consecutive spear thrusts, the powerful force on the giant axe had been completely dissipated.
Ma Hongjun also took advantage of the gaps in the attack to close in on the dwarf. The Phoenix Playing with Hundred Birds technique made it impossible for the dwarf to move his axe. Finally, the tip of Ma Hongjun's spear arrived in front of him, rapidly growing larger in his eyes, and finally turning into a point of cold, bluish light.
The Dragon Soul Spear was only a hair's breadth away from his eyeball; the slightest movement would have shattered it.
The entire arena fell silent. The short man held his breath, his round eyes wide, not daring to move.
"Don't hurt him!"
a hurried voice came from behind. A tall, thin woman stretched out a hand, her palm hanging alone in the air, towards Ma Hongjun, as if pleading for something.
Ma Hongjun turned around and saw the previously somewhat frivolous tall, thin woman, her face serious and worried, her eyes filled with pleading.
"Please!" the woman said softly.
"Ah Lian..."
the short man called out the woman's name, his face beaming with happiness.
"Oh, you lost!"
Ma Hongjun was also taken aback; he hadn't intended to do anything to the short man!
However, it wasn't surprising that the two were tense. Although the game wasn't a life-or-death duel, and wouldn't necessarily kill, blinding someone in one eye didn't violate the rules. After all, true battles were always unpredictable.
"We lost, thank you for going easy on us!"
"Oh, it's nothing. May I ask, what's your surname?"
"My surname is Huang, why?"
"Nothing, Huang is a good surname."
...
The host went on stage and excitedly announced the victory of the Mario duo.
The next match was between Dai Mubai and Oscar's Dai Aoao duo and the Mad Lion duo!
Oscar had just fought, but making sausages didn't take much out of him. It was only enough for Dai Mubai alone, so it didn't have much of an impact.
However, the Mad Lion duo was quite strong, and their combination was considered one of the more compatible duos.
One of them had the Fiery Mad Lion spirit, which was not only a powerful attack type beast spirit but also had fire attribute attacks. The other had the Long-Armed Spirit Ape spirit spirit, an agility type.
This combination of powerful attack and agility attack was very common, and it maximized absolute power.
In duos, many combinations with high win rates were powerful attack plus agility attack.
This time, Oscar's role was negligible, basically equivalent to Dai Mubai fighting two opponents.
Sure enough, after entering the arena, the opponent's agility-type spirit master took down Oscar first.
Despite holding out for a while under the combined attack of the two, Dai Mubai's fate was sealed, and he suffered a minor defeat.
All three secured victories, except for Dai Mubai ,
who suffered two consecutive losses at the start. He was simply unlucky; in fact, among Great Soul Masters, in a one-on-one fight, unless facing Ma Hongjun, there were practically no ones who could completely defeat him.
"Don't be discouraged. The important thing is to improve your combat experience, and you already performed very well today!"
Although it was a universally applicable comforting phrase, it sounded different coming from someone you liked.
Dai Mubai lowered his eyes, putting on an act in front of Xiang Chengxian, hoping to gain even a little comfort.
"What's there to be upset about? It's okay, Mubai, you still have me." After Ma Hongjun finished speaking, Xiang Chengxian and Dai Mubai looked at him strangely. Ma Hongjun realized the ambiguity in his words and quickly continued,
"Our combination hasn't even been used yet. When we go on stage, our Red and White combination will definitely win!"
"No more than three defeats!"
"Your first defeat was lost to me, and your first victory will also be won from me!"