Furina had previously eaten a "blueberry cake" to boost her speed, intending to test whether she could rely purely on speed to evade control-type Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
Practical experience proved that in a limited environment like the arena, when facing a large-scale, continuous tracking control like "Heavenly Net," relying on speed alone could at most buy some time. As her maneuvering space was compressed step by step, she would eventually have nowhere to hide.
Since that was the case, she didn't bother to continue the "performance." Although she was ostensibly a Food-type Support Soul Master, she was still a dignified Level 52 Spirit King, and her spirit ring configuration was even more shocking.
If she were to lose to a freshman team whose highest level was only a Two-Ring Great Soul Master in front of everyone, it wouldn't just be embarrassing; it would be ruining her reputation.
Moreover, almost everyone now believed she was here to "smurf." A smurfer getting overturned by the fish? Such a dramatic ending might be interesting, but it certainly wasn't the script Furina wanted.
Thinking of this, Furina couldn't help but shake her head and laugh. She then called out to the Lan sisters, who were still relentlessly controlling the hair net, and to Huang Chutian, who was watching like a tiger: "Alright, alright, the warm-up ends here. I'm going to start getting serious now, you three watch out for your surroundings~"
She even kindly gave a preview: "Next, I'm going to use a Soul Bone Skill."
"Soul Bone Skill?!"
The three opponents were all startled upon hearing this.
Huang Chutian blurted out: "What? She actually has a Spirit Bone?!"
But he immediately reacted, slapping his own forehead. "Wait... with her monstrous spirit ring configuration, having a Spirit Bone is the normal course of action. It would be weirder if she didn't have one."
Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who were in the Martial Soul Fusion state and highly concentrated, were equally surprised. However, they couldn't afford to be distracted by conversation at this moment and could only think to themselves.
Just as Huang Chutian said, given the foundation Furina had displayed and her status as the Pope of the Water God Cult, possessing a Spirit Bone was perfectly reasonable.
However, they couldn't help but be curious: what would Furina's Soul Bone Skill be? Judging by her tone, it seemed to be offensive in nature.
For support system Spirit Masters, the desire to obtain some offensive or self-preservation capabilities was an extremely common sentiment.
Unfortunately, the Spirit Ability sequences of the vast majority of support system Martial Souls rarely provided direct offensive means. Therefore, hunting for specific Spirit Bones to compensate for this shortcoming became the choice for many support system experts.
Of course, many support system Spirit Masters chose to continue strengthening their defense or support capabilities, taking "professionalism" to the extreme.
At this moment, Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters all held their breath, both nervous and expectant, wanting to see what kind of Soul Bone Skill Furina would unleash to break their nearly perfect control chain and defeat the three of them in one go.
"Please enjoy my performance!"
As Furina's words fell, her figure made an agile change of direction under the speed boost, once again pulling some distance away from the blue hair net that brushed past her. At the same time, she leisurely snapped her fingers with a crisp sound.
Snap!
The moment the snap echoed—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of low, muffled bangs exploded without warning less than half a meter away from the bodies of Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo! The range of the explosions was extremely small, as if air was being violently compressed and then suddenly bursting, but the power contained within was exceptionally startling.
The violent impact, mixed with subtle yet sharp water-attribute cutting force, instantly penetrated the Soul Power protection they had hastily condensed.
With just the first wave of explosions, the three of them were hit as if by a heavy blow. Amidst muffled groans, they fell back simultaneously. The radiance of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill "Heavenly Net" suddenly dimmed, and the sky full of blue hair fell limply and retracted, returning to the appearance of ordinary long hair.
Huang Chutian stumbled a few steps and knelt on one knee, his chest heaving violently. Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo supported each other to barely stay standing, their faces pale and their breath ragged; their Fusion state had been forcibly interrupted.
Huang Chutian suppressed the churning blood in his body and the numbness in his limbs. He looked up, his eyes full of disbelief, and asked urgently: "This... what kind of Spirit Ability is this? How did you do it? Clearly, Susu and the others' Heavenly Net blocked almost all the space, and you were still some distance from us. How could you attack us directly?!"
Furina stopped her steps gracefully. With a mysterious smile on her face, she replied: "Sorry, but this is my little secret, just as you wouldn't easily reveal the details of your Martial Soul Fusion Skill to outsiders. One must always keep some trump cards."
She paused and then extended an olive branch again, her tone full of temptation: "If you really want to know... why not consider joining our Axis Cult first? Once you're one of our own, many things will be easier to discuss."
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