So with only a few minutes to converse with our newly made team that was going to have it's own issues obviously... I looked to Xiao Wu and Tang Wutong before I said firmly.
"Tang Wutong, you are with me in attacking up at a distance, while I will try to attack and control Zhao Wuji. Xiao Wu, you try to harry him but don't get caught or he will hurt you even if he holding back alot."
I looked over to my teammates and I said quickly. "I have the Dragon Tripod Martial Soul, and I am capable of Attack and Control systems, though with my elemental attacks, I am more focused on attacking."
Dai Mubai then spoke up with a grunt. "Ranged attacks won't hurt Zhao Wuji; he is almost a defensive Soul Master in nature. But I can tangle with him in close combat for a bit."
Then Zhu Zhuqing said coolly. "I can help Xiao Wu in fighting at odd angles. I won't be able to do much damage to him most likely."
Ning Rongrong then said proudly! "I already have two powerful buffing spells from my martial soul! I can make you all a good bit stronger and faster!"
I nodded and then looked to Tang Wutong and said thoughtfully. "We can't use poison, but our entire goal is just to last long enough to pass... Zhao Wuji forgot one crucial fact in his rules."
I gave Tang Wutong a grin and said. "He never said you coudn't just fly away and thus never lose!"
There was a pause before Dai Mubai snorted and said with amuesment. "Bro that's shameless."
To which I shrugged and said plainly. "What's shameless is expecting people to actually even fight Zhao Wuji when he is clearly going to be attacking us as well."
Everyone shut up at that and then from across the large arena and training field Zhao Wuji clapped his hands powerfully with his loud voice ringing out. "Get on over here now kids! It's time for you all to get thrashed haha!"
And we all shared a look at how the short musclar man was taking entirely too damned much joy at the thought of beating the shit out of us all.
So we went over there obviously and with Zhao Wuji, being a later-stage Soul Emperor at this point anyway. He had six Spirit Rings that glowed menacingly from behind him as a massive golden armored bear formed around him in his martial soul.
[Two yellow, two purple, two black... The so-called optimal layout for Spirit Master's can see.] I thought before I chuckled and called out. "You asked for it, Zhao Wuji!"
Zhao Wuji's heavy spiritual pressure was pushed back as my own two purple spirit rings came alive and in unison Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai made noises of outrage at seeing my spirit rings.
Then as Xiao Wu and Tang Wutong put out their own spirit rings they were then stunned to see them both having a single yellow and purple spirit ring.
As with my herbs and elixers, Xiao Wu's body was much stronger and with denser soul energy. Which allowed her to condense her own stronger purple soul ring. Though Yu Xiaogang always asked who helped her gain her second spirit ring.
Still I called out. "Here he comes!" As Zhao Wuji in helping both me and Tang Wutong in getting our spirit rings was ALL to aware of our spirit rings and their abilities.
And with a blur of speed the now giant sized Zhao Wuji with the avatar of the Vigurous Vajra Bear slammed into our group as we hurriedly split up.
I myself turned on the jets as my second Spirit Ring glowed with a powerful but thin laser of water shot at Zhao Wuji's face directly.
Zhao Wuji already knowing the cutting power of my water beams having seen me cutting through thin steel plates instantly held up a palm to catch the beam of water with an explosion of spitting water going every and most importantly.
Obscuring his sight as everyone got into position to attack him.
"Slow down teacher haha!" Dai Mubai yelled aggressively as he shot a beam of power from his mouth that barely slowed down Zhao Wuji's charging form as he came for me.
And then I felt myself strengthen in terms of strength and speed as Ning Rongrong finished her incantation to use her spirit rings and bless us all.
But a ten percent speed and strength increase in our abilities wasn't going to allow us to match Zhao Wuji in the fucking slightest!
"Enough with the water!" Wuji roared as I kept the water beam aimed at his face to blind him with all the water as even his aura shield from his powerful soul coudn't protect him from the simple reality of water getting into the eyes.
Then as Dai Mubai charged in with a powerful shoulder check as Zhao Wuji was still fucking locked onto me for some reason.
He grabbed Dai Mubai... By his very head and threw him away with a popping noise coming from the older teen's neck with the force of the throw that made me wince.
But his sacrifice wasn't without merit as both of our agility fighters came in hard. Zhu Zhuqing skidded across the ground and slashed at the heels of Zhao Wuji forcing him to jump to avoid the possibly crippling blow.
Xiao Wu then tried to kick him in the head with a spin kick that was boosted in power by her waist bow skill. And with a loud thud he blocked the kick with his raised arm and threw her backwards.
But in that moment as their gaze met. I saw Xiao Wu's second spirit ring, the purple one, light up with Xiao Wu's eyes forming a glowing heart, and Zhao Wuji paused as he was caught by her Charm skill.
Her Charm skill was much more powerful, being a purple soul ring variant compared to the yellow one she had in canon.
So while in canon, Zhao Wuji was charmed for but a moment with the difference in cultivation between the two of them.
With her stronger Charm, Zhao Wuji was stunned for a whole three or even four seconds.
And in a battle with everyone being superhuman? Almost four seconds gave us plenty of time to do plenty!
Both Tang Wutong and I charged our abilities and then as Zhao Wuji shook his head to break the Charm skill.
He was brought back to awareness as I slammed him with truck sized fireball while Tang Wutong shot powerful beams of light into him with both attacks blasting the man a dozen meters backwards.
As the flames and dust settled from our attack... My face twitched as Zhao Wuji roared. In his true manifested state as the Vigorous Vajra Bear.
Then I almost kneeled as another one of his soul rings glowed as a sign of activation. The air vibrated with power, and I fell to my face with my bones crackling as Zhao Wuji fucking cheated and used his line of sight gravity manipulation skill on me.
From the side Tang Wutong came in hard with her guillotine wings skill, slicing her large butterfly-like wings at Zhao Wuji who raised up his armor-covered arms and, with a clanging noise, stopped her blow.
From the other side Zhu Zhuqing also came with he,r scratching her kitty claws at Zhao Wuji's manifested martial soul avatar... And it did fucking jack all as her enhanced fingernails couldn't even pierce his skin let alone the avatar's armor.
Still it was enough to break his concentration of his gravity attack, as Dai Mubai blasted him in the face with the White Tiger Ligh,t which exploded upon contact with his head.
"Kick his butt! Hit him on the head so he becomes even shorter!" Ning Rongrong 'helpfully' yelled in support for us actually fighting.
As right now, after giving us her buffs... She was completely worthless.
I got back up and then Zhao Wuji laughed and said heartily. "Alright kids... Sit down!"
And then another spirit ring lit up and I was almost forced to the ground as a ring of purple light formed above us. Forming a domain and within that domain, I could feel Zhao Wuji's control of the gravity which tripled and brought Tang Wutong hard out of the air.
Tang Wutong snarled as she hit the ground rolling with the hard landing, as Zhao Wuji even charged at her. And then Tang Wutong used her special Tang Sect movement technique in the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to speed away with a weird set of movements that forced Zhao Wuji to pause.
And that pause was more then enough for me as his gravity bullshit couldn't affect the stream of golden flames I sent at him to both blind and burn him.
The fight continued with Zhao Wuji getting tangled up with Dai Mubai who could actually take a hit from the short king. While the rest of us hit him from a distance until Zhao Wuji hit Dai Mubai a little harder and made him fold over as his lungs were collapsed.
Then we began to fall apart. A slap to the side to Zhu Zhuqing knocked the breath out of her and possibly bruised a rib making her unable to run.
Xiao Wu had her ankle twisted and was literally knocked out as Zhao Wuji grabbed her kicking foot from out of the air and slammed her into the ground.
And then it was my turn Zhao Wuji punched my Dragon Tripod Cauldron out of the way when I tried to slam it into him after he ignored the stream of fire and cutting water stream aimed at his martial soul avatar form.
So when he slapped me across the chest with a big ass bear-shaped hand/paw. And I could feel my spine popping from the blow that hit me in the chest.
I didn't need the pain to know I wasn't getting up... Or breathing easily for that matter.
This left Tang Wutong and Ning Rongrong in the fight
And I could see Zhao Wuji's proud face twitch at the sight of Tang Wutong carrying Ning Rongrong in the air... Like more than three hundred meters away and above him.
To say the least, far and away from where he could get to them without using his gravity powers. And should he force them to drop out of the air like that. That could lead to real issues.
And those issues, regardless of any injuries the two faced... Were nothing in comparison to the issues that were Ning Rongrong's 'uncles' who were two very protective Title Doulou who served the Seven Treasure clan.