Having made his decision, Tang San immediately stopped and threw out two black iron balls.
As his Soul Power surged, the two iron balls collided in mid-air, instantly causing a violent explosion. Countless Bone Piercing Needle rained down on the pursuing Holy Spirit Sect team.
"Go!"
Tang San used the Cluster Soul Chasing Ball to intercept the pursuing enemies. He and Xiao Wu desperately ran to the left, while Ma Hongjun and the others escaped in different directions.
Although the Cluster Soul Chasing Ball were ranked fifth among the Tang Sect's mechanical hidden weapons, their power depended on the user's Soul Power.
In the past, Dugu Bo, with his Title Douluo cultivation, had used this hidden weapon to wound Chrysanthemum Douluo, who was a higher level.
Now, with Tang San's use, coupled with his exquisite hidden weapon techniques, they could at most pose a threat to a Soul Emperor. Whether they could kill one was a matter of pure luck.
Unfortunately for Tang San, his luck was bad.
Under Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection, all the Bone Piercing Needle were exposed, and their trajectories were completely under his control.
With the help of shared Spiritual Detection, the Cluster Soul Chasing Ball failed to hurt a single person on the Holy Spirit Sect team.
"Hidden weapons!" Huo Yuhao looked surprised but quickly and subconsciously dismissed the detail.
Then, his eyes lit up with a strange bloody glow, and an invisible spiritual shockwave swept toward Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Tang San and Xiao Wu groaned and staggered, but they quickly regained their composure and continued to run for their lives.
"Oh?" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but look surprised.
These two were only at the Soul Elder rank, not even Soul Kings, yet they could withstand his spiritual attack.
He had no way of knowing that Tang San's Purple Demon Eye cultivation gave him spiritual power far beyond that of an ordinary Soul Master, and Xiao Wu, being a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, also had spiritual power that shouldn't be underestimated.
Even though Tang San and Xiao Wu's resistance was beyond Huo Yuhao's expectations, after taking that spiritual attack, their speed inevitably slowed down.
It wasn't long before they were caught.
Seeing Yan Feng blocking their way, a man with bone wings on his back and six soul rings swirling around him, Tang San's heart sank. He knew that their chances of survival were slim.
However, he wasn't too afraid. He just felt a sense of regret. The intensity of this competition was far beyond his imagination, and it seemed he couldn't win that 100,000-year Stigmata and soul bone for his father.
"Third Brother, let's fight them!" Seeing that escape was hopeless, Xiao Wu immediately made up her mind to fight to the death. Even if she were to die here today, she would take one of them down with her.
"You want to fight?" Yan Feng sneered, and the illusion of a Frostbone Dragon slowly appeared behind him.
In an instant, the temperature of the surrounding space plummeted. A stream of frosty breath shot out like an arrow.
Tang San no longer held back. His clothes tore as his Eight Spider Lances rapidly grew from his back. He wrapped a Blue Silver Vine around Xiao Wu's waist and, using the Eight Spider Lances as support, managed to narrowly dodge the frosty breath.
"An External Soul Bone? What a pity. This is the Simulated Universe. I wish I had met you outside," Yan Feng was slightly startled, then showed a look of regret.
Unlike other soul bones, External Soul Bones could not be taken away under normal circumstances, but the Holy Spirit Sect had special secret techniques that could achieve this.
External Soul Bones could grow with a Soul Master, making them the rarest among all soul bones, which was why Yan Feng felt so much pity.
Unlike Yan Feng, Huo Yuhao didn't think too much about it. Green light flashed around him, and the illusion of an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared. A cold wind howled, and a storm of ice and snow surged outward like a tidal wave.
The Ice Storm's speed was incredibly fast, instantly catching up to Tang San and Xiao Wu. The biting cold of the ultimate ice instantly stiffened their bodies, and their speed dropped significantly.
Tang Ya slowly raised her hand. A black-and-red Blue Silver Grass quickly gathered in her palm, transforming into a black-and-red long spear in the blink of an eye.
"Blue Silver Overlord Spear!"
The spear shot out like a black-and-red bolt of lightning, streaking through the air and instantly piercing through Tang San's heart.
Under Huo Yuhao's ultimate ice control, with Tang Ya using the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, and with the target locked by their shared Spiritual Detection, Tang San didn't even have time to pull out his Clear Sky Hammer before he was killed. The hidden weapons he carried had no chance to be used.
For a hidden weapon to be effective, surprise is crucial, but in the face of Huo Yuhao's keen Spiritual Detection, almost every move was exposed. Huo Yuhao was a natural nemesis to hidden weapons.
"Third Brother!" It wasn't until the warm blood splattered on her cheeks that Xiao Wu snapped out of her daze, realizing what had happened. Seeing Tang San's death, her eyes instantly turned crimson, like a rabbit's. Although she knew this was the Simulated Universe and Tang San wouldn't truly die, the anger in her heart was still hard to suppress.
Just then, Huo Yuhao suddenly noticed a machine emitting a blue light not far away. A wicked smile appeared on his lips, and his blood-red eyes stared directly at Xiao Wu.
The next moment, a dark red gem slowly grew out of his forehead, like a third eye. A red light shot out from the gem like an arrow, instantly blasting into Xiao Wu's forehead.
Xiao Wu, who had been full of anger, became blank, her eyes empty and soulless, just like Tang Ya.
"Go, revive him!" Huo Yuhao pointed at the revival chip left behind after Tang San's death and motioned for Xiao Wu to go and revive him.
While they could pick up the revival chip, only members of the same team could revive a teammate. That's why he was using his spiritual control to make Xiao Wu revive Tang San.
A flicker of struggle passed through Xiao Wu's face, but in the face of the overwhelming spiritual power gap, she still blankly picked up Tang San's revival chip and walked to the blue machine to begin reviving him.
"What are you doing?" Yan Feng frowned, looking at Huo Yuhao in confusion, unable to understand his motives.
"I want to test the limits of this competition," Huo Yuhao explained lightly, but it was just an excuse. He simply wanted to do it.
That's right, Huo Yuhao was making Xiao Wu revive Tang San because he wanted to kill him again, and not just once. He wanted to see what the limit of this revival machine was. At the same time, this act gave him a primal pleasure that made him unable to stop.
Soon, under the control of Huo Yuhao's powerful spiritual power, Xiao Wu, with empty eyes, mechanically went to the revival machine and began the process.
Ten seconds passed in a flash. The revival machine shot out a blue beam of light that soared into the sky. This beam of light was like a signal, telling all nearby teams that someone was reviving a teammate here.
Almost in the same instant, Tang San appeared beside Xiao Wu.
The moment he appeared, Tang San threw out his hidden weapons again without hesitation. At the same time, he used his exquisite techniques to throw his Clear Sky Hammer like a powerful cannonball toward Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao's eyes were cold and fearless. A thick layer of ice instantly covered his right hand, and he used the Ice Empress's Pincers to steadily catch the Clear Sky Hammer.
The Clear Sky Hammer, also known for its strength, was pitted against the powerful Ice Empress's Pincers. Although their cultivation levels were similar, Huo Yuhao handled it with ease.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao's body flickered. He used the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to nimbly weave through the storm of dense hidden weapons, incredibly dodging all of them.
"Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track?" Seeing this, Tang San was shocked and looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief. "Are you a...!" Tang San's mind instantly raced through his own past, wondering if Huo Yuhao was also a transmigrator from the Tang Sect.
At the same time, he also thought of why Huo Yuhao harbored such intense malice toward him. He had stolen the Tang Sect's inner-circle techniques in his past life, and although he had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff to atone, some in the Tang Sect must still have hated him.
Thus, with a severe lack of information, Tang San's mind filled in all the blanks.
Even though his mind was in turmoil from Huo Yuhao suddenly using a Tang Sect technique, when he saw the controlled Xiao Wu, Tang San's eyes were still filled with an endless murderous intent.
To dare to control Xiao Wu, this person was just asking to die!
Tang San's eyes turned crimson as if they were filled with blood. He glared fiercely at Huo Yuhao, then a massive wave of Blue Silver Vines surged toward Huo Yuhao, trying to bind him.
"Just weeds!" Huo Yuhao sneered. A jade-green light suddenly shone around him, and his Eternal Ice Domain instantly unfolded.
As waves of cold air spread, all the Blue Silver Grass was instantly frozen.
Although Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had gained fire and ice immunity after absorbing the immortal herbs from the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, everything had its limits. A higher level of mystery would always suppress a lower one.
The coldness Huo Yuhao used was the ultimate ice, and its temperature was far below that of ordinary ice.
Even with its ice immunity, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass still couldn't withstand the power of the ultimate ice and was eventually frozen. Fortunately, the layers of Blue Silver Grass provided some protection, allowing Tang San to resist a portion of the cold air, but he couldn't avoid being frozen.
The moment he was frozen, Huo Yuhao quickly took out a soul tool hand cannon. With a deafening boom, Tang San was instantly blown to pieces.
Huo Yuhao once again made Xiao Wu revive Tang San. Faced with Tang San's murderous gaze, Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate to release the cold air again.
No matter how Tang San struggled or what trump cards he revealed, he still couldn't withstand Huo Yuhao's attacks and was killed again.
Then, he was revived by Xiao Wu, and the cycle repeated.
Tang San didn't choose to give up and forfeit the match because he was filled with unwillingness, anger, and hatred.
He wouldn't give up easily until everything was settled. He wanted revenge!