Back Mountain Showdown

Sure enough, they were talking about Xiao Wu challenging Xiao Chenyu to a fight in the forest on the school's Back Mountain. To keep his Points from vanishing into thin air, Lu Mingchuan hurriedly grabbed Huang Quan's hand and headed for the Back Mountain.

No sooner had Lu Mingchuan left than Tang San, who had just come out of Grandmaster's room, approached the students.

Listening to their conversation with his inner strength, Tang San inwardly thought that things were bad. Though he had not known Xiao Wu for long, he had gained some understanding of her personality.

He immediately stepped forward and stopped two students. After asking for directions, he did not say another word before racing toward the Back Mountain forest.

Leaving the two students standing there in complete confusion.

Meanwhile, Lu Mingchuan had just arrived in the woods. Before him stood two groups facing off: the Work-Study Students led by Xiao Wu, and the upperclassmen led by Xiao Chenyu.

"Little girl, it's not too late to regret this. Of course, I wouldn't mind having an extra pet rabbit. Your Martial Soul is a rabbit, isn't it?"

Xiao Wu pointed at Xiao Chenyu with a look of disdain. As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she did not think a mere Soul Master was worth her notice.

"Boss Xiao, are you scared? If you are, then be my underling from now on."

"Haha." Boss Xiao gave a deliberately carefree laugh. "Scared? Say, Wang Sheng, have all you Work-Study Students gotten water in your brains? You actually found a little girl like this to challenge me.

"What a joke. Little girl, didn't you ask around about who I, Boss Xiao, am? In Nuoding City, I could walk sideways and no one would dare stop me, let alone in this academy."

He then proposed the rules: ten people from each side would fight in turns. The simple-minded Xiao Wu naturally agreed without hesitation.

Wang Sheng could not help but feel a headache coming on. The other side was made up of upperclassmen, and none of them were weak, while Xiao Wu's side only had Wang Sheng himself who was remotely capable.

They could wear themselves out through sheer attrition alone. How could he not have a headache when Xiao Wu agreed so readily?

Xiao Chenyu then jerked his chin toward the people behind him, and a tall, burly student stepped forward.

Wang Sheng gritted his teeth. "Sister Xiao Wu, let me go first."

Naturally, he knew this upperclassman. The man was in his class, and Wang Sheng had challenged him one-on-one many times before. Every time, he had ended up badly beaten.

This student's Martial Soul was a staff. But it was no ordinary staff.

Xiao Wu naturally agreed without thinking. Seeing this, Lu Mingchuan could not help but marvel that such a simple-minded rabbit had somehow become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It was practically a miracle.

Both sides then revealed their Martial Souls. Though Wang Sheng's beast Martial Soul possession made him tough and thick-skinned, he did not last long under Liu Long's Staff before showing signs of defeat.

"Wang Sheng was too impulsive. In a head-on fight, he can't get close to his opponent. Only by closing the distance does he have any chance of winning."

Just as Xiao Wu watched with deeply furrowed brows, a low voice suddenly sounded beside her ear. When she turned, delight filled her beautiful eyes. "Little San, you're back."

Tang San had quietly arrived beside Xiao Wu. Aside from Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan, no one present noticed him.

Xiao Wu then spouted her crooked logic about striking first for the advantage. As Tang San listened to her nonsense, his fingers brushed across his waist and his gaze shifted toward the battlefield.

Watching Tang San's movement, Lu Mingchuan tugged on Huang Quan's hand.

By then, Wang Sheng was already covered in injuries. The roars from the field grew weaker and weaker, and so did his Soul Power, while his opponent had not been struck even once and looked as though he were toying with a mouse.

Seeing that he had no chance of winning, Wang Sheng hardened his resolve. No matter what, he had to leave something behind on Liu Long.

With that thought, he launched a desperate final attack. Liu Long naturally saw through his intentions, and just as he raised his staff to defeat Wang Sheng, Tang San made his move.

A small stone appeared between two of his fingers. With a flick, the stone instantly shot toward the hand holding Liu Long's staff.

Just as it was about to hit, the stone suddenly vanished into thin air, and alarm bells began ringing in Tang San's heart.

Before he could react, a sharp pain erupted near his right kidney, twisting Tang San's face in agony.

Seeing Tang San's terrifying expression, Xiao Wu instinctively took a step back. Then, in a rare moment of thoughtfulness, she stepped back over and looked at him with concern.

"Little San, what's wrong?"

Unfortunately, the pain from the blow to his kidney was so severe that Tang San could not even speak a complete sentence. Xiao Wu watched his contorted face and anxiously paced in circles.

Without Tang San's support, Wang Sheng still lost the fight. Looking at Wang Sheng lying on the ground, Xiao Chenyu waved a hand, and several of his followers carried Wang Sheng away for emergency treatment.

As Wang Sheng was being taken away, he looked at Xiao Wu fussing anxiously around Tang San.

Remembering her suffocating decision to lead the Work-Study Students in challenging the upperclassmen, he could not help but question whether making Xiao Wu their boss had really been appropriate. Then he was dragged away.

Seeing this, Xiao Chenyu teased Xiao Wu. "Well, little rabbit? Do you still have anyone who can take the field?"

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth at the sight of Xiao Chenyu's smug expression, intending to step up herself. Just then, Tang San behind her grabbed her arm.

"I'm not seriously hurt. I'll go next."

Tang San could still feel the intense pain, but it was far better than before. At least he could move now. Seeing Xiao Wu about to take the field, he did not even care about being ambushed and insisted on stopping her.

Xiao Wu frowned at Tang San's pale face. "Can you really do it?"

Tang San slowly nodded twice. Seeing this, Xiao Wu no longer stopped him. Lu Mingchuan watched Tang San with interest, then tossed the banana peel left in his hand onto Tang San's head.

In an instant, everyone's attention turned toward the two of them. Lu Mingchuan calmly took Huang Quan's hand and walked over to Xiao Chenyu.

"I'll fight this match for you. You don't object, do you?"

Seeing Lu Mingchuan's smiling face, Xiao Chenyu nodded. As the city lord's son, he received plenty of information and had good instincts. Naturally, he recognized the genius who had recently arrived in Nuoding City.

Feeling the banana peel on his head and watching the two of them, Tang San's old and new grudges erupted all at once, even overwhelming the pain in his right kidney.

"Lu—Ming—chuan!" Tang San's face turned pale, then red, making Lu Mingchuan click his tongue in wonder.

As expected of someone from the Bashu Region. That face-changing skill was truly unmatched. Lu Mingchuan only thought those words to himself and did not say them aloud.

Sorry, sorry. I was enjoying the spectacle today, so the update came a little late.