Level Overtake

Ding ding ding ding~~

The clashing of metal rang out without end!

On Nuoding Academy's training grounds, Mo Bai and Tang San exchanged hidden weapons back and forth.

Blue Silver Grass would occasionally sprout beside Mo Bai, its leaves spinning free and flying around him before he launched them as hidden weapons.

Tang San, meanwhile, kept pulling hidden weapons such as steel needles and nails from his Soul Tool and firing them at Mo Bai.

In terms of power, Tang San's hidden weapons were more lethal.

Whenever Mo Bai's Blue Silver Grass leaves were struck, they were either pierced through or sliced apart!

And judging by their Hidden Weapon Technique, Tang San also seemed to be stronger.

However, Mo Bai had far more hidden weapons than Tang San.

Tang San easily dodged all of Mo Bai's hidden weapons. As for those coming from particularly tricky angles, he only needed to use his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade them with ease.

On Mo Bai's side, he did not even need to use his Flower Butterfly Steps to dodge every one of Tang San's hidden weapons.

He relied on having more Blue Silver Leaves, along with his ability to predict the angles of Tang San's hidden weapon attacks.

"How is this possible..."

"He can actually see through the direction I'm going to attack in advance..."

The longer Tang San fought, the more shaken he became. He realized that his Hidden Weapon Technique was indeed stronger—there was no doubt about that—yet he still could not do anything to Mo Bai, who had not even used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Mo Bai's perception and predictive ability were simply too strong. Time and again, he anticipated Tang San's hidden weapon attacks, then used the numerical advantage of his Blue Silver Grass leaves to block every one of them.

In the end, Tang San ran out of hidden weapons and still failed to defeat Mo Bai.

During the match, he had used all the Hidden Weapon Techniques unique to the Tang Sect. Although they caused Mo Bai quite a bit of trouble and left him looking rather disheveled, none of his hidden weapons managed to hit him.

Moreover, the longer they fought, the stronger Mo Bai's Hidden Weapon Technique became.

"Stop!"

"I'm out of hidden weapons. You win!"

In the end, Tang San called for a stop with an ugly expression. When his hidden weapons were nearly depleted, he voluntarily admitted defeat.

He still had hidden weapons left—mechanism-type hidden weapons, sleeve arrows, and the Zhuge Crossbow—but based on Mo Bai's performance just now, he did not think they would pose much of a threat.

"Haha, Tang San, you ran out of hidden weapons, didn't you?"

"Haha, I'm almost out of Soul Power too, but I still won!"

After Tang San conceded, Mo Bai collapsed onto the ground without a shred of dignity.

Although he had still hidden a stronger Hidden Weapon Technique than Tang San's, as well as his Flower Butterfly Steps, his Soul Power truly was nearly exhausted.

After mechanism-type hidden weapons had been rendered obsolete by firearms such as pistols, Mo Bai's Modern Tang Sect had focused on Hidden Weapon Technique. In that regard, he was certainly stronger than Tang San.

However, Mo Bai felt that even if he had used it, he might not have been able to do much to Tang San.

The other party still had Purple Demon Eyes and Mysterious Jade Hand.

If it came purely to attacking with hidden weapons, Mo Bai felt that without concealing his stronger Hidden Weapon Technique, his offense would be stronger.

It was precisely because his offense was stronger than Tang San's that Mo Bai could predict Tang San's hidden weapon attacks, then use the numerical advantage of Blue Silver Grass to block them.

Tang San, on the other hand, was stronger defensively. With Purple Demon Eyes, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, his defense far surpassed Mo Bai's.

Therefore, if it was not a fight to the death, it was hard to say who would ultimately win.

"Mo Bai, Tang San!"

"You two are amazing!"

"My eyes were almost dazzled!"

Seeing that the spar had ended, Xiao Wu walked forward with a face full of amazement.

She had truly been nearly dumbfounded just now. Only then did she realize how thrilling it was when hidden weapons were unleashed in a storm.

"Mo Bai, you were going easy on me before, weren't you?"

Then Xiao Wu looked at Mo Bai again.

She felt that if Mo Bai had shown the strength he displayed today when fighting her before, there was no way she could have fought him evenly every time and only lost in the end.

"Mm, I wanted to observe Tang San's Hidden Weapon Technique through you a little more!"

Mo Bai nodded and admitted it.

"..."

"..."

Hearing Mo Bai admit it, it was not only Xiao Wu who felt hurt.

Tang San did too. He felt that he had lost to himself today, but thinking about it that way made him feel a little better.

Aside from feeling miserable over losing to Mo Bai today, Tang San also began to realize that using Blue Silver Grass as hidden weapons was not without its advantages.

That was, there were an enormous number of hidden weapons!

"But that was only because I hadn't made my more powerful hidden weapons yet. Otherwise, no matter how many hidden weapons Mo Bai had, he still wouldn't have been able to block mine!"

"No, I need to hurry up and make some powerful hidden weapons. Next time, I absolutely can't lose to someone else when it comes to hidden weapons!"

After his duel with Tang San, Mo Bai's life at the academy returned to peace once more.

Every day, he studied and cultivated, occasionally getting pestered by Xiao Wu.

By devouring small Spirit Beasts, the age of Mo Bai's first Spirit Ring continued to increase.

As the Spirit Ring's age increased, Mo Bai's Soul Power and physical constitution also improved accordingly.

Absorbing Spirit Rings naturally increased a Spirit Master's Soul Power and physical constitution. As the ring age increased, so did Soul Power and physical strength. That was perfectly normal.

However, when Mo Bai raised the added age of his first Spirit Ring to over eight hundred years, he no longer dared to continue strengthening it.

Because if he kept increasing it, Mo Bai felt that he would soon lose control of his first Spirit Ring.

The moment he noticed this, Mo Bai immediately stopped.

He then tried strengthening his second Spirit Ring.

Soon after, he discovered that the second Spirit Ring was the same. When its ring age reached eight hundred years, it likewise showed signs of going out of control, and Mo Bai immediately did not dare continue.

Mo Bai knew that this was because his physical strength could only support his control over Spirit Rings that were eight hundred years old. Anything higher was beyond what he could endure.

Although it was a pity that he could not continue, the roughly five hundred extra years added to his first and second Spirit Rings finally allowed Mo Bai to surpass Tang San and Xiao Wu in Soul Power Level.

He became the first to reach Level 27.

By then, Mo Bai had already been enrolled for nearly five years.

By the time he graduated from Sixth Grade, Mo Bai felt that he would definitely be able to push for Level 30.

As for Tang San, he would probably only reach Level 29. It was unlikely that he would break through to Level 30!

Though that was not certain either, since Tang San's talent was better than his.

As for Xiao Wu, Mo Bai had no comment. He only knew that if Xiao Wu were willing to work a little harder, breaking through to Level 30 by graduation a year later should not be much of a problem.

Thanks to readers [King Baba], [Scholar Han], and [20210614215531306] for their tips!