Humiliated Surrender

Mo Bai's Tang Sect was different from Tang San's Tang Sect.

Mo Bai's Modern Tang Sect had discarded mechanical hidden weapons. If needed, pistols and sniper rifles would do.

Without needing to practice mechanical hidden weapons, Mo Bai's Modern Tang Sect naturally had more time to devote to improving Hidden Weapon Techniques.

Combined with modern knowledge, this had indeed made his Hidden Weapon Techniques even more refined.

Tang San's Bat Wing Cycle could alter the trajectories of hidden weapons through precise calculations of each weapon's angle and collisions.

Mo Bai could do the same, and he had something even stronger: he could make hidden weapons change direction in all sorts of bizarre ways without relying on collisions at all.

This was likewise something neither mechanical hidden weapons nor firearms could achieve. Mechanical hidden weapons and firearms relied either on extreme speed or explosions.

"Flower Butterfly Steps!"

"Extreme Point Pursuit!"

Now that he was serious, Mo Bai used his footwork to widen the distance between himself and Dai Mubai, then continuously flung Blue Silver Leaves with both hands using the technique of Extreme Point Pursuit.

The target point: Dai Mubai's right eye!

Extreme Point Pursuit was one of the Modern Tang Sect's Hidden Weapon Techniques.

It emphasized using a point to break through a surface, focusing on a single point. Tang San's Tang Sect also had hidden weapon techniques based on using a point to break through a surface, but what Mo Bai displayed this time was stronger. Not only was it faster, it also incorporated pursuit. And it was not merely a matter of repeatedly attacking a single target point.

Using techniques that allowed hidden weapons to curve, he fired from every angle. It was as though he had locked onto the target point, launching continuous point-breaking attacks at the moving target from above, below, left, right, front, and back.

Attacks from the same direction were easy to dodge. But when different directions and angles all pursued a single target point, it became very difficult to evade.

Dai Mubai, who had been relentlessly pursuing Mo Bai, felt this most clearly.

He easily blocked the first leaf aimed at his right eye and did not take it to heart. He only felt that Mo Bai's Blue Silver Leaves were stronger and faster than before.

Then came the second, the third...

The Blue Silver Leaves thrown by Mo Bai did not seem to be fired at him at all. Instead, they looked like a chaotic, random barrage.

Yet somehow, Mo Bai's Blue Silver Leaves seemed to have tracking devices installed, all attacking his right eye. From the front, left, right, above, and even from the side, they struck at his right eye from every tricky angle imaginable.

"Is this a lock-on?"

"Despicable! He actually locked onto my eye!"

Dai Mubai cursed inwardly, fiercely condemning Mo Bai for being shameless.

Eyes were inherently extremely vulnerable. Even with the enhancement of his Third Spirit Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, Dai Mubai did not dare ignore the attacks.

The moment he raised one hand to shield his right eye, Mo Bai switched to locking onto his left eye.

For a time, Dai Mubai had lost all ability to continue chasing Mo Bai down. All he could do was struggle to defend himself.

"How is this possible?"

"How does Mo Bai have such powerful Hidden Weapon Techniques? They're even stronger than the Tang Sect's Bat Wing Cycle!"

Tang San, who had originally believed Mo Bai would lose, nearly could not stop himself from crying out when he saw the scene before him.

His eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the Blue Silver Leaves Mo Bai casually flung out. They seemed to have locked firmly onto his opponent's eyes, curving and changing direction from every angle as they pursued Dai Mubai's eyes.

He knew techniques for changing the direction of hidden weapons.

He could make hidden weapons curve as well.

But he could not do what Mo Bai was doing—locking onto a moving point and relentlessly launching continuous attacks, with every hidden weapon striking the same point.

That required calculations, predictions, and technique even greater than those needed for Bat Wing Cycle.

He had never imagined that Mo Bai's Hidden Weapon Techniques had already become this powerful.

Thinking back to his earlier thoughts, Tang San inexplicably felt his face flush.

In terms of Hidden Weapon Techniques, Mo Bai was no weaker than him. Mo Bai simply did not understand mechanical hidden weapons yet.

I need to spend more time practicing my Hidden Weapon Techniques in the future too. I can't let Mo Bai surpass me!

But I don't need to be too fixated on Hidden Weapon Techniques. Mechanical hidden weapons involving all kinds of mechanism designs are the truly strongest hidden weapons.

Even amid his embarrassment, Tang San decided inwardly to properly strengthen his Hidden Weapon Techniques.

"What happened?"

"How did that majestic tiger suddenly become so useless?"

"Can't you tell? That Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master is too despicable. He keeps aiming at the other guy's eyes!"

"This is a spirit battle, a direct fight. What's despicable about it?"

"Looking at it this way, the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul is pretty strong too!"

"Yeah, yeah. I wonder what Spirit Rings he absorbed. His Spirit Skill actually has a locking ability—very few Spirit Skills have that!"

"..."

Seeing Dai Mubai instantly become suppressed by Mo Bai in turn, the spectators were all greatly astonished.

They had mistaken Mo Bai's Extreme Point Pursuit technique for the locking ability of a Spirit Skill.

On Douluo Continent, some Spirit Skills did possess the ability to lock onto enemies.

"Damn it!"

"Second Spirit Skill—White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"

Forced into pure defense, Dai Mubai roared, simply shut his eyes, and raised his arms to shield himself. Then, relying on his memory of Mo Bai's position before closing his eyes, he fired a White Tiger Fierce Light Wave at him.

Boom—!

Unfortunately, he could not hit Mo Bai even when he aimed with his eyes open, much less with this blind shot.

Seeing Dai Mubai like this, Mo Bai calmly stopped using the Extreme Point Pursuit technique and simply threw them at Dai Mubai normally.

The Fourth Spirit Ring has to grant an ability that pierces defenses.

And poison... I need to start absorbing stronger toxins too. At the very least, it needs to be strong enough to poison Spirit Masters of the same level!

Watching Dai Mubai get suppressed by him, Mo Bai reaffirmed his resolve.

If the Blue Silver Leaves had some degree of penetrating power, he would not have needed to struggle so much against just one Dai Mubai.

"Ah—damn it!"

"Second Spirit Skill—White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"

Pressed relentlessly by Mo Bai, Dai Mubai briefly lowered his arms and opened his eyes to catch sight of Mo Bai's figure, then blasted another White Tiger Fierce Light Wave at him.

Dai Mubai felt utterly stifled. He was clearly stronger than Mo Bai; if only he got the chance to land an attack, he could defeat his opponent.

Yet despite all his strength, he had nowhere to use it!

"...I concede!"

After the effects of his Third Spirit Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, wore off, Dai Mubai shouted his surrender in extreme frustration.

Otherwise, if this continued, he would not be able to withstand Mo Bai's attacks.

"Mo Bai, right? I'll remember you!"

Before leaving the arena, Dai Mubai shot Mo Bai a furious, deeply unconvinced glare!