Counting His Crimes

At this moment, Dai Mubai, trapped by Yun Chuan's second skill derived from Tang San's Blue Silver Grass spirit, finally used the skill of his third soul ring.

The Dai Mubai who appeared before everyone changed once again. His already burly body, enlarged by his White Tiger possession, swelled further. His muscles bulged exaggeratedly, bursting apart his upper garments and exposing terrifying muscular contours. Most bizarrely, black stripes appeared across his skin. If not for the lack of fur, he would have looked no different from Tiger Hide.

His Tiger Palms grew another size larger, and the blades extending from them turned bright silver. Most strikingly, his entire body was enveloped in a powerful golden glow, as though he had been gilded. His blood-red eyes gleamed with bloodlust, and his whole body exuded the majesty of the king of beasts.

Although Tang San, watching from the side, did not know what this transformation meant, since it came from a third soul ring—and a thousand-year soul ring at that—its effects were surely extraordinary.

"What will he do next?" Tang San turned his gaze toward the black-haired youth in white, only to see that his ordinary face still bore a faint smile. His eyes were especially deep and beautiful, carrying an unfathomable air.

Yun Chuan remained calm. With a thought, blue-black Blue Silver Grass shot out from around his body. Thorn-covered vines streaked through the air, blocking Dai Mubai's vision as they coiled toward his limbs and neck.

"Will it work?" Tang San stared intently at Dai Mubai.

Ten streaks of silver light crisscrossed through the air. The Blue Silver Grass rushing forward to bind him suddenly froze in midair. Then, those incomparably tough stalks of Blue Silver Grass crumbled into powder and scattered through the air. Dai Mubai's burly body advanced step by step toward Yun Chuan, the silver blades on his Tiger Claws constantly extending and retracting as they radiated astonishing pressure.

"Your Blue Silver Grass is indeed impressive. Its toughness far exceeded my expectations. Even with my normal Soul Power, I couldn't cut through it in a single attack. But what I'm using now is the skill of my third soul ring: White Tiger Vajra Transformation." Dai Mubai seemed completely renewed in body and spirit as he arrogantly declared, "Back then, to obtain this soul ring, I went through countless dangers before finally hunting down a Thousand-Year Diamond Tiger Soul Beast. Not only did it greatly increase my strength, attack, and defense, it also granted me White Tiger Vajra Transformation."

"My White Tiger Vajra Transformation can last for half an hour. During those thirty minutes, my resistance to abnormal conditions, attack, defense, and strength all double. With my thirty-seventh-rank Soul Power, enhanced to this extent, your poison is no longer enough to harm me. Even if your soul skills are ingenious and your control-type spirit is effective, you are still no match for me. This is the absolute gap in power." Red light flashed repeatedly in Dai Mubai's evil eyes as he said confidently, "You've already lost!"

"Oh? You think you've already won?"

Yun Chuan looked at Dai Mubai's arrogant, self-important expression, but his own face remained unchanged. He said softly, "Looks like I'll have to show a little of my real ability!"

As he spoke, his hands began forming seals, putting on a show. Faint fluctuations of Soul Power emerged around him, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen hand seals changed in succession. When the final seal was complete, Yun Chuan shouted, "Self-Created Soul Skill, Blue Silver Avatar!"

As his words fell, Blue Silver Grass surged forth again not far in front of him. This time, however, the stalks began twisting and merging together... until, beneath Tang San's dumbfounded gaze, they transformed into a two-meter-tall Wooden Man covered in Blue Silver Grass patterns.

"This... Blue Silver Grass can actually be used like this?" Tang San stared in a daze, then quickly shook his head subconsciously. It only looks impressive. Blue Silver Grass is inherently extremely fragile. Even if it's tangled together into a wooden man, that won't change its fragile nature. This soul skill is all flash and no substance.

But very soon, Tang San's view was completely overturned.

After summoning the Blue Silver Grass and twisting it into a Wooden Man, Yun Chuan immediately controlled it to stride forward and launch an attack on Dai Mubai.

Seeing the other side summon such a strange Wooden Man, Dai Mubai had the same thought as Tang San. He believed it was merely a showy facade. He swung his Tiger Claws, intending to tear the Wooden Man apart!

The Wooden Man did not yield either. Its arms moved together. Its left fist smashed toward Dai Mubai's incoming Tiger Claw, while its other fist struck toward Dai Mubai's chest.

However, after entering the White Tiger Vajra Transformation state, Dai Mubai's muscles had tightened as if forged from steel. When the Wooden Man's fist struck him, it was like hitting rubber. The force clearly landed, but it had little effect.

"What strength! But it's useless!"

Seeing the Wooden Man's punch land on his chest only to be endured head-on, Dai Mubai—whose eyes had turned blood-red under White Tiger Vajra Transformation—gave a cold laugh. Though he was shocked that the Wooden Man was not just for show, his reaction was not slow. He swung his previously blocked right claw at it again, only for it to be swiftly blocked once more.

Although it had blocked the attack again, in the next instant, Dai Mubai's left claw suddenly clenched into a fist and struck the left side of the Wooden Man's chest. The powerful force immediately sent the Wooden Man flying several meters away.

"Again!"

Seeing the Wooden Man knocked back, Dai Mubai roared and charged at it once more.

Though its left chest had been struck by a punch, the Wooden Man was an inanimate object and felt no pain. Under Yun Chuan's control, it charged at Dai Mubai again!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

One was made of wood, while the other was flesh and blood.

The two madly exchanged blows in the hotel lobby. Every collision of their fists produced a dull boom. Gradually, Dai Mubai's eyes turned red with rage, and he forgot where he was. As the battlefield spread, the entire hotel lobby instantly became a mess. Everyone could only hide behind the counter and cautiously peer toward the battle.

"Third Brother, that Wooden Man is amazing. Will you be able to make one too in the future?" Watching the Wooden Man engage Dai Mubai in close combat without falling behind in the slightest, Xiao Wu's eyes shone as she quietly asked Tang San beside her.

"I don't know." Tang San stared blankly at the Wooden Man, which was faintly suppressing even Dai Mubai. Watching their brutal fist-to-fist battle, he felt as though he were dreaming. This battle had completely overturned everything he knew.

Why could Blue Silver Grass merge into such a Wooden Man?

More importantly, why could this Blue Silver Grass avatar possess such terrifying combat power? It was not at a disadvantage even against a power-attack Soul Elder! It was simply unbelievable. Given the fragile material of Blue Silver Grass itself, transforming it into such a Wooden Man should not have made it this hard. Why was that? What exactly was going on?

The lobby had practically become a battlefield. The surrounding walls and floor looked as though they had been through demolition, with broken bricks and tiles scattered everywhere.

By then, Dai Mubai had fallen into a frenzied state. He used all his strength to attack every part of the Wooden Man's body, striking wherever he could reach, but it was utterly useless.

This Wooden Man was a plant construct Yun Chuan had created with the Life Goddess Spirit. Its actual material was an extremely hard kind of wood. The Blue Silver Grass that had seemingly formed it earlier was merely an illusion, and even the hand seals Yun Chuan had pretended to form were fake. There was no such thing as a Self-Created Soul Skill. Yun Chuan had been fooling everyone from the start.

This Wooden Man technique was the prototype version of the "True Thousand-Armed Summit Buddha" Yun Chuan had imagined as a child. According to his vision, once it was fully perfected, he would one day be able to raise a hand and summon a gigantic Wooden Man thousands of meters tall, with countless arms... By then, so-called gods would be nothing but trash in his eyes!

Unfortunately, six years had passed, and this move still existed only in theory. Even the prototype he had summoned now was pitifully weak. It could only bully trash like Dai Mubai.

Bang bang bang!!!

The battle between the Wooden Man and Dai Mubai continued, but for the moment neither could do anything to the other. The Wooden Man's attack power was not high, but its defense was far too strong. Thus, no matter what methods Dai Mubai used, he could not harm it at all.

Dai Mubai's third soul skill had a limited duration. As time passed and a wave of weakness gradually swept through his body, he finally realized that the half-hour duration of his third soul skill had ended.

Hiss!

Like a deflating balloon.

Dai Mubai, who had been full of vigor and power, whose every gesture had carried immense force, suddenly became limp and weak. His thick Tiger Palms seemed to turn into adorable cat paws as they lightly patted the Wooden Man, almost as though he were petting it.

The exaggerated muscles that had bulged after he used his third soul skill shriveled away. The black stripes on his skin vanished, and the golden light that had constantly enveloped his body went out with a soft pop.

He had completely returned to his original state.

"It's over..." Dai Mubai weakly uttered.

Next, it was the Wooden Man's turn.

The Wooden Man grabbed the limp Dai Mubai by the collar with one hand, then drove its other fist straight into his stomach. His eyes bulged, his mouth fell open, and he vomited sour bile on the spot.

I'll teach you to be a deserter!

I'll teach you to abandon your fiancée!

I'll teach you to spend every day drinking and whoring around!

In his heart, Yun Chuan listed Dai Mubai's crimes one by one.

Yun Chuan controlled the Wooden Man as it subjected the defenseless Dai Mubai to a brutal beating! With every punch, he mentally added another crime to Dai Mubai's list. He absolutely refused to admit that he was jealous.

I'll teach you to have twins!

I'll teach you to know how to enjoy yourself...