I Concede

Yu Xiaogang truly had not expected that his proudest disciple, Tang San, would be suppressed from start to finish by Su Mo, a mere level-23 Soul Grandmaster.

He understood the reason well enough. Tang San had underestimated him and been careless at the start, letting Su Mo close the distance.

If he had kept his distance, the Blue Silver Grass Tang San could summon would not have been limited to one or two strands. Su Mo would never have been able to get close to Tang San, and in the end, he would only have been controlled by Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, just like Dai Mubai had been moments ago.

Still, Su Mo's performance left Yu Xiaogang surprised.

That set of spear techniques was broad and forceful, each move seeming as if it had come naturally, perfectly bringing out all of his combat strength.

Sometimes, how strong a person's abilities were also depended on how much of them he could actually bring out.

Otherwise, even if you were given the strength of a Soul Elder, if you could only bring out around fifty percent of it in battle, wouldn't you be thrashed by a Soul Grandmaster who could bring out one hundred percent of his own combat strength?

"Fortunately, Xiao San's Self-Created Soul Skill is extremely powerful. Though he looks battered, Su Mo can't hit him at all!"

"As long as this keeps dragging on until Su Mo runs out of Soul Power, or until he finds a chance to counterattack, Xiao San will still be the one to win!"

Seeing that Tang San could always avoid Su Mo's attacks and had not been struck, Yu Xiaogang finally felt a little satisfied.

On the eaves of an attic somewhere in Shrek Academy, Tang Hao was also watching Su Mo and Tang San fight.

When he saw Tang San being suppressed, his brows furrowed slightly as well.

But Tang Hao's frown soon relaxed. "It's good to let Xiao San learn a lesson. Things have gone too smoothly for him all this way!"

After that, Tang Hao stopped minding it and continued to enjoy the battle between Su Mo and Tang San.

As for bearing a grudge against Su Mo for overpowering Tang San and making his son suffer a setback? Then secretly taking action to teach Su Mo a lesson?

Tang Hao would not do such a thing. That would be far too shameless, bullying the weak with the strong.

The reason he had taught Zhao Wuji a lesson before was because Zhao Wuji had bullied the weak with the strong first.

But that was not the case between Su Mo and Tang San.

This can't go on!

Tang San, who had been suppressed by Su Mo the entire time, quickly changed tactics.

"Mystic Jade Hand!"

Tang San, who had originally been dodging the whole time, used Mystic Jade Hand, and both of his hands took on a jade-green color.

"Purple Demon Eyes!"

Then Tang San used Purple Demon Eyes as well. After clearly and precisely seeing the attack path of Su Mo's weapon, his pair of Mystic Jade Hands grabbed with perfect accuracy and caught the Soul Hunting Spear Su Mo had swung at him.

"So powerful!"

Su Mo was slightly startled when he saw this. Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes combined with Mystic Jade Hand was too powerful. It left him no time to change moves before the tip of his Soul Hunting Spear was caught by Tang San.

"Got you!"

"First Soul Skill: Entanglement!"

When Tang San saw that he had successfully grabbed Su Mo's Soul Hunting Spear, he immediately smiled. Then he held on to Su Mo's Soul Hunting Spear with both hands and released his First Soul Skill at the same time.

It was not that he did not want to use his Second Soul Skill. It was that he had never had the chance to scatter the Ghost Vine seeds onto Su Mo.

Puff, puff, puff—

Around Su Mo, more than a dozen strands of Blue Silver Grass instantly rose up, all winding toward him together.

If he were caught by so much Blue Silver Grass, Su Mo, who had already fought for quite some time and consumed more than half of his Soul Power, would have a hard time breaking free.

And even if he did break free, Tang San would have pulled the distance open.

On top of that, if Ghost Vine seeds were scattered onto his body, the moment Tang San used his Second Soul Skill Parasite, he would be bound again, and it would be even harder to break free.

"Good!"

Yu Xiaogang, watching from the side, could not help crying out excitedly when he saw this scene.

He had originally thought Tang San would only be able to turn defeat into victory at the very end. He had not expected Tang San to still find a chance to counterattack early.

"Second Soul Skill: Overlord Strike!"

When ordinary people faced such a desperate situation, they might think only of how to defend themselves. Su Mo did not. Under these circumstances, Su Mo instead completely gave up on defense. The purple Thousand Year Soul Ring on his body lit up, and his Second Soul Skill was suddenly unleashed.

Overlord Strike was actually the soul skill separated from Su Mo's Second Soul Skill.

When Su Mo used it in this situation, he did not even need to approach the enemy first, because Su Mo's Soul Hunting Spear was already gripped in Tang San's hands.

Boom—

Tang San suddenly felt a tremendous force erupt from the Soul Hunting Spear in his hands.

"Ugh—"

Even with two hundred percent destructive power added, it still failed to break through Tang San's Mystic Jade Hand. However, the powerful force attached to it was something Tang San could not withstand, and Tang San immediately let out a muffled groan.

Bang—

Immediately afterward, Tang San's figure was sent flying backward because he could not withstand the immense force.

The Blue Silver Grass around Su Mo, which had already been about to coil around him, abruptly froze as well.

"Second Soul Skill: Thundering Flash!"

Seeing Tang San sent flying backward, his figure still in midair, Su Mo instantly used Thundering Flash again and pursued him.

Not good!

Seeing Su Mo chasing after him and feeling waves of numbness jolting through his body, Tang San cried out inwardly that things were bad.

Under these circumstances, it was somewhat difficult for him to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge.

"Third Soul Skill: Spider Web Restraint!"

Almost without any hesitation, sensing that he was in danger of being hit, Tang San instinctively unleashed his Third Soul Skill.

Pfft pfft pfft pfft—

Almost instantly, all around Su Mo, from top to bottom, from left to right, from front to back, countless strands of Blue Silver Grass crisscrossed into a web, finally imprisoning Su Mo's figure inside.

Facing Tang San's Third Soul Skill, Su Mo had no way out.

Tang San's Third Soul Skill was practically an instant-cast soul skill, even faster. It was unlike his First Soul Skill Entanglement, which needed vines to climb up from the ground before coiling around the enemy, so its speed was not as fast.

"I admit defeat!"

Faced with this situation, Su Mo very decisively chose to concede.

His Soul Power consumption was severe, and it was already impossible for him to break through Tang San's Spider Web Restraint again.

"I..."

Faced with Su Mo's concession, Tang San's expression at this moment was also very awkward.

Because he had broken the rules by using his Third Soul Skill.

"No... I lost!"

Tang San then gave a wry smile, admitted that he was the one who had lost, and at the same time withdrew the Spider Web Restraint from Su Mo.

Yu Xiaogang, who had just been smiling at the side, now had that smile frozen stiff on his face.

After looking expressionlessly at Tang San and Su Mo, Yu Xiaogang said coldly, "We'll talk about your performances later!"

Then Yu Xiaogang spoke to Dai Mubai and the other two, who were still fighting on the other side. "All right, you can stop too!"

Because Yu Xiaogang had already seen that the outcome of the three-person battle had been decided, and there was no need to keep fighting.

Dai Mubai and the other two also stopped, but Dai Mubai's expression was extremely gloomy.

He also knew that if the fight continued, he would be the one to lose.

Unwilling to admit defeat, Dai Mubai immediately defended himself. "If my Soul Power were at its peak, they wouldn't have had any chance at all!"

Losing to Tang San was one thing, but losing to Oscar and Ma Hongjun as well made him feel thoroughly humiliated.

Yu Xiaogang swept an expressionless glance over Dai Mubai. "Will an enemy who wants to kill you only come when your Soul Power is at its strongest?"

"..."

Dai Mubai was instantly left speechless.

Immediately afterward, because Tang San's loss had put Yu Xiaogang in a very bad mood, he gave Dai Mubai a severe round of criticism.

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