Tang San's Combat Prowess

Xiao Chenyu pursed his lips. Then, a tall, powerfully built upperclassman strutted out from the crowd.

"Liu Long, Ruyi Staff Martial Soul, level 9 Assault-type Battle Soul Master. Please enlighten me."

Seeing this, Xiao Wu covered her mouth and laughed, her bell-like laughter crisp but filled with disdain.

"You don't even have a soul ring. What a joke. Wang Sheng, leave this one to you."

The moment Wang Sheng heard that, his face darkened, and he felt deeply aggrieved.

He had fought Liu Long many times, but every time, he had ended in defeat. It was not that he lacked strength. In terms of raw power alone, he was confident he was absolutely stronger than Liu Long. However, before their martial souls gained soul rings, Beast Martial Souls were indeed at a disadvantage against Tool Martial Souls and could only passively take a beating.

Wang Sheng had just wanted to refuse when Liu Long's taunting, mocking voice reached him.

"It's been days since I last beat you up, Wang Sheng. Come on, get out here and take your beating." Liu Long grinned smugly, casually swinging the Ruyi Staff in his hand several times, stirring up gusts of wind.

Hearing that, Wang Sheng felt his blood rush straight to his head, anger instantly overwhelming his reason.

"You've gone too far!"

The battle erupted in an instant. The Ruyi Staff in Liu Long's hand immediately grew larger and longer, smashing viciously toward Wang Sheng with fierce momentum. Wang Sheng reacted quickly, twisting aside and narrowly evading the blow.

Then, with a twist of his wrist, the Ruyi Staff swept toward Wang Sheng like a nimble serpent. Wang Sheng was brushed by the wind from the staff and staggered back several steps.

Seeing this, Liu Long pressed his advantage, relentlessly attacking Wang Sheng with the Ruyi Staff, which fell like raindrops. Wang Sheng dodged left and right, looking rather miserable. Before long, several bruises had appeared on his face.

Liu Long's attacks grew fiercer and fiercer, and he continued to mock him.

"Wang Sheng, is this all you've got? Today, you're destined to be beaten to your knees and beg for mercy!"

The fury in Wang Sheng's heart burned even hotter. Just as Liu Long swung his staff at him again, he suddenly crouched down and nimbly avoided the attack. Taking advantage of Liu Long having fully committed to the move and being unable to pull back the Ruyi Staff in time, Wang Sheng lunged forward and wrapped his arms around Liu Long's waist.

Liu Long was horrified and struggled desperately, trying to break free from Wang Sheng's hold. But Wang Sheng erupted with astonishing strength and held on to him tightly.

Wang Sheng shouted as power exploded from his waist. He directly lifted Liu Long and executed a back suplex. With a scream, Wang Sheng staggered to his feet.

The head could be considered everyone's weakness. As a Tool Soul Master, Liu Long's physical condition was already inferior to that of a hand martial soul. After taking a blow like that, he was completely dazed and unable to get back up.

"I won this round!"

Wang Sheng said, his eyes bloodshot as he panted heavily.

Xiao Chenyu watched the scene before him, and his expression darkened somewhat. He had thought sending up a roughly equal underling would be enough, but he had not expected him to lose to them like this. Still, it was not a big problem.

"Consider yourselves lucky this round. You won't be so lucky in the next one."

"You go." As Xiao Chenyu's words fell, a somewhat skinny student stepped forward. Though he was skinny, that was only compared to Xiao Chenyu and the others. Compared with Xiao Wu's group, he was still a head taller.

"Ling Feng, Raven Martial Soul, level 11 one-ring Agility-Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

As he spoke, a pitch-black bird soul beast appeared behind him. At the same time, a white soul ring slowly emerged. Though it was white, it had a distinctly yellowish tint. Clearly, while it was not a hundred-year soul ring, it was not far off.

Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and said with a look of contempt, "What Raven? Isn't that just a crow? Watch Sister Xiao Wu pluck every feather off your bird."

As she spoke, she spotted Tang San hurrying over in the distance, and her face immediately lit up.

"Xiao San, you finally came. I thought you'd forgotten."

Tang San shook his head slightly at Xiao Wu's words, glanced at the field, and then said, "I'll take the second round."

Xiao Wu frowned when she heard that.

"Xiao San, but your soul ring..."

Tang San shook his head and smiled lightly.

"It's fine. Even if I lose, isn't there still you? I just want to see how far I am from everyone else."

Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.

"Alright, Tang San, good luck!"

Tang San stepped forward and spoke calmly.

"Tang San, first-year Work-Study Student, Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, level 10 one-ring Control-type Tool Soul Master."

"How is that possible? Blue Silver Grass can actually become a soul master!" After seeing the white soul ring appear on Tang San's body, Xiao Chenyu and the others were stunned.

Setting aside the age of the soul ring for now, the fact that Blue Silver Grass could cultivate into a soul master was simply absurd.

Tang San remained completely calm in the face of Xiao Chenyu's group's shock.

"So what if it's Blue Silver Grass? There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters."

"Hmph, what are you bragging about? It's just Blue Silver Grass. Let's see what you can do!" Xiao Chenyu said coldly.

"Then let's give it a try."

As soon as he finished speaking, the student named Ling Feng charged straight at him, and the white soul ring on his body immediately lit up.

"First Soul Skill—Crow Sits on a Plane!"

The moment he spoke, Ling Feng's speed increased by several degrees. Tang San was not afraid in the slightest. Seizing the right moment, the white soul ring on his body lit up as well, while a flash of purple light gleamed in his eyes.

"First Soul Skill—Blue Silver Entanglement." As soon as the words fell, slender stalks of Blue Silver Grass burst from the ground. They swelled in the wind, growing to the thickness of a thumb in the blink of an eye. In an instant, they wrapped around Ling Feng's legs and yanked down the Ling Feng who had been preparing to leap into the air.

Ling Feng nearly stumbled. Glancing at the vines around his feet, his eyes were filled with disbelief. His soul skill had actually been broken by a few blades of grass. This was utterly humiliating.

"It's only a ten-year soul ring. Breaking it will take one second at most."

Soul Power erupted from his ankles, and the vines emitted strained cracking sounds. Several of the thinner ones even began to break apart inch by inch.

"One second is enough." With that, Tang San closed in, and his fists gradually glowed with a faint jade-green light.

Ling Feng could not help but sneer.

"Even if my martial soul doesn't specialize in strength, it's still not something your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can compare to." As he spoke, the Blue Silver Grass around his feet shattered inch by inch. Yet rather than avoid Tang San's fists, he put even more force into his hands and met them head-on.

However, the instant the two made contact, everyone present was shocked.

Tang San, who should have been sent flying, instead twisted his wrist and grabbed Ling Feng's wrist. With a bizarre technique, he directly flung him away.

But Tang San did not stop. His steps immediately followed, and he drove a fist into Ling Feng's back.

Seeing this, a strange gleam flashed through Ye Xinyu's eyes.

Sure enough, even though Tang San's first soul ring had only absorbed a ten-year soul ring, it still did not affect his cheat-like abilities. She understood this kind of combat awareness in her head, but she could not put it into practice.

Ahem, it was a little padded, so I posted a few extra chapters.