A Humiliating Concession

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

Mo Bai's modern Tang Sect had done away with Mechanism Hidden Weapons. If needed, pistols and sniper rifles would do.

Without needing to practice Mechanism Hidden Weapons, Mo Bai's modern Tang Sect naturally had more time to devote to improving Hidden Weapon Techniques.

Combined with modern knowledge, their Hidden Weapon Techniques had indeed become even more refined.

Tang San's Batwing Reincarnation could alter the trajectory of each hidden weapon through precise calculations of their angles and collisions.

Mo Bai could do the same, and he had something even stronger: he could directly make hidden weapons shift in all sorts of bizarre directions without relying on collisions.

This was likewise something Mechanism Hidden Weapons and firearms could not achieve. Mechanism Hidden Weapons and firearms either relied on extremely high speed or explosions.

"Flower-Piercing Butterfly Steps!"

"Apex Pursuit!"

Once Mo Bai got serious, he used his movement technique to open up the distance between himself and Dai Mubai, then continuously flung Blue Silver Leaves from both hands with the Apex Pursuit technique.

The target point was Dai Mubai's right eye!

Apex Pursuit was one of the modern Tang Sect's Hidden Weapon Techniques.

It emphasized using a point to break through a surface, focusing all attacks on a single point. Tang San's Tang Sect also had Hidden Weapon Techniques that used a point to break through a surface, but what Mo Bai displayed this time was even stronger. Not only was it faster, but it also incorporated pursuit. It was not simply a matter of continuously attacking one fixed point.

Using techniques that made hidden weapons turn, he fired from every angle. Then, as though the target point had been locked on, the attacks continuously pursued that moving point from above, below, left, right, front, and back.

Attacks from the same direction were easy to evade. But when attacks from different directions and angles all pursued the same target point, they became much harder to dodge.

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

He easily blocked the first leaf aimed at his right eye and paid it no mind, merely feeling that Mo Bai's Blue Silver Leaves struck harder and flew faster.

Then came the second, the third...

The Blue Silver Leaves Mo Bai tossed did not appear to be aimed at him at all. They looked more like a chaotic barrage flung in every direction.

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

Is this a lock-on?

Despicable! He actually locked onto my eye!

Dai Mubai cursed inwardly, angrily calling Mo Bai despicable.

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

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

For a time, Dai Mubai no longer had the ability to keep 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 Batwing Reincarnation!

Tang San, who had originally believed Mo Bai would lose, nearly cried out in shock at the sight 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 onto his opponent's eyes, turning 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 turn as well.

But like Mo Bai, he could not continuously pursue one moving location without relent, with every hidden weapon striking the exact same point.

That required stronger calculations, prediction, and technical skill than Batwing Reincarnation.

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

Thinking back to his earlier assumptions, Tang San inexplicably felt his face grow hot.

In terms of Hidden Weapon Techniques, Mo Bai was no weaker than him now. Mo Bai simply did not understand Mechanism Hidden Weapons yet.

From now on, I need to spend more time practicing my Hidden Weapon Techniques too. I can't let Mo Bai surpass me!

Still, there's no need to become overly fixated on Hidden Weapon Techniques. The most powerful hidden weapons are Mechanism Hidden Weapons, which involve all kinds of mechanism designs.

Amid his embarrassment, Tang San also resolved to properly improve his Hidden Weapon Techniques.

"What's going on?"

"Why did that imposing tiger suddenly stop being so impressive?"

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

"This is a Soul 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 Soul Ring he absorbed. His soul skill actually has a locking ability—only a few soul skills have something like that!"

"..."

The spectators were all astonished when they saw Dai Mubai instantly get suppressed by Mo Bai instead.

They had also mistaken Mo Bai's Apex Pursuit technique for the locking ability of a soul skill.

On Soul Land, some soul skills possessed the ability to lock onto enemies.

"Damn it!"

"Second Soul Skill: White Tiger Light Wave!"

Forced into nothing but defense, Dai Mubai roared, simply shut his eyes, raised his arms to shield himself, and then fired a White Tiger Light Wave based on his memory of Mo Bai's position before closing his eyes.

Boom—!

Unfortunately, he could not hit Mo Bai even when he aimed properly, much less with a blind shot while his eyes were closed.

Seeing Dai Mubai like this, Mo Bai calmly stopped using Apex Pursuit and simply hurled them at Dai Mubai normally.

"The Fourth Soul Ring absolutely needs an ability that can penetrate defenses."

"And poison... I need to start absorbing stronger toxins too. At the very least, they need to be potent enough to poison a soul master of the same rank!"

As he watched Dai Mubai being suppressed by him, Mo Bai once again made up his mind.

If the Blue Silver Leaves had some penetrating power, he would not have needed to work so hard just to fight one Dai Mubai.

"Ah—damn it!"

"Second Soul Skill: White Tiger Light Wave!"

After briefly lowering his arms and opening his eyes to catch sight of Mo Bai, Dai Mubai, who had been pinned down by Mo Bai's attacks, fired another White Tiger Light Wave at him.

Dai Mubai felt utterly stifled. He was clearly stronger than Mo Bai. As long as he got a chance to attack his opponent, he could defeat him.

But he simply had nowhere to use all his strength!

"...I surrender!"

After the effects of his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, faded, 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!