Is He Human Too?

At this moment, the forty-second-level dean had already exhausted every effort to get Tang San out of here.

After all, he was merely a weapon-type Soul Ancestor with one white and three yellow rings. He could serve as dean in a place like Nuoding Academy, but on the true stage of soul masters, he was simply not enough.

His soul power was unstable, and after using his fourth soul skill three times in succession, he was already showing signs of exhaustion.

"Tang San, hurry... hurry and go!" The dean turned his head.

He had already unleashed his fourth soul skill for the last time and was nearly out of strength—the leap from a hundred-year soul beast to a thousand-year soul beast was already a major leap in rank, not to mention that this Demonic Eye Tree, which possessed Spiritual Power, had been raised on rare treasures.

This left the dean, who had needed to go all out even against a six-hundred-year Ghost Vine soul beast, drenched in sweat.

"No, this is impossible!" the dean shouted. "I'm a Soul Ancestor! If I can't even protect my own student, then what kind of dean am I?!"

People could always surpass their limits at unexpected moments. Just like now, at this critical juncture between life and death, the dean actually broke through!

At the advanced age of over fifty, he advanced from level forty-two to level forty-three!

The increase in Soul Power Level replenished him somewhat, allowing him to temporarily recover from his state of exhaustion and move again.

He hurriedly made use of this hard-won soul power to dash forward, intending to take Tang San away.

"Thank goodness for your unusual spear technique, and that miraculous way you throw things... Tang San, you really are a genius. No wonder you're Grandmaster's disciple. Although we can't have this soul ring, I will definitely, definitely find another suitable one for you."

As the dean spoke, he grabbed Tang San's left arm.

But—

At the instant he reached Tang San's side, he saw a flash of ruthlessness in Tang San's eyes.

That was not a gaze a child under nine years old should have possessed. It was more like someone who had stepped down from a throne, his eyes filled with indifference toward life and the contempt and viciousness unique to an emperor.

Bang—

The moment the dean arrived at Tang San's side, he suddenly felt an enormous force slam into his chest.

That's right. Tang San had actually been planning out his soul power usage since earlier. His spear and the matching spear technique had merely been used to sweep aside the surrounding broken branches and fallen trees.

The only real drain on his soul power had been the Blue Silver Grass between himself and the dean—Blue Silver Entanglement consumed very little.

So, the moment the dean grabbed his left arm, he summoned his other martial soul!

With his left hand, which had gathered more than half of his level-twenty soul power, he instantly poured that soul power into the small black hammer.

In an instant, Tang San thrust the spear in his right hand into the ground as a point of support. Then he suddenly recalled the principle of the "three hearts" his father had told him about. He immediately treated the dean as a piece of refined iron awaiting forging and directly swung the Clear Sky Hammer!

"Tang San, you!" The dean's eyes nearly split apart. He had never imagined that Tang San would actually strike at him so viciously at a time like this!!

"I'm sorry, which rule of the Tang Sect was it again... I don't remember. In any case, since you know the secret I carry, I can't let you live." Tang San spoke slowly. "However, your martial soul seems fairly useful at a time like this. Then let it become the sacrifice for my Second Soul Ring!"

The dean, who had only just recovered a little soul power, was struck by the Clear Sky Hammer, known as the world's number one power-type martial soul.

"Fly for me!"

Just as said before, Tang San truly seemed to be venting his resentment over "later generations leaking the Mysterious Heaven Skill" onto this dean.

Even if the other man had wanted to take him away, so what?

You learned my secret. You deserved to die!

The little hammer swelled by a full circle at that moment, then smashed viciously into the dean's chest. The dean heard a crack, as though his heart had shattered.

He was flung backward, straight toward the Demonic Eye Tree struggling amid the flames.

"We should save him later. Tang San struck the old gentleman's right chest just now, so he may still be salvageable." Shi Yueyi frowned and suggested it to Radiant Feather Douluo. "This guy really is..."

"Mm, that is what I intend as well." Radiant Feather Douluo gave Tang San a disgusted look. "This child is ruthless and vicious, but he has directed it at the wrong person. If he treated enemies like this, I would even praise him. But he treats his own side this way—he is simply the shame of human soul masters!"

However, he was also secretly shocked.

Tang San clearly possessed—

Twin Martial Souls!!

Tang San's face remained as calm as an ancient well. Then Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track activated beneath his feet once more. His body shot forward, and after rolling repeatedly, he arrived before the Demonic Eye Tree.

After being smashed away by him, the dean had suffered severe injuries. At the same time, Tang San had been extremely particular about the angle of his strike, causing the dean to use the momentum to drive his still-burning Flame Staff directly into the Demonic Eye Tree's trunk.

The source flames of the martial soul burned within the Demonic Eye Tree's trunk, making the eyes of this thousand-year plant soul beast emit sizzling sounds, as though they were being roasted.

After the rising flames damaged the soul beast's origin, they slowly went out.

Looking at the dean lying unconscious nearby, Tang San sneered. "I won't let you die for nothing."

Relying on the soul power he still had remaining, he forcibly circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill and placed his right hand on the plant.

"Devour!!"

Using a new ability he had discovered on the Fairy Continent—the devouring bloodline of the Mysterious Heaven Skill—Tang San began absorbing the Demonic Eye Tree's energy and bloodline power!

If this were in later generations, Shrek Academy would absolutely brand him an Evil Soul Master!

But so what? He was the dean of Shrek Academy, which was spread throughout the Douluo Star System!

Who was Flender? Who even remembered him?

"This is not beyond my expectations," Shi Yueyi thought. "After all, the Tang Sect master ten thousand years later seemed to possess Dark Blue Silver Grass capable of devouring plants."

Therefore—

The Demonic Eye Tree, which had been prepared in advance and fed rare treasures, began to fight back!

The rare treasure Radiant Feather Douluo had fed it was called "Heavenly Radiance Bamboo." As the name suggested, it was a medicinal herb cultivated on Spirit Hall's Six Wings Mountain, and it happened to possess a measure of light affinity.

The Heavenly Radiance Bamboo had not yet been fully digested.

So Radiant Feather Douluo slightly raised his arm, using his own light affinity to establish a faint connection with the rare treasure that had been consumed!

"Ugh—!"

Tang San sensed that something was wrong as he devoured the bloodline. He abruptly discovered that a force that did not belong to it existed within the Demonic Eye Tree!

A surge of light-attribute power shot into Tang San's right hand and violently blew him apart!

"Grandpa Radiant Feather, well done," Shi Yueyi sneered.

"Though I, an old man, am a Titled Douluo and shouldn't attack ordinary people." Radiant Feather Douluo was utterly disdainful. "But is he even human?"