Blue Silver Entanglement (Please Follow and Vote with Monthly Passes)

Nuoding Academy, back mountain.

Gu Yi, Xiao Wu, and Tang San's master and disciple pair stood apart, watching one another from a distance.

Over the past few days, Gu Yi had learned much about soul beasts in Nuoding Academy's library, but he knew its collection was far inferior to Yu Xiaogang's.

To select a suitable soul beast for the Blood Martial Soul from among countless options, he needed more books.

As Tang San was sparring with Gu Yi today, Gu Yi took the opportunity to propose a wager.

As long as Gu Yi could enter Yu Xiaogang's study, with the effects of enlightenment, he could master all the knowledge within in the shortest possible time!

As for whether he might lose?

Gu Yi had never considered that possibility.

Gu Yi looked at Tang San and his teacher opposite him, weighed the iron bow in his hand, and said, "Since this is a spar, are there restrictions against using external items?"

"In a duel between soul masters, only Soul Power and soul skills may be used. No other external items are permitted." Yu Xiaogang glanced at the iron bow in Gu Yi's hand and spoke in a hoarse voice.

Gu Yi had been born with immense strength. If he used that bow as well, its power would be far too great.

Were those not fist-sized holes blasted open in the distant trees? Their trunks had been pierced straight through. (He did not know that Gu Yi had deliberately held back; this was not even his full strength.)

Although Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had absorbed a hundred-year soul ring from a Man-eating Demon Spider and gained considerable toughness, it was still not as hard as those trees.

Tang San also noticed the trees that had been shot through and remained silent.

If external items could not be used, then his Tang Sect hidden weapons could not be used either.

However, he possessed Tang Sect's ultimate arts, such as the Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Combined with the first soul skill he had just acquired, Entanglement, they were the perfect counter to Gu Yi's innate divine strength.

Besides, if external items were allowed, just as his teacher feared—

Facing Gu Yi with a hard bow in hand, Tang San could not guarantee victory with absolute certainty either.

After all, the only Tang Sect hidden weapon he could currently use was the Sleeve Arrow. The rest could not be made due to limitations in his strength, materials, and other factors.

"Tang San, martial soul Blue Silver Grass, level-eleven one-ring Tool Soul Master."

Tang San spoke coldly and raised his right hand. Blue Silver Grass quietly grew from his palm. With a sweep of his right hand, the grass spread and grew beneath his feet.

A bright yellow soul ring rose from beneath Tang San's feet, circling his body as it pulsed up and down.

"Gu Yi, martial soul Blood, level-ten Tool Soul Master."

Gu Yi activated his Blood Martial Soul. A faint blood-red glow immediately surfaced around his body as the Soul Power within him transformed into smooth, vivid blood, flowing beside him like a thin stream and looking extremely terrifying.

"First soul skill, Blue Silver Entanglement!"

A flash of purple gleamed in Tang San's eyes. More than ten thick strands of Blue Silver Grass erupted beneath Gu Yi's feet without warning, coiling upward to bind him tightly.

At the same time, afterimages appeared beneath Tang San's feet. He brazenly unleashed Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and rapidly closed in on Gu Yi.

Once Gu Yi was bound by the Blue Silver Grass and his movements were restricted—

Tang San's follow-up attacks would fall upon Gu Yi in an endless stream.

On the other side, seeing the Blue Silver Grass attacking from all around and beneath his feet, Gu Yi's expression sharpened. With a slight thought, the Soul Power blood around him instantly coated his hands and legs.

Break!

Gu Yi roared inwardly. The Blue Silver Grass wrapped around his legs was forcibly torn apart by more than a thousand jin of strength.

At the same time, both fists slammed viciously into the Blue Silver Grass winding toward him from all sides.

Powerful, violent force erupted, crushing the Blue Silver Grass into countless fragments with devastating ease.

His fists did not stop there. Carrying the howl of the wind, they smashed toward Tang San, who was approaching head-on with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track beneath his feet.

Tang San was startled and hurriedly changed his footwork, narrowly dodging Gu Yi's unstoppable punch.

Although he had long expected Gu Yi's inborn divine strength, seeing the Blue Silver Grass torn apart so easily was still hard to believe.

It was as if the toughness the Blue Silver Grass had gained from the Man-eating Demon Spider soul ring did not exist at all.

As for the Man-eating Demon Spider's paralysis venom attached to the Blue Silver Grass, Gu Yi's Soul Power had kept it outside his body. It had not entered him at all.

So what if your strength is great? Let's see whether your strength runs out first, or my Soul Power does!

Tang San recalled the essence of control-system soul masters that his teacher had taught him on the way back.

He immediately changed tactics. Rather than continuing to approach Gu Yi, he used his Soul Power to drive his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, intending to control Gu Yi's movements from a distance.

Entanglement! Entanglement! Entanglement!

Countless strands of Blue Silver Grass rose beneath Gu Yi's feet once more, surging wildly toward him to completely drown him and cut off every route of movement.

Gu Yi immediately understood Tang San's intentions.

"Hmph, you want to trap me? Your Blue Silver Grass isn't enough." Gu Yi snorted coldly. The blood-red radiance around him grew increasingly vivid, as though he had increased his Soul Power output.

The next instant, Gu Yi stomped hard. His entire body shot forward like a cannonball, and the Blue Silver Grass along his path could not hinder him in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Yi arrived before Tang San.

Seeing Gu Yi so close, Tang San's expression changed. He hurriedly circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill and unleashed a Tang Sect ultimate art. In an instant, his hands turned lustrous milky white as they collided with Gu Yi's fist.

The scene was very similar to what had happened in Seven Dormitory a few days ago.

The difference was that Tang San had not known of Gu Yi's strength last time and had been unprepared. This time, Tang San had long since devised a response.

Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon! Mysterious Jade Hand!

An invisible suction force acted upon Gu Yi, attempting to use his own force against him and defeat him with the power he had borrowed.

Unfortunately, Tang San had still underestimated Gu Yi's strength this time!

Tang San only felt a violent force transmitted from Gu Yi's fist. It broke through the suction of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, shattered the Soul Power of his Mysterious Heaven Skill, and surged into his arm all at once.

Pfft!!

Tang San was sent flying backward. Unable to hold it in, he spat out a mouthful of blood and plunged headfirst into the soil.

Fortunately, Tang San had used the Mysterious Jade Hand this time, making his palms as resilient as cold jade and allowing them to withstand far more than an ordinary person's.

Otherwise, Tang San's arm would likely have been fractured this time.

Even so, Tang San felt terrible. His arm hurt unbearably, and it seemed as though the meridians in it had all been shattered by the impact.

Seeing his beloved disciple suffer such injuries, Yu Xiaogang hurried over and supported him.

"Tang San, you've lost again." Gu Yi looked at the dispirited Tang San and withdrew his external Soul Power and Blood Martial Soul.

His gaze fell upon the blood Tang San had spat onto the ground.

If I could control an enemy's blood to fight them, perhaps it could produce unexpected effects in battle... Gu Yi thought.

After all, no one would expect the blood in their own body to become a weapon against them.

Gu Yi silently noted down this inspiration, intending to see whether he could later learn a similar martial skill or hunt for a similar soul ring on Douluo Continent.

After confirming that Tang San was not seriously injured and merely needed ten days to half a month of rest, Yu Xiaogang let out a breath of relief. He looked toward Gu Yi, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

"Xiao San lost."

Yu Xiaogang had never imagined that his disciple, who had acquired his first soul skill, would still be no match for Gu Yi.

Was inborn divine strength really that powerful? Could it ignore the gap created by a soul skill?

Then how much stronger would Gu Yi become once he acquired his first soul skill?

"Then, Master, please take good care of me in the future. I'll often visit your study to read." Gu Yi smiled faintly before leaving with Xiao Wu.

As he departed, Gu Yi's gaze lingered for an instant on a spot within the forest on the back mountain.

When Tang San had just been defeated, Gu Yi, whose perception had improved considerably, sensed a brief burst of Soul Power fluctuations there.

If Gu Yi was not mistaken, the owner of those Soul Power fluctuations was Tang Hao...

Gu Yi shook his head and muttered inwardly, Tang San and I are the same age, and my cultivation is even lower than his. Although Tang San was beaten rather badly, Big Hammer Tang wouldn't show himself to deal with me over something like this, would he?

Of course, Gu Yi knew full well that he could not place his hopes on someone else's thoughts.

He had already prepared for the possibility that Tang Hao might appear.