"Mm. But before you go down, apply Berserk to me first." Spider Woman's cold voice rang out. She looked at Tang San with a sneer. "You should still have something from a Food Type Soul Master in your hand-a food that lets you fly! That Soul Skill can last for at most one minute, while Berserk lasts for three."
Hearing this, Tang San's heart sank. The Ruyi Plate Soul Master quickly used his First, Second, and Third Soul Skills in succession. Once he had used all three, he jumped straight off the Arena.
The Berserk Team and the Shrek Battle Team were left to face each other in a one-on-one final showdown.
The First and Second Soul Skills increased speed and strength. The Third Soul Skill, Berserk, increased all of Spider Woman's attributes by fifteen percent, and she also felt no pain. As soon as she charged in, she greeted Tang San with a Spider Web.
Tang San immediately defended himself, but with the Ruyi Plate Soul Master's three Soul Skills boosting her, Spider Woman already had more Soul Power than Tang San, and now he was even less able to hold her off. He ate a Mushroom Sausage and flew into the air. Though he was anxious, he had no good solution and could only attack with Hidden Weapons.
But Spider Woman had already seen through Tang San's Hidden Weapon attacks and used a Soul Skill to defend against them.
A minute later, Tang San fell from the air. He wanted to keep entangling her with the Tang Sect's Hidden Arts; as long as he could hold out until Berserk wore off, he could win.
But because of Berserk, Spider Woman felt no pain and could not feel tired during its duration. With the boosts from three Soul Skills, she outclassed Tang San in every regard. At that moment, Spider Woman could have held her own even against a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor over level forty, let alone Tang San, who was only level 31.
In the end, Spider Woman trapped Tang San with her Spider Web. With more Soul Power than Tang San, she had him under control, and he could not break free. Spider Woman seemed to be venting her anger as she lifted Tang San high into the air, then hurled him down from a height of more than ten meters, hard, onto the Arena. The instant Tang San's back hit the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The referee saw this and immediately announced, "Eliminated. The winner is the Berserk Team."
"Xiao San..." Seeing this, Master Yu Xiaogang immediately ran out.
Tang San spat out a mouthful of blood. Bitterness filled his eyes. "Cough, cough, cough. I'm sorry, teacher. I lost."
Seeing Tang San injured, Yu Xiaogang glared fiercely at Spider Woman on the Arena and angrily demanded, "You had already won. Why did you still have to seriously injure him?"
Spider Woman's Berserk state had now ended, leaving her somewhat weak. Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, she was displeased. The other six members of the Berserk Team were all seriously injured. They could injure her teammates, but she couldn't injure Tang San? The fact that she hadn't crippled Tang San was already giving the Great Soul Arena plenty of face.
"Hmph. This is the Soul Fighting Arena. Injuries are inevitable. All six of my teammates are seriously injured. If you're afraid of getting hurt, don't come to compete in Soul Fighting." With that, Spider Woman turned and left the Arena.
Soon, everyone from Shrek returned to the lounge. This was the first time their Shrek Battle Team had lost. If Yu Xiaogang hadn't switched the lineup at the last minute, they could have won. But now they had lost, and their seven-win streak was over. They could only start over.
But Yu Xiaogang was too proud to admit fault. Even in defeat, he refused to think he was to blame. "Although we lost this time, I think the result was still pretty good. At least all of Xiao San's tactical arrangements earlier were correct. We simply didn't expect their Support Soul Master to turn around and protect their Control Type Soul Master."
Tang San said nothing. This beating had left him feeling somewhat dejected. He had finally led and directed a team himself, only to lose. Even Tang San, who had always been so proud, was left feeling dejected.
Yu Xiaogang had originally thought that Tang San would lead the Shrek Battle Team to victory, allowing him to teach everyone about the importance of using tactics properly. But he hadn't expected Tang San to lose. Honestly, this was a heavy blow to Yu Xiaogang as well. He had always thought his disciple was practically perfect, and he hadn't expected him to lose this time.
Just then, Yu Xiaogang looked at Zhao Zilong and sighed inwardly. Sigh, if only I could take him on as a disciple.
In Yu Xiaogang's view, Tang San was practically perfect, but his talent seemed to be just a little inferior to Zhao Zilong's. Moreover, Zhao Zilong's Martial Soul was also Blue Silver Grass. Yu Xiaogang believed in his own theory and was certain Zhao Zilong had a second Martial Soul. Although his personality wasn't as good as Xiao San's, if he could take him on as a disciple, he would surely be able to prove his theory.
Unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang had heard from Flender that Zhao Zilong already had a teacher, who seemed to be incredibly mysterious and powerful. Even the Peerless Dragon-Snake Couple respected this teacher greatly.
Yu Xiaogang quickly abandoned the idea of taking Zhao Zilong on as a disciple. First, there was no way Zhao Zilong would accept him as his teacher. Second, after all these years, Yu Xiaogang had long since come to regard Tang San as his own son. Sigh, so be it. Xiao San is a good child too-obedient and sensible. What more could I ask for?
Soul Fighting continued as before, with one-on-one matches, two-on-two matches, and team battles. Yu Xiaogang still said that team battles required everyone to unite and work together. Aside from Ning Rongrong and Oscar, the two Support Soul Masters who had fixed spots in every team battle, the others would be chosen based on how strong their opponents were.
Whether deliberately or otherwise, Yu Xiaogang said that Zhao Zilong was the trump card of the Shrek Battle Team and needed to stay hidden. He left Zhao Zilong out of many team battles. But this suited Zhao Zilong just fine. He had wanted to find an opportunity to practice Gentle Fist anyway. After Yu Xiaogang left him out several times, Zhao Zilong understood that Yu Xiaogang was afraid that if he stepped in, he would steal the spotlight from Tang San.
So Zhao Zilong volunteered, saying that he wanted to practice his Soul Skills and wouldn't take part in the team battle that night.
At that moment, in the back hills of Shrek, Zhao Zilong's fist and palm struck a tree trunk. Its surface remained unbroken, but the impact of Soul Power pierced through the trunk and blasted out the other side.
"Gentle Fist." "Acupoint Strike." Zhao Zilong's attacks kept landing. Having watched Naruto, he naturally knew that Gentle Fist could be developed into many different techniques.
For example, Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist, Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, Sixty-Four Palms, One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, Guardian Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, and Revolving Heaven were all powerful techniques. Just like Tang San's Tang Sect's Hidden Arts, they had great room to grow as his strength increased.
"My eyes are so tired!" Zhao Zilong exited the Byakugan state and rubbed his eyes a little. "Watching Naruto, I only knew that the Sharingan strained your eyes. Looks like the Byakugan does too!"
Zhao Zilong muttered to himself, "But the Byakugan really is a bit overpowered on Douluo Continent. It not only makes you immune to Illusion Techniques, it also lets you see far away, and gives you a 360-degree field of vision with no blind spots. I wonder how much stronger it'll become once I get the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew!"
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