"Mm. But before you go down, put Berserk on me first." Spider Woman's cold voice rang out. She looked at Tang San with a sneer. "You should still have some food from that Food Type Soul Master, something that lets you fly, right? That soul skill can only last one minute at most, while Berserk lasts three."
Hearing this, Tang San's heart immediately sank. Very soon, the Ruyi Plate Soul Master consecutively used his first, second, and third soul skills. After using all three, he jumped straight off the arena.
On the arena, the Berserk Team and the Shrek Battle Team were left in a final one-on-one showdown.
The first and second soul skills increased speed and strength. The third soul skill, Berserk, boosted all of Spider Woman's attributes by fifteen percent and removed her sense of pain. The moment she came up, she greeted Tang San with a spiderweb.
Tang San immediately defended himself, but with the boosts from the Ruyi Plate Soul Master's three soul skills, Spider Woman's Soul Power had already been higher than Tang San's to begin with. Now, he was even less able to hold her back. After eating a Mushroom Sausage, he flew into the air. Though he was anxious inside, he had no good solution and could only attack with hidden weapons.
However, Spider Woman had already seen through Tang San's hidden weapon attacks and used her soul skills to defend against them.
One minute later, Tang San fell from the air. He wanted to continue tangling with her using the Tang Sect's Hidden Arts. As long as he could stall until Berserk expired, he could win.
But because of Berserk, Spider Woman felt no pain at all and no fatigue during this time. With the boosts from three soul skills, she surpassed Tang San in every aspect. At this moment, Spider Woman could even fight a four-ring Soul Ancestor above level forty, let alone Tang San, who was only level thirty-one.
In the end, Tang San was still restrained by Spider Woman's spiderweb. With her Soul Power exceeding Tang San's, once Spider Woman controlled him, he simply could not break free. As if venting her anger, she raised Tang San high into the air and viciously hurled him off the arena from a height of more than ten meters. The instant Tang San's back hit the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, the referee immediately announced, "Eliminated. The winners are the Berserk Team."
"Xiao San..." Upon seeing this, Master Yu Xiaogang immediately ran out.
Tang San spat out another mouthful of blood, bitterness filling his eyes. "Cough, cough, cough... I'm sorry, Teacher. I lost."
Seeing Tang San injured, Yu Xiaogang glared viciously at Spider Woman on the arena and angrily said, "You had clearly already won. Why did you have to seriously injure him?"
Spider Woman was also somewhat weak now that her Berserk state had ended. Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, she was deeply displeased. Other than her, the Berserk Team's remaining six members had all been seriously injured. Tang San could injure her teammates, but she could not injure Tang San? It was already giving the Great Soul Arena plenty of face that she had not crippled Tang San.
"Hmph. This is a Soul Arena. Injuries are unavoidable. All six of my teammates have already been seriously injured. If you're afraid of getting hurt, then don't participate in soul battles." With that, Spider Woman turned and left the arena.
Before long, everyone from Shrek returned to the lounge. This was the Shrek Battle Team's first defeat. If Yu Xiaogang had not switched people at the last minute, they could have won. Yet now they had lost, and their seven-win streak was gone as well. They could only start over.
However, Yu Xiaogang cared too much about saving face. Even after failing, he would not believe it was his fault. He said, "Although we lost this time, I think it was still a pretty good result. At the very least, Xiao San's series of tactical arrangements earlier were all correct. We simply never expected their Support Soul Master to turn around and protect their control-type Soul Master."
Tang San said nothing at this moment. This defeat had dealt him quite a blow. He had finally personally led and commanded the team once, only to lose. It left the always-proud Tang San deeply discouraged.
Yu Xiaogang had originally thought that Tang San would lead the Shrek Battle Team to victory, after which Yu Xiaogang could teach everyone about the importance of using tactics properly. But he had never expected Tang San to lose in the end. To be honest, this also hit Yu Xiaogang hard. All this time, he had believed his disciple to be nearly perfect. He had never expected him to lose this time.
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang looked at Zhao Zilong and sighed inwardly. If only I could take him as my disciple.
In Yu Xiaogang's view, although Tang San was perfect, 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 firmly in his own theories and was certain that Zhao Zilong had a second martial soul. Though his personality was not as good as Xiao San's, if he could take him as a disciple, he would definitely be able to prove his theories.
Unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang had heard from Flender that Zhao Zilong already had a teacher, one who seemed to be both mysterious and powerful. Even the Peerless Dragon-Snake Couple held that person in great respect.
Yu Xiaogang quickly cast aside the thought of taking Zhao Zilong as his disciple. First, Zhao Zilong would never agree to become his disciple. Second, after all these years, Yu Xiaogang had long regarded Tang San as his own son. Sigh, forget it. Xiao San is a good child too—obedient and sensible. What more could I ask for?
The soul battles continued: one-on-one matches, two-on-two matches, and team battles. However, Yu Xiaogang still said that team battles required unity and everyone working together. Aside from the two Support Soul Masters, Ning Rongrong and Oscar, who had fixed spots in the team battles every day, the others would be selected based on the strength of their opponents.
Whether deliberately or not, Yu Xiaogang said that Zhao Zilong was the Shrek Battle Team's trump card and needed to remain hidden, excluding him from many team battles. This suited Zhao Zilong just fine. He had already wanted to find an opportunity to practice Gentle Fist. After Yu Xiaogang excluded him several times, Zhao Zilong understood that Yu Xiaogang was afraid that if he made a move, he would steal Tang San's spotlight.
Thus, Zhao Zilong volunteered to cultivate his soul skills and said he would not participate in the team battles at night.
At the back mountain of Shrek, Zhao Zilong's fists and palms struck a tree trunk. Its surface did not crack, but the impact of his Soul Power pierced through the trunk and blasted out from the other side.
"Gentle Fist." "Acupoint Strike." Zhao Zilong's attacks fell without pause. Having watched Naruto, Zhao Zilong naturally knew that Gentle Fist could develop many powerful techniques.
For example, Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist, Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, Guardian Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, Revolving Heaven, and other powerful moves. Just like Tang San's Tang Sect's Hidden Arts, they had enormous room for growth as his strength increased.
"My eyes are so tired!" Zhao Zilong withdrew from the Byakugan state and rubbed his eyes lightly. "When I watched Naruto, I only knew the Sharingan was hard on the eyes. Looks like the Byakugan is the same."
Zhao Zilong muttered to himself, "Still, the Byakugan is really a bit overpowered in the Douluo Continent. Not only can it resist Illusion Techniques, it can see far away, and it gives me a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree field of vision without blind spots. I wonder how much of an improvement I'd get from Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew?"
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