"All right, time's up. Prepare for battle! The losing side won't face any excessive punishment. You only have to shout, 'I'm a pig.'"
Hearing this bizarre punishment, Xiao Wu burst out laughing.
She knew how powerful good ol' gege Tang San's Hidden Weapons were. It looked like Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were in for a rough time today.
Shen He narrowed his eyes slightly. As someone who never acted without profit, he naturally wouldn't help Tang San and the others train for no reason.
His goal was simple: find an opportunity to make modifications during Tang San and the others' training and obtain experience-point rewards.
"Fatty, make that fire of yours burn hotter for your big brother. If you make me become a pig, I won't let you off!"
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun stepped forward first. They didn't form any kind of formation, instead standing shoulder to shoulder and staring straight at Tang San and the others.
A powerful pale-white light suddenly erupted around Dai Mubai. He spread his arms and thrust out his chest. Amid the crackling of bones, his muscles rapidly expanded as if they were about to burst through his clothes.
His golden hair instantly turned black and white, while a clear "king" pattern appeared on his forehead. His hands transformed into tiger paws covered in dense white fur, with retractable claws that radiated a chilling sharpness.
Ma Hongjun followed close behind. Purple-red light suffused his entire body. His short hair instantly grew longer and stood upright, forming a distinctive mohawk.
Although he did not manifest the wings of a bird-type Martial Soul, the heat released by that purple-red light was astonishing.
Two yellow Soul Rings slowly rose beneath his feet. Slender feathers extended from his arms, and his hands transformed into sharp claws.
Although Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul had indeed mutated from a Grass Chicken, deep down he possessed a genuine Evil Fire Phoenix, one of the very top beast Martial Souls.
Even Dai Mubai's White Tiger Martial Soul was weaker than his. To stand on equal footing with it, one at least needed to be at the level of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Tang San and the other two seemed to have studied their formation. Tang San stood toward the rear, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing stood to his left and right respectively.
And the one standing at the very front, facing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun head-on, was the Tang Sect expert, Blue Silver Pig!
Blue Silver Pig stood on its two hind legs, its front hooves folded across its chest, looking every bit like a grandmaster.
"A lousy pig. What's there to be smug about?!"
"Second Soul Skill, White Tiger Blazing Light Wave!"
Accompanied by Dai Mubai's tiger roar, clusters of milky-white light spheres were continuously spat from his mouth.
The white spheres flew toward Blue Silver Pig from different angles and along different trajectories, completely sealing off every direction in which it could dodge.
Dai Mubai had watched the battle between Blue Silver Pig and Zhao Wuji earlier. Knowing that Blue Silver Pig excelled at speed, he wanted to suppress it with overwhelming firepower.
However, Blue Silver Pig shifted and dodged on its two hooves, actually evading all of Dai Mubai's White Tiger Blazing Light Waves within a tiny space.
Its mastery of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track seemed to far surpass Tang San's.
While Dai Mubai fought Blue Silver Pig, Ma Hongjun's target was Tang San and the others.
Ma Hongjun raised both hands, and the yellow First Soul Ring beneath him, which had been cultivated for a century, suddenly lit up.
He abruptly opened his mouth and spat a thin strand of purple-red flame toward Tang San.
The intense heat distorted the air. The purple flame did not appear particularly fierce, shooting through the air like an extended line of fire.
"First Soul Skill, Phoenix Firewire!"
The purple-red Phoenix Firewire was a full five meters long. It shot straight toward Tang San's face.
"You let your guard down!"
Suddenly, a black shadow appeared beside Ma Hongjun without a sound. It was Zhu Zhuqing.
After Martial Soul Possession, she had become heterochromatic. Her left eye was dark green, while her right eye was deep blue. Her long black hair lay naturally against her back.
As she moved, she even left behind a string of afterimages. Even compared with Blue Silver Pig, she was only slightly slower.
Ma Hongjun was startled and hurriedly changed the angle of the Phoenix Firewire, trying to attack Zhu Zhuqing.
However, Zhu Zhuqing was far too fast. He couldn't lock onto her at all and could only sweep the flames around blindly, barely defending himself.
At last, Zhu Zhuqing seized an opportunity, and the two Soul Rings around her lit up simultaneously.
Her body instantly rose into the air. Wrapped in Soul Power, she spun rapidly before shooting toward Ma Hongjun.
Hell Spirit Cat's second Soul Skill, Nether Hundred Claws.
Relying on the rapid rotation of her body and the sharp, penetrating attacks of her cat claws, Zhu Zhuqing could strike an enemy hundreds of times in an extremely short period, all at the same location. Its power was astonishing.
After Martial Soul Possession, Dai Mubai's ten fingers extended into tiger claws as sharp as blades.
After Martial Soul Possession, however, Zhu Zhuqing's cat claws were shaped like spikes.
Clearly, being stabbed by those pointed claws would be anything but pleasant. Ma Hongjun didn't want to experience it.
So he immediately activated his second Soul Skill as well.
With a bang, fierce purple flames suddenly erupted from his body. They burst outward from his plump frame and rapidly spread in all directions.
Ma Hongjun's second Soul Skill served both offense and defense. The purple Evil Fire enveloped his body, forcing Zhu Zhuqing to abandon her attack and retreat rapidly.
"Heh heh, how about it? Can't do anything to me, can you?"
Ma Hongjun gave a smug chuckle, then spat Phoenix Firewire toward Xiao Wu, who was attacking him from another direction.
Once his Evil Fire Phoenix fire caught onto something, it was extremely difficult to extinguish unless the target was burned to nothing.
Xiao Wu had originally intended to close in and use her Soft Skill, but she had no choice but to retreat as well.
Neither of them could do much against Ma Hongjun. Xiao Wu turned back in confusion to look at Tang San, only to discover that he had taken something out of his Storage Soul Tool.
A qin?!
Seeing that the battle had reached a stalemate, Blue Silver Pig charged over with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, while Dai Mubai pursued closely behind.
However, when Blue Silver Pig reached the position of the Phoenix Firewire, its little butt suddenly stuck up, followed by a "pfft."
"Whoosh!"
The fumes from Blue Silver Pig's rear were ignited by the Evil Fire Phoenix's flames, transforming into a wave of fire that directly engulfed Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai immediately shuddered in fright. He knew how troublesome Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix fire was. Once it stuck to someone, it was extremely difficult to deal with.
"Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"
With the release of his third Soul Skill, Dai Mubai's body expanded once again. The muscles around him seemed to have been carved by an invisible force, bulging exaggeratedly like towering mountains and bursting through all the clothes on his upper body.
His perfectly sculpted muscles were as flawless as a statue, and every line contained tremendous power.
Even more bizarrely, black horizontal stripes quietly appeared across his exposed skin, resembling the markings of a true white tiger and adding a touch of wildness and unruliness.
His tiger paws also swelled under the surge of power. The blades upon them flashed, transforming into silvery-white edges as bright and dazzling as the stars in the night sky.
Most eye-catching of all, his entire body was shrouded in brilliant golden light. It seemed to cloak him in the armor of a war god, coating his whole body in radiance.
The instant Dai Mubai released his third Soul Skill, all the Evil Fire Phoenix flames clinging to him were extinguished.
Then he saw that Blue Silver Pig was rather far away. He hurriedly charged toward Tang San.
Zhao Wuji's method of victory earlier had inspired him. Blue Silver Pig might be troublesome, but as long as he controlled Tang San, he could win without a fight.
Dai Mubai rapidly charged in front of Tang San. At that moment, Tang San was holding the qin upright in his arms, just like he was holding the guitar from Shen He's previous life.
He gazed "passionately" at Dai Mubai before slowly opening his mouth.
"You walking toward me makes me feel so restless. I've never felt this way before."
"Cause I got a crush on you who you"
"Because you're so beautiful, baby, because you're so beautiful, baby"
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