Comparing Apprenticeships, Tang San: You Know I Have Twin Martial Souls, Yu Xiaogang—You Have Earned Your Death!

Carrying a rich aura of life, it slowly merged into Tang San's battered body.

The Nine-Heart Begonia truly deserved its reputation as an apex healing Martial Soul known as "undying."

In just a few breaths, Tang San's face, which had been pale as paper, finally regained a trace of color, while the severed meridians within him rapidly reconnected.

"Cough, cough..."

Tang San coughed violently a few times and slowly opened his heavy eyelids.

"Xiao San!

You're awake?

How do you feel?"

Seeing this, Tang Hao's face, which seemed to have aged ten years, finally showed a trace of wild joy as he hurried forward to examine him.

Yet the first thing Tang San did upon waking was not check on his injuries, but feel out the Soul Power within his body in horror.

The next second, Tang San's pupils abruptly contracted, and he let out a shrill scream:

"My Soul Power!

Why is my Soul Power only level twenty-nine?!"

"Pfft—"

Overcome by anxiety, the injuries Ye Lingling had just healed were aggravated once more. Tang San spat out another mouthful of blood and swayed unsteadily.

He had fallen from level fifty to level twenty-nine!

Not only had all the gains from the God-Given Soul Ring been lost, even the Soul Power he had painstakingly cultivated before was gone!

"Xiao San, don't panic!

As long as you're alive, you can cultivate your Soul Power back!

With Dad here, even if I have to pile medicine on you, I'll get you back to where you were!"

Tang Hao's heart felt as though it were being cut by knives. He held his son tightly, tears glistening in his fierce eyes.

The surrounding soul masters wore varying expressions as they watched this scene.

Some were sympathetic, some indifferent, but most could only sigh.

Who could have imagined that the Asura of a Thousand Hands, who had shone so brilliantly in the preliminaries, would end up like this?

Yet the Heavenly Screen seemed to have no intention of giving the father and son a chance to catch their breath.

Just as Tang San had accepted the cruel reality of his drastic decline in cultivation, when his mental defenses were at their weakest.

That cold, emotionless mechanical voice rang through the sky once more!

[Comparison Continues!]

[Event: Taking a Master!]

[Original World: An Apprenticeship with Hidden Motives VS Current World: ???]

As the cold mechanical voice fell silent, the image on the left shifted, rewinding time to the day Tang San first entered Nuoding Academy at the age of six.

[Original World · Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy · Dorm Seven]

In the image, Tang San, carrying a tattered bedroll on his back, had just stepped into Dorm Seven.

When Wang Sheng, the dorm leader, tried to give him a show of force, six-year-old Tang San displayed ruthlessness and fighting skill far beyond his age.

In just a few moves, he beat Wang Sheng so badly that he could not fight back. At the very end, had Tang San not held back, Wang Sheng's arm might have been crippled.

Though this scene displayed Tang San's talent for combat, the coldness in his eyes made quite a few viewers frown slightly.

Then the scene shifted.

[Original World · Yu Xiaogang's Office]

Tang San stood before the desk, while Yu Xiaogang sat opposite him, looking dejected yet putting on an air of unfathomable wisdom.

Yu Xiaogang looked at the child before him, his eyes gleaming as though he had discovered a treasure. He slowly spoke, dropping a shocking statement:

"If I'm not mistaken, you must have Twin Martial Souls!"

The moment those words were spoken, Tang San's body stiffened sharply!

[Close-Up Shot!]

As if determined to let everyone see the details of this moment clearly, the Heavenly Screen deliberately gave an extremely close shot.

Tang San's right hand, which had been hanging at his side, instantly withdrew into his sleeve.

Deep within the sleeve, a chilling glint of metal flickered in and out of view—

It was a Silent Sleeve Arrow that had already been cocked!

At the same time, Tang San's seemingly innocent eyes—

In that instant, they became incomparably sinister and cold, filled with intense killing intent!

[Tang San's thoughts:

This man actually knows the secret that I have Twin Martial Souls?

Dad said that no one could ever know of the Clear Sky Hammer. This

man knows too much... he has already earned his death!]

That childish face, paired with such seasoned and vicious thoughts, made the audience of the Original World shudder in terror!

[Original World · All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament Venue]

"Hiss—"

A collective gasp echoed throughout the venue.

Yu Xiaogang, who had just been looking worriedly and painfully at the weakened Tang San, now stood frozen as though struck by lightning.

Yu Xiaogang stared fixedly at the six-year-old Tang San on the Heavenly Screen, who had been prepared to kill him.

His pupils contracted violently, and his face instantly turned pale as paper.

"Xiao San... he... wanted to kill me back then?"

Yu Xiaogang's voice trembled, filled with disbelief and fear.

He had always believed that he had won this child over with wisdom and sincerity.

But he had never imagined that, during their very first encounter, he had already taken a trip to death's door!

If he had not explained himself in time, or if he had been even a moment slower, would that Sleeve Arrow have pierced his throat?

"This..."

Flender, seated beside Yu Xiaogang, also widened his eyes, his face full of shock.

Yu Xiaogang turned to look at Zhao Wuji and Liu Erlong. The three exchanged glances, each seeing deep chill in the others' eyes.

"Six years old... only six years old!"

Liu Erlong covered her mouth and said in disbelief:

"Just because someone guessed his Martial Soul, he wanted to kill a teacher?

This child's bloodlust... isn't it far too heavy?"

Zhao Wuji rubbed the back of his head, feeling a lingering fear:

"Good grief, the kid usually looked so honest. Who knew his heart was this dark?

When we taught him before, if we said the wrong thing, were we nearly killed by him too?"

Even Tang Hao, who had always protected his son, wore a complicated expression upon seeing this scene. He opened his mouth, yet could not offer a single word of defense.

After all, that killing intent had been real. It could not be faked.

[Original World · Scene Continues]

At the critical instant when Tang San's finger had already hooked around the Sleeve Arrow's trigger, ready to fire at any moment.

Yu Xiaogang, completely unaware, was still showing off his theories as he smiled and explained:

"You must be wondering how I knew, right?"

"Actually, it's very simple. I deduced it from the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul that I proposed."

Yu Xiaogang confidently raised one finger:

"Throughout the history of Douluo Continent, although a few Mutated Martial Souls can produce Innate Full Soul Power, a universally acknowledged trash Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass could never possibly support Innate Full Soul Power!"

"Since you possess Innate Full Soul Power, that means there must be another powerful Martial Soul within you supporting your Soul Power!"

"Therefore, you must have Twin Martial Souls!"

Hearing this explanation, the killing intent in Tang San's eyes slowly faded.

The finger on the trigger gradually loosened, and his right hand dropped back down from his sleeve.

Tang San looked at Yu Xiaogang, and that harmless expression returned to his face.

It was as if that cold-blooded killer who had just been prepared to murder someone into silence had never been him at all.