Tang San was incredibly fast.
Without the distraction of fancy footwork, his attacks were even sharper and more direct.
His gleaming white Mysterious Jade Hand sliced through the air, aimed straight at Qin Feng's throat.
It wasn't a killing blow, but if he got a grip on a vital point, he could subdue his opponent in an instant.
Yu Xiaogang frowned slightly at the edge of the field and leaned forward.
He could tell Tang San had lost his temper.
The Mysterious Jade Hand was incredibly hard. Ordinary people's bones couldn't withstand its grip.
If Qin Feng didn't have Soul Power protecting him, this could easily leave him seriously injured.
"Xiao San, hold back—"
Yu Xiaogang hadn't even finished shouting when the situation on the field changed dramatically.
Faced with Tang San's clawed hand, Qin Feng didn't dodge. Instead, he moved toward it.
The device wrapped in coils of copper wire in his hand had two metal probes at the tip. Like a venomous snake's fangs, they jabbed precisely at Tang San's incoming palm.
"Looking to die!"
Tang San sneered inwardly.
His Mysterious Jade Hand was impervious to blades and spears. Two measly copper needles would snap in an instant!
Since you're offering me your hand, don't blame me for what happens next!
Tang San changed his claw into a palm and slapped hard against the two probes.
The expected sound of copper needles snapping never came.
Instead, there was a deafening crack that made everyone's scalp crawl.
"CRACK!!!"
A blue-white arc of electricity exploded between Tang San's palm and the probes.
Tang San felt an indescribably terrifying force pierce the supposedly impenetrable skin of his Mysterious Jade Hand. It surged along his meridians, blood vessels, and nerves, invading his body with utterly savage force!
This wasn't an impact from Soul Power.
It was a pure, violent, destructive energy!
"AAAH!!!"
A bloodcurdling scream rang through Notting Academy.
Tang San, who had been so imposing just moments before, went rigid. He convulsed violently, as if someone had pulled out his spine.
His hair stood on end, spiking up like a hedgehog's.
His gleaming white Mysterious Jade Hand turned pitch-black and began to smoke.
"Thud!"
Tang San toppled backward, stiff as a board. He continued twitching on the ground, foaming at the mouth, his eyes rolled back.
The whole field fell silent again.
This time, it was even quieter than before.
Everyone gaped, their jaws practically hitting the floor.
Even Yu Xiaogang forgot to maintain his Grandmaster's composure. He stared, dumbfounded, at his fallen disciple.
What... Soul Skill was that?
A lightning-type Soul Skill?
But not a single Soul Ring had appeared around Qin Feng!
"Job's done."
Qin Feng unplugged the wires connected to the device and tossed the simple high-voltage stun gun to Grey Wolf behind him.
Grey Wolf shook his aching arm and looked disgusted. "He couldn't handle even ten thousand volts? With a body like that, he's not even fit to power my laboratory."
Qin Feng walked over to Tang San, who was still twitching, crouched down, and prodded his arm with an insulated wooden stick.
"The Mysterious Jade Hand uses Soul Power to strengthen the skin cells, increasing their density and protecting against toxins and physical damage."
"Not a bad principle. It's like putting a layer of ceramic armor on your hand."
"But Tang San, you didn't study physics very well."
Qin Feng watched as Tang San's gaze slowly refocused, filling with fear and confusion, and patiently explained:
"Ceramic may be hard, but the inside of the human body is full of electrolytes, which conduct electricity."
"What I used just now was a step-up transformer. The voltage was around ten thousand volts."
"Your Mysterious Jade Hand can protect you from poison and blades, but is it an insulator?"
"The current passed through your body and acted directly on your nervous system. No matter how hard you train, your nerves are still made of flesh. As long as you're carbon-based, you have to obey the laws of bioelectric conduction."
Tang San lay on the ground, numb all over. He couldn't even control his tongue.
As he listened to Qin Feng's unfamiliar terms, a storm surged through his mind.
Insulator? Conductor? Voltage?
What in the world were these things?
Why were the Tang Sect Secret Arts, which he had mastered, as useless as paper in this man's hands?
"You... You cheated..." Tang San forced out a few words.
"That's not cheating. That's science." Qin Feng stood up and looked down at him. "If this had been a fight to the death, I could've slit your throat a hundred times in that instant."
The students around them looked at Qin Feng differently now.
If the first time had been a coincidence, what about this time?
Was it really a coincidence that he'd shocked the powerful Tang San until he looked like a dead fish?
Could that invisible, intangible force of lightning really be the power of so-called "science"?
A sense of awe toward the unknown began to take root in everyone's hearts.
[ Ding! Tang San is utterly shocked. Shock value +500! ]
[ Ding! Yu Xiaogang's worldview has collapsed. Shock value +300! ]
[ Ding! All students are terrified. Shock value +1000! ]
Hearing the pleasant notifications in his mind, Qin Feng's lips curled into a faint smile.
That was enough.
He'd laid the groundwork. Now it was time to put an end to this farce.
And deliver one final blow to Tang San, this "child of destiny."
With Wang Sheng's support, Tang San staggered to his feet.
He still had one last trump card!
Tang San slowly reached for Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at his waist.
Inside were the Bone-Piercing Nails he had just forged, along with his crude Sleeve Arrow.
These were Hidden Weapons.
The essence of the Tang Sect.
An art made for killing.
He hadn't wanted to use such deadly weapons against a fellow student, but now humiliation and rage had burned away all reason.
Qin Feng had to lose!
And he had to lose miserably!
"Qin Feng!"
Tang San's voice was hoarse, edged with cold killing intent.
"You're pretty pleased with yourself, aren't you?"
"Do you really think those strange little tricks can beat arts tempered through a thousand trials?"
He abruptly raised his arm.
A flash of black appeared beneath his sleeve.
The sound of a mechanism triggering!
"Sleeve Arrow?!" Yu Xiaogang cried in alarm. "Tang San! Stop!"
At this distance and speed, if those were real metal bolts, Qin Feng was as good as dead!
But it was already too late.
Three Bone-Piercing Nails, each only three inches long, shot straight toward Qin Feng's face in a triangular formation, whistling sharply through the air!
They were twice as fast as Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track had been!
This was a killing blow!
"It's over!"
Everyone shut their eyes, unable to bear the sight of bloodshed that was about to come.
However.
The scream they had expected never came.
All they heard was a crisp metallic clang.
"Clang!"
It sounded as if someone had struck a gong.
The crowd opened their eyes.
At some point, Grey Wolf had stepped in front of Qin Feng.
In his hands, he held... a frying pan?
The three Bone-Piercing Nails, powerful enough to pierce metal and stone, were now stuck fast to the bottom of the pan, unable to go any farther.
Grey Wolf yawned and gave Tang San a look of pure contempt.
"That's it?"
"You're really showing off a hunk of scrap metal with less than sixty percent iron content?"
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