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Then, he confidently boasted to the dean beside him: "Dean, rest assured. Under my meticulous guidance, Tang San will surely become the most outstanding genius our Notting Academy has seen in ten—no, a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand years!"

Dean Chen Gang could only offer a dry laugh in agreement: "Yes, yes, Xiaogang, your teaching is excellent, and Tang San is gifted with innate talent. His future is bright, truly bright..."

Standing to the side, Director Mo Hen could no longer bear to listen and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

What on earth does Tang San's brilliance have to do with you?

He was already at Innate Full Soul Power when he first walked through those doors.

Without you, would he suddenly cease to be a genius?

Besides, you, a mere Soul Grand Master, took Tang San out to hunt for a soul ring and nearly got yourself killed, yet you still have the nerve to lick your face and claim you were severely injured while protecting him.

A dignified level 29 Soul Grand Master, unable to defeat a century-old Mandala Snake, and you have the gall to brag that it was your own merit?

Facing the incoming Blue Silver Grass, Li Yuan did not dodge or evade.

The crowd below the stage was stunned.

"Wait, why isn't Brother Li Yuan dodging?"

"Brother Li Yuan, hurry up and move!"

"Stupid Tang San, did you use some kind of underhanded trick on our brother?"

Xiao Wu, standing below, looked on with a face full of worry: "What is going on with Xiaoyuan? Hurry and dodge!"

Li Yuan curled his lips into a cold smirk and whispered a command: "Ah Bai, come out! Get ready to move, get ready to move!"

The moment the words left his lips.

"Hiss--!"

With a soft hiss, a white shadow wreathed in seven-colored flowing light, its form increasingly slender and agile, coiled outward.

It was none other than the evolved Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python cub—Ah Bai!

The moment the Blue Silver Grass touched it, the python's slender tail whipped out like a lash, shattering the vines.

The terrifying force even stirred up a whistling sound as it cut through the air.

Tang San was instantly dumbfounded, replaced by a face full of astonishment: "Impossible, Li Yuan, your white snake... how could it have such immense power?!"

Li Yuan chuckled: "That is just you being a frog at the bottom of a well, ignorant and ill-informed!"

"Li Yuan, don't think that just because you destroyed my Blue Silver Entanglement with your Martial Soul's full strength, you can defeat me. You're still a bit too green to compete with me!"

Tang San subconsciously assumed that Li Yuan had exhausted a massive amount of soul power to destroy his first soul skill in one go, all to intimidate him and force him to retreat.

However, who exactly was Tang San?

In his previous life, he had jumped off Ghost Sorrow Cliff after his theft of the Tang Sect manuals was exposed, and he hadn't even furrowed his brow.

And now, for the sake of Xiao Wu, so what if your Martial Soul is powerful?

He would not lose!

"Second Soul Skill, Parasite!"

Tang San activated his second soul skill.

The Blue Silver Grass that had just been shattered instantly vanished, transforming into countless tiny, thorny vines that clung to Li Yuan's body like maggots on bone, spreading wildly.

"Li Yuan, you've been hit!"

Tang San was overjoyed, as if he could already see the dawn of victory.

"A bit interesting."

Li Yuan tested the hardness of the Ghost Vine with his hand; it was indeed strong, but it couldn't trap him.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, Tang San laughed triumphantly: "Hehehe, don't waste your energy. In front of my second soul skill, Parasite, even if you were a Soul Elder, you wouldn't be able to break free!"

With that, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and his right hand quietly reached toward the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at his waist, preparing to use Tang Sect hidden weapons to launch a sneak attack.

Below the stage, Yu Xiaogang also slapped his thigh in excitement, as if victory were already in his grasp: "Tang San, well done! That's it! There are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters. Even the weakest Blue Silver Grass will not lose to a beast-type Martial Soul!"

His heart was pounding with excitement.

It felt as if, in the next moment, he would see his theories become famous throughout the world.

Xiao Wu watched Li Yuan with a face full of worry, murmuring: "He is several levels higher than Xiaoyuan; it really is too much of a stretch, isn't it?"

Just when almost everyone thought Li Yuan was destined to lose.

"Oh, really? I don't think so."

"First Soul Skill, Bad Wind!"

Li Yuan gently raised his hand, and Ah Bai, perched on his shoulder, suddenly opened its mouth and spat out dozens of wind blades in an instant.

These dense, fine wind blades instantly shredded the Ghost Vines clinging to Tang San, turning them into a sky full of debris that drifted to the ground.

This was the first time he had used his modified first soul skill since his Martial Soul evolved.

In the past, his first soul skill was merely a single wind slash, and its power could only be described as mediocre.

But now, his first soul skill, Bad Wind, was a growth-type soul skill.

As the Soul Power Level increases, the number of wind blades released can grow exponentially, and their power also scales with that quantity.

"Impossible! How could my Ghost Vine be shattered by your first soul skill?!"

Tang San watched as his pride-and-joy second soul skill was instantly dismantled, his face turning deathly pale, his eyes filled with sheer terror.

Suddenly, he realized: "Wait! Your soul skill... how has it changed?!"

Li Yuan slowly paced forward, his expression composed, his tone flat yet carrying an invisible sense of oppression: "Is there any possibility that you have never seen me at my peak?"

As these words fell, the entire arena was shocked!

"No wonder this kid rarely participated in academy combat classes all these years; it turns out he was hiding his true strength all along."

"Look at that, I told you this child had potential since he was small!"

"Indeed, indeed! He remains silent until he lets out a roar that startles everyone!"

Below the stage, many teachers felt a sense of reflected glory, excited to have taught such a student.

Only Yu Xiaogang looked as if he had swallowed three pounds of excrement; his lips trembled as he stared in disbelief at the imposing Ah Bai on the stage.

He compared it to his own Luo Sanpao in his mind.

Why, when both were external beast martial souls, could his Luo Sanpao only fart?

And why was his martial soul so powerful?

Clearly, back at the start of the school year, Yu Xiaogang had seen Li Yuan's martial soul—it was just an ordinary Little White Snake.

Why?

Could it be that his judgment was wrong?

Was his white snake not an ordinary martial soul at all, but a hidden top-tier one?

For the first time, Yu Xiaogang began to doubt himself.

But after only a second, he dismissed the thought.

No, that is absolutely impossible!

I am the Grandmaster!

Even the Martial Soul Hall Pope Bibi Dong was captivated by the charm of my theories; how could my theories be wrong?!

There must be a great secret hidden on Li Yuan.

Yes, that must be it!

Yu Xiaogang panted heavily, his face flushed red, his gaze fixed greedily on Li Yuan on the stage as he prayed in his heart: "Tang San, you must win!"

"You must win! You are the disciple of Yu Xiaogang; you cannot lose!"

"As long as you defeat Li Yuan, perhaps Li Yuan will take me as his master, and then I might be able to uncover that secret!"

"So what if that's the case? I still have Tang Sect hidden weapons!"

Tang San suppressed the terror in his heart, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes as he waved his hands repeatedly.

"Mysterious Jade Hand!"

"Hundred Solutions of Hidden Weapons!"

In an instant, countless silver needles, Bone-Piercing Nails... shot toward every vital point on Li Yuan's body like a scattering of flowers, dazzling and overwhelming.

Facing this unavoidable barrage of hidden weapons, Li Yuan quickly recited the Golden Light Incantation in his heart:

"Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sect, root of all energy, cultivated through eons, verify my divine powers!"

In an instant, a layer of solid golden light covered Li Yuan's body.

"Clang-clang-clang-clang--!"

The sharp hidden weapons struck the golden light, producing a series of crisp clashing sounds, yet they failed to leave even a single mark, all of them being deflected away.

"What is happening! My hidden weapons can't even break his defense?!"

Tang San was completely dumbfounded, his confusion reaching its peak; this was entirely beyond his scope of understanding.

This bizarre defensive method of Li Yuan's was simply unheard of!

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"Parasite!"

Refusing to give up, Tang San activated his soul skill again, attempting to restrict Li Yuan's movements with Ghost Vine seeds.

However, Li Yuan suddenly leaped into the air, his figure twisting in an uncanny way, once again dodging the seeds by a hair's breadth. At the same time, his feet seemed to tread upon invisible stairs as he lunged toward Tang San through the air.

"Take my punch!"

Li Yuan was mid-air, his right fist clenched tight, a faint layer of golden light swirling around his knuckles—the enhancement of the Golden Light Incantation.