"Parasite!"
Tang San refused to give up. He activated his Soul Skill again, trying to restrict Li Yuan's movements with ghost vine seeds.
Yet Li Yuan suddenly leaped into the air, twisted at an uncanny angle, and once again evaded the seeds by a hair's breadth. At the same time, his feet seemed to tread invisible stairs as he lunged through the air toward Tang San.
"Take my punch!"
Still airborne, Li Yuan clenched his right fist. A faint layer of golden light flowed over his knuckles, empowered by the Golden Light Incantation.
At the same time, with a thought, he activated the Soul Bone Skill he had just obtained.
"Soul Bone Skill, White Snake Origin!"
All attributes increased by five percent!
Though the boost seemed modest, combined with the Golden Light Incantation and Cloud-Ascending Ladder, it brought the speed and power of this punch to a terrifying level.
"Oh no!"
Tang San's expression changed dramatically. In his haste, he could only cross his arms over his chest and pour all his soul power into defending himself.
BAM—!!!
A deafening, heavy impact rang out.
Li Yuan's fist slammed viciously into Tang San's arms.
To Tang San at his current level, this punch was like an unloaded Dayun truck barreling straight into him.
Tang San could not resist it at all. Agony shot through his arms as though they were about to snap, and his entire body flew backward like a kite with its string cut.
What happened next left everyone dumbstruck.
The direction Tang San flew in... led, by the worst possible luck, straight toward a bamboo broom standing in the corner by the wall!
There was a muffled squelch.
Tang San's backside landed on the end of the broom with absolute precision!
"AAAAH—!!!"
A scream so agonized that his voice cracked instantly echoed across the entire Playground.
Tang San's eyes rolled back from the pain, and he nearly passed out on the spot.
"Hiss..."
Every spectator present, male or female, instinctively felt a chill around their backside and sucked in a sharp breath in unison.
Hidden in the shadows of the crowd, Tang Hao closed his eyes in anguish at the sight. He simply could not bear to look.
He had never imagined his son would lose so miserably, either, much less suffer defeat in such a... humiliating fashion.
He took one final look at Tang San and sighed. Then his figure flickered, and he silently disappeared.
"Whoa—!"
The entire venue fell deathly silent.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief.
One move?
Just one move?
Tang San, who possessed innate full soul power and was Grandmaster's prized disciple, had been sent flying by a single punch from Li Yuan?
"Little San! My Little San!"
Seeing his beloved disciple in such a wretched state, Yu Xiaogang panicked. He scrambled onto the stage and rushed toward Tang San, shouting himself hoarse as he ran:
"Medic! Medic! Where are the medics? Someone, hurry! My disciple... my disciple's backside is stuck to the broom!"
Tang San had already passed out from the pain.
The scene immediately descended into chaos.
Soon, several academy medics hurried over with medicine kits on their backs.
But when they saw the "gruesome" yet "bizarre" scene before them, every one of them froze.
A big rod... impaling a Soul Grandmaster?
The lead medic's mouth twitched. His deeply strange gaze shifted back and forth between Yu Xiaogang and the unconscious Tang San as he asked with difficulty, "Grandmaster, are you sure this was a Soul Fighting accident? Not some particular... fetish?"
Yu Xiaogang's aging face flushed crimson, and he stamped his feet in desperation. "An accident! This was absolutely an accident! Hurry up and save him!"
The lead medic did not believe him.
They looked at Tang San and Yu Xiaogang strangely. Even if you master and disciple share that sort of fetish, surely you didn't have to take it this far?
And in front of so many people, too?
Then.
The medics exchanged looks, suppressed their laughter, and began "rescuing" this "genius Soul Master" with a broom stuck in his backside.
The next scene stunned the crowd even more.
As the medic carefully pulled out the thick rod at the front end of the broom, copious amounts of foul-smelling yellow matter instantly gushed out, splattering the lead medic's entire face.
Squelch... splurt... splurt!!!
And today, this scene was destined to enter the annals of Notting Academy.
For years afterward, later students would still recount it with relish.
It became known to history as the "Anshi Rebellion of Excrement"!
Elsewhere.
Li Yuan had already run into a corner to vomit. "Bleurgh!"
That was fucking eye-searing!
He had only intended to teach Tang San a lesson he would never forget and knock that inexplicable sense of superiority down a peg.
But who could have imagined that Tang San would fly off at such a peculiar angle and land with such "precision," planting his backside directly onto the end of the broom?!
That sight, that angle, that impact...
It was downright mental contamination!
Visual torture!
"Fuck, I let my guard down. Didn't dodge..."
Li Yuan braced himself against the wall and patted his chest, still shaken. He felt as though both his eyes and his soul had suffered indelible trauma.
[Loves Eating Carrots: The complete recording of Tang San's crushing Soul Fighting defeat. (Video)] [Loves Eating Carrots: Hehe, Group Leader Brother, I recorded all the highlights just now! Come watch, everyone!]
Li Yuan opened the video and, fighting his nausea, fast-forwarded to the "highlight" for a look. His face turned even greener.
"Bleurgh—!"
He nearly threw up again.
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: That's disgusting! I'm about to throw up last night's dinner!] [Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Carrot, I think there's something a little wrong with you. You could've just posted the Soul Fighting part at the beginning. Why did you have to post... the rest?] [Ice-Snow Smart: Exactly! I was eating, you know. I nearly threw up.] [Loves Eating Carrots: I wasn't going to keep recording at first, but then I thought, I can't be the only one suffering!] [Single Academy-Running Housewife: Well, thank you so much! (Clenches fist)] [Child Without Parents: Carrot, could you give me your address? I'll mail you something nice! (Smiling emoji)]
Xiao Wu inexplicably felt a chill down her back and hurriedly declined.
[Loves Eating Carrots: Hehe, no need. I do good deeds without leaving my name.]
Looking at the group's chorus of "anguished cries," Li Yuan's mouth twitched a few times before he could no longer stop its corners from lifting.
Well played, Rogue Rabbit. That's just like you!
That spirit of sharing blessings and bearing hardships together was simply... criminal!
[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: This is the person who destroyed our Spirit Hall? This loser? Why do I feel like Group Leader Brother is joking?]
Saintess Palace.
Watching Tang San's utterly wretched, even "comical" plight in the video, Hu Liena tilted her head skeptically.
That's it?
With just that?
This guy, who got sent flying by one punch from Li Yuan and lost in such a "distinctive" fashion, would destroy our Spirit Hall in the future?
No matter how she looked at it, she felt that... it did not seem very plausible.
"Could Group Leader Brother have deliberately exaggerated things to scare us?"
Hu Liena muttered under her breath.
Though the strength Li Yuan displayed in the video genuinely astonished her, Tang San's performance... simply could not inspire the slightest sense of danger.
She suspected she had been deceived, but she had no proof.
[Child Without Parents: Can we stop talking about him? Every time you mention him, I want to throw up. Bleurgh...] [Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: That's it? I thought this Tang San was some ruthless monster. Looks like there's nothing to fear!]
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