The Datura Snake Fated by Destiny; Xiao Gang Loses an Arm

"Xiao... Xiao San, hurry... hurry..."

Yu Xiaogang's face had turned bluish-green as he lay stuck halfway inside. The snake venom's corrosion had weakened him to the extreme.

He had meant to shout, "Hurry and pull your teacher out," but he simply lacked the strength to finish the sentence.

Yet those half-spoken words produced a strange chemical reaction in Tang San's ears.

"Teacher's life is hanging by a thread, and the first thing he says after waking up is for me to run?!"

In an instant, overwhelming guilt flooded Tang San's heart.

His eyes reddened as he silently cursed himself for truly being on the Way of Seeking Death. He had actually suspected his teacher of being useless just moments ago!

"Teacher, don't worry!" Tang San said, deeply moved and choking back tears as he strode forward. His tone was incomparably resolute. "With Xiao San here, I'll never let anything happen to you!"

Tang San had already been completely moved by his own imagination. He did not even spare the floating century-old Soul Ring beside him a second glance.

Before coming here, Gangzi had explained that a Soul Ring could remain for two hours after a Soul Beast died, so he was not in a hurry.

His top priority was to save this self-sacrificing, wonderful teacher!

He swiftly put the Godly Zhuge Crossbow back into the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, then drew a sharp short dagger with a backhand motion.

Screech—

Tang San moved cleanly and efficiently, slicing along the wound near the Datura Snake's tail.

After great effort, he finally peeled Xiao Gang, covered in indescribable slime, completely out of the snake's belly.

However, Master Yu was clearly in an appalling state after seeing daylight again.

His entire body was bloodless as he curled up on the ground, twitching uncontrollably from time to time.

"The Datura Snake's venom has already begun invading Teacher's heart meridians."

As a former Tang Sect disciple, Third Brother was an expert when it came to poisons. He immediately made a professional judgment.

What was worse, Gangzi's entire left arm had taken on a terrifying purplish-black color, while thick, foul-smelling blood continuously dripped from the wound.

"It seems... I can only resort to this."

Tang San knew well that once the snake venom truly traveled through the bloodstream and spread throughout the body, even a legendary Title Douluo would be helpless.

Although what he was about to do would be somewhat cruel to his teacher, in Tang San's values, a miserable life was better than a good death.

As long as he could preserve his life, what was wrong with Master Yu suffering a little?

Tang San made his decision without hesitation, instantly pushing his Purple Demon Eye to its limit!

His body flashed like lightning as he quickly searched the surrounding bushes for several herbs that could detoxify and stop bleeding.

After returning to Master Yu's side, his fingers moved like the wind as he struck several major acupoints on Xiao Gang's left shoulder in rapid succession.

He forcibly sealed off the flow of blood within Master Yu's body.

"Teacher, to save your life, Xiao San must offend you!"

Tang San lowered his head and apologized in a sorrowful tone.

Then his hand rose, and the blade fell...

"AAAAAAAAAAAH—!!!"

Accompanied by the dull sound of blade cutting through flesh and bone, an earth-shattering pig-slaughtering scream instantly rang through the entire Soul Hunting Forest.

Tang San turned a deaf ear to the heart-rending screams and skillfully smeared the chewed-up herbs over Gangzi's neat amputation wound.

The herbal juices reacted violently with the exposed flesh. The extreme stinging sensation made Yu Xiaogang roll his eyes back, cold sweat instantly soaking his back. The pain was so intense that he could barely speak.

"Xiao... Xiao San... you..."

Looking at his teacher trembling from pain, Tang San knew just how hurtful the decision he had been forced to make was.

Without another word, he dropped to his knees before Gangzi with a thud, his eyes red. Then he slammed his forehead against the ground three times in solid kowtows.

"Teacher! Xiao San cut off your arm only because there was no other choice!"

"But it was all to save your life!"

As he spoke, Tang San thoughtfully kicked the pitch-black severed arm in front of Gangzi, signaling for him to see how deeply the poison had spread and how worthwhile that cut had been.

Yu Xiaogang: "..."

Gangzi looked at the arm that had been perfectly fine and attached to his body a second ago, and he felt like his whole being was about to shatter.

Did they really have to use such a hardcore, extreme treatment method?!

He came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He at least understood some theory, and he felt that his arm could actually still have been saved!

This damned traitorous disciple had not even considered any other method before going straight for amputation?

Damn it! Unforgivable!

Master Yu roared madly in his heart!

But with things having come to this, there was nothing Master Yu could do besides rage impotently.

To preserve the last shred of dignity and unfathomable bearing he had as a teacher...

"Sigh..."

Yu Xiaogang forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and weakly waved his remaining right hand.

"Xiao San, get up. Your teacher does not blame you."

"It was fated... This can be considered a trial your teacher was destined to face."

After forcing himself through some mental preparation, Yu Xiaogang slowly shifted his dead-eyed gaze toward the yellow Soul Ring drifting in midair with the wind.

Looking at his empty left sleeve, Yu Xiaogang was overwhelmed with grief. But soon, that desolation transformed into an almost pathological obsession.

Since he was already a crippled, useless man for the rest of his life, he had to cling even more tightly to Tang San, his sole hope!

As long as Tang San could prove his Invincible Theory, he, Yu Xiaogang, would still be the lofty Master of the Soul Master world!

As for Lin Nuo, he would carefully make plans after returning to Nuoding Academy!

Everything was still in his favor!

Suppressing the waves of piercing pain from his severed arm, Gangzi forced a stiff smile onto his face, one even uglier than crying.

"Xiao San, cough, cough... Since this Datura Snake has already been slain, its Soul Ring of nearly four hundred years absolutely cannot be wasted."

"According to your teacher's many years of theoretical deductions, a plant-type Martial Soul can absolutely absorb an animal-type Soul Ring across categories.

"If your Blue Silver Grass absorbs it, not only will it greatly compensate for its innate lack of toughness, but it will also perfectly inherit the Datura Snake's paralytic venom."

"In that case, your Blue Silver Grass will surely undergo a qualitative leap."

Hearing his teacher's weak voice gasp for breath, Tang San's eyes reddened again, and a blazing warmth flowed uncontrollably through his heart.

How great! Teacher was truly too great!

He had clearly just suffered the pain of losing an arm and walked through the gates of death, yet the first thing he did after waking was not to consider his own injuries, but to plan for the future of a disciple he had only just accepted!

With a teacher like this, what more could one ask for?!

"Teacher, don't say any more. I understand everything!"

Tang San nodded heavily, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and quickly walked to the Datura Snake's remains before sitting cross-legged on the spot.

He raised his right hand and released a faint thread of Soul Power from his palm. A pale blue Blue Silver Grass quietly emerged and swayed gently in the wind.

Then Tang San closed his eyes. Following the method Yu Xiaogang had taught him, he firmly locked onto the bright yellow century-old Soul Ring in midair with his spiritual power and slowly drew it toward himself.