Tang San's Blue Silver Dark Weapons

Tang San looked at Xiao Wu standing beside him, then turned his gaze toward Ye Chen opposite them, a confident smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

Now that he could fire his first soul skill, Blue Silver Bind, in the form of hidden weapons, and with the added precision of his throwing techniques, he could hit whatever he aimed at. Combined with fighting side-by-side with Xiao Wu, their chances of winning were extremely high.

Furthermore, although Ye Chen had obtained a first soul skill, activating it required soul power, and assisting in battle with Torchic also consumed soul power. A mere level-ten-something Ye Chen simply could not sustain both of these expenditures.

Therefore, no matter how one looked at it, the winners of this sparring match would be him and Xiao Wu!

Recovering from his thoughts, Tang San suddenly froze. He saw Ye Chen, twenty meters away, perform a throwing motion with his right hand. A red light was launched, which transformed into the form of Torchic.

However, the Torchic that met his eyes looked vastly different from before.

If the previous Torchic had looked like a cute, pampered pet, this current Torchic was a humanoid combat chicken. At first glance, its size was comparable to everyone present. Both its appearance and its aura had undergone a massive change.

"Is this your Torchic?" Tang San couldn't help but ask.

Ye Chen smiled. "That's right. After attaching my first soul ring, my Torchic evolved. You can call it Combusken now."

"Chamo!" With an excited, strange cry, a golden light circled Combusken, giving it a shimmering appearance. Its two thick, powerful legs began to bounce left and right.

Seeing this, Tang San could confirm that the Combusken before him was indeed the previous Torchic; after all, having sparred so many times, he was already familiar with this complex, side-to-side bouncing movement pattern.

Watching the spirited Combusken, Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and complained, "Ye Chen, no wonder you haven't summoned Torchic lately. Now that it's turned into this, it's not cute at all!"

"Sorry, my Torchic only pursues strength, not cuteness. Its evolution into Combusken is proof of it becoming stronger."

As he spoke, Ye Chen's first soul ring lit up. The yellow light of the hundred-year soul ring burst forth, leaving the watching noble students and work-study students stunned.

The noble students, especially Xiao Chenyu, were particularly shocked. They only knew Ye Chen as the current boss of Dorm Seven, but they had never seen him fight. Now, witnessing his martial soul and soul ring firsthand, they couldn't help but be struck with dismay.

"Another hundred-year first soul ring?" Xiao Chenyu couldn't help but exclaim. "Wang Sheng, is your batch of work-study students too heaven-defying? Three with Innate Full Soul Power, and all three have hundred-year first soul rings—is this reasonable?"

"What's unreasonable about it?" Wang Sheng crossed his arms, looking smug. "Xiao Chenyu, from now on, you'd better be careful. If you noble students dare to bully us work-study students again, just wait to taste our Boss Ye's fists!"

Just as Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu were chatting, Tang San and Xiao Wu also revealed their respective martial souls and soul rings.

Seeing this, Wang Sheng acted as the referee and shouted, "Tang San, Sister Xiao Wu, Boss Ye, start the soul battle once you're ready! No need for introductions!"

As soon as Wang Sheng finished speaking, Tang San instructed, "Xiao Wu, I'll handle Ye Chen; leave Combusken to you. Remember, Combusken has a Speed Boost ability and can stack speed through combat. You must end the fight quickly, otherwise, once its speed is fully stacked, we're doomed!"

With that, Tang San activated his Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Jade Hand, his first soul ring spinning wildly around his body as he launched his first soul skill, Blue Silver Bind.

Strangely, Tang San did not command the Blue Silver Vines to bind Ye Chen. Instead, ten cold glints erupted from his fingers as he flicked them, shooting toward Ye Chen's eyes, throat, heart, and groin.

Not one of these ten cold glints targeted the same spot, and every single one was aimed at a vital point.

A peer would never have been able to see what these ten cold glints were, but Ye Chen could inject soul power into his eyes, significantly enhancing his vision.

Under his instantly sharpened sight, the true nature of the ten cold glints was revealed: they were ten small, needle-like hidden weapons fashioned from Blue Silver Vines.

With the effect of his first soul skill, Blue Silver Bind, these needle-like weapons carried the paralyzing venom of the Datura Snake. Combined with his peerless throwing technique, hitting a vital point would inevitably result in body paralysis and the sealing of meridians.

Once the body was paralyzed and the meridians sealed, a soul master would be unable to move normally, let alone call upon their soul power at will. It was a near-top-tier method for injuring and controlling an opponent.

Following the launch of the ten Blue Silver needles, more small hidden weapons in the shape of Blue Silver Grass leaves bloomed from his hands.

Some of these weapons flew straight, some diagonally, and some curved behind, but they all had one target: Ye Chen's body.

Watching the countless Blue Silver hidden weapons attacking from all directions, Ye Chen said calmly, "Combusken, use Fire Spin."

Receiving the command, Combusken leaped into the air. Its body rotated 720 degrees in mid-air while it spat out a large amount of Ember.

As its body spun, these sparks rotated with it, forming a dazzling circle of fire that enveloped Ye Chen.

Consequently, the large number of Blue Silver hidden weapons Tang San had fired were all incinerated before they could even touch him.

After all, these hidden weapons were made from Blue Silver Vines, and Combusken's fire attribute was their absolute bane.

Witnessing all his Blue Silver hidden weapons being destroyed, Tang San's face lost some of its composure. He remembered his teacher saying that the Blue Silver Grass martial soul's first skill, Blue Silver Bind, could at least control opponents of a higher level.

And with the addition of the animal bloodline from the Datura Snake soul ring, the Blue Silver Grass's weakness to fire could be mitigated to a certain extent.

Yet, the Blue Silver hidden weapons created by his first soul skill had been easily destroyed by Combusken's fire-attribute skill. Could it be that his teacher's theory was flawed?

There was no time to think too much. Seeing the Fire Spin surrounding Ye Chen dissipate, Tang San immediately stepped into his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and vanished from his spot, bringing a series of afterimages as he rushed toward Ye Chen.

Xiao Wu, fighting alongside him, also engaged Combusken at top speed, and the two sides broke into a fierce battle.

Wang Sheng, Xiao Chenyu, and the others retreated, clearing a forty-meter space for this two-on-two match.

The first to clash were Xiao Wu and Combusken. Xiao Wu had held a grudge ever since Torchic kicked her last time; since she couldn't beat Ye Chen, she could at least beat up the chicken.

However, after evolving into Combusken, it hadn't just grown in size; its strength was far greater than before.

Xiao Wu soon discovered that facing Combusken's punches and kicks was not easy; if she were even slightly careless while dodging, she would be hit in a vital spot.

After three simple rounds of combat, Xiao Wu saw that Combusken had stacked its Speed Boost ability three times. Daring not to be careless, she immediately used her first soul skill, Waist Bow.

This skill could increase her waist strength by 100% and her body's flexibility by 50%.

With the boost from Waist Bow, the scorpion braid behind her head was primed and ready, having already locked onto Combusken's neck.

"Chamo—" Combusken was not to be outdone. After a strange cry, it used the Focus Energy skill. Immediately after, white light lit up on the claws of its right arm, and it slashed fiercely toward the oncoming Xiao Wu with a "Slash."

Xiao Wu jumped to a safe distance behind Combusken, easily avoiding the Slash.

At that moment, the airborne Xiao Wu suddenly turned, her scorpion braid wrapping around Combusken's neck. She kicked her feet against Combusken's lower back, using her waist strength to propel her body. As she tilted her neck back, Combusken's body was flung into the air.

The scorpion braid quietly detached, and after landing safely, Xiao Wu jumped up immediately, chasing after the airborne Combusken.

She grabbed Combusken's waist with both hands, leaned her body back, and slammed it fiercely into the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Chen, while still engaging Tang San, lit up his first soul ring and activated his first soul skill, Blaze.