Speed Boost Ability

As he spoke, Ye Chen moved his mind, and the Torchic held by Tang San's throat was retracted into his body just like a tool spirit. The next moment, the Torchic that had vanished reappeared before everyone's eyes.

Strangely, the Torchic was suddenly enveloped in a layer of flowing white light. Once the light faded, the speed at which the Torchic hopped from side to side had clearly increased.

Observing through the Purple Demon Eye, Tang San discovered that every movement the Torchic made while hopping had not only become faster but also appeared exceptionally bizarre, as if it contained some profound mystery. Could this be an innate ability of the martial soul itself?

Perhaps only Ye Chen present knew that the Torchic martial soul did indeed possess a certain ability.

This ability was a trait known as "Speed Boost."

After each round of combat, the Torchic could use the Speed Boost trait to increase its speed attribute by ten percent.

The Speed Boost trait would only cease to function once the speed attribute reached the limit of the body.

"Torchic, Torchic, Torchic!"

Listening to the Torchic's increasingly excited cries and staring at its faster hopping pace, Tang San was not afraid but instead smiled.

Having just been reborn on the Douluo Continent, he was indeed ignorant of the knowledge regarding martial souls, but how much did this child named Ye Chen know about the secret arts of the Tang Sect?

The Torchic martial soul's innate ability could increase speed, but coincidentally, among the secret arts he had brought to this world from the Tang Sect, there was also a movement technique for increasing speed called the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

Back then, thanks to the assistance of the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track—with its countless afterimages that made it impossible to distinguish reality from illusion—he had managed to evade the pursuit of Tang Sect elders several times. It was a pity that he had encountered the cliff known as Ghost Sorrow and had nowhere to run; otherwise, with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track at his disposal, who could have done anything to him?

Returning from the memories of his past life in the Tang Sect, Tang San chose to take the initiative. Stepping into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, his small, thin body brought forth a series of phantoms as he charged toward the Torchic.

"Torchic, dodge first, then use the Pendulum Step to evade continuously!"

Receiving Ye Chen's instructions, the Torchic hopped half a meter to the left, its round body nimbly avoiding the straight punch Tang San had thrown.

At that very moment, a layer of flowing white light lit up on the Torchic. As the light dissipated, aided by the Speed Boost trait, its speed attribute increased by another ten percent.

Seeing this, Tang San was surprised but not flustered. Stepping into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he arrived behind the Torchic without a sound, lifted his right leg, and kicked toward the Torchic's rear.

Ye Chen had already issued the command for continuous evasion, so the moment Tang San's right foot swung over, the Torchic had already hopped half a meter forward, avoiding the attack once again.

The same scene continued to play out. Whenever Tang San used the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track in combination with his knees, elbows, and other parts to attack, the Torchic always managed to dodge by a hair's breadth.

And whenever Tang San circled into the Torchic's blind spot, Ye Chen, who was supervising the battle from the side, could always issue a command to dodge in a certain direction at the first possible moment.

After ten rounds of continuous combat like this, Tang San had not been able to inflict even the slightest injury on the Torchic.

Conversely, through these ten rounds of dodging, the Torchic had relied on the Speed Boost trait to increase its speed attribute by a full one hundred percent.

Gradually, Tang San's attacks became powerless, while the Torchic's evasions began to look effortless.

By the twentieth round of the exchange, the Torchic's speed attribute had increased to two hundred percent and could no longer be raised further.

However, it seemed there was no need to increase its speed anymore, because Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track could no longer keep up with the Torchic's pace.

Every time Tang San tried to use the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to circle behind the Torchic to launch an attack, the Torchic would always manage to circle behind Tang San first, and with the swaying of its hopping body, it actually exuded a sense of oppression.

After twenty rounds of combat, Tang San was already panting heavily, and his face appeared even paler.

Having just come into contact with the concepts of martial souls and spirit masters, Tang San clearly did not know that the internal energy cultivated by the Mysterious Heaven Skill had already transformed into spirit power; once the Mysterious Heaven Skill was activated, the consumption of internal energy was equivalent to the consumption of spirit power.

Watching Tang San standing in place, gasping for air, Ye Chen suggested, "Tang San, concede. You can no longer keep up with the Torchic's speed. If you keep fighting, you will only lose more miserably."

Hearing these words, Tang San looked at Ye Chen and suddenly realized a problem: from beginning to end, the Torchic martial soul had been acting on Ye Chen's instructions. Since that was the case, wouldn't it be better to just take down Ye Chen?

At the moment, the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track could no longer keep up with the Torchic's speed, but it was more than enough to deal with the combat-incapable Ye Chen!

Having figured this out, Tang San stepped into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and charged directly toward Ye Chen.

Seeing this, before anyone could react, the Torchic's instinct as a martial soul acted to protect its master, appearing in front of Ye Chen at the fastest speed, one step ahead of Tang San.

"Torchic!"

The Torchic suddenly let out an angry cry, clearly furious that Tang San, who was supposed to be its opponent, was not fighting it but instead trying to harm its host.

There was no need for Ye Chen to issue a command; the Torchic immediately charged toward Tang San. Its near-ultimate speed was so fast that even Tang San's Purple Demon Eye could not track its attack trajectory.

A golden flash streaked through the air, accompanied by a violent sonic boom, as the Torchic's mid-air kick with its claws instantly struck Tang San in the abdomen.

Tang San felt the blood in his body surging, and he nearly vomited.

However, with the experience of his past life in the Tang Sect, he reacted very quickly, immediately circulating his Mysterious Heaven Skill internal energy to offset the pain, and stepped into the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to create distance.

At that moment, the Torchic landed safely and, with its ultimate speed, moved faster than the eye could follow, appearing silently in front of Tang San once again.

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, the Torchic leaped high into the air, its two claws glowing with white light, and began a frantic barrage of kicks and strikes against Tang San's abdomen.

By now, Tang San had exhausted all his skills, yet he was still no match for the Torchic with its fully stacked Speed Boost trait. He could only be suppressed everywhere, becoming a human punching bag.

"Torchic, Torchic, Torchic—"

Suddenly, the Torchic's strange cries, the sound of claws slamming into his chest, and Tang San's muffled groans echoed one after another in the air.

Bang, bang, boom, boom, ah—

After enduring no less than ten frantic strikes and kicks, Tang San's abdomen was struck by both of the Torchic's feet, sending him flying ten meters backward before he crashed to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Old Jack and the seven children watching from the sidelines were stunned.

Ye Chen, as the master, was also slightly taken aback. Clearly, he had not expected the Torchic to have such terrifying combat power under the state of near-ultimate speed and fury, to the point where it left Tang San with no room to fight back.

Staggering to his feet from the ground, Tang San clutched his aching abdomen, gasping for air, his face deathly pale.

He never imagined that his Tang Sect secret arts would actually lose to a chicken?

No!

The Tang Sect's unique skills were originally meant to be used in conjunction with hidden weapons; catching the opponent off guard and striking when they are unprepared—that is the true path to victory.

Even without using hidden weapons, as long as one attacks by way of a sneak assault, the true power of the Tang Sect's unique skills could be unleashed!

Thinking of this, Tang San was just about to step into his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to launch a surprise attack, but he was stopped by Old Jack calling out from the side.

"Stop, don't fight anymore!"

"Little San, Little Chen. A friendly spar is enough; Grandfather does not allow you to be aggressive and combative!"

Hearing Old Jack's words, Ye Chen moved his intent and recalled the Torchic back into his body.

Watching the Torchic dissipate into red light, the fierce intensity in Tang San's eyes finally receded. He clenched his fists helplessly; this was his first time using Tang Sect unique skills to fight on the Douluo Continent, yet he had never expected to lose so miserably.

With his current strength, he couldn't even defeat a child who had just awakened their martial soul, so how could he possibly go out to hunt soul beasts and obtain a soul ring?

Without a soul ring, he would be unable to determine if the breakthrough of the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill was related to soul rings.