Emerald Splash

"Since this is a team battle, the command should temporarily belong to me."

"Or are you saying that you're afraid?"

Facing Tang Wu's provocation, no matter how displeased Gangzi was, he had no choice but to comply.

He helplessly handed over the command of Zhu Zhuqing and the other three to his opponent.

Watching Tang Wu's smug retreating figure, Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth and muttered:

"I'll let you gloat for a few days. The one who laughs last will be me sooner or later!"

After leaving the area, Tang Wu returned to the Back Mountain.

When he arrived, Dai Mubai and the others had already been waiting there for a long time.

Upon learning that Tang Wu had gone to negotiate with Gangzi, they had gathered together without hesitation, abandoning their original training ground.

As for who the Grandmaster was?

Sorry, we really don't know him.

It's better not to meet in the future; I'm afraid Brother Wu might misunderstand...

Seeing Tang Wu return, the two troublemakers, Oscar and Ma Hongjun, immediately trotted over with cheeky grins.

"Yo, Brother Wu is back..."

"Um, you came up with a self-created soul skill for Ning Rongrong; we were wondering if you could think of one for us too?"

Tang Wu gave them a strange look:

"Oh, I didn't realize you two were so well-informed. You found out so quickly."

"Fine, no problem!"

Tang Wu's gaze swept across the faces of the group behind him, from left to right: Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.

Then, he declared heroically:

"Everyone, don't be anxious. Everyone will have a self-created soul skill!"

In order to win the bet, Tang Wu had to strengthen the team's combat power to increase his chances of victory.

And the fastest way to increase combat power was through self-created soul skills.

Next...

Tang Wu imitated the comic version of Yu Xiaogang, combining everyone's abilities to explain the principles behind their respective self-created soul skills.

It must be said.

The comic version of Yu Xiaogang truly lived up to the name of Grandmaster; what could you possibly compare to him, Gangzi?

"Xiao Wu, you excel at soul power control. If you concentrate your soul power into a single point and fire it out, the power will be quite impressive."

That's right.

The self-created soul skill Tang Wu arranged for Xiao Wu was exactly the Mi-Tu Shockwave from the comics.

As for the others, Dai Mubai trained his control abilities, while Zhu Zhuqing trained her stealth capabilities.

Oscar attempted to see if he could stack the effects of different soul skills into a single type of food.

Of course...

The difficulty of this was immense; it wasn't something that could be achieved in a day or two.

"What about me? Brother Wu, what about me? What kind of self-created soul skill would suit me?"

Ma Hongjun looked at Tang Wu with eager anticipation.

"As for that..."

"I haven't thought of one yet, but don't worry, I'll figure it out eventually."

Tang Wu scratched his head sheepishly and offered a word of comfort.

Although Ma Hongjun felt a bit disappointed, he knew this wasn't something that could be rushed.

He could only mutter helplessly: "Alright then."

"Wait, Fatty, I need your help with something."

Just then, Tang Wu reached out to stop him.

Regarding Tang Wu's request, Ma Hongjun patted his chest and agreed without hesitation:

"Brother Wu, just tell me what you need..."

"Never mind one thing, since you've asked personally, ten or a hundred things wouldn't be a problem."

"Good, straightforward!!!" Tang Wu got straight to the point:

"Use your Phoenix Fire and let's see if you can burn my Blue Silver Grass to ashes."

The evolved Blue Silver Emperor possessed an abnormal regenerative ability: "Wildfires cannot destroy it; it grows again with the spring breeze."

He wanted to see how long it could hold out against the burning of the evil fire.

What a strange request!

Could it be that Blue Silver Grass can actually survive in Evil Fire?

Although Ma Hongjun found Tang Wu's request odd, he didn't dwell on it.

Soon, the experiment began.

"Watch out, Brother Wu. My Evil Fire is very dangerous."

Ma Hongjun activated his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, and two yellow spirit rings rose beneath his feet.

Before starting the experiment, he didn't forget to offer a warning.

"Come on. Let me see whether the fire burns the grass, or the grass drowns the fire."

Tang Wu remained calm and composed, his spirit ring configuration—yellow, purple, purple—surpassing conventional limits.

The Evil Fire and the vines spread from their respective starting points, colliding violently in the center.

The moment it began, just as expected, the moisture within the Blue Silver Grass was rapidly scorched and burned away by the intense heat.

Not only did it fail to stop the spread, but the grass instead became fuel for the rolling flames.

However, as time passed, the quantity of Blue Silver Grass grew, while the Evil Fire diminished in inverse proportion.

Under the pressure of such overwhelming numbers, even the highly adhesive Evil Fire was eventually smothered.

The Blue Silver Grass burned and regrew, regrew and burned; before the previous wave had even finished burning, the next was already upon it.

Afterward, Tang Wu even switched his martial soul form.

He transformed into the Strangling Banyan form!

The roots and stems of the Strangling Banyan spread out, forming a massive net.

From every strand of the net, fruits about 20 centimeters in diameter grew, shooting toward his opponent in a dense barrage.

This move...

Tang Wu had created it by combining the growth of fruits during a plant's reproductive cycle with Tang San's first spirit ability, Blue Silver Iron Peak Needle.

He had converted it into an offensive ability with lethal potential.

"Take this! This is a super-wide-range Emerald Splash covering a 30-meter diameter!"

Tang Wu shouted excitedly, caught up in the moment.

Good grief, he wasn't even pretending anymore, was he?

The dying flames were extinguished instantly by the high-impact splash.

"Amazing! What was that just now? Is it also a self-created spirit ability?"

Seeing his pride-and-joy Evil Fire extinguished, the little fatty felt no frustration at all; instead, he looked at the opposite side with burning eyes.

That move just now was too cool!

Combined with that unique standing pose, it was enough to make anyone's blood boil.

Tang Wu thoroughly enjoyed this look of reverence.

"This move is called Emerald Splash. You could say it's a type of self-created spirit ability."

"I have a question. It's clearly blue, so why is it called Emerald Splash?"

At this moment, Oscar raised his hand, asking with great curiosity.

"Congratulations, Mangsheng, you've discovered the point."

Tang Wu naturally couldn't say he'd learned it from watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in his past life, so he simply started spouting nonsense:

"But I believe that spaghetti should be mixed with number 24 concrete..."

Oscar: "..."

Oscar and the others could only look at each other, seeing nothing but confusion in each other's eyes.

Ning Rongrong turned her gaze to Xiao Wu and asked:

"What is Tang Wu talking about? Why can't I understand a word of it?"

To this, Xiao Wu spread her hands, indicating she didn't understand either, completely bewildered.

"Don't ask me. Brother Wu is like this sometimes; when he encounters a question he doesn't want to answer, he just starts talking nonsense."

"Even when he explains things, he just says stuff we can't understand."

Just like that, seeing that he really didn't want to talk about it, the group didn't press the issue further.

Tang Wu had easily brushed the matter aside.

Another week passed, and the deadline for the bet with Gangzi drew ever closer.

During this new week, after some adjustment, the team's synergy had developed significantly.

However, before officially engaging in real combat, no one knew how this team would actually perform.

Therefore, to test the team's coordination and prepare for the bet, Dai Mubai, the oldest of the eight, led the team to participate in their first team battle, and their opponents were the infamous Berserk Team.