Tang San Used Hidden Weapons to Hurt Others! Di Yao Publicly Branded Him an Assassin!

The atmosphere in Notting Academy's plaza had grown tense to the extreme.

Tang San stood before Yu Xiaogang.

He was not tall.

He was not sturdy.

He even looked somewhat lean.

Yet his gaze was deep.

He was neither flustered like an ordinary child nor like the academy students who only knew how to shout.

He was observing.

Observing the Law Enforcement Team's positions.

Observing Hu Liena's spiritual fluctuations.

Observing Di Yao's position.

And observing where that altered file was.

Di Yao saw it all clearly.

Tang San was not a student overcome by hot-blooded passion.

He was very calm.

Calm to a dangerous degree.

Tang San slowly spoke.

"Di Yao, right?"

"You and I are both talented Soul Masters."

"You should know how much trouble exposing one's talent too early can bring."

"My teacher concealed my circumstances only because he did not want people with ulterior motives setting their sights on me."

His tone was restrained.

He did not shout or rage.

It even sounded somewhat reasonable.

Some of the surrounding students immediately echoed him.

"That's right, Tang San is right."

"What is wrong with the Grandmaster protecting his disciple?"

"Spirit Hall just wants to steal talented people, doesn't it?"

Hu Liena frowned.

Tang San was very clever.

He did not directly address the resource misappropriation.

Instead, he shifted the topic to "a teacher protecting his disciple."

With that, Yu Xiaogang changed from a suspect in the Resource Case into a good teacher protecting his student.

Di Yao did not play along with his emotional appeal.

He merely looked at Tang San.

"Retest your Soul Power."

Tang San's gaze turned slightly cold.

"Why should I cooperate with you?"

Di Yao said, "Because your awakening file was altered."

"You are suspected of possessing Twin Martial Souls."

"And Spirit Hall resources were used on you over a long period."

"You are no longer an ordinary student."

"You are a key piece of evidence in the Resource Case."

Tang San said blandly, "What if I refuse?"

Di Yao said, "Then you are resisting the investigation."

Tang San swept his gaze across the Law Enforcement Team.

"Has Spirit Hall always handled cases this tyrannically?"

Di Yao said, "There is no need to be gentle with those who steal resources."

Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened.

"Xiao San, there is no need to argue with him."

"Justice lies in the hearts of the people."

Di Yao looked at him.

"The accounts are in people's hands too."

Yu Xiaogang felt his chest tighten from the retort.

A flash of killing intent passed through Tang San's eyes.

He said nothing further.

Instead, he lowered his gaze slightly.

Inside his sleeve, a slender needle silently slid to his fingertips.

Its target was not Di Yao.

Di Yao was too vigilant.

Hu Liena was not easy to target either.

Tang San chose the Martial Soul Hall Deacon beside them who was recording evidence.

As long as he crippled that man's hand,

he could disrupt the evidence record.

The scene would descend into chaos.

Then he could take his teacher and leave.

He would not kill anyone.

He would only leave the other party unable to move for a short time.

In Tang San's view, that was already very restrained.

The next instant,

the slender needle shot out soundlessly.

It was incredibly fast.

Its angle was sinister.

It flew straight for the recording deacon's wrist.

That deacon still had his head lowered and did not react at all.

Hu Liena's expression changed.

She sensed a shift in spiritual fluctuations, but she had no time to act.

Di Yao, however, seemed to have been waiting for this moment.

He raised his hand.

His First Soul Ring lit up.

"Great Sun Golden Flame."

A wisp of Dark Gold Flame precisely lashed out.

"Sizzle!"

The slender needle was burned to ash in midair.

A faint fishy odor spread through the air.

Poisoned.

The recording deacon realized what had happened too late. His face turned deathly pale, and even the pen in his hand fell to the ground.

Hu Liena's gaze turned completely cold.

Deacon Zhou also abruptly looked at Tang San.

Tang San's expression shifted slightly.

But he reacted quickly and immediately said in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"

Di Yao looked at him.

"What am I doing?"

He waved his hand.

The ashes of the burned needle fell to the ground.

A faint black mark remained in the Dark Gold Flame where the poisonous fumes had been incinerated.

Di Yao's tone was icy.

"You attacked a law enforcement officer who was recording evidence."

"What you used was not a martial soul."

"Nor was it a soul skill."

"It was a poisoned Hidden Weapon."

"Tang San, you do not fight like a Soul Master."

"You are an assassin."

The moment those words fell, the plaza erupted.

"Hidden Weapon?"

"Tang San launched a sneak attack?"

"That can't be true, can it?"

"But that thing really did fly out of his sleeve just now!"

Tang San's face darkened.

"You saw wrong."

Di Yao said, "Search his sleeves."

Deacon Zhou immediately stepped forward.

Tang San's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Naturally, he could not allow them to search him.

Sleeve arrows, slender needles, mechanisms—he had them all hidden on his person.

Once they found them, there would be no explaining it away.

Tang San's footwork shifted, and his body instantly slid backward.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

He was not fast, yet his movements were incredibly strange.

Several Soul Ancestor law enforcers instinctively rushed forward, only to grab at empty air.

Hu Liena narrowed her eyes.

"What strange footwork."

A dark golden glint flashed through Di Yao's eyes.

His Second Soul Ring lit up.

"Ten Thousand Demon Edict."

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Spirit was suppressed.

Even though he had not actively released it, the source of his martial soul was struck by the Demon Emperor's Edict.

His movements slowed for an instant.

In that instant, Deacon Zhou had already blocked his retreat.

Tang San's gaze turned utterly cold.

With a flick of his right hand, several Bone Piercing Needles shot out in different directions.

This time, he was no longer merely trying to cripple hands.

He was forcing back the Law Enforcement Team closing in on him.

Hu Liena snorted coldly and released her Demon Fox Spirit.

Spiritual interference instantly bore down on Tang San.

A stabbing pain struck Tang San's mind, but he endured it by force.

His sleeve moved again, and the sound of mechanisms was extremely faint.

Di Yao said coldly, "Still moving?"

The Great Sun Golden Flame transformed into a streak of fire and shot directly toward Tang San's sleeve.

Tang San reacted swiftly and made an immediate decision.

A short blade flashed, and he actually cut off his own sleeve.

The burning sleeve cloth fell to the ground.

The simple sleeve-arrow mechanism hidden within was also burned and warped out of shape.

The Golden Flame grazed Tang San's wrist, leaving a patch of charred black skin.

He let out a muffled groan but did not scream.

Di Yao watched him.

His gaze grew even colder.

That ability to endure pain was unlike that of an ordinary academy student.

It was even less like that of a simple child.

Tang San raised his head, his voice lowered to a near whisper.

"You people from Spirit Hall have gone too far."

Di Yao said, "You failed your sneak attack, so stop pretending to be the victim."

The killing intent in Tang San's eyes intensified.

Yu Xiaogang immediately stepped in front of Tang San.

"Enough!"

"Di Yao, are you determined to drive a child into a corner?"

Di Yao looked at him.

"He just tried to cripple a law enforcement officer."

Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth. "That was because you kept pushing us!"

Di Yao sneered.

"So you admit he made a move?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression stiffened.

Tang San fell silent as well.

Hu Liena looked at Di Yao, secretly astonished.

Every word this guy said was like a trap.

A man like Yu Xiaogang, who called himself a theoretical Grandmaster, could not gain the slightest advantage before him.

Di Yao turned and gave Deacon Zhou an order.

"Record this."

"Tang San used an unknown lethal Hidden Weapon to attack Spirit Hall law enforcement officers."

"He refused retesting and resisted investigation."

"Yu Xiaogang sheltered him."

Deacon Zhou immediately lowered his head and began recording.

Tang San stared fixedly at Di Yao.

"You'll regret this."

Di Yao said, "Threatening a law enforcement officer. Add that too."

Tang San: "..."

Hu Liena almost failed to suppress a laugh.

But she quickly composed herself.

Because she sensed an even heavier aura within Tang San.

That aura had not been released.

Yet it was like an iron hammer hidden beneath the earth.

Di Yao sensed it too.

Demon Emperor Di Jun's golden eyes flickered slightly.

It was not just Blue Silver Grass.

There was another martial soul within Tang San.

Heavy.

Overbearing.

A Tool Spirit.

Di Yao looked at Tang San and suddenly said in a low voice, "So that's how it is."

Tang San's pupils contracted.

Yu Xiaogang's expression changed as well.

Di Yao said blandly, "Blue Silver Grass is merely a shell."

Tang San's hand beneath his sleeve clenched instantly.

The surrounding students did not understand.

But Yu Xiaogang understood.

Hu Liena understood too.

Twin Martial Souls.

It really had not been a misjudgment.

Di Yao turned and gave the Law Enforcement Team an order.

"Seal off the academy."

"Continue searching Yu Xiaogang's residence and private storeroom."

"Tang San is to be listed as a key investigation target for now."

Tang San said coldly, "You want to arrest me?"

Di Yao said, "Not yet."

Tang San froze.

Di Yao looked at him.

"What lies behind you is more valuable than you are."

Those words sent a chill through Tang San's heart.

For the first time, he realized that this six-year-old child before him was no ordinary Spirit Hall genius.

He was not impulsive.

He was not led by his emotions.

He was like a hunter.

He saw his prey, yet did not rush to cast the net.

Because he wanted to catch something bigger.

Yu Xiaogang lowered his voice.

"Xiao San, retreat for now."

Tang San was unwilling.

But he knew it was not worth continuing to fight head-on.

Notting Academy was terrain he knew well.

If he truly had to escape, he still had a chance.

Di Yao did not pursue them.

He merely watched the direction Tang San and Yu Xiaogang retreated into behind the crowd.

Hu Liena walked to his side.

"Why not take him down directly?"

Di Yao said, "Taking down Tang San would only get us one bearer of Twin Martial Souls at most."

"If we let him move freely, we can draw out more people."

Hu Liena said solemnly, "He's dangerous."

Di Yao nodded.

"That makes him even more valuable."

In the distance, Tang San supported Yu Xiaogang as they left.

His wrist still burned with pain.

That wisp of Great Sun Golden Flame was like a brand, scorching his Soul Power until it would not flow smoothly.

He said quietly, "Teacher."

"Di Yao cannot be allowed to live."

Yu Xiaogang did not answer immediately.

He looked ahead, his expression frighteningly grim.

"Protect the evidence first."

"As long as those things remain, I still have something to say."

Tang San nodded.

The killing intent in his eyes slowly sank deeper.

Like a Poison Needle, it hid itself even more deeply.