Tang San Plays Dirty? Directly Stealing Your Blue Silver Grass

"What is there to fear?"

Tang San took a step forward, his right hand hidden in his sleeve, and he smoothed down the torn opening of his clothes.

The students watching from the side of the training ground immediately retreated.

Ning Rongrong crossed her arms, the Seven Treasures Token still resting on the stone table.

"Alright, finally something exciting to watch."

Xiao Wu immediately stepped in front of Su Hang.

"Tang San, don't do anything rash."

Tang San glanced at her, then quickly looked away.

"Xiao Wu, this is between him and me."

Xiao Wu retorted directly.

"Stop calling my name, we're not that familiar."

Tang San's steps faltered for half a beat, then he raised his right hand.

A yellow spirit ring lit up.

Blue Silver Grass shot out from the ground, several blades of grass bearing Dark Green Poisonous Veins, bypassing Xiao Wu and heading straight for Su Hang's feet.

Yu Xiaogang stood by, not intervening.

He needed Tang San to prove himself.

Su Hang's mention of the Verification Bureau just now had pushed Tang San to the center of the training ground.

The little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect was watching, the students of Notting Academy were watching, and even Xiao Chenyu and his group were watching.

If he retreated again this time, Tang San would never be able to hold his head up in the academy again.

Su Hang sat on the stone steps, not even bothering to get up.

Dark Purple Lightning spread out from the soles of his shoes.

As soon as the Blue Silver Grass touched the lightning, the edges of the grass blades immediately blackened, and the poisonous veins were split into several pieces.

Tang San's right arm went numb, but he didn't stop.

He unfolded his footwork, circling to the side, and the mechanism in his sleeve was already aimed at Su Hang's waist.

Su Hang hadn't paid much attention at first.

Tang San was clearly using Blue Silver Grass, so he treated it as a spar in the training ground.

But the soft click of the Sleeve Arrow mechanism changed the nature of the situation.

Whoosh!

A short arrow shot out under the cover of the Blue Silver Grass, at a very low angle, heading for Su Hang's ribs.

Xiao Wu, standing close by, heard the whistling sound first and immediately shouted.

"Brother Su Hang!"

The Dark Purple Lightning suddenly pressed down.

The short arrow was struck by an arc of electricity in mid-air, embedding itself in the mud in front of the stone steps, its tip glowing a faint green.

Xiao Chenyu jumped up.

"Holy crap, he's using hidden weapons?"

Wang Sheng was also stunned.

"This is called sparring?"

Ning Rongrong stared at the short arrow on the ground, the ease on her face greatly diminished.

"Tang San, you were trying to kill him just now?"

Tang San retracted his sleeve and stood firm.

"In battle, everyone uses their own means."

Su Hang finally stood up.

Xiao Wu immediately moved to his side, her fingers gripping his sleeve.

"Brother Su Hang, don't verify with him."

Su Hang raised his hand and pulled her behind him.

"No more verification."

Ning Rongrong was stunned for a moment.

"You're canceling?"

Su Hang picked up the Seven Treasures Token from the table and casually tossed it back into Ning Rongrong's arms.

"Verification Bureau, end of line."

"If someone can't even follow the rules, there's no point in verifying anything."

Yu Xiaogang immediately stepped forward.

"Su Hang, there is no explicit prohibition against using tools in spirit master battles."

Su Hang looked at him.

"Master, your disciple's hidden weapon was coated in poison, and he aimed for the vital spot under the ribs."

"You can even justify that?"

The murmurs from the students on the sidelines became impossible to suppress.

"That's way too underhanded."

"He was acting so composed just a moment ago."

"Leaky Blue Silver Grass plus sneak-attack hidden weapons—is this the meta?"

Xiao Chenyu found it amusing.

"I wouldn't dare learn this meta; I'd get crushed by Boss Su too easily."

Tang San ignored the others.

He raised his hand to activate his spirit ring once more, and Blue Silver Grass sprouted from all around the training ground, its blades intertwining to seal off Su Hang's retreat.

"Since we've already started, let's finish it."

"Entangle!"

The Blue Silver Grass tightened abruptly.

This time, Tang San held nothing back.

A Sleeve Arrow was hidden behind the grass blades, stones flew out from the other side, and thin needles rolled along the ground.

The overt and the covert—everything came at once.

Xiao Wu stood behind, her expression tense.

Ning Rongrong also took half a step back.

"How can this guy hide so much?"

Su Hang stood in the center of the Blue Silver Grass, his face showing no change.

His First Spirit Ring rose.

The deep purple spirit ring overwhelmed Tang San's dull yellow one.

The Dragon Might of the Chaos Thunder Shadow Dragon spread from the center of the training ground, forcing all the crushed grass on the ground to flatten.

The Blue Silver Grass froze in mid-air.

Tang San's right hand stiffened, his spirit power forcibly suppressed back into his meridians.

Su Hang took a step forward.

"Tang San, I originally only wanted to let Ning Rongrong see things clearly."

"Since you insisted on playing dirty."

"Then I'll help you wake up."

The System Panel unfolded before Su Hang.

[Detected: Tang San actively violated the rules of the Verification Bureau.]

[Detected: Tang San attempted to sneak-attack the host with a hidden weapon.]

[Luck Suppression can be activated.]

[Target: Blue Silver Grass Spirit.]

[Effect: Strip control of the spirit.]

Su Hang chose to activate it immediately.

Gray-gold light particles scattered from his fingertips, burrowing into the roots of the Blue Silver Grass along the ground.

Tang San's expression finally changed.

He channeled his spirit power, only to find that the Blue Silver Grass did not respond.

The grass blades that had sprouted from the ground began to loosen one by one, the Dark Green Poisonous Veins faded, and finally, they all turned toward Su Hang's feet.

The sidelines of the training ground erupted.

"Why is Tang San's Blue Silver Grass listening to Boss Su?"

"Can you even steal that?"

"Is this how spirits are supposed to work?"

Yu Xiaogang rushed forward half a step.

"Tang San, retract your spirit!"

Tang San clenched his teeth, his soul power surging toward his right hand again and again.

It was useless.

His palm remained empty.

His Blue Silver Grass martial soul was still there, but its control had been forcibly suppressed by Su Hang.

Su Hang raised his right hand, and a strand of Blue Silver Grass coiled out from his fingertips, the Dark Green Poisonous Veins on its leaves flattened into submission by the lightning.

He flicked his wrist.

That strand of Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Tang San's ankle in reverse.

Bang.

Tang San was yanked down onto one knee.

Several hidden weapons fell from his sleeves, scattering across the dirt of the training ground.

Ning Rongrong glanced down at the mechanisms and gave a soft click of her tongue.

"Is this the Control-system soul master the Grandmaster taught?"

Xiao Wu stood behind Su Hang, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"Brother Su Hang, well done."

Xiao Chenyu immediately chimed in.

"Boss Su is amazing! The enemy's Blue Silver Grass has defected!"

Wang Sheng clutched the wooden railing, laughing so hard he slapped his thigh.

"Tang San really can't even control his own grass now."

Yu Xiaogang's face turned livid. He wanted to step forward to help Tang San up, but the lightning blocked his path.

"Su Hang, that's enough!"

Su Hang looked at Tang San kneeling on the ground and pressed down lightly with his fingertip.

The Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Tang San's ankle tightened by another half-turn.

"Enough?"

"When he ambushed me, why didn't you shout 'enough'?"

Yu Xiaogang choked on his words.

Tang San looked up, his right hand still numb and his soul power running wild under the suppression.

"What exactly did you do to my martial soul?"

Su Hang withdrew the gray-gold light from his fingertips.

The Blue Silver Grass disintegrated into dust, and Tang San finally regained a sliver of sensation in his palm.

Yet, the feeling of having been usurped remained firmly etched into his being.

Su Hang turned around, took Xiao Wu's hand, and didn't look at Tang San again.

"Consider this a lesson for today."

"If you try to play dirty again, it won't just be a blade of grass that I take from you."

Xiao Wu followed Su Hang as they walked out of the training ground, pausing when they passed Ning Rongrong.

"The Verification Bureau is gone. Are you still coming?"

Ning Rongrong clutched the Seven Treasures Token, glancing at the hidden weapons on the ground before looking at Tang San.

"I am."

"This young lady is now even more curious to see whose things Su Hang can snatch away next."