A Mother's Suppression, Blue Silver Emperor Battles Blue Silver Grass, Tang San Gets Beaten to a Pulp

Lin Hui was giving it everything he had. After all, he knew Tang San was no pushover.

Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon... even without Hidden Weapons, he couldn't afford to take these Tang Sect Secret Arts head-on.

Tang San threw a punch at Lin Hui's face, but Lin Hui gave up on attacking and focused entirely on defense, raising an arm to block.

Since Lin Hui only defended and never attacked, even when Tang San swung at him with Mysterious Jade Hand, the alert Lin Hui managed to dodge.

But after Tang San had taken out his Sleeve Arrow and been met with his classmates' criticism, he'd abandoned his usual cautious style. They hadn't even been at a stalemate for a minute before he used his First Soul Skill.

"First Soul Skill, Bind!" Tang San shouted.

He was certain the First Soul Skill his teacher had painstakingly chosen for him would let him win the match in one fell swoop!

He would vent all the fury stirred up by Xiao Wu's coldness toward him and his classmates' hostility onto Lin Hui!

This is the end!

"Teachers, this is the First Soul Ring I chose for Xiao San. You can all take a good look at the effect of this Soul Skill." Yu Xiaogang spoke magnanimously to the teachers beside him.

After all, Tang San was the first test subject in his Martial Soul Theory experiments. With Xiao San's ability, he could surely defeat Soul Masters of the same rank even with a useless Soul Skill.

Yu Xiaogang thought with such confidence.

Here was his chance to prove himself, wasn't it? Hahahahaha!

Yu Xiaogang was so happy he was about to go mad.

Blue Silver Grass marked with black Datura Snake patterns sprang up through the stone tiles, winding around toward Lin Hui.

Lin Hui was thrilled, too. Finally, here it comes—Mother's Entanglement!

But the one here is your actual mother!

"Come forth, my Blue Silver Grass!"

Lin Hui released his Martial Soul, the Ultra Ball. The ball was a deep blue, with pale blue rings etched across it. Four yellow lines connected its two poles.

Then Lin Hui threw his Ultra Ball.

A streak of white light shot out of the ball.

What emerged was also Blue Silver Grass!

The whole arena was stunned!

"How is this possible? Why are their Soul Skills the same?" Wang Sheng cried out at once.

"No, there are still some differences. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass has black markings, while Lin Hui's is a very pure pale blue. And its leaves seem a little thinner, too." Li Chun noticed the distinction.

"Xiao San's Blue Silver Grass is the evolved version, after absorbing the Datura Snake. But Lin Hui's Blue Silver Grass looks more like the original version." Yu Xiaogang was astounded, but having studied plenty of other people's Martial Soul Theory materials, he also noticed the differences.

Yu Xiaogang let out another exclamation.

"But wasn't this guy's Martial Soul an Iron Ball?"

"Why did he end up releasing Blue Silver Grass?"

Yu Xiaogang was utterly bewildered!

Seeing that everyone in the arena thought he had released Blue Silver Grass, Lin Hui felt much more at ease. After all, what he had actually released was the Blue Silver Emperor.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass wound around toward Lin Hui, while the Blue Silver Emperor Lin Hui had summoned likewise reached out to Bind the Blue Silver Grass on the other side.

Just as the two were about to tangle together—

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass suddenly seemed to go limp. It slipped aside, then shrank down to the ground, almost deferentially.

That's the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline suppression. And on top of that, there's the suppression of your actual mother! Hahaha! Lin Hui was overjoyed.

"What's going on?" Tang San was stunned, too. "Why does it feel like my First Soul Skill has stopped working?"

"Wasn't this what Teacher chose for me?"

"Why is it so useless?"

Still shocked, Tang San tried to command his Blue Silver Grass with his mind. But the moment the grass rose, the Blue Silver Emperor's branches turned toward it, and it shrank back to the ground again.

That was right: Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was practically a servant in the presence of Lin Hui's Blue Silver Emperor.

The other teachers beside Yu Xiaogang were dumbfounded at the sight.

A female teacher who had long disliked him feigned confusion. "Is this the First Soul Ring the Grandmaster painstakingly chose for his disciple?"

A teacher in his sixties remarked, "They're both Blue Silver Grass, but the difference between them sure is something!"

Yu Xiaogang's face twitched nonstop. At that moment, he was so embarrassed he could've dug a hole with his toes.

But the match wasn't over yet. If Tang San won in the end, there was still a chance to turn things around!

"Xiao San, don't give up!" Faced with this situation, Yu Xiaogang had no idea what to do, so all he could do was cheer Tang San on.

Only now did Tang San truly understand the helplessness of being a Soul Master.

He had finally obtained a Soul Ring and officially become a Soul Master, only for his Soul Skill to turn out as good as useless.

And his teacher couldn't even offer him any advice.

Damn it, he'd just have to rely on his Tang Sect Secret Arts!

Tang San choked back his anger and could only use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to keep dodging the Blue Silver Emperor's attacks.

Thanks to his nimble footwork, he managed to evade the Blue Silver Emperor's fierce attacks again and again.

But Lin Hui wasn't about to let him off so easily.

"Blue Silver Grass, use Parasite!"

The Blue Silver Emperor spat out several seeds. Three of them landed on Tang San.

As Tang San stared in surprise, the seeds burst open, sprouting several thick Blue Silver Grass vines. They were about to wrap around him—

Tang San used Mysterious Jade Hand again, striking at the Blue Silver Grass encircling him and forcefully resisting the vines' assault.

But the Blue Silver Emperor beside him wasn't about to let him off so easily.

While Tang San fended off the vines sprouting from the seeds, the Blue Silver Emperor lashed at him with its own vines.

One lash—

Then another—

The fabric over Tang San's chest split open, revealing several blood-red gashes.

After all, the Blue Silver Emperor was equivalent to an eight-hundred-year Soul Beast at this point. And as a top-tier Martial Soul, its actual fighting strength was already on par with an ordinary thousand-year Soul Beast.

Even with his Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San couldn't withstand it.

Against the Blue Silver Emperor's fierce onslaught, several vines closed in around Tang San. Even if he dodged one, another would strike him.

So everyone could only watch as Tang San was whipped again and again by the vines.

Blood-red gashes appeared one after another across his body.

Before long, Tang San couldn't take it anymore and let out several screams.

Watching Tang San spin like a top as the vines lashed him on the arena, the students below couldn't have been more pleased.

"That's it! He treated us exactly the same way earlier!"

"Right! He broke three of my ribs. Give him a good beating for us!"

"Hit him hard! Put your back into it!"

The students Tang San had humiliated earlier grew louder and more excited with every shout.

Even if Lin Hui wanted to go easy on Tang San, he'd be going against the crowd. Besides, he had no intention of holding back in the first place.

With more than thirty blood-red gashes across his body, Tang San still managed to stay conscious through sheer force of will.

Finally, in a lull between lashes, Tang San raised his right hand, aimed it at Lin Hui, and exposed his sleeve.

Seeing Tang San raise his right hand, preparing to fire a Sleeve Arrow at him, Lin Hui gave a sinister smile.

"As expected, when you're in danger, you don't care about the rules anymore. You're only thinking about killing someone, aren't you?"

"Too bad. I saw this coming."

Only then did Tang San realize his Sleeve Arrow had been confiscated before the match even began!

Then several Blue Silver Emperor vines wrapped around him completely.