Lin Hui braced himself with all his might, knowing full well that Tang San was no pushover.
Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Crane-Controlling Dragon-Capturing... even without hidden weapons, these Tang Sect ultimate arts were not things he could withstand head-on.
Tang San threw a punch straight at Lin Hui's face, but Lin Hui abandoned any thought of attacking, focusing entirely on defense as he raised his hands to block.
Because Lin Hui only defended and never attacked, even when Tang San's Mysterious Jade Hand swung toward him, the focused Lin Hui managed to evade it.
However, stung by the students' skepticism after he had revealed his Sleeve Arrow earlier, Tang San abandoned his usual steady fighting style. Less than a minute into the stalemate, he unleashed his first soul skill.
"First soul skill, Bind!" Tang San shouted loudly.
He firmly believed that the first soul skill his teacher had painstakingly selected for him would surely allow him to secure victory in the match in one fell swoop!
He wanted to vent the rage ignited by Xiao Wu's coldness toward him and the hostility of his classmates onto Lin Hui!
End it!
"Teachers, this is the first soul ring I selected for Little San. You may take a good look at the effects of this soul skill," Yu Xiaogang said magnanimously to the teachers beside him.
After all, Tang San was the first white mouse for his martial soul theory experiments. With Little San's strength, he should be able to defeat a soul master of the same level even with a trash soul skill.
Yu Xiaogang thought with such confidence.
The chance to prove himself—hadn't it arrived? Hahahahaha!
Yu Xiaogang was so happy he was nearly going insane.
Blue Silver Grass patterned with the black markings of a Datura Snake erupted from beneath the stone tiles, circling toward Lin Hui.
Lin Hui was also incredibly excited. It's finally here, the "biological mother" Bind!
But here, I am your true biological mother!
"Come out, my Blue Silver Grass!"
Lin Hui also released his martial soul, the Ultra Ball. The Ultra Ball was entirely azure blue, engraved with light blue rings, and featured four yellow markings connecting the poles of the sphere.
Following this, Lin Hui threw his Ultra Ball out.
A streak of white light emerged from the ball.
What came out was actually Blue Silver Grass as well!
The entire arena was stunned!
"How is this possible? How can their soul skills be the same!" Wang Sheng immediately exclaimed.
"No, there are still some differences. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass has black markings, while Lin Hui's is a very pure light blue. Plus, its leaves seem a bit more slender," Li Chun noted the discrepancies.
"Little San's Blue Silver Grass is an evolved version after absorbing the Datura Snake, but Lin Hui's Blue Silver Grass looks more like the primitive version," Yu Xiaogang was also exceptionally surprised. However, having referenced many others' martial soul theory materials, he also spotted the differences.
Yu Xiaogang sighed with emotion again.
"But this guy, isn't his martial soul an Iron Ball?"
"Why did he release a Blue Silver Grass in the end!"
Yu Xiaogang was completely 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 circled toward Lin Hui, while the Blue Silver Emperor summoned by Lin Hui likewise wound itself toward the opposing grass.
Just as the two were about to entangle, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass suddenly seemed to go limp, dodging away directly and ultimately shrinking back onto the ground in a display of extreme deference.
This is the bloodline suppression of the Blue Silver Emperor, not to mention the suppression of your own mother, hahaha! Lin Hui felt wild joy in his heart.
"What is going on?" Tang San was also shocked. "Why does it feel like my first soul skill has failed?"
"Wasn't this selected for me by Teacher?"
"Why is it so vulnerable!"
While shocked, Tang San tried to use his intent to mobilize his martial soul, Blue Silver Grass. But the moment the grass tried to rise, the leaves of the Blue Silver Emperor flicked, and the grass shrank back to the surface once more.
Yes, once Tang San's Blue Silver Grass faced Lin Hui's Blue Silver Emperor, it acted exactly like a servant.
Seeing this scene, the other teachers beside Yu Xiaogang were also dumbfounded.
A female teacher who had long disliked him feigned confusion: "Is this the first soul ring the Master carefully selected for his disciple?"
The sixty-year-old teacher remarked, "Both are Blue Silver Grass, but the gap seems quite large!"
Yu Xiaogang's face kept twitching; at this moment, he was so embarrassed he could have dug a hole in the floor with his toes.
However, the match wasn't over yet. As long as Tang San won in the end, there was still a chance to turn things around!
"Little San, don't give up!" Seeing this scene, Yu Xiaogang didn't know what else to do but cheer Tang San on.
At this moment, Tang San deeply realized 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 be as useless as scrap.
Moreover, his teacher couldn't even offer him a single piece of advice.
Damn it, I can only rely on my Tang Sect ultimate arts now!
Tang San suppressed the foul air in his chest, forced to rely on his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge the Blue Silver Emperor's attacks.
Relying on his agile footwork, he managed to evade several of the Blue Silver Emperor's fierce lunges.
However, Lin Hui would not let it off so easily.
"Blue Silver Grass, use [Parasite]!"
The Blue Silver Emperor spat out several grass seeds, three of which landed directly on Tang San.
Just as Tang San was caught off guard, the seeds burst open, sprouting into thick Blue Silver Grass vines. As the vines were about to wrap around him—
Tang San once again utilized his Mysterious Jade Hand, striking directly at the Blue Silver Grass enveloping him to forcefully resist the impact of the vines.
But the Blue Silver Emperor on the sidelines would not let him have it so easy.
While Tang San was busy fending off the vines sprouted from the seeds, the Blue Silver Emperor lashed out at him with its own vines.
One lash—
And another—
The clothing on Tang San's chest tore open, revealing several blood-red wounds.
After all, this Blue Silver Emperor was equivalent to an eight-hundred-year-old spirit beast, and as a top-tier martial soul, its actual combat power was already on par with an ordinary spirit beast over a thousand years old.
Even with Tang San's cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, this was not something he could withstand.
Facing the Blue Silver Emperor's biting offensive, several vines surrounded Tang San; even if he dodged one, he would be struck by another.
Thus, the crowd watched as Tang San was whipped incessantly by the vines.
One blood-red wound after another appeared on Tang San's body.
Eventually, Tang San could no longer hold out, letting out several miserable screams.
Watching Tang San being whipped like a spinning top on the arena stage, the students below couldn't have been happier.
"Well hit! That's exactly how he treated us earlier!"
"That's right, he broke three of my ribs—teach him a lesson for us!"
"Hit him hard! Use more force!"
The students who had previously been humiliated by Tang San cheered with increasing fervor.
Even if Lin Hui had wanted to show mercy, doing so would have gone against the crowd. Besides, he had no intention of holding back in the first place.
After more than thirty blood-red wounds appeared on his body, Tang San still maintained his consciousness through sheer willpower.
Finally, seizing a gap between the 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 his Sleeve Arrow at him, Lin Hui smiled wickedly.
"As expected, in a moment of crisis, you don't care about the rules at all—you only think about killing people, don't you?"
"Unfortunately, I anticipated this move long ago."
Only then did Tang San realize with a shock that his Sleeve Arrow had been confiscated before the match began!
Following that, several Blue Silver Emperor vines completely wrapped around him.
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