Tang San Benefits from the Fisherman? Prediction and Counter-Prediction

Li Qinglian's back came into view.

"Little Brother Qinglian, you're finally awake, sob..."

Huo Wu's beautiful eyes widened. When she saw Li Qinglian standing in front of her, tears suddenly spilled out.

Just now, she had really thought she was going to die.

"Sorry, Sister Huo Wu. This was my fault."

Li Qinglian turned his head slightly, a trace of pallor on his face.

The situation had been urgent, and Li Qinglian had been a little too hasty while absorbing the spirit ring, which had caused him to suffer some backlash.

"I don't blame you. It was all my fault..."

"If I hadn't been so selfish and insisted on running out here alone with you, this never would have happened."

Tears welled in Huo Wu's eyes as she shook her head and cried.

"Sister Huo Wu, now isn't the time to talk. Let me deal with this man first."

Li Qinglian took a deep breath, his gaze turning to Kahn.

In truth, he could have picked up the External Spirit Bone from the ground and left, but there was no way he could escape with Huo Wu.

So he had to at least kill Kahn to end this once and for all.

But this was a Soul Elder!

Li Qinglian was only at two rings. Trying to kill a Soul Elder would be extremely difficult.

"I didn't expect you to actually succeed in absorbing that spirit ring."

"This is the first time I've ever seen a monster like you. Being able to kill a monster like you will be my honor."

Kahn was shaken, but he quickly relaxed.

So what if he was a monster? He had only just broken through to Grand Soul Master.

"Then let's see if you have the strength for it."

Li Qinglian sneered.

Two purple spirit rings rose from beneath his feet.

"First spirit skill, Fire Phoenix Entanglement."

"Second spirit skill, Phoenix Heavenly Fire."

He used both spirit skills at the same time.

Li Qinglian's second spirit skill made the Fire Phoenix spit a mouthful of heavenly fire in midair, capable of burning over a large area for a long time.

This was the core skill of the Red Flame Golden Roc, which had mutated into Li Qinglian's Phoenix Heavenly Fire after he absorbed the spirit ring.

In an instant.

Kahn was bound tightly.

Immediately after, the Fire Phoenix behind Li Qinglian spat out golden-red flames that burned viciously at his body.

"Ah!"

Kahn screamed and instantly broke free.

"Brat, you're asking to die!"

With a furious roar, Kahn relied on the strength of his Soul Elder cultivation and slammed a fist hard into Li Qinglian's chest.

Li Qinglian staggered back more than ten steps before stopping.

"Qinglian, I'll help you."

Seeing this, Huo Wu gathered the spirit power in her body and threw a spirit skill at Kahn from a distance.

Li Qinglian's thousand-year spirit skill, Fire Phoenix Entanglement, was extremely troublesome. Once Kahn was caught, Huo Wu's ranged fire-type spirit skills could also strike him with precision.

Boom, boom, boom!

Li Qinglian slowed the frequency of his second spirit skill and used more of his spirit power on his first spirit skill, Fire Phoenix Entanglement.

With the help of this powerful control spirit skill, he harassed Kahn again and again.

Kahn grew more and more alarmed. He had not expected Li Qinglian to be so difficult to deal with.

He had clearly only just absorbed his spirit ring, yet he was far more troublesome than Huo Wu, who had broken through to two rings long ago.

Especially that thousand-year binding spirit skill. It made him miserable.

Li Qinglian was miserable as well. The spirit skills within his body were consuming his power at an alarming rate.

At this rate, the spirit power in his body would soon bottom out.

No, I absolutely can't use Sword Intent.

If I use Sword Intent against Kahn, I might barely manage to kill him. But Tang San is even harder to deal with than Kahn.

If I go all out against Kahn, Tang San absolutely won't let Huo Wu and me go.

Li Qinglian's thoughts raced.

He would never hold any illusions about Tang San's character.

Besides, killing someone to seize their treasure was an unspoken rule tacitly accepted in this world.

Even if someone died by Tang San's hand, it had nothing to do with character.

Li Qinglian was gambling.

He was betting that Tang San would make a move in the end and kill Kahn.

With Tang San's scheming mind, he naturally understood that in order to hide this External Spirit Bone, Kahn would inevitably try to kill him in the end. Therefore, Tang San would definitely choose to strike first and gain the upper hand.

However, given Tang San's steady nature, he would definitely choose to kill Kahn only at the moment when both he and Huo Wu had exhausted their spirit power.

"I really am making this bet."

"When facing Tang San, I have to leave myself a trump card."

"Tang San is even more terrifying than Kahn!"

Tang San's gaze shifted to Kahn, then to Li Qinglian, who was locked in fierce battle with Kahn, and he was inwardly amazed.

"As expected. A thousand-year spirit skill is much stronger than a hundred-year spirit skill."

"Relying on the advantage of his spirit ring's age, Li Qinglian can even pose a threat to Kahn."

"Li Qinglian's actual combat power should have reached the Spirit Elder level."

Tang San murmured.

Without question, Li Qinglian was the most powerful genius he had encountered since coming to this world.

And it was very possible that Li Qinglian truly was the strongest monster in this world, bar none.

He believed Yu Xiaogang would not lie to him.

He had also seen Kahn's reaction earlier when he witnessed Li Qinglian absorbing the spirit ring.

Clearly, Li Qinglian's situation was not common.

"When the sandpiper and the clam fight, the fisherman profits."

"You're called Li Qinglian, right? Though there's no grudge between us, I'm determined to obtain this External Spirit Bone."

Tang San raised his head, and a Sleeve Arrow silently extended from his sleeve.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

Three Sleeve Arrows stabbed viciously into Kahn's body.

"Little San, you..."

Kahn's body stiffened. He slowly turned his head and looked at Tang San in disbelief.

This child, who had always been obedient and sensible, had actually ambushed him.

And he really could...

Kahn collapsed.

Even at the moment of his death, he had never expected Tang San to be hiding such a move.

He had even imagined he might make a mistake and die at Li Qinglian's hands, but the one thing he had never imagined was dying at Tang San's hands.

"Ah!"

Huo Wu watched Kahn fall, then looked at Tang San, her pupils suddenly shrinking.

Li Qinglian was the same.

Looking at Tang San, he even thought of the movie Orphan he had watched in his previous life.

On the surface, Tang San looked harmless, obedient, and sensible, but deep down, he was extremely dark-hearted.

Just how ruthless was Tang San in the original plot? He made himself the de facto ruler of the Divine Realm, and incidentally controlled the Dragon Realm through Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena. Both the Divine Realm and the Dragon Realm were under Tang San's control.

The key was that Tang San had achieved all of this without fighting a single hard battle. It had all been naked scheming.

That was why Li Qinglian had kept his guard up.

"From the looks of it, I made the right bet."

A faint smile appeared on Li Qinglian's pale face.

He had known Tang San would make a move.

And he had also calculated that Tang San would only act once he and Huo Wu had nearly exhausted their spirit power. That way, neither he nor Huo Wu would be able to pose any threat to him.

"What did you say?"

A trace of doubt flashed through Tang San's eyes.

"Nothing. I'm just surprised. I didn't expect you to stand on our side too."

Li Qinglian revealed a harmless smile, but in truth, he was buying time to recover some spirit power.

"Stand on your side?"

Tang San almost laughed.

But when he thought of Li Qinglian's age, he understood.

The youth before him was indeed a rarely seen monster, but in the end, he was still an inexperienced boy.

"Is this woman your girlfriend?"

"Don't worry. I only want your lives. I won't humiliate her."

"Therefore."

"You can die in peace."

Tang San raised his head and looked straight into Li Qinglian's eyes.

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman profits. This External Spirit Bone is mine!"