"Attack!"
As Tang San's words fell, Blue Silver Grass shot out from the base of the wall, winding up Bu Le's legs.
Dai Mubai pounced down from the wall, firing a White Tiger Radiant Wave straight at Bu Le's chest.
Xiao Wu rolled low out of the barrier's range, tapped the wall with her toes, and used the momentum to retreat to Tang San's side. "His Soul Power isn't low!"
Bu Le's ankle was caught by the Blue Silver Grass, and the smile finally vanished from his face.
"You little brats actually dared to ambush me?"
Dai Mubai did not waste words. He directly activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, his fist glowing white as it smashed toward Bu Le's shoulder.
Bu Le raised an arm to block it. The fourth Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up, and a pink barrier spread outward, forcing the Blue Silver Grass back with a creak.
Ma Hongjun shouted from the alley entrance, "Boss Dai, punch him in the face!"
Oscar dragged him backward. "Don't go in there and make trouble!"
Ma Hongjun grew anxious. "He hit me in the face!"
Oscar snapped, "If you go in now, he'll get to hit you again."
Tang San's fingers moved, and the Blue Silver Grass changed direction, searching for an opening beneath the barrier.
Bu Le saw that Tang San was the core controlling the field. Raising his hand, he fired a mass of pink Soul Power. "I'll cripple you first!"
Xiao Wu blocked Tang San. With a twist of her waist, she used her soft skills to redirect that surge of Soul Power into the wall, shaking dust loose from the bricks.
"Xiao San, his barrier is too slippery. I can't bind him!"
Tang San's gaze fell on Bu Le's feet. "Then force him to move."
Dai Mubai understood. He changed his punch into a shove, forcibly driving Bu Le deeper into the alley.
Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the darkness as well, her Hell Stab aimed directly at Bu Le's neck.
Bu Le cursed and shifted to the side. The pink barrier wrapped around Zhu Zhuqing's arm, trying to pull her inside.
Zhu Zhuqing flicked her wrist, slicing open the edge of the barrier with her short blade before retreating back into the shadows.
Dai Mubai's eyelids twitched. "Zhuqing, be careful!"
Zhu Zhuqing ignored him and kept her eyes on Bu Le. "His barrier can pull people in."
Tang San immediately said, "Don't get close. Disrupt his rhythm."
Bu Le laughed when he heard that. "Disrupt my rhythm? With the little Soul Power you have, how long do you think you can play with me?"
He stomped his foot, and the barrier expanded in every direction, sending broken crates flying through the alley.
Xiao Wu had just landed when a crate board flipped up by her feet. She bent to evade it, her scorpion braid brushing past Bu Le's hand.
Bu Le reached out to grab her, but Xiao Wu kicked his wrist and used the force to flip back to Tang San's side.
"No good. His defense is too thick."
Tang San raised his hand and released Spider Web Restraint, but instead of covering Bu Le directly, he sealed off Bu Le's retreat.
Dai Mubai growled, "Fatty, fire!"
Ma Hongjun froze. "I can join in?"
Tang San said, "Burn the ground, not him!"
Ma Hongjun immediately perked up. The Evil Fire Phoenix lit up, and a line of flame swept across the ground, forcing Bu Le to retreat toward the spider web.
Bu Le saw through their intentions. His fourth soul skill expanded again, and he charged straight through the flames at Tang San.
"You little controller, lie down first!"
Tang San stepped back, his sleeve arrows already held ready within his sleeve.
Yu Xiaogang had said they could not engage in intense combat, but at this distance, he would be approached if he did not use hidden weapons.
But Ji Yuan moved first from within the soles of his shoes.
He would not let Tang San fire.
If Tang San shot now, the credit would go to the hidden weapons.
The poison needle had to pierce Bu Le where no one could see it, so when Bu Le collapsed, it would be attributed to Shrek Academy's combined assault.
Tang San's wrist went numb, and the sleeve arrow mechanism jammed for a moment.
He frowned.
That feeling of losing control again.
Bu Le's barrier had already slammed up before him. Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and prepared to block it, while Dai Mubai lunged in from the side, still one position short.
Ji Yuan's dark tendrils slid through the muddy water underground.
To avoid the flames, Bu Le had just planted his heel in a patch of wet mud. No matter how fully his barrier expanded, the soles of his feet were still touching the ground.
That was the door.
Dark red roots drilled out through a crack in the mud, their tips coated in mixed venom, and stabbed into the meridian at the back of Bu Le's heel.
Bu Le was still charging forward, laughing as he spoke. "Run!"
The next moment, his foot failed to keep up with his body.
The pink barrier wavered.
Tang San seized the chance. Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Bu Le's knee, and Dai Mubai's White Tiger Radiant Wave struck him squarely in the chest.
Bu Le let out a muffled grunt and staggered back, the color draining chaotically from his face.
"You used poison?"
Tang San said coldly, "Your own Martial Soul is despicable, and you still blame others?"
Bu Le looked down at his foot. There was no visible wound on his heel, only a trace of numbness creeping up his leg.
Ji Yuan had already withdrawn the exposed roots, leaving only the poison inside.
The poison did not travel through the blood vessels. It traveled through the nerves first.
The more Soul Power Bu Le circulated, the faster the poison spread.
Bu Le gritted his teeth and circulated his Soul Power. The pink barrier expanded again, but this time, its edges began to tremble.
Zhu Zhuqing immediately said, "He's slowed down."
Dai Mubai sneered. "Then don't give him a chance to catch his breath."
He rushed forward with a series of heavy blows. Bu Le raised his hands to block, but his movements had begun to fall apart.
Xiao Wu circled behind him and activated Waist Bow. Her toes kicked Bu Le in the lower back, using the momentum to throw him toward Tang San.
Tang San's sleeve arrows finally fired.
Three short arrows passed through gaps in the Blue Silver Grass and struck the weakest point of Bu Le's barrier.
The barrier cracked.
Ma Hongjun shouted from the alley entrance, "Burn him!"
Tang San immediately said, "Don't burn him to death."
Ma Hongjun suppressed his anger and could only direct the flames at Bu Le's retreat path. "Lucky bastard!"
Bu Le fell to the ground, then forced himself back up. The lecherous look in his eyes had been swallowed by panic.
"Do you know who I am? I have plenty of people in Suotuo City!"
Dai Mubai crushed a nearby wooden crate beneath his foot. "So you know fear too?"
Bu Le tried to run, but the poison in his heel flared up. His leg went weak, and he dropped to his knees again.
He finally realized something was wrong and hurriedly slapped at his leg. "What's wrong with my leg? Which one of you did this?"
Tang San was staring at Bu Le's foot as well.
He had definitely not used poison to that extent just now.
Blue Silver Grass's poison should not have acted so quickly.
Xiao Wu tugged on his sleeve. "Xiao San, don't space out."
Tang San withdrew his gaze and said in a low voice, "Subdue him first."
Bu Le suddenly pulled a whistle from his clothes and brought it to his mouth to blow.
Zhu Zhuqing was the fastest. She threw her short blade, knocking his hand aside.
The whistle fell into the muddy water.
Dai Mubai rushed over and punched Bu Le in the face.
Blood poured from Bu Le's nose, and the pink barrier completely dispersed.
Xiao Wu added a kick, sending him crashing into the wall.
Ma Hongjun shook off Oscar, rushed over, and kicked Bu Le in the stomach. "Didn't you step on me? Go on, step on me again!"
Oscar hurried after him. "Don't beat him to death, don't beat him to death. The dean hasn't even said how we're dealing with this yet."
Ma Hongjun's eyes were red. "Didn't you see how he hit me just now?"
Bu Le lay sprawled on the ground, spitting blood as he continued to curse. "You little fatty, just wait. Sooner or later, I'll..."
Dai Mubai stepped on his wrist. "Still talking tough?"
Tang San walked over and placed a hand on Ma Hongjun's shoulder. "Enough."
Ma Hongjun panted heavily. "Third Brother, I can't swallow this anger."
Tang San looked at Bu Le. "Destroy his ability to commit evil. Don't kill him."
Xiao Wu frowned. "That lets him off too easily."
Tang San did not respond.
He noticed that Bu Le's leg had begun to twitch. Dark red lines flashed beneath his skin, then quickly disappeared.
Tang San reached out to examine him.
Ji Yuan had already spread a second layer of Root Network underground.
Don't touch him.
This was his blood pack, not Tang San's trophy.
Just as Tang San bent down, the old poison in his chest stirred. He gave a muffled cough, and his movements slowed.
Xiao Wu quickly supported him. "You're pushing yourself again!"
Tang San waved his hand. "I'm fine."
Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived at the alley entrance at that moment.
Flender's eyelids twitched when he saw Bu Le lying on the ground. "I told you not to cause trouble."
Ma Hongjun covered his swollen face. "Dean, he hit me first."
Flender looked at his face, and his anger no longer fell on the students. "And you think that makes you right?"
Zhao Wuji walked over and kicked Bu Le. "Isn't this Bu Le? Suotuo City's most notorious piece of filth."
When Bu Le heard Zhao Wuji's voice, his body shook even harder. "Zhao... Zhao Wuji?"
Zhao Wuji sneered. "You know me?"
Bu Le hurriedly said, "It's a misunderstanding, all of it. I didn't know they were from Shrek Academy."
Ma Hongjun angrily tried to charge forward. "Now you know it's a misunderstanding?"
Flender raised a hand to stop him. "Fatty, step back."
Bu Le wanted to beg for mercy, but the moment he opened his mouth, the numbness in his legs surged to his waist, and his whole body collapsed back into the muddy water.
Oscar said quietly, "Why is he shaking like that?"
Yu Xiaogang crouched down to inspect him, but Tang San stopped him first. "Teacher, the poison in him is strange. Don't touch him directly."
Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San. "You did this?"
Tang San shook his head. "My Blue Silver Grass does not have this effect."
Flender frowned. "Then who did?"
The alley suddenly fell silent.
Zhu Zhuqing stood in the shadows, her gaze slowly falling to the ground before shifting to the edge of Tang San's shoes.
Ji Yuan noticed.
This cat was still sniffing out the scent.
He was not in a hurry.
The roots wound beneath everyone's feet, avoiding Zhu Zhuqing's range of perception, and pressed against the base of Bu Le's spine.
Bu Le was twitching in the mud, the words of his plea for mercy choked off by bloody foam.
Zhao Wuji said impatiently, "Take him away first."
Flender had just nodded when Bu Le's body suddenly arched, and broken breaths escaped his throat.
Ma Hongjun took a step back. "What... what's happening to him?"
Tang San's expression changed as well.
Because the muddy water beneath Bu Le's feet was being sucked downward by something from below, vanishing completely along with his blood.
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