Tang San Was Brutally Beaten

Tang San's unfinished words caught in his throat.

"Fine." Tang San answered in a low voice.

He decided that today, he would make Ao Tian taste the pain of defeat and force him to lower that arrogant head of his.

"You make the first move." Tang San looked at Ao Tian calmly.

When he had fought Xiao Wu earlier, he had never encountered such strange Soft Skill techniques before, which was why he had been caught off guard and suffered a huge loss.

If they fought again, he was confident he could defeat Xiao Wu.

But when facing Ao Tian, Tang San felt no pressure at all.

If he could not even defeat a six-year-old child, then he would have lived two lives in vain as a Tang Sect disciple.

Ao Tian did not waste words. In just a few steps, he arrived before Tang San and threw a straight punch at his face.

He had not used the earth-shaking energy within him, and had already suppressed his physical strength and speed to the lowest level. Even so, the force he unleashed was still far beyond that of children his age.

His body was harder than the toughest metal in the world. He controlled his strength as carefully as possible; he did not want to blow Tang San apart with one punch.

The corners of Tang San's mouth lifted slightly. He had never feared anyone in a contest of strength.

Though he was small and thin, over the past three months, he had swung the Forging Hammer more than a thousand times every day. His strength had long since become astonishing.

Because of this, when facing Ao Tian's punch, he did not choose to use any other technique. He met Ao Tian's fist with one of his own.

He believed that only by defeating Ao Tian with the same method could he deal the heaviest blow to Ao Tian's pride.

The other boys watching all clenched their fists unconsciously, hoping that Tang San would defeat Ao Tian with a single punch.

Ao Tian was ridiculously handsome, while Tang San looked ordinary. Influenced by that, they all sided without hesitation with Tang San, who looked as ordinary as they did.

Xiao Wu stared intently at Tang San and Ao Tian with her big eyes, feeling somewhat worried that the friend she had just met might get hurt.

Tang San was brimming with confidence as his fist collided with Ao Tian's.

With a bang, the faint smile on Tang San's face froze, and his whole body flew backward.

Ao Tian, meanwhile, remained in his punching stance. His body did not even tremble, like an enormous mountain.

"This..." Everyone, including Xiao Wu, was stunned.

Wang Sheng, the oldest among them, unconsciously opened his mouth wide. No one knew Tang San's strength better than he did.

When he had fought Tang San earlier, he had used his Martial Soul. Yet even with the strength of the War Tiger, he had still lost to Tang San in raw power.

And now, Tang San had been sent flying by Ao Tian's single punch... Wang Sheng did not dare imagine what would have happened if he had faced that punch himself...

So he isn't just handsome—he's also this strong. I worried for nothing, Xiao Wu thought.

Of everyone present, Tang San was the most shocked.

As he flew backward, his mind went blank, and his entire arm nearly lost all feeling.

With another bang, Tang San crashed onto a bed, finally snapping him back to his senses.

He immediately steadied himself and sat on the bed, staring in shock at Ao Tian, who stood there as calm and composed as ever.

At the instant he collided with Ao Tian, he had felt Ao Tian's terrifying strength. It was not something a six-year-old child could possibly possess.

Even an adult man might not possess such immense strength.

And that punch of his had felt as if it had struck the hardest refined iron. The hardness of Ao Tian's fist was beyond his imagination.

He finally understood that Ao Tian's pride was not without foundation.

The numbness in his right arm forced Tang San to circulate the Mysterious Heaven Skill with all his strength before feeling gradually returned.

"What do you say? Still want to fight?" Ao Tian looked at Tang San with a smile.

Tang San's face flushed red with embarrassment. Just moments ago, he had loudly declared that he would teach Ao Tian a lesson.

Yet he had been blasted away after a single move. In terms of strength, he had lost completely to Ao Tian.

He climbed down from the bed and said, "You only have a slight advantage in strength. Combat is not won by strength alone."

Ao Tian nodded. "You're right. Combat cannot rely on strength alone. So, are you planning to defeat me with technique?"

Tang San shook his arm and said, "That was only a warm-up. The real battle has just begun."

Although he had been at a disadvantage in the first exchange, Tang San remained full of confidence.

He had lived for more than twenty years in his previous life, and had been part of a top sect like the Tang Sect. Naturally, his combat skills were not something a six-year-old child could compare to.

No matter how great Ao Tian's strength was, Tang San saw it as nothing more than brute force. It was not as though he had never faced opponents like that in his previous life.

"Make your move. I don't have that much time to play with you," Ao Tian said flatly.

Tang San stopped wasting words. His feet moved in strange steps, advancing not in a straight line but in a way that was impossible to predict.

This was his unique movement technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track did not excel at accelerating in a straight line, but it was strange and ever-changing. It was perfectly suited for close combat, making opponents unable to guard against it.

In the blink of an eye, Tang San had already closed in on Ao Tian.

Rather than attack from the front, he began circling around Ao Tian.

"Tang San is so fast. Even I can't tell when or from where he'll attack," Wang Sheng exclaimed.

He finally understood that Tang San had hidden so much of his strength when fighting him.

"Then why isn't Ao Tian attacking first?" someone else asked.

"You're overthinking it," Wang Sheng said. "Ao Tian doesn't even know where Tang San will attack from, so how could he possibly hit Tang San?"

The moment Wang Sheng finished speaking, everyone heard a bang, followed by a figure flying backward.

In the middle of the room, Ao Tian still held his punching stance, while Tang San had already crashed into a bed.

Ao Tian's blow had struck Tang San in the chest. A dull pain spread through it as he coughed violently without stopping.

His face was full of confusion. He could not understand how Ao Tian had caught his movement trajectory.

After coughing for a while, Tang San finally caught his breath. He pushed off with both hands, leaping to his feet before charging at Ao Tian again.

His hands had turned the color of white jade—the Tang Sect's ultimate technique, Mysterious Jade Hand.

Once Mysterious Jade Hand was activated, Tang San's hands would become impervious to water and fire, and as hard as metal.

Tang San's expression was more solemn than ever. Having been sent flying twice by Ao Tian, he could no longer bear the humiliation.

The inner force of the Mysterious Heaven Skill began circulating secretly within him as he went all out.

This time, he would knock Ao Tian down.

With the Mysterious Heaven Skill's inner force enhancing him, Tang San's speed rose by a great deal. His entire body almost became a blur.

"So fast!" someone cried out.

Xiao Wu's expression turned grave. With Tang San's current speed and strange footwork, even she was no longer confident that she could hit him.

"Tang San, is this all the strength you have?" Ao Tian's voice rang out.

Tang San did not say a word. When he arrived behind Ao Tian once more, he gathered all his inner force and physical strength into his right hand and struck at Ao Tian's shoulder with his palm.

His mind was intensely focused, guarding against Ao Tian's attack.

Tang San's palm struck Ao Tian's shoulder. There was a muffled bang, but Ao Tian's body did not move at all.

This was the first time Tang San had hit Ao Tian's body, and it had been a full-force attack. Yet he had failed to shake Ao Tian even slightly.

Tang San was horrified. The moment his feet moved to retreat, he realized it was already too late.

The hand he had placed on Ao Tian's shoulder had already been seized. Ao Tian pulled hard, and an immense force dragged Tang San's body forward.

Before everyone's eyes, Ao Tian grabbed Tang San and slammed him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.

Though the Mysterious Heaven Skill protected his body, Tang San felt as if every bone in his body was about to fall apart.