Bone Dragon vs. Blue Silver Grass! Yu Xiaogang Was Dumbfounded?

Because the commotion was no small matter, and two freshmen who had just obtained their first Soul Rings were preparing to spar, many nearby students were quickly drawn over.

"I heard it's two first-year freshmen competing?"

"They both seem to have Innate Full Soul Power."

"Really? Then let's go take a look?"

More and more people gathered around.

The commotion soon alerted the academy's teachers as well. In the distance, a somewhat frail figure slowly approached. It was Yu Xiaogang.

Although some of the Mandra Snake venom in his body had been removed, he had yet to fully recover and had originally been resting in his room.

But after hearing the noise outside, he could not resist coming out to see what was happening.

"What's going on?" Yu Xiaogang frowned as he squeezed through the crowd. When he saw the two people in the field, he froze for a moment, confusion appearing on his face. "Little San, what is this?"

At the same time, Director Su hurried over after hearing the news and asked in a low voice,

"What are all of you doing gathered here?"

When Wang Sheng saw that the Grandmaster and Director Su had arrived, he quickly explained, "Director Su, Ling and Tang San are preparing to have a spar. Everyone came over to watch."

"Oh?"

Director Su paused slightly, then looked up at Gu Ling and Tang San in the field. He did not speak to stop them. Sparring between ordinary students was perfectly normal, after all, as long as both sides knew their limits and did not strike too heavily.

After hearing this, Yu Xiaogang could not help letting out a cold snort.

"That brat Gu Ling really doesn't know his place. He actually dares to spar with Little San."

Director Su glanced sideways at him.

Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back, confidence appearing on his face.

"Little San's first Soul Ring is no ordinary Hundred-Year Soul Ring. He absorbed one from a Mandra Snake with over four hundred years of cultivation. That is already extremely close to the limit a first Soul Ring can endure."

"Moreover, Mandra Snakes are incredibly fast and highly venomous. The first soul skill it granted Little San, whether in terms of control or toxicity, is far beyond what an ordinary Soul Ring can compare with."

"Although Gu Ling also has Innate Full Soul Power and possesses a top-tier martial soul like the Bone Dragon, he has only just obtained his first Soul Ring and is already eager to challenge Little San. He is being far too confident."

As he spoke, he could not help shaking his head.

"It is good for young people to have confidence, but if they cannot even see the gap between themselves and their opponent, that is arrogance."

In his view, Tang San had a Soul Ring combination personally planned by him, along with a first soul skill granted by a Mandra Snake with over four hundred years of cultivation. It would be anything but easy for Gu Ling to win.

This spar could even be used to make Gu Ling understand that his so-called "Ultimate Uncanny Offense" was nowhere near as formidable as he imagined.

After hearing Yu Xiaogang's remarks, Director Su merely looked at him, then smiled.

"Is that so, Grandmaster?"

After saying that, he spoke no further.

This reaction instead made Yu Xiaogang frown slightly. Naturally, he did not know that Gu Ling's first Soul Ring came from a nearly six-hundred-year-old, exceptionally rare spatial soul beast—the Sky-Splitting Bone Leopard.

Director Su, on the other hand, had personally watched Gu Ling successfully absorb that Soul Ring and had witnessed the uncanny nature of his first soul skill firsthand.

Thus, in his view, it would not be so easy for Tang San to win!

Not far away, Gu Ling and Tang San had already prepared for battle. The two exchanged a glance.

Then Tang San was the first to raise his right hand. Pale blue soul power surged from his palm, and stalk after stalk of Blue Silver Grass rapidly grew, slowly spreading across the ground.

At the same time.

A yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet, pulsing up and down around his body.

At the sight, a wave of discussion rose from the crowd. Xiao Wu's eyes lit up as she immediately shouted, "Little San, go! I'm rooting for you!"

On the other side.

Gu Ling slowly stepped forward. Immediately afterward, a cold and tyrannical surge of soul power erupted from within him, and he shouted in a low voice,

"Bone Dragon Possession!"

Roar!

A deep dragon roar suddenly rang across the training field.

The next second, the phantom of a massive, bone-white Bone Dragon abruptly appeared behind Gu Ling!

Its enormous dragon head lifted high, two curved bone horns extending backward. Pale, ghostly flames burned within its hollow eye sockets, while a pair of huge skeletal wings slowly spread open.

Crack! Crack!

Pieces of pale bone armor rapidly covered Gu Ling's arms. The tips of his fingers transformed into sharp bone claws, while a bone-white dragon tail formed from a spinal column slowly extended from behind him.

The next moment.

A yellow Soul Ring, clearly darker in color, slowly rose from beneath Gu Ling's feet.

The instant he saw that Soul Ring, the corners of Director Su's mouth unconsciously lifted, while Yu Xiaogang's brows furrowed slightly for some reason.

"First soul skill, Entangling!"

With a low shout, Tang San's gaze sharpened, and the yellow Soul Ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up.

As soul power poured into it, the Blue Silver Grass scattered around his feet began growing wildly. Then, stalk after stalk of noticeably thicker Blue Silver Grass slithered swiftly across the ground like spirit snakes, rushing toward Gu Ling from different directions to bind him.

Compared to before a Soul Ring had been added, the Blue Silver Grass had clearly improved in length, toughness, and growth speed.

In the blink of an eye, the Blue Silver Grass had already reached Gu Ling.

"It's coming!"

The nearby work-study students immediately widened their eyes.

Xiao Wu looked even more expectant as she said,

"Little San, hurry up and tie him down!"

However.

Facing the Blue Silver Grass surging in from all directions, Gu Ling did not dodge at all. He merely raised his right hand. His white bone claw, formed after activating his martial soul, glinted with a chilling cold light beneath the sunlight.

Slash!

The next instant, Gu Ling swung his claw fiercely.

Rip! The first few stalks of Blue Silver Grass that reached him were instantly torn into several pieces by the sharp bone claw, as easily as ordinary weeds!

Before Tang San could react, Gu Ling swung his other hand as well.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

One stalk after another of Blue Silver Grass trying to bind his arms, waist, and legs snapped apart in succession.

In only a few breaths, a large patch of the Blue Silver Grass created by Tang San's first soul skill had been forcefully shredded apart by Gu Ling!

"What?!"

Tang San's expression changed sharply as he stared at the scene before him, his face filled with disbelief.

"H-How is this possible? Didn't Teacher say that after my Blue Silver Grass absorbed its first Soul Ring, its toughness and hardness would improve greatly? How could it be torn apart so easily?"

This was the first soul skill he had gained after absorbing a Mandra Snake Soul Ring with over four hundred years of cultivation! The toughness of his Blue Silver Grass had far surpassed what it once was, yet it was still so fragile before Gu Ling's bone claws? It could not even truly restrain him!

Only now did Tang San finally realize something.

Gu Ling had not been exaggerating when he said the Bone Dragon Martial Soul possessed incredibly powerful offensive ability. The sharpness of those bone claws seemed to have far exceeded Tang San's expectations.

In fact, this outcome was hardly strange. After Tang San absorbed the Mandra Snake Soul Ring with over four hundred years of cultivation, his soul power had risen to around level thirteen.

But Gu Ling had absorbed a Sky-Splitting Bone Leopard with over six hundred years of cultivation. The enhancement a higher-aged Soul Ring gave his martial soul was naturally much more pronounced.

Gu Ling's soul power had now reached around level fifteen.

There was already a difference of roughly two soul power levels between them.

Not to mention.

One was Blue Silver Grass, something found everywhere.

The other was the Bone Dragon, a top-tier beast martial soul!

Even though Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had been strengthened by its Soul Ring, there was still an enormous gap between the two in the inherent quality of their martial souls.

Therefore, it was perfectly normal for the bone claws to tear apart the Blue Silver Grass.

Not far away, Yu Xiaogang, who had been full of confidence moments ago, was now completely dumbfounded.