The Author Who Plagiarized the Ten Core Competencies

Boom!

A blue sphere of gravitational force came hurtling toward Tang San like a runaway truck.

"Blue Silver—Entanglement!"

Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass, trying to block the blue sphere of energy bearing down on him.

It was useless!

Azure's gravitational pull swallowed the Blue Silver Grass in an instant. Tang San's pupils contracted. Abandoning all pretense, he pulled Hidden Sand Shadow from the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track let him dodge Azure's first attack. Tang San aimed at Bai Ranmo and triggered the mechanism, sending countless poisoned needles spraying from Hidden Sand Shadow.

As the needles neared Bai Ranmo, they scattered, releasing a thick cloud of poison.

But it did nothing to Bai Ranmo.

Azure had already closed in on Tang San's face. There was no time to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Should I use that hammer...?

Tang San hesitated. With the black hammer and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, he might have a chance to win.

But...

Remembering his teacher's and father's warnings, Tang San unclenched the fist he had held behind his back. Unless Xiao Wu was threatened, he generally would not lose his temper badly enough to start swinging the Clear Sky Hammer at someone.

All Tang San could do was wrap himself in countless Blue Silver Grass vines. They were destroyed almost instantly.

Bai Ranmo had watched recordings of several of Tang San's fights and had a clear grasp of his current strength. So he had fashioned an Azure powerful enough to knock Tang San down without seriously injuring him.

What fun would it be to flatten him outright? Bai Ranmo wanted to take his time!

"Done already?" Bai Ranmo appeared beside Tang San in an instant. Seeing him panting as though he could no longer stand, Bai Ranmo