Tang San raised his hand. With a crack, the silver bracer around his wrist disassembled into dozens of wafer-thin components.
This was Tang San's External Soul Bone, which he had named the "Thousand Meteor Bead External Soul Bone."
The Soul Bone took the outward form of a rounded bone core, which could break apart into hundreds upon thousands of meteor blades. Each flying blade could transform into a different type of hidden weapon.
With a thought from Tang San, the silver sphere burst apart. Countless components whirled before him, then vanished into the wind with a swish.
"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer: Triple Strike."
Watching the fragments churn around Tang San, Tang Ao swung his hammer in a blur, delivering three consecutive blows.
The mighty hammer winds tore through Tang San's hidden-weapon barrage, then smashed toward him.
Tang San swayed like a willow. As he activated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track beneath his feet, his figure became impossibly elusive.
Every step barely brushed past the hammer winds. The Clear Sky Hammer struck the ground, shattering blue-gray rock and sending dirt and stones flying.
"All you can do is dodge? Take a blow from me if you've got the guts!" Tang Ao sneered.
Tang San turned a deaf ear to his trash talk, ignoring him entirely.
"First Soul Skill, Life-Force Entanglement!"
Seizing an opening, Tang San swept his small hand. Dozens of strands of Blue Silver Grass burst from the ground, forming a net that wound toward Tang Ao's arm.
Tang Ao smashed his hammer down, snapping more than half the grass.
Yet the severed grass grew back in the blink of an eye. The new Blue Silver Grass was tougher and denser than before.
"Hmph, mere insect-carving tricks!"
Tang Ao's muscles bulged, making his whole body seem a size larger. He stopped