A few days later.
With Headmaster Mang Tianchi's help, Tang San also obtained his second soul ring. Even before Tang San reached level twenty, Grandmaster had already decided what kind of soul beast to capture for him.
Tang San's second soul ring came from a plant-type soul beast called a ghost vine. The ghost vine soul ring he absorbed was roughly six hundred years old.
Ghost vines were soul beasts with extremely potent neurotoxins. Any creature pierced by their thorns would dissolve into a puddle of foul liquid within moments, ultimately becoming nourishment for the vine. However, this was not what soul masters feared most. What terrified them most was the ghost vine's parasitic ability. When it attacked, it released tiny seeds that would then attach themselves to its enemies.
After obtaining the ghost vine's soul ring, Tang San's attributes improved dramatically across the board. His Blue Silver Grass became tougher and took on the appearance of a ghost vine. The soul ring skill the ghost vine granted him was-Parasite!
Compared with his first soul skill, Entanglement, this soul ring skill was a substantial improvement and could also catch an enemy off guard.
With an infusion of soul power, ghost vine seeds would spread from the Blue Silver Grass and attach themselves to an opponent. Then, with another surge of soul power, the seeds on the opponent would instantly grow into Blue Silver Grass, producing an entangling effect that was all but impossible to guard against!
Although Tang San's second soul skill was an extremely underhanded control skill, its ultimate effect was still the entanglement that Blue Silver Grass already possessed.
Grandmaster's theories were nothing but a joke!
He had gotten Tang San two soul rings, yet they were still marching in place.
Nuoding Academy, the headmaster's office.
"Xiao Gang, I heard that kid Xiao Yan has come back with his second soul ring too. He and Little San both have innate full soul power. Why not arrange a spar between them?" Mang Tianchi twirled the pen in his hand as he spoke to Grandmaster beside him.
Grandmaster sat in a nearby chair and nodded, saying calmly, "If you want to watch, go ahead and arrange it."
With that, Grandmaster rose and left the headmaster's office.
Tang San had just left the classroom when he saw someone standing opposite him, staring at him with a burning gaze.
"Teacher, did you need me for something?" Tang San asked.
Grandmaster walked up to Tang San and stroked his head, a habitual gesture of his. He sighed with feeling. "I truly never expected you to reach the level-twenty Soul Grandmaster realm so quickly."
He himself had cultivated for decades before...
"Isn't that because you taught me so well?" Tang San said with a smile.
"Come with me." With that, Grandmaster led Tang San away from the teaching area and into a small grove behind the academy.
"Little San, release your martial soul and let me take a look." Grandmaster raised a hand and gestured to Tang San, who naturally understood what he meant.
At his words, Tang San slowly opened his right hand. Blue light shone, and deep-blue Blue Silver Grass emerged, swaying gently around him.
After examining the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand, Grandmaster murmured, "Little San, after you obtained the ghost vine's soul ring, your Blue Silver Grass seems to have become thinner. But it should be tougher than before. Wrap it around that tree over there and give it a hard pull."
"Yes, Teacher."
Tang San raised his hand, and a strand of Blue Silver Grass shot out, wrapping around the nearby tree in the blink of an eye. He channeled his soul power and gave it a slight tug, and the tree gradually began to bend.
Grandmaster walked over to the tree and gestured to Tang San.
"All right, Little San. Withdraw your martial soul." Grandmaster called Tang San over to his side and said calmly, "Although your Blue Silver Grass has become thinner, its toughness has increased considerably. Judging by the blackened area around where it wrapped around the trunk, your Blue Silver Grass should carry the ghost vine's corrosive toxin."
"Parasite!" Tang San shouted under his breath.
Blue light suddenly blazed from the spot on the tree where the Blue Silver Grass had wrapped around it. Then a mass of blue-black light emerged, and in the blink of an eye, Blue Silver Grass had bound the tree once more.
"Not bad. It can catch an opponent off guard," Grandmaster told Tang San as he carefully examined the Blue Silver Grass coiled around the tree.
Tang San frowned slightly and asked tentatively, "Teacher, I keep feeling that my first two soul skills both end up binding the enemy. Aren't these abilities a little redundant? After all, if an enemy is strong enough to break free of my Entanglement, what am I supposed to attack them with?"
"Little San, this is what you don't understand. In a one-on-one fight, the strongest soul masters are neither strength-type soul masters nor power-attack or agility-attack soul masters, but control-type soul masters like you. The first two soul rings I chose for you may both ultimately control the enemy through entanglement, without any offensive power."
"But I can guarantee you this: unless you encounter an opponent who happens to counter your martial soul, no soul master at your level-or even up to ten levels above you-will be able to break free of your Blue Silver Grass." Grandmaster thumped his chest confidently.
Tang San said excitedly, "Teacher, really? You mean no soul master below level thirty can break free of my bindings now, right?"
"Yes." Grandmaster nodded, then considered for a moment before adding, "But exceptions cannot be ruled out. Your martial soul has its own nemesis too."
As he spoke, Grandmaster took a fire stick from inside his robe, walked beneath the Blue Silver Grass binding the tree, and gently waved it in the breeze.
At once, a fierce flame burst from the fire stick. Before long, the previously resilient Blue Silver Grass began to melt in the flames.
"Teacher, you mean fire is the nemesis of my martial soul, right?" Seeing this, Tang San immediately understood. When he had sparred with Xiao Yan two years earlier, he had already discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had no effect on Xiao Yan.
Grandmaster nodded. "Your Blue Silver Grass martial soul is a plant, so naturally, it fears flames greatly. If you encounter a soul master skilled in using fire, your martial soul will be completely countered."
"Teacher, then when I add soul rings to my Blue Silver Grass in the future, shouldn't I consider soul rings with fire resistance as much as possible?" Tang San asked after some thought.
"There's no need. If you waste one or two of your soul ring slots on resistance to flames, what will you use to contend with your opponents later?" Grandmaster said with a confident smile.
"But both of my first two soul rings give entangling skills. Doesn't that waste soul rings too?" Tang San asked in confusion. He kept feeling that something was odd about the soul rings added to his Blue Silver Grass, but he could not quite put his finger on what was wrong.
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