Yu Xiaogang spoke with complete self-assurance.
As though he had been the one to teach the Manga World's Tang San.
Dai Mubai and the others looked at Tang San, their eyes filled with envy and admiration.
"Xiao San, you're incredible!"
"To think the you in another world would achieve so much in the future!"
"With you as our brother, won't we be able to swagger around unchallenged from now on?"
Hearing this, Tang San's own chest heaved, and fierce fighting spirit blazed in his heart.
So he could reach such heights in the future, becoming even stronger than his father, Tang Hao!
Yet, just then.
A soft laugh rang out at an inopportune moment.
"Hehe~"
Ning Rongrong looked at Yu Xiaogang, her face full of mockery.
"Yu Great Shit, could you stop gilding your own face for a moment? And you lot, aren't you celebrating too soon?"
"Look closely. That's Tang San from another world, and his first martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor! All his soul rings are over ten thousand years old!"
"But our Tang San's martial soul is merely insignificant Blue Silver Grass! And his soul rings are just two ordinary yellow hundred-year rings!!"
As soon as she finished, the clamor in the square abruptly stopped.
Everyone froze for a moment, instinctively recalling Tang San's first martial soul.
That Blue Silver Grass on the Sky Screen, gilded from top to bottom and bearing an emperor's imposing aura, was the other world's Blue Silver Emperor!
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass seemed ordinary, only somewhat stronger than normal Blue Silver Grass because it had absorbed soul rings!
A difference of a single word!
Yet one stood in heaven, the other on earth!
Zhu Zhuqing's cool voice sounded from the side as she nodded slightly.
"The Blue Silver Emperor... is the emperor of Blue Silver Grass. The legendary king of all grasses, a pinnacle existence among grass-type plant soul beasts. It's nothing like ordinary Blue Silver Grass!"
Ning Rongrong shrugged, the smile on her lips deepening.
"The other world's Tang San has flowing, silky blue hair, handsome features, and a composed bearing. But our world's Tang San? Black hair and an unremarkable face!"
"Just like the difference between the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver Grass-one is a born emperor, while the other can be found anywhere!!"
Those words left everyone even more astonished.
Only then did they realize it was not just his martial soul, but also his appearance and bearing.
The smile on Yu Xiaogang's face instantly froze, and his expression turned livid.
The light in Tang San's eyes also dimmed a little, and he clenched his fists.
Blue Silver Grass... Blue Silver Emperor...
Was his martial soul really as far apart from his other self's as heaven and earth?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"
Yu Xiaogang abruptly raised his voice and brazened it out.
"Judging by the information and timeline on the Sky Screen, Xiao San's mother was very likely the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor soul beast who took human form and fell in love with His Excellency Haotian!"
"So Xiao San's first martial soul must be the Blue Silver Emperor! It must simply have degenerated because of his bloodline, just like my Luo Sanpao martial soul!"
"With proper training, it can definitely evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul!!"
Hearing this, Flender and the others nodded in agreement.
Tang San's eyes also lit up, as though he had seen hope again.
"Really?"
Ning Rongrong laughed again.
"If I remember correctly, Tang San said you had him add soul rings with poison and toughness attributes, right? Taking the control system route, right?!"
"But everyone knows the Blue Silver Emperor is absolutely a healing and life-type martial soul, the complete opposite of poison! Shouldn't you have had him add life-attribute soul rings? Take the healing route?!"
"You so-called 'Grandmaster' are simply ruining your students! As if ruining your own Holy Dragon Embryo wasn't enough, you had to harm Tang San's martial soul too?!"
At those words, the entire square abruptly fell deathly silent again.
"Teacher, is what Ning Rongrong said true?!"
Tang San suddenly glared at Yu Xiaogang, a faint killing intent rising in his eyes.
He kept feeling that Ning Rongrong was right. The Blue Silver Emperor martial soul should not absorb poison-attribute soul rings!
If Yu Xiaogang really had ruined him through his training, then... he had already earned his death!!
Everyone present also looked at Yu Xiaogang, their eyes filled with doubt.
"Ning Rongrong, you're spewing your mother's stinking dog farts!!!"
Yu Xiaogang instantly panicked, his eyes bloodshot as he panted like an ox.
"Xiao San, don't listen to her nonsense! You only have two soul rings. Don't rush! This is called building deep reserves for a powerful breakthrough! Two negatives make a positive!"
"If you don't believe me, let's keep watching. The other world's Tang San's nine Blue Silver Emperor soul rings must all be poison-attribute and control-type, with absolutely no attack or life-healing soul skills!"
Ning Rongrong smiled.
"Fine, then let's keep watching and see whether he has any soul skills besides poison and control!"
Meanwhile, not far away.
In the crown of a towering tree.
Tang Hao watched the Sky Screen, utterly excited.
Listening to the heated discussion below, he was full of disdain.
"Hmph, before Ah Yin died, she told me that once Xiao San broke through level fifty, I only needed to take him to the Blue Silver Forest to find the Blue Silver King, and his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline could be activated!"
"As for which soul rings he absorbs before then? Yu Xiaogang is the world's foremost martial soul Theoretical Grandmaster. Following his advice certainly won't cause any problems!"
"This Ning Rongrong from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is truly ignorant!!"
With that, he looked at Tang San, then back at the Sky Screen.
In the future, his Xiao San would certainly be even more outstanding than that child from the other world!
The uproar across the Two Worlds had yet to subside.
The golden light upon the Sky Screen stirred again.
The scene atop Bright Moon Mountain continued to unfold.
[Seeing Tang San insist on breaking the formation, First Elder Tang Ming's expression changed drastically. He rushed forward and raised a hand to stop him, his aged voice filled with anxiety. "No! Tang San, don't act rashly!"]
["The core of this Immortal Legacy · Eight Hammers Barrier Formation is an origin divinity mark left by the ancestor's divine soul. Only divinity of a higher level than the ancestor's can disperse the mark and dismantle the formation's foundation. The ancestor's divine soul retained six percent origin divinity, already the limit mortal beings can reach. You're so young-how could you possibly possess divinity?"]
[Second Elder Tang Qingqing also hurried forward, her expression grave. "If you forcibly clash with the formation, you'll either die or be injured!"]
[The other four elders voiced their agreement, their expressions full of earnestness and anxiety. As they understood it, divinity was an origin power born only upon reaching level one hundred and becoming a god. Even Tang Chen, who had attempted the Divine Examination back then, had barely touched the fringes of divinity, let alone possessed divinity exceeding the ancestor's six percent.]
[Tang Xiao also stepped in front of Tang San, saying in a low voice, "Xiao San, listen to the elders. The heavenly chasm of divinity absolutely cannot be bridged with soul power?!"]
[Tang San looked at their anxious faces, yet slowly shook his head. His gaze passed over them toward the towering phantom of the ancestor in the center of the formation. His voice was calm, yet rang with weight. "Elders, Sect Master, have you considered an oversight?"]
["If this Mountain-Protection Grand Formation truly uses the level of one's divinity as the sole threshold for breaking it, wouldn't someone from Spirit Hall with higher divinity be able to march straight in and strike at the heart of the sect?"]
["The Clear Sky Ancestor created this formation to protect the sect's legacy for countless generations. Why would he leave such a fatal flaw?"]
[Before he had finished speaking, a pale golden radiance abruptly lit up around him. The light was extremely faint, yet carried a supreme pressure that stood above mortal existence. The howling wind and snow around him instantly melted into nothing upon touching the golden light.]
["As for divinity..."]
[Tang San raised his eyes, the Purple Demon Eye and golden divinity illuminating each other within them. His tone was mild, yet held earth-shattering weight:]
["I have it! And far more than this mere six percent! Several times, even dozens of times more!!!"]
["I will break this formation!!"]
[As those words fell, the mountaintop instantly became deathly silent.]
[The six elders stood frozen, their mouths open without a single sound escaping, their eyes filled with utter shock.]
[But before they could react, the phantom of the ancestor's divine soul, which had stood motionless at the center of the formation for tens of thousands of years, suddenly moved.]
[Two brilliant golden flames abruptly lit up in those previously empty eyes. He lowered his head slightly, his gaze piercing through layer upon layer of the formation's radiant light to land precisely on Tang San.]
[Immediately afterward, an aged, sonorous voice, seemingly spanning the ages, thundered across the entire summit of Bright Moon Mountain, shaking loose the accumulated snow and sending it sliding down:]
["Excellent, excellent!"]
["To think that among my Tang family's descendants, someone truly could touch the source of divinity ahead of time, and even possess divinity of such a level..."]
[The ancestor's divine soul slowly raised the heaven-propping Clear Sky Hammer in his hand. Along its body, eight seventy-thousand-year Heaven and Earth Soul Rings lit up in succession, then exploded with a thunderous roar!]
["Since that is so, I shall bestow upon you a hammer strike!!!"]
["Ring Detonation!!!"]
[Before his words had faded, that enormous Clear Sky Hammer, wreathed in the might of Ring Detonation and suppressing heaven and earth, smashed down savagely at Tang San before the formation, bearing a terrifying force that tore through the firmament!]
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