"Li Jin, you despicable bastard! Two against one!"
Tang San kept his eyes shut, tears streaming uncontrollably down his face.
"Tang San, since Xiao Wu wants to beat you up, I have to lend her a hand."
"As for being despicable, I'm a support Soul Master. Helping combat Soul Masters fight is what I do. You're a combat Soul Master trying to challenge a support Soul Master like me. Isn't that what's truly shameless?"
Under Spiritual Detection, every tiny movement Tang San made fell within Li Jin's perception, which he then shared with Xiao Wu.
Although having his Purple Demon Eye broken had deprived Tang San of his sight, his ability to locate things by sound was still formidable. He pinpointed Xiao Wu's position from the sound of rushing air.
He used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track again, trying to dodge Xiao Wu's knee strike.
Xiao Wu's eyes widened slightly. This full 360-degree view had absolutely no blind spots. She could even "see" the exertion of Tang San's muscles and the circulation of his Soul Power with perfect clarity.
"Li Jin, nicely done!"
Xiao Wu spoke in delighted surprise. Through the vision Li Jin shared, she predicted the direction Tang San would dodge with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and adjusted her movement in time. Her knee strike ultimately landed on Tang San's face.
With a thud, Tang San felt a sharp pain in his nose, followed by a sour, stinging sensation that surged straight into his brain.
Drop after drop, blood trickled from his nose.
His body staggered backward uncontrollably. He retreated more than a dozen steps before regaining his footing.
Tang San kept his eyes shut and covered his nose, tears and blood streaming down together as he shouted, "Impossible!"
He had already dodged. Why could Xiao Wu see through his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track? That sudden adjustment had caught him completely off guard.
The Tang Sect Secret Arts were invincible!
This had to be some kind of coincidence!
Meanwhile, Li Jin rapidly recorded and deduced Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Under Spiritual Detection, as long as Tang San used the Tang Sect Secret Arts, they had nowhere to hide.
Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track have already reached 30% deduction progress. There's still Mysterious Jade Hand, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Mysterious Heaven Skill. Use them all!
Meanwhile, landing one hit had done nothing to satisfy Xiao Wu. After touching down, she pushed off again and chased after Tang San.
"Tang San, let's see how you run this time!"
Tang San had learned his lesson and no longer dared let Xiao Wu get close. As he retreated with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, his first Soul Ring began to glow.
"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Entanglement!"
He had been better off not using a Soul Skill. Now that he had, Tang San felt an even more unbearable itch all over his body.
As he scratched himself, he controlled the snakelike Blue Silver vines, sending them winding toward Xiao Wu in layer upon layer.
Without Li Jin's shared vision, Xiao Wu might have found this troublesome.
Now, with this full 360-degree view without any blind spots, Xiao Wu flitted nimbly between the vines.
She floated like a startled swan and twisted like a roaming dragon!
No matter how the frenzied snakes thrashed, they could not touch even a corner of Xiao Wu's clothes.
The distance between her and Tang San was rapidly shrinking.
Cold sweat broke out on Tang San's forehead. He still could not open his eyes, his nose hurt unbearably, and his body itched here, there, and everywhere. On top of that, the aggressive rush of air from Xiao Wu kept drawing closer.
Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track alone would not let him evade her.
Soul Power surged madly through his meridians along the circulation route of Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Tang San used Mysterious Jade Hand, applying force through Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon. Relying on sound to pinpoint her position, he defused wave after wave of Xiao Wu's attacks.
Xiao Wu was utterly frustrated. Tang San's hands could release an invisible force. With a pull and a tug, he made her body veer uncontrollably to one side.
"Damn it, this Fart King really does have some skill."
Li Jin's eyes gleamed. As Tang San circulated Mysterious Heaven Skill at full strength while simultaneously using Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, his deduction progress for these Tang Sect Secret Arts soared.
Apart from the hidden weapon techniques and the records of medicines and poisons in the Hundred Solutions of Hidden Weapon, Li Jin had copied more than half of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
Wang Sheng and the other spectators were also astonished. They had never thought much of Tang San before, but now they discovered that he really did have some skill.
They looked toward Xiao Wu, all sweating on her behalf.
The fight between Tang San and Xiao Wu continued.
Tang San's expression grew increasingly grim. Using his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul while simultaneously employing the Tang Sect Secret Arts was becoming more than he could sustain, even with Mysterious Heaven Skill's powerful recovery ability.
After all, he only had rank 11 Soul Power.
Yet defeating Xiao Wu was truly beyond him.
With Spiritual Detection Sharing, Xiao Wu could anticipate her opponent's moves, putting her in an inherently invincible position.
Without those Tang Sect Secret Arts, Tang San would have lost long ago.
Not good!
Tang San inwardly cried out in alarm. His Soul Power had bottomed out, and he could no longer use the Tang Sect Secret Arts.
His face pale, Tang San could only listen as the aggressive rush of air drew closer and closer.
"First Soul Skill, Waist Bow!"
Xiao Wu's waist strength instantly increased by 100%, and her flexibility instantly increased by 50%.
Planting both feet on Tang San's shoulders, she bent backward like a great bow. "Go flying!"
Under Xiao Wu's tremendous explosive force!
With his Soul Power already depleted, Tang San's feet left the ground uncontrollably, and his body was flung away like a kite with a snapped string.
With a thud, Tang San slammed heavily into the ground, letting out muffled grunts and cries of pain. He felt as though every bone in his body had been smashed apart. His eyes still would not open, his nose was still bleeding, and his head buzzed. He lay on the ground like a dead dog, unable to move.
Xiao Wu landed lightly. Although she had won, she was not as happy as she had imagined.
Tang San was extremely difficult to deal with, especially those strange Self-Created Soul Skills.
If not for Li Jin's Spiritual Detection Sharing, and if not for her rank 13 Soul Power surpassing Tang San's rank 11 Soul Power.
The one who lost today would probably have been Xiao Wu herself.
Xiao Wu planted her hands on her hips and warned him sternly:
"Tang San, remember this. I'm the boss of Nuoding Academy. Today was just a lesson."
"From now on, if you dare speak disrespectfully at the academy again, or provoke Li Jin, who's under my protection, I'll beat you every time I see you."
Tang San trembled. Being beaten down by Xiao Wu filled him with immense humiliation.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west.
Do not scorn a youth for being poor.
In his view, his Soul Power was simply too low. Once he raised it, with the ever-victorious Tang Sect Secret Arts, he would definitely be able to defeat Xiao Wu.
For now, however, he could only swallow his grievances and yield.
Tang San opened his mouth and spoke hoarsely. "I know I was wrong, Sister Xiao Wu."
Li Jin, you'd better take good care of my Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges. The day I defeat Xiao Wu will be the day I snatch the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges back from you.
Tang San believed he had already seen through Li Jin. He truly had no combat ability, but probably possessed some kind of detection ability. Otherwise, there was no explaining how Xiao Wu could always dodge his attacks in advance.
A mere Koi was, in the end, nothing but a Trash Martial Soul without any combat ability.
His Blue Silver Grass, however, had gained toughness and potent poison under Yu Xiaogang's guidance. With the terrifying Blue Silver Entanglement skill, it possessed unfathomable practical combat ability.
Dealing with Li Jin would be as easy as reaching into a bag and taking something out.
My back itches so much...