The next morning, everything was silent, and the horizon in the east began to glow softly, gently illuminating the light blue sky.
Inside the inn, the Shrek members were having breakfast.
"What? You saw Lan Si last night? And he's already reached level thirty-three?" Yu Xiaogang nearly spat out the porridge he had just swallowed.
This was wrong! It didn't make sense. According to my invincible theory, Lan Si should be more suited for the support role. Even if he was a combat soul master, his innate soul power was only level five. How could he surpass Tang San, who possessed twin martial souls, an external spirit bone, and had absorbed a third spirit ring well beyond his years?
"Yes! Xiaogang, I met that kid yesterday, and he's indeed impressive," Flender nodded, a bit annoyed. "Xiaogang, since he's from your Nuoding Academy, why didn't you mention him before? We could have brought him to Shrek Academy, but now he's already joined another academy. I can't even invite him anymore!"
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang rolled his eyes. Did Flender think he hadn't tried inviting him? He had promoted Shrek Academy to the skies, even sacrificing his invincible theory, only to be countered by Lan Si. In the end, it was because Shrek Academy was too rundown that Lan Si didn't come.
"Ahem, during my time at Nuoding Academy, I focused on training Tang San, so I didn't pay much attention," Yu Xiaogang coughed a few times to mask his embarrassment and then shifted his gaze to Tang San, changing the subject. "Tang San, what do you think of Lan Si?"
"He's strong. I feel he's not weaker than 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat,' who defeated Xiao Wu in a one-on-one battle yesterday at the arena." Mentioning "I Love Eating Rabbit Meat," a glint of killing intent flickered in Tang San's eyes. He would never let anyone who dared to harm Xiao Wu go unpunished; in his mind, "I Love Eating Rabbit Meat" was already on his hit list.
Tang San added, "However, if I were to face him, with my Blue Silver Grass' third soul skill and my Spider Lance, I'm confident I could defeat him."
"Xiao Wu was defeated?" This surprised Yu Xiaogang even more.
He had no doubts that Tang San could defeat Lan Si, given that Tang San had only recently entered the Soul Master stage and had even defeated Dai Mubai, who was at level thirty-seven and had a powerful beast martial soul, without using his external spirit bone, solely relying on his Blue Silver Grass' third soul skill.
However, Xiao Wu's loss intrigued him. He viewed her as equally talented, which was why he allowed Tang San to interact with her.
Now, Xiao Wu had also mastered the rare teleportation soul skill. In one-on-one battles of the same level, she should have been nearly unbeatable, so her easy defeat was truly baffling.
"Tang San, go call Xiao Wu over. I want to ask her about the specifics of her battle with that guy. Perhaps 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat' will become a formidable opponent for you in the arena."
Tang San shook his head. "Teacher, let me handle this. Xiao Wu is quite resistant to discussing it due to certain reasons."
As he spoke, Tang San recounted the details of the battle between "I Love Eating Rabbit Meat" and Xiao Wu.
"I see. It looks like Xiao Wu was completely targeted," Yu Xiaogang nodded repeatedly after listening to Tang San's account.
Flender's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask Yu Xiaogang, who was equally blindly confident in his theories, "Xiaogang, have you figured something out?"
A glimmer of wisdom sparkled in Yu Xiaogang's eyes; it was time for him to share his invincible theory again. "Although I didn't directly observe that match, I can infer from Tang San's description. In my view, 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat' didn't actually release his martial soul; he gave us the illusion that he hadn't released it."
Tang San seemed to grasp something. "Teacher, are you suggesting…?"
"Tang San, it looks like you're on the right track," Yu Xiaogang nodded proudly and continued to speak nonsense with a serious face. "Tang San, do you remember when I told you about a certain phenomenon? According to my research, although martial souls in the continent are categorized into beast martial souls and tool martial souls, there is actually a third type of anomaly. It doesn't belong to either category; instead, it awakens a specific part of the body. It could be an arm, a leg, the head, or even an internal organ. This type of martial soul doesn't have a proper name because it's an existence rejected by society. As soon as it appears, it becomes a target for everyone. It's not tolerated in the soul master world."
Tang San continued to ask, "Teacher, are you saying that 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat' has a martial soul that belongs to a specific part of the body?"
Yu Xiaogang nodded, a hint of a proud smile on his stiff face. "That's about right. Based on my research, 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat' belongs to an extremely special category within that anomaly. His martial soul is his entire body. Such martial souls can significantly enhance the user's physical qualities, allowing them to far surpass ordinary soul masters. Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for him to defeat Xiao Wu without releasing his martial soul; even you, Tang San, would find that difficult. As for not displaying his soul rings, that's even simpler. A slightly more skilled soul master can suppress their soul rings within their body when summoning their martial soul, preventing them from showing."
"Ha ha! Xiaogang, you truly deserve to be the master theorist behind the Ten Great Martial Soul Core, able to uncover the truth about that kid in just a few words," Flender laughed heartily, giving Yu Xiaogang a thumbs up in admiration.
Yu Xiaogang smiled without speaking, but the curve of his lips indicated he wasn't as humble as he appeared.
Shifting gears, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with a serious expression, determination gleaming in his eyes. "Tang San, when you face him, just go all out. Those with that kind of martial soul are likely to be power attackers, and you're a control type. Control types naturally have a strong advantage over power attackers. Just like last time when you defeated Mubai, use your Blue Silver Grass to beat him."
"I will, Teacher." Tang San clenched his right fist, filled with confidence, thinking, 'I Love Eating Rabbit Meat,' if you dare to harm Xiao Wu, be prepared to face my revenge!
"Oh, by the way, where did Mubai, Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun go? This early in the morning, besides you, Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Oscar, I haven't seen anyone else," Yu Xiaogang skipped the earlier topic. "Tonight is their first team battle in the arena, and I need to remind them of some precautions."
"As for Zhuqing, she went out to train early (to find Lan Si). Hongjun and Mubai didn't come back at all last night." It was obvious that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had gone out to indulge.
Just thinking about the two of them gave Flender a headache. Ma Hongjun's actions were understandable given his martial soul, but Dai Mubai was simply being irresponsible.
He never expected that the boy would fall this far; his fiancée ran off with someone else, and he still had the energy to fool around. No wonder Zhu Zhuqing wouldn't choose him. If he was in her place, he wouldn't choose him either.
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