After paying, the three of them left the shop together.
Seeing Tang San's excitement, Su Ming teased, "Tang San, you look pretty thrilled. This crystal should be able to make an even stronger hidden weapon, right? Are you planning to use it against me?"
Tang San's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Scratching his head, he replied, "Not at all, Su Ming, you're overthinking it. But this crystal can indeed be made into a hidden weapon with some decent power. You'll see it in action soon!"
Internally, Tang San couldn't help but wonder how Su Ming's intuition was so sharp. Originally, he had indeed planned to test the Dragon Beard Needle on Su Ming. In previous fights, most of the hidden weapons lacked sufficient power, but the Dragon Beard Needle was different. In his past life, it was a high-level weapon used by the inner disciples of the Tang Sect!
Although its primary function was to penetrate strong energy shields, its overall power wasn't weak either. He was curious whether it could break through Su Ming's first spirit ability.
Su Ming: You wish!
After some time, the three of them had finished shopping and returned to the hotel together.
Inside Tang San's room.
The three gathered around a table as Tang San took out a small hammer, circulating his soul power in his hand. He then gave a heavy strike to a crystal plate.
Bang!
The crystal shattered instantly, scattering tiny golden specks all around.
Tang San quickly said, "Hurry, collect all these pieces! Don't let a single one go to waste!"
The three hurriedly gathered the fragments. Su Ming and Xiao Wu, seeing such things for the first time, were quite intrigued.
After Tang San finished collecting all the pieces, he let out a long sigh of relief and said to the other two, "Look, this is called the Dragon Beard Needle. It can penetrate most soul power-based defenses!"
As he spoke, Tang San took out a tiny golden grain the size of a rice grain, infused it with his Mysterious Heaven Skill's energy, and immediately, the golden grain stretched into a long, thin gold thread.
"Watch closely!"
Tang San raised his right hand, flicked his middle finger, and shot the golden thread towards the blanket. As soon as it struck, the blanket twisted violently and instantly turned into a pile of shredded fabric.
Xiao Wu was amazed. "Wow! This hidden weapon, the Dragon Beard Needle, is incredible!"
Seeing his demonstration was successful, Tang San smiled smugly and said, "Of course! This hidden weapon ranks in the top ten of my collection. Even Dai Mubai's third spirit ability from yesterday might not be able to block it!"
Su Ming was intrigued, wondering whether the Dragon Beard Needle could penetrate his own defense.
With a grin, Su Ming said to Tang San, "Since your Dragon Beard Needle is so powerful, let's test it on me. Attack me with it, and I'll see if I can withstand it."
Tang San nodded, having the same thought.
Su Ming casually created a small wooden shield, using it as a target for Tang San's attack.
Without hesitation, Tang San launched the Dragon Beard Needle. With a bang, the needle pierced the wooden shield, shattering it instantly!
Xiao Wu was shocked. It was the first time she'd seen Su Ming's defense be broken!
However, Su Ming was not surprised. This time, he hadn't used his first spirit ability to enhance the wooden shield. He suspected that even with the enhancement, the Dragon Beard Needle might still break through.
After all, in the original story, the Dragon Beard Needle could break through Zhao Wuji's defense. Although Zhao Wuji hadn't gone all out at the time, the needle's power was undoubtedly extraordinary.
It truly deserved its place among the Tang Sect's top ten hidden weapons.
However, based on what Su Ming knew, the Dragon Beard Needle was specifically designed to break through energy shields, which in this world are similar to soul power-based defensive shields. Against his Wood Release techniques, which are physical defenses, its power should be somewhat weaker.
Su Ming realized that his current Wooden Shield Wall was no longer sufficient for him. It was time to upgrade to a stronger defensive Wood Release technique.
Seeing Tang San's smug expression, Su Ming felt the need to humble him a bit before his pride got out of hand.
Su Ming said casually, "Tang San, don't get too excited. I've been using this defensive spirit ability for six years now—it's long outdated."
Tang San felt a sudden sense of foreboding. "Outdated? But isn't this your first spirit ability?"
Su Ming shrugged, "Huh? What are you talking about? Six years have passed since then, of course I've upgraded it. Didn't you notice I didn't even release my spirit rings just now?"
Tang San froze. Indeed, when Su Ming used his ability earlier, no spirit rings had appeared!
Tang San felt a pang of bitterness. How could there be such a huge gap between people?
His first spirit ability was still Binding, even after six years, while Su Ming had continuously improved his abilities.
Xiao Wu, listening to Su Ming's words, couldn't help but chuckle internally. What upgrade? Su Ming's first spirit ability was never a defensive one in the first place—it was purely an amplification skill!
Su Ming noticed Xiao Wu stifling her laughter and shot her a glare.
Xiao Wu playfully stuck out her tongue in response.
Suddenly, Su Ming's first spirit ring lit up. Clasping his hands together, he shouted, "First spirit ability, Tree World Wall!"
Immediately, vines and wooden tendrils grew rapidly from the floor, forming a shield. This was a smaller version, otherwise, it wouldn't have fit in the hotel room.
After the experiment, Tang San would need to find a new room—the three of them had made quite a mess.
Looking at Su Ming's new defensive ability, Tang San could tell at a glance that it was far superior to the previous one. Not only in quality but also in quantity and the thickness of the wood, this spirit ability was on a whole different level!
With determination, Tang San fired the Dragon Beard Needle once more, hoping for the same result. However, things didn't go as he wished.
The needle pierced halfway into the Tree World Wall, twisting and exploding, but it only managed to damage about half of the shield before stopping!
Within a second, the shield had regenerated completely, leaving Tang San astonished.
What kind of defense was this, and how could it recover so quickly? The Dragon Beard Needle, one of the top ten hidden weapons of the Tang Sect in his past life, couldn't even break through Su Ming's modified first spirit ability!
Su Ming was very pleased with the outcome. The Tree World Wall was only a mid-tier Wood Release technique, just slightly better than the Wooden Shield Wall.
Now, with the Tree World Wall enhanced by a double toughness attribute and a 50% boost from life energy, it was able to withstand Tang San's Dragon Beard Needle—a result Su Ming found more than satisfactory.
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