Tang San suddenly looked up, incredulous—
"How is it possible for you to activate two martial spirits at the same time?!"
"This is impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
He himself had twin martial spirits!
It was a fundamental rule that two martial spirits could not be used simultaneously!
Even his knowledgeable teacher had been adamant about it!
How could the person before him do this?
For a moment, doubt, humiliation, frustration, shock, and anger all welled up within him and transformed into—
[Emotion Points +1099]
[Emotion Points +1099]
"Oh ho!"
Over a thousand now, huh?
It seems like this little brat's emotional state is getting quite intense.
"White Tiger Possession!"
"A thousand-year soul ring?!"
Two voices rang out.
Zhuge Lan looked up.
He saw Dai Mubai's muscles bulging as claws eight inches long extended from his hands, glinting like sharp daggers.
In the midst of his movements, Xiao Wu, who had already wrapped her legs around his neck, preparing to use her soft martial arts technique, was forced to let go.
Tang San, startled by Xiao Wu's shout, quickly turned his head to look.
"Tsk tsk tsk!" Zhuge Lan teased, "Your girl is always fighting like this, getting all touchy-feely with people, and you're okay with that?"
[Emotion Points +1199]
It's going up again—clearly, he's bothered by it.
"In a battle between soul masters, what's the difference between men and women?" Tang San retorted stubbornly. "No matter how you're managing to use two martial spirits simultaneously, I don't believe you can outlast me in terms of soul power!"
He planned to rely on his Xuan Tian Gong technique, which allowed him to recover faster.
The plan was to wear Zhuge Lan down.
But unfortunately—
All system-given abilities had no consumption!
Otherwise, the soul skill of a million-year soul ring would be terrifying in its consumption.
As a mere Soul Elder, he would be drained dry in an instant.
The Thorn Armor, given as part of a beginner's gift, also had no consumption, as it was under the system's maintenance.
So...
Zhuge Lan's only expenditure was in materializing the Li Jing Sword, his martial spirit.
He was relaxed.
He even had time to playfully suggest—
"Since you're so confident, how about we make a bet?"
"If you manage to wear me down, I lose. I'll avoid you whenever I see you from now on."
"But if you can't outlast me, you lose, and you have to call me Brother Lan from now on."
"How about that?"
Tang San didn't immediately respond but stared at Zhuge Lan with a mix of suspicion and uncertainty.
The calm confidence he showed didn't seem fake.
This shook Tang San's confidence.
To play it safe, he chose silence.
—This way, he might not win, but he definitely wouldn't lose.
But—
[Emotion Points +1299]
Tsk!
This little brat would rather bottle up his feelings than take the bet.
Not much of a man.
Zhuge Lan lost interest in teasing him and shifted his focus to the other battlefield.
Dai Mubai, under his White Tiger possession, was indeed giving Xiao Wu a hard time.
But Xiao Wu was extremely agile, and while she hadn't mastered the Ghost Shadow Steps technique, her movement still outpaced Dai Mubai's.
She was too slippery to be caught.
Dai Mubai was a level 37 Soul Elder!
Xiao Wu only had two rings. If the fight dragged on, he would lose.
Could he tolerate that?
"Third Soul Ring: White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"
His muscles bulged even further, black stripes appearing on his skin as he transformed into a humanoid tiger.
With one step, he shattered the floor tiles beneath him and shot toward Xiao Wu like an arrow.
Xiao Wu, realizing she couldn't dodge, activated her second soul ring, her eyes flashing pink.
"Second Soul Skill: Charm!"
Logically, with Dai Mubai being of much higher level than Xiao Wu and in his White Tiger Vajra state, his resistance to abnormal statuses should have been doubled.
He shouldn't have been affected by the charm.
But his eyes filled with infatuation, and he stopped mid-strike, crashing straight into the front desk instead.
"Crash—"
The desk shattered, and as he hit it, he snapped out of the charm.
Furious, he stood up, glaring at Xiao Wu with intense anger in his eyes.
Just as he was about to regain his dignity—
"I concede." Xiao Wu raised her hand. "A Soul Elder bullying a Grandmaster like me, what kind of skill is that?"
With that, she ignored the stunned Dai Mubai and charged furiously toward Zhuge Lan.
[Emotion Points +444]
[Emotion Points +444]
[Emotion Points +444]
Oh ho!
Seeing her dear brother humiliated, she'd rather surrender herself to save him, huh?
The bond between Xiao Wu and Tang San was undeniable.
But still—
"Wait a second," Zhuge Lan taunted. "Him, a Soul Elder, fighting you, a Grandmaster, is shameless, but the two of you ganging up on me is fair?"
[Emotion Points +499]
[Emotion Points +1399]
Dai Mubai was speechless.
These three kids, their mouths were as sharp as their skills!
"Didn't you say you were a Soul Elder?" Xiao Wu retorted defiantly. "Little San is only level 29—you're the one bullying him!"
Alright, alright! So that's how it is?
"Fine!" Zhuge Lan grinned. "Then don't blame me for not holding back anymore!"
With that, all three of them instinctively tensed up!
—After all that, he's been holding back?!
Zhuge Lan's left eye glowed with golden light, forming a gilded eye that radiated compassion, like that of a saint.
It was the External Soul Bone: Saint's Eye!
And its age was—one million years!
Zhuge Lan activated its only soul bone skill, unconsciously chanting—
"What is filial piety?"
"What is love?"
"Feel the greatness of a mother's love..."
Xiao Wu lunged forward with a death scissor kick.
But the Thorn Armor blocked her attack, her legs wrapping around his face, close enough to see the muscle fibers in her white stockings.
—A muscular little girl, huh?
Unfazed, Zhuge Lan continued his chant—
"Strongest Appraisal!"
Xiao Wu cautiously retreated, rejoining Tang San.
Golden light burst from the Saint's Eye, forming a miniature sun that illuminated the world.
It shot into the eyes of Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, the twin sisters, and even the approaching front desk manager!
And then—
To their horror, they saw their stomachs inflating like balloons!
"Ah!" Xiao Wu screamed. "What is this?! Is it making us fat?!"
"What the heck is this?"
"Stop it!"
As they were still shocked by their growing bellies, an excruciating pain hit them, causing them to collapse to the ground.
"Ah—"
"Oh—"
"Ow—"
"It hurts so much!!!"
Watching the group "give birth" while clutching their bellies, Zhuge Lan couldn't help but laugh.
Both from the amusing sight and because—
[Emotion Points +2222]
[Emotion Points +1444]
[Emotion Points +666]
[Emotion Points +69]
[Emotion Points +69]
[Emotion Points +9]
Over 2000 now!
Zhuge Lan opened the details and saw that Tang San had contributed the most.
Kneeling while enduring both the pain of childbirth and the shame—it was unbearable for someone from a feudal society like him.
But...
Why did Xiao Wu only give 666 Emotion Points?
Ah, right.
She's a hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit...
Older and emotionally stable.
That made sense.
As for the 9 Emotion Points—they came from the front desk manager.
Zhuge Lan realized something then.
These minor characters weren't worth the effort.
The main focus should be on the protagonists and the important supporting characters.
"Enough!" Tang San gritted his teeth. "I lost this match. Please retract your soul skill... Brother Lan!"
He was the first to release his motherly binding as a gesture of sincerity.
Zhuge Lan also withdrew his twin martial spirits, stepping back to show respect.
But...