93: Chapter 93 Xiao Wu's Crisis, the Scoundrel Ran Away

Tang San's mentality was somewhat broken. Su Ling had nullified his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method with a single punch, making it impossible for him to unleash its power.

"Tang San, if you admit defeat now, you might suffer less pain. Otherwise, I won't be polite." Su Ling looked at Tang San with a calm expression.

If it weren't for the rules of the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament forbidding killing, Tang San would definitely not have survived today.

"Admit defeat? No... we haven't lost yet."

After Tang San finished speaking, he immediately released the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone skill to recover. The fractured bones in his hand healed basically within moments under the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone's recovery skill.

After recovering, Tang San once again released the Clear Sky Hammer.

"This is what you forced me to do."

Tang San held the Clear Sky Hammer, and his Eight Spider Lances appeared behind him.

With a bang, Tang San actually smashed his external Spirit Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, with the Clear Sky Hammer.

One of the Eight Spider Lances shattered into countless small pieces. Subsequently, Tang San's hands turned jade-like. After picking up the shards, his face was once again filled with rare confidence.

It seemed as if he possessed the Aura of someone who could conquer the world with Hidden Weapons in hand.

"We are guaranteed to win this match."

Tang San still used the Bat Wing Reincarnation, firing over a dozen shards of the Eight Spider Lances at once.

Actually, when Tang San was preparing to throw the Hidden Weapons, Su Ling was also prepared.

The Primordial War Bow fired ten arrows instantly, almost simultaneously with Tang San's follow-up.

The speed of the ten arrows was much faster than Tang San's Hidden Weapons. In an instant, the ten shards fired by Tang San were struck by the arrows.

However, the ten arrows only knocked away ten shards.

There were still three shards that were not knocked down. Su Ling flashed to one of the shards and used the body of the Primordial War Bow to strike it directly.

The struck shard flew directly towards Tang San's direction.

There were two more shards, and their targets happened to be Su Ling as well.

So Su Ling did the same, batting both shards towards Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's Hell White Tiger.

Tang San himself was an expert at using Hidden Weapons and possessed extremely high agility, so he managed to dodge the shards Su Ling hit back. However, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were different.

Su Ling's strike directly accelerated the speed of the Eight Spider Lances' shards.

If it had been the Hidden Weapons Tang San originally threw, they might have had a chance to dodge, but after the acceleration, the speed was more than doubled.

Combined with the large size of the Hell White Tiger, it was even harder to dodge.

Bang! Bang! Two sounds rang out. One shard hit the Hell White Tiger's front leg, and the other hit its shoulder.

The Hell White Tiger let out a combined scream from Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.

At this moment, the Hell White Tiger was like a lame tiger, making it even harder to attack Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuxin.

"Su Ling's archery is too powerful, right? Did I see that correctly just now? He shot ten arrows at once, and every single one hit a high-speed moving target."

"This Su Ling, he is a long-range Spirit Master, how is he also so powerful in close combat?"

Outside the arena, everyone started discussing Su Ling. As for the Star Luo Royal Academy, no one seemed to care about them anymore.

There were many geniuses in this Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, but these geniuses seemed insignificant in front of Su Ling.

"Little Scoundrel, keep smashing. Let's see how many of your Eight Spider Lances are left. Smash them all." Su Ling looked at Tang San and said.

At this moment, Tang San looked at Su Ling as if he were seeing a monster.

"I..." Tang San was truly out of options. Bat Wing Reincarnation was useless, and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method couldn't play any role at all.

Right, I can still do this.

Tang San suddenly activated his Spirit Bone skill and flew into the high sky again.

Subsequently, high in the sky, the Clear Sky Hammer swung continuously, emitting a roaring sound.

"What is he doing?"

"Is he swinging the Clear Sky Hammer at the air?"

Many people didn't understand what Tang San was trying to do, but they understood that Tang San was charging up his power, waiting until he reached eighty-one strikes, or perhaps the nine-nine-return-to-one.

In this situation, Su Ling could interrupt, or he could wait for Tang San to finish preparing and then strike.

Both were possible, but Su Ling didn't want to let Tang San proceed so smoothly.

Thus, he raised the Primordial War Bow and even used his fourth Spirit Ability, Golden Light Arrow Rain!

"Little Scoundrel, are you smart or stupid? Flying into the sky just makes you a target for my archery. I am a long-range Spirit Master, after all." Su Ling smiled and said.

Golden Light Arrow Rain. This time, all twelve arrows were aimed at Tang San.

Tang San said: "Just in time."

He immediately used the Clear Sky Hammer to bombard Su Ling's arrows using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method.

But with the first hammer, Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer almost slipped from his grip, but he persisted.

Twelve arrows, Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to block them one by one in the air.

But after the twelve arrows, a spinning arrow flew over at high speed.

By this time, Tang San's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method had already struck fifty-six times.

Tang San had seen the spinning arrow before and knew that this arrow was incredibly powerful.

However, it was difficult to dodge in the air, so he could only strike with all his might using the Clear Sky Hammer.

The fifty-seventh hammer struck.

With a loud boom, Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer slipped from his hand again. The Clear Sky Hammer flew out again, and the spinning arrow pierced through Tang San's left shoulder.

His entire body spun in the air.

And since the arena's protective barrier had been destroyed earlier, Tang San was knocked out of the sky above the arena by this arrow. The arrow carried Tang San and nailed him directly to a wall dozens of meters away from the arena.

For this arrow, Su Ling had used his full strength with the Primordial War Bow, fusing all his Soul Power attributes, so its power was naturally extraordinary.

"Brother!"

"Little San!"

The next second, Tang San, who was pinned above, fell down as the arrow disappeared.

At this moment, Tang San was already out of the arena.

Su Ling looked at the others from the Star Luo Royal Academy and said: "Do you still want to continue fighting?"

The people from the Star Luo Royal Academy looked at each other, and finally, they all looked at Dai Weisi, who had already deactivated his Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Dai Weisi was also injured and said: "We won't fight anymore. We admit defeat."

There was no way to fight; they had no advantage at all.

Without Su Ling, Shrek Academy might not even be as good as the Spirit Hall Academy, but with Su Ling's presence, Shrek Academy was the strongest existence.

Some even discussed that if Su Ling were placed in any academy, that academy would be able to win the final championship.

"The match is over. Congratulations to Shrek Academy for winning." The head referee also announced the result loudly.

"Shrek, Shrek!"

"Su Ling, Su Ling!"

Audiences inside and outside cheered for Shrek, and Su Ling also gained quite a few fans.

Besides this, it was also accompanied by an increase in favorability from many goddesses.

Qian Renxue's favorability +3

Bibi Dong's favorability +2

Shui Binger's favorability +3

Shui Yueer's favorability +3

Ye Lingling's favorability +4

Dugu Yan's favorability +2

Hu Liena's favorability +5

These goddesses added a total of 22 points to Su Ling, obtaining nine white treasure chests, three yellow treasure chests, and one purple treasure chest.

Of course, some other goddesses also provided some favorability, but Su Ling did not know these goddesses, numbering over thirty.

After all, there were thousands of Spirit Masters at the scene, and female Spirit Masters accounted for about a thousand, so there were indeed goddesses who met the System's requirements.

It's just that for these goddesses, Su Ling only knew the name, the goddess comprehensive value, and the favorability provided by the System.

Even if these goddesses were placed in front of him, Su Ling wouldn't recognize them.

However, these goddesses still provided Su Ling with 95 points of favorability, and so much favorability also brought 41 white treasure chests, 8 yellow treasure chests, and 2 purple treasure chests.

Meanwhile, Bibi Dong finally stood up and announced calmly: "The final champion of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament is Shrek Academy! Congratulations to you all."

Next to her was a tray, on which the rewards for this tournament were placed.

The head referee of this tournament also immediately said: "Please have the representative of Shrek Academy come forward to receive the championship reward."

As the core of Shrek, Su Ling walked up directly.

Su Ling walked straight to in front of Bibi Dong, admiring at close range the items that countless Douluo fans from his previous life longed for. They indeed had their merits.

Beauty went without saying; that was the most basic aspect.

Noble, elegant, and various other wonderful words seemed to be applicable to her. Even though Qian Renxue was now over twenty, there seemed to be no traces of time on Bibi Dong.

She looked like she was only in her twenties, yet she possessed a fascinating temperament.

While Su Ling was observing Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong was also staring at Su Ling.

Su Ling gave her a feeling that while others seemed to look at her with awe, this Su Ling didn't seem to have that, as if he were looking at an equal.

After a while, Bibi Dong took the initiative to speak: "Su Ling, you are very outstanding. It is a pity that you are a once-in-ten-thousand-year Genius of the entire Douluo Continent, and this tournament doesn't seem to have allowed you to unleash your full strength."

"You are twenty years old this year, and your future is bright. I would like to ask you, are you willing to join my Spirit Hall?"

"As long as you join, once you enter the Spirit Hall, you can enjoy the treatment of an Elder, which only those at the Titled Douluo level can enjoy. If you are willing, I can also take you as my Disciple to help your future Cultivate go more smoothly."

Bibi Dong looked at Su Ling, hoping for an answer.

For someone like Su Ling, whose growth speed is extremely fast, his future achievements will definitely be high.

If such a person cannot become a friend, it is best to strangle them in the cradle.

As long as they are not a friend or one of our own, they could be a potential enemy and might threaten the status of Spirit Hall in the future.

How could Su Ling not understand the meaning behind Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong's words?

But joining Spirit Hall was not something he intended to do right now.

Even if he were to join Spirit Hall, it would not be at this time.

"Thank you for your kindness. Spirit Hall can indeed offer me more, but I am accustomed to freedom and do not wish to join any faction for the time being. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will certainly prioritize Spirit Hall as an option," Su Ling said.

Although she was rejected by Su Ling, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong's expression remained calm, merely revealing a hint of regret.

"Very well. If you wish to join Spirit Hall, you are welcome at any time. The conditions I mentioned earlier remain unchanged," Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong said.

After speaking, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong handed over the tray holding the three Spirit Bones.

For Su Ling, Spirit Bones were not actually particularly precious.

But for other Spirit Masters, these Spirit Bones were priceless treasures. The moment Su Ling took the Spirit Bones, countless greedy gazes locked onto him.

However, within Spirit City, no one dared to make a move, as this was the Supreme Pontiff's reward. But once outside of Spirit City, that might not be the case.

Su Ling took the Spirit Bones and returned to the team.

"Rongrong, take this Wisdom Skull Bone," Su Ling said directly.

In the original story, Tang San gave Ning Rongrong that Spirit Bone from Shi Nian, while he used this Wisdom Skull Bone himself.

How should I put it? Comparatively speaking, this Wisdom Skull Bone is definitely the best one.

Ning Rongrong is suitable for both, but Tang San is only suitable for this one.

Another drawback is that the Spirit Bone from Shi Nian had already been absorbed by someone else. A Spirit Bone that has been absorbed only retains its Spirit Ability; it no longer provides energy feedback to help the Spirit Master increase their Soul Power.

After all, energy is limited; it is impossible for everyone who absorbs it to gain benefits.

For Spirit Bones, the benefits are all in the first absorption.

No one had any objections to Su Ling's distribution, and Ning Rongrong directly accepted the Spirit Bone.

"Thank you, Brother Su. However, since the best item was given to me, I cannot let everyone else suffer a loss. How about this: I will provide each person with a compensation of ten thousand gold coins," Ning Rongrong said.

Ten thousand gold coins is truly an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it is a trivial matter.

This Wisdom Skull Bone cannot be measured in gold coins; if it were truly put up for auction, it would definitely fetch an astronomical price.

"Haha, ten thousand gold coins? Then I won't be polite," Ma Hongjun said first.

Ning Fengzhi naturally approved of Ning Rongrong's decision; gold coins were simply not an issue.

Furthermore, he was very satisfied with Su Ling's approach, as the most precious item among them was indeed the Wisdom Skull Bone given to Ning Rongrong.

There were two Spirit Bones remaining. Su Ling said, "One is a speed-type Spirit Bone, and the other is fire-attributed."

"Several people need these two. Let's discuss it further when we go back. Whoever wants them can just provide some compensation to the others," Su Ling said.

"Alright!" Everyone agreed with Su Ling's decision.

After the Shrek Academy team and others stepped back, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong spoke again, "I announce that this tournament has come to an end."

"Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, seize that Xiao Wu from the Star Luo Royal Academy."

At this point, Bibi Dong no longer bothered to hide her intentions.

A one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone would be of great help to her; it was absolutely impossible for her to let Xiao Wu leave.

Bibi Dong pointed toward Xiao Wu not far away, and this time, Tang San actively stepped in front of Xiao Wu to protect her.

Yu Xiaogang spoke up, "What is the meaning of this?"

He directly confronted Bibi Dong, but Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had already made their move; they did not care whether he was a Great Master or not.

In the original story, there was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to protect them. As for the Star Luo Royal Academy, they could not produce any decent experts; the highest-ranked person who came was only a Spirit Douluo.

Bibi Dong had ordered people to attack, and they were two Titled Douluo. This Spirit Douluo didn't even dare to speak and even retreated a few steps.

Yu Xiaogang said, "Wait a moment. On what grounds are you arresting people? I am also an Elder of Spirit Hall and have the right to know the truth. As the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall, you cannot target a student from my Star Luo Royal Academy without cause."

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong actually laughed, then whispered, "A reason? I will give you one. This girl is a one-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast in human form. Does me capturing a Spirit Beast count as a reason?"

"What! Xiao Wu is a… Spirit Beast?" Yu Xiaogang had no idea about Xiao Wu's true identity.

It wasn't just the people from the Star Luo Royal Academy who were astonished by Xiao Wu's identity.

Ning Rongrong and the others beside Su Ling also wore expressions of genuine shock, unable to believe Xiao Wu's true identity.

Su Ling said, "Rongrong, Zhu Xin, Zhuqing, and Jiang Zhu, hmm… Huo Wu, Sister Liu, Feng Yuer, if Xiao Wu is in danger in a moment, are you willing to help me?"

"We are willing." After hearing Su Ling's words, they all agreed simultaneously, almost without a moment's thought.

"Su Ling, have you all gone mad? What do you have to fight against Spirit Hall?" Flender said.

However, at this moment, Tang San shouted on the field, "If you want to capture her, you must first step over my dead body."

Tang San protected Xiao Wu, which moved her deeply.

But the next moment, Bibi Dong said, "Those who obstruct, die!"

It was also at this moment that Tang Hao finally appeared.

"You dare to harm my son? You are courting death!"

There were no helpers on the Star Luo Royal Academy side, so Tang Hao had to act in advance.

After appearing, Tang Hao immediately released his Clear Sky Hammer and activated his Martial Soul Avatar, just as in the original story.

At this moment, everyone recognized Tang Hao.

"Tang Hao!" Bibi Dong shouted sternly, and then she also released her Spirit, with two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red, the same spirit ring configuration as Tang Hao.

"Bibi Dong, today I will let you taste the power of my Clear Sky Hammer," Tang Hao said loudly.

But at this moment, seven Titled Douluo appeared behind Bibi Dong.

Yet, the Clear Sky Hammer under Tang Hao's Martial Soul Avatar was nearly a hundred meters long, and then the Clear Sky Hammer smashed down directly.

"Tang Hao, how dare you!" Only then did Bibi Dong realize that the target of Tang Hao's attack was actually her Supreme Pontiff Palace.

Consequently, Bibi Dong and the seven Titled Douluo behind her joined forces to intercept the falling Clear Sky Hammer.

With this hammer strike, those seven Titled Douluo were all simultaneously smashed to the ground.

"Bibi Dong, one day, I will collect the debt owed to me by Spirit Hall." Tang Hao's voice echoed, and when people began to look for him, they found that he was already gone.

Not only had Tang Hao left, but Tang San had also disappeared with him.

What was surprising, however, was that Xiao Wu remained where she was; Tang Hao had taken Tang San, but Xiao Wu had been left behind.

This surprised even Su Ling, but he had seen the scene just now very clearly.

Tang Hao had used all his strength to take Tang San away; he was powerless to take Xiao Wu as well.

At this moment, the injuries on Tang Hao's body were far more severe than those in the novel at the same time period.

Coupled with that full-force strike just now, his body was almost on the verge of collapse.

Therefore, at that time, he had absolutely no strength left to take Xiao Wu.

If he had really tried to take Xiao Wu, he would certainly have been pursued by Spirit Hall. At that time, not only he, but even his son Tang San would have perished.

It did not matter if Xiao Wu died; Tang San absolutely could not be put in danger.

Outside Spirit City, Tang San had already fainted.

Tang Hao ran wildly while carrying Tang San. As he ran, the blood on Tang Hao's body continued to flow, and his vitality was gradually fading.

...

Inside Spirit City, Tang Hao was gone, and Xiao Wu's crisis descended.

At this moment, Xiao Wu was truly desperate. Wasn't it said that if they wanted to capture her, they would have to step over his dead body? Tang Hao and Tang San had actually abandoned her.

Moreover, with her left behind, who would bother to go to the trouble of pursuing Tang Hao? This time, she was truly doomed.

Bibi Dong said, "Seize her. Do not let her run away."

"Mother, I'm sorry. I'm coming to see you."

Xiao Wu knew that she could not escape this time; no one had the ability to save her at this moment.

Spirit Hall was simply too strong; even Su Ling and his group would not be able to handle it.

"Goodbye, friends." After saying this, Xiao Wu actually wanted to commit suicide, because after suicide, the enemy would be unable to obtain her spirit ring. This was her final struggle.

Su Ling said, "The little scoundrel has escaped, so it is time for me to make a move."

"Uncle Ning, you can take the others from Shrek Academy and leave. Let us handle saving Xiao Wu."

"Su Ling, are you sure you can?" Ning Fengzhi said.

"No problem." Su Ling looked at the several women behind him.

Eighty-second-level Liu Erlong, fifty-second-level Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuxin, Huo Wu, and Ning Rongrong, as well as forty-ninth-level Feng Yuer and Jiang Zhu.

Su Ling whispered, "Activate skill, Fusion…"