28: Chapter 28: The Battle Begins

Tang San immediately extended his Blue Silver Grass forward, his first spirit ring glowing as a vast amount of Blue Silver Grass surged toward Bai Qi, with other things mixed inside.

Bai Qi stood there motionless, letting the Blue Silver Grass engulf his entire body.

Just as the Blue Silver Grass was about to submerge his head, Tang San noticed Bai Qi smile, causing Tang San's pupils to shrink in shock as he circulated his Soul Power once more to completely wrap Bai Qi into the shape of a cocoon.

After forming the cocoon, Tang San clenched his hand, and in an instant, countless sharp spikes grew out of the Blue Silver Grass, turning the cocoon into a cactus.

Inside the cocoon, Bai Qi was quite relaxed. After briefly protecting himself with Soul Power, he glanced at the sleeve arrow in his hand and sneered.

"Heh."

He immediately used Martial Soul Possession, crushed the sleeve arrow in his hand, and said:

"Third Spirit Ability, Torch Dragon Armor."

As Bai Qi's voice fell, the third spirit ring at his feet began to rotate. His body started transforming Soul Power into armor. Unlike before, this armor had lava-like veins, which was the inspiration Bai Qi had gained when he saved Zhuqing earlier.

When using the Third Spirit Ability against enemies with Soul Power levels similar to or lower than his own, he could turn the Soul Power inside the armor into flowing lava to accumulate energy for his fourth Spirit Ability, allowing it to be released more effectively.

So now, Bai Qi channeled this lava out from the armor; after all, the current Blue Silver Grass did not have fire immunity, and of course, Bai Qi would never let it have it in the future.

Once the Blue Silver Grass inside began to burn, Bai Qi started walking outward step by step.

Outside, Tang San had just used a large amount of Blue Silver Grass to wrap Bai Qi up, and before he could even catch his breath, he discovered that the Blue Silver Grass had started to burn.

"What?"

Before Tang San could exclaim in surprise.

Then, he saw a humanoid creature covered in magma walk out from inside. After coming out, Bai Qi stopped supporting the lava with his Soul Power, and it quickly solidified, forming another shell over the armor.

Seeing that his Blue Silver Grass was ineffective, Tang San decisively used his Hidden Weapons, and a large number of throwing knives flew toward Bai Qi as if they were free.

But it still could not stop his advance.

Just then, a voice rang out.

"First: Power, Second: Speed."

As Ning Rongrong's voice fell, a figure suddenly emerged from behind Bai Qi; it was Zhuqing.

"First Spirit Ability, Hell Rush Stab, Second Spirit Ability, Hell Hundred Slashes."

After Zhuqing shouted, her spirit rings lit up, and she began to attack Bai Qi's body incessantly.

Because a shell had solidified on Bai Qi's armor, for a time, neither Bai Qi nor Zhuqing could do anything about the other; one couldn't keep up with the speed, and the other couldn't break the defense at all. This shell was originally meant by Bai Qi to defend against Tang San's Dragon Beard Needle.

Unexpectedly, it ended up being tripped up by Zhuqing, and as her strikes continued, that shell on Bai Qi was constantly falling off.

Tang San, who was not far away, seemed to have seized the opportunity and threw the Dragon Beard Needle he had taken from his Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges directly at Bai Qi.

One of them even miscalculated Zhuqing's speed and aimed straight for her back; obviously, Tang San saw it too.

"Oh no."

This was the first thought of both Bai Qi and Tang San, but their actions were different.

Tang San hurriedly shouted toward Zhuqing.

"Zhuqing, be careful, dodge!"

Because of Tang San's shout, Zhuqing turned her head and saw several golden needles flying in her direction.

Bai Qi used his Soul Power to shatter the shell on his arm, and taking advantage of Zhuqing's distraction, he grabbed her and threw her toward Ning Rongrong.

He himself was struck by three of the Dragon Beard Needles shot by Tang San, while more had stuck into the shell—or rather, they hadn't just stuck in the shell, but pierced through it, neutralizing their force, and then curled into balls inside the armor.

After being thrown by Bai Qi, Zhuqing's eyes still held the astonishment from seeing Tang San's shot just a moment ago.

Seeing Zhuqing flying toward her, Ning Rongrong hurriedly went to catch her, but her own strength wasn't that great; after catching Zhuqing, she was about to sit on the ground due to momentum.

Just as Ning Rongrong was about to sit on the ground, Xiao Wu came over and steadied Ning Rongrong.

"Thanks."

After Ning Rongrong said thanks, she set Zhuqing down from her arms, and Zhuqing stood on the ground, steadying her posture.

The three of them looked toward the two people confronting each other in the center of the battlefield.

At this moment, the look in Zhuqing's eyes when she looked at Bai Qi held incomprehension, confusion, and a feeling she couldn't even name herself, but thinking of her future, her eyes dimmed again.

Seeing that Zhuqing's state wasn't very good, Ning Rongrong gently patted her back and teased, half-jokingly and with a hint of complaint.

"Seriously, this Bai Qi, throwing you over without saying a word, nearly made me fall."

However, the look in her eyes toward Bai Qi also changed a little.

Xiao Wu, who was standing beside them and had seen the whole process, didn't say anything, because her gaze was now entirely on Bai Qi.

And after all, there were already three at home, so two more wouldn't hurt.

At this moment, the expression on Bai Qi's face as he looked at Tang San changed. Tang San also noticed Bai Qi's change and just raised his hand to explain.

Enduring the wounds on his body, Bai Qi rushed over in a stride, saying in his mouth:

"First Spirit Ability, Space-Time Dragon Claw."

After speaking, the first spirit ring at Bai Qi's feet lit up, locking onto Tang San and slowing down his speed.

At this moment, Tang San wanted to escape, but couldn't; even using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to the limit, he didn't retreat many steps before being punched in the face by the rushing Bai Qi.

He flew backward directly, smashed into a tree not far away, and passed out.

He only passed out because Bai Qi held back his strength; if Bai Qi had used his full strength, Tang San might be gone by now.

"Tang San."

Seeing Tang San fly out, Dai Mubai hurriedly shouted and ran over. He checked his breathing, found that he still had breath, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking, it seemed the Anti-Bai Qi squad might need one more person.

After the battle ended, Xiao Wu was the first to run to Bai Qi's side to support him, looking at the muscles that had swollen up from being pierced by the Dragon Beard Needles three times, she said:

"How is it? Can this thing be taken out?"

Hearing Xiao Wu's worried and pained tone, Bai Qi regained some reason and looked at Xiao Wu gently, whispering:

"It's okay, I can take it out."

After saying this, he frowned and took out these three Dragon Beard Needles. If Tang San were still awake, he would definitely be able to recognize that this was Controlling Crane Catching Dragon. Unfortunately, he couldn't NTR him to his face.

After taking them out, Bai Qi put them back into his storage ring.

At this time, Zhao Wuji, having checked on Tang San's condition, also walked over and asked, with Ning Rongrong and Zhuqing following behind him.

"Bai Qi, how are you?"

"I'm fine."

Bai Qi shook his head and said.

Zhuqing also stepped forward, looking at Bai Qi.

Then, with a slightly red face, she lowered her head and said:

"Thank you."

Hearing this, Bai Qi looked at the head-lowered Zhuqing, the corners of his mouth curving slightly, and reached out to rub her head.

After being petted, Zhuqing was stunned for a moment. The next second, the flush on her face spread all the way to her ears, and her head was almost buried in her chest.

This scene was seen by Dai Mubai, who was standing beside Tang San not far away; he didn't even realize he was clenching his hands until they were about to bleed.

The others were amused by Zhuqing's appearance.

Zhao Wuji looked at the Little freaks in front of him and smiled happily. He turned to look at Dai Mubai, and seeing that he was still looking over here, he said to Dai Mubai:

"Mubai, you take Tang San back to the dormitory first, and let him have a good rest."

"Yes, Teacher Zhao."

Dai Mubai, being called, replied hurriedly. He was afraid that if he stood here and watched for a while longer, he would really be unable to stop himself from making a move.

So, after hearing Zhao Wuji's words, he didn't dare to stay a moment longer, quickly hoisted Tang San up, and walked toward the male dormitory.