9: Chapter 9 Showdown with Tang San

A few days later in the morning, before the newly awakened Bai Qi could see his surroundings clearly, a white object suddenly flew toward him. After catching it subconsciously...

He took a look. "A steamed bun? Where did this steamed bun come from?"

While Bai Qi was wondering where the bun came from, a voice drifted over.

"You're awake? Xiao Qi, you're finally awake! You've been asleep for several days. If you didn't wake up soon, I was going to go back and find that Bi Ji or whatever."

Hearing the voice, Bai Qi looked toward the direction it came from. He saw Xiao Wu quickly get up from her seat and walk toward him.

Bai Qi looked at the approaching Xiao Wu and chuckled.

"I'm fine, aren't I? Besides, who am I? I'm Bai Qi, the successor of the Dragon God. How could anything happen to me?"

As he spoke, he took the bun in his hand and stuffed a bite into his mouth.

"Ouch."

The approaching Xiao Wu punched Bai Qi's head and huffed.

"Humph, it's lucky you're okay. Alright, get up and eat."

After scolding Bai Qi, Xiao Wu helped him up and walked toward the dining table.

Sitting at the table, Bai Qi and Xiao Wu were just about to eat.

A knock sounded at the door.

Hearing the knock, just as Bai Qi was about to stand up, Xiao Wu shouted at him.

"You sit here; I'll get the door."

With that, Xiao Wu stood up, went to open the door, and said:

"Who is it?"

As the door opened, a small boy who looked a bit disheveled hurriedly shouted to the person at the door.

"Sister Xiao Wu, come quickly! Someone among the Working Students mocked Second Brother Xiao. Now Second Brother Xiao has taken people to confront the Working Students."

Confused by what the child said, Xiao Wu asked:

"Stop, stop, stop. Speak slowly. Who mocked Xiao Chenyu?"

"It's that Wang Sheng. It seems a particularly powerful person joined the Working Students this year. Wang Sheng couldn't beat him either. That person wasn't around a few days ago, but he returned yesterday. Wang Sheng seems to have discussed it with him, and today they're looking to reclaim the Working Students' honor."

After hearing his explanation, Xiao Wu asked in confusion:

"Xiao Chenyu caused the trouble, so why are you coming to us?"

The child scratched his head and said:

"That Wang Sheng said none of us are a match for the new Working Student. He told us to bring our Boss to deal with their Boss."

Since Bai Qi and Xiao Wu hadn't listened to Xiao Chenyu after enrolling—and after he tried to block them once and was severely beaten by Bai Qi—he had automatically stepped down to become the 'Second Brother' and told the others to call Bai Qi 'Big Brother,' though Bai Qi had never paid him any mind.

"So Second Brother Xiao sent me to get Sister Xiao Wu and Boss Bai to help back us up."

Xiao Wu, who naturally loved a good spectacle, became interested upon hearing this.

"Fine, I'll go right now. You lead the way. As for Bai Qi, he'll go after he finishes eating."

After speaking to the child, she turned and shook her fist at Bai Qi.

"Did you hear that?"

Bai Qi, who was shoveling food into his mouth, was forced to stop and reply.

"Yeah, I heard. You go ahead."

Satisfied with the answer, Xiao Wu told the child to lead the way.

Left alone, Bai Qi ate even faster. Before long, he finished his meal, quickly changed his clothes, and headed out.

Outside, Bai Qi asked many people and took a long detour before finally reaching the place where they were confronting each other.

However, contrary to what the child had said, the person standing where Xiao Chenyu should have been was now Xiao Wu, and the one standing opposite her was none other than Tang San.

When Tang San returned yesterday and entered the dormitory, he saw that everyone inside was more or less injured. Upon asking, he found out they had been beaten by Xiao Chenyu and his group.

Tang San originally didn't want to get involved, but seeing the gloomy atmosphere around him, he didn't want to stay in a dormitory with such a vibe either.

After staying for a while, Tang San went to register his Advancement Certificate. When he returned, he discussed it with Great Master. Great Master felt it was a good opportunity to test Tang San's Spirit Ability, so after telling Tang San to show mercy, he let him go.

Thus, today's situation came to be. Before Bai Qi arrived, Xiao Chenyu had already been flattened by Tang San, leading to the scene where Xiao Wu stepped up to confront Tang San.

After watching from the periphery for a moment, Bai Qi shouted just as Xiao Wu was about to make a move.

"Xiao Wu, wait a moment. Let me do it."

Bai Qi was worried that Xiao Wu would suffer a major loss because she didn't understand Tang San, so he simply called her over and stepped up himself.

Hearing Bai Qi call her, Xiao Wu, annoyed at being stopped from fighting, walked over and replied:

"Why won't you let me go?"

Bai Qi smiled at Xiao Wu and said:

"Be good, let me go. It's a perfect chance to test the results of my training."

Her face reddened the moment her head was patted in public.

"Oh, fine, you go then. Don't embarrass your Sister Xiao Wu."

Bai Qi said:

"Okay."

He then walked to stand opposite Tang San and made a 'please' gesture.

"Please."

Tang San also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. After all, he really didn't want to fight Xiao Wu. Replacing her with this person—though he was stronger than Xiao Wu—meant Tang San could finally show off his skills. He said:

"I am Tang San, a first-year Working Student. My Spirit is Blue Silver Grass. I am an eleventh-ranked, one-ring Tool Spirit Master."

Bai Qi watched Tang San as he released his Spirit and spirit ring and said:

"I am Bai Qi, a third-year student. My Spirit is the Torch Dragon. I am a twenty-fourth-ranked attack system Spirit Grandmaster."

After the Spirit Possession and the spirit rings appeared, the combination of one yellow and one purple ring made the entire crowd gasp. The people behind Tang San were filled with despair.

After glancing around his surroundings, Bai Qi said to Tang San:

"How about this, Tang San? I won't use my second Spirit Ability."

Tang San's eyes widened as he looked at Bai Qi upon hearing this. After a moment, the two looked at each other and smiled slightly.

Tang San said:

"Alright."

The moment the words fell, Bai Qi lunged forward, throwing a punch straight at Tang San's face.

Tang San's pupils constricted instantly. He thought to himself how fast the speed was. He immediately used Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Controlling Crane Catching Dragon together to barely deflect the force of Bai Qi's punch, though he still stumbled back several steps.

On the other hand, after his punch was deflected, Bai Qi only stumbled slightly. He looked at his fist, carefully reflecting on how the force had just been diverted.

"I see. Tang San, you'd better be careful. It won't be so easy to deflect the force next time."

Bai Qi charged at Tang San once more.

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

A small halo of light instantly appeared on Bai Qi's dragon claws.

Seeing this, Tang San dared not be careless.

"First Spirit Ability: Blue Silver Binding."

In an instant, numerous vines transformed from Blue Silver Grass sprouted from the ground and coiled toward Bai Qi.

Bai Qi smiled slightly. The halo on his dragon claws suddenly expanded, surrounding him and forming a hemispherical Domain. Within this Domain, the speed of the Blue Silver Grass became extremely slow, while Bai Qi charged straight through the grass toward Tang San.

Not good. Tang San wanted to retreat and dodge, but he found that his own speed had also become sluggish.

Tang San wanted to use the same method as before to deflect the force, but this time he couldn't even raise his hands before Bai Qi's dragon claws were right in front of his face.

"You lose."

After Bai Qi said those words, the sluggishness pressing down on Tang San instantly vanished.

"Thank you, show... ah!"

Before Tang San could finish his sentence, Bai Qi punched him in the stomach. Tang San instantly doubled over and knelt on one knee, clutching his belly.

The moment Tang San doubled over, cheers erupted from the surroundings.

"Bai Qi! Bai Qi! Bai Qi!"

After retracting his Spirit, Bai Qi reached out a hand to Tang San and said:

"Now, I've won."

"Heh."

The doubled-over Tang San was momentarily amused by his own frustration. He then looked up at the hand Bai Qi offered and grasped it firmly. Bai Qi pulled Tang San up.