Chapter 208: Tang San vs Dai Mubai
Relying on the White Tiger Shield Body Barrier's nearly indestructible defense, along with his pair of incomparably sharp tiger claws that gleamed with a chilling light,
Dai Mubai charged like a ferocious tiger descending the mountain, his claws swinging wildly and leaving behind streaks of pale claw shadows.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
After a few muffled impacts, Dai Mubai easily shattered all the incoming wood and stones into pieces, splinters scattering everywhere.
He dusted off his hands and looked at Tang San with a mocking gaze. "What? Is this all the petty tricks you have?"
"Well, it makes sense. After all, your second soul ring is just a completely useless white ten-year soul ring."
Dai Mubai sneered mercilessly. "I suppose that trash soul ring didn't even grant you any useful combat soul skill, did it?"
Every word he said struck precisely and viciously at the deepest wound in Tang San's heart.
A surge of purple light instantly flared in Tang San's eyes, and an icy killing intent spread uncontrollably.
He said coldly, "That teacher just said it himself. As long as I can defeat you, I can use any means necessary."
Before Dai Mubai could even react or understand what Tang San meant by those sudden, cryptic words,
Tang San's hands had already turned into blurs, swiftly moving to the storage belt at his waist.
"Mysterious Jade Hands!"
His hands instantly became as clear and lustrous as white jade, immune to all poisons.
The next moment, sharp whistling sounds tore through the air as countless hidden weapons glowing with a faint blue light shot toward Dai Mubai like a torrential storm!
Seeing the dense, overwhelming barrage of weapons, Dai Mubai was startled and couldn't help but curse, "What the hell is this?!"
In a moment of urgency, the second hundred-year soul ring beneath him suddenly activated.
"Second Soul Skill: White Tiger Intense Light Wave!"
A dazzling white beam, more than half a meter in diameter, burst violently from his mouth!
This ferocious light wave carried a destructive force, blasting apart the incoming low-level hidden weapons in midair, vaporizing or deflecting them.
Its remaining power did not diminish. Carrying a devastating aura, it shot straight toward Tang San's face!
As the light wave closed in, Tang San's footwork suddenly turned elusive, stepping in a mysterious pattern.
It was the Tang Sect's ultimate technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!
His body left behind an afterimage as his true form narrowly dodged the attack. The beam exploded into a crater in the distance.
Tang San did not pause. He continued shifting positions using his movement technique.
While moving at high speed, he kept flicking his hands, launching more hidden weapons from tricky and deadly angles toward Dai Mubai.
Faced with this endless barrage, Dai Mubai was already drenched in sweat and did not dare show the slightest carelessness.
His sharp instincts clearly told him that some of those hidden weapons grazing past his barrier were actually coated with poison.
Being pushed to this extent by a mere Soul Grandmaster made Dai Mubai feel humiliated. With a furious roar, he unleashed his strongest trump card.
"Third Soul Skill: White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"
As his only purple thousand-year soul ring lit up, Dai Mubai's already robust body expanded further.
His muscles bulged like granite, and golden fur grew wildly across his body.
With this powerful third soul skill, combined with the first soul skill, White Tiger Shield Body Barrier,
His attack power, defense, and resistance to abnormal states were all boosted to terrifying levels!
At this moment, he was like a humanoid bulldozer!
"Fall for me!"
With bloodshot eyes, Dai Mubai fired several powerful White Tiger Intense Light Waves at Tang San, who was darting around.
After sealing off Tang San's retreat, Dai Mubai stomped the ground and shot forward like a cannonball, charging straight at him with astonishing speed!
Facing this overwhelming charge, Tang San gritted his teeth and waved his hands frantically, attempting to block Dai Mubai's rampage with layers upon layers of Blue Silver Grass.
However, against Dai Mubai at full amplification, whose strength had reached its peak,
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, backed by only rank twenty-nine soul power, lacked sufficient toughness.
The vines shattered into powder the moment they touched Dai Mubai's body, unable to restrain him even for an instant.
Watching Dai Mubai draw closer, Tang San had no way to retreat.
Under the pressure of life and death, he could only grit his teeth and activate the second soul skill that filled him with humiliation.
"Second Soul Skill: Blue Silver Pole Vault!"
A bare blue pole instantly appeared in Tang San's hands. He planted it on the ground and, using the powerful rebound force, shot high into the air.
With this leap, he astonishingly soared over Dai Mubai's head, arriving behind him in midair, where he was completely unguarded.
In midair, two golden hidden weapons had already quietly appeared between Tang San's pale fingers.
They were the Dragon Beard Needles, specifically designed to break internal energy and various soul power barriers!
A killing intent flashed in Tang San's eyes as he fired the Dragon Beard Needles mercilessly toward Dai Mubai's broad back from above!
These Dragon Beard Needles were armor-piercing weapons. Dai Mubai's proud White Tiger Shield Body Barrier was completely useless against them, offering no defense whatsoever.
Below, Dai Mubai had originally been preparing to turn around and strike Tang San.
But when he looked up and saw Tang San's so-called "second soul skill,"
His charging body froze for an instant.
He had never expected that Tang San's second soul skill would be such a ridiculous and comical pole-vaulting move.
This stark contrast caused his brain to stall for a split second at that critical moment between life and death.
In a battle between experts, even a momentary lapse of 0.1 seconds can be fatal.
And it was precisely this brief moment of distraction that allowed Tang San's Dragon Beard Needles to succeed completely.
Two faint, nearly inaudible sounds rang out as the golden needles pierced through the White Tiger Shield Body Barrier without obstruction.
They shot deeply into the muscles of Dai Mubai's unprotected back, the curled needle filaments instantly exploding within his flesh!
"Ah!"
As the two Dragon Beard Needles buried deep into his body, Dai Mubai's eyes widened, and a painful roar burst from his throat.
The golden Dragon Beard Needles, upon entering his back muscles, curled rapidly like living creatures.
End of Chapter
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