Tai Long was helpless. "You've said all that, what more can I say?"
"What? Nothing to say?" Tai Nuo asked.
"Yes, I lost."
"Hmph, since you lost, then I'll go meet this little guy. If he's truly as you described, I won't say anything more.
But if he's not what you said, don't blame me! You should know the Strength Clan's family rules."
"Understood." Tai Long wasn't worried at all.
After all, he hadn't lied.
It was getting dark. Lanterns lit up the streets of Heaven Dou City, but the alleys remained dark.
Tang San had just come out of the Soul Arena after a fight, the sweat on his forehead still not dry.
He wanted to take a shortcut back to the Academy, so he turned into a narrow alley nearby.
On both sides of the alley were tall walls, with only a sliver of moonlight overhead, and the ground was not good.
However, with his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Tang San walked as if on flat ground.
He had only taken a few steps when two people suddenly appeared from both ahead and behind him.
The two men were extremely burly, with shoulders as wide as walls, and their clothes were stretched tight by their muscles.
One of them he recognized; it was Tai Long, the Blue Tyrant Academy student he had fought in the Soul Arena earlier.
The one in front looked somewhat similar to Tai Long, most likely Tai Long's father.
This alley was already narrow, and with two people standing there, Tang San was blocked from both front and back.
Tai Long's father stared intently at Tang San.
The moment Tang San saw Tai Long, his heart sank. Could this guy have lost the Soul Arena fight and called his father to deal with him?
How shameless!
He immediately became vigilant.
He took a step back, his back pressing against the cold wall, and his hands swept across Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges.
A cold glint appeared in his hands; it was his Hidden Weapons.
"You are Tang San, the one who defeated my son?"
"Yes." Tang San said no more, his nerves taut at this moment.
He didn't know what level Tai Long's father was.
But from Tai Long's strength, he was at least a Spirit Ancestor or higher.
He was absolutely no match, even with Hidden Weapons.
He hadn't made many powerful Hidden Weapons.
Tang San looked around, trying to find a good escape route for himself.
But this alley was too narrow, and the buildings on both sides were very tall, making it impossible to run.
This made Tang San feel a bit desperate. If he could survive.
He would never come to such a ghostly alley again.
"Hahaha... no need to worry, I'm not here for revenge. I want to ask if you are a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master?" Tai Nuo asked.
Tang San felt a bit strange, but he indeed didn't sense any killing intent from Tai Nuo.
The Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's left hand emerged.
"It really is a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master. I've never seen a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master in my life, how interesting."
"Dad, see? I told you, he's a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master," Tai Long said.
Tai Nuo gave him a glare and said unhappily, "You still have the nerve to talk? You lost to a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master, do you have any shame left?"
Seeing the father and son start bickering, Tang San breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed he would live.
Their argument eventually turned to him.
"You're still talking about me, if you have the guts, why don't you compete with him?"
"You tell me to go and I go? Who's the father?"
"You just don't dare!"
"What the hell are you talking about! I'll compete if you want!"
Tang San was utterly bewildered. How did this turn into something about him?
"Kid, you heard it too, this brat wants me to compete with you. I have no choice, I won't take advantage of you, I'll only use the strength of a Spirit Elder."
"Uh... how about tomorrow? I just finished a Soul Arena fight."
"No... of course not. Who knows where you'll run off to by then?"
"Alright, come with me!" Tai Nuo grabbed Tang San by the neck and headed towards the Strength Clan.
Tang San had no choice; he couldn't escape.
But at least his life wasn't in danger.
Tang San was surprised when he arrived in front of the Strength Clan.
He hadn't expected these two to be from the Strength Clan.
He heard that the Strength Clan was originally an affiliated family of the Clear Sky Sect, but for some reason, they were abandoned.
"Young Master." As soon as they entered the Strength Clan, many people greeted Tai Nuo and Tai Long.
Tang San was a bit surprised that these two were the young masters of the Strength Clan.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Tai Nuo, one of the leaders of the Strength Clan, and also the Clan Leader's son. He is my son."
"Understood."
Tai Nuo didn't say much more and led Tang San to a battle arena.
The Strength Clan didn't have much of anything, but they had many battle arenas.
And this particular battle arena was Tai Nuo's exclusive one, a secluded place with no other spectators around.
Only Tai Long was present.
Tai Long and Tang San arrived at the battle arena.
"Kid, I won't take advantage of you. I'll only use the strength of a Spirit Elder, and my spirit power will be a bit lower than yours."
Tang San took a deep breath. The Tai Nuo opposite him was like an iron tower, his body rippling with muscles. An invisible sense of oppression, even tens of meters away, Tang San could clearly feel.
Tai Nuo was much stronger than Tai Long.
"Kid, get ready!" Tai Nuo directly activated his Spirit, letting out a roar, and a dark golden light suddenly appeared on his body.
This was his First Soul Skill, Strength Boost.
His body instantly swelled by half, shattering the bluestone on the ground, and he charged forward with lightning speed.
"So fast!" Tang San exclaimed, but his movements were also very quick.
Tapping his toes on the ground, he executed the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, his body transforming into afterimages, barely dodging Tai Nuo's terrifying, sonic-boom-inducing fist.
Tai Nuo's first attack missed, but he didn't stop, activating his Second Spirit Ability.
A strange halo suddenly flowed over the surface of his fist, and he unleashed another punch.
The power contained in this punch was even more terrifying. Tang San, several meters away, could feel the force of the punch stinging his cheeks.
Tang San was forced to continuously retreat, the stone tiles of the arena under his feet cracking from the force of the punches.
"Is this what a pure strength Spirit Master is like?" Tang San felt it was incredibly terrifying.
When strength reaches a certain level, the explosive power will also be very strong, and the speed won't be much weaker.
"I'm not that silly kid Tai Long. He hasn't learned much from our Strength Clan."
"Again, again!!!"
Tang San didn't dare to directly block Tai Nuo's punches. One punch would either kill him or severely injure him. Pure strength Spirit Masters have very strong attacks, but they also have weaknesses.
Tang San discovered that although Tai Nuo's explosive power made him very fast, his reaction time was average.
And his defense wouldn't be too strong, otherwise, he wouldn't be a pure strength Spirit Master.
Blue Silver Grass shot out, attempting to entangle Tai Nuo.
However, Tai Nuo merely snorted, his arm muscles bulging, and a burst of power shattered all the Blue Silver Grass.
"Is that all you've got? It's not enough!!!"
"Tang San!!!"
(End of Chapter)
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