Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul

Chapter 113: Tang San Exposed

Su Mo remembered that in the original story, Shrek Academy did not encounter Tianshui Academy so early in the tournament, nor did they face Canghui Academy in the same sequence. It seemed the matchups had deviated from the original plot.

Since the matchups were randomly assigned, this was to be expected.

Su Mo couldn't predict the outcomes of other matches, but he was certain that Shrek Academy would struggle against Tianshui Academy.

Tianshui Academy was an exceptionally well-rounded team. Their captain, Shui Bing'er, was incredibly strong, wielding powerful ice control abilities.

Moreover, Shui Bing'er could use a martial soul fusion technique with her vice-captain, which Su Mo believed would make it nearly impossible for Shrek to achieve victory.

At this point, Tang San had not consumed the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass and thus lacked ice immunity.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was heavily restrained when faced with Shui Bing'er's ice abilities.

As a result, Su Mo concluded that Shrek's chances of winning were slim, even if Tang San resorted to using his second martial soul, the Haotian Hammer.

In the original story, Tang San's Haotian Hammer only demonstrated its overwhelming power when bolstered by the Seven-in-One fusion technique, which allowed him to unleash the true form of the Haotian Hammer.

Under normal circumstances, the Haotian Hammer, while strong even without spirit rings, would not be powerful enough to compete with Shui Bing'er's top-tier martial soul, enhanced with spirit rings.

The same applied to their matchup against the Blazing Fire Academy. Fire Dance's martial soul was also a natural counter to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. Su Mo didn't believe Shrek could defeat the Blazing Fire team either.

The next day arrived, and it was time for Shrek Academy to face Tianshui Academy in their match.

Once again, Ning Rongrong dragged Su Mo along to watch.

After hearing Su Mo's comments about Shrek's slim chances of defeating Tianshui Academy, Ning Rongrong was even more eager to witness the match.

Finally, the match between Shrek Academy and Tianshui Academy began.

Amid thunderous cheers from the audience, the teams from Shrek Academy and Tianshui Academy entered the arena.

"Now, let's have both teams summon their martial souls!"

As the host's announcement fell, both teams summoned their martial souls.

"And now, I declare the match officially underway!"

The battle began instantly after the host's signal.

"Ice Ring Armor!"

Shui Bing'er opened the match by casting a defensive Ice Ring Armor on herself and her teammates. The ability, although defensive, was considered an auxiliary-type soul skill.

Control-system soul masters, by nature, could also be classified as auxiliary-type. After all, their role was to assist teammates by restricting and controlling opponents. The only difference was that their soul skills leaned more toward offensive control.

"Ice Seal!"

Next, Shui Bing'er unleashed her Ice Seal technique. In an instant, Shrek Academy's entire team was immobilized.

This was Shui Bing'er's most powerful group-control soul skill, and it activated instantly.

With Shrek Academy fully restrained, Tianshui Academy's remaining members launched a coordinated attack on the immobilized Tang San and his teammates.

The ice surrounding Shrek Academy's members only froze their exteriors, leaving their bodies intact. Thus, even if attacked, they wouldn't shatter like actual ice, allowing Tianshui Academy to attack without hesitation.

This had always been Tianshui Academy's battle strategy: Shui Bing'er would control their enemies, while the rest of the team finished them off, easily securing victory.

"So strong! Zhuqing and the others were all controlled in an instant!"

Beside Su Mo, Ning Rongrong stood up anxiously after seeing Shrek Academy immobilized.

"Don't worry. Tang San and his team won't go down so easily," Su Mo said with a reassuring smile.

Though he hoped for Shrek's defeat, he knew Tang San wouldn't be taken out that easily.

Even Bibi Dong, watching from afar, silently agreed with Su Mo's assessment. She suspected Tang San might also be a reincarnator, so she doubted he would lose so quickly.

"Xiao Gang, do you think Tang San and the others will lose this match?"

In the audience, Liu Erlong expressed her concern to Yu Xiaogang after seeing Shrek's team immobilized.

"Don't worry. While their chances of winning against Tianshui Academy are slim, they won't be defeated so easily," Yu Xiaogang replied calmly.

"Tang San and Dai Mubai are both Soul Elders. Even if they can't break free immediately, Shui Bing'er's ice won't hold them for long."

Though Yu Xiaogang appeared composed, his tightly clenched fists betrayed his true feelings. He could sense that Shrek Academy might be facing their first loss.

As someone who was equally proud and unwilling to accept defeat, Yu Xiaogang found the prospect of losing hard to bear, even though he had prepared himself for it.

Roar!

"Third Soul Skill: White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"

Back in the arena, changes began to unfold. As Tianshui Academy closed in, Dai Mubai activated his third soul skill, breaking free from Shui Bing'er's control.

Bang!

At the same time, Tang San shattered the ice on his hands using Mysterious Jade Hand, freeing himself as well.

"Fourth Soul Skill: Blue Silver Gold Silk Array!"

Tang San quickly noticed the danger his teammates were in and activated his fourth soul skill.

Tang San's fourth spirit ring came from a Gold Silk Earth Dragon. Its soul skill, Gold Silk Bind, was modified into the Blue Silver Gold Silk Array when fused with his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

The Blue Silver Gold Silk Array allowed multiple golden strands of Blue Silver Grass to erupt from the ground, restraining enemies.

However, this time, Tang San used the skill to shield his teammates, repurposing an offensive skill for defense.

Bang! Bang!

Tianshui Academy's attacks collided with the array, neutralizing their assault.

Although the Blue Silver Gold Silk Array was eventually destroyed, it successfully blocked Tianshui Academy's first wave of attacks.

Crack! Crack!

Meanwhile, the remaining members of Shrek Academy began breaking free from the ice.

"Excellent!"

"As expected of Tang San, using an offensive soul skill to protect his teammates!"

In the audience, Yu Xiaogang was invigorated by this display of ingenuity.

The spectators cheered loudly as the battle reignited.

Though Tang San had managed to rescue his teammates, Shui Bing'er's powerful control skills continued to trouble him throughout the fight.

In particular, Tang San realized his Blue Silver Grass was heavily restrained by Shui Bing'er's ice. Whenever he managed to control Tianshui Academy, Shui Bing'er would effortlessly destroy his Blue Silver Grass with a simple freeze.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Nether White Tiger!"

The fight was far from over.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were forced to reveal their martial soul fusion skill for the first time in the Soul Master Tournament. However, it failed to make much of an impact.

This was because Tianshui Academy also had a martial soul fusion skill.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Snowfall Cascade!"

Under the combined power of Shui Bing'er and the vice-captain Xue Wu, the entire stage was frozen solid, including the members of Shrek Academy.

"Third Soul Skill: Repelling Ice Ring!"

Bang!

After successfully freezing Shrek Academy's members, Shui Bing'er unleashed a powerful Repelling Ice Ring. Its immense repulsive force sent all of Shrek's members flying off the stage.

In the end, only Tang San managed to break free from Shui Bing'er's constraints, while the rest were eliminated.

"Haotian Hammer!"

Refusing to admit defeat, Tang San summoned his second martial soul. In his world, the word "surrender" did not exist. With his Blue Silver Grass completely restrained, he had no choice but to call upon his Haotian Hammer.

Boom!

When Tang San's second martial soul appeared, faint traces of lightning crackled in the air, emphasizing the extraordinary nature of the Haotian Hammer in his hands.

"What is that?"

"Is that his second martial soul?"

"Tang San is a twin martial soul user?!"

"My god, no wonder he's so powerful! He's only 14 years old and already a Soul Elder! It makes sense now—he's a twin martial soul genius!"

The arena erupted in shock and excitement as the spectators realized that Tang San possessed twin martial souls.

Even Ning Rongrong, standing beside Su Mo, exclaimed in amazement.

"Tang San is a twin martial soul genius!"

In the stands, Ning Fengzhi, Emperor Xue Ye, and even Qian Renxue were so astonished that they stood up.

Su Mo also stood, watching Tang San wield the Haotian Hammer.

"So, he couldn't hold back any longer and revealed it this early," Su Mo thought to himself. "It seems he had no other options and was forced to use the Haotian Hammer."

Su Mo didn't believe that revealing his twin martial souls would help Tang San turn the tide and win the match. To him, exposing such a significant secret at this point was meaningless.

Reflecting on Tang San's personality, Su Mo understood why this happened. In the original story, Tang San had never lost a match. Even when certain matches wouldn't affect Shrek's progress in the tournament, Tang San refused to surrender and always fought to win.

This tendency often led him to reveal secrets prematurely, such as his twin martial souls or his external spirit bone, the Eight Spider Lances. If others hadn't been ignorant or assumed it was a martial soul mutation, the existence of the external spirit bone would have been exposed even earlier.

For Tang San, holding back wasn't an issue. If a situation required him to use everything at his disposal, he would do so without hesitation, even if it meant exposing himself.

This match was no different. Tang San likely realized that in later rounds, he wouldn't be able to keep hiding his second martial soul. Rather than regret losing without using his full strength, he chose to reveal it now.

"Xiao San is a twin martial soul user!"

"Third Brother is amazing!"

Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and the others, who had already been eliminated, were equally stunned by Tang San's revelation.

"Xiao San exposed his twin martial soul secret at this moment!"

Yu Xiaogang, watching from the audience, frowned deeply. He was displeased with Tang San's decision.

Revealing the Haotian Hammer now was meaningless. Yu Xiaogang didn't believe it would allow Tang San to turn the match around. Instead, it only served to prematurely expose the secret of his twin martial souls.

"Still, this shouldn't be a big deal," Yu Xiaogang reassured himself.

"Even if Tang San's second martial soul is the Haotian Hammer, people wouldn't immediately suspect he's Tang Hao's son."

"The Spirit Hall won't associate Tang San with Tang Hao just because he has a Haotian Hammer."

Yu Xiaogang's confidence stemmed from his ignorance of the true reasons behind the Spirit Hall's relentless pursuit of Tang Hao and his wife. If Yu Xiaogang knew the full story, he wouldn't have been so dismissive.

For those who had participated in the hunt for Tang Hao and his wife, knowing that Tang San had twin martial souls would immediately reveal his identity.

Fortunately, only a few people were aware of this secret. Otherwise, in the original story, Tang San wouldn't have been able to continue competing in the tournament after revealing his twin martial souls.

Tang Hao was still a wanted fugitive by the Spirit Hall, accused of colluding with soul beasts and causing the death of the previous Pope. If Tang San's identity were exposed, the Spirit Hall would never stand idly by.

"Though Tang San's identity might be safe for now, the secret of his twin martial souls has been revealed!"

"And the method to cultivate twin martial souls… only that woman knows!"

"I must find a way to learn the secret of cultivating twin martial souls before she discovers that one of Tang San's martial souls is the Haotian Hammer!"

"If she learns about the Haotian Hammer, she would never share the method with someone like Tang San!"

Yu Xiaogang's thoughts grew more urgent.

He decided that after the match, he would visit the Spirit Hall alone to see Bibi Dong and try to uncover the secret of cultivating twin martial souls before she connected it to Tang San.

Bang!

"I declare Tianshui Academy the winner!"

As Yu Xiaogang contemplated his plan, the announcer declared Tianshui Academy victorious.

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