Chapter 1 The First Soul Skill, Entangle.
Whoosh—!
The Blue Silver Grass vines, coated with a paralyzing poison, narrowly missed Tang Sui. Unable to use her third soul skill, Tang Sui was almost instantly enveloped by a wave of Blue Silver Grass vines that swept across the entire area.
Now, how will you deal with this, Sui Sui?
Grandmaster watched with a heavy gaze as the Blue Silver Grass vines instantly wrapped Tang Sui into a giant cocoon, waiting for her next move.
Tang San held up the Blue Silver Grass vines and waited patiently for a few seconds, but there was no movement from within the vine cocoon.
He thought this round was surely won. He'd retract the vines once his sister conceded, but in the next moment, a loud bang suddenly erupted from within the tough and thick Blue Silver Grass vines. The next second, two rapidly spinning white shadows forcefully drilled open the Blue Silver Grass from the middle!
What?! Tang San’s face showed deep astonishment.
Holy crap! Those two masks can assemble into a diamond drill?! Ma Hongjun’s face was filled with horror, and he grimaced as he watched the two masks, spinning at high speed with soul power as their outer shell, drill the tightly wrapped Blue Silver Grass vines into pieces of wood and grass, charging directly at Tang San with fierce momentum!
Tang San once again employed the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps to dodge, but this time the two masks, like diamond drills, rushed at high speed as if equipped with radar, precisely tracking Tang San. Wherever they passed, the ground was completely destroyed, sweeping away everything like a storm, leaving Tang San no room to dodge backward!
This... this attack has soul power fluctuations, but Sui Sui's soul rings didn't light up!
Ning Rongrong suddenly discovered a crucial point. Grandmaster, who had been focusing on Tang San, also froze for a moment, his eyes widening slightly in realization: This is a self-created soul skill?
Holy crap! These troublesome masks have actually evolved a self-created soul skill! Sui Sui, do you have to be so competitive!
Ma Hongjun, who was up next, showed despair in his eyes, but quickly regained his energy and began cheering for Tang San.
Xiao San! I believe you can definitely—
Fatty, what were you going to shout?
Xiao Wu glared at him with a sinister look. Ma Hongjun’s remaining words were silenced by Xiao Wu’s bone-cracking gesture, and his head shook like a rattle drum.
No, no, no, I meant Xiao San can definitely dodge it!
Xiao Wu snorted and turned her attention back to the battlefield.
At this moment, Tang San had already been chased around by the diamond drills formed by the two masks, flying over eaves and walls.
Tang Sui’s gaze did not leave Tang San for a moment.
Even without the surprise attacks of hidden weapons, she knew her brother never solely relied on those external means to win, but rather—
Second Soul Skill, Parasitic!
The second yellow halo around Tang San flickered. As Tang San, using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps, ran circles around Tang Sui, the Blue Silver Grass seeds he had quietly scattered in the air were guided by soul power, breaking through the soil and growing madly. In the blink of an eye, they occupied most of the ground’s available space!
If she didn't react soon, she would be tightly entangled by those overwhelming Blue Silver Grass vines.
There was no other choice.
Tang Sui pursed her lips. The two masks chasing Tang San suddenly disappeared, leaving only the turbulent wind created by the masks' high-speed rotation distorting the air.
Without any words, a white shadow flashed. Tang Sui used the ground as leverage, leaping up from the ground by stepping on a fox mask that appeared out of nowhere. With an elegant aerial flip, Tang Sui, upside down with her feet in the air, placed her right palm horizontally in mid-air. Using the ape mask that suddenly appeared beneath her palm as a fulcrum, she performed a second jump in the air, narrowly avoiding the rapidly growing Blue Silver Grass vines.
Tang Sui’s judgment and reaction speed were not bad, but Tang San, who was extremely familiar with Tang Sui’s tactics after all these years, curved his lips into a smile.
Standing on the tip of the Blue Silver Grass vines with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps, he met Tang Sui’s eyes as she flipped in mid-air.
The next second, an ominous premonition arose in Tang Sui’s heart.
Then she saw Tang San raise his hand towards her, and the dark purple soul ring around his body lit up.
Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Restraint!
The extremely tough Blue Silver Grass vines wove into a spider-like net that shot out from Tang San’s palm, tightly netting the airborne Tang Sui. The fox and ape masks didn't even have time to open their barriers and shatter the spider web made of Blue Silver Grass vines.
Tang Sui, who had been free just moments ago, was instantly entangled: ! So this is where you were waiting!
But Tang Sui didn’t intend to surrender just yet. Tang San also stopped after trapping Tang Sui and immediately activated his first soul skill, Entangle.
Several Blue Silver Grass vines branched out and spread from the spider web. The giant purplish-red spikes approached the prey like a spider, opening its fatal fangs. A slight miss would pierce Tang Sui’s vital neck.
Trapped within the spider web by the spikes, Tang Sui’s lips trembled. A hint of unwillingness flickered in her blue eyes, then turned to defeat, announcing the outcome of the battle: I lose.
Within the ape mask’s bell-sized round eyes, a red light flashed, but it eventually extinguished obediently, returning to its static state alongside the fox mask, hovering in mid-air.
Hearing Tang Sui’s concession, Tang San let out an almost imperceptible sigh of relief in his heart. He retracted the Blue Silver Grass from his face, allowing them to retract into the soil, returning to their initial seed form. Finally, the Blue Silver Grass seeds, transformed by soul power, dissolved into specks of shimmering spiritual particles and vanished into the air.
Sui Sui, are you alright?
Tang San looked at Tang Sui’s slightly pale face, worried about her stamina.
During the fight with him just now, Sui Sui had used her movement techniques too frequently, and her stamina must be rapidly declining.
— Author’s Notes —
Ape Mask: Bah, no backbone (*´ﾉ皿`)