Chapter 178: Chapter 175: Tang San Confidence
Fourteen straight wins.
Only one step away!
Everyone held their breath as they looked at the two people facing off in the arena.
One, as soon as they appeared, revealed a combination of three purple and one black spirit rings, causing a huge stir in the spirit master world. And when they fought again, they used a water element domain and, with their own power, defeated the entire team from the Skywater Academy.
The other person was also a rare genius.
Even though their external soul bone was forcibly removed, causing a massive drop in their soul power, they still rose again and, in such a short amount of time, grew to the level of a top-tier genius!
Their spirit ring combination was only slightly weaker than the first person's, with the difference being just in the first two spirit rings.
But everyone knew that although there was a qualitative difference between a hundred-year and a thousand-year spirit ring, as one's strength grew, the gap between a thousand-year and ten thousand years spirit rings became much smaller.
When one reached the fifth ring, almost all spirit masters at this rank were able to absorb ten thousand years spirit rings. At that point, the gap between the first two rings could almost be negated.
Of course, this referred to the difference in spirit abilities provided by the first and second rings.
In terms of foundation, the difference would still be hard to overcome.
But for this final battle between Li Yu and Tang San, no one knew what the outcome would be.
Was Li Yu strong?
Naturally, very strong, and it was likely that their strength hadn't been fully displayed yet.
But now, Li Yu had already been through thirteen battles!
And what about Tang San?
He had maintained his peak performance until now.
In addition, everyone knew that Tang San had a dual Martial Spirit!
Spirit masters with dual Martial Spirits inherently had stronger soul power than ordinary ones.
Furthermore, Tang San was a genius who also possessed a talent domain.
Because of this, the vast majority of people at the scene were still betting on Tang San.
However, Li Yu performance was so eye-catching that, despite thinking this way, most people's expressions remained very serious.
In the arena.
"How about we talk it out?" Tang San suddenly spoke, staring at Li Yu.
"Oh?" Li Yu raised an eyebrow, then smiled, "You think there's room for negotiation between us? I thought you'd want to tear me apart."
The crowd was momentarily stunned, then they suddenly realized—the person who had forced Tang San to remove his soul bone and caused his soul power to drop was Li Yu!
In other words, these two had a death feud!
The crowd's gazes became strange.
"Heh, I certainly wanted to tear you apart," Tang San candidly admitted, "But right now, it's different..."
"If you two want to settle this life-and-death issue, this Emperor won't stop you," Bibi Dong playful voice suddenly interrupted.
Tang San was the son of Tang Hao, and he would undoubtedly be a future threat to the Spirit Hall. If he died here, in the competition, Bibi Dong would be quite happy about it.
As for Li Yu, although their relationship with Qian Renxue was extremely close, even to the point of being considered a married couple, Bibi Dong knew that both were women, and once Qian Renxue identity was exposed, problems would arise.
Even if no issues came up, considering Qian Renxue relationship with her, Li Yu would never be her opponent.
Thus, whether it was Tang San or Li Yu, Bibi Dong would be happy to see either one die here.
Bibi Dong sudden interjection left everyone in shock.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin furrowed his brows but said nothing.
Currently, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, led by Ning Fengzhi, was undoubtedly on Li Yu side. Even if Tang Hao stepped in, he would likely remain neutral.
However, the conflict between Li Yu and Tang San was destined to be irreconcilable, and it would explode sooner or later.
Therefore, allowing the two of them to resolve their grudge here might be a good outcome.
After all, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan was close to Li Yu, they hadn't made any substantial bets yet.
If Li Yu were to be defeated by Tang San and die, there would be no loss for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
But if Tang San lost and died here, it would once again prove Li Yu unbeatable talent.
In that case, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan could bet fully on Li Yu without any risk.
Even if Tang Hao resented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, with his 96th-level Super Douluo strength, they wouldn't be afraid.
Thus, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's leader Ning Fengzhi, all remained silent.
Dugu Bo appeared indifferent, casually leaning on his chair as though it had nothing to do with him.
As for Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo, needless to say, the Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong will was naturally their will.
Since none of the five Title Douluos present spoke, the others, though exchanging glances, did not dare to say anything.
The crowd's gaze then returned to the two people in the arena.
"Well, no more holding back," Li Yu smiled as he looked at Tang San and continued from where Tang San had left off.
In truth, with Li Yu mental power, he had already seen through Tang San hidden smugness and disdain in his eyes.
Even Tang San exact soul power level was completely exposed to Li Yu senses.
Right now, Tang San was not at the level of a five-ringed Spirit Ancestor, but had actually reached level 63 as a Spirit Emperor!
Why had his soul power risen so fast?
The answer was simple—his second Martial Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer, had already absorbed spirit rings!
With his fifth spirit ring also having absorbed a ten thousand years spirit ring, and the Clear Sky Hammer having absorbed the maximum number of ten thousand years spirit rings his mental power could handle...
It was equivalent to Tang San having absorbed a total of nine ten thousand years spirit rings, pushing his soul power to level 63!
Given this rate of progress, it was not surprising—if anything, it seemed a bit low.
Perhaps it was related to the damage to his foundation.
But why had Tang San made such an unwise choice?
Perhaps it was the repeated setbacks that had led him to make this decision, or perhaps after his external soul bone was taken, Tang Hao had allowed some leeway with the second Martial Spirit to stabilize Tang San will.
It was the events of the past year that had led Tang San to this point.
So...
Tang San was secretly pleased because he had been waiting for this moment.
It was clear that Tang San wanted to completely wash away the humiliation of the past on this grand "stage" and reclaim everything he had lost.
And in front of the Supreme Pontiff's Hall in Spirit City, even with Bibi Dong and others holding him back, Li Yu was being watched by Dugu Bo at the side. But if a life-and-death battle were to occur, no one could easily interfere.
This was a golden opportunity.
Moreover, the Elemental Vision was an extremely powerful skill. How powerful?
So powerful that, with Li Yu current mental power, he could cover the entire Spirit City with it without anyone noticing.
As he opened his Elemental Vision, many powerful "energy" entities that had mysteriously appeared in Spirit City fell within Li Yu perception.
This was Tang San confidence.
At this moment, Tang San gaze grew sharp. He stared at Li Yu, his killing intent unmistakable: "So... do you dare?"