158 A Formidable Opponen

After a vigorous shake of his head, Tang Wulin realized how shocking hisopponent was. They both had one ring. They both only had one ring! Yet, hercombat prowess was so great!

He couldn’t let himself be shaken though. Taking a moment to compose himself,Tang Wulin waved his arms in flurry, sending Bluesilver Grass shooting towardthe black cauldron. For now, he wanted to try binding his opponent’s martialsoul.

Falling short of his expectations, the girl didn’t mind her martial soul atall. Instead, she chose to accelerate her charge at Tang Wulin.

She wants to fight me in close quarters?

Tang Wulin sucked in a deep breath as a wave of golden scales covered hisright arm. He stood there, as steady as a mountain. He could tell from theirprevious exchange that her attack possessed tremendous power. Other thanattacking with her soul power, she also seemed to have other tricks up hersleeve. Since Tang Wulin couldn’t beat her in speed, he chose to steady hisperson and meet her head on.

A subset of the Bluesilver Grass Tang Wulin had shot out split apart andreturned to him, assembling protectively around his body.

The girl’s figure flickered again and then disappeared without a trace. Thistime, however, when she reappeared, she was everywhere around him. The onlything Tang Wulin could do to resist was to lash out with the few strands ofBluesilver Grass he had, trying to stop her.

Suddenly, a phoenix’s cry pierced the air.

A flute had appeared in the girl’s hands all of a sudden. The moment the harshnote attacked Tang Wulin’s ears, he felt as if his entire world had sloweddown, which was clear from the sluggishness of his Bluesilver Grass. In hissluggish state, the cauldron was easily able to escape the entrapment of thegrass as it soared high into the sky before crashing into Tang Wulin.

Bang!

Tang Wulin was felt a jolt which was promptly followed by numbness. He hadbeen sent flying with greater force than before. Meanwhile, the girl had pulledapart his Bluesilver Grass defense using her jade-like hands. His defenseshaving been broken, the girl reached Tang Wulin in a flash before moving toattack his stomach, this time using both hands.

I’m finished!

Despite the intense threat he felt from the girl in that instant, only onethought occupied his mind.Twin martial souls. This girl has twin martial souls!

And she can even use them both at the same time! She doesn’t need to switchbetween them at all!

The moment her white-jade-like hands landed on his body, Tang Wulin trembledas a bizarre power rushed into him, washing away his numbness.

Tang Wulin only had enough time to sweep his right arm out in front of him.

Bang!

A bone-breaking force met his right arm, leaving it in tatters. It reboundedback into his chest, pushing him back even further.

This time, however, he didn’t fly too far back. As he crashed into thecauldron which was right behind him, darkness filled his eyes. Drawing strengthfrom who knows where, the girl continued to chase after Tang Wulin. She struckout with her right hand which possessed some sort of attractive force, sendingTang Wuling flying back towards her, while her left hand curled into a fist asshe punched towards his chest.

Although his right arm was in acute pain and Tang Wulin was being continuouslybeaten, this had actually roused his blood.

He let out a deep roar as his right hand transformed into the Golden DragonClaw in a splendid burst of light. Meanwhile, he lashed out with a vine ofBluesilver Grass that Goldlight had slithered into.

This strand of golden Bluesilver Grass was just like a spear as it piercedinto the ground. Using all the strength his body could muster, Tang Wulinsuddenly changed directions and barely evaded the girl’s palm attack.

Taking advantage of the attractive force of the girl’s attack, he rushedtoward her and soared over her head, taking this chance to grab her head withhis Golden Dragon Claw.

This had been the first time since the start of the battle that he couldlaunch a counterattack.

Another note of a phoenix’s cry rang out. Tang Wulin immediately froze inplace while a wave of dizziness assaulted his senses.

As the girl descended from the air, she pointed one finger at Tang Wulin,commanding the black cauldron to smash him.

Tang Wulin forced his Golden Dragon Claw to move, brazenly smacking it intothe black cauldron.

Bang!

The black cauldron was smashed into pieces, completely falling apart. Thegirl’s body was still swaying from the rebound when Tang Wulin descended.

At that moment, Tang Wulin had figured her out. As he withdrew his GoldenDragon Claw after smashing apart her cauldron, a strand of golden BluesilverGrass shot out from the ground, propelling him forward and into the air like abullet.

Haven’t thirty seconds passed yet? They should almost have.

The girl stared at him blankly for a moment. She charged forward in pursuitonce again, but when she arrived before the golden Bluesilver Grass, shehesitated for a moment.

In reality, Tang Wulin wasn’t in a good condition either. He was alreadyrunning low on soul power after using his Golden Dragon Claw and golden vine.

The Bluesilver Grass propelled him further away from her. Meanwhile, thegolden Bluesilver Grass vanished as Goldlight returned to him.

He was currently maximizing his time airborne to open up the greatest distancehe could between him and the girl.

“Thirty seconds have passed. First trial over.”

The long awaited voice appeared once more. He rolled when he landed tomitigate the force, then stood up and looked behind him.

“The second trial begins. Defeat your opponent or survive for another thirtyseconds.” Tang Wulin was speechless at the ball-breaking objective theelectronic voice announced.

Just before, he had been forced to use two-thirds of his soul power just tosurvive the short battle against her. Yet now, he had to survive another thirtyseconds?

Seemingly unaffected by the electronic voice, the girl charged toward him oncemore. This time, however, she only wielded the flute.

What do I do?

Run? I’m nowhere near as fast as her. My footwork can’t compare with hers. Ican’t run.

A battle of attrition?

If she really is only a one-ringed Soul Master, then there shouldn’t be a bigdifference between our soul power capacities. She’s a bit stronger with hertwin souls, but using both their soul skills consumes a lot of soul power too.Assuming my guess is true, then I need to engage her as much as possible now.Even if I can’t beat her, I should be able to survive another thirty seconds.

Arriving at this conclusion, Tang Wulin turned around and ran. A second lessspent in combat meant a second more of survival.

Though he was low on soul power, his physical strength was in no way affected.With every stomp of his feet, he shot forward like a cannonball. With thismethod, he was oddly quick.

Yet, the girl was still a bit faster than him. Fortunately, it wasn’t thateasy to catch up to him. With one fleeing and the other pursuing, ten secondshad soon passed. Just as the girl was about to catch up to him, Tang Wulinsuddenly leaped with all his strength while summoning his two Thousand RefinedHeavy Silver Hammers.

“Wu~”

Here it comes again…

Tang Wuling turned sluggish, and a sense of dizziness overcame him, so hehadn’t been able to fully turn his body as he wanted to. He had only managed toturn halfway when the girl arrived before him.

This time, she didn’t immediately attack him. She instead reached out andgrabbed his right shoulder and pulled him toward her while kicking his calveswith her right leg.

Tang Wulin was immediately thrown off balance, dropping onto the ground.

He waved his arms in an attempt to fight back, but the girl was jumping aboutlike a fairy, dodging every single one of his attacks. Even while evading hisattacks, she had somehow been able to land two more punches into his stomach.

Bind!

“Wu!”

Slowed!

Once again, his Bind soul skill was slowed down. In fact, the slow effect wasso great that the girl grabbed a strand of Bluesilver Grass and threw him up.

All Tang Wulin could do now was go into a fetal position in an attempt toprotect his head and vital organs.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

He was like a human punching bag, getting pounded from all directions.

After some time, the electronic voice appeared once more. “Thirty seconds haspassed. Second trial over.”

Tang Wulin felt as if his whole body had lightened and the aching of his boneshad been washed away.