Chapter 100: Victory!

Chapter 100: Victory!

Tang San's time freeze ended at this moment. Almost instantaneously, his hands landed on Gu Li's shoulders. Then, with phantom-like steps, he rapidly retreated several paces with Gu Li, twisting his upper body and hurling Gu Li away.

Bang!

Gu Li landed seven or eight meters away, rolling on the ground a few times before struggling to get up. His complexion was pale as paper, clearly a case of excessive bloodline power depletion.

Yet, Tang San's expression remained unchanged. He straightened his clothes, and the next moment, a wind blade was once again forming in the palm of his hand.

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Even the teachers, including Mu Enqing, were a bit confused. At the moment of collision, both parties' bloodline powers and auras had been interacting chaotically, and the point where they became entangled was Tang San's chest.

As the wind blade in Tang San's hand deepened in color, Gu Li spoke without hesitation, "I-I concede."

Due to having used his ability three times just now, and also due to the sudden, uncontrolled depletion of his bloodline power, it was a tall order for him to use the Chrono Croc Transformation now. If I don’t quit and I let him hit me with that, it’s going to be a problem.

Guan Longjiang frowned slightly, deep in thought. There was nothing wrong with Gu Li's mode of attack. How did it turn out that after successfully landing a hit, he was still defeated by his opponent?

How could he know Tang San had been prepared when Gu Li tried to close in on him?

When Gu Li collided with him, Tang San hadn’t activated his heavy armor ability, the Ironhide Shield, but he had concentrated the energy of the Mysterious Heaven Technique on his chest and abdomen. The fifth-order energy of the Mysterious Heaven Technique provided formidable protection. Furthermore, by employing the Tang Sect's unique Controlling Crane Catching Dragon, he directly grabbed Gu Li, absorbing some of his bloodline power, then repelled him using the same technique.

Gu Li's Demonic God Transformation was powerful, but his cultivation level was far inferior to Tang San's. With Tang San's combat experience, divine consciousness, and the insight of a God King, it was almost impossible for an opponent of the same order to defeat him.

Thus, Gu Li was defeated. Right now, he was sitting on the floor, experiencing a solid bout of utter confusion.

On the other side of the room, Tang San was experiencing something entirely different. As he absorbed that strand of Gu Li's Chrono Croc bloodline power, the gradually forming bloodline imprint made him feel a trace of the power from his past life.

"Do we talk now?" Wu Bingji's eyes brightened. For him, Tang San was a treasure trove.

"I want to take on a task from you. The mayor teacher has already agreed. I can take on any task other than sparring," Tang San said.

"Alright, let's go," Wu Bingji said, leading Tang San back to his place. A curious Du Bai followed Tang San as well.

Du Bai, in fact, greatly envied Tang San. Although his bloodline was the unique first-tier, his cultivation was only third-order. He wasn't good at combat and severely lacked physical strength. He didn't have to participate in the practical combat classes, but it wasn’t like he never had any desire to. He had to admit to himself that as he watched his colleagues with good fighting prowess, he longed to be among them.

They arrived at Wu Bingji's residence, and he took out the task list again.

"What type of task do you want to undertake?"

"Other than sparring tasks, which tasks earn the most money?" Tang San inquired.

Wu Bingji raised an eyebrow. “Actually, all types of tasks are more or less similar, and the income depends on the task's difficulty. The higher up the list, the more challenging the task. But you also need to consider your capabilities! Like this hunting task, for instance.”

As he spoke, he pointed to the demon beast hunting task list and said, “The income from hunting Winged Tigers in the Kali Mountain Range is very high. Demonic beasts from the tiger race are all valuable in their entirety, every single bit of them. If we can hunt one down, the reward is huge. Actually, the reward for an adult tiger is at least ten naturae coins, and mind you, I said at least. But even a young Winged Tiger has fifth-order strength, and adults can reach the seventh order. They’re also very fast and agile, so they are really tough to catch. High risk, high reward.”

Tang San nodded. "Okay, let's go with this task."

"Um. What?" Wu Bingji looked at him in astonishment, "What did you say? Do you want to take on the task of hunting a Winged Tiger? Did your head get injured during sparring today? You should know that in the forests, the combat power of the Winged Tiger is even greater. That's their home ground. You're only fifth-order! No, no, this is too dangerous for you."

Tang San smiled slightly and said, "Well, as you said, how can you get a high reward if you don’t take a high risk? And I never thought of doing it alone! Senior brother, let's do it together! We can also call a few other senior brothers and sisters. It might work out. We can even ask a teacher to protect us in secret."

Du Bai, listening, couldn't help but interject, "Hold on, if you do it like that, is it still considered your task?"

"No, but who cares?" Tang San replied. "I have no intention to take all the benefits for myself. But think of it, these dangerous tasks have much better rewards than the easier ones. Look at those tasks for hunting lesser demonic beasts, they only pay one or two aetherhorn coins. The difference between naturae coins and aetherhorn coins is just too great. Even if I only get one naturae coin, it’s a lot better use of my time than hunting a bunch of low-level demonic beasts. Why not go for it?"