After Tang San regained consciousness, Su Ming loosened his control on the wooden dragon that was holding him, leaving Tang San restrained only lightly. The others didn't pay much attention to this precaution, as Tang San still couldn't fully control his Eight Spider Lances.
Once Tang San had calmed down, he used his Mysterious Heaven Skill, focusing his consciousness on his back and slowly establishing a connection with the Eight Spider Lances. Gradually, he managed to retract them.
Yu Xiaogang, seeing Tang San succeed, allowed a weak smile to cross his pale face. He hurriedly said, "Xiao San, quickly! Use your Eight Spider Lances to extract the poison from my... injury."
Tang San hesitated. "Teacher, are you sure? I don't feel confident in fully controlling the Eight Spider Lances yet... What if something goes wrong?"
Yu Xiaogang, despite his pain, reassured Tang San, "I believe in you, Xiao San. You've already gained basic control over the Eight Spider Lances by retracting them. It'll be fine!"
Seeing that Yu Xiaogang was insistent, Tang San didn't hesitate further. He carefully extended one of the spider legs and positioned it over his teacher's wound, slowly and carefully extracting the poison.
As soon as the poison left Yu Xiaogang's body, he felt immediate relief, though it left him feeling somewhat hollow...
At this point, Su Ming, with an air of "kindness," used his fourth soul skill to "fully heal" the wound. Yu Xiaogang's injury was sealed and healed entirely.
Su Ming thought to himself, Heh heh, Yu Xiaogang, you really shouldn't thank me too much. While I can't restore everything, I can certainly heal what's left!
With this move, Su Ming had effectively sealed Yu Xiaogang's fate.
Yu Xiaogang, now able to stand, gave Su Ming a pained but grateful smile. "Thank you, Su Ming. And you too, Oscar. If it weren't for both of you, I don't think I'd even be standing right now."
Su Ming inwardly chuckled. You're thanking me for sealing your injury? Wow, Yu Xiaogang, you're something else!
At the same time, Su Ming felt relieved that he hadn't recorded the entire incident. Storing such a gruesome image in the system would've been disgusting. Better not to have it.
System: Good thing, host, you didn't live-stream or take pictures. Showing that scene to the female leads would've been highly inappropriate!
Su Ming unknowingly avoided a future regret. If he ever found out someone could see into his diary and they stumbled upon a photo of Yu Xiaogang's incident... he'd regret it forever.
Flender, sensing the tense atmosphere, addressed everyone. "Alright, today's group battle is over. As for the evaluation of the final round, we'll discuss it tomorrow morning."
"I'm taking Fatty and the Grandmaster into the city to see a healing spirit master for further treatment. You all can practice on your own today."
Originally, Yu Xiaogang had plans for further training after today's battle, but now those had to be postponed due to his injury.
Yu Xiaogang's heart was filled with sorrow. Why did his luck seem to have taken such a nosedive in recent years?
Six years ago, his injury from the Mandala Snake's poison during Tang San's first spirit ring hunt had rendered his... area nonfunctional. However, back then, the damage was within a tolerable range. If he could find a powerful healing spirit master and the right herbs, recovery was possible. Though banished from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, his father was still the clan leader, and finding a Spirit Saint-level healer wasn't difficult.
But now, thanks to Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, that area had been completely severed. With all his years of theoretical knowledge, Yu Xiaogang couldn't think of any spirit that could regenerate such a loss...
What made it worse was that both incidents involved Tang San. Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but wonder if their fates were somehow at odds. He felt a mix of frustration and helplessness.
However, despite these setbacks, Yu Xiaogang knew he had to rely on Tang San for his future. Tang San, with his twin spirits, was destined for greatness. His father was Tang Hao, and they might one day return to the Clear Sky Clan. These connections made Yu Xiaogang realize that, no matter the cost, he needed to stick with Tang San.
After all, Tang San now possessed one of the rarest treasures in the spirit master world: an External Spirit Bone. The Eight Spider Lances would only grow in power, and when Tang San became a Title Douluo, those spider legs could easily reach the 70,000 to 80,000-year level—perhaps even evolving into a 100,000-year spirit bone with a bit of luck!
However, Yu Xiaogang was now a "rootless" man, and with that, his hopes of being with Liu Erlong or Bibi Dong were dashed forever.
But Yu Xiaogang wasn't about to let either of them know what had happened. Some things were too damaging to a man's pride.
On the training grounds, as the chaos from Tang San's Eight Spider Lances settled, Tang San felt a deep sense of guilt. Once again, he had hurt his teacher, this time more severely.
Dai Mubai and Oscar noticed his remorse and tried to comfort him. "Xiao San, don't beat yourself up. It wasn't your fault. No one wanted this to happen."
Tang San nodded slightly, feeling a little better. He then cast a complicated look at Xiao Wu. Had it not been for her Eight Stage Drop, the Eight Spider Lances might not have gone out of control...
Xiao Wu noticed his look and immediately understood what he was thinking. Annoyed, she said, "Tang San, don't tell me you're blaming me for what happened, thinking the Eight Spider Lances went wild because I injured you so badly?"
Dai Mubai muttered under his breath, "Wasn't that the reason, though?"
Xiao Wu shot him a deadly glare. "What did you say?"
Dai Mubai, who had been about to argue back, quickly backed down, thinking about Tang San's current state.
Xiao Wu turned her attention back to Tang San. "Don't think this happened because of me, Tang San. The real reason is that your strength isn't enough! When you're in a fight, you can't expect your opponent to always go easy on you."
"Besides, I already went easy on you this time. If I hadn't held back, even with Su Ming and Oscar's healing abilities, you'd still be in terrible shape right now!"
"And besides, the Eight Spider Lances came from you forcefully absorbing the Man-Faced Demon Spider. You know exactly what kind of beast that is, don't you? You got overconfident after absorbing it? In the end, it's because your strength isn't enough," Xiao Wu continued.
"And as for the Grandmaster, he's stuck at level 29 and hasn't progressed even a bit. If the one closest to you earlier had been Teacher Zhao or the headmaster, do you think they wouldn't have dodged your attack?"
"The Grandmaster always says, 'There are no trash martial spirits, only trash spirit masters.' But he can't even live up to his own words. Does he think Su Ming and I are fools?"
"If that statement were true, then the most worthless person must be him!"
Everyone around them was stunned into silence by Xiao Wu's outburst toward Tang San. It reminded them of the time Ning Rongrong had lashed out at Dai Mubai.
Su Ming wasn't surprised. After all, Xiao Wu had always been the boss of the Star Dou Forest and even at Nuoding Academy. He figured Xiao Wu had bottled up some anger when the Grandmaster made her fight three people at once, and now that the opportunity had come, she let it all out on Tang San. Despite accepting the challenge quietly, it seemed Xiao Wu still harbored resentment.
Why should the Grandmaster, with only some theory from the Spirit Hall, have the right to criticize? Over the last six years, Xiao Wu had learned from Su Ming that some of the theories the Grandmaster spouted were either completely wrong or incomplete. Seeing how arrogant Yu Xiaogang was back at Nuoding Academy only fueled her dislike for him.
Now, with Tang San and the others thinking that her attack caused his spirit power to go berserk, Xiao Wu couldn't take it anymore and entered "angry mode," needing to vent her frustration.
If it weren't for the situation, Su Ming was certain Xiao Wu would've beaten Tang San up again, and probably thrown in a few hits at Dai Mubai while she was at it.
Tang San remained silent, realizing Xiao Wu was right. All of this was the result of him being too reckless, and his teacher being too weak to dodge the Eight Spider Lances. Everyone else had managed to avoid them just fine.
Seeing the rising tension, Zhao Wuji intervened loudly, "What are you all doing standing around? Get back to training! You seem to have plenty of energy—just wait until tomorrow!"
Without looking back, Zhao Wuji left.
Su Ming didn't care what Tang San thought. He simply grabbed Xiao Wu's hand and led her away. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing followed closely behind.
Back in the dormitory, Su Ming immediately summoned his diary. After all, with such an exciting—well, tragic—event today, it needed to be properly recorded and remembered!
[Today, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and, just like in the original story, initiated a group combat session.]
The female leads, especially Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, eagerly began reading today's entry.
Over the past six years, reading Su Ming's diary had allowed Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to fully understand what kind of person Yu Xiaogang really was. Their former feelings had faded, and they were no longer obsessed with him like before.
Although their feelings for Yu Xiaogang had changed, they still kept an eye on him—not out of love, but out of curiosity. They wanted to see what other embarrassing stories Su Ming might reveal about him.
[This group combat event wasn't unexpected, but what I didn't anticipate was that Yu Xiaogang excluded me from participating in the battle. It's clear he wanted to build up Tang San's reputation or elevate his standing as a control-type spirit master. He was afraid I'd steal Tang San's spotlight.]
[Though I wasn't particularly interested in the fight, I'd rather spend the time with Xiao Wu... maybe even test out the "Golden Fighter" title the system rewarded me with!]
At first, the diary seemed serious, but then it took a sudden turn: spending time with Xiao Wu? Testing out the Golden Fighter title?
The female leads reading the diary all gave it a strange look, unsure what to make of it. They could already imagine Xiao Wu dying of embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing in the dorm room were grinning as they looked at Xiao Wu, who had turned bright red like a steaming kettle.
Xiao Wu's face was flushed, feeling like it was about to drip blood. She cursed silently, Stupid Su Ming! Why are you writing such things in your diary? Back to being inappropriate, huh?!
Xiao Wu was mortified. Early on, when Su Ming first got the diary, he'd written a few affectionate things. Then he'd toned it down, becoming more serious. But now, only a few years later, he was back to being improper!
Ning Rongrong, clearly enjoying herself, teased Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, how about Zhuqing and I help you arrange some alone time with Su Ming to test out that Golden Fighter thing?"
"You two might not be public yet, but you're clearly together. You must want to spend some alone time with him, right? You might not admit it, but I know you're thinking about it."
"Ahhh! Rongrong, stop it! That's so embarrassing! You've got it all wrong! I don't want that at all!"
Xiao Wu was mortified by Ning Rongrong's direct teasing. When did Rongrong become such a little devil?
Even Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help blushing a bit, wondering when Ning Rongrong's skin had gotten so thick.
Feeling cornered, Xiao Wu glared at Ning Rongrong and "threatened" her, "Rongrong, if you keep this up, don't be surprised when I start teasing you! I know you like Su Ming too, don't think I won't notice! What if he manages to win you over next? Then I'll be the one laughing at you!"
Ning Rongrong smirked and remained defiant, "We'll see about that! It won't be that easy for him to win me over. You think I'm as easy as you?"
Xiao Wu wasn't about to back down, "Su Ming already said you're one of those rich, pretty girls who's easy to woo. In the original story, didn't you fall for Tang San after he gave you that immortal herb that evolved your martial spirit? Hmph!"
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