"Whoosh—!"
The azure sea water churned ceaselessly, as if dough being tossed by powerful forces.
A lithe figure hovered in mid-air, about ten meters above the sea.
Beneath the figure, coiled within the surging waters, was a massive white silhouette. Seizing the moment when several towering water columns rose, drawing the attention of its opponent, the white silhouette shifted its form and executed a deadly roll.
Its tail fin, spanning over two meters in width, suddenly exerted its force like a bowstring stretched to its limit, launching a layer of whale-tail-shaped gray-blue energy. The ever-increasing condensed power caused this tail blade to expand in length, cleaving through the continuous seawater as it hurtled towards the figure in the air, who was evading the onslaught of water columns.
As his body flipped in mid-air, Tang San's gaze shifted. Leveraging the inertia of his aerial rotation, his left leg was enveloped in a layer of dark red energy. He unleashed a fierce kick, and a powerful crimson light erupted from his leg, forming an arc-shaped triangular slash that flashed and shot towards the charged attack from below.
"Boom boom—!"
The two powerful energies contended, evenly matched.
Yet, the resulting impact, besides the deafening explosions and the roiling giant waves ten meters high, carried with it a faint, low, and sharp whale cry. It was infused with a potent, almost tangible killing intent, mixed within the red light. It was like a war axe thrown from afar, smashing fiercely against the gray-blue shark tail light.
The two energy slashes, initially indistinguishable in their power, immediately became one-sided.
The gray-blue shark tail light was dispersed and swallowed by the dark red slash. This axe-like slash had not dissipated; after breaking through the condensed energy of the shark tail, it directly charged towards the massive white silhouette below that had launched the attack—the Demon Whale Great White Shark!
"Whoosh—!"
The ten-meter-high giant waves splashed down, creating a massive vortex that engulfed the Demon Whale Great White Shark. Spinning at high speed with the world in disarray, it was then propelled by the spreading energy within the sea vortex, directly unearthed from the water.
It was her body's ingrained instinct that supported her as she instinctively opened her mouth when fully exposed to the air, releasing a despairing light wave attack of ultra-high frequency to alleviate her unfavorable situation.
The white light waves, filled with ferocity and deterrence, churned the surrounding seawater once more. A blood-red light flashed in Tang San's eyes. The next second, his left leg also trailed a series of red ripples, like sharp blades, savagely tearing through the immense shockwave.
"Eighth Spirit Ability!"
Surrounded by Blue Silver Emperor vines, Tang San's aura surged. Eight resplendent spirit rings floated up, the last blood-red hundred-thousand-year spirit ring pulsing with a crimson light, dyeing the Blue Silver Emperor crimson.
"Blue Silver Orca Demon's Grasp!"
A red light screen spread from around the blood-dyed Blue Silver Emperors as Tang San spun, creating streaks of red light screens. Like natural spotlights, within the range of the light screen, the seawater, a hundred meters deep in diameter both vertically and horizontally, instantly solidified into pure, magnificent red crystals! Sudan Novel Network
The roaring waves struck the incredibly hard red crystals, leaving not the slightest trace.
The solidified seawater, transformed into crystals, became as smooth and transparent as a mirror, refracting several red lights. This formed a bloody net, instantly freezing the massive body of the little white shark, who had barely managed to fall into the seawater from mid-air, within the red crystal.
Watching Xiao Bai, her eyes wide with shock, frozen in the colossal red crystal, Tang San, who had been beaten by Xiao Bai's relentless attacks for days, finally revealed a satisfied smile.
He had finally, under Xiao Bai, achieved mastery.
However, Tang San did not rush to retract his skill. Instead, he watched the frozen Xiao Bai, took out a stick of incense from his soul tool, lit it, and began to record the time.
Once frozen within the crystal, with just a thought from him, the condensed red crystal could transform into several slashes, cutting through the trapped prey like slicing vegetables.
But he would naturally not treat Xiao Bai, who was helping them spar, in such a manner.
Thus, Tang San began another experiment.
Xiao Bai, who remained conscious and thinking despite being immobilized: "......"
Visible anger rose in her golden eyes, and Xiao Bai began to charge against the incredibly sturdy red crystal.
A full quarter of an hour passed before a series of explosive sounds erupted from the red crystal.
As a web of cracks rapidly spread, a few seconds later, with a "bang," it exploded.
The massive red crystal immediately shattered into powder, dispersing into red light particles in the air.
Xiao Bai's body also broke free normally, falling into the rift that she herself had blown open, plunging into the seawater.
The moment she entered the sea, Xiao Bai accelerated and dashed out, performing a somersault. However, the surrounding seawater had all turned into incredibly hard red crystals. Glancing at Tang San above, who seemed intent on continuing, she popped her shark head out of the water and yelled, "No more fighting, no more fighting! You've graduated from me! Next, next!"
Seeing this, Tang San smiled and, with a thought, the seawater frozen into red crystals reverted to its original state.
Xiao Bai, now free, flicked her tail and, with a surge, shot out a hundred meters. She headed straight for the shore two hundred meters away, leaped out of the water, transformed into human form, and landed on the soft sand. She glared at the other six monsters, who were lounging on the sand watching the show, and said with a stern expression,
"What are you laughing at! Tang San has graduated, but you guys haven't!"
"Ahem." Dai Mubai quickly suppressed the upward curve of his lips and said to Xiao Bai with feigned seriousness, "We're also accumulating combat experience by spectating."
The days of being beaten were not in vain.
Xiao Bai snorted coldly, pointed out the shortcomings of each of the six monsters, and offered suggestions for improvement.
Dai Mubai and the others listened attentively to Xiao Bai's summary without impatience.
After addressing them, Xiao Bai turned to the leisurely Tang Sui and said, "Alright, Tang Sui, the next training session is up to you. I have nothing more to teach your companions."
At these words, even Tang San looked at his sister.
Tang Sui, who had been exploring cultivation with the help of the system and masks for over half a month, looked over. She watched her companions' expressions change with great interest, a smile forming on her lips.
"Okay. Then, from now on, I'll be in charge of practical combat training for everyone."
Everyone: "..."
Ma Hongjun swallowed hard, and under Bai Chenxiang's sympathetic gaze, he shuffled closer behind his good brother Dai Mubai and whispered,
"Now, it's going to be truly hellish difficulty..."
Tang San also found it difficult to smile.
Xiao Bai, on the other hand, clapped her hands in schadenfreude, saying, "Tang Sui, I support you in beating them up!"
—Author's notes—
Why is it always the busiest before the Lunar New Year, and relatively idle during the festival itself? [Lying flat]