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The tenacious blue figure that managed to stand up was Tang San!
However, he had barely stood halfway, his body still extremely unstable and swaying, when a strong wave of dizziness hit him again, causing him to lose his balance. His body went limp, and Tang San fell heavily forward once more.
"No, I can't lose!"
After lying on the ground for several breaths, he finally recovered enough to look up, seeing Tang Chen's two feet standing right in front of him.
It was then that Tang San realized how terrible his current situation was. He was sprawled on the ground, like a dog begging for scraps, while his elder brother stood high above, looking down on him.
"Damn it!" he growled. "Brother, you actually resorted to a sneak attack again!"
Tang San was furious and tried desperately to get up. However, the moment he finished speaking, Tang Chen's foot already moved, stepping down.
"Bang!"
The intense humiliation and sharp pain made Tang San struggle violently. He tried desperately to get up with all his limbs, but he was firmly suppressed by a terrifying Spirit Power, making him completely unable to move. He was like a fish pinned to a cutting board.
"Tang Chen, you bastard!"
"I see you've already found a way to die!"
With a roar of impotent rage, Tang San tried to stand up again.
"Hmph."
A very soft, cold snort escaped Tang Chen's nostrils. He seemed to have heard something utterly ridiculous. The foot resting on Tang San's head suddenly exerted force, stomping down hard!
"Bang!"
Tang San's head violently struck the Douluo Stage floor. His scalp instantly broke, and blood began to profusely bleed.
"Bastard!"
"I'll kill you!"
Gasping like an ox, Tang San desperately tried to stand up, but Tang Chen, having stomped down hard this time, did not lift his foot, immediately pressing Tang San's face firmly against the Douluo Stage.
At this moment, Tang San was like a dying beast, completely frenzied, continuously cursing Tang Chen with the most venomous language he could think of.
Although my Spirit is temporarily Sealed and unusable, I still have my Spirit Bones! The external Spirit Bone, Eight Spider Lances, doesn't entirely rely on Spirit Power to activate! It has long since become a part of my body!
In desperation, Tang San had a flash of inspiration, suddenly remembering the Eight Spider Lances.
"Go to hell!"
With a heart-wrenching roar, Tang San used every ounce of his willpower to activate the external Spirit Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, which had long ago fused with his spine!
Pfft!
The next second, eight purple-glowing spider lances instantly tore through the clothes on his back. Like poisonous claws from the abyss, they fiercely stabbed at Tang Chen, who was within reach, with lightning speed!
Pfft, pfft, pfft!
The sharp tips of the spider lances instantly pierced through Tang Chen's abdomen and chest! And like thirsty vampires, they immediately began to devour, with a pale golden energy visibly flowing rapidly along the spider lances toward Tang San, frantically extracting Tang Chen's life force!
"Heh heh, Eight Spider Lances, huh?"
With a sneer, Tang Chen looked down at the eight purple-black spider lances piercing his body. A hint of surprise and an elusive playfulness appeared on his face.
Not far away, the audience in the stands, seeing Tang Chen's body pierced by the eight ferocious spider lances, all let out shouts of disbelief.
"No way? Tang Chen, with that abnormal Spirit Ring configuration, was taken down like that?"
"Is that all it takes? Counter-killed in one move? Are his Spirit Rings just for show? Absolutely useless!"
"That Shrek kid has some tricks up his sleeve! He can actually turn the tables like this?"
"Indeed, you can't be too arrogant in team battles. Tianxing Academy paid the price for its arrogance!"
On the VIP platform, Emperor Xue Ye also frowned tightly, leaning slightly forward. His gaze was fixed on the stage as he asked in confusion, "What's going on? With his strength, he could easily dodge it, so why didn't he? Could it be... Shrek Academy can still make a comeback and turn defeat into victory?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi, who sat beside him, was much calmer, although a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He then gently shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think it may not be that simple. Perhaps, an even more exciting show is yet to come."
Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Xiao Ruier, who were on the VIP seats and the arena respectively, all felt their hearts tighten suddenly when they saw the Eight Spider Lances instantly pierce through Tang Chen's body!
"What? Why didn't that kid dodge?"
Given their understanding of Tang Chen's strength, he was fully capable of easily avoiding such an attack, or even stopping it beforehand! But why... why did he allow Tang San to succeed?
Especially Xiao Ruier, who was on the arena, a hint of anxiety flashed in her golden eyes. Her Spirit Power fluctuations suddenly intensified, and she was about to rush forward with a shift of her feet.
However, just as she was about to act, Tang Chen, who was being pierced by the Eight Spider Lances, suddenly raised a hand and made a clear stopping gesture, preventing her from intervening.
Immediately, Tang Chen lowered his head, looking at Tang San, who was still firmly under his foot and frantically absorbing his life force through the Eight Spider Lances. Instead of pain, a cold and eerie smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Little San, since you love to absorb so much... then today, I, your brother, will let you absorb your fill!"
Although Tang San was still firmly underfoot, with blood flowing incessantly from his forehead, feeling the continuous influx of immense life force into his body, a twisted sense of pleasure and triumphant mockery arose in his heart. He struggled to speak, "Brother, it's come to this, and you're still stubborn? Today, I will reclaim everything that belongs to me! Your Spirit Power! Your talent! And all the debts you owe me and Father!"
"Heh heh, is that so?" Tang Chen looked somewhat amused at the life force continuously flowing into Tang San's body. He didn't even bother with the Eight Spider Lances piercing his body and casually raised his free right hand.
In an instant, over a dozen tendrils of blue-golden light from the Blue Silver Emperor suddenly surged from his palm. They instantly wrapped and bound Tang San's body, along with the roots of the Eight Spider Lances on his back, so tightly that he was completely unable to break free.
"Come on," Tang Chen's voice was low and filled with a chilling generosity. "Since you love to absorb so much, then today, I, your brother, will let you absorb your fill. Don't, when I actually give it to you, you suddenly... don't want it anymore."
His body tightly bound by the sudden Blue Silver Grass, an ominous premonition immediately surged in Tang San's heart, and he struggled, roaring, "You... what do you want to do?!"
As his words fell, an absolutely terrifying life force, completely beyond imagination, like a bursting dam or a surging river, violently poured into Tang San's body through the Eight Spider Lances connecting the two. The intensity was unprecedented and ferocious!
"Ugh ah—!"
In the initial moments, the influx of this extremely pure life energy indeed brought Tang San an indescribable sense of comfort, as if parched land had suddenly been nourished. However, this comfort lasted for less than a breath!
Tang San's face instantly changed from pale to an abnormal flush, then became extremely twisted and ferocious! He felt as if his body were an airbag being frantically filled with water, every inch of his Meridians, every cell, being forcibly stretched and torn by this immense energy that he simply could not bear!
Pain! An indescribable, swelling agony instantly engulfed him!
"Stop... stop! Too much! Stop quickly!"
"Tang Chen, you beast! No!"
Tang San let out a bloodcurdling scream. He desperately wanted to forcibly cut off the connection between the Eight Spider Lances and Tang Chen, but found that under the Binding of the Blue Silver Emperor, he could do absolutely nothing!
He could only watch helplessly as his body, like a container, was rapidly filled with the terrifying life force forcibly bestowed by Tang Chen, until his body was on the verge of bursting!
"Don't you love to absorb?"
"Then today, I'll let you absorb your fill!"