Chapter 44: If Tang San Dies, Will He Drop a Soul Bone? Sea Witch: Don't Compare Me to Wolf Bandits!
Seeing the dazed, soul-lost look on his disciple's face, Yu Xiaogang grew anxious.
He hurried over to support Tang San and said hurriedly, trying to explain, "Xiao San, don't listen to his nonsense. Th-this was just an accident."
Lin Yuan put away the God-Killing Spear and looked at the master and disciple who were still deceiving themselves. A trace of pity flashed through his eyes.
"Is it really that hard to admit that someone else is outstanding?"
"Is it really that hard to admit that you're not good enough?"
"Tang San, the foundation of your Blue Silver Grass martial soul is simply too weak."
"Even with innate full soul power, you still can't change the fact that Blue Silver Grass is just Blue Silver Grass. After following the Master for these few months, you should understand that as well."
"If you replaced Blue Silver Grass with a top-tier martial soul like mine, breaking through your control with my spear intent wouldn't have been so easy."
After saying this, Lin Yuan left with Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu had been paying close attention to Lin Yuan's expression the entire time. Seeing the barely suppressed smile he was holding back, she felt that Lin Yuan was being just a little bit… dark-hearted.
This was straight-up psychological murder. And saying all that, wasn't he clearly trying to see whether Tang San would give up cultivating Blue Silver Grass martial soul and switch to the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul?
Too evil!
Only after Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu had truly walked far away did Yu Xiaogang finally speak again.
"Xiao San, listen carefully. You possess twin martial souls—you are a peerless genius of this era, second only to Pope Bibi Dong."
"Although your Blue Silver Grass is a bit weak right now, once you cultivate to Soul Saint or above, you'll be able to add soul rings to your Clear Sky Hammer martial soul."
"Think about it—when that time comes, the first soul ring of your Clear Sky Hammer martial soul will be ten thousand years old."
"You must not even think about switching to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul right now. This is also your father's wish!"
Tang San fell silent for a moment. He understood the stakes involved and nodded.
"I understand, Teacher. But I won't just admit defeat like this."
"I'll let Lin Yuan know that even with only Blue Silver Grass martial soul, I can still become an outstanding control-type soul master!"
Seeing Tang San's resilient mentality, Yu Xiaogang nodded with relief.
"It's good that you understand."
…
While eating breakfast, Lin Yuan casually wrote today's diary entry.
[Went out this morning without checking the almanac and ran into Yu Xiaogang bringing Tang San to block the way.]
[That Tang San thought I insulted Yu Xiaogang and insisted on challenging me, even saying that if I lost, I'd have to take Yu Xiaogang as my master.]
[As for the result… hehe.]
[One spear, instant kill. What's there to say?]
[The funniest thing was Yu Xiaogang's so-called theory that "control type soul master counters power-attack type soul master." That's basically the biggest lie in the world.]
[In the early stages, if martial soul quality is similar, control-type soul masters might have a slight advantage.]
[But in the mid-to-late stages, once power-attack type soul masters have more soul rings and more self-buffing soul skills, the control type soul masters advantage clearly declines.]
[You can tell just by looking at the lineup of top experts on the continent—power-attack type soul masters are the eternal gods!]
[Whether it's the several great worship elders of Spirit Hall, or the Sword Douluo, Tang Hao, and Yu Yuanzhen of the Upper Three Sects, or even Bo Saixi, the High Priestess of Seagod Island—]
[Which one of them isn't a power-attack type powerhouse with terrifying damage output?]
[In this world, only strength is the eternal truth!]
[Of course, there is one exception.]
[That is the mental control type!]
[In an era where mental defense methods are generally lacking, mental-type soul masters truly are heaven-defying existences.]
[Unless the opponent has a cheat like Purple Demon Eyes, or possesses a mental-type head soul bone.]
[Otherwise, once mentally controlled, they're lambs waiting to be slaughtered, with no chance to resist.]
[Looking across the current continent, there are only two or three mental-type soul masters who can truly be considered powerful.]
[One is Spirit Hall's "Saintess," Hu Liena.]
[Innate rank 9 soul power, martial soul: Charming Fox, born with natural allure.]
[She's a secret trump card personally nurtured by Bibi Dong for the Soul Master Tournament.]
[Logically speaking, with her Soul King cultivation during the tournament, her mental power should be at least comparable to a Soul Emperor's.]
[With a single mass charm, aside from Tang San—and at most adding Xiao Wu—the rest of the Shrek Seven Devils would have to surrender on the spot.]
Inside the chat group—
[Swear Protector of the Pope: Hmph, at least you have good taste! This Saintess's mental control has no empty reputation, you know!]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: Bleh bleh bleh, you vixen! My mental power is very strong too!]
The diary continued.
[Unfortunately, this girl had bad luck and ran into Tang San, that cheating bastard.]
[He cultivated Purple Demon Eyes from a young age, specifically countering illusions and charm techniques.]
[Then later, he consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, causing his mental power to skyrocket.]
[Hu Liena's entire skill set was hard-countered, and in the end, she even lost to Tang San's disgusting Eight Spider Lances.]
[That's fate, I guess.]
[Aside from Hu Liena, there's another even stronger mental-type soul master in this world.]
[That would be the Sea Witch, one of Seagod Island's Seven Sacred Pillars.]
[Her martial soul is the Black Flute, capable of playing music that drags souls into perdition.]
[But compared to her strength, I'm more interested in her race.]
[She's from the Mermaid clan.]
[Human upper body, fish tail lower body.]
[That's very interesting.]
[Does this form count as human, or as a soul beast?]
[If you killed her… would she drop a soul ring and a soul bone?]
[Oh, right, speaking of this—Tang San is also half-human, half-beast. He's the child of Tang Hao and a soul beast. So if Tang San dies, would he drop a soul ring too?]
[On Douluo Continent, there's a species called Wolf Bandits, which seems to be half-human, half-beast offspring of Stormwind Demon Wolf and human women.]
[Compared to the Sea Witch and Tang San, Wolf Bandits lean much more toward beast nature.]
[And in the original story, when Tang San and the others killed the Wolf Bandit leader, a soul bone even dropped.]
[Doesn't this mean that as long as there's half-soul-beast blood, there's a chance to drop a soul ring or soul bone?]
[Then, as someone with a fifty percent pure Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, if Tang San were to die one day—]
[Would there be a ding sound, dropping a soul ring?]
[Or maybe dropping a Blue Silver Emperor soul bone?]
Seagod Island, Sea Maiden City.
On a massive reef, waves crashed against the shore.
A stunning girl with long aqua-blue hair and peerless beauty, her lower body a long fish tail, was leisurely enjoying the sea breeze.
Suddenly, a black diary appeared out of thin air in her mind.
When she saw the passage about "dropping soul rings," the sweet smile on her face instantly froze.
"???"
"What do you mean, would I drop a soul ring?!"
The Sea Witch puffed out her cheeks in anger, slapping her fish tail hard against the water, sending waves splashing everywhere.
"That human named Lin Yuan is so rude!"
"I'm a child of Lord Seagod—a noble mermaid!"
"How dare he compare me to disgusting things like Wolf Bandits?!"
…
End of Chapter