Tang San and the rest of the work-study students all looked at Xiao Chenyu with resentful expressions, thinking, "You guys can talk about it after the fight, but where are we supposed to hear about it after the fight? Can't you just tell us now?"
"Tang San, first-year work-study student, spirit, Blue Silver Grass, eleventh-level one-ring control system spirit master."
Shock was shock, but Tang San felt no fear in his heart. However, like Li Qing, he also concealed his true spirit power level, only reporting eleventh-level.
"How much?"
Xiao Chenyu asked with some surprise. He hadn't expected that a golden phoenix would emerge from this nest of work-study students this year. It was truly hard to believe.
"Eleventh level, one-ring control system spirit master."
As he spoke, a faint white light grew from Tang San's palm, and then he waved it out. Blue Silver Grass scattered at his feet, and a yellow spirit ring rose from beneath him.
"Hiss!"
Another chorus of gasps sounded around them.
Perhaps out of jealousy, someone couldn't help but mock, "So what if Blue Silver Grass is a waste spirit, even at eleventh level? It's not even as good as one of Li Qing's."
Tang San retorted disdainfully, "There are no waste spirits, only waste spirit masters."
"I agree with that."
Li Qing echoed with a meaningful look, adding in his heart, "But whether the person who said that is too much of a waste or their spirit is too much of a waste is hard to say."
"Spirit Assimilation!"
As spirit power surged, the raven merged into Li Qing's body. Black wings grew from behind him, and then he stomped his feet while spreading his wings for added momentum.
Li Qing's figure flashed and disappeared, moving incredibly fast. He extended his hand and threw a punch at Tang San.
"So fast!"
Tang San's pupils contracted, but he didn't choose to retreat, instead throwing a punch of his own.
Although the power added by Li Qing's spirit wasn't strong, don't forget, he had a physique equivalent to a Spirit Elder. How could Tang San's strength compare?
"Crack!"
Fists collided, and the sound of bone shattering rang out. The powerful force contained in Li Qing's punch not only cracked Tang San's metacarpals but also broke through his stance with the residual power, sending him flying with a single punch.
"Bang!"
Tang San's figure was like a kite with a broken string, crashing straight into the crowd of work-study students.
"Xiao San!"
Xiao Wu paled in shock and rushed forward.
"Uh..."
Xiao Chenyu and the others were dumbfounded by this scene. Even if Li Qing's spirit wasn't a power-type beast spirit, how could that guy think of competing in strength with a tool spirit and a beast spirit?
Tang San got up and looked at his right hand.
He saw his right hand trembling uncontrollably, and a bone-deep pain washed over him like a tide, constantly irritating his mind and making him feel a hint of regret.
He had underestimated the opponent too much. He shouldn't have gone head-to-head with him.
"Xiao San, are you okay?"
Looking at Tang San's constantly trembling right hand, Xiao Wu's face was full of worry.
"I'm fine."
Tang San waved his hand, walked out of the crowd, looked at Li Qing, and said, "Your strength is very strong, and your speed is also very fast, but your combat experience is too green."
Li Qing: "???"
No way...
Holy crap.
How is this guy acting so tough? You, with a Blue Silver Grass spirit, are competing in strength with me, who has a beast spirit, and in the end, you're saying my combat experience is insufficient?
Tang San continued, "With your speed, if you had chosen to pursue the advantage just now, I would have definitely lost."
Li Qing said speechlessly, "Is there a possibility that I didn't pursue because I was worried about the other work-study students? You should know we are sparring, not fighting to the death."
Tang San: "..."
Li Qing added, "Also, your spirit is Blue Silver Grass. No matter how much it mutates, it's impossible for it to excel in strength, yet you came to compete in strength with me, a beast spirit. Who exactly is lacking in experience?"
Tang San's expression flickered between cloudy and clear, so embarrassed he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
But soon, his embarrassment turned into hatred. This damned guy actually dared to make me lose face like this. He truly brought this upon himself.
"Again!"
Tang San shouted sharply, using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step to retreat more than ten meters away. His only spirit ring suddenly lit up.
"First Spirit Ability, Bind!"
More than ten thick Blue Silver Grass vines emerged from the ground without warning, like swimming dragons, sweeping towards Li Qing, trying to bind him.
Li Qing spread his wings and rushed out rapidly.
His figure was extremely agile. Twisting and turning, he avoided all the Blue Silver Grass. Instead, the Blue Silver Grass that tried to turn got entangled with each other after several attempts to pursue him.
"Not good!"
Seeing Li Qing about to get close, Tang San's face changed drastically. He quickly used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step to retreat, but he was still a little too slow.
"Mysterious Jade Hand!"
In a moment of crisis, Tang San's hands were covered with a layer of milky white, like white jade. Then he pushed out his left palm, choosing to meet Li Qing's incoming fist with his palm.
"Bang!"
With Mysterious Jade Hand as protection, Tang San's hand bones were not injured this time, but Li Qing's powerful force still sent him flying out again.
To prevent him from saying his combat experience was insufficient again, Li Qing chose to pursue this time.
Spreading his wings, he caught up to Tang San, who hadn't landed yet, by flying low to the ground. He did a 360-degree flip and brought his foot down, kicking him towards the ground.
"Bang!"
Tang San, who hit the ground heavily, felt like he was about to fall apart. He couldn't muster any strength in his body, and the pain in his chest reminded him.
His ribs were broken.
Li Qing flipped and landed, saying, "You used your spirit ability and still couldn't do anything to me. I think there's no need to fight anymore, right? Of course, if you're still not convinced, I can beat you until you are."
Before the fight, Li Qing had somewhat of a filter when it came to Tang San, but now...
He was just okay.
"I lost!"
Although very unwilling, Tang San still had to admit that the gap between him and Li Qing was huge. Unless he used hidden weapons, he couldn't be the opponent's match.
Li Qing turned to look at Xiao Wu, "What do you say?"
"I'm afraid of you..."
"Xiao Wu."
Tang San, however, sat up, clutching his chest, and called out to Xiao Wu.
His strength was not much different from Xiao Wu's; in fact, Xiao Wu was even weaker than him. If he couldn't win, Xiao Wu going up would just be asking for a beating. There was no need for that.
Xiao Wu looked at Tang San and said, "Are you going to make me their pet?"
Tang San frowned slightly and looked sideways at Li Qing. If the other party was truly insistent on making Xiao Wu a pet, then he couldn't be blamed for being impolite.
Li Qing said contemptuously, "You think too highly of yourself. With their status, you don't even qualify to be a pet."
This wasn't Li Qing intentionally mocking her, but with Xiao Chenyu and their status, what kind of women couldn't they find? Who would fancy a little kid?
Xiao Chenyu also couldn't help but shake his head.
"If you're going to study, study properly. Don't hang around with Wang Sheng all day. You can ask the others, did we bully them before Wang Sheng came?"
Tang San looked at the work-study students, who lowered their heads, their faces full of shame.