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When Tang Chuan claimed his Blue Silver Grass could attack, support, and control, Dugu Yan was first stunned, then burst into laughter. "What did you say?" she scoffed. "Blue Silver Grass, that useless Spirit, can do all three?"
"Fine!" she continued, her voice filled with challenge. "Today, I want to see for myself just how strong your versatile Blue Silver Grass can be!"
As she spoke, she stepped forward, an overwhelming aura surrounding her. Her spirit power subtly pulsed, clearly showing she was ready to fight.
To the side, Qin Ming, Bai Baoshan, and Sun Buyu watched the scene unfold, exchanging glances.
"Blue Silver Grass can also attack, support, and control? Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?" Bai Baoshan asked, a skeptical frown on his face. He turned to Sun Buyu, who stood beside him.
Sun Buyu muttered in a low voice, "This... this does seem a little far-fetched. In all my years, I've seen very few people with Blue Silver Grass as their Spirit who could even cultivate."
Seeing that Dugu Yan had volunteered to fight, Qin Ming nodded gently. "Yan Zi, since you want to make a move, then you can test this young man's strength," he told her. "But you cannot use your snake venom in this match. This is an internal assessment for the academy."
Dugu Yan shrugged, a smirk playing on her lips. "Don't worry," she said. "I won't poison him to death." She then stepped into the arena, her movements natural and confident. A hint of coldness flashed in her eyes as she focused on her opponent.
Seeing Dugu Yan approach, Tang Chuan stopped talking and simply nodded. With a calm and composed demeanor, he gestured for her to begin. The next second, a light blue glow rose from his palm. Fine Blue Silver Grass coiled and intertwined like a snake, spreading quickly through the air.
However, this time, the Blue Silver Grass Tang Chuan released looked completely ordinary. There was nothing different about it—it was slender and delicate, with no hint of the blue-gold color it had shown before.
Everyone was slightly taken aback by the sight.
"It looks... it's just ordinary Blue Silver Grass, not some mutated Spirit," Bai Baoshan muttered, his brows furrowed.
When Qin Ming's gaze fell upon the Blue Silver Grass slowly unfurling in Tang Chuan's palm, his heart skipped a beat.
"That feeling... where have I seen it before?" he thought, instinctively frowning. The image of a young man who had turned the tide in the Star Dou Great Forest, using Blue Silver Grass to heal everyone's injuries, quickly flashed through his mind.
"It couldn't... be him, could it? No, his Blue Silver Grass is blue-gold, but this person's Blue Silver Grass..."
Qin Ming didn't know that Tang Chuan had secretly activated his Simulation Soul Skill, changing the appearance of his Blue Silver Grass precisely so no one would recognize him.
Dugu Yan's gaze fell on the Blue Silver Grass coiling in Tang Chuan's palm, and she examined it carefully, also failing to see anything unusual. "Your Blue Silver Grass, it looks... like there's nothing special about it?" she chuckled, her voice laced with mockery and disdain. "You'd better be careful next. Your big sister won't go easy on you."
As she finished speaking, Dugu Yan took a step forward, and three spirit rings rose from beneath her feet: two yellow and one purple. It was the optimal configuration for her level.
Immediately after, an emerald green spirit power ripple surged from her body, rapidly forming the illusion of a Jade Phosphorous Serpent behind her. The snake raised its head and flicked its tongue, its cold eyes glinting. A faint, poisonous green glow shimmered on its scales.
"Hmph, let me show you the swiftness of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent!"
With a cold laugh, Dugu Yan suddenly moved, her spirit power exploding from beneath her feet. She shot out instantly like a greenish-blue snake shadow. The next second, her eyes turned cold, and her right hand transformed into a claw, her fingertips gleaming with a chilling light. Spirit power, mixed with the unique aura of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, gathered in her hand as she fiercely clawed toward Tang Chuan's chest.
Her attack was sharp and ruthless!
However, in the very next moment, Tang Chuan lightly tapped the ground with his foot. His figure, like a phantom, shifted strangely by an inch, easily dodging her seemingly unavoidable attack!
"How is this possible?!" Dugu Yan's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "How is he so fast?" she asked, disbelief showing on her face.
"You wanted to see the attack of the Blue Silver Grass, right? It's coming now," Tang Chuan said, a cold smile on his lips. His right arm vibrated slightly, and the Blue Silver Grass in his palm coiled and converged rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it condensed into a giant hammer glowing with an emerald green luster. Its body was wrapped in vine patterns, as if a life-force glow was flowing within it.
No sooner had Tang Chuan finished speaking than he fiercely swung the green giant hammer in his hand, sweeping it horizontally toward Dugu Yan with a whistling sound!
"What?" she said, slightly startled. The giant hammer was already in front of her. Dugu Yan raised an eyebrow, having no time to think, and crossed her arms in front of her to block. In her opinion, how strong could a hammer made of grass possibly be?
BANG!
A huge thud echoed through the arena. Dugu Yan felt a massive force, like a collapsing mountain or a crashing tsunami, and she was directly smashed back a dozen steps before she could barely regain her footing.
"Ugh—"
Her face paled. Dugu Yan suddenly felt a numbness in her palms, and her arms almost lost all sensation!
"This is impossible..." she said, her voice filled with shock. Dugu Yan raised her head, looking at Tang Chuan with an incredulous expression. "How can Blue Silver Grass, a plant, condense a hammer as hard as steel?"
"Nothing is impossible in this world," Tang Chuan said with a faint smile, raising his palm and slowly opening it. The hammer's shape dissipated, transforming back into blue-green vines dancing lightly between his fingers.
"Blue Silver Grass is indeed a plant-type Spirit, often called a useless Spirit. But it's not truly useless; it's just that very few people have found the right path for it," he explained.
"Every spirit ring I absorb is primarily to enhance my life force. When life force continually builds up to a certain point, Blue Silver Grass undergoes a qualitative change.
Its internal structure has already changed drastically, and its density, strength, and toughness are constantly increasing. As the saying goes, 'Grass, wood, bamboo, and stone can all be swords; plucking flowers and flying leaves can also harm people!'"
"Everyone laughs at Blue Silver Grass for being a trash Spirit, but they don't know that the path of plants naturally contains both vitality and killing intent. The earth is as thick as a city wall, yet isn't it still broken through by Blue Silver Grass?"
When Tang Chuan's words fell, the entire venue fell into a dead silence.
Dugu Yan's expression changed slightly as she listened to his explanation. She wasn't stupid; she understood the meaning of a qualitative change caused by life force.
That was an incredibly rare cultivation path. However, as a member of the Royal Fighting Team, and as proud as she was, how could she admit defeat so easily?
"That sounds good, but no matter how strong your life force is, at the end of the day, your Spirit is still just Blue Silver Grass," she said with a cold laugh, taking a deep breath to quickly calm herself down. Immediately after, her figure suddenly charged forward, and her first spirit ring lit up beneath her feet.