Chapter 23: Tang San vs Lu Yuan

As night fell, the lights flickered inside the Nuoding Academy.

In Douluo Continent, nine o'clock at night was already quite late, as there was practically no nightlife among the inhabitants, so many people were already sleeping at this time.

Tang San looked at the Room 7 students who had fallen asleep, quietly got up, opened the door softly, and walked out.

Tang San's movements were very smooth and did not wake up the other students, except for a little bunny, who had not slept at all.

Xiao Wu, who had returned to Room 7 a while ago, began to think about what happened in the morning and had not been able to fall asleep, that's why when she heard the faint sound of the door opening, she couldn't help but be alarmed.

'It's already too late, where will Xiao San go?' Seeing that it was Tang San sneaking out, Xiao Wu wrinkled her cute little face and finally made up her mind, 'Whatever, I can't sleep, it's more fun to follow him, hehe'.

After making up her mind, she quietly got up and followed Tang San from afar.

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At nine o'clock, the courtyard was already deserted, just like the first time Xiao Wu and Lu Yuan came to this place, the only illumination was the moonlight.

Finally, Tang San's footsteps stopped.

"Sorry, I'm late." Tang San said.

Lu Yuan, who had already been in the place since who knows when, turned around.

"Hehe, I'm the one who came early." Lu Yuan waved his hand and said.

"Good, then let's get started." Tang San was not a person of many words in the first place, so he got straight to the point.

"There's no hurry." Lu Yuan shook his head and turned his gaze to a corner behind Tang San, ''Sneaky Little Bunny, how much longer are you going to hide?"

'Is there someone behind me!?' Tang San was startled and hurriedly turned around, only to see a small delicate figure coming out of a dark corner with a pout on her small face.

The moonlight illuminated the figure's face, and Tang San couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise, "Xiao Wu, how come it's you?".

Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "I'm the one who should be asking you, why are you two coming alone so late?"

Tang San scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I just came out to exchange pointers with Lu Yuan!".

"Exchange pointers? We always invited you to practice with us in the evening, and you always refused, but now you suddenly want to exchange pointers with Lu Yuan?" Xiao Wu asked suspiciously.

Xiao Wu, who usually had the word "violence" written in her bones, in normal times, would feel excited to witness the fight, but now, she felt strange about Tang San's sudden change of attitude.

Tang San had a headache thinking of an excuse, but remembering Lu Yuan's spear, he came up with something.

"Lu Yuan's new spear is something I forged, and to check the quality of the product, it occurred to me that we can exchange pointers to test it out," Tang San said avoiding biting his tongue.

Lu Yuan felt somewhat strange to hear this reason, as he was not even thinking of using his spear, but he did not say anything about this. Instead, knowing Xiao Wu's violence-loving personality, he asked her.

"Want to watch the exchange of pointers between Tang San and me, Sneaky Little Bunny?"

"What's with that nickname?" said Xiao Wu, shaking her head disapprovingly. "Stinky Lu Yuan, couldn't you come up with anything better than that?".

Lu Yuan smiled mischievously. "I think 'Sneaky Little Bunny' has a nice ring to it. And it's appropriate, considering how you sneaked out tonight."

Xiao Wu rolled her eyes. "I wasn't sneaking out, I was just taking a stroll..."

"Maybe I should call you Deceptive Little Bunny instead...?" Lu Yuan began to think aloud.

"Fine, do whatever you want but stop that already!" Xiao Wu huffed, folding her arms across her chest and shooting a glare at Lu Yuan.

'Tsk, isn't it your fault that I couldn't fall asleep?' She thought.

Seeing that Xiao Wu didn't leave and accepted Lu Yuan's invitation, Tang San shook his head. He wanted to find out Lu Yuan's identity tonight and see if he was a reincarnator like himself, but with Xiao Wu staying, he could no longer pursue this idea.

However, even if he couldn't find out Lu Yuan's identity today, Tang San still wanted to fight him. He wanted to know how powerful Lu Yuan was.

"Xiao San, teach that stinky guy a hard lesson!" As the Boss of Room 7, it wouldn't be good for her to so blatantly support the other side. Besides, Xiao Wu still resented Lu Yuan, so she didn't hesitate to support Tang San. Regardless, she knew that Tang San would be no match for Lu Yuan.

Tang San was put in a good mood by Xiao Wu's words, so he nodded and slowly walked forward. His eyes looked at Lu Yuan with thoughts flashing from time to time. Remembering the day he secretly witnessed Xiao Wu and Lu Yuan's battle, he felt that the body technique used by Lu Yuan should be one of movement. A technique that shouldn't belong to the Douluo Continent, just like his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

"Tang San, Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass, Control System Spirit Master, Rank 13!"

"Lu Yuan, Martial Soul: Golden Dragon, Power Attack System Spirit Master, Rank 16!"

It was an unwritten rule in the Spirit Master World that when dueling, both parties had to declare their rank and Martial Soul unless either Spirit Master despised the opponent and was not afraid to form a deadly enmity with the other party.

Tang San was not Xiao Wu, who stopped caring about such formalities after the first encounter, and out of respect for Tang San, Lu Yuan also decided to possess his Martial Soul.

Blue Silver Grass emerged in Tang San's hand, and a single branch began to twist towards Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan took a few quick steps, and in the blink of an eye, closed the distance between the two.

'So fast!' Tang San's face changed, without facing Lu Yuan directly, he couldn't believe that such an astonishing speed could be possessed by an intermediate-rank Spirit Master.

Facing Lu Yuan's incoming punch, Tang San took a step back and opened his five claw-like fingers, and a pulling force began to emanate from Tang San's hand.

Tang Sect's great technique, Controlling Crane Catching Dragon!

Feeling an invisible force pulling on his fist, Lu Yuan's muscles contracted and an enormous force surged out, breaking free from the pull of the technique and aiming for Tang San's chest.

Tang San's face changed, and his palm turned jade white, resisting Lu Yuan's fist with a single palm, Mysterious Jade Hand, the Tang Sect's masterpiece.

Bang!

An enormous force erupted with the fist and the palm met, and Tang San, overwhelmed by the attack, fell back more than 10 meters before he could stabilize himself.

If not for the powerful defense of his palm, that punch would have done much more than knock him back a mere 10 meters.

Although Lu Yuan had not exerted his full strength, that punch still had the force of 1,000 pounds, which meant that if Tang San was an ordinary Spirit Master, he could hardly resist that punch.

Tang San quickly realized that fighting at close range against Lu Yuan would not be advantageous for him, so he decided to shift his strategy and engage in a long-range battle.