Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 169 Hidden Weapon
The master's shrill screams, like the sharp lament of a dying bird, echoed in Tang San's mind again and again.

"Master!" Tang San exclaimed.

The master is injured, but the disciple feels the pain.

With a ghostly figure and light, nimble steps, he approached the master's side.

Yu Xiaogang's lips twitched, cold sweat and tears mingled together, and the Dragon Beard Needle was hidden inside his body.

Under the influence of soul power, the Dragon Beard Needle underwent two transformations within Yu Xiaogang's body, changing from curled up to sharp, and then back to curled up again, producing a slow, agonizing pain.

"Master, let me help you remove the dragon whisker needle!"

A purple light shone from Tang San's pupils, and his fair fingers pierced through Yu Xiaogang's skin, picking out a curled-up dragon whisker needle.

"Hurry up!" Yu Xiaogang urged hurriedly.

Han Tao wouldn't give them time; the moment the enemy came to their rescue was the best time for him to attack.

"Ye Lingling, continue!"

The cold, heartless words reached Tang San's ears once again.

His fingers paused.

The healing light of the Nine-Heart Begonia emanated from Ye Lingling's martial soul and surged towards Yu Xiaogang's body.

When Tang Sanxuan's jade hand touched the curled-up dragon whisker needle, the hidden weapon suddenly became exceptionally sharp and bounced off at both ends.

The extreme sharpness struck the fair fingers of his right hand, producing a crisp metallic clang.

Yu Xiaogang rolled over and let out a painful groan.

"Damn it!" Tang San cursed angrily.

The change in the shape of the dragon whisker needle not only interrupted his own movements, but also caused secondary harm to his master.

Then, he looked at Han Tao and spat out a curse: "Insidious villain!"

"If you're so capable, wait until I've healed the master, and then we'll have a fair and square fight!"

Han Tao scoffed: "A clumsy attempt at provocation."

He raised his hand to summon his martial soul, Blue Silver Grass. His fourth black soul ring lit up, and a blue silver poison barrier enveloped his body.

Holding a recurve bow, the bowstring snaps open under the pressure of the fingers, accumulating maximum elastic potential energy.

"locking!"

Tang San ignored Han Tao's actions.

He's just a Soul Master, and even if he has some underhanded tricks, they're hardly respectable.

With a solemn expression, he said to the master, "Master, I will use my soul power to activate all the dragon whisker needles in your body, and then remove them!"

Yu Xiaogang hesitated: "Will it hurt a lot?"

"Yes!" Tang San nodded.

At the critical moment, Tang San demonstrated commendable decisiveness.

The soul power flowed into Yu Xiaogang's body, actively seeking out the Dragon Beard Needles within the master's body and activating them one by one.

Then, using the Jade Hand technique, he retrieved these sharpened hidden weapons.

"call out!"

Just as Tang San was healing the master, Han Tao's arrows arrived as expected.

A flicking arrow!
Using the hidden weapon techniques of the Tang Clan from his previous life, he propelled the newly retrieved Dragon Beard Needle towards the arrow fired by Han Tao, following its momentum!
"Bang!"

The dragon whisker needle and Han Tao's arrow collided, and a crisp, metallic sound suddenly rang out.

But
After the two weapons collided, the Dragon Beard Needle was not deflected. Instead, it collided with the arrow a second time at an incredible angle, thanks to the force of the impact!

"This is."

Within the battlefield, endless blue silver grass seeds emitted a faint glow.

External perception was maximized, providing Han Tao with information at the focal point.

"Clang!" "Tear!"

The former is the sound of metal colliding, and the latter is the sound of metal rubbing together.

The second clash of the hidden weapons clearly showed that Tang San had used additional hidden weapon techniques. "It does resemble one."

"The application of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique in concealed weapon applications."

Using the force of collision to accumulate power for the next attack is the core theory of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. The secondary collision and friction of this Dragon Beard Needle is indeed somewhat like an extension of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique in principle.

Han Tao stroked his chin slightly: "It does differ from the original work!"

Weiwei glanced at Yu Xiaogang, a bizarre guess rising in her mind: "Could it be..."

"Is it because you can't figure out Blue Silver Grass, and you can't practice with the Clear Sky Hammer, so you can only focus on mastering hidden weapons?"

Even though Tang San used additional hidden weapon techniques to make the dragon whisker target collide with the arrow a second time, slightly deflecting the arrow's trajectory, the overall accuracy was reduced.

However, this development was already within the scope of the combat simulation.

"Something's not right!" Tang San sensed something was amiss!

"How can this be?"

The arrow, which had already been released, deviated twice in mid-air and pointed to the correct position again.

Han Tao had a bright smile on his face.

The condensed Azure Phosphorus Toxin inside the Cold Jade Porcelain Bottle originated from Han Tao's newly released fourth Soul Ring, which is the Soul Power stored within the arrow.

By altering the distribution of the poisonous soul energy within the arrow, the arrow's center of gravity can be changed, slightly altering its trajectory.

"Extended applications derived from microscopic control!"

This is a power that Han Tao can only master when his Distraction Control Technique reaches the seventh level. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, a Soul Master cannot control the operation of external Soul Power.

Tang San is a Soul Master who has fought his way up in the Soul Arena, possessing exceptional combat instincts and talent.

But then he grabbed Yu Xiaogang by the collar and, with a swift and elusive gait, twisted his body to dodge.

He dodged the arrow's sharpness by the slightest margin.

The arrow failed to achieve its intended purpose, which Han Tao found regrettable, but he also gained some insights from his perception.

"Extremely meticulous!"

He was able to dodge the arrow because his Purple Demon Eye had reached the second level of the Subtle Realm.

The combination of Purple Demon Eye and Ghostly Shadow creates an unparalleled evasion effect.

The Ghostly Shadow Steps technique was extremely swift, completing the movement in the blink of an eye, after which Tang San's second spirit ring lit up.

Seven-hundred-year-old soul ring and soul skill: "Blue Silver Parasite!"

The spores of the Ghost Vine Soul Ring were scattered in his direction, but they were instantly corroded into smoke by the 49999-year-old Blue Silver Poison Barrier.

Han Tao sighed.

"Damn it!" Tang San's face showed anger: "I've been restrained again!"

"Blue Silver Grass is truly useless. Its strength is questionable, and it's constantly countered!"

Tang San casually loosened his sleeve, and Yu Xiaogang fell to the ground.

Although the dragon whisker needles were gradually removed from the body, the injuries did not heal quickly.

"Tang San!" the master shouted.

"Use your hidden weapon!"

"Use your hidden weapons to destroy them!"

Looking at the frail Blue Silver Grass before him, and hearing the master's advice, Tang San's heart lit up:
"That's right, I also have hidden weapons!"

"Hidden weapons are my true skill; the strength of the Blue Silver Grass is completely unimportant!"

With this in mind, Tang San quietly made up his mind:

"The Clear Sky Hammer is my martial soul. I will use my Clear Sky Hammer to forge the most powerful hidden weapon in the world!"

The moonlit night over the Twenty-Four Bridges quietly turned, and thirty-six dragon whisker needles appeared on Tang San's right hand.

Batwing Reincarnation!

The Tang Clan's unparalleled technique allowed them to trace graceful ovals with extremely delicate trajectories using these dragon whisker needles.

(End of this chapter)