Douluo Continent: Starting with controlling Ning Rongrong and establishing the Holy Cult

This place is quite a distance from Shrek Academy; from here, you can't see the academy's gate at all.

This place is quite a distance from Soto City, and Soto City is not visible from here either.

Ning Rongrong frowned as soon as she arrived.

Is something wrong?

She murmured.

It was so quiet along the way.

However, she didn't pay much attention to it, assuming that the production team was just too lazy to model the NPCs.

After walking a while longer, a figure in black robes was crouching furtively under a tree ahead.

He remained motionless, like a stone sculpture.

As Ning Rongrong got closer, she could see that the other person was wearing a mask, the simplest kind, an oval white mask with the space for the eyes cut out.

The man seemed to be waiting for someone, and judging from the beads of sweat on his body, the other person had been waiting for a while.

"Even if you're waiting for someone, why not take a break?"

Ning Rongrong looked around and found that the place was very open, with few trees and sparse leaves. No matter where she was, she would be exposed to the scorching sun, and the ground was also very hot.

She shook her head and said, "I really don't know why we chose this place."

She knew it was a lie.

After all, the black-robed man had the words "Tang San" written on his head.

It just so happens that in this place, where neither Shrek Academy nor Soto City can be seen, and dressed in a way that makes it seem like he doesn't want others to know who he is, he's obviously here to kill me.

The mastermind behind it all is, of course, Yu Xiaogang.

However, since the other party wants to play, she doesn't mind playing along.

The moment she uttered those words, the man in black moved.

Without a word, he revealed his sleeve and fired a hidden arrow directly at Ning Rongrong.

"Whoa!"

Fortunately, Ning Rongrong had a premonition that this would happen.

She knew exactly what kind of attack Tang San would use. Of course, he would take advantage of his opponent's unpreparedness and use a hidden weapon to kill him.

"Ouch!" she exclaimed, feigning fear as she deftly dodged to the side, avoiding the hidden dart. Looking at the dart stuck in the ground behind her, she was speechless for a moment. Finally, she turned to the man in black robes, finding it somewhat amusing, and managed to utter a few words, "Young man, do you know how many people in this world use hidden darts?"

Tang San didn't answer, but he was still amazed by Ning Rongrong's skill in dodging the hidden arrow. Looking at Ning Rongrong's exaggerated manner, Tang San felt very uncomfortable.

Blue Silver Grass appeared in his hand and attacked Ning Rongrong.

First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Entanglement!

Ning Rongrong covered her mouth, unable to hold back any longer, and said, "Blue Silver Grass? Do you know how many Soul Masters in the world can be bound by Blue Silver Grass?"

At the same time, she applied a speed boost to herself, widening the distance between herself and the Blue Silver Grass. With a 75% speed boost, creating this distance wasn't difficult, especially since she had prepared in advance and her physical abilities had improved.

"Damn it, how could you dodge that?" Tang San was quite shocked.

When did Ning Rongrong become so skilled? He knew that Ning Rongrong's physical abilities were similar to Dai Mubai's when they returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, but without a doubt, it was due to the effect of her soul skills.

Right now, this is clearly much faster than Dai Mubai's!

But it doesn't matter.

"Perfect timing! I need to test my third soul skill, so I'll use you as my test subject! Third Soul Skill: Spider Web Binding!"

A huge net is being formed, ready to cover Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong could run away, but she had no intention of doing so.

She stood there, watching as the enormous spiderweb, made of pure soul power and containing stickiness and poison, descended upon her.

A cold confidence flashed in Tang San's eyes. This spider web binding was his third soul skill. Once entangled, soul masters of the same level would hardly be able to break free, let alone a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master like Ning Rongrong, who was known for her support skills.

During the time he waited for Ning Rongrong to arrive, he carefully analyzed Ning Rongrong's various abilities.

First, there are the three amplification soul skills that a Soul Master like Ning Rongrong is equipped with: Strength, Speed, and Poison. These three soul skills all rely on Ning Rongrong's own physical attributes, but how good can a support-type soul master's physical attributes be? Even if her speed can rival Dai Mubai's with the amplification of soul skills, her attack power is definitely insufficient.

Although the third soul skill can make Ning Rongrong immune to poison, as a control-type soul master, her control methods are not limited to poison. Blue Silver Entanglement and Spider Web Binding both have physical binding effects and do not require poison.

Chapter 54 Tang San vs Ning Rongrong

In addition to the three standard soul skills, Tang San also knew that Ning Rongrong had a technique of using an opponent's strength against them.

However, none of his soul skills—whether it's entanglement, parasitism, or spider web binding—have direct offensive capabilities. In other words, the opponent cannot borrow his power at all. And once the opponent is trapped, they can only take a beating.

Will the opponent be trapped? Of course. Spider Web Binding is different from Blue Silver Entanglement; this is a thousand-year-old soul skill—faster, larger, and stronger. Ning Rongrong cannot escape.

As for how to attack the opponent after being trapped...

Immune to poison? That's not important. I also have purely physical hidden weapons. Once trapped, Ning Rongrong won't be able to escape.

Tang San was naturally unaware that the trapped beast was effective not only against physical attacks and soul skill attacks, but also against hidden weapon attacks.

A few breaths later, seeing Ning Rongrong covered by the spider web, Tang San's lips curled up slightly.

However, he was stunned the next second. Instead of panic, Ning Rongrong's face showed a slightly mocking smile that she had expected.

In her hand, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial spirit flickered.

what happened?

Tang San was greatly alarmed. Reason told him that he couldn't wait for the spider web to shrink and trap Ning Rongrong completely, and he couldn't admire her for a while before making his move. If he didn't act now, he might not have another chance!

Thinking it over, he took out the Zhuge Divine Crossbow. He hadn't originally intended to use it; it wasn't in mass production yet, and the number of bolts was limited. Besides, he felt that the power of the hidden blades was sufficient to deal with a support-type Soul Master.

But right now, a strong sense of crisis forced him to take this thing out. He had a vague feeling that if he didn't use this thing, which could instantly kill Soul Masters below level 40, to kill Ning Rongrong, he would be the one to die.

Tang San had never considered any option other than killing Ning Rongrong. Since he was already planning to frame Grandmaster, there was nothing wrong with being ruthless.

Thinking this, Zhuge Divine Crossbow fired, and sixteen arrows shot towards Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong was not completely bound by the spider web at this moment, but her expression changed slightly when she saw the Zhuge Divine Crossbow.

"They're taking this out now? They're not trying to give me a way out, Tang San."

The sound was so soft that Tang San didn't hear it at all.

Then, she let out a long sigh.

Right now, she has three choices.

First, relying on her Soul Master level strength and the upgraded Beast Trapping skill's 75% damage absorption effect, she managed to withstand the attack. Based on her understanding of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, she was confident she could withstand it; after all, it was something other Soul Masters could easily defend against with their Soul Skills—unless the developers drastically altered the stats. The downside was that she would inevitably get injured, but the upside was that she wouldn't need to reveal her Eight Spider Lances, clones, or even her fourth Soul Skill.

Second, use the Eight Spider Lances to cut the web. Since both were obtained from the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the Eight Spider Lances can naturally break through the web's constraints and can even directly block the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. The downside is that it exposes the Eight Spider Lances.

Third, using mitotic clones to push oneself away through volume collisions has the downside of exposing the mitotic skill, and subsequent attacks will likely also reveal the existence of the fourth soul skill or the Eight Spider Lances.

After much deliberation, she decided to take the bait. At worst, she could just reload a save.

She had been thinking for quite some time; if time had flowed normally, she would have already been struck by Zhuge's crossbow and collapsed to the ground.

However... the game interface is currently paused.

The pause was lifted, and sixteen crossbow bolts continued to fire at Ning Rongrong. Just as the bolts were about to pierce Ning Rongrong's body and Tang San showed a hint of joy, a faint purple light appeared at the point of contact between the bolts and Ning Rongrong.

Did it succeed...?

Tang San was overjoyed, but then he suddenly noticed that the crossbow bolt seemed to encounter great resistance just before it entered Ning Rongrong's body.

This was one of his most prized and strongest attack methods, which was supposed to end with a crossbow bolt piercing Ning Rongrong. However, the bolt only penetrated a little before stopping.

Then he saw Ning Rongrong's look of astonishment disappear, and although blood was flowing from her mouth, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned.

Tang San's pupils shrank drastically! He had anticipated that Ning Rongrong would use speed amplification for high-performance evasion, or use the defensive soul tool given to her by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to defend herself before she was completely bound by the spider web, but he never expected that she would not only not use those methods at all, but also block it with her bare body.

That strange technique of using an opponent's force against them actually worked against attacks from hidden weapons.

Oh no! Tang San realized something was wrong and prepared to fire a second shot with the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.

At the same time, Ning Rongrong removed the sixteen crossbow bolts that had pierced her body one by one, and with a wave of her hand, the immense force destroyed the spider web.

The crossbow bolts were very powerful, so powerful that the force absorbed from them was enough to break the spider web bindings.

"Crack!"

A clear cracking sound rang out. To Tang San's disbelief, his incredibly tough spider web had actually been blasted open! The spider web's energy structure instantly became chaotic, and the shattered soul power threads scattered and drifted in all directions.

Tang San was caught off guard and was a little slow, and that little bit of time almost cost him his life.

Your health: 27%

"That attack took away nearly three-quarters of my health. It was really powerful; it almost killed me. In the end, it's because my physical fitness hasn't kept up with my soul power level."

Ning Rongrong complained, then activated her speed boost and poison attribute boost. Her figure passed through the broken spider web, instantly closing the distance with Tang San. She kicked away the Zhuge Crossbow, interrupting Tang San's firing action, and the second wave of Zhuge Crossbow fire ultimately failed to arrive.

The crossbow bolt in Ning Rongrong's hand seemed to have become one with her at this moment, with a green light covering the tip of the bolt as it pierced towards Tang San's heart.

"Shh!"

That was the sound of clothes being torn open, along with the sound of crossbow bolts piercing bodies.

A bright red "-66%" damage indicator appeared above Tang San's head.

Ning Rongrong frowned and said, "Why is it only so little? Is the crossbow dull and its power reduced?"

Without much thought, he would pull out the crossbow bolt and fire again.

Tang San reacted quickly, retreating while using his Xuan Yu Hand to block in front of him. This attack only dealt 33% damage. Tang San's health was stubbornly stuck at 1%, making it seem like the designers had given him an invincible health cheat.

At the same time, the Haotian Hammer gradually appeared in his hands.

The severely injured Tang San couldn't care less about anything else. He spat out a mouthful of blood and swung his hammer at Ning Rongrong, who was relentlessly pursuing him.

The crossbow bolt collided with the Clear Sky Hammer, making a clanging sound. Tang San was unharmed, only falling to the ground, while Ning Rongrong's crossbow bolt was destroyed by the metal.

With the Soul Master's strength, the trapped beast had four chances to use the power it absorbed, and now it had been completely exhausted.

Ning Rongrong sighed and threw the crossbow bolts aside.

Success! Ning Rongrong can no longer use that strange trick of using someone else's force against them!

With one hand supporting him on the ground, Tang San thought to himself, having survived the ordeal.