Duolou: Reborn with reality Pen

Tang San glared at Xīrán with hatred, teeth gritted. After a moment of hesitation, he activated the mechanism on his hidden weapon and stepped back to distract the crowd. Raising his hand, he released a needle-arrow from his sleeve.

It might have gone unnoticed by most Spirit Scholars, but for Xīrán, whose constitution was that of a Soul Emperor, she spotted it instantly. Tilting her head slightly, she infused her fingers with soul power and caught the needle effortlessly between two fingers.

Tang San was shocked. "What? How is that possible?"

Xīrán sneered. "So this is what your cowardly, hypocrite master taught you? When you can't win, use hidden weapons like a spineless assassin and try to kill your opponent?"

As she spoke, she held the arrow high for the crowd to see. Gasps rang out. Xiao Wu clenched her fists and pointed a finger at Tang San.

"You coward. This was just a sparring match, and you tried to use something that could kill. Just because someone is stronger than you, you go straight for murder?"

She hated people like this, utterly detested them. How could someone like him still be alive? Why hadn't he died already?

Whatever scraps of sympathy the crowd once had for Tang San were gone. Xīrán had dragged him straight into the gutter.

The crowd began to murmur.

"Is this really what people do now? If they can't win, they try to kill?"

"I knew something was off the first time I saw him. He challenged a girl who's half his soul level. Scumbag."

"He's not just weak, he pulled a lethal weapon because he couldn't win. Pathetic."

"Just look at his master. What could he possibly learn from a man like that?"

"This academy should kick them both out. What kind of trash dares call himself a teacher?"

"Glad I never bothered talking to him. I might've ended up like that loser."

Hearing the audience's words, both Tang San and Yu Xiaogang clenched their jaws, faces twisted with shame and anger. In response, Tang San activated his yellow spirit ring and gestured to his pig spirit beast.

"First soul skill-Poisonous Fart!"

The silver-blue pig leapt two meters into the air and fired a gas attack toward Xīrán. But she launched forward at such speed that it looked like teleportation. In a blink, she appeared in front of Tang San and drove a heavy kick into his abdomen, sending him flying through the air.

Tang San: "Blech-!"

He crashed to the ground and coughed up a mouthful of blood. Seeing his condition, Yu Xiaogang rushed over.

"Xīrán, isn't this supposed to be a simple sparring match? Why are you being so harsh on San?"

Xīrán glared at him coldly, said nothing, and walked straight toward Eren, expecting a lot of praises.

But Xiao Wu wasn't the type to stay quiet, especially with the entire Black Lotus backing her. Even if she didn't understand what that meant yet, because she was still a stupid rabbit, she had no fear of being exposed. That made her even bolder.

Xiao Wu sneered. "Heavy-handed? Wasn't it your granddaugh, hmm, disciple? You humans are so messy. What is with these complicated relationships?"

She scratched her head. "You're both cowardly hypocrites who act noble but are worse than trash. You're not even worth as much as cow dung. At least cow dung has value."

The crowd burst into laughter at her scolding and quickly joined in, mocking without restraint. They'd just finished dinner and were now treated to a satisfying drama. A pair of shameless frauds trying to kill, then whining like victims—it was too entertaining.

They surrounded the disgraced pair and hurled curse after curse.

"You hypocrite bastard, you'll never marry in your life!"

"Your ass will be bitten by dogs every day!"

"May your head turn green, oops, too late, it's already rotting!"

"My crush rejected me today. Yu Xiaogang, I curse you to be gangbanged by soul beasts!"

"My clothes that i left to dry in morning got soaked in the rain Damn it, may your wife weigh 400 pounds and look worse than a gorilla!"

"My girlfriend's mad at me and I don't even know why, Yu Xiaogang, may your wife have the face of an orc and your child not even be yours!"