216 Controlling Crane, Capturing Dragon (1/2)

Wu Zhangkong thrust his palm forward, shooting Tang Wulin backward to the walllike an arrow. A split-second before he slammed into the wall, an attractiveforce gripped him, suspending him in the air. He descended to the ground.

It feels so strange.

Being as clever as he was, he understood what this mystical sensation was.Ideas began popping up one after another on how he could incorporateControlling Crane, Capturing Dragon into his arsenal.

He could draw his opponents toward him using this art, placing them withinattack range of his golden dragon claw. This would tremendously improve theeffectiveness of his golden dragon claw.

Even Ye Xinglan, a Shrek Academy student who wielded the powerful StargodSword, treated his claw as a serious threat.

The magnificence of Controlling Crane, Capturing Dragon struck him. This artwould maximize the brief window of time in which he could utilize his claw.

So it’s like this.

“I’ll teach you the basics of Controlling Crane first. Memorize this.Controlling Crane is built upon your foundation from the Mysterious HeavenMethod. You circulate the soul power in your dantian and then move it alongthis meridian…”

As he guided Tang Wulin through the process with his own soul power, a stringof detailed instructions flooded out of Wu Zhangkong’s mouth.

Tang Wulin soon discovered that Controlling Crane and the Mysterious HeavenMethod shared several circulation paths. He circulated his soul power accordingto the Mysterious Heaven Method, spinning it within his meridians and into hispalm to create an attractive force.

For the rest of the morning, he immersed himself in practicing ControllingCrane. Unlike with the Purple Demon Eyes, Tang Wulin wrestled with itsapplication. Despite receiving Wu Zhangkong’s guidance, he struggled with thebasics, needing more time to put it to practical use.

Tang Sect arts are so mysterious.

Tang Wulin applauded his decision in joining the Tang Sect. As a one-ringedsoul master, his greatest weakness was the number of rings he held. The TangSect’s secret arts were the perfect remedies.

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“How are you feeling? Can you compete today?” After lunch, Gu Yue bombardedTang Wulin with questions.

Tang Wulin responded with a nod. “Of course I can. Oh yeah, it should be around-robin now, right?”

According to the rules of the competition, thirty-six teams would battle itout in a round-robin tournament after the two initial knockout rounds. Thissegment divided the remaining teams into four groups, each consisting of nineteams. Every team would participate in eight matches and fight the other teamsin their group one by one. Winning a match earned them two points while a lossgained a grand total of zero. If they somehow fought to a draw, then both teamswould receive one point.

After each team had fought against every team in their group, the top four ofeach group would advance. A total of sixteen teams was given this honor. Fromthere, a final knockout tournament would be held until the champion teamemerged. Only the top sixteen received awards.

These rules applied to both the youth and adult division.

For Tang Wulin’s team’s first two matches, lady luck had smiled down uponthem; they didn’t chance upon hidden tigers but rather docile cats Now, it wastime for the round-robin.

“Yeah. We’re in the third group,” Xie Xie said.

Tang Wulin asked, “Have you guys investigated our opponents’ strengths yet?”

Xie Xie shook his head. “I couldn’t find anything at all! There are too manypeople to investigate and even when we were watching the others battle, we wereacting like pure spectators. We’ll have to adapt to the situation. Fortunately,I heard that those two from Shrek aren’t in our group.”

Great. We’re not meeting them in this mini competition.