"Hehehe, do you admit defeat? You said we could start right away. This is just tactics, hehe."
"How can you do this?" Tang San said with a face full of surprise.
Mei Gongzi smugly said, "I told you, it's tactics. Now are you going to admit defeat?"
Feeling her pressing tightly against his back, and her warmth and fragrance enveloping him, Tang San wasn't in the least bit anxious. "What happens if I admit defeat? No, wait, what happens if I don't?"
Mei Gongzi paused. What happens? I don't even know!
"So, you're still not conceding?" she asked.
"Then I'll use more strength!"
"Little Mei, I'll admit defeat, but can you promise me one thing?" Tang San said in a soft tone.
"You can only use this kind of move on me."
"Hm?" Mei Gongzi was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Tang San sighed softly. "Well… you see… It… feels pretty good, actually."
Mei Gongzi froze. She instinctively glanced down at herself, noticing how tightly she was holding him. Her face instantly flushed bright red; she quickly let go and shoved him away.
"You...you scoundrel…"
Tang San stared helplessly. "How am I the scoundrel?! I wasn't the one jumping on you and grabbing you from behind; who's the scoundrel here?"
"It's you! It's definitely you!" Mei Gongzi fumed with embarrassment and anger, and she instantly charged at Tang San. Her hand turned into a tiger claw, slashing straight at his chest.
Tang San didn't dodge or block the attack.
Mei Gongzi's strike landed squarely on Tang San's chest. But then, she noticed Tang San wasn't even using his Golden Armor Transformation. She was startled by her own action and instinctively tried to pull back, but Tang San grabbed her wrist and pulled her straight into his arms.
"What are you doin—mmmmph!"
Before she could even finish her sentence, Tang San's lips were already blocking hers.
After a long moment, just as Mei Gongzi was about to run out of breath, she finally managed to push him away.
Tang San looked at her innocently. "You were the one who seduced me earlier, I couldn't resist."
"Who seduced you?! You're awful! I'm going to kill you in a duel, like a real man!"
Tang San smirked. "Come on then, give it your all. You won't be able to hurt me."
"You dare to underestimate me?" Mei Gongzi said indignantly. But from that strike earlier, she already knew Tang San's defense was truly formidable.
When she hit him earlier, even though she hadn't used much force, she had been in her White Tiger Transformation state. Yet, when she struck Tang San, his chest felt as tough as metal, and at the same time, a strange elastic force neutralized her attack, as if she'd struck a piece of meat jelly. She hadn't even been able to break his skin.
Mei Gongzi leaped backward, putting distance between herself and Tang San.
"I'm going to get serious!"
Tang San's expression also turned serious, and he nodded at her earnestly. "Alright. Let's go!"
Silver ripples of light spread out from Mei Gongzi, and behind her, a massive silver peacock shadow appeared. Her strongest ace remained her Peacock Transformation. Now that her cultivation had reached the eleventh order, the Peacock Transformation had grown even more formidable.
The intense spatial fluctuations distorted the surrounding space into rippling waves. She actually wasn't going all out, but within a hundred-meter radius, everything appeared twisted and blurred, making it hard to clearly see her figure.
This was Mei Gongzi's domain. Upon reaching the level of a Great Demon King, her original spatial domain had undergone a qualitative transformation.
Mei Gongzi grasped at the air with her right hand, and the Celestial Plume leaped into her palm. She pointed it toward the sky and tiny silver lights immediately appeared, like countless stars twinkling in the sky.
With a wave of the Celestial Plume, the distorted space began to move. A powerful twisting force emanated from the spatial ripples, pressing down on Tang San, seeking to suppress him and lock him in place.
Tang San didn't use the Spacetime Lighthouse. Instead, his Golden Armor Transformation was activated once again. His golden claws extended, tearing apart the distorted space with sheer force, creating a path.
His powerful bloodline energy surged, emitting a golden glow around his body. With the golden armor as a shield and the golden claws as a sword, he steadily advanced toward Mei Gongzi.
The Golden Armor Transformation was overwhelmingly dominant. No matter how unpredictable the power of space became, he would simply break through with brute strength.
The dense spatial force was continuously torn apart, and as Tang San moved forward step by step, space crumbled in his wake. He was getting closer and closer to Mei Gongzi.
But at that moment, Mei Gongzi began to move, her long dress fluttering as she danced gracefully.
All the spatial power around her began to stir in response to her dance. The vast amount of spatial energy suddenly twisted into strands, intertwining and spinning. These strands of spatial force became incredibly solid, woven together like threads.
The once single-dimensional spatial power had now been twisted into spatial ropes. These ropes were so solid that even with Tang San's claws, it was impossible to cut through them in one strike; multiple attacks were required.
The spatial ropes multiplied, continuously wrapping around Tang San, exerting increasing pressure.
"Impressive!" Tang San couldn't help but praise her control over space. Mei Gongzi's days of seclusion had not been in vain; she had truly stabilized her cultivation at the Great Demon King level, and her mastery over spatial power was remarkable.
The glow of the Golden Armor intensified. Fueled by his potent internal energy, the fiery golden light began to burn the spatial ropes, while the power of his golden claws surged.
But at that moment, a silver pillar of light suddenly descended from the sky, shining directly onto Tang San.
Tang San suddenly felt an emptiness in his body, and in that instant, it was as if another version of himself had appeared in the distance. This other self seemed to have a large portion of the power he had used to attack, along with a significant amount of the power behind his Golden Armor Transformation.
When he realized something was wrong, he hurriedly pulled back, but even so, at least half of the energy he had been emitting had been taken away.
"Hehe. You like it? It's the evolved version of Star Shift—Void Plunder!"
Impressive! So she used Star Shift to move away not my attack, but the very energy I am projecting!
In terms of understanding space, Mei Gongzi had long since surpassed the Peacock Great Demon King of old. Even though the Peacock Great Demon King was at the very peak of the eleventh order and the finest space manipulator of his time, he still fell short. When facing the Crystal Phoenix Great Demon Emperor, his abilities lacked the finesse and precision Mei Gongzi now displayed.
With a portion of his power severed, the thick spatial ropes around him showed no mercy as they wrapped around him. He was completely restrained!
Tang San's muscles tensed as the spatial ropes tightened around him, pressing closer.
A smile tugged at the corner of Tang San's mouth, and a sense of pride filled his heart—the stronger Mei Gongzi became, the happier he was. But then he raised his right hand, and a surge of silver light flowed around him. He pointed his finger at the spatial rope in front of him, and a strange scene unfolded: As soon as his finger touched the rope, it began to unravel. The tightly woven spatial folds instantly broke apart into countless fine threads.
Mei Gongzi was stunned. How could this be? Tang San also used the Peacock Transformation, so why did his control over spatial power seem even more skillful than hers?
No, that's not just spatial power. What is it?
Although these thoughts raced through her mind, her attack didn't stop. The fine threads of space energy suddenly glowed with a faint golden light, transforming into razor-sharp threads that shot toward Tang San.