Douluo: Did you move Danta here?

Chapter 492 Tang San's Joy Turns to Sorrow
The three Thousand-Pound Ants were all around 5 years old, a very suitable age for him. Tang San couldn't help but marvel at his good fortune. After a period of proper rest and recuperation, he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer to begin absorbing the Thousand-Pound Ant leader's soul ring.

The absorption of the 5-year-old spirit ring did not cause Tang San much pain. After all, he was a man with six spirit bones. Even if some of these spirit bones were not very impressive, he was still a true spirit master with full spirit bones.

Several hours later, Tang San slowly opened his eyes, looking at the black spirit ring that appeared after the four yellow spirit rings on the Clear Sky Hammer, his face full of smiles.

After stretching his limbs, Tang San could feel his power surging and almost overflowing. This was the boost from the power-type spirit ring, and his spirit power had reached level 73. Keep in mind that there were still two Thousand-Pound Ant spirit rings of similar cultivation level waiting for him to absorb.

Without much hesitation, Tang San, carrying the Clear Sky Hammer, once again approached the two immobile Thousand-Pound Ant brothers. In the third brother's despairing gaze, after gathering his strength, he ended the life of the second Thousand-Pound Ant. Similarly, a jet-black ten-thousand-year spirit ring rose up, and Tang San began to absorb this spirit ring of the same origin with ease.

Several more hours passed. When Tang San got up again, he could feel that his soul power cultivation had reached level 75. However, after absorbing a soul ring, the excitement in Tang San's eyes was not as intense as it had been at the beginning. He even felt a little regretful that no soul bone had been produced yet.

Looking once more at the last remaining Thousand-Pound Ant, Tang San's eyes gleamed with a restless glint. He had heard his master say that the more resentment a soul beast accumulated in its lifetime, the more likely it was to produce a soul bone after death. This was why many soul masters, even without needing soul rings, liked to team up to slaughter soul beasts.

To Tang San's surprise, the Third Brother of the Thousand-Pound Ant, who had previously harbored deep resentment and hatred towards him, now seemed to have become indifferent to life and death, and his dark eyes, which met Tang San's gaze once again, were filled with only numbness.

After some thought, Tang San roughly understood the feelings of the third Thousand-Pound Ant. The other party should know that he would definitely not let him go. Moreover, the departure of his two brothers who had lived together for tens of thousands of years had made this little brother of the Thousand-Pound Ant completely lose his desire to survive. In this state, even if he used various means to torture and kill him, it would probably not have a good effect.

Having figured all this out, Tang San decided to give them a quick death, since the three brothers had contributed to his success.

After charging for a few seconds, the Clear Sky Hammer, with six soul rings (four yellow and two black), suddenly fell, and the third brother of the Thousand Pound Ants soon saw his two older brothers.

Having already experienced it twice, Tang San's initial nervousness had completely vanished, and he successfully absorbed the third Thousand-Pound Ant Soul Ring after several hours.

Although the three spirit rings belong to the same type of spirit beast, the three spirit skills they bring to the Clear Sky Hammer are completely different. The Thousand-Pound Ant gave him a defensive spirit skill called Thousand-Pound Barrier.

The second brother of the Thousand-Pound Ant gave him an offensive soul skill called Earth Ant King Slash, which can strike the enemy in a straight line with terrifying power.

The three soul rings he had just absorbed granted him the Clear Sky True Body. With the Clear Sky Hammer possessing the Martial Soul True Body, he could increase his strength threefold for a short period of time, greatly enhancing the instantaneous burst power of his Clear Sky Hammer.

Even though none of the four spirit beasts brought him a single replacement spirit bone, Tang San was still satisfied, since suitable spirit rings were something that could only be encountered by chance.

Absorbing the three spirit rings took a lot of time, and by now it should be the morning of the next day. After tidying up, Tang San continued towards the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. This journey had already taken a lot of time, and it was time to return to the Tang Sect.

Compared to the caution taken on the way there, the return journey was undoubtedly much easier. Tang San traveled at an extremely fast pace, arriving outside the Star Dou Great Forest in just a few hours.

The moment the outline of the town came into view, Tang San suddenly felt as if he had been freed from some kind of shroud. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong. He could only shake his head to dispel the superfluous thoughts in his mind and continue walking towards the town. But when the first ray of moonlight from outside the deep forest shone on Tang San's face, his entire body suddenly stiffened. He mechanically looked up at the sky, but the full moon did not bring him any sense of gentleness at that moment. Instead, it made him feel cold all over, and his whole body trembled.

He finally understood where the feeling he had just experienced came from. Although the Star Dou Great Forest could easily make people lose their sense of time, Tang San himself was definitely not in that category. He remembered that it should be almost noon now, so how could it be the middle of the night with the moon shining brightly?

A look of terror gradually crept into Tang San's eyes. The nightmarish experience of his first trip to the Star Dou Great Forest resurfaced in his mind. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he abruptly released his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, black, black, yellow, seven spirit rings rose up in succession.

The pale yellow spirit ring in the position of the seventh spirit ring now looked particularly dazzling, and Tang San's expression gradually changed from fear to ferocity.

"How could this be? This is impossible! I should have absorbed the ten-thousand-year soul ring of the Thunderous Hell Vine, where did this hundred-year soul ring come from?"

While letting out an angry growl, Tang San began to investigate the effects of his seventh soul skill.

It is still the true form of the Martial Soul, but the effect has been reduced by hundreds of times, and the electric storage property that the Thunder Hell Vine should have given it has also disappeared completely.

Instead, the plant, Pennisetum, possesses unique properties that allow it to release large amounts of itchy pollen when releasing Blue Silver Grass, so that it can make its opponent itch to death before it even gets into a fight.

"What exactly happened? What exactly happened? I have the Purple Demon Eye; I should be able to see through all illusions."

Tang San's empty eyes were filled with despair, and for the first time, he began to doubt the Tang Sect's secret techniques. Otherwise, how could his soul-hunting journey have allowed villains to take advantage of him?

The God-King questioned himself for several seconds, then a chilling coldness rose from the depths of his heart.

"If the Blue Silver Grass's spirit rings are like this, does it mean the Clear Sky Hammer is involved?"

Thinking of this, Tang San hurriedly withdrew his Blue Silver Grass spirit, and at the same time, the Clear Sky Hammer reappeared in his hand. As the seven pale yellow spirit rings rose simultaneously, Tang San immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

The blood arrow was launched with tremendous force, only losing momentum after piercing a distant rock, and gradually pooling on the ground to form a large "惨" (misery) character.

"No, no, this is impossible! My Thousand-Pound Ant Soul Ring!"

While trembling with anger, Tang San used his spiritual power to examine his own soul power. His current cultivation level was not level 76 at all, but clearly level 71, which he could reach simply by absorbing a soul ring.

(End of this chapter)