Douluo: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

When Tang San walked up to Ning Rongrong, he suddenly stopped what he was doing. He really didn't know what to do. Should he just tear off her clothes like Oscar did?

"Tang San, don't hesitate. We're all brothers and sisters. Are you just going to stand by and watch Rongrong bleed to death?" Ma Hongjun noticed Tang San's hesitation first and said weakly.

Dai Mubai turned his head and looked at Ning Rongrong's wound, which was bleeding profusely. His voice was hoarse: "Tang San, do it. Human life comes first. There is no difference between men and women. If it really doesn't work, then be a man and take responsibility to the end."

"The one I love has always been Xiao Wu, and it will only ever be Xiao Wu. There is no other possibility." It seemed that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's words had moved Tang San. He said this seriously, as if talking to himself, or as if speaking to them. Only then did he squat down to treat Ning Rongrong's wounds.

The sound of tearing clothes and what he saw stirred up waves of emotion in Tang San's heart. Forcibly suppressing the agitation in his heart, he quickly treated Ning Rongrong's bleeding wounds.

Tang San plopped down on the grass, letting out a long breath. His forehead was covered in cold sweat. He glanced at the sleeping woman, his expression complex: "Xiao Wu, don't blame me. I had no choice. If I hadn't saved Rongrong, she would have bled to death. I've always loved you. Besides, didn't you admit you once had feelings for Brother Yu? If you can have it, why can't I? Anyway, I haven't done anything to wrong you."

The torment in his heart was greatly relieved through self-persuasion, and Tang San's ugly expression also eased somewhat.

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The blazing furnace raised the temperature in the forging room several degrees. Tang Shan stood in the forging room, staring intently at the iron block being heated.

"We had previously considered whether we could reduce the manufacturing process of the soul guide shell and directly cast it through high-temperature melting. To this end, we specially researched a special soul guide device, and the final result can be considered half successful."

Kong Qi pointed to the furnace that was emitting a steady flame: "This is a heating soul guide, specially used to soften rare metals. It's much more convenient than stabilizing the furnace fire with firewood and bellows."

While observing the gradually softening metal, Tang Shan asked with great interest, "What about the second half? Why do you say it's half successful?"

Kong Qi sighed softly: "In the second half, we thought we could melt the metal raw materials directly into a liquid state, and then use various molds to directly manufacture the outer shell of the soul tool. At the time, the entire casting process went smoothly, but when the final product came out of the furnace, we found that the outer shell made of all rare metals had lost its original characteristics."

"So that's how it is," Tang Shan suddenly realized, understanding where the problem lay with the soul tool Kong Qi wanted to create—the soul tools of Douluo Continent were all made of rare metals. These structures, forged by blacksmiths, could be perfectly preserved as long as they weren't maliciously damaged. If the blacksmithing skills were advanced enough, the rare metal properties of the forged metals could be further amplified.

However, the method used by the pore tool, which directly melts the rare metal completely, will definitely destroy the internal structure of the rare metal and completely lose its properties. Unless the required soul tool shell does not require the properties of rare metal, this method of melting metal to cast the shell is useless.

"We abandoned the instrument for casting the outer shell of the soul tool, leaving only the heating soul tool in front of you. However, it is much more convenient than the previous furnace, since a stable flame is also very important for forging."

The sound of the forging machine rang in his ears, but Tang Shan paid no attention to it. His attention was entirely focused on the ordinary metal in front of him that had reached the right temperature. He picked up the forging hammer beside him and was ready to strike.

There are two core issues to be resolved in making the fighting armor: one is the design blueprint, and the other is the spiritual metal.

The former is a piece of cake for a level nine soul master; at most, it involves placing more soul guidance arrays to amplify soul power. However, the latter is a bit more troublesome. Tang Shan asked Gu Yue, and currently, there is no so-called spirituality inside the metal.

Fortunately, there is a solution. Gu Yue, who controls the concept of elements and the divine nature of creation, can endow metal with spirituality without any problem.

Sure enough, the appearance of Dou Kai must have been influenced by the soul system that Huo Yuhao and his teacher, the Necromancer Saint, had devised. Fortunately, I met Gu Yue 20,000 years ago, otherwise the Dou Kai plan would probably have died in the womb.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and in the real Tangshan, he also picked up a forging hammer. The forging hammer, weighing several tens of kilograms, felt as light as a feather in his hands.

His spiritual energy spread out, thoroughly imprinting the metal on the stove and the entire path of its metal parts into his mind.

Raise your arm, swing the hammer, lean your body slightly backward, and a force starts from the soles of your feet, spreads from your legs to your waist, and then surges all the way up.

Without the need for passive muscle traction, relying solely on one's own control of the body, Tangshan can perfectly concentrate the force into the forging hammer in his hand with just a simple arm raise.

It slammed down, its body slightly bent, and amidst the sparks, a large chunk of metal dented downwards.

Tang Shan hadn't touched forging for over ten years, as he had devoted himself entirely to self-cultivation. Now, picking up forging again, the first hammer blow felt completely natural.

As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won't delay the woodcutter. Tangshan is now an unparalleled Douluo standing at the pinnacle of the mainland, with his spiritual power reaching the Spirit Realm and his internal martial arts cultivated to the level of indestructibility, giving him a further grasp on his physical body.

Despite it being his first time working with metal overlays, Tangshan's forging skills improved by leaps and bounds, with the number of metal overlay forgings accumulating continuously.

Twenty thousand years later, the forging system has several realms: Hundred Forging, Thousand Forging, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and Heaven Forging. Leaving aside Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and Heaven Forging, which require the cooperation of metal spirituality and even the laws of heaven and earth, the principles of Hundred Forging and Thousand Forging are the same. To put it simply, it is to fold metal and forge it repeatedly to completely eliminate the impurities inside the metal.

Five or six hammers from Tangshan are enough to forge a piece of metal once, but in less than an hour, he forged a piece of metal that had been forged to a hundred times its original size.

The heatwave sweltered Tang Shan's entire body, but his pores remained closed, not a drop of sweat escaped. The intense exercise he had just endured was now complete, and his hand movements had not stopped for a moment; at most, the strength gathered on his forging hammer had increased slightly.

Kong Qi frowned, carefully observing the rhythm of Tang Shan's entire body. As the first level nine soul master in the Moon Kingdom and even the entire Sun Moon Continent, his forging ability had naturally reached the limit of the current plane—thousand forging.

Even though he has forged many metals thousands of times and countless metals hundreds of times, he still cannot achieve the effortless and carefree forging of Tangshan.

It's not a matter of insufficient strength. Even support-type Soul Masters, once their Soul Power breaks through to the Title Douluo level, can easily defeat ordinary offensive-type Soul Saints simply by leveraging the boost Soul Power provides to their bodies.

What the gongqi lacks is the ability to control force. With each folding and forging, the force that the metal can withstand will inevitably increase, but the amount of increase will vary slightly even if the metal is the same. After each forging, the gongqi dares not directly increase the force too much, but can only test it little by little.

For Tangshan, the problem of drilling tools is a piece of cake. He can easily find out how to control the force and the limit of metal load-bearing capacity with a single hammer blow.

Ping Pong Pong!

Sparks continued to fly, and the steady flames made Tang Shan's face glow red, but his eyes remained calm, like a still pool of water.

While "hundred-times forging" and "thousand-times forging" may seem like folding and hammering, their essence is actually the purification of impurities. As long as all impurities can be removed, it is considered "thousand-times forging," regardless of how many hammers were used.

However, there is currently no such thing as metal spirit within any metal in the world. It is probably impossible to achieve the level of skill that some top blacksmiths will have in 20,000 years.

Without the cooperation of the metal's spiritual essence, the forger wouldn't know where the impurities in the metal were, and could only explore little by little to purify it.

The power was transmitted in layers, and later, Tangshan simply picked up the forging hammer with his left hand as well, and struck it alternately.

With both hands working together, the forging speed more than doubles, and the metal that was originally forged a hundred times is rapidly moving towards the thousand-times forging level.

……

Boom!

Like a bolt from the blue, the city gate of one of the key border towns of the Star Luo Empire shattered. The city guards, who had been warily watching the distant Tian Dou army, were stunned. Standing on the city wall and looking down, they saw a giant club rapidly enlarging in their eyes.

Boom!

The earth trembled, dust collapsed, and a few drops of yellow liquid flowed from the gaps in the armor of the city guards, dripping onto the ground.

He was terrified, but that's to be expected. Just a meter away from him, a giant pillar with dragon patterns smashed down the twenty-meter-high city wall, revealing a huge gap.

As the Demon-Slaying Douluo felt the surging soul power within the soul core in his chest, a rare hint of excitement appeared on his face: "What a soul core! With this surging soul power, the power of the Coiling Dragon Staff can be further displayed. I don't even need soul skills; the combined explosion of soul power and martial soul alone is enough to crush my previous self."

After completing the divine test, he shared Qian Renxue's thoughts and, without much hesitation, directly mobilized a large army to the border of Xingluo.

In order to minimize losses, Qian Renxue chose a strategy of having top-tier experts lead the attack while the remaining soldiers cleaned up the mess. It must be said that in a fantasy world, the influence of the strong on a war is still too great.

Faced with the Demon-Slaying Douluo who had broken through to level 98 after condensing his soul core, the Star Luo Empire's heavy city gates and walls were no different from paper; they could be destroyed with a single blow.

He opened the most difficult-to-break city gate directly, and the Demon-Slaying Douluo did not leave immediately. He floated in the air, waiting for the Heavenly Dou Army while dealing with the Soul Masters who came to seek death.

If a Star Luo Soul Master chooses to stand idly by, Demon-Slaying Douluo will not take action. However, if someone is brainless and deliberately seeks death, Demon-Slaying Douluo will not hesitate to send them on their way.

The terrifying pressure of soul power suppressed the broken city gate and the collapsed city wall. The Demon-Slaying Douluo retracted the Coiled Dragon Staff to its original size, but the pressure of soul power that was close to that of a Douluo at the limit gave everyone a suffocating sense of oppression.

Seeing the Heavenly Fighting Army about to enter the city, the Demon-Subduing Douluo's old and powerful voice resounded throughout the surrounding area: "I remind you, just take good care of this city. If you cause trouble in the city, you will bear the consequences." As his voice fell, the coiled dragon staff in his hand swung in the wind and swept out horizontally.

Boom!

Not far from the city wall, a small hill a hundred feet high crumbled under his earth-shattering blow.

Chapter 565 Calculation

In Tangshan's past, after conquering enemy territory, armies would have a certain period of looting, whether in ancient or modern times. The only army that could escape this rule was the one with its own ideology that reclaimed its lost land.

This rule also applies to the Douluo Continent. Forcibly stopping the army from looting would have an unparalleled impact on morale, and the army might even mutiny and rebel.

The theory is correct, but while the rules of Douluo Continent and Tangshan's previous life are somewhat similar, they are also different. The absolute top-level powerhouses are enough to suppress all dissatisfaction.

The Demon-Slaying Douluo unleashed his full power, overwhelming the Star Luo City defense forces and the Heavenly Dou Army. "Don't try to fool me with talk of war pressure," he declared. "Anyone who can't control their hands and feet, their lower bodies, will suffer the same fate as this mountain."

The previously excited Tiandou soldiers felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over them. They wanted to refute and refuse, but after looking at the completely collapsed hill, they swallowed back the words that were on the tip of their tongues.

If mountains can be destroyed, then destroying flesh and blood bodies, which are much more fragile than rocks, is even easier. The choice is self-evident.

"Furthermore, if anyone discovers that their companion has violated the rules I set, they can report it to the Discipline Inspection Commission. After verification, they will receive a reward of one gold soul coin." The Demon-Slaying Douluo's words completely suppressed the undercurrents surging within the general's ranks. Human nature cannot withstand the test, and the Heavenly Dou soldiers were still unwilling to test whether their brothers would stab them in the back at a crucial moment.

Seeing that the Heavenly Dou Army, which was about to enter the city, had quieted down, Demon-Slaying Douluo revealed a satisfied smile. As for the so-called discipline officers in the army, they were all assassins secretly trained by the Spirit Hall.

First, he planted a seed of mutual reporting within the Heavenly Dou Army. Coupled with his own strength as a deterrent and the reward of gold soul coins from the assassins, Demon-Slaying Douluo believed that the Heavenly Dou Army would absolutely not dare to act recklessly.

As for those few who are truly stubborn, let them become the gold soul coins in the hands of the rest of the soldiers.

The reason why Demon-Slaying Douluo dared to torment the Heavenly Dou Army like this was because he never expected them to attack the city. If the relationship between the Spirit Hall and the Heavenly Dou Empire were not temporarily kept secret, he could have directly mobilized the Spirit Hall's staff to take over the management of the city.

"It's time to go to the City Lord's Mansion and see if he's willing to submit to the Heavenly Dou Empire." The Demon-Slaying Douluo muttered to himself, then vanished above the broken and collapsed city wall in a flash.

call!

The city's defense troops breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that they were weak-willed; it was just that the pressure emanating from the Demon-Slaying Douluo was too terrifying. Under the oppressive aura of the other party, they couldn't even resist; simply raising a hand was a problem.

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The forging hammer continued to fall, and the ordinary iron material shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Tang Shan remained stable, easily neutralizing the recoil, while his strength slowly but steadily increased.

boom!

With the final hammer blow, the already slightly shiny iron trembled slightly, seemingly becoming even brighter, somewhere between iron gray and silver.

Of course, this brightness doesn't mean that the iron actually has a halo around it. Metal without a spirit doesn't have such fancy special effects. The brightness refers to the changes in its color.

"A thousand forgings, completed." Even though he had witnessed it with his own eyes, Kong Qi still felt a sense of disbelief when it actually happened before his eyes. He thought about how old he was when he started learning forging and how old he was when he completed a thousand forgings. He suddenly felt a little withdrawn and began to doubt his life.

"What a stroke of luck," Tang Shan said modestly, ignoring the red-hot metal, and directly reached out and took it off the heated soul tool.

With Tang Shan's current physique, unless it is an extreme fire, ordinary flames cannot harm him, even without the protection of soul power.

He picked up his first piece of forged iron and examined it. The iron material, which was originally nearly a quarter cubic meter in size, had shrunk considerably in size after being forged and purified. Now it was only about half the size of a basketball.

"The iron has been refined; perhaps it can be called Thousand-Forged Refined Iron." After examining it for a while, Tang Shan put the Thousand-Forged Refined Iron into his storage soul tool. After all, it was his first Thousand-Forged work, so it still had a certain commemorative significance.

Kong Qi finally broke free from his existential doubts. He looked at Tang Shan, who was examining the metal around him, and asked, "Do you still want to continue forging?"

Tang Shan nodded: "I plan to forge all rare metals a thousand times, and then continue researching soul tools after I've achieved this small goal."

Kong Qi: "Okay, you can use the rare metals here as you like. Let me know if you need more. I'm going to study the energy rule array now."

After finishing his sentence, Kong Qi hurriedly left the laboratory. He had originally thought about whether he could give Tang Shan some pointers, but in the end he found himself to be the clown. Given the difference in their forging skills, it was really hard to say who would guide whom. Fortunately, he hadn't been in a hurry to speak.

Tang Shan naturally didn't notice the subtle difference in Kong Qi's tone. At this moment, the nine virtual consciousnesses in his mind, together with his main consciousness, were dissecting the experience he had just gained from forging, giving him a more thorough understanding of forging.

After thoroughly analyzing and summarizing the results of the first thousand forging, Tangshan immediately began the second thousand forging. However, this time he chose ordinary copper as the raw material.

From simple to difficult, from common metals to rare metals, this is Tangshan's well-planned training program.

This also demonstrates the advantages of having strong abilities before learning forging. Putting aside the bonus that strong mental strength provides to forging, simply having abundant cultivation gives forging masters the confidence to forge for a long time and continuously.

With a flash of silver light, Gu Yue concealed her aura and instantly teleported behind Tang Shan.

She didn't interrupt, but quietly watched the forging in Tangshan, observing the subtle changes in the metal material under the forging hammer. A milky white light flickered in her eyes as she pondered how she could imbue the metal with spirituality.

Tangshan struck steadily, while Guyue stood quietly; their stillness and movement created a harmonious scene.

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The vast ocean can be calm and raging at the same time, and almost no one can predict what will happen next.

After the second test, Tang San and his group spent a lot of money to invite a healing-type Soul Master from Seagod Island to treat them. After resting for nearly half a month, they prepared to take the third test.

The third test is the Tidal Body Training, where they will be tied to a pillar of silver and subjected to the pounding and impact of the waves.

"Follow me." Poseidon, the high priestess of the sea god, still wore a long red robe, her long sea-blue hair fluttering in the wind. She spoke these words expressionlessly and flew at the forefront.

Oscar quickly made flying mushroom sausages and distributed them. After Tang San and the others took them, they flew up and followed, soon arriving at the western edge of Seagod Island.

What came into view was a beach, but its color was not the golden yellow when they first arrived on the island. Instead, it was a deep yellow that had been soaked and washed by the sea for a long time. Standing on the beach and looking into the distance, the waves were huge and crashing one after another. Each time the waves crashed against the shore, they splashed up endless water droplets that flew onto people's faces and stung their cheeks.

Poseidon floated in the air, facing the giant waves with a serene expression. In a daze, she seemed to merge with the surging ocean, and the undercurrents surging beneath the seabed represented the emotions deep within her heart.

“This is the area for the third test, the Tidal Body Training. You will be tied up here and tempered by the waves.” Poseidon said, waving his sleeves, and a surge of powerful soul energy swept out, causing thick, heavy silver pillars to “grow” from the sea.

The sunken silver pillar has a mechanism to fix its limbs in place, preventing it from falling into the sea; the arrangement is quite thoughtful.

“The timing of each person’s Tidal Body Training is different. The specific timing of the Divine Trial has already been given to you, so I won’t say more.” Poseidon glanced at Tang Sanxing and then vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Phew, the aura emanating from this high priest of the sea god is terrifying!" Ma Hongjun wiped his forehead, which was covered in what looked like either seawater or sweat.

Oscar stretched his limbs: "At least this third test is much easier than the second one. After all, there are no human factors interfering. It just depends on whether we can persevere."

The others nodded in agreement. It was obvious that the reason their second test was so difficult was because they had accidentally killed a demonic great white shark and were now being retaliated against.

Tang San sighed softly: "Who would have thought that the Demon Soul Great White Shark and Seagod Island have this kind of relationship? Everyone should hurry up, as the Tide Body Training also has a time limit."

"Third Brother, where are you? I want to be by your side; that way, I'll find it easier to keep going." Ning Rongrong walked to Tang San's side with a charming smile and asked softly.

The others kept their eyes down and pretended not to hear anything. But ever since the incident of "Tang San healing her injuries" happened, Ning Rongrong stopped hiding her true feelings and went straight to Tang San.

If it were the Tang San of the past, even though Ning Rongrong had taken advantage of him many times, he could have righteously refused her current somewhat presumptuous requests, since he had been forced into them before and had a clear conscience.

But things are different now. No matter if it's a matter of life and death, or if you have no intention of doing anything, once someone has seen everything, that's it, and there's no arguing about it.

Subconsciously, Tang San glanced at his brothers, but was met with nonchalant turning of his head and inexplicable dry cough.

While Tang San was in a predicament, the spirit beasts and humans on the other side were having an unusual conversation.

Poseidon's fair feet sank into the sea, feeling the seawater wash over her insteps, her expression somewhat dazed.

She couldn't help but think of that heroic figure; they had parted ways decades ago and never seen each other again.

"Lord Poseidon, do you remember him?" A clear voice rang out, and Xiaobai, dressed in a white gauze dress, emerged from the sea.