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

The rapidly rolling "rubber ball" crashed into his large palm. Tang Shan did not take the hit head-on. Instead, his body moved smoothly like flowing water to absorb the force, and his palm pressed against the rubber surface, perfectly absorbing the rebound impact.

"Get out of here!"

He used the momentum to his advantage, merging the rebound force of Xie Fei with his own strength, and suddenly pushed forward. The "rubber ball" shot into the sky again, like a cannonball that had been knocked away.

What a powerful force-dissipating technique! These two thousand-year soul rings are indeed impressive! Xie Fei stretched his body in the air, his rubber body quickly returning to human form, and the second soul ring under his feet suddenly lit up—the second soul skill "Rubber Burst" was activated!

His stretched limbs contracted rapidly like rubber being retracted, his nose, which was originally half a foot long, returned to its original shape, and his limbs returned to their short form. However, his muscles tightened in an instant, as if he had turned from flexible rubber into a hard rubber hammer!

Whoosh whoosh!

His body hovered high in the air, his short yet powerful fists and feet exploding like bullets at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye. Each strike carried the rebound force of rubber after contraction and the explosive impact of muscle power, the sound of air being torn apart was sharp and ear-piercing. The overwhelming barrage of fists and feet formed an impenetrable net of attack, suffocating the enemy.

"it is good!"

Tang Shan let out a low shout, his palms flying, precisely blocking each "rubber hammer" strike.

Although Xie Fei's punches and kicks were heavy, they still had the resilience of rubber. When they struck the palm, they would deform slightly to dissipate the force, and then rebound and exert force in an instant. However, Tang Shan's blocking, though seemingly slow, could always accurately press on the point of force of Xie Fei's punches and kicks, perfectly neutralizing that strange elastic force.

Qin Ming, watching Xie Fei's martial soul change from below the arena, had a slightly different expression. He turned to Elder Han beside him and asked, "Elder Han, what do you think? The rubber-like property of this Pipi Elephant martial soul has been developed quite thoroughly."

"The defense is airtight, and Tangshan's every block is effortless."

Old Han shook his head. "That little fat boy's rubber body is indeed special. It can stretch, bounce back, and harden. His soul skills and martial soul characteristics are combined extremely well. It's a pity he ran into Tang Shan. Look at Tang Shan, apart from the initial swelling of his arms being a soul skill, he relied entirely on basic fists and feet to break through this strange rubber attack."

Bang bang bang bang!

The sounds of fists colliding with flesh rang out densely. Xie Fei used speed to fight speed, his fists and feet falling like a storm. His rubber-hammer-like fists and feet kept hitting Tang Shan's blocks, but they could not shake him in the slightest.

Tang Shan's steps were as steady as Mount Tai, and his blocking movements were as fluid as flowing water, perfectly suppressing all of Xie Fei's attacks.

This intense battle lasted for three minutes, until Xie Fei's soul power was exhausted, the luster of his rubber body gradually dimmed, and the speed and power of his punches and kicks slowly weakened.

By this time, a large crowd had already gathered around Tangshan's arena. They had witnessed Xie Fei's intense attacks and Tangshan's composed response, and discussions were rising and falling.

"This new student is too freakish! That sleazy fat guy's martial spirit can stretch, bounce, and harden, yet we can't even hurt him!"

"The key is those two purple spirit rings! The first spirit ring in a thousand years? This is unheard of in the spirit master world!"

"And then there's Yu Tianheng, who's also the second ring in a thousand years. Are all the new students this outrageous today?"

"What exactly is Tangshan's martial spirit? We didn't see any possession or weapons; he just relied on his physical body to withstand the attacks?"

……

Leaving aside the discussions below the arena, Xie Fei, his soul power exhausted, collapsed onto the center of the arena with a thud. His rubber body instantly returned to normal, his limbs shrinking to short sections, his round belly undulating against the ground. Ignoring the cold stone slabs, he turned to the side, tilting his head towards Elder Han, his small eyes wide open. "Elder Han~ look quickly, my soul power is completely depleted, my arms and legs are weak, I really can't fight anymore!"

God knows how devastating it was for Tang Shan that his proud triple rubber attack of "stretching + rebounding + hardening" felt like a tickle!

The fact that he possessed two thousand-year soul rings was already outrageous, but to break through his unique martial soul characteristics with basic skills? This was practically a public execution of his Pipi Elephant martial soul! In the end, his soul power was almost exhausted, yet he still couldn't let Tang Shan move an inch. It was embarrassing to even talk about it.

Old Han's lips twitched, barely suppressing a laugh, and he put on a stern face and solemnly pronounced: "Xie Fei is guilty."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Fei, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be pitiful, suddenly sprang up as if a spring had been pressed. The resilience of his rubber body made him show no signs of fatigue. He even bounced around a couple of times, his face full of fawning smiles—this scene made Old Han's face darken instantly.

Qin Ming glanced at the battle that had just taken a look, casually noted down the outcome, and then continued to pay attention to the other students.

Xie Fei dashed over to Tang Shan, rubbing his chubby little hands together. His smile was even brighter than during the challenge, and his tone was filled with undisguised admiration: "Brother Tang Shan! No, boss! You're too amazing! My Pipi Elephant Martial Soul's three-pronged attack—stretching, rebounding, and hardening—couldn't even make a ripple in your face. Your strength is just too outrageous!"

Tang Shan looked him over with interest and asked curiously, "I beat you, and you're all smiles? Also, why are you suddenly calling me boss?"

"Hehe, you wouldn't understand!" Xie Fei patted his round belly, looking completely at ease. "My dad taught me from a young age that a wise man knows when to yield! With your two thousand-year soul rings and your superb fighting skills, you'll definitely be able to walk around the academy with impunity in the future, and it's only a matter of time before you surpass Ning Guang."

Besides, you're such a genuine person; you don't put on airs even after winning, unlike some geniuses whose nostrils practically point to the sky. I accept my defeat wholeheartedly; who else should I call "boss" if not you?"

He paused for a moment, then added, "As for defeat, what's the big deal! My strength is not bad to begin with, I just don't want to waste my energy fighting tough battles. Winning three matches to get through the assessment is a piece of cake, isn't it? But if I can find an easy target, I will definitely pick on it. That's called strategic choice!"

Tang Shan raised an eyebrow: "You can still find easy targets?"

"Absolutely!" Xie Fei patted his chest to assure him. "We're clear about who gets to bully, just like the boss and who gets to bully the weak! Look at Yu Tianheng, he's probably just using his Martial Soul name to intimidate people, his actual strength is definitely not that great—I understand, you're deliberately going incognito to let him attract attention! Don't worry, when I challenge him later, I'll definitely go easy on him and not make him look too bad!"

As he spoke, his eyes lit up, and he caught sight of Yu Tianheng, who had just stepped off another arena. He quickly said, "I can't talk anymore, boss! Your little brother Yu Tianheng's match is over. I have to hurry up and grab a challenge opportunity, or someone else will snatch the easy target!"

Before he finished speaking, the chubby fat man dashed off the stage like a gust of wind and ran quickly towards Yu Tianheng.

Tang Shan watched his retreating figure and couldn't help but silently wish him well.

However, this fat man's martial soul is indeed quite peculiar. It can stretch, bounce back, and harden instantly. The changes in the shape of his limbs are quite bizarre. The internal structure of his body must have undergone a special mutation of his martial soul, otherwise it would be impossible to have such outrageous elasticity and shape transformation.

Even if Tang Shan activated his first soul skill to the extreme of stretching his tendons and bones, he might not be able to achieve such an unconventional physical transformation.

Chapter 143 Ning Guang's Apology, Challenging a Heavenly Dou-Level Student (Bonus Chapter for 1000 Monthly Tickets)

Tang Shan could only wish Xie Fei well in his choice, arguing that with his elephant-like martial spirit, he might actually have a chance to defeat Yu Tianheng.

Of course, first he had to withstand the strength of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's own martial soul, withstand Yu Tianheng's thousand-year soul skill, and withstand the terrifying attack power enhanced by the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique.

It seems the chances of winning aren't very high.

Stepping off the stage, Tang Shan didn't rush into a second challenge. Instead, he watched with great interest the battles between the Heavenly Fighting Royal Academy students.

As he watched, he finally understood why the elders of these students insisted on arranging practical training courses—their combat skills were not just "rough," but the vast majority of them didn't even have combat skills at all.

The most outrageous thing was that there were also some Tianwei level students wearing white school uniforms. Their martial spirit competition was really just a stand-up duel. You release a soul skill once, I release a soul skill once. If it weren't for the occasional flash of inspiration and the ability to dodge, I would have almost been turned into a turn-based battle by them.

"I'm sorry, I think I've caused you some trouble."

Some familiar voices rang out, and Tang Shan subconsciously turned around, only to find that Ning Guang, who had come up to greet them when they first stepped onto the playground, was already beside him.

At this moment, he looked apologetic, with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

Tang Shan blinked: "What trouble?"

Ning Guang was taken aback, thinking that Tang Shan hadn't noticed yet. He pointed to a ring and said, "Your friend is being targeted by some students. My father wanted me to get to know you. I didn't think too much about it at the time."

Tang Shan glanced over unconsciously, a smirk spreading across his face, almost causing him to burst out laughing.

At this moment, rows of female students surrounded the ring, cheering on the contestants inside.

"Fatty, don't run! Slap him in the face!"

"That's right, you have the Pipi Elephant Martial Soul, how can you be afraid of lightning!"

"This pretty boy actually disrespected Senior Ning Guang; he has committed a grave sin!"

……

The two people fighting in the arena at this moment are none other than Xie Fei, Tang Shan's opponent from earlier, and Yu Tianheng, whom Xie Fei once considered an "easy target"—it's just unknown whether Xie Fei still thinks Yu Tianheng is an easy target now.

Xie Fei is currently in a state of collapse!

Today was supposed to be sunny and warm enough to make you squint and doze off, but I was dragged here to this damn practical lesson.

It was one thing to attend a practical training session, but he finally managed to find someone who seemed like an easy target, and excitedly went up on stage, rubbing his hands together. But when he got closer, good heavens, this wasn't an easy target at all; it was clearly a spiky iron hedgehog! Heaven knows how utterly disgusted he felt when he saw the two thousand-year-old soul rings gleaming with an eerie light at Tang Shan's feet!

With her masterful acting skills, she managed to get Han to rule against her, not only avoiding a beating but also gaining a powerful patron in the future. She even thought she had discovered the hidden "truth" behind the scenes and found a truly easy target to manipulate.

Can anyone tell him why this guy's martial soul is the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex?!

Why does this Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Soul Master, who is only a Great Soul Master, already possess a thousand-year-old Soul Ring?!

Why isn't having a thousand-year-old soul ring enough? He also possesses the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, which even top geniuses have to reach the Soul Venerable level to master!

Xie Fei just wanted to shrug: I'm tired, really tired. Whoever wants this stupid practical course can take it! Destroy it, hurry up!

"It's okay, I think he's having a lot of fun."

Tang Shan glanced at Yu Tianheng, whose face was cold and his eyes were deep, and didn't take this little incident to heart.

Of course, the main reason is that Ning Guang's fanatical fans didn't affect him. If they had, it's hard to say what he might have done—like a bunch of senior and junior students coming and sweeping them away. If he activated his second soul ring and slapped them, they would probably cry a lot and cry for a long time.

“I never expected that just a symbolic greeting would cause such a commotion. I should have met with you privately. Your friend probably knows about my influence at school, which is probably why he treated me so badly. I guess I'm still not careful enough in handling things.”

Looking at Ning Guang, who was filled with self-blame and guilt, Tang Shan wanted to say: No, you're overthinking it. Yu Tianheng is cold to you because you're just average and not worth his attention. But in the end, Tang Shan managed to suppress the impulse.

They were so kind, it would be really wrong of me to deliberately hurt their feelings.

"Tangshan, how did you cultivate? And how did you achieve the first ring in a thousand years?"

As she continued, Ning Guang subconsciously looked around at her surroundings and asked in a low voice.

"It's all about training, eating some rare and precious herbs, and combining that with the advantages of your own martial soul, and then you can absorb it."

Tangshan's answer was quite frank.

Ning Guang was somewhat surprised and simply used his soul power to ask, "Didn't you absorb any soul bones? Logically speaking, there should be a limit to how much you can train your body."

Soul Bone?

A glint flashed in Tang Shan's eyes. Combining Ning Guang's question with his own judgment, he replied telepathically, "That's right, I didn't absorb a soul bone when I absorbed my first soul ring. Could it be that you also managed to absorb a soul ring beyond your lifespan? Could it be your second soul ring after a thousand years?"

Tang Shan: I'm telling the truth. I have indeed absorbed a soul bone, but I didn't when I absorbed my first soul ring.

“That’s right. I achieved the second ring after absorbing a soul bone. I hope you won’t tell anyone about this.”

"That's natural."

"Since you didn't absorb the soul bone, how did you manage to do it? The human body has its limits after all."

Ning Guang deliberately omitted the words "soul bone" and had normal communication with Tang Shan.

"Don't underestimate the power of a physical martial soul. If a weapon-type martial soul is easier to achieve and become one with the user, and the advantage of a beast-type martial soul is that it transforms the inherent advantages of the martial soul into its own transformation, then the advantage of a physical martial soul is the massive amplification of physical attributes."

Ning Guang pondered for a moment, then asked curiously, "Is every Soul Master with a Body Martial Soul as strong as you, or are you just an exception for those with a Body Martial Soul? If Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls are worth cultivating, I can suggest to my father that we try to cultivate one."

"My main martial soul, or rather, my true martial soul, should be considered a rather special type."

Tang Shan pondered for a moment, realizing that revealing some of the secrets of his own martial soul wouldn't have much of an impact on him, so he decided it wouldn't hurt to tell Ning Fengzhi some information.

"First of all, I can tell you that my martial soul is very special among physical martial souls, but other physical martial soul masters will not have much of a problem breaking through to the Soul Douluo level as long as they receive proper training."

Tangshan spoke slowly, his tone calm, yet his words were earth-shattering.

In fact, he wasn't bragging. In Tang Shan's view, any Soul Master who can awaken their original Martial Soul a second time, let alone Soul Douluo, is basically a potential Title Douluo level cultivator as long as they don't die prematurely.

The reason why the Body Sect was so powerful during its most prosperous period in the second era of Dou Di Zhuan was that when the Body Sect found Body Soul Masters, most of them had already missed the best time to cultivate. After all, the awakening of Body Martial Soul is random, and after awakening, they cannot appear directly in the Body Sect. Many Body Martial Soul Soul Masters were discovered by chance by members of the Body Sect when they traveled around the continent.

Coupled with its brutal and direct secondary awakening method, which lacks any skill except in life-or-death crises, it's already incredibly fortunate that the second era of Douluo Continent II produced so many Title Douluo with their own martial souls.

Perhaps in terms of basic combat skills, Tangshan believes he is not as good as the Body Sect of the second era, but in terms of secondary awakening and potential development, Tangshan says: everyone here is trash.

When internal martial arts are practiced to a later stage, there are mysterious and profound senses of crisis, superhuman physical abilities that allow one to stride across tens of meters in a single step, and the ability to recreate a cycle of sixty years and defy fate. Tangshan can only say that this is the ancestor of developing potential.

Moreover, it's important to understand that the above-mentioned operations are the result of ordinary people developing their physical potential. Tang Shan is very much looking forward to seeing just how much terrifying potential his internal martial arts can unleash when he becomes a Title Douluo.

Getting back to the point, in Tang Shan's view, as long as he can find a Soul Master with the original body and hand them over to him for training as soon as possible, with the exaggerated amplification effect of internal martial arts on the original body's martial soul, it is no joke to say that they are all potential Title Douluo.

"Is the Martial Soul of the Body really that special?"

Upon hearing Tangshan's answer, Ning Guang couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, unconsciously attracting the attention of those around him.

"Let's talk about this somewhere else."

Ning Guang grabbed Tang Shan and tried to pull him away, but no matter how hard he tried, Tang Shan wouldn't budge.

"Senior, I haven't finished my course objectives yet. How about I go with you after the competition?"

"I almost forgot about that."

Ning Guang patted his head in frustration.

"By the way, senior, you're a support-type Soul Master, how do you complete this practical training course?"

Tang Shan thought about Ning Guang's department and became quite curious.

"I will team up for the challenge, two against two, and win at least two out of three matches to pass."

Ning Guang was somewhat helpless. This was the drawback of the support class. Even though his buffs were very strong, it was equivalent to letting his teammates fight two opponents at once.

If it weren't for his martial soul being the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which has unparalleled amplification effects, he would probably be forced to "practice" with his teacher after every practical lesson.

Actually, he was still considered relatively good. The early-game boosts for other support-type Soul Masters were not significant. Even though the school had adjusted the passing requirement to one win out of five matches, many support-type Soul Masters still had to receive "lectures" from their teachers every time.

"Senior, do you have any recommendations for a Heavenly Dou level student? I'm itching to try my hand at it."

Tang Shan watched the flashing lights and clashing soul skills on each arena and couldn't help but feel a little restless.

"You want to challenge someone of a higher level?"

Ning Guang frowned slightly, but when he thought of the two exaggerated thousand-year-old soul rings in Tangshan, his furrowed brows relaxed.

It's normal for someone with two thousand-year-old soul rings to have the ambition to challenge opponents of higher levels.

However, to avoid a mishap in Tangshan, he pointed to the weakest of the Tiandou students who were currently fighting.

P.S.: One more chapter! The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy storyline is about to end, time is about to speed up!

Chapter 144 Soul Master or Soul Sect Master, Challenging the Strongest (Bonus Chapter for 1100 Monthly Tickets)