Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 104 I don't think I'm a soul beast anymore... Yay!

In the battle between Xiao Wu and Huo Wu, Huo Wu ultimately emerged victorious.

The reason is simple: Huo Wu has more soul power.

In fact, the fact that a Soul Master like Huo Wu could only defeat Xiao Wu by having a slight advantage in Soul Power already proves the power of a disruption and assassination-type Soul Master like Xiao Wu.

This also proves one point: no matter how powerful the attack is, it's useless if it can't hit the target.

Of course, attacks with overwhelming firepower, capable of destroying a star in one hit, must be excluded.

"Agility-based Soul Masters are so annoying, especially after you published your theory." Huo Wu grumbled, though she won, she wasn't in a good mood at all.

As a Soul Master, she had to rely on having slightly more Soul Power to win against a Level 30 Soul Master, which gave her absolutely no sense of accomplishment.

"You can't blame me for this." Tang San shook his head. "There are naturally situations where different types of Soul Masters restrain each other. Xiao Wu has been trained by me. For a Soul Master like you to fight like this, it's already very impressive."

Xiao Wu, trained by Tang San, is not comparable to the "Explosive Type Detonator" in the original story. She possesses extraordinary combat abilities and a fast reaction speed. Even though she doesn't yet have a Soul Skill with outstanding offensive capabilities, she can still use her advantages to contend with, or even compete with, most of the Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent.

Huo Wu's victory, achieved with the Sun Goddess Martial Soul and level 32 Soul Power, is already quite remarkable.

Afterwards, the five packed their luggage and headed off the island, preparing to leave the core area of ​​this endless desert.

Tang San used the Blue Silver Emperor to build a Blue Silver Boat, leading everyone to the center of the circular lake. After determining the location of the cave entrance below, he wrapped the Blue Silver Boat into a huge Blue Silver sphere, but in two layers, filling the outer layer with water and beginning to descend.

Wave!

After breaking through the cave entrance, the space below was empty. Tang Sanli retrieved the Blue Silver Emperor, while the Fire Phoenix, possessing its martial soul, carried Tang San and the others to safety.

Huo Wu looked around and said, "This doesn't seem to be the passage we came from."

"There are multiple passages leading to the core area of ​​the Infinite Desert, which is not surprising," Fire Phoenix said. "As long as we make sure there are no major problems with the direction we came from when we leave, we can leave through another passage without going in the wrong direction either."

The five people ran forward, but after about a day, they still hadn't made it out of the tunnel.

Boom!

Sensing the rumbling sound behind him, Tang San realized that the core area's opening time had ended and the water was falling back down. If they didn't get out quickly, everyone would probably be crushed into mincemeat.

"It looks like we won't get out by running. Our speed is definitely no match for the speed of the rushing water." Tang San immediately released the Blue Silver Emperor, weaving a large sphere that could envelop all five of them. He then secured himself and the other four inside the Blue Silver sphere, saying, "With this Blue Silver sphere, we can withstand the cushioning of the rushing water, and even be carried away by it, though it might be a bit bumpy..."

Before the word "簸" could be uttered, the blue silver ball was shaken by the impact of the water flow. As it tumbled and rolled, even the Soul Emperor Fire Phoenix felt as if his internal organs were being stirred up.

Guangling, Xiaowu, and Huowu all fainted immediately.

Ten minutes later, Tang San and Huo Feng, the only two conscious individuals, sensed that the Blue Silver Sphere area was stable, so Tang San immediately activated the Blue Silver Emperor.

vomit~

Stimulated by the fresh air, Xiao Wu and the others woke up, but they were all pale and began to vomit as they lay beside the boat that Tang San was weaving.

After a while, the group finally showed some signs of life.

Xiao Wu said, "It was very exciting, but I definitely don't want to go through it again."

Huo Wu nodded frantically: "I think so too. I hate water and ice the most."

After resting for a while and regaining some energy, the group began paddling towards the shore of the lake.

"This is not the Oasis of Hope." Fire Phoenix looked at the green plants by the lake and the yellow and black rocks, and said slowly, "We have arrived at the outer area of ​​the Infinite Desert. I didn't expect that there is also a passage leading to the core area in the outer area. No wonder we have been running for almost a day and still have not reached the end."

While everyone was amazed, they also felt a lingering sense of fear.

Without the protection of the Blue Silver Grass created by Tang San, they would all have been reduced to ashes by the impact of that undercurrent.

"Grandma, how are those people from the Star Crown Sect going to leave?" Huo Wu asked curiously.

"I don't know how the Yu Clan, the Holy Dragon Sect, and that commoner Soul Hunting Group will leave, but the Star Crown Sect has more information about the core area than we do, so they must have some preparations." Fire Phoenix shook her head, then said, "No need to worry about it. The Star Crown Sect and our Fire Clan have never been on the same side. If they die, that would be even better."

After reaching the shore, seeing that it was already dark, the group decided to rest for the night.

Day two.

Tang San and the others, along with Huo Feng and Huo Wu, found a town in the outer area and confirmed their location, all of them breathing a sigh of relief.

"Tang San, are you really not coming to Blazing Academy with us?" Huo Wu asked, somewhat reluctantly. "Although Blazing Academy only accepts fire-attribute Soul Masters, it's not impossible to make an exception for geniuses like you."

"No, I have my own plans. This experience has taught me a lot, and I need to reflect on it," Tang San said with a smile, declining the offer.

In the future, he will definitely join the Advanced Soul Master Academy, since there will be more books and materials there.

The three most suitable choices are Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy.

Star Luo Royal Academy is out of the question; it's too far away, and the local people are known for their fierce nature, making it absolutely unsuitable for him to conduct research there.

The Spirit Hall Academy undoubtedly possesses the largest collection of books and materials on the entire continent, but considering my own status and the fact that my strength has not yet reached the level to crush the Haotian Douluo, I cannot choose it.

Then, that leaves only the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

Although this is a noble academy, with students who are all royalty and high-ranking nobles, it also has special admissions for commoners. As long as one has outstanding talent and is recognized by the three education committee members, one can enter the academy to study.

Of course, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is only an alternative. As long as his strength can rival Tang Hao's, going directly to the Spirit Academy is also an option, since Tang Hao has severed his father-son relationship with him, hasn't he?

"After you graduate from the junior academy, you must come to Tiandou City. I'll show you around and introduce you to some advanced soul master academies that are suitable for you." Huo Wu was a little disappointed, but she was a cheerful person and wouldn't be too sad. She immediately cheered up again.

After the two groups left the town on the outskirts of the Infinite Desert, they parted ways.

On the carriage, Xiao Wu asked, "Tang San, what ability did your third spirit ring grant you? And what spirit skill did it bring?"

"As I expected, the Sun and Moon Grass granted my martial soul the ability to absorb the light of the sun and moon, and—"

Halfway through his sentence, Tang San opened his right hand, and a Blue Silver Emperor sprouted from it. Nine long leaves with golden veins unfurled, revealing a bead that resembled a Sun and Moon Grass. Inside, it seemed as if the sun and moon were rotating, making it incredibly mystical.

"Is that a bead that can store energy?" Xiao Wu asked.

"That's right. My Blue Silver Grass inherited the energy storage ability of the Sun and Moon Grass, which gave birth to this bead, which I call the Bright Pearl. It can store the radiance of the sun and moon, as well as the power of the earth," Tang San explained. "More importantly, this ability enhances my second soul skill, allowing me to use both positive and negative buff seeds simultaneously."

As he spoke, Tang San used his second soul skill.

As the purple soul rings flickered, the pearl within the Blue Silver Emperor emitted a sliver of sunlight and moonlight, which, combined with the tiny, dust-like seeds of the Blue Silver Grass, coalesced into two peculiar rings.

One is gold, surrounded by ten patterns resembling flowing light; the other is silver, wide on one side and narrow on the other, like a crescent moon with its ends connected.

"The golden circle represents a positive buff, and the silver circle represents a negative buff. Once used by a Soul Master I've marked, the buff or debuff will remain until it stops," Tang San explained. "In this way, the wind can't blow it away, because it contains the light of the sun and moon; how could the wind possibly blow away such light?"

"Of course, after the Endless Grassland is formed, the seeds generated by the positive and negative buff soul skill will still float randomly and will not all be concentrated on these two rings."

"In short, these two rings are like adding a more accurate marker when I use positive and negative buff soul skills, and they can also weaken the enemy while boosting my own."

Xiao Wu was amazed and then asked, "What about soul skills? Are they energy storage skills?"

Tang San's third spirit ring lit up, and the surrounding light seemed to converge and condense above the Blue Silver Emperor, forming a golden and silver ring.

The gold and silver colors flow across it, as if there is some kind of charm in it; if you look at it for a long time, you will be captivated by it.

Xiao Wu snapped out of her daze and asked, "Is this ring your third soul skill?"

"That's right." Tang San nodded. "When I use my third soul skill, my martial soul will condense a ring of the sun and moon, absorbing the power of light to continuously strengthen my martial soul, and even my body will be passively strengthened along with it."

"Although it's inefficient, it does exist."

"I call it photosynthetic respiration."

"This is a soul skill that assists in cultivation. It can be used by myself or applied to others. Judging from the soul power consumption, if applied to others, the duration is only about one hour. However, the duration should increase as my cultivation level improves."

Xiao Wu's mouth dropped open: "You can give it to other people? That's outrageous!"

That's absolutely outrageous.

However, considering that Blue Silver Grass has evolved into Blue Silver Emperor, and with the help of the Golden Ancient Tree, then this ability is not outrageous.

Furthermore, if the Endless Grassland is set up before using the third Soul Skill, the duration can be even longer.

Next, Xiao Wu and Guang Ling began to test the effects of photosynthetic breathing and found that the speed at which their soul power increased during cultivation was indeed significantly improved, with an efficiency 1.3 times that of usual.

However, Tang San judged that the cultivation speed of different attribute martial souls should vary under the effect of his photosynthetic breathing, but the difference could be ignored.

Tang San estimated that his Martial Soul attribute was Dark, and that his Photosynthetic Breathing would not only fail to increase his cultivation speed, but might even reduce it.

"However, this skill requires the radiance of the sun and moon, and it cannot be used simply by having enough soul power." Tang San pointed out the drawback of this soul skill, "With the radiance of the sun and moon I have accumulated so far, and combined with the external light of the sun and moon, I can only create about twelve photosynthetic breathing rings a day."

"That's enough." Xiao Wu rolled her eyes. "You know that soul power cultivation can't be done all day long. Most people's bodies can't take it after two hours of cultivation."

Cultivating soul power is actually a tedious process, and prolonged cultivation can also harm the body.

Tang San understood that this was because most Soul Masters had weak bodies and fragile meridians, and meditation required concentrating most of their mental energy, which was very tiring.

To some extent, this also tests the self-control of the Soul Master.

If one cannot even endure the tedium and loneliness, one cannot obtain true power, so how can one become a truly powerful soul master?

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed quietly.

Upon returning to Notting City, Xiao Wu immediately asked Tang San and her teachers at Notting Academy for a leave of absence, preparing to obtain her third spirit ring...

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The core area of ​​the Starry Sky Forest.

The lakeside with clear water.

Led by Daming and Erming, Xiaowu returned to this place and met Ditian again.

"Didn't you bring the person back?"

Di Tian's tone was deep and unreadable, but it carried a strong sense of oppression, making Xiao Wu feel a little breathless.

"I went to the Infinite Desert with him. His third spirit ring can only be found there. I can't force him to come here." Xiao Wu said her reasoning, but in her heart she cursed Di Tian a hundred times. She thought that when she became stronger, she would teach this dark and stupid dragon a lesson and let him know who the boss of this Star Dou Great Forest was!

"From which spirit beast did his third spirit ring originate?" Di Tian continued to ask.

"Sun and Moon Grass".

"Those things only grow in desert environments." Di Tian nodded, then asked, "Your physique seems to have improved slightly, and you also carry a peculiar life force... Where in the Infinite Desert did you and that person go?"

"The core area." Xiao Wu knew that the matter of the core area of ​​the Infinite Desert could not be kept from Di Tian and the others, so she told the truth, "We saw the Golden Ancient Tree."

"The Golden Ancient Tree!"

Di Tian was startled, then frowned deeply and said, "The Golden Ancient Tree is the most precious plant. It's not a plant soul beast, but it can purify the energy of heaven and earth. It can even be said to be a carrier of the will of a plane. The fact that you and he were able to see it clearly shows that you have great fortune. But how come you didn't die?"

Brigitte asked, puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

"I have traveled the whole world and been to the endless desert. The core area there is covered by an extremely powerful storm and sandstorm, which even I cannot break through."

Di Tian recounted his travels across the continent in his early years: "Ten thousand years ago, I tried to force my way in, but after barely managing to break through, I was met with thousands of steel monsters. They had no life force, but were extremely powerful and could unleash attacks comparable to the ultimate elemental attacks, with extremely strong penetrating power."

"I almost died under the attack of thousands of attacks, and then I slept for ten thousand years before I recovered."

Brigitte realized something and exclaimed, "No wonder you fell into a deep sleep as soon as you returned 100,000 years ago. Ziji and I all thought you had encountered some terrible enemy."

Xiao Wu was startled and thought to herself: Are those giant soul-guided mechs that powerful?

"Tell me, how did you and he get in unscathed?" Di Tian asked. "And how did you withstand the attacks of those terrifying steel monsters?"

"Here's what happened..." Xiao Wu explained that the core area of ​​the Infinite Desert would dissipate every hundred years, and she felt even more contempt for these ferocious beasts.

So what if you have nearly 900,000 years of cultivation?

After being beaten once, he still ran back into the forest and never thought of going out again.

Humans have observed that sandstorms dissipate every hundred years!

[Third Brother put it rather tactfully... Soul beasts are just that stupid. Luckily, I've already transformed into human form and am no longer so stupid.]

Xiao Wu felt a little smug, and then said, "Lord Beast God, I have returned this time to condense my soul ring."

"Go."

"Okay."

Xiao Wu skipped and hopped onto Da Ming's shoulder, and he carried her to the center of the lake, where she began to condense her third soul ring.

"Di Tian, ​​there's actually a golden ancient tree in the core area of ​​the Infinite Desert! That's the Tree of Life. Why don't we go there, bring it back, and plant it beside the Lake of Life? Maybe our lord can recover faster." Xiong Jun rubbed his hands together, expressing his opinion.

"We can't get in. Even if we did, we wouldn't be able to withstand those steel monsters. We'll go back and take another look in a hundred years." Di Tian had been seriously injured once before and still felt lingering fear.

"That's true, it's only been a hundred years." Xiong Jun wasn't stupid; he knew that a monster who could severely injure Di Tian from 100,000 years ago was no better off than himself, and might even be killed.

Meanwhile, Xiao Wu used her 100,000 years of cultivation to search for information about the Dragon Rabbit and condensed her third soul ring, a soul ring that was nearly 6,000 years old.

"Um?"

Di Tian suddenly sensed a dragon bloodline aura emanating from Xiao Wu, and frowned slightly: "Which rabbit-type soul beast did you use to condense your third soul ring?"

"A rabbit-like spirit beast that is now extinct, the Dragon Rabbit, is perfect for me. It gave me a skill called True Spirit Bone," Xiao Wu answered truthfully.

"True Spirit Bone, Dragon Rabbit..." Di Tian's eyes softened considerably. "It was a peculiar soul beast that did not aim to transform into a dragon. Instead, it tried to concentrate the bloodline of the dragon race on its spine, hoping to rival the dragon race with its rabbit-like nature and thus surpass the dragon race. And it succeeded. But unfortunately, they also became extinct."

Xiao Wu was speechless.

Then, Di Tian continued, "However, the Soft Bone Rabbit clan is one of the descendants of the Dragon Rabbit. After reaching a certain number of years of cultivation, the Soft Bone Rabbit can use abilities such as the Golden Body, which is an evolution of the Dragon Rabbit's True Spirit Bone ability. You have indeed traced the origin and made the True Spirit Bone reappear."

"Legend has it that the last of the Dragon Rabbit clan, after reaching a cultivation level of 100,000 years, withstood the Heavenly Tribulation with his True Spirit Bone, directly shattering the Heavenly Tribulation aimed at us ferocious beasts."

"However, in his True Spirit Bone state, his aura increased dramatically, reaching nearly 300,000 years. After dispelling the Heavenly Tribulation, it directly attracted the next Heavenly Tribulation, and he was then destroyed by the Heavenly Tribulation, leaving not even a soul bone behind."

Xiao Wu: "..."

What a terrifying horror story!

However, I don't think I'm a soul beast anymore...

yeah!

"By the way, I'll teach you a method to conceal the aura of a 100,000-year-old soul beast," Di Tian said after a moment of silence. "It'll make you safer in the human world too."

Is it difficult?

"It's not difficult. You've even gotten a feel for it yourself—it's about utilizing human scent..."

(End of this chapter)