Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 198 Xu Xing dons the crown of stars: I am the lord of all stars!

When Tang San came out of the Hall of Law Enforcement, Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, Yu Tianheng, Huo Wu and others at the door all surrounded him, asking about the situation inside with concern.

"Third Brother, are you alright?"

"Did the people from the Spirit Hall give you any trouble?"

"How are those two from Canghui Academy doing?"

"When we run into them, we'll smash their heads in!"

"·····"

Hearing everyone's concern, Tang San laughed and waved the gold card in his hand, saying, "Of course it's nothing. I even received 100,000 gold soul coins as compensation for reputational damage."

Then, Tang San gave a detailed explanation of what had happened.

"That Huo Yuhao is truly despicable, actually trying to prevent you, Captain, from participating in the competition in such a way," Yu Tianheng cursed. "Even with two 100,000-year soul rings, it's just good luck."

"Look, Huo Yuhao and Shi Nian are coming out." At this moment, Huo Yuhao helped Shi Nian, who had been beaten a hundred times, out of the Hall of Law Enforcement. Huo Wu noticed them and couldn't help but tease them loudly, "Why do you look so disheveled?"

Xiao Wu scoffed, "It must have been barking so loudly that it got beaten up."

Guangling's eyes sharpened as she echoed, "Sister Xiaowu is right!"

"A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated!" Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth upon hearing this, realizing for the first time how despicable the people of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy were—indeed, following Tang San would make everyone disgusting and hypocritical.

"Oh, you guys have ulterior motives, yet you dare to criticize us?" Huo Wu cracked her knuckles and chuckled coldly. "It's only because fighting isn't allowed here, otherwise, I would have beaten you so badly you couldn't take care of yourselves."

"Let's go, ignore it." Shi Nian didn't want to offend the main members of the entire Heaven Dou Royal Team. He dared to scheme against Tang San not only because Tang San was strong and could potentially cause the Canghui Academy Team to lose, but also because Tang San was of commoner origin. Although he was the captain of the Heaven Dou Team, he did not have any official status.

Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and others do not have official titles or ranks from the Heavenly Dou Alliance, but they all come from powerful families. Yu Tianheng, in particular, is backed by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the three upper sects.

We really can't afford to offend them.

Moreover, he only realized at this moment that Tang San had a good relationship with these people, even to the point of being close... He should have investigated the information first.

Watching Shi Nian and Huo Yuhao's disheveled figures leave, Xiao Wu clapped her hands and said, "Third Brother, that old man and the young man really look like two dogs."

Tang San sighed softly and said, "I still prefer their unruly demeanor."

Yu Tianheng, Huo Wu, and the others: "......"

"Let's go watch the match," Tang San called out, and led the group towards the match venue.

When they arrived, it was just the fourteenth game of the first round.

Participating teams: Tiandou Botanical Academy and Xingluo Botanical Academy

Competition Venue: Desert

Good grief, the venue is unfavorable to both sides.

"The Plant Academy of Tian Dou, I remember, was originally one of my pre-selected advanced academies within the Kingdom of Barak," Tang San said, recalling a consideration he had when he was in Notting City.

"Wow, if Captain you go to the Plant Academy, then our Heavenly Dou Royal Team One will become a stepping stone for the Heavenly Dou Plant Academy." Without Yu Feng, Shi Mo became more active.

"Speaking of which, my first meeting with you, Captain Tang, was in the Barak Soul Hunting Forest within the Barak Kingdom," Ning Rongrong said with a squinty eye and a grin. "Back then, you had just obtained your second soul ring, a thousand-year level one, which I still remember vividly."

"Is that so?" Huo Wu exclaimed in surprise. "This happened even before I encountered it."

"That was indeed our first meeting, but it wasn't very friendly," Tang San said with a smile.

"It's all Mu Tian's fault. He's weak but addicted to fighting. He insisted on challenging you, and then you defeated him. Now, he's far behind you..." Ning Rongrong was also very talkative. She told everyone about Mu Tian's first encounter with Tang San and described how Mu Tian almost failed to absorb his second spirit ring. She revealed all of Mu Tian's dark history.

Everyone listened with great interest and realized the importance of hiding their own dark past.

Just as everyone's conversation shifted from the battle between the two plant colleges on the field to the dark history of the past, the fourteenth match ended.

In the end, Xingluo Botanical Academy came out on top.

Because two of them have cactus and globular spirits, their adaptability to the desert environment is much stronger than that of other spirit masters with plant spirits.

The fifteenth match was about to begin.

The two sides in the battle are:

Star Crown Academy Team.

The Spirit Hall Academy team.

"The Spirit Hall team has made their appearance. Now we can get a good look at their trump cards." Yu Tianheng and the others stopped their discussion about the other topic. "Ever since Captain, the Spirit Hall team has won the previous two tournaments by relying on the team's reasonable combination of strategies. This time, with the addition of diverse competition venues, the adaptability of the spirit masters will also be tested. I wonder how this golden generation will arrange their tactics."

"Or perhaps, they'll simply crush them with overwhelming strength?"

After all, Yu Tianheng and the others already knew that two people in the Spirit Hall team possessed Spirit Fusion Skills and were close to Soul Douluo in strength.

The diverse environment of the competition venue is ultimately not the real external environment. If you are strong enough, you can change the venue and don't need to consider the impact of the venue environment on yourself.

"It's most likely the latter." The trump card should naturally be revealed last, but for someone with extremely high self-confidence, even if they reveal their trump card from the beginning, others can't do anything about it.

For example, Tang San, who revealed his 100,000-year soul ring right from the start.

Tang San believed that the proud Spirit Hall team was the same.

However, Tang San also spared a glance at the Star Crown Academy team, because there was an acquaintance there: Xu Xing.

This is also a time traveler.

Our first meeting took place in a hopeful oasis amidst an endless desert.

The second time was at the Star Luo Royal Academy.

I thought Xu Xing would become a member of the second team of Xingluo Royal Academy, or a substitute for the first team, but I didn't expect him to replace Xingguan Academy in the competition.

The rules don't seem to explicitly state that students are not allowed to change academies.

As the competition unfolded, the members of Star Crown Academy arranged themselves in the formation of the Big Dipper, and the martial spirits of the seven members all possessed the power of stars.

The dazzling starlight was extremely bright, even in the daytime.

"A seven-in-one spirit fusion skill?" Hu Liena had witnessed the spirit fusion skill of the Canghui Academy team, and seeing the stars shining brightly above the members of the Xingguan Academy team, their spirit power converging towards the spirit master whose spirit was Xingguan, she sneered and said to the others, "You don't need to interfere. This time, let the world see the trump card of our Spirit Hall!"

After saying that, Hu Liena transmitted her voice to Yan and said, "Just in case, if something unexpected happens, you lead the team to take action. When they use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, their soul power consumption will be extremely high."

Foxes are cunning, by nature.

"Don't worry, Nana, I'll be careful." Yan chuckled, staring intently at Xu Xing—this guy was the main body of the Martial Soul Fusion Technique. If anything happened to Nana and Brother Xie Yue, he would kick this guy out first.

Then, Hu Liena and Xie Yue exchanged a glance, held hands, and their soul power flowed and merged. As they walked towards the Star Crown Academy team, their figures overlapped.

Martial Soul Fusion: Bewitching Charm!

The new figure bears a striking resemblance to Hu Liena, covered in silver armor. It holds a crescent-shaped blade in each hand and has nine five-meter-long fox tails growing from its waist, also covered in silver armor.

His soul power fluctuations were almost at the level of a Soul Douluo. His outward aura even caused the air to vibrate, and the air currents he created even reached the nearest audience seats.

"Soul power at the level of a Contra!" The expressions of some of the powerful figures in the audience changed.

While spirit fusion is powerful, is it a bit too exaggerated to jump directly from a spirit emperor to a spirit douluo?

Even if two Soul Emperor-level White Tigers and the Netherworld Cat were to fuse, their strength would only reach the Soul Saint level at most, and they would be unable to reach the Soul Douluo level.

Could it be that the compatibility between these two martial souls is even higher than that between the White Tiger and the Netherworld Cat?

Dai Lego's expression was unpredictable.

Bibi Dong, however, understood why the fusion of their martial souls was so powerful.

Firstly, they are siblings who grew up together from childhood. They are connected by blood and share a deep understanding, so their tacit understanding is natural.

Secondly, although the two did not inherit the same martial soul, the fox spirit is charming and delicate, while the moon blade is strong and sharp. According to Tang San's conjecture on martial soul fusion in "Three Categories of Martial Soul Fusion", the two are one strong and one soft, with opposite attributes, just like two building blocks, one concave and one convex, which can be matched perfectly.

Thirdly, based on the three classifications in Tang San's theory—soul power fusion, soul skill fusion, and martial soul fusion—these three classifications can also be seen as a way to gradually increase the compatibility of martial soul fusion. They are also a method that allows two soul masters who do not have a martial soul connection but whose martial soul attributes can be matched to each other to create a martial soul fusion skill through mutual trial and error.

Although it doesn't describe exactly how to do it, the fusion of soul power, fusion of soul skills, and finally fusion of martial soul have already pointed to a correct direction.

Furthermore, if Tang San were to explicitly state in his theory how to actually try it, then it wouldn't be a theory anymore, but rather a secret technique capable of establishing a sect, which certainly couldn't be published casually...

However, Bibi Dong also considered the issue of the types of martial souls themselves. Unless there are special circumstances, even if the attributes of the two are compatible, the only thing that can be achieved in the end is the fusion of soul skills.

Just like the spirit fusion skill of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo: the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, it should be classified as a spirit skill fusion.

The fusion skill between Hu Liena and Xie Yue's martial souls is the final martial soul fusion.

Moreover, after training in the fusion of soul power and soul skills, the two were then fused together, stimulating Hu Liena's demon fox bloodline, making her a nine-tailed demon fox after the fusion of her martial soul.

It is precisely for this reason that Hu Liena and Xie Yue's Martial Soul Fusion was able to reach the Soul Douluo level of Soul Power.

Star Crown Team.

The seven formed a seven-star array, transforming their soul power into stellar energy, which they then focused on Xu Xing's star crown, transforming it into a crown of extremely bright and dazzling light.

Its entire body is a purple-gold color, with ancient patterns on it. It is divided into three layers. The first layer is covered with thousands of stars, the second layer is the moon, from the waxing crescent to the full moon and then to the waning crescent, and the third layer is a golden sphere, generous and bright, like the sun.

Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Star Crown!

"The sun is a star, the moon is a star, and the stars in the night sky are also stars!"

"I am—"

"Lord of the Stars!"

As Xu Xing's magnificent words fell, the star crown descended upon his head, as if some supreme deity was crowning him.

The audience held their breath as they watched this scene unfold.

But a few people revealed a meaningful look.

For example: De Lego, Davis.

Although Xu Xing's actions were merely a martial soul fusion skill and had no other implications, as the emperor and crown prince of Xingluo, he still instinctively found it offensive to see someone else wearing the crown.

The Star Crown Sect may inevitably harbor inappropriate thoughts in the future.

As for winning over Xu Xing and appointing him as king...

Although the Star Luo Empire also has the concept of bestowing titles upon kings, it has not done so for three hundred years, and the main power is concentrated in the Dai family royal family.

This was a means to gradually make the Star Luo Empire the domain of the Dai family.

If Xu Xing is granted the title of king or something similar simply because he has demonstrated talent and strength, wouldn't that be handing over power?

This is absolutely unacceptable!

Even if Xu Xing makes great contributions to the Star Luo Empire in the future, it won't be enough. The Star Luo Empire's rewards for its subjects are mostly promotions, money, salaries, and land.

The throne...

Unless one day the Star Crown family defeats the Dai family head-on, or saves the Star Luo Empire from its crisis and seizes the throne of the Star Luo Empire, the White Tiger lineage of the Dai family may be demoted to kings due to the merits accumulated by their ancestors.

In other words, titles such as king and prince could only be bestowed upon the Dai family after they stepped down from the throne.

It's simply impossible for Xu Xing of the Star Crown Sect to obtain a title like a prince.

Unless you defeat the Dai family head-on and seize the throne!

After all, the Star Luo Empire governs the country with military power and respects strength. As long as the members of the corresponding families can challenge and defeat the members of the Dai family under the witness of the major families, they can naturally seize the throne. This is the ancestral instruction left in the early days of the Star Luo Empire - the Dai family and the Zhu family are one. Therefore, if you want to challenge, you must defeat the martial soul fusion skill between the members of the Dai family and the Zhu family in a one-on-two manner.

From this perspective, no one in the Star Luo Empire could directly seize the throne from the Dai family.

However, Xu Xing on the field did indeed make Dai Lego extremely wary.

Seven-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Technique?

In Dai Lego's view, who had seen Tang San's theory, this was soul power fusion. Xu Xing had absorbed the starlight transformed from the soul power of the other six, causing a change in his Star Crown Martial Soul—

This means that as long as Xu Xing's soul power increases to the corresponding level in the future, his martial soul will also be able to evolve into its current form.

Isn't this a challenge to the Star Luo throne?

What a fine Star Crown Clan!

At this moment, Xu Xing, wearing the crown of stars, was unaware that he had already been noted down by Dai Lego, Davis, and others. Feeling his current immense power, he roared to the heavens, "I am now invincible in the world!"

"This kid's such a show-off!" In the stands where the Heaven Dou Royal Team was located, Shi Mo couldn't help but exclaim, "His soul power is a bit strong, but there's no need for him to be so arrogant!"

"I understand. After all, he's only thirteen years old and far from mature. It's normal for him to get arrogant when he gains power," Tang San said objectively. "Besides, he does have the ability to back it up, because his strength has already reached the Soul Saint level, and that Star Crown is also a Martial Soul True Body."

"More importantly, I sensed a special power existing within it..."

"If my guess is correct, it's the domain."

field!

Huo Wu was startled and hurriedly asked, "Are you telling the truth? Xu Xing possesses a domain?"

Yu Tianheng also said, "Impossible, right? According to my family's intelligence, the Star Crown Martial Soul of the Star Crown Sect has never had a domain-type skill."

"Just because others don't have it doesn't mean Xu Xing doesn't."

Tang San shook his head, "After all—"

Xu Xing is a time traveler.

The time travelers he encountered all brought some good things with them.

For example, Yang Long, although he died, the dragon pattern inside the Dragon Pattern Spear was indeed a good thing, which enabled Blood Sword Norman to cultivate to the level of Quasi-Soul King within five or six years. Now it has become his third martial soul: Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

For example, Mu Tian's martial soul was originally the reborn host of Austin Griffin, but unfortunately, the God of Destruction took the initiative to break away from him and chose to be housed in his Clear Sky Hammer.

Take Wang Chen, for example.

The Martial Soul is the Death Scythe. It is estimated that the Martial Soul itself contains concepts such as "death" and "soul". With some effort in the future, and by finding a way to absorb the power of faith, it is not impossible to achieve the position of Death God.

Unfortunately, it seems that she has been completely tamed by Qian Renxue.

The peculiarity of Xu Xing right now is probably that he has something like "star energy" or "emperor energy" that he brings with him. This energy acts on his martial soul, causing it to transform and give birth to a domain. There's nothing strange about that.

"A Star-Studded Performance for Zhou Tian!"

"The brilliance of the sun and moon shines in countless forms!"

Xu Xing stepped into the void and chanted, and a circle of dazzling starlight spread out from the Star Crown, enveloping the entire arena, but the audience outside could still see the scene.

Because that ring of light is transparent.

"field!"

Bibi Dong blurted out, turning her gaze to Dai Lego, and sighed, "The Star Luo Empire is also full of talented people. In the future, an emperor who will control the stars will surely emerge. It's truly remarkable."

"A mere Star Crown is not worthy of such high praise from the Pope." Delegos was very sensitive to the word "Emperor," but he remained calm.

On the other side, Tang San activated his Purple Demon Eye, recording the movement trajectory of the stars within the domain. Electrolux, through Tang San's vision, also recorded the energy conversion method of the stars within the domain.

"This world is indeed blessed by nature." Electrolux sighed again, then said to Tang San, "Brother Tang, some of our previous guesses about domains were correct. Leaving aside the cases where powerful bloodlines bring them by default, others can awaken their own domains as long as they adjust the frequency of their state with their martial soul to achieve the corresponding fluctuations. This requires a certain level of 'tacit understanding' between the person and their martial soul, that is, a 100% mutual understanding."

"Those who are born with full soul power are those whose innate compatibility with their martial soul has reached 100%. Their martial soul is instinctively used by them. As long as they reach the corresponding strength required by their respective martial souls, they are likely to awaken their domains."

"Those who are not born with full soul power can only be judged by whether they can gain a more thorough understanding of their own martial soul during their later cultivation."

Tang San nodded slightly and said, "There is another unexpected surprise: the energy conversion circuit and the starlight of that domain can be integrated into the Purple Demon Eye and the Mysterious Heaven Technique."

(End of this chapter)