Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 204 The Summoned Beasts of the Soul: Extreme Fire Dream and Extreme Ice Dream

After speaking, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion unleashed countless frost-like auras and immense energy, causing all the Title Douluos present to tremble with fear.

If this energy were to truly explode, it would likely be just as threatening as the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, capable of destroying most of Martial Soul City.

Bibi Dong hesitated.

If this beast really self-destructs, even if she manages to resolve the situation in the end, those bastards in the Elder Hall will have a real reason to impeach her. Those old fogies have always disliked her.

However, Tang San saw through the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's bluster and weakness.

The so-called self-destruction is something the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion cannot do at all. The outer energy membrane is merely a mimicry created by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power, and is not the true source energy of its cultivation.

In reality, this guy is quite weak.

"The transformation of a soul beast into a human takes time and cannot be accomplished overnight. It should start from the embryonic stage, like the Snow Empress in Douluo Continent II."

Tang San thought to himself, "It takes time... Reversing the transformation process, even for a human to transform into a soul beast, should take a lot of time, but the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion didn't take much time... According to my Purple Demon Eye observation, its cultivation source is pitifully small, which means its physical body is terrifyingly strong, capable of crushing a Title Douluo like Chrysanthemum Douluo."

"So, they look powerful on the outside, but in reality, they are severely deficient inside... There must have been a mistake in their transformation. After all, those two Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworms are only good for their strong mental power, so we shouldn't have had too much hope for them."

"More than half of my cultivation of over 300,000 years has been consumed or wasted."

After confirming the situation, Tang San slowly walked towards the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. His Purple Demon Eye noticed the weak point in the layer of spiritual power, and he used the Nine Steps to Step into the Sky, arriving in front of it in an instant.

With his left hand clenched into a fist, he channeled his soul power, which, after being transformed by the Clear Sky Hammer, condensed into a wisp of destructive aura. In an instant, it broke through the protective shield of the energy and slammed into the head of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

hum!

In an instant, the energy on the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion dissipated, and its destructive power flowed into its mind, shattering the souls of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, Dou Yitianmeng, Dou Ertianmeng, and Huo Yuhao.

In just three seconds, the souls of Ice Emperor and Tianmeng, who fought against each other, were weakened to the extreme, while Huo Yuhao's soul was completely shattered and scattered.

Tang San is a magnanimous person. He doesn't care what you say behind his back, but if you dare to come to his face, you will have to pay the corresponding price.

Kindness and cruelty are antonyms, but they can coexist in the same person and are not contradictory.

The incident happened in the blink of an eye, and even Bibi Dong didn't have time to react until she saw the red soul ring with three golden patterns and the two white-gold soul rings. Only then did she realize that the 380,000-year-old soul beast was dead and had even dropped three soul rings.

Unfortunately, since I didn't kill it myself, I can't absorb its power.

Bibi Dong sighed inwardly, realizing that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion might only be outwardly strong but inwardly weak. After transforming back into a soul beast, its cultivation level was far less formidable than it appeared.

Tang San may have discovered this, and thus took action to kill him.

However, most Soul Masters probably don't know this and can only see the surface: Tang San killed a 380,000-year-old Soul Beast with one punch... In this way, for the residents of the entire Spirit City, Tang San is their savior.

Courageous and resourceful!

Incredible!

Yu Xiaogang, if you were even one-tenth as good as Tang San, you wouldn't have ended up in that situation.

"Tang San, you killed this beast and saved Spirit City; you have rendered meritorious service." Bibi Dong's tone was high, preparing to elevate Tang San to an even higher level, completely binding him to the Spirit Hall. "You are a master of Spirit theory, benefiting the continent. I hereby bestow upon you the title of Honorary Elder of the Spirit Hall, second only to me in status, with free access to Spirit City and the library within the Papal Palace. What do you think?"

"Thank you for the honor, Your Holiness the Pope." Tang San smiled slightly, bowed, and accepted Bibi Dong's honor.

Elders and such, it doesn't matter.

Importantly, he can freely browse the books in the Martial Soul City and the Papal Palace!

That's the key point!

Next, there's the issue of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

Since he killed the ferocious beast, its soul ring and soul bone naturally belong to him.

However, in terms of attributes, none of them are suitable.

Electrolux said, "Release the Dancing Scales. With my help, she can devour those three spirit rings. I have plenty of ways to train those three guys into obedient pets."

Upon hearing this, Tang San released the Dancing Scales, an ice-blue little figure that opened its mouth wide and absorbed all three spirit rings into its body. Then, it also removed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion torso bone and swallowed it whole.

This scene left everyone speechless—

Is this absorbing a spirit ring?

Or what kind of storage method?

Is that blue-haired little girl a storage space?

Bibi Dong, a little curious, asked, "What's this?"

Tang San first inquired with Electrolux, then said, "This might be the special feature of Wu Lin and Wu Tong. They can store spirit rings and spirit bones, but only the corresponding attributes: ice and fire."

"Although I haven't figured out how they did it, they can indeed preserve their spirit rings. I estimate that when I'm stronger in the future, I'll be able to seal spirit rings and absorb them even if someone doesn't kill me personally. However, Wu Lin and Wu Tong can probably only seal spirit rings with ice and fire attributes."

As a woman, Bibi Dong's sixth sense told her that Tang San was hiding something, and she was a little angry. However, considering that this was a public place, and that she had already violated some taboos by asking about his abilities, it was normal for him to hide something. So she sighed and said, "That's really strange. You can start a business selling spirit rings from now on."

"To be honest, His Holiness the Pope's idea really reminded me. If I can research the corresponding principle and create a soul tool device that can store soul rings of the corresponding attributes, then in the future, some soul masters from major families might not need to hunt soul beasts and could just spend money to buy soul rings."

Seeing Tang San's thoughtful expression, Bibi Dong's eyes twitched slightly—she had only mentioned it briefly, but she hadn't expected Tang San to actually have that idea.

How to store and trade spirit rings?

If it really happens, it would be a huge business opportunity.

Afterwards, Huo Yuhao's/Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's corpse was taken away by the Spirit Hall personnel, who gave Tang San a Purple Gold Card containing one billion Gold Soul Coins, which were universally accepted across the continent. In effect, the Spirit Hall bought the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's corpse from Tang San.

Even if a 380,000-year-old soul beast has lost its soul rings and soul bones, its incredibly powerful physical body can still be used for research and is a rare and precious resource.

"Captain, you really stole the show! You actually killed a 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast!" Yu Tianheng and the others gathered around, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.

"Calm down, it was just good luck. I couldn't have broken through its defenses on my own." Tang San gestured for everyone to be quiet, then raised his left hand. "I used my left hand back then."

Everyone suddenly realized, after all, they had all experienced the life-or-death arena and understood what kind of power the Clear Sky Hammer in Tang San's left hand contained.

However, they still admired him!

After all, Tang San was able to remain unharmed in the ice and snow tornado storm without using the Clear Sky Hammer, and even forced out the true form of that 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Moreover, Tang San had not yet used any of his martial soul's power at that time!

This is proof of our strength!

Team leader Qin Ming also ran over at this moment, asking Tang San about his condition with concern. He breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Tang San had used the strength of his left hand.

He actually thought Tang San could kill a 100,000-year-old soul beast with a single punch.

Then there's no need to continue the competition; the championship should just go to the Heavenly Fighting Royal Team One.

Before leaving the arena, Tang San scanned the audience, deliberately lingering his gaze on Mu Tian, ​​Wang Chen, Xu Xing, and others for a moment or two.

This is a warning, and also a declaration:

Don't mess with me!

otherwise!

Even in broad daylight, I have ways to kill you!

Mu Tian's heart trembled; he was terrified. He thought to himself, "I can't afford to mess with Tang San right now. I'll wait until he's fully developed before worrying about anything else."

Wang Chen had already lay flat, marveling at Tang San's strength, and was completely numb: "As a fellow transmigrator, Tang San is too lucky. I'd better just obediently listen to Qian Renxue... Thinking about it carefully, Tang San and I don't seem to have any conflict of interest. I only provoked him back then, and Tang San didn't actively cause me any trouble afterwards... I'll just focus on sucking up to Qian Renxue. After all, it seems that this Tang San won't have much conflict with the Spirit Hall."

Xu Xing's eyes narrowed, and he thought to himself, "Tang San's development is terrifying; he's currently invincible. However, my martial soul isn't bad either. Once I cultivate to the Soul Saint level, and the Heavenly Star Domain truly awakens, completing the true Zhou Tian Star Array, I will surely unify the universe!"

Compared to the previous two, Xu Xing became arrogant after realizing the power of his martial soul.

However, he needs time to develop...

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Because of the damage to the venue, it will take some time to rebuild it. Therefore, the second round, second session, will not be able to start again for another seven days.

This is an uncontrollable factor.

However, this also allowed students from other academies to understand Tang San's formidable strength, giving them time to analyze and address his challenges.

Although Tang San's performance was outstanding, the experts from various academies could all see that Tang San's own soul power level was not high. The fact that his punch hit the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, broke through its energy defense, and killed it was probably because he had extremely exquisite control over his soul power, and could use one part of his strength to achieve the effect of ten parts of his strength, or even more.

After all, Tang San's punch, while hitting the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, didn't even break a gash in its head. Most powerful figures believed that it was highly likely Tang San's force had penetrated the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's brain...

This seems even more outrageous?

Back at the inn, Xiao Wu came to find him and asked, "Third Brother, is the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion really dead?"

"No." Tang San shook his head and released Wu Lin and Wu Tong. Between the two, there were three small energy orbs, namely Dou Yitianmeng, Dou Ertianmeng, and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

Among them, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion has the most solid body, resembling an energy-like scorpion, and its eyes are quite lively, almost identical to those of Wu Lin and Wu Tong.

"Will the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion also become a soul spirit?" Xiao Wu knew that Tang San had the help of Ilex, and with his help, it was not impossible for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion to become Tang San's soul spirit.

"It's not my soul spirit, but Wu Lin's," Tang San explained. "With Brother Eli's help, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion became Wu Lin's subordinate. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's soul has fused with its soul ring and soul bone, and can be driven by Wu Lin."

"In addition, these two Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworms are the same. However, Eli and I are modifying one of them, preparing to change its ice attribute to fire attribute and give it to Wu Tong."

How can ice attribute be converted to fire attribute?

This is also the wonder of this world: ice is not real ice, but an elemental power. If you analyze it thoroughly and operate it in the opposite way, it can be transformed into other elemental powers.

Elements with opposite attributes are the easiest to convert.

"I see," Xiao Wu said, suddenly realizing. "So, they can live?"

"Yes, you can." Tang San nodded, then asked curiously, "Can the Soft Bone Rabbit resonate with scorpions and ice silkworms?"

"Of course not!" Xiao Wu shook her head vigorously. "But as fellow soul beasts, if the other dies, it's inevitable to feel a sense of sadness, like the rabbit mourning the fox's death... By the way, how did you come up with the idiom 'the rabbit mourns the fox's death'? Why the rabbit's death instead of the fox's?"

"Just take it literally. Foxes eat rabbits, and when the rabbits die, the foxes have no suitable food left, so they're naturally sad. Conversely, the reverse isn't relevant, since rabbits eat grass." Tang San gave Xiao Wu a simple explanation, then asked, "Aren't you curious why Huo Yuhao turned into the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion?"

"Why?" Xiao Wu was stunned, then a possibility occurred to her, and she trembled all over. "Could it be... human transformation?"

"That's right, it's about transformation. A 100,000-year-old soul beast can transform into a human, so can a human transform into a soul beast if they meet certain conditions?" Tang San's eyes flickered. "At least, Huo Yuhao met the corresponding conditions and was experimented on by these two worms, which is how it was presented to us."

"Leaving aside external, non-material factors such as culture and tradition, it seems that there is no essential difference between soul beasts and humans..."

Xiao Wu felt a chill run down her spine at this. Instead of thinking about it, she asked, "Why are there two Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworms? There should only be one!"

Xiao Wu couldn't understand this at all.

"It's very simple. The other one is that Huo Yuhao isn't from our world, but from another Douluo Continent..." Tang San explained the concept of parallel universes to Xiao Wu simply. "That is to say, they both come from a future similar to our world. The timeline in that world is about 10,000 years ahead of ours."

Xiao Wu wasn't curious about these things; she was only concerned about whether another version of herself existed in another timeline.

"Of course there is, but it's been over ten thousand years, so it must have turned into ashes by now." Tang San was still sarcastic, not wanting to mention the Xiao Wu from that timeline—the sword sheath was the best synonym for that Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu didn't believe it: (ˉ▽￣～) Pfft~~

"I won't hold it against you." Xiao Wu pouted and walked out of Tang San's room. She was happy that Tang San had gained three more powerful allies, but at the same time, she also felt a sense of urgency.

The gap between my strength and Tang San's is widening, and I need to train even harder.

After Xiao Wu left, Tang San and Electrolux began researching how to change the attribute of one of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworms to fire attribute.

"This is the foundation of the ice attribute."

Within Tang San's upper dantian, Electrolux deciphered the basic runes of the ice attribute origin, which were somewhat similar to the soul guide patterns of the ice attribute, resembling flowing water ripples.

Under Electrox's manipulation, the ice elemental foundation gradually changed, transforming into flame-like patterns and becoming the fire elemental foundation.

"I see."

After noting down the steps, Tang San's soul, relying on his spiritual power, began to attempt to transform a wisp of ice-attribute essence into fire-attribute essence.

Such an operation may seem unbelievable, but in fact, as long as you find the corresponding pattern and have the power (mental power) to transform it, you can leverage the corresponding rules and transform it by experimenting, inductive reasoning, and summarizing.

All the great principles and rules of the world are actually very simple.

The greatest truths are the simplest!

Nothing could be more perfect!

So, for the next seven days, Tang San and Electrolux worked together to transform the ice attribute essence of Dou Er Tianmeng into fire attribute.

Once the transformation was complete, it was handed over to Wu Tong. Electrolux inscribed a master-servant contract between them, making it mandatory for Dou Er Tian Meng to obey Wu Tong's orders.

The same applies to Wu Lin's Dou Yitian Meng and Bingbi Dihuang Xie.

When the three souls were reawakened, they saw their own state and felt humiliated, but at the same time, they breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, their lives were saved, and if they listened to Tang San in the future, they might be able to ascend to the God Realm together.

Their dreams were that simple.

As for the future of the Soul Beast race?

What's it to them!

Soul beasts prey on each other. Dou Yitianmeng and Dou Ertianmeng had their cultivation devoured by the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest. If they had the ability, they would want to slaughter them all.

"From now on, the three of you will be the summoned beasts of Wu Tong and Wu Lin respectively. You, from Dou Er, will be called Ji Huo Tian Meng; and you, from Dou Yi, will be called Ji Bing Tian Meng."

Tang San gave the two insects new names. "From now on, the three of you will not live in my upper dantian. Brother Eli doesn't like to be disturbed, so you will live in the spiritual spaces of Wu Tong and Wu Lin respectively. After all, they are also autonomous intelligent life forms."

"However, if Brother Eli wants, you can be summoned by him at any time for research."

Ji Huo Tianmeng was speechless: "So we're not even considered soul spirits? Just summoned beasts of soul spirits? But why am I able to be with Bingbing in Douyi?"

Being converted to fire attribute didn't bother Ji Huo Tianmeng, since he wasn't very good at using ice attribute anyway. As for fire attribute... at least the attack power would be a bit higher.

However, what he couldn't tolerate was why his other self could be with Hyotei.

"Because you're not native to this world," Tang San said quietly. "You and Ji Bing Tianmeng aren't exactly the same person... the same ice silkworm. Do you want to NTR your past self from ten thousand years ago?"

Ji Huo Tian Meng: "???" This idea isn't entirely unacceptable.

Ji Bing Tianmeng noticed the strange look in Ji Huo Tianmeng's eyes and immediately became furious, saying, "Don't think that just because you're my brother from ten thousand years in the future, I won't dare to hit you. If you dare to have any crooked thoughts, I'll kill you."

Ji Huotianmeng was on the verge of tears, pleading, "Brother, I don't want to be single either!"

Tang San ignored them and simply asked, "How did you come to my world?"

"We encountered a spacetime turbulence." Ji Huo Tianmeng's expression changed swiftly, her tearful demeanor vanishing as she slowly recounted the events...

(End of this chapter)