Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 272 The Illusory Starry World: The Twelve Heavens

After absorbing the Cloud Tree's soul ring, the Blue Silver Emperor changed again. Golden veins were adorned with dreamlike cloud-like patterns, adding a touch of mystery to it.

However, the most important thing is the bright pearl at the top, inside which the nebula formed by the convergence of the sun, moon and stars has transformed into twelve. A phantom energy in the shape of a blue silver emperor connects the twelve nebulae, as if supporting the twelve heavens, and seems to be automatically evolving a phantom microcosm.

"Perhaps, the creation of a virtual world doesn't need to be so complicated," Tang San murmured.

"Tang San, what is your sixth spirit skill?" Huo Wu interrupted Tang San's thoughts, looking at the Blue Silver Emperor in Tang San's hand, and then at the Blue Silver Emperor planted in the ground, which was no different. "Can your spirit create multiple Blue Silver Emperors at the same time, like a food-type spirit master? Is this the spirit skill brought by the Cloud Tree?"

"Of course not, this is just a passive enhancement brought to my Blue Silver Emperor by the spirit ring." Tang San explained with a smile, pointing to the Blue Silver Emperor planted on the ground, "This Blue Silver Emperor has already taken physical form, but it is also my spirit. It can be recalled into my body, but it can still exist independently without being restricted by my spirit power, just like a real plant."

Huo Wu stepped forward, touched the Blue Silver Emperor, snapped off a leaf, and found sap seeping out: "It actually became a physical entity! But what's the use of this?"

Simply turning it into a physical entity seems rather pointless, doesn't it?

"Throw away the leaf you snapped off."

"oh."

Huo Wu did as instructed and discovered that after the leaf fell to the ground, it began to take root at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then a Blue Silver Emperor plant grew out of it.

"My Blue Silver Emperor possesses the passive abilities that come from being empowered by six martial souls. My fourth spirit ring grants the Blue Silver Emperor the passive ability of 'rooting fallen leaves,' which the Blue Silver Emperor naturally inherits as well."

Tang San began to explain, and then, with a thought, countless Blue Silver Emperor leaves appeared within a radius of a thousand meters. "Moreover, I can use the soul skills that I can use on these two Blue Silver Emperor plants, but I need to control them."

"In addition, I can use my mental power to manifest energy entities within these Blue Silver Emperors, which I call: Thought Entities."

"It can be said that as long as my martial spirit is planted all over the continent, the thought body that I condense with my spiritual power can manifest throughout the continent and exert strength no weaker than my original body."

"After all, the Blue Silver Emperor can draw power from the earth, and the Thought Body is not a real physical body, so I won't get hurt."

"It can be said that the passive ability brought by the spirit ring alone, which enhances my martial soul's abilities, combined with my own strong mental power, is enough to allow me to know everything in the world without leaving home in the future."

Huo Wu was astonished, then laughed and said, "It must consume a lot of mental energy, right?"

"As it stands, the increased distance doesn't seem to increase mental energy consumption." Tang San used the Nine Steps of Sky-Treading from the Free and Easy Wind Riding technique, instantly leaping a thousand meters away, and then returning to Huo Wu in the blink of an eye. Looking at the Blue Silver Emperor planted on the ground, he stroked his chin and gazed at the sky. "Perhaps it's because its essence is my martial soul, so I can ignore distance, or perhaps it's because its root system is well-developed and covers a very wide area, so I can sense it... I just wonder if I'll be able to sense this kind of Blue Silver Emperor if I ever leave this planet."

"That's quite an exaggerated ability... By the way, after it becomes a physical object, shouldn't the Blue Silver Emperor's pearl be considered a fruit? Can it be eaten? What are its effects?" Huo Wu reached out to pick the Blue Silver Emperor's pearl, only to find it very secure; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remove it.

"I haven't looked into that before." Seeing Huo Wu struggling, Tang San took out a dagger, handed it to her, and said, "Cut it off and let me see."

Huo Wu took the dagger and, with great effort, only managed to scratch a small patch of skin on the stem beneath the pearl fruit.

"So hard!" Huo Wu returned the dagger to Tang San, released the Sun Goddess Martial Soul, and used her first Soul Skill, Sun Star Ring. However, as her control increased, the rapidly spinning Sun Star Ring was reduced to the size of a palm by Huo Wu, and she used it to cut the stem under the bead fruit.

Ten minutes later, the stalk was finally cut off.

pat!

After the pearl fruit fell, the entire Blue Silver Emperor plant withered and vanished instantly. Tang San could even sense that the underground roots had also disappeared in an instant.

Huo Wu had just stood up when she slipped and almost fell. Just as she was about to discuss the use of the pearl with Tang San, a bird flew by and dropped a pile of bird droppings that stuck to Huo Wu's exposed shoulder.

Tang San narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself, "Brother Eli? Isn't Huo Wu being a little too unlucky?"

"Once your Blue Silver Emperor is planted in the ground, it can absorb the light of the sun, moon and stars and transform it into energy that is beneficial to the earth. It can even increase the concentration of energy in the world."

According to Electrolux's own opinion, "For the entire Douluo Star, your Blue Silver Emperor is the opportunity for its advancement. The continent's fortune will be bestowed upon you and your Blue Silver Emperor. By cutting down one of your Blue Silver Emperor plants, she has essentially destroyed the fortune of Douluo Star."

"It's like the plot of a movie called 'Final Destination' from your past life memories."

"However, she shouldn't be that seriously injured. She'll probably only be unlucky for a day or two. After all, the will of Douluo Star shouldn't have that high of an 'intelligence'."

"Furthermore, I don't have much knowledge about things like luck and fortune, so I'm not very clear about it..."

Huo Wu disgustedly took out a handkerchief, wiped the bird droppings off her shoulder, and cursed, "Don't let me find that bird, or I'll roast it and eat it!"

quack!

Just then, a flock of crows flew over.

Huo Wu, who was in a bad mood, raised her hand and activated her third soul skill, Huo Wu Dazzling. Beams of light shot out and knocked down all the crows.

"This is probably what they call a backlash from bad luck," Electrox continued. "As long as you're strong enough, you can suppress bad luck...tsk tsk, it's kind of like suppressing bad luck."

Tang San didn't think much of it. He simply took the pearl that Huo Wu handed him and found that the stem at the bottom had fallen off, and the whole pearl was perfectly round, just like a work of art.

It is hard in texture, like diamond.

Tang San used all his strength but still couldn't crush it. He said, "It's very hard. Even a Title Douluo can't break it. I estimate that only a Super Douluo of level 95 or above could break it, and—"

As soul power was injected, the phantoms of the twelve heavens within the pearl emitted a strong yet not dazzling light. If placed in the dark, it would surely illuminate a certain area, even making that area as bright as day.

So, is this a natural soul guide lamp?

Unconvinced, Tang San poured his spiritual energy into it and found himself in a phantom starry sky. A Blue Silver Emperor with twelve leaves supported the surrounding barriers, and each leaf held up a cloud-like star system.

"So, this is the key to the existence of the illusory world!" Tang San returned to reality, poured his spiritual power into another Blue Silver Emperor, and sank into the bright pearl. He found that he had once again arrived in the illusory starry world, which was no different from the previous place.

Electrolux also sent a wisp of his divine sense over to observe it, and said, "It is indeed the same piece; the pearl is just the key to enter it."

Tang San and Electrolux both realized that the illusory starry sky world existed within the Blue Silver Emperor's origin within Tang San's body, seemingly real yet illusory. The key was to find a way to solidify it into reality.

At that time, Tang San will become the ruler of that world!

"What's wrong?" Seeing Tang San staring at the pearl for a while, Huo Wu asked curiously, "You don't know the function of this pearl yourself, do you?"

"Of course I know, this is the cornerstone for the future!" Tang San handed over the pearl, urging Huo Wu to concentrate and see if she could enter that starry sky.

Huo Wu took the pearl with suspicion, glanced at Tang San again, wondering if he wanted to make a fool of her, but in the end she did as he asked. After all, Tang San couldn't possibly "ambush" her while she was focused, could he?

Although I'd be willing to do it...

Focusing her attention, Huo Wu stared at the pearl in her hand, suddenly noticing a suction force emanating from it. Then, in a flash, she found herself in a strange, starry world—

Outside, Tang San observed Huo Wu's body and found that her eyes were glazed over, as if she had lost her mind, and she stood there blankly, while her soul power was also being consumed.

Based on the current consumption of soul power, if Huo Wu could go without eating, drinking, or resting, she could last for six months. Assuming a month has thirty days, on average, level one soul power could last for three days.

The consumption seems acceptable.

However, considering that the higher the level of a Soul Master's Soul Power, the more Soul Power is required, a typical Soul Master at level 10 or so can only sustain their Soul Power for a maximum of two hours.

Reasonable game time, right?

Putting aside his distractions, Tang San woke Huo Wu and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"It's wonderful." After regaining her senses, Huo Wu felt relaxed all over, as if her soul had been cleansed by the starry sky, and her mental strength had increased by a negligible amount. "Moreover, it seems to be able to enhance mental strength as well."

"That's true. The more people enter, the more I seem to benefit." After Huo Wu entered the Starry Sky World, Electrox had been observing her and discovered that when Huo Wu moved around there, some impurities would dissipate from her soul. That's why she felt her mental strength had increased.

This kind of improvement is not an instantaneous enhancement, but rather an aid in refining the impurities in her soul. Afterwards, with her soul purified, her spiritual power will naturally increase.

The impurities of the soul left in the starry sky can be refined by that illusory starry world, becoming nourishment for its expansion. In the distant future, it may even give birth to life unique to this starry world.

Impurities in the soul are dross for a Soul Master like Huo Wu, an obstacle hindering her progress in spiritual power. But for Tang San's illusory starry world, they are honey that strengthens his origin!

Just as manure is despised by people, it is excellent fertilizer for plants, which can transform it into what they need for growth and eventually bear abundant fruit.

Huo Wu's mouth formed an "O" shape. After a while, she lifted her chin and said, "That's an incredible ability. So, what is your soul skill?"

"My sixth spirit ring's true spirit skill—"

Tang San drew out his words, then laughed, "A 100,000-year soul ring has two soul skills. When the Cloud Tree sacrificed itself, it obtained the energy of the entire White Cloud Forest, and its cultivation reached 200,000 years, but it still only has two soul skills. The first one, I named: Twelve Celestial Nebulae!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang San's sixth spirit ring lit up, and the cloud patterns on it emitted a golden light.

In an instant, the bright pearl atop the Blue Silver Emperor burst forth with dazzling blue-gold light, and a nearly hundred-meter-tall illusory image of the Blue Silver Emperor appeared, supporting twelve nebulae, covering an area exceeding a thousand meters.

Nourished by the life force, the withered cloud trees sprouted new white cloud leaves, and in just three minutes, the entire white cloud forest was revitalized.

"Under the cover of these Twelve Celestial Nebulas, my first five soul skills will undergo a qualitative change, their effects increasing to six times their original level. Moreover, this increase will grow according to the increase in my soul power," Tang San said. "With the power of my second soul skill's positive and negative buffs, after I reached level sixty-two, its percentage increase/decrease in all attributes reached 62%. Under the blessing of these Twelve Celestial Nebulas, the percentage reaches 372!"

"Taking the soul power boost from the positive buff alone as an example, if you, with a soul power of level 60, receive this boost, my three to four times the soul power will directly make your soul power comparable to that of a near-titled Douluo at around level 90!"

Huo Wu's breathing quickened because Tang San had already used his second soul skill, and the positive buff ring had floated behind her, causing her overall attributes to surge.

Its soul power fluctuations are almost at level ninety-one!

In addition, speed, defense, strength, attributes, attack, etc., have all been increased by nearly four times!

"Furthermore, this soul skill can also directly pull the enemy's mind into the starry world you entered before, leaving their physical bodies standing there, as if they've been scared silly."

This ability may be related to the secret method used by Blood Sword Norman to allow the souls of other ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts to invade the body of Cloud Tree, thus giving Cloud Tree the ability to refine soul impurities and even steal people's hearts after it "washed away its impurities".

"Doesn't that just turn the enemy into a sitting duck?" Huo Wu was shocked, realizing the terror of this soul skill, but then she was overjoyed, after all, Tang San was one of her own.

"You could say that. The most important thing is that after acquiring the Cloud Tree's spirit ring, my Blue Silver Emperor finally possesses a skill similar to energy projection." Tang San dispelled the enormous phenomenon of the Blue Silver Emperor supporting the Twelve Celestial Nebulas, demonstrating the second skill of his sixth spirit ring—

With the second flash of that 200,000-year soul ring, the Blue Silver Emperor emitted a blue-gold halo from all 360 degrees, enveloping Tang San and Huo Wu.

Countless stars appeared out of thin air, moving in a peculiar pattern, forming twelve small nebulae that then circled around Huo Wu in turn.

As starlight shone down, Huo Wu felt an unparalleled spiritual enjoyment, as if her soul had merged with the Sun Goddess, basking in the warm sunlight.

When she reopened her eyes, she felt an abundance of energy within her, and her control over her soul power was even more refined... This meant her spiritual power had increased!

Tang San then put away his martial soul and said, "This is the ability of the second soul skill of my sixth soul ring. It can temper a person's soul, making it more refined. Over time, it may even be able to materialize one's soul. At that time, a person's soul may have reached the god level."

It can be said that with this soul skill, Tang San's soul can transcend the mundane world before his body. In fact, as long as he is tempered by this soul skill for a long enough time, he can achieve immortality of his soul!

It can enhance the strength of the soul!

This is a true divine skill, comparable to his cosmic meditation method. If the two are combined, perhaps in the not-too-distant future, his spiritual power and soul will be strengthened to a level that even the gods of the divine realm cannot match.

"This is really—"

Huo Wu was speechless at the power of this soul skill; her crimson-gold eyes were filled with worship and admiration for Tang San.

A support-type Soul Master?

Do not!

The man before me is a god, and even gods are far inferior to him!

"What's the name of this soul skill?" Huo Wu couldn't help but ask after calming down.

"I'll name it: Nebula Forging Divine Soul." Tang San thought for a moment and then named the second soul skill of his sixth soul ring. "Isn't my fifth soul skill called Ice and Fire Refining Golden Body? Then this will be called Nebula Forging Divine Soul. Correspondingly, it can form a 'God-Creating' system that helps others to create golden bodies and divine souls."

Weak support-type Soul Masters can only amplify and heal, but their own combat power is low.

A powerful support Soul Master like him can not only heal and amplify, but also fight instinctively, and may even become a god in the future.

"Refining the body and forging the soul... Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it can really provide a Soul Master with the foundation to break through to the Title Douluo level." Huo Wu pondered, and even felt that Tang San's fifth and sixth Soul Skills could be used by ordinary people who are not Soul Masters to transform them and enable them to embark on the path of Soul Master cultivation.

This is a skill that can completely change a person's fate!

"Dad!" At this moment, Yun Shu's human form jumped out of Tang San's body and called out happily, "I don't even have to hide in the spirit rings anymore! Also, there are two little sisters inside Dad's body."

As they were talking, Wu Lin and Wu Tong appeared, sitting on Tang San's shoulders on either side, and said happily, "We've gained a new best friend!"

After Yun Shu became Tang San's soul spirit, she still had long silver-white hair, but her body was much smaller, like Wu Lin and Wu Tong, only the size of a palm, just like a lifelike rag doll.

However, because the Cloud Tree possessed a wisp of creation power, Wu Lin and Wu Tong became much more realistic, and they could even shrink to the size of normal little girls...

(End of this chapter)