Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 179 Tang San felt he had become powerful again.

The Shrek team rode at full speed and arrived at Sunset Forest a few days later.

"These past few days have been exhausting."

That night, Shrek and his group spent the night in Sunset Forest. After chewing a few mouthfuls of dry rations, Ma Hongjun lay sprawled on the ground, groaning in pain.

During this period, Ning Rongrong and Oscar, with the support of the top-notch cultivation resources of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, both broke through to level 40, which made Ma Hongjun very envious.

As for Ma Hongjun himself, due to the flaw in his martial soul, it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to cultivate. Once he tries to cultivate, his evil fire will run rampant, and he must go to the brothel to find the phoenix to resolve it, otherwise it will not work.

As Ma Hongjun grew older, he became increasingly obese, weighing an estimated 250 pounds. Coupled with the two mustaches on his lips, he looked incredibly sleazy. Whenever he went to the brothel to play cards with the phoenixes, the younger phoenixes refused to play with him, and he could only play cards with some older phoenixes who were over 45 years old. Because of this, Ma Hongjun was often ridiculed by Dai Mubai.

"I told you to eat less, but you just wouldn't listen."

Flander watched his disciple's state and knew in his heart that this kid's path to becoming a Soul Master was not going to go far. There was simply no way to solve the kid's problem with the evil fire.

"Look, there seems to be a light over there, no, it's a big scorpion."

Just then, Xiao Wu, who was a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, suddenly sensed the aura of a soul beast and alerted everyone.

"Click...click..."

"Huff huff..."

At that moment, the giant scorpion, waving its pincers, charged at the Shrek group and spewed a burst of fire.

"Mighty King Kong Bear"

"Bang…"

Zhao Wuji reacted quickly, immediately activating his martial spirit and throwing a punch forward.

"Hiss..."

The giant scorpion was knocked away by Zhao Wuji, and it kept roaring.

"This is the king of the earth, and it is 4500 years old."

"Xiao San, you have a good eye and you're very accurate. This is indeed a 4500-year-old Earth King. Its attacks have fire attributes, making it the most suitable for Ma Hongjun's fourth soul ring. It's a pity he's only level 38."

"Yes! That's such a pity."

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang watched the 4500-year-old Earth King from the side, then turned to look at Ma Hongjun and shook their heads helplessly.

"Oh no! My fourth spirit ring!" Ma Hongjun clutched his head in frustration and sat on the ground, sighing in despair.

"Don't worry, Fatty, you'll get the spirit ring." Dai Mubai and Oscar patted Fatty Ma on the shoulder, comforting him.

"Wuji, drive it away. We'll come back to get it when Hongjun reaches level 40."

Flander instructed Zhao Wuji to simply drive the soul beast away; perhaps in a year or two, Fatty Ma would be able to break through to the Soul Master level.

"Understood, boss."

Zhao Wuji had originally intended to kill the Earth King, but after hearing what Flander said, he raised his fist and only beat the thousand-year-old soul beast without killing it.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Hiss..."

After being brutally attacked, the Earth King, writhing in pain, immediately fled.

The King of the Earth appeared, and the next day, Shrek Academy and his group encountered a Pink Lady who was over three thousand years old and surrounded by a group of Pink Ladies. In the end, Yu Xiaogang asked Flander to help Oscar deal with the Pink Lady so that he could use her as his fourth spirit ring.

"Master, there are several people in the Tianshui team who are at the fourth ring level for ten thousand years, especially Ye Liangchen, whose third ring level is already over ten thousand years old. Why did you let Oscar only get his fourth ring level for a little over 3000 years? And this pink lady's attack power is not strong."

As Ning Rongrong watched Oscar absorb the Pink Lady's spirit ring, she asked Yu Xiaogang curiously, feeling that this master was too conservative.

With his hands behind his back, Yu Xiaogang adopted a wise and composed demeanor and said confidently, "What suits you best is the best."

"Rongrong, you have to believe me, my teacher is a professional," Tang San said from the side, trying to maintain his teacher's image.

"Alright!" Seeing the master and apprentice like this, Ning Rongrong didn't say anything more.

When Oscar successfully absorbed his fourth spirit ring and demonstrated to everyone that the Excitement Pink Sausage could increase all attributes by 10%, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were very excited because they both judged that Oscar's fourth spirit skill would increase all attributes. Oscar himself was also very excited.

"Only a 10% increase? Oscar, that's far too little. People from other teams have said that when Ye Liangchen supports the opponent in a match, his second soul skill can increase all of their attributes by 50%, that's truly amazing."

Just as Yu Xiaogang and the other two were getting excited, Dai Mubai's voice rang out, directly comparing Ye Liangchen's auxiliary soul skill with Oscar's, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San speechless.

"Ye Liangchen's second soul skill can grant others a 50% boost to all their attributes, and I heard it lasts for ten minutes. Such an incredible boost is terrifying to even think about."

"That guy sometimes even plays support for the opponents during the game, it feels like he's just playing around."

"I heard that Ye Lingling's combat skills were also developed by that guy. It's called something like 'Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flowers Flow,' which can turn a support Soul Master into a battle Soul Master. He really is a genius."

Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, and others chimed in, saying that people are afraid of comparisons. When they saw even more monstrous geniuses, they realized that they were just ordinary people.

"Brother Dai, who can compare to that prodigy? He's already at the second ring of a thousand-year-old spirit ring, the third ring of a ten-thousand-year-old spirit ring, and even his first spirit ring is probably close to a thousand years old."

"I'd be lucky if my fourth soul skill gave me a 10% boost to all attributes."

Oscar was quite content. He didn't compare himself to others; he was already satisfied to have broken through to the Soul Master level at his age.

The Heaven Dou Royal Family has spent a lot of resources cultivating Oscar in the past two years, hoping that he can join the army in the future. Having a food-type Soul Master like him can save the army a lot of food.

Oscar, however, has a crush on Ning Rongrong, but she hasn't reciprocated his feelings, leaving him hanging and unable to decide what to do after graduation.

"Oscar is right, just choose what suits you, don't compare yourself to others."

"Don't let others' arrogance diminish your own. No matter how powerful he is, he is still our enemy."

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were displeased to hear these guys praising Ye Liangchen. Tang San, in particular, had personally fought against Ye Liangchen and experienced the despair and powerlessness he felt. Now, these guys were bringing up that monster, which was like reopening old wounds.

"Alright, let's continue and help Rongrong find her fourth spirit ring."

Flanders waved his hand and led everyone deeper into the forest.

A day later, the group helped Ning Rongrong successfully obtain a spirit ring from a 4000-year-old scaled beast, giving the little girl a defensive and supportive spirit skill.

"Swish..."

Just then, Hammer Douluo Tang Dachui appeared. Tang San wanted to add a spirit ring to the hammer, so he had to be there in person.

"Daddy."

Tang San saw his father arrive and excitedly shouted.

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Supreme Ruler."

Flander and Zhao Wuji immediately bowed respectfully to Tang Dachui.

"Flander, Zhao Wuji, from now on you don't need to call me Haotian Douluo. That title belongs to my grandfather, and I can't bear it. From now on, just call me Hammer Douluo!"

When Tang Dachui heard others address him as Haotian Douluo, he immediately recalled Ye Liangchen's words: Haotian Douluo is the title of Senior Tang Chen, are you worthy of it? You only have two titles, Hammer Douluo and Big Hammer Douluo, choose one yourself.

Thinking of this, Tang Dachui's face immediately burned, as if he had been slapped. So he immediately declared to everyone that he was Hammer Douluo.

"Hammer Douluo?"

The Shrek group was stunned, especially Tang San, who had lived in the Tang Clan of Sichuan in his previous life and knew that "hammer" was an insult in the Sichuan region.

"Daddy, why won't you admit that you are Haotian Douluo? The title 'Hammer Douluo' doesn't sound good."

Tang San didn't know what was wrong with his father, who actually gave him the title of Hammer Douluo. Wouldn't people laugh at him if this got out?

"Little San, you'll understand later. Now you need to add spirit rings to your hammer."

"I've already found the soul beast you need."

Tang Dachui stopped Tang San, telling him not to worry about these things and that they should focus on the important matters at hand.

"Daddy, I want to add a ten-thousand-year mark to the first ring of the hammer."

Tang San felt that he was now level 44 and had absorbed two more ten-thousand-year soul bones. Absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring would be no problem at all.

"Can't."

Seeing that Tang San was reckless and wanted to challenge a ten-thousand-year soul ring at the Soul Master realm, Xiao Wu immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er from the Tianshui team can all challenge the fourth ring of the Ten Thousand Years, and I think I can too."

"Only by becoming stronger can I protect you."

Tang San didn't understand why Xiao Wu would stop him. He thought to himself: If other girls can challenge for a ten-thousand-year soul ring at the Soul Master realm, then I, a dignified man, can definitely do it too.

"Brother, a ten-thousand-year soul ring is different from a thousand-year soul ring. It will produce a soul shock. You are only level 40-something, you can't withstand it at all."

"Xiao Wu, what is soul vibration?"

Upon hearing Xiao Wu utter the novel term "soul shock," Yu Xiaogang asked curiously.

Tang Dachui didn't speak. He knew that the soul shock should be a hallucination that would appear in the mind of a Soul Master when absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring at level 50. He would have to fight against the remnant soul of a Soul Beast. If he was cowardly and didn't fight, he would become an idiot.

"Soul tremor is..."

Xiao Wu went on and on about the soul-shaking phenomenon, which could be considered as popularizing some knowledge among everyone.

"Xiao Wu, how do you know all this?" Yu Xiaogang asked curiously.

"My mom told me that, and besides, Uncle Big Hammer is here too, so he knows."

Xiao Wu quickly made a vague excuse, shifting everyone's attention to Tang Dachui.

"Xiao Wu is right, soul tremor is..."

Tang Dachui also told everyone about the illusions that appeared in the minds of Soul Masters when they absorbed ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.

"Xiao San, are you confident?" Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San.

"We can't let the mistress take risks."

Tang Hao decisively stopped him. If Tang San were to absorb the ten-thousand-year soul ring now, and were to be turned into an idiot by the soul shock, then it would be all over.

"I'll listen to Daddy."

This was the first time Tang San had ever heard of the concept of soul shock. He had only cultivated his Purple Demon Eye to the second level, so he dared not take the risk.

"I really don't know how those freaks from the Tianshui team managed to handle the soul shockwave?"

Flander, Dai Mubai, and the others were filled with admiration for Ye Liangchen and his group.

"I'm now certain that Ye Liangchen and the others definitely used some kind of secret method to increase the age of their spirit rings, and they definitely didn't directly absorb ten-thousand-year spirit rings."

Upon hearing that the ten-thousand-year soul ring could cause soul vibration, Yu Xiaogang immediately realized that he had been fooled by Ye Liangchen.

Tang Dachui led the group to an 8000-year-old Mighty Vajra Bear, directly overwhelming it with his soul power, and then having Tang San finish it off.

"Buzzing..."

Tang San spent several hours finally adding the first spirit ring to his hammer spirit.

"Mistress, are you feeling unwell?"

Seeing that Tang San had successfully added an 8000-year spirit ring to his hammer spirit, Yu Xiaogang was very excited, but still a little worried.

"Teacher, I'm fine."

Tang San felt incredibly powerful, a feeling that was absolutely exhilarating.

"Hey, release your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and see if anything changes?"

Tang Dachui felt that his Blue Silver Grass martial soul had not yet awakened into the Blue Silver Emperor, and he was worried that it could not coexist with the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

"Buzzing..."

"Dad, there's nothing wrong with the Blue Silver Grass martial soul!"

After Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, he didn't feel any changes. It was still the same old thing, soft and limp, which he didn't like very much.

"Then let's continue adding spirit rings to the hammer."

Tang Dachui waved his hand and led everyone onward to find a soul beast for Tang San.

In the following days, Tang San added three more spirit rings to his hammer spirit: an 8500-year Sky-Splitting Tiger, a 9300-year Thousand-Pound Ant, and a 9000-year Earth Bear.

Tang San's soul power has now reached level 49, just one level away from level 50.

"Huff huff..."

"Bang bang..."

Tang San swung his hammer and smashed a large rock in the distance.

"Third Brother's hammer spirit is too powerful."

"Indeed! The Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul truly deserves to be called the number one weapon Martial Soul in the world."

Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and others watched Tang San's imposing figure and couldn't help but cheer loudly.

"Ye Liangchen, my hammer has been enhanced with four spirit rings. I will definitely avenge the humiliation you caused me."

At this moment, amidst the cheers of his companions, Tang San regained his confidence. He felt that he had completely risen up and was already imagining the scene of Ye Liangchen being trampled under his feet.

"With four spirit rings over 8000 years old, even if Xiao San's hammer spirit can't start at the first ring of 10,000 years, it still surpasses countless people."

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang was also lost in the four purple spirit rings of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer, feeling that his disciple could finally take off.

(End of this chapter)