Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

"Well said, we're just destined to be enemies..."

Tiger-Armed Douluo Chen Hu took a step back with his right foot, followed by a half step back with his left foot. As he took the step back, he brought both hands back to his abdomen and navel, forming fists with the knuckles facing forward.

"Death Prison Douluo, others fear the ultimate martial soul, but we, the Body Sect, are not!"

"Your true martial spirit was born in accordance with the will of heaven and earth. I'll see if you can withstand my two tiger arms!"

The disciples of the Body Sect only revere the Body Martial Soul, which is a part of their own body. Moreover, they are recognized as the Soul Masters in Douluo Continent who rely least on Soul Skills, spending their entire lives honing their combat techniques.

Chen Hu is the chief elder of the Body Sect and a level 96 Title Douluo. His combat technique is based on observing tiger-type soul beasts, imitating their forms and meanings, and practicing them into a fist technique!

Tiger Style Fist!

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Hu began to change. The demonic tiger tattoos on his arms shone brightly, and two giant tigers, one black and one white, awoke, their bodies enveloped in a strong silver light.

The original martial soul has undergone a second awakening at the silver level, resulting in a 100% boost!

Nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—rose fiercely beneath his feet. The seventh spirit ring shone brightly, and violent spirit power surged forth, causing a giant wave of spirit power to surge outward from the underground space.

"Death Prison Douluo, pay for my disciple's life!"

In his Martial Soul True Form state, Chen Hu's arms were exceptionally thick, and the tiger claws that materialized resembled five short spears condensed together. His right foot stomped heavily on the ground, propelling his body like a cannonball towards the Death Prison Bone Dragon.

Chen Hu's black and white hairs on his arms floated backward. As he lunged forward, his five fingers spread out and curled towards his palms like claws. At the same time, he opened his mouth wide and roared a deafening tiger's roar!

The energy originates from the dantian and condenses in the throat, forming a tiger's roar. Combined with the strength flowing through both arms, this increases the power, causing the enemy to tremble and lose their will to fight!

Neither Ling Bai nor the Death Prison Bone Dragon felt any fear. The former sneered, while the latter responded to Tiger Arm Douluo with a deafening dragon roar, and a blood-red vortex containing eight ferocious illusions gathered in the center of the dragon's claws!

The roar of the dragon and the howl of the tiger caused the wind and clouds to change color. Both dragons and tigers are top-tier soul beasts in the world of soul beasts, and they are also top-tier when used in martial souls. The tiger fist and the dragon claw collided without any fancy moves, and the explosive power at that moment made the entire underground space tremble!

The simple contact contained unparalleled killing intent. Both sides felt the other's formidable strength. Tiger-style boxing uses form as the fist, intention as the spirit, rhythm to generate power, and qi to drive force. Chen Tiger Boxing is fierce and powerful, with each punch like a tiger descending the mountain.

With the double boost from his Silver-level second awakening and Martial Soul True Body, Chen Hu's tiger fists possessed an exceptionally terrifying power. The moment the Death Prison Bone Dragon's claws made contact with them, it immediately felt a mountain-like pressure emanating from its fists.

The fist was imbued with destructive soul power fluctuations; even a small mountain would have been shattered by this tiger fist. Fortunately, the dragon bones were hard and thick, and the Death Prison Bone Dragon withstood the destructive force of the tiger fist.

Chen Hu gritted his teeth, his fists went numb, and a sinister power came from the blood-red dragon claw. The ultimate death was relentlessly eroding his fists, and the hair on his fists gradually withered, and it seemed that the flesh and blood under the hair could be seen!

"drink!"

If this drags on, he'll surely die!

With this thought in mind, the two phantom images of demonic tigers behind Chen Hu suddenly became clear. Accompanied by the flashing of the ninth black soul ring, a majestic tiger roar resounded, as if all the energy in the world had been condensed into his body. Chen Hu took a heavy step forward.

Ninth Soul Skill: Raging Tiger Piercing the Forest!

Chen Hu's entire body flew up, showing no intention of defense. His body was enveloped in intense dual-colored soul power as he launched a frenzied close-quarters battle against the Death Prison Bone Dragon. The two giant tigers also pounced on him, tearing at him fearlessly!

With his liver qi flowing smoothly, Admiral Guan Ding pounced with his paws and claws, unleashing the full power of his Tiger Fist and venting his anger. But as he fought, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Sensing something, he raised his head and met the scarlet eyes of the Death Prison Bone Dragon. He saw the human-like mockery in them and the eerie demonic patterns around the edges of its eye sockets!

The Death Prison Spider King's third soul skill: Necromancer's Eye!

Chen Hu trembled involuntarily, and his Tiger-Style Fist attack faltered considerably. The eyes of the Death Prison Bone Dragon were chilling and cold. He seemed to be standing there naked, his entire body exposed, with no secrets whatsoever.

The Death Prison Bone Dragon evolved from the Undead Bone Dragon using the Death Prison Demon Scythe as a contract. It can use the soul skills of Ling Bai's second martial soul, the Death Prison Spider Emperor. The Necromancer Demon Eye has already shown it the weakness of the Tiger Fist!

The blood-red light in his pupils surged, and the dragon claws crossed, the huge X-shaped light blade drawing a tragic arc in the underground space!

The fourth soul skill of the Death Prison Spider King: Eternal Creation!

"boom--"

Chen Hu's clothes were blown apart by the attack of Eternal Wound, revealing his solid muscles. He was blasted into the air and spat out blood.

Embedded into the ground like a tattered sack, Chen Hu's heavy breathing sounded like a bellows.

"They actually broke through the Tiger Style Fist's weak point with a single blow..."

Chen Hu struggled to his feet, the hideous mark on his chest dripping with blood. He had no time to care about the minor injury. The Death Prison Bone Dragon attacked swiftly, and the black-haired youth standing on top of the Death Prison Bone Dragon's head was like a grim reaper wielding a scythe!

"Damn it, what did the Body Sect do to offend this monster!" Chen Hu cursed inwardly.

Deep within the underground space of Mingde Hall, only he and the Death Prison Douluo remained, helpless and desperate. Now, with his vital point breached and his body severely injured, the Eternal Wound and the Ultimate Death were relentlessly killing his body cells. Chen Hu knew that today was likely to be a terrible day.

But he was not willing to give up!

He was the third most important figure in the Body Sect, and he wasn't exactly old. He had the potential to advance to the level 97 or even 98 Title Douluo in the future. He shouldn't have died so easily!

"Death Prison Douluo, I'm not that easy to kill!"

Chen Hu's eyes revealed the ferocity of a beast fighting to the death. He fiercely wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the black and white demonic tiger tattoo instantly merged into his body. His arm bones made a series of popping sounds, and his hands completely transformed into the claws of two tiger-like soul beasts, one black and one white!

Seeing this, Ling Bai paused for a moment, then laughed: "Two ten-thousand-year-old soul bones, I'm in good luck today..."

Chen Hu coldly replied, "If you want my soul bone, you have to survive first!"

Both of his arms had absorbed soul bones; his left arm was the 50,000-year-old Netherworld Tiger King, and his right arm was the 80,000-year-old Vajra White Tiger King.

The two Tiger King Soul Bones were perfectly compatible with the Tiger Form Fist, which is why Chen Hu, the chief elder of the Body Sect and a level 96 Tiger Arm Douluo, was created.

The two tiger claws rubbed against each other, and a sharp sound that made one's teeth ache echoed in the underground space. Chen Hu let the blood in his chest flow freely and stared straight at the Death Prison Bone Dragon, or more accurately, at Ling Bai on the top of the Death Prison Bone Dragon's head!

He believed he had found Death Prison Douluo's weakness: Death Prison Douluo's Bone Dragon Martial Soul could fight outside his body, but this also meant that Death Prison Douluo had lost the physical enhancement of his Beast Martial Soul, making his physical defense extremely weak!

Chen Hu was about to collapse, but before he died, he wanted to perish together with the Death Prison Douluo!

The Soul Bone Skill of the Left Arm of the 50,000-Year-Old Netherworld Tiger King: Netherworld Shadow Clone!

The right arm of the 80,000-year-old Vajra White Tiger King possesses the Soul Bone Skill: Indestructible Vajra Body!

Chen Hu multiplied into five, and the five identical figures rushed straight towards Ling Bai, even faster than when they were at their peak.

The Death Prison Bone Dragon smashed one of Chen Hu's clones with a single claw, and its scorching bone dragon flames swept across the rest of its clones. However, one clone seemed to be shielded from the high temperature of the bone dragon's flames, and its body twisted and turned several times before rushing into the air towards the frail Ling Bai.

The incredibly sharp tiger claws were getting closer and closer to Ling Bai. The Death Prison Bone Dragon seemed to have no time to defend itself. Chen Hu's face broke into a triumphant smile of revenge. He adjusted the angle of the tiger claws and thrust them straight at Ling Bai's heart!

"Eat my Black Tiger Heart!"

Contrary to expectations, Chen Hu passed by Ling Bai, his mortal enemy's body passing right through him. On the collapsed ground, a giant tiger claw branded the earth, cracking and shattering where it had struck, demonstrating the Tiger Arm Douluo's determination.

The Soul Bone Skill of the Left Leg of the Sora Ink Poison: Void!

"puff--"

The second skill, Shadowless Demon, was released. A phantom silently flashed behind Chen Hu. The next second, Chen Hu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked down in disbelief as eight purplish-black spider spears pierced his body at the same time.

Chen Hu's limbs twitched, and he desperately opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. Ling Bai coldly watched Chen Hu's dying struggle, his eyes devoid of any pity.

The Death Prison Spider Spear slowly delivered Chen Hu to Ling Bai's front, and with another "poof," a bright red, steaming heart began to beat slightly in his hand.

"I can also do 'Black Tiger Claws Out the Heart'."

In his final moments, Chen Hu felt no pain. He looked at his heart, then at the eight Death Prison Spider Spears piercing his body. His pale lips moved, silently lip-reading:

They were all fooled by you; your martial spirit isn't a bone dragon at all...

"It's better to die knowing the truth."

Ling Bai nodded slightly, then suddenly clenched his fingers together. Chen Hu's heart shattered instantly, and hot blood splattered onto his handsome face, making it look bloody and cruel.

Tiger-Armed Douluo Chen Hu is dead!

With Chen Hu's death, all four members of the Body Sect who had come to provoke the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School years ago have perished. Ling Bai also killed a Title Douluo of the Body Sect and more than twenty Soul Saint Soul Douluos. This super sect, comparable to Shrek Academy, suffered heavy losses.

The battle is over, and it's time for the exciting looting!

First are the two arm soul bones of Tiger Arm Douluo. The Vajra White Tiger King and the Netherworld Ghost Tiger King are both top tiger-type soul beasts. One is fierce and the other is gentle and feminine. The 80,000-year and 50,000-year soul bones are definitely high-age soul bones, enough to be featured in the annual auction held by the imperial family.

Then, Ling Bai took Chen Hu's storage soul tool and was so shocked by what he saw that he almost dropped his jaw.

"Dude, you're even greedier than me?"

Ling Bai was both amused and exasperated. Chen Hu had taken all the soul tool blueprints from Mingde Hall in one go, including twenty-one types of level-nine soul tools, such as high-altitude detection soul tools, high-energy compression soul tools, multi-person linkage soul tools, and level-nine fixed-position soul tool shells, which would play an important role in future continental wars.

If this were given to a force capable of producing level-nine soul tools, it wouldn't be long before it became the second-best soul tool training ground in Douluo Continent after Mingde Hall.

Ling Bai found a letter from the Heavenly Soul Royal Family to the Body Sect, the gist of which is as follows.

Princess Vina of the Heavenly Soul Sect possesses two unique martial souls: the Snow Lotus, a royal heirloom, and the Brain, the Body Martial Soul. The Heavenly Soul Emperor decides to have Princess Vina join the Body Sect, arrange a marriage between her and the Body Sect's young master, Long Aotian, and designate the Body Sect as the sect that protects the nation.

The Heavenly Soul Royal Family learned from Princess Vina that the Body Sect was about to launch a surprise attack on Mingde Hall, and hoped that the Body Sect would bring back some blueprints for level nine soul tools so that the Heavenly Soul Empire could develop rapidly.

"The National Protection Sect..."

Ling Bai sighed. In the end, the Heavenly Soul Empire abandoned the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and chose the Body School instead.

There are probably two reasons for this. First, the Body Sect has a deep foundation, with eleven Body Spirit Title Douluos who are incredibly powerful. Second, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School strictly controls information about the Jianmu Douluo, so the outside world is unaware of his condition.

Secondly, when the Heavenly Dou Empire split a thousand years ago, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School supported the Xue clan of the Douling Empire, which had the surname of the Heavenly Dou royal family.

However, the Xue family lineage was eventually defeated and fled to Lingdou City. But the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could not abandon its foundation in Nine Treasure City. The Heavenly Soul Royal Family also dared not pursue the matter due to the ancient heritage of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. The two sides remained at peace.

The Heavenly Soul Royal Family still harbored resentment, and given that Princess Vina's twin martial souls presented an excellent bridge connecting the Royal Family and the Body Sect, Heavenly Soul decided to embrace the Body Sect.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and whatever path you choose, you have to bear the consequences.

If one day Ling Bai attacks the Body Sect's stronghold and sees a Heavenly Soul Royal Family elder standing opposite him, then sorry, he'll kill him without hesitation.

Aside from two ten-thousand-year-old soul bones and twenty-one level-nine soul tool blueprints, Tiger Arm Douluo had more than ten million gold soul coins and sect tokens left.

Ling Bai summoned the Gate of the Dead and threw the blueprints, the Conferred God Platform, and the level nine and level eight fixed-equipment soul guides that Jing Hongchen had used to threaten Shrek City into the Demi-Dimension of the Dead.

Having lost something so important, Jing Hongchen would definitely search everyone at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and Ling Bai would be no exception. Just to be safe, all the treasures that couldn't be seen in public would have to be hidden in the world of the dead.

Upon seeing Ning Tianwufeng, the Golden Tortoise Shell and the fixed soul tools in their hands will need to be temporarily retrieved.

The battle above was not over yet. Mingde Hall and Body Sect were locked in fierce fighting. Before Tiger Arm Douluo succeeded, Poison Undying would definitely not retreat. Ling Bai continued along the passage, still unable to obtain what he wanted.

Mingde Hall, the No. 2 secret room in the Earth's core.

The Bone Dragon of Death tore open the hard metal door. The third secret room was a top-secret storage room, while the second secret room was a spacious laboratory.

However, the huge laboratory was completely empty, seemingly without even a single valuable soul tool.

Ling Bai was certain he wouldn't believe it and prepared to search through everything carefully. At the same time, a figure activated a simulation skill, sneaking along the wall like a dog, inching its way towards the door.

The Death Prison Bone Dragon was dozing in front of the gate when it suddenly felt an itch on a bone. With a snap, it moved its claw and sent a figure flying.

The figure landed on the ground and looked up, only to be met with the two evil faces of Death Prison Douluo and Death Prison Bone Dragon. He wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Lord Death Prison, it's been a long time..."

Ling Bai smiled and said, "Yes, it's been a long time, Huo Yuhao." (End of Chapter)