In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

Back at their lodgings, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but ask Lan Si, "A-Si, are you really planning to take Ning Rongrong as your disciple? I have a feeling Ning Fengzhi has ulterior motives."

"This old fox is a pure politician, or rather, a businessman; he's the kind of person who won't do anything without profit. It would be strange if he had any good intentions. He just wants to use this so-called master-disciple relationship to tie me to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's dilapidated ship. Believe me or not, if I agree to join the Spirit Hall today, or if I act like I'm irreconcilably opposed to Ning Rongrong, he'll immediately want to kill me," Lan Si sneered.

“Indeed, Dad said that Ning Fengzhi is an even better liar than him. He’s extremely cunning.” Ye Lingling chimed in.

Upon hearing this, Lan Si was taken aback and said somewhat astonished, "Your father really does have self-awareness."

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Chapter 236 Taking on a Disciple?

Shrek's residence.

Liu Erlong sat beside Yu Xiaogang's bed, wiping away tears like a wronged woman. "Xiaogang, how could that bitch be so cruel, letting someone beat you like this? And those residents of Martial Soul City aren't good people either... Xiaogang... you absolutely can't be hurt, otherwise, I won't live either."

On the bed, Yu Xiaogang was wrapped in bandages, stained with blood, like a mummy, with almost no part of her body intact. Her limbs were also bound with wooden boards to prevent her bones from dislocating.

Flander had arranged all of this. For some reason, before she fell into a coma, Yu Xiaogang, with her last breath, insisted on telling Flander not to let Liu Erlong see her when she was naked.

After bandaging the wound, Flander went out to find a healing-type Soul Master.

With a creak, the door to the room was pushed open, and Flander rushed in.

"How is it? Boss Fu, have you found a healing-type Soul Master yet?" Liu Erlong asked excitedly, her eyes red.

Flander shook his head with a wry smile, took out two sausages from his soul tool, and handed them to Liu Erlong. "There are quite a few healing-type soul masters in Wuhun City, but ever since Xiao Gang offended the Pope, he's become almost universally hated. Hearing that someone was going to treat him, nobody wanted to come. I ran into Xiao Ao and the others on the road, asked them for two sausages, and came back. Now Xiao Ao and Xiao San have gone to beg Sect Master Ning, hoping he can treat Xiao Gang."

"Damn the Spirit Hall." Liu Erlong took the sausage, cursing as he tried to feed it to Yu Xiaogang, but found that Yu Xiaogang's jawbone had just been set and she couldn't chew, let alone swallow.

"What should we do? Xiaogang can't eat sausages at all."

Upon hearing this, Flander also looked troubled, scratching his head and saying, "I'll go urge Xiao San and the others."

As he spoke, Flander ran out quickly.

After Flander left, Liu Erlong glanced at the open door, then at Yu Xiaogang lying on the bed. After a moment's thought, blushing, she closed the door, took a bite of sausage, chewed it carefully, and then fed it to Yu Xiaogang...

After a short while, once the feeding was finished, Liu Erlong's face was flushed. She looked at the door, then at Yu Xiaogang. Having been starved for nearly twenty years, she didn't know where she got the courage, but she turned her gaze to Yu Xiaogang's only part that wasn't covered by bandages.

Liu Erlong swallowed hard, slowly pulling open... Two silent tears slid down her pale, beautiful face. No wonder... no wonder Xiao Gang had always refused to share a room with him. It turned out... it turned out he was no longer a man.

Did he really love that bitch that much? Because he couldn't have her, he was willing to castrate himself.

At this moment, Flander, Tang San and his group arrived with Ning Fengzhi. They pushed open the door, looked at Liu Erlong, and then turned their gazes to Yu Xiaogang. Snap! Their gazes exploded instantly.

Ning Fengzhi immediately covered his daughter's eyes, and Tang San also immediately covered Xiao Wu's eyes, but they still saw it.

Ning Fengzhi's lips twitched violently, and a murderous aura quietly spread from his heart. At this moment, he had never wanted to kill anyone as much as he did now, even though he was over fifty years old... This damned Shrek Academy actually let his daughter see something that even he, a grown man, found offensive.

Half an hour later, Ning Fengzhi left with a dark face, taking Ning Rongrong with him. Tang San also casually sent Xiao Wu away with some excuse. Xiao Wu knew the reason for the departure and naturally didn't want to stay any longer. Tang San told her to leave, so she did.

As for Tailong, Huang Yuan, Jingling, Jiangzhu, and others, they didn't come at all.

Suddenly, only Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Flander, and Liu Erlong, who looked utterly lost and sat in the corner of the room, remained in the room.

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang had slowly woken up under the healing light of Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasures True Body. Seeing everyone silent, he subconsciously asked, "What's wrong with everyone? Could it be that the Spirit Hall has canceled our Shrek Academy's qualification for the competition? Damn it, I knew this was a conspiracy by the Spirit Hall."

"No..." Tang San shook his head with a strange expression and explained, "The Spirit Hall did not disqualify us from the competition. We successfully entered the loser's bracket this afternoon. However... Lan Si did not fight the Spirit Hall Academy to a draw. He forfeited. Our opponent this afternoon is Lan Si."

The most urgent task was to defeat Lan Si, so Tang San wisely did not mention Yu Xiaogang's private parts.

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang breathed a sigh of relief. He had put in so much effort for this competition, and if he were really disqualified, all his hard work would be for nothing. He wanted to make a name for himself in the Soul Master world through this competition.

Completely unaware that his lower body had been destroyed and exposed, he looked around and, seeing that Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong and the others were no longer there, said to Tang San, "Xiao San, go and call Xiao Wu, Rongrong and Tailong over. Next, I need to make the final tactical arrangements."

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In the afternoon, Yu Xiaogang was unable to watch the match due to her severe injuries and difficulty walking. Liu Erlong also did not go, but sat quietly in Yu Xiaogang's room with tears in her eyes, waiting for the other party's reply.

Shrek and his team, led by Flander, once again ascend Mount Papal to participate in the semi-finals and compete for a spot in tomorrow's championship match.

Dugu Bo also went.

Tang San insisted on going along, as he had a feeling that this competition was not so simple, and just in case, he called Dugu Bo along.

The square in front of the Papal Palace.

The seven members of the Spirit Hall Academy, led by three members of the Golden Generation, stood quietly to the side. In the center of the arena, the two teams were ready and staring intently at each other.

"I thought you were planning to take on seven opponents at once again. What? Are you finally scared now?" Tang San glanced at Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing standing behind Lan Si and frowned slightly. If it were just Lan Si alone, it would be fine, but now with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling, a Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master who can provide area-of-effect healing, things have become quite tricky. Unless they can kill him in one blow or directly blast Lan Si off the arena, things will never end.

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"Of course, I'm afraid if I beat you to death, your deadbeat father will come after me." Lan Si said calmly.

"You are not allowed to insult my father." Tang San stepped forward. After being repeatedly attacked by Lan Si, his willpower was no longer as firm as it was in the original story.

Lan Si continued his tactical taunts, "Looks like your deadbeat father really didn't tell you anything... Fine, even if I've insulted you, what can you do about it? Come on then... if you dare."

As she spoke, Lan Si beckoned to Tang San with her finger.

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Chapter 237 Yu Xiaogang's Secret Revealed

Four spirit rings—purple, black, black, and purple—rose from beneath Tang San's feet, and black light surged in his left hand. At this moment, Tang San desperately wanted to rush forward and fight Lan Si.

At the critical moment, Dai Mubai called out to him, "Xiao San, don't fall for Lan Si's tricks. He's deliberately trying to provoke you."

"I know." Tang San took a deep breath. Although he believed that his strength had surpassed Lan Si after switching to cultivating his second martial soul, he was always prepared for the worst. Therefore, this time, he would not be concerned about personal victory or defeat, but would instead unite the strength of the entire Shrek team.

Defeat Lan Si, defeat this arrogant fellow who only knows how to show off his personal bravery and has no concept of comrades.

He couldn't afford to lose; if he did, his mother's soul would likely fall into the hands of the man he loathed most.

At this moment, the referee approached and announced, "Both sides, please summon your Martial Souls. The match will officially begin in one minute..."

"Form ranks!" With the referee's command, Tang San shouted, and the seven members of the Shrek Academy team swiftly retreated, forming a circle. Oscar and Ning Rongrong stood inside the circle, while Tang San and his group of five circled around them. None of the seven summoned their martial souls, yet powerful fluctuations of soul energy emanated from them, frantically converging towards Oscar and Ning Rongrong in the center.

"What is this?" On the VIP platform, both Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and Sword Douluo couldn't help but show a hint of emotion in their eyes.

However, Juhua Guan, Guimei, and the other two seemed to be used to it. Back when Cixue killed Shi Nian, the Spirit Hall had obtained the concept of the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique from Shi Nian. They then arranged for people to search in the Spirit Hall's vast database and quickly integrated a brand-new and more perfect Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, which was superior to Yu Xiaogang's so-called fusion technique that required Ning Rongrong's Fusion Ring.

Therefore, they did not show any shock as they did in the original work in order to highlight Yu Xiaogang's so-called theory.

As for Bibi Dong, her heart was always with Lan Si in the center of the arena. A hint of worry was faintly revealed in her beautiful eyes. She had some understanding of the power of Haotian's true form, which was definitely not something Lan Si could withstand at this stage. So how should Lan Si deal with it?

She had made up her mind. If Lan Si couldn't hold on any longer, she would use swift and decisive measures to save him. As for the Shrek Seven Devils, she would simply suppress them.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to the Shrek team's formation, dark clouds suddenly appeared in the sky. These clouds gathered and slowly converged towards the center of the square in front of the Papal Palace, accompanied by rolling thunder and incessant booming sounds. Flashes of lightning appeared intermittently. A large shadow covered almost half of the square in front of the Papal Palace.

"Damn it, what kind of weather is this? It changes so suddenly." The sudden change caught many people off guard. Just as everyone was secretly annoyed, the four soldiers of the second team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy seemed to be facing a great enemy. They wished their parents had more legs and activated their martial souls to escape the competition arena at the speed of light, like a hundred-meter sprint.

After summoning their martial souls, Kitty and Ye Lingling immediately stood at the edge of the arena behind Lan Si, looking up at the heart-stopping thunderclouds in the sky.

As for Lan Si, he stood at the very center of the thundercloud, slowly spreading his hands out. Blue lightning gathered in his palms, gradually spreading throughout his body, and then turning into purple lightning.

This is a sign of mastering the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Technique.

The Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Technique is divided into ten levels and belongs to the true supreme Taoist cultivation method. Among the generations of Heavenly Masters of the Heavenly Master's Mansion in the Bad Guys world, very few have been able to cultivate the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Technique to the fifth level. Reaching the fifth level allows one to possess the power of a Great Heavenly Master, initially drawing thunder into the body, manipulating a portion of natural lightning to attack enemies, and enhancing one's own lightning power.

Lan Si is now taking advantage of this. Since Tang San can use the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique to gather the soul power of seven people into his own body and unleash the Haotian True Body, why can't he draw heavenly lightning into his body and guide it to the Haotian Bamboo Shoot to unleash the Weapon Soul True Body?

He wanted to see whether Tang San's Clear Sky True Body was more powerful, or his Clear Sky Bamboo Shoot... oh no, Thor's Hammer's weapon spirit true body was more powerful.

A massive purple lightning bolt gathered in Lan Si's palms. The sky churned with dark clouds, which swirled rapidly around Lan Si's position, forming a huge thundercloud in an instant. The center of the thundercloud was filled with lightning, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket suddenly descended, striking Lan Si directly. Unexpectedly, it did not cause him any harm or damage to the square in front of the Papal Palace.

As if drawn by some kind of pull, the enormous lightning slowly lifted Lan Si's body into the air. At a height of ten meters above the ground, he suddenly opened his eyes, and lightning arcs flashed in his eyes, transforming into two lightning snakes that merged with the lightning around him, drawing him in.

A surge of lightning erupted from Lan Si's left palm. He suddenly raised his head, roared to the sky, and the Thunder Hammer appeared in his hand out of thin air.

Drawn by the enormous pillar of lightning, the Thunder Hammer rose from below, flying into the air.

Countless bolts of lightning converged in the sky, pouring into Thor's hammer as if they were free.

Accompanied by rolling thunder, the small cone-shaped hammer, which was originally only the size of a palm, suddenly grew to the size of a water vat in mid-air.

An even more shocking scene unfolded: after the hammerhead reached the thickness of a water vat, the golden spiral pattern on its conical side slowly opened up, and a huge ball of lightning energy gathered at the center of the opening pattern. Suddenly, it transformed into a huge oval-shaped, semi-transparent blue ball of light, covering the original water vat-thick hammerhead.

The surface of the blue orb was covered with wisps of light purple lightning. Clearly, this blue orb was formed by highly compressed and condensed pure lightning energy.

At this time, Tang San had almost completed the true form of the Clear Sky Hammer. The hammerhead was also the thickness of a water vat, but it was obviously a size smaller than the lightning ball on the side of Lan Si's hammerhead.

The two true forms of the weapon spirits appeared simultaneously, and the entire place fell silent instantly, the surroundings becoming deathly still.

Even Bibi Dong, the Pope, was no longer calm. Her worries about Lan Si had vanished.

Everyone, including Pope Bibi Dong, who sat before the Papal Palace, Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and the three Title Douluos, stood up simultaneously, staring in astonishment at the unbelievable scene before them. Someone at the Soul Master stage had actually unleashed their Martial Soul True Body!

The former is relatively easy to understand; anyone with a little knowledge can tell that it is a true form of martial soul completed through the seven-in-one fusion technique.

But what did Lan Si rely on? He was merely a single person, possessing nearly level 50 soul power, yet he unleashed his Martial Soul True Form. Furthermore, the power of his Martial Soul True Form was clearly stronger than Tang San's. How did he manage to do that?

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Regarding the concept of the protagonist's second martial soul's weapon spirit true form, I referenced the Susanoo of Sasuke's Twin Blades - Hiramekarei Hammer from Naruto, and decided to add a weapon spirit true form release to the protagonist's second martial soul as well.

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Chapter 238 Clash Between the Two True Forms of the Artifact Souls

"This...how is this possible..." Tang San's eyes widened, and the other six members of Shrek Academy also widened their eyes at the same time. Even the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique was almost unable to be maintained.

By combining the soul power of seven individuals into Tang San through a seven-in-one fusion technique, they unleashed the Clear Sky True Body. This was their trump card, their reliance for defeating Lan Si or the Spirit Hall Academy. But what about Lan Si in front of them?

Why? Why could Lan Si accomplish something that required the combined efforts of seven people, all by himself?

"The match begins." At this moment, the referee also realized what was happening. As he announced the start of the match, he turned around and quickly jumped out of the arena, as if afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

"Ah, this is impossible!" Tang San roared to the sky, his intense resentment turning his eyes bloodshot, which contrasted sharply with the blue light of his Purple Demon Eyes, making him appear quite eerie. As if possessed, upon hearing the referee's command, he swung his massive Clear Sky Hammer and furiously smashed it towards Lan Si.

Under the sunlight, the magnificent patterns emanated from Haotian's true form hammer, and the terrifying aura, along with the dense black light, left a trail of black flame in mid-air.

"Accept your fate, Tang San. For all eternity, you will never be my match." Lan Si retorted without backing down, unleashing the most powerful hammer blow of his life.