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

The First Evolution

Boom! The massive oval-shaped blue sphere of light collided violently with Tang San's black Clear Sky Hammer in mid-air.

The blue orb twisted and deformed slightly, and a deafening sound of air being torn apart echoed throughout the entire Spirit City.

A blindingly bright light emerged from the point where the two weapon spirits' true forms intersected, then spread out, transforming into a massive white pillar of light that shot into the sky. The dark clouds were instantly blasted away. Tang San's enormous Clear Sky Hammer flew out of his hand, and he, along with Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Tai Long, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong behind him, were blasted away by the powerful recoil.

Especially the two support-type Soul Masters standing at the back, Ning Rongrong and Oscar, were directly blasted off the arena. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Sword Douluo caught them. Otherwise, given the weak physique of support-type Soul Masters, especially Ning Rongrong, who had just used the Fusion Ring and had all her Soul Power transferred to Tang San, being blasted off the arena would have resulted in serious injury.

"Rongrong, are you alright?" Sword Douluo casually tossed Oscar aside, his old face filled with worry as he looked at Ning Rongrong in his arms.

Ning Rongrong glanced at the arena enveloped in a beam of white light, her face pale. She shook her head, her beautiful eyes filled with desolation and loneliness. Twin martial souls and a fourth-ringed martial soul of ten thousand years—her strength far surpassed that of other experts of the same level. Her third brother, who was usually invincible in her eyes, was no match at all... Even the combined power of seven people to unleash the true form of their martial souls couldn't stop it.

Now, she finally understood why her father valued Lan Si so much... Unfortunately, it seemed to be too late.

The white beam of light gradually faded, leaving a crater in the center that was even larger than the one Lan Si and Huo Wu used when they performed the Fusion Ring during the qualifying rounds.

The smoke of battle covered most of the arena.

Ye Lingling and the kitten stood outside the smoke at the edge of the arena, their eyes fixed intently on the slightly disheveled figure leaning on Thor's hammer. A relieved smile appeared on their faces—it's good that A-Si is alright.

The reason the two women came up was not to ask for their help, but to prepare for any eventuality. After unleashing the true form of the Thunder God, Lan Si was not sure if he would still have the strength to fight. In order to prevent being caught off guard, he had to keep a backup plan.

Now it seems that Thor's true form is stronger than he imagined, while Tang San's Haotian true form is weaker than he imagined. Otherwise, he wouldn't be standing here intact after only being in a sorry state and having most of his soul power depleted.

On the other hand, Shrek...

Of the seven, only five remained after Oscar and Ning Rongrong were blasted out of the arena.

Tailong and Ma Hongjun fainted immediately, their eyes rolled back, their hair stood on end, their faces were black, they were foaming at the mouth, and their clothes were tattered, as if they had just been struck by lightning.

Dai Mubai's situation was slightly better than the other two. After all, Dai Mubai was no ordinary person. His strong will to survive allowed him to use his remaining soul power before landing to release the White Tiger Protective Barrier and the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, two soul skills that could increase defense. This made the impact he received much lighter than the previous two, and he could barely maintain his physical mobility, but it was already a forced recovery.

As for Tang San and Xiao Wu...

The instant the Clear Sky Hammer was shattered, Tang San immediately released his external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances, and pulled Xiao Wu into his arms. Using the eight spider lanterns as a buffer, he avoided severe injury and loss of fighting ability. However, his soul power was also nearly depleted, and he suffered considerable internal injuries. A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto Xiao Wu's delicate face.

"Xiao Wu, are you alright?" Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, whom he was protecting, with concern.

Feeling the warmth and moisture on her face, Xiao Wu slowly opened her eyes, her eyes instantly welling up with tears, and she cried out, "Third Brother, you're injured."

Tang San shook his head, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. As he stood up, he said, "No, I'm fine. Quickly eat the recovery sausages Xiao Ao gave us. Lan Si hasn't lost his fighting ability yet. And so has Mu Bai."

As he spoke, Tang San took out the recovery sausage from his pocket.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu nodded slightly and slowly stood up. She subconsciously wanted to take out the sausage, but at the moment she stood up, a strange and spiritual flower quietly fell from her body.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the smoke of battle quietly dissipated. The figures of Lan Si and Tang San, along with their five companions, reappeared before everyone's eyes on the arena.

Xiao Wu panicked, sensing something was terribly wrong. Ignoring her weakened state, she quickly put away the spiritual flower. Then she turned to look at the Title Douluos seated at the front of the Papal Palace. Her face instantly turned ashen.

Pope Bibi Dong, Sword Douluo, Chrysanthemum Pass, Ghostly Beauty, and even Lan Si on the competition stage, all sat upright in front of the Papal Palace, their eyes narrowing slightly.

Chrysanthemum Pass and Ghostly Ghost subconsciously exchanged glances with the Pope, both seeing an undisguised joy in each other's eyes.

Sword Douluo then whispered a few words into Ning Fengzhi's ear, and the latter's expression changed drastically.

As for Lan Si, he stared at Xiao Wu with great interest, a hint of mockery in his eyes. He realized that, seemingly because of his intervention, Xiao Wu's identity had been exposed before she even had a chance to fight against the Spirit Hall Academy. Now, things were going to get much more interesting.

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Chapter 239 The Old Rabbit's Identity Was Exposed Ahead of Schedule

"Xiao San, what do we do next? This guy is too strong. Even your Haotian True Body..." Dai Mubai didn't notice the changes in Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi's expressions. He ate an Oscar sausage, walked to Tang San's side, and stared blankly at Lan Si opposite him, a trace of fear showing in his pupils.

Tang San also failed to notice the changes in Bibi Dong and the others' expressions. Meeting Lan Si's slightly teasing gaze, he frowned slightly and whispered, "Mu Bai, how much soul power do you have left?"

"Even if you eat the recovery sausage, it will probably only be less than 20% effective," Dai Mubai said helplessly.

"Xiao Wu, what about you..." Tang San frowned even more as he asked Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's face was ashen. She knew that her identity had been exposed, but since her third brother's dream was to defeat Lan Si and retrieve his mother's soul bone, she would fight to the end for her third brother even if she was captured by the Spirit Hall.

Xiao Wu said seriously, "Third Brother, I can still fight." Her eyes were red as she ate a recovery sausage.

“Alright, Lan Si must have consumed more soul power than all of us combined when he used his Spirit Body all by himself. Otherwise, given his terrifying speed, the three of us would have been knocked off the arena long ago. You two keep him occupied for now. I'll guard against Zhu Zhuqing behind Lan Si and look for an opportunity to use the Purple Extreme Divine Light to severely injure him. If necessary, Xiao Wu's fourth soul skill, which she has never used before, can achieve unexpected results.”

Tang San lowered his voice and quickly arranged the tactics. Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu attacked Lan Si from the front and back.

As Tang San had predicted, Lan Si's soul power was severely depleted. Although she used the Heavenly Lightning to unleash her Martial Soul True Body, consuming almost all of her soul power, she wasn't as weak as Tang San had imagined.

Seeing Dai Mubai charging towards him, a plan immediately came to mind. Instead of using his teleportation skill, he moved at normal speed, carrying the Haotian Bamboo Shoot to meet him. (PS: I always feel that Haotian Bamboo Shoot sounds better; Thor's Hammer is too awkward. Unless I'm showing off, I'll use this nickname from now on. You get the idea.)

Just when everyone thought Lan Si was about to start a new round of battle with the two, Lan Si mysteriously put away the Haotian Bamboo Shoot in his left hand. Two yellow, one purple and one black rings suddenly appeared around his body. The third ring suddenly lit up, and a ball of green light instantly condensed in Lan Si's hand. Then he threw it fiercely towards Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu.

The enormous spider web instantly spread out, expanding to a diameter of fifteen meters in the blink of an eye, heading straight to cover Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu.

The surface of the spider web emitted a strange pale purple halo, leaving streaks of web-like shadows in the air. This was not an ordinary halo, but the result of the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider's venom being atomized.

"Oh no! Xiao Wu, Mu Bai... get out of the way! That thing will absorb your soul power!" Seeing the blue light in Lan Si's hand, Tang San suddenly remembered Lan Si's third soul skill from the Soto City era, which could absorb the opponent's soul power to replenish his own. He quickly shouted out.

Unfortunately, this reminder came too late. Lan Si's third soul skill, Soul Devouring Spider Web Binding, is instantaneous. Its opening speed, resilience, and the speed at which it absorbs soul power are closely related to the Supreme Qiankun Technique that Lan Si cultivates. Since Lan Si's Supreme Qiankun Technique reached the fifth level, the power of Soul Devouring Spider Web Binding has become vastly different from what it used to be.

Furthermore, Lan Si showed no mercy this time, directly unleashing the venom of the Soul-Devouring Spider.

Although Xiao Wu managed to dodge using her teleportation soul skill, Dai Mubai was not so lucky and was directly trapped in the giant spider web.

"Ah..." The moment he was caught in the spider web, Dai Mubai let out a painful scream. His soul power was instantly drained, and the terrifying toxins of the Soul-Devouring Spider caused his skin to turn purple and swell. A moment later, Dai Mubai was enveloped in black energy and fainted.

Dai Mubai's miserable state caused everyone present to sigh in dismay. Among them, Dugu Bo, whose title was synonymous with poison, exclaimed in shock, "This poison is even more terrifying than the little monster's! What kind of soul beast is it...?"

Tang San also realized that it was a deadly poison, but he had no time to be angry or scared. Taking advantage of the moment when Xiao Wu left the battle, his eyes were filled with purple light, and a narrow purple light carrying a sharp aura rushed towards Lan Si, who had just finished using the Soul Devouring Spider Web to bind her.

This is his head-mounted soul bone skill—Purple Extreme Divine Light, which allows him to concentrate his spiritual power at a single point and launch it out in the form of a thrust.

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Lan Si did not dodge, nor did he show any fear. He activated his azure fiery eyes, and a beam of azure light, distinct from Tang San's head soul bone skill, suddenly shot out from his eyes. He struck first, meeting Tang San's Purple Extreme Divine Light head-on.

While both were mental attacks, Lan Si did not rely on her soul bone, but instead unleashed her pure mental power.

Lan Si's spiritual power was already a whole level higher than Tang San's. Although Tang San had the support of a soul bone, which allowed him to concentrate his spiritual power better, the difference was still a difference, far beyond what a mere head soul bone of less than 20,000 years could make up for.

The moment the two collided, Tang San's Purple Extreme Divine Light was immediately at a disadvantage and was pushed back.

Seeing that Tang San was about to be devoured by the Purple Extreme Divine Light, Xiao Wu disregarded everything else, her first and third soul rings lit up at the same time, and she used teleportation to instantly move behind Lan Si and deliver a waist bow.

Lan Si had no intention of actually killing Tang San here. He withdrew his spiritual power and dodged Xiao Wu's attack with a flash. His left hand, Haotian Bamboo Shoot, was released again, slamming fiercely towards Xiao Wu's back.

The Purple Extreme Divine Light nearly backfired on Tang San, making him dizzy and disoriented. He couldn't care less about anything else. Seeing Lan Si move behind Xiao Wu, Tang San hurriedly shouted, "Xiao Wu, watch out behind you!"

"Fourth Soul Skill - Invincible Golden Body!" Almost the instant Tang San shouted, Xiao Wu's fourth soul ring lit up. A slight smile appeared on her lips, and a faint golden light enveloped her. At the same time, her scorpion braid swung towards Lan Si's neck. Super Finishing Move: Eight-Stage Throw - Ready to Launch.

The true function of the Invincible True Form is absolute defense for three seconds for those below the God level, and its power is doubled. For every ten levels, the duration of invincibility increases by one second, and the duration of the power increase is the same.

To deal with Lan Si, she has never used this move since the start of the competition. Today, she will rely on this move to break Lan Si's undefeated myth.

Just as Xiao Wu was feeling smug, Lan Si suddenly turned the hammer head around, pointed it downwards, and smashed it fiercely towards the golden light.

With a cracking sound, the golden light, like a mirror, split open with a spiderweb-like crack before shattering instantly.

Lan Si kicked down, hitting Xiao Wu squarely in the waist. Xiao Wu's body slammed straight into the ground like a cannonball, and she fainted. He didn't kill her. Although he had already considered Xiao Wu as a reserve spirit ring, even if he killed her now, his physique wouldn't be able to withstand the impact of a 100,000-year spirit ring.

However, just in case, we still need to make the other party lose consciousness. Otherwise, if Bibi Dong and the others try to capture Xiao Wu and she sacrifices herself, it won't be fun.

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The fourth update was a bit poorly written; I'm revising it and will update before midnight.

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Chapter 240 Tang San's Last Struggle, Haotian Bamboo Shoots Break Through Defenses

"Xiao Wu..." Xiao Wu's severe injury caught Tang San completely off guard. He rushed to the unconscious Xiao Wu's side, calling out in a broken voice, his eyes trembling slightly. Extreme resentment brought tears of blood to his eyes. Once again, he had failed to protect Xiao Wu... Wasn't it said that the Invincible Golden Body provided absolute defense for three seconds? Why? Why was Xiao Wu injured?

"Stop howling! The Soul Master Competition doesn't allow killing. Your little girlfriend is still alive and well!" Lan Si made a hammer-like motion in the air, dragging the Clear Sky Bamboo Shoot slowly towards Tang San. "Now it's your turn. Today I'm going to see if your hammer is stronger or mine. If you lose, the title of the Clear Sky Hammer as the number one weapon spirit in the world may change hands in the future."

"Damn it." Seeing Lan Si walking towards him, Tang San almost went mad. With a wave of his left hand, the Clear Sky Hammer appeared out of thin air in his hand. The light of the four soul rings—purple, black, black, and purple—reappeared on his body. Then, as if he didn't care about his life, he used the Eight Spider Lances and the Clear Sky Hammer at the same time, frantically attacking Lan Si.

Lan Si easily dodged Tang San's Eight Spider Spears attack. Facing Tang San's powerful Clear Sky Hammer, she simply used the Clear Sky Bamboo Shoots to casually block it, and said indifferently, "Are you trying to kill yourself by charging in like this?"

"Third Soul Skill - Mighty Vajra Hammer." Lan Si's provocative words were like adding fuel to the fire. Tang San's anger instantly reached its peak. His third black soul ring suddenly shone brightly, and the Clear Sky Hammer shone brightly. He swung the hammer with the greatest power he had in his current state.

Lan Si also went all out, wielding the Haotian Bamboo Shoot, its tip meeting the attack head-on.

With another crack, the black light emanating from the Clear Sky Hammer shattered instantly, like a mirror. Without the support of soul skills, how could Tang San be a match for Lan Si?

Boom—, the Clear Sky Hammer was blasted away once again, following its true form. A shallow dent was left on the surface of the Clear Sky Hammer.

Lan Si gave Tang San no chance to catch his breath. He instantly activated his powerful Flash skill, and with the bamboo shoot tip pointing downwards, he swung eight hammers in succession, each hammer striking the eight spider spears.

Eight cracking sounds rang out almost simultaneously—the eight spider spears snapped in two. Lan Si then delivered another kick to Tang San, finally releasing the Soul-Devouring Spider Web to bind him. Looking at the poisoned Tang San, he stopped what he was doing and let out a long sigh of relief.

At this moment, everyone in the entire square in front of the Papal Palace was stunned. Even the three Title Douluos sitting next to Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi were completely dumbfounded.

Lan Si's methods were simply too cruel.

This so-called son of Haotian Douluo was utterly humiliated.

"Referee, can you announce the result of the match now? I need to detoxify the Shrek Academy students. Otherwise, people will die if it goes on too long." Lan Si turned to look at the referee, who was already stunned.

"Ah...oh." The referee finally realized what was happening and quickly responded, announcing loudly, "In the semi-finals, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy Team 2 defeats the Shrek Academy Team."

Upon receiving the referee's announcement, Lan Si felt much more at ease. She removed the Soul-Devouring Spider Web bindings from Tang San's body, then pulled him to the side of the unconscious Dai Mubai, repeated the previous actions, and finally summoned a giant green lotus to envelop the three of them.

"After the Soul Master Competition, I'm going to have a complete falling out with Tang Ritian." Thinking this, and confirming that no one could see her, Lan Si released the Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Lances, piercing Tang San and Dai Mubai's backs. While absorbing Dai Mubai's poison and some of his life force, she aimed at the location of the eight spider spears on Tang San's back, slowly absorbing the energy unique to the Eight Spider Soul Bones.

After a while, the giant green lotus slowly opened, and the signs of poisoning on Tang San and Dai Mubai disappeared. The Shrek Academy members all breathed a sigh of relief.

Knowing that a great battle was about to begin, Lan immediately grabbed the kitten on the stage and Ye Lingling and quickly left the arena, sneaking to Ning Fengzhi's side. In the entire Papal Palace square, there was probably no place safer than next to Ning Fengzhi.

Tang San and Dai Mubai slowly awoke, barely breathing. Dai Mubai immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began cultivating to recover his soul power. Tang San, however, glanced at Lan Si with resentment, knowing he had been utterly defeated. Ignoring his weakened body, which was on the verge of collapse, he walked towards Xiao Wu, who had already been carried off the arena by Flander.

"Xiao Wu...Xiao Wu, are you alright?" Tang San asked anxiously.

Flander shook his head helplessly and sighed, "The injuries are no longer a big problem, but Lan Si's kick was too heavy. I'm afraid Xiao Wu won't wake up for a while and will need to remain unconscious for some time."

"Lan Si..." Holding Xiao Wu, Tang San desperately searched for Lan Si's figure with bloodshot eyes... but saw Lan Si chatting and laughing with Ning Fengzhi, who was sitting in front of the Pope's Palace.

"Ah Si, you're really something, managing to get the Shrek Academy people into this state. What brings you here with Miss Zhu Qing and Miss Ling Ling?" Ning Fengzhi asked Lan Si.

Lan Si said "Oh" and answered frankly, "It's nothing, it's just that Tang San was beaten so badly this time, I'm worried that his protective father will seek revenge on me. I think it would be safer to come here with Uncle Ning."

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