Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"Haotian Douluo?"

Seeing Tang Hao's entire right arm completely gone, with the wound almost touching his shoulder, Ning Fengzhi frowned deeply. "Who injured you like this?"

Ning Fengzhi looked down on Tang Hao, but it was a fact that more than ten years ago, Tang Hao severely injured the previous Pope of the Spirit Hall, who was leading a team of Soul Saints and two Title Douluos, causing him to die soon after his injuries failed to heal. Therefore, when Ning Fengzhi saw Tang Hao with his right arm severed at the root, his first reaction was that the Spirit Hall had sent a Title Douluo whose strength far surpassed that of the previous Pope.

'Is it the Qian Daoliu that Uncle Jian mentioned?' Ning Fengzhi frowned, his heart filled with worry.

“A reclusive person,” Tang Hao closed his eyes slightly, “He… should be from the Spirit Hall.”

Tang Hao really wanted to say that the one who injured him like this was Yan Xiao, that guy with twin martial souls who was hanging around Shrek Academy and by Ning Rongrong's side.

However, an ominous premonition told him that if he were to actually utter the name Yan Xiao, he would explode and die before he could even open his mouth, as if that old monster had cast a spell on his body.

Even though Tang Hao couldn't find any soul power in his body that didn't belong to him, he didn't dare to risk his life to test the truth of this premonition. Since that was the case, Tang Hao could only choose to classify the person who had severed his arm as his enemy, the Spirit Hall.

"I see..."

Upon hearing Tang Hao's answer, Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly, confirming that the person who would make the move was, without a doubt, the level 99 peerless Douluo Qian Daoliu that Chen Xin had mentioned before.

'Did he know?'

Ning Fengzhi's calm demeanor slightly surprised Tang Hao. He himself only knew that the Spirit Hall had a level 99 Title Douluo because of his grandfather, Tang Chen. This Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School...

"Yes, it's Jian Daochenxin. His father died at the hands of Qian Daoliu."

Tang Hao quickly realized what was happening.

"Sect Leader Ning, I have come here to ask you for a favor..." Tang Hao reopened his eyes, looked straight at Ning Fengzhi, and stopped talking about the "recluse".

“I understand, it’s the Titan patriarch’s injury, isn’t it?” Ning Fengzhi interrupted Tang Hao.

“I think Tang Hao, you should know that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s healing effect is not strong,” Ning Fengzhi said calmly. “Both generations of inheritors of the Nine Heart Begonia are in this Heaven Dou City. You can go and find them.”

Nine-Heart Begonia is the strongest healing-type martial soul in Douluo Continent. It is known as a miracle martial soul that can save anyone who has a breath left. Moreover, thanks to this characteristic, the Nine-Heart Begonia family has attracted a large number of soul masters.

However, recommending the Nine Heart Begonia family to Tang Hao when he came to her was, regardless of whether it was well-intentioned or not, simply a slap in the face to Tang Hao.

"you……"

Enraged, Titan slammed his intact left hand on the table and prepared to stand up.

"Titan, how dare you be so rude!"

Tang Hao rebuked in a low voice, then looked at Ning Fengzhi, "Sect Leader Ning, please don't joke. I am still a wanted person by the Spirit Hall. How could I possibly swagger to the Nine Heart Begonia Clan for help?"

Although it was supposed to be about treating Titan's injuries, after Tang Hao said those words, it seemed as if it had become entirely his own business. The phrase "wanted by the Spirit Hall" reminded Ning Fengzhi that there were still external enemies, but it also placed him on the weaker side, without any of the imposing manner of crushing the previous Spirit Hall Pope.

Therefore, upon hearing this, not only Ning Fengzhi, who regarded Tang Hao as a brainless brute, but even Titan, who had always thought Tang Hao was wise and mighty, was stunned.

While Ning Fengzhi was somewhat taken aback, and Titan was moved to tears, Tang Hao kept telling himself in his heart—

Relax, don't get angry. If Ning Fengzhi, that smiling tiger, sees through your strength, you'll be devoured by him sooner or later.

Indeed, if Tang Hao had been fully recovered a few months ago, with 70-80% of his peak strength, he would have already lost his temper upon hearing Ning Fengzhi's sarcastic remarks. However, Tang Hao is missing an arm and a piece of his soul bone. At this moment, let alone the Bone Douluo beside Ning Fengzhi, even that disgraceful Title Douluo could easily subdue him.

Although Tang Hao's extremely rational words surprised Ning Fengzhi, knowing Tang Hao's temperament, he realized after regaining his composure that Tang Hao had probably lost more than 60% of his strength at this moment.

“This is no joke,” Ning Fengzhi shook his head, “The Titan patriarch’s right arm… cannot be healed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.”

"Ning..." Tang Hao was about to say a few more words.

"The meridians in the old gorilla's right arm are all shattered. Not to mention the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, even that old woman with the Nine Heart Begonia couldn't cure him," Bone Douluo said brazenly. "Perhaps only the legendary Emerald Swan Martial Soul has a slight chance of curing him."

"All meridians shattered?"

Tang Hao's eyes widened suddenly, then he looked at Titan, "Why didn't you say anything?"

This shock wasn't something Tang Hao was putting on. As a Soul Master with the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, he's never been very sensitive to the energy of heaven and earth or the physical condition of other people, let alone the fact that the injured person kept insisting that he only had a minor injury.

"This old servant has failed to complete his master's task, so how can he have the face to describe his injuries?"

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Titan lowered his head in shame and said in a deep voice.

"What? Did you, Tang Hao, give him the task of going up on stage to fight that Soul King?" Bone Douluo's face revealed a sneer. "I just didn't expect to lose everything now..."

"Uncle Bone, this is not something you should say to your allies."

Ning Fengzhi interrupted Bone Douluo's words, then raised his hand, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda quietly appeared with a shimmering light. Then, a magnificent halo surged out and shone directly on Titan.

“The Light of Healing can only treat external injuries. As for injuries involving broken meridians…” Ning Fengzhi shook his head slightly, “I’m sorry, I can’t help you with that.”

"That's enough..." Tang Hao sighed.

"May I ask Sect Master Ning if you know what kind of soul beast the external soul bone in that Soul King's possession came from?" After a slight silence, Tang Hao spoke again, and his first question immediately attracted Ning Fengzhi's attention.

"Please enlighten me." After a brief silence, Ning Fengzhi spoke.

“A specific name has probably never appeared yet. If my grandfather’s diary hadn’t mentioned this kind of soul beast, I might not even know it existed,” Tang Hao said calmly. “When my grandfather had just advanced to the Title Douluo level, he was severely injured by a thousand-year-old soul beast that hadn’t yet reached ten thousand years of age…”

"Are you trying to say that the ten-thousand-year-old external soul bone came from that kind of soul beast?" Ning Fengzhi interrupted Tang Hao. "Putting aside the fact that you have no evidence, even if it really is that kind of soul beast that you know, what reason do you have to tell me directly?"

In fact, Ning Fengzhi believed Tang Hao when he said the word "grandfather." However, Ning Fengzhi did not think that Tang Hao would be so kind as to deliver this information to him.

"This is for medical expenses," Tang Hao said somewhat awkwardly.

Medical expenses? Impossible!

If Tang Hao hadn't discovered that he couldn't reveal his guess about the Soul King's identity, how could he have revealed the origin of that external soul bone?

However, precisely because he couldn't identify the person, Tang Hao realized that the person was "Rock Owl" from Shrek Academy. However, since there was a Rock Owl at Shrek Academy dealing with the Heaven Dou Nobles, Tang Hao thought that the person might be related to Rock Owl.

The purpose of revealing the special features of the external soul bone was to provoke Ning Fengzhi's greed, so that he could directly send Bone Douluo or Sword Douluo to "invite" the Soul King back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

In this way, Tang Hao doesn't care whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School loses a Guardian Douluo or the Soul King related to Yan Xiao dies in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. After all, his real purpose is to keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Yan Xiao at a distance.

While Tang Hao was scheming against Ning Fengzhi and Xiao Yan in the private room, Shrek Academy defeated their opponents like autumn leaves being swept away in the Heaven Dou Arena.

"Although it's not the first time I've seen it..." On the way off the stage, Ma Hongjun muttered to himself, "Zhu Qing, your Nether Tiger Martial Soul is really amazing."

The Netherworld Tiger, named by Zhu Zhuqing after consuming the pills provided by Xiao Yan, is a powerful martial soul that combines dark and yin attributes. Despite having the same soul skills, Zhu Zhuqing was able to instantly defeat the opposing captain and vice-captain on stage.

"Hmm." Zhu Zhuqing nodded calmly, but her gaze towards Xiao Yan in front of her softened slightly for some reason.

Suddenly feeling threatened, Ning Rongrong turned around abruptly, but found nothing.

Chapter 92 Strange People

Upon learning that Xiao Yan was going to Sunset Forest to collect herbs, Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin's first reaction was to object. In their view, Yan Xiao was just a Soul Master. Although he could instantly kill Yu Tianheng, who was at level 39, in the Great Soul Arena, that was a fair and square battle. However, there was no such fair and square duel in the Soul Beast Forest.

Most importantly, the most dangerous creatures in the Soul Beast Forest aren't the soul beasts!

However, with Flander, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong voting in favor, and Lu Qibin and Li Yusong abstaining, their opposition was obviously ineffective. Of course, the most important thing was that they couldn't persuade Xiao Yan to give up the idea.

When persuasion failed, Shao Xin stuffed a handful of candies into Xiao Yan's hands. The candies, which could be stored for more than a month, could basically handle most dangerous situations. Zhao Wuji then tried his best to impart the key points of his past experience in the Soul Master world to Xiao Yan.

Compared to the two of them, the three members of the Golden Triangle seemed somewhat cold and unapproachable.

Just like the Star Dou Great Forest, there is also a large area of ​​temporary camps on the outermost edge of Sunset Forest. However, unlike the Star Dou Great Forest, where the outer edge is mostly filled with hotels and shops selling Soul Master supplies, the outer edge of Sunset Forest, the closest to Heaven Dou City, is teeming with various Soul Hunting Groups.

"The Battle Maniac Soul Hunter Team is recruiting! An employer has requested the hunting of a ten-thousand-year-old strength-type soul beast. We are recruiting three Battle Soul Masters with soul power exceeding level fifty!"

"The Swift Soul Hunting Team, led by a level 55 agility-type Soul King, boasts six level 40+ battle Soul Masters and one level 40+ support-type Soul Master, making it your best choice for hunting Soul Beasts!"

"Hunting a thousand-year-old soul beast, the bid is ten thousand gold soul coins!"

The small market was bustling with noise: Soul Hunting Teams recruiting new members, team leaders advertising their teams, and minor nobles seeking help to hunt soul beasts...

Xiao Yan remembered that the last time he saw such a chaotic scene was when he first became a Dou Zhe and his father took him to a small town on the edge of the Monster Mountain Range. Even now, he still remembers the sight of those mercenaries, who were risking their lives and talking animatedly.

The Soul Masters here are of a higher level than the mercenaries, but the bustling scene is similar to that of the mercenaries in that small town.

Xiao Yan, whose mental strength was almost at the level of a Celestial Talisman Master and whose battle qi was almost at the level of a Great Dou Master, and whose actual combat strength was already close to that of a mid-level Dou Spirit, had no need to come to this market. However, in order to put Flander and Zhao Wuji, who were following far behind him, at ease, Xiao Yan had to give up his plan to enter the Sunset Forest alone.

"The Jaguar Soul Hunting Team is recruiting. An employer wants to hunt down the Flying Mantis that appeared in the river in the center of Sunset Forest. The leader of the 49th episode is a Power Attack-type Soul Master and is now recruiting one Power Attack-type Soul Master with a Soul Power level of over 35!"

While searching for a suitable team to join at the market, Xiao Yan heard such a shout.

Central River?

Xiao Yan remembered that on the map of Sunset Forest provided by the Spirit Hall, there seemed to be a fire-attribute spirit beast that was about 10,000 years old near the Flying Mantis settlement in the central river. A fire-attribute spirit beast of this age was just right to be used to test the extraction of beast fire essence.

"How much money will I get after it's all done?" Xiao Yan asked in a low voice as he approached the leader of the Soul Hunting Group.

"Three thousand gold soul coins each."

Because Xiao Yan was completely shrouded in a black robe and wore a hood, the leader of the Soul Hunting Team couldn't determine his age or gender. After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "Our Soul Hunting Team is newly established, and the main purpose of this next commission is to recruit long-term members..."

"Yao Yan, a level 36 offensive-type Soul Master, do I need to tell you your Martial Soul right now?" Xiao Yan removed his hood, revealing his horribly burned face, and asked calmly.

"Of course not!"

Although the person in front of him had severe burns on his face, as a qualified Soul King, Lu Yun, the leader of the Jaguar Soul Hunting Team, judged that the person in front of him was no more than twenty years old, so Lu Yun quickly agreed.

"Including you, our Soul Hunting Team has seven people in total. Apart from me and the vice leader, we are all Soul Masters in the thirties," Lu Yun said with a smile as he put his arm around Xiao Yan's shoulder and led him towards the other team members and the client. "Once we complete this mission, we'll be brothers!"

"Brothers, we've confirmed that the last member of our Jaguar Soul Hunter Team is this young Yao Yan!" As they walked to a tavern, Lu Yun patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and called out to the group of people waiting by the tavern.

"Captain, you're in luck! You've found a new recruit in less than half an hour?" A man around forty years old stood up and walked to Lu Yun's side. "Brother Yao Yan, welcome to our Jaguar Soul Hunter Team."

"My name is Zhou Ke, the vice leader of the Jaguar Soul Hunting Team. My martial soul is a long-tailed cat, and I am a level 49 agility-attack type soul master. I hope we can get along well in the future."

After shaking hands with Zhou Ke, who extended his right hand, Xiao Yan nodded: "I definitely will. If there's anything you need, please let me know, and I will do my best to cooperate with the team to complete the mission."

"Brother Yao Yan, you're too kind. Come on, Zhou Ke, introduce everyone to our new members." Lu Yun interrupted their conversation.

"Alright." Zhou Ke wasn't annoyed at all and happily introduced the products to Xiao Yan.

"His name is Lin Fei, his martial spirit is a spear, and he's at level thirty-nine..."

"He is Zhang Yu, his martial spirit is the White Wolf, level 35..."

"The two of them are Lu Chen and Lu Mu. They are twins, and their martial souls are spirit pearls. They are both level 36."

Every time Zhou Ke introduced a member of the Soul Hunter Group, Xiao Yan would cup his hands in greeting. However, apart from the last pair of wheat-skinned twin sisters who responded, the other two seemed indifferent.

Xiao Yan didn't feel like he was being snubbed. After all, according to Zhao Wuji, the most important thing when joining the Soul Hunter team for the first time was not to be too high-profile or indifferent.

"Commander Lu Yun..."

"Is everyone here?"

Just as Xiao Yan was about to demonstrate the techniques he had learned from Zhao Wuji—to mimic the moves of a powerful Soul Master when he was weak—a girl in a reddish-brown dress walked out of the tavern and asked Lu Yun a question.

"Yes, everyone has arrived."

Lu Yun waved his hand, indicating that Xiao Yan could talk about it later, and then respectfully said to the girl, "If nothing unexpected happens, she should be the one who issued the commission accepted by the Jaguar Soul Hunting Group."