Chapter 145: Gathering Storms

Chapter 145: Gathering Storms

The Star Luo Team arranged for their first match to be against Shrek Academy, and the Wu Soul Temple obediently complied.

However, it wasn't the easy victory they had imagined. Even with Davis and Zhu Zhuqiong using their Wu Soul fusion skill, they were still brutally beaten by Tang San's ancient soul skills.

There were very few young soul masters who had the opportunity to come into contact with ancient soul rings.

So, Tang San's four ancient soul rings easily dominated the Star Luo Team, and they even angered him by forcing him to use three of his ancient soul skills. In response, he ruthlessly beat their team members, leaving them heavily injured and on the brink of death.

Dai Mubai also benefited from this, humiliating Davis on the stage with several powerful attacks and even boldly carrying away Zhu Zhuqing after the match.

He even took a step ahead of Davis and helped Zhu Zhuqing achieve a true fusion.

Astonished by Tang San's strength, Zhu Zhuqing proactively stayed by Dai Mubai's side, assisting him in alleviating his pressure even though she couldn't participate in the fights herself.

With his dual spirit souls and ancient soul rings, Tang San caught everyone off guard.

Shrek Academy even made it to the top three. This academy, which had barely qualified a month ago, was now one of the biggest dark horses in the competition, reaching the semi-finals.

However, Shrek's journey ended there, as their next opponents were none other than the Tian Wu Academy.

When Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuqing performed their Wu Soul fusion technique and blew up the stage, the entire audience fell silent.

The combined might of a fusion skill between a soul master in her thirties and a fifty-year-old soul master was infinitely close to the full power of a Soul Saint without using their true Wu Soul body.

Tang San never could have imagined that while he possessed four ancient soul rings, the fusion skill he faced had the lowest soul ring configuration, and even Zhu Zhuqing had surpassed the threshold of an ancient soul beast.

Shrek Academy secured third place in the tournament. In the final battle, Tian Wu Academy stated that two of their students needed to rest due to the excessive burden of using their Wu Soul fusion skill the previous day.

And so, they forfeited.

It was clear to all the forces present that the Wu Soul Temple's younger generation had essentially been handed the 'championship' title.

Therefore, the true winner of this year's Young Soul Master Tournament was, in fact, Tian Wu Academy.

While they might not have a clear concept of the power of a Wu Soul fusion skill or the full force of a Soul Saint, everyone understood the strength of Tian Wu Academy when they heard that they had defeated a soul master with four ancient soul rings.

What others didn't know was that the Wu Soul Temple was very generous after the tournament, bestowing several ancient soul bones upon Tian Wu Academy.

After all, the Wu Soul Temple sought reputation and influence, and while they wouldn't give up the first place position easily, they were content to let Tian Wu Academy gain some fame as well.

Even though the tournament had concluded, everyone was buzzing with excitement over a recent development.

The Wu Soul Temple had severed the leg of a formerly offending Title Douluo, acquiring his leg's soul bone in the process.

At the next Young Soul Master Tournament, the first-place prize for the competing teams would be this very Title Douluo's leg soul bone.

After the Wu Soul Temple announced this news, all the forces present were shaken: the leg soul bone of a Title Douluo!

Everyone began to ponder: which Title Douluo had offended the Wu Soul Temple?

But they needn't have bothered with such thoughts—the answer was clear: Hao Tian Douluo!

Ever since Tang San had revealed his Hao Tian Hammer, people had been speculating about his background, and many had guessed the true identity of Tang Hao.

And with guesses about Tang Hao's identity came wild speculation from some quarters.

That's right—there was another group of people waiting for the Wu Soul Temple to make a move against Tang San so that they could profit from the chaos.

After all, as the son of Hao Tian Douluo, it was inevitable that Tang San would seek revenge for his father, and he had dual spirit souls to boot.

The Wu Soul Temple had every reason to cut the weed at its root and eliminate Tang San preemptively.

When the Wu Soul Temple announced that they would offer Hao Tian Douluo's soul bone as a reward in the next tournament, all the forces understood: the Wu Soul Temple was unafraid of Hao Tian Douluo coming after them.

This was a calculated scheme, an open plot! If Tang Hao and Tang San participated in the next tournament, it would be their demise.

If he continued to endure this humiliation, it would truly be unforgivable.

......

"Teacher, that soul bone belonged to my father, didn't it?"

Tang San grabbed Yu Xiaogang's sleeve, his expression a little manic.

When he heard the term "Douluo of a certain title," he had a bad feeling, but he never expected that it truly belonged to his father.

At this moment, he desperately wanted to know about his father's situation—if he had truly lost a soul bone and, as Ning Rongrong said, fallen to the rank of an ordinary Douluo.

Yu Xiaogang could only sigh helplessly in response. In fact, he didn't mind letting Tang San know that his father was no longer a Douluo of a certain title but merely a Soul Saint, and a severely injured one at that.

But there was no need to share that information.

"Little San, this isn't your fault. When you were captured by the people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, your father was so desperate to save you that he didn't have time to conceal his whereabouts. That's how he was discovered by the spies of the Hall of Soul Masters and ended up suffering this calamity."

Yu Xiaogang offered words of consolation, but Tang San fell silent upon hearing this.

It was already painful enough to know that his father had become an invalid, but knowing that it happened because of him made it even more difficult to bear.

"However, Little San, instead of dwelling on your father's situation, it might be better to consider your own circumstances for now."

Yu Xiaogang offered a gentle reminder.

Hearing his teacher's reminder, Tang San furrowed his brows.

"Me? What about my situation?"

At Tang San's question, Yu Xiaogang fell silent for a moment before leading him to the side.

"Your performance has been too dazzling among the younger generation. There will definitely be people who will target you.

In addition, you need to consider some other matters, such as how you will participate in the Young Soul Master Tournament five years from now and win back your father's soul bone!

After winning it back, you'll also need to think about how to escape safely. These are things... I can't really help you with."

Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San helplessly. Hearing his teacher's words, Tang San was stunned.

In a year's time, he would have to risk coming to the Hall of Soul Masters again to win back his father's soul bone, and then find a way to leave under the watchful eyes of the Hall of Soul Masters and the various powers.

Tang San fell silent. In the next competition, he was confident that he could win the championship because Zhu Xie, who was in her twenties, wouldn't be able to participate.

With his current strength, no one would be his match in five years, and winning the championship would be a breeze.

But how would he escape?

That did seem to be a problem.

"Teacher... do you have any good suggestions?"

Tang San looked at his teacher helplessly. Hearing Tang San's request, Yu Xiaogang also furrowed his brows in thought for a long time.

In the end, he gave an ambiguous answer.

"How about you go find..."

This is the first time I've written a novel to over 300,000 words, and I'm struggling a bit with the plot.

The power levels in the early part of the story are a bit inconsistent, which has made the book's current situation very awkward.

In fact, I'm not feeling very motivated to continue writing at this point. I plan to open a new "map" later on: Dou San's "Legend of the Dragon King".

I want to try to describe battle scenes, which is essentially a change in perspective.

I can give a little spoiler: the new "map" is similar to a "dungeon," and eventually, the protagonist will leave that "dungeon."

For those readers who want to see the overthrow of the God Realm,

The protagonist will travel to the Dou San world, absorb the Dragon God's core, obtain the God-slaying missile and the Sky-rending Sacred Abyss, and then gather some followers. That should just about do it.

If you feel that this plotline isn't attractive enough, I can give a little more spoiler: in the new "dungeon," both the Silver Dragon King and Gu Yue Na will appear.

One is the Soul Beast Lord, Silver Dragon King, and the other is Gu Yue Na, who has given up her Soul Beast identity and wants to understand humans.

(It may be a bit of a mess, but you all can look forward to it anyway.)

(End of Chapter)

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