Already injured, the destruction of the Blue Silver Forest left Tang Hao feeling utterly exhausted.
However, Tang Hao refused to give up. He continued bombarding the remaining thirty percent of the relatively intact forest while using his spiritual force to scan for any trace of the Blue Silver King.
The Blue Silver King had long been taken by Ye Wen—the answer was obvious. Tang Hao would never find what he was looking for.
At this point, Tang Hao also realized he had made too much noise. Although the Blue Silver Forest was remote, it wasn't completely devoid of soul masters hunting for spirit cores. His actions were clearly on the level of a Title Douluo, and it was inevitable that someone would report him to the Spirit Hall. With no other choice, Tang Hao hastily grabbed Tang San and fled like a frightened rat.
According to Yu Xiaogang's theory, even without acquiring soul rings after reaching full ten-level breakthroughs, a soul master could still cultivate soul power. However, Tang Hao, who adhered to traditional cultivation concepts, believed that acquiring soul rings as early as possible was crucial. Otherwise, it would only hinder one's cultivation speed. After all, the difference in physical fitness before and after acquiring a soul ring was like night and day, and physical fitness played a significant role in cultivation.
Moreover, as someone from the Hao Tian Sect, Tang Hao placed particular emphasis on Tang San's physical condition. After failing to awaken Tang San's martial soul a second time. Tang Hao took Tang San to hunt down a ten-thousand-year plant-type spirit beast.
Of course, this spirit beast wasn't carefully selected—it was simply something Tang San deemed suitable for his martial soul and absorbed.
Tang Hao didn't think much of it. Although he had declared that Tang San should use the hammer in his left hand to protect the grass in his right, he secretly looked down on the Blue Silver Grass. Especially now, in its weakened state, Tang Hao believed that no matter how powerful the stacked soul rings might be, the foundation of the Blue Silver Grass was inherently limited. In his eyes, when Tang San eventually stepped onto the battlefield, it would be the Hao Tian Hammer that carried the fight.
The Blue Silver Grass was merely a stepping stone for Tang San to cultivate twin martial souls.
Although Tang Hao hadn't yet found a way to break through the limitations of twin martial souls, Tang San was still far from becoming a Title Douluo. Tang Hao wasn't in a rush.
Moreover, in Tang Hao's eyes, his son had always been extraordinarily gifted, far surpassing ordinary people. Even Bibi Dong, who came from an orphanage, had managed to find her own method to cultivate twin martial souls. There was no reason his son couldn't do the same!
But before that, Tang Hao couldn't afford to slack off.
Tang Hao began a massacre of ten-thousand-year spirit beasts in the Great Star Dou Forest!
He had no choice. Unlike in the original storyline, Tang San no longer had the Mind Condensing Wisdom Skull Bone. As for the Killing City—a place Tang Hao dared not send Tang San into without at least one soul bone to protect him.
That would be sending him to his death!
Even Tang Hao, the prodigy who had been groomed since childhood to become a Hao Tian Douluo, had only barely survived the Killing City after fusing with a head soul bone, which helped mitigate some of the Bloody Mary's influence. Tang San, despite his extraordinary talent, couldn't possibly overcome the Killing City's overwhelming killing intent.
Thus, even though Tang Hao knew that such wasteful slaughter of spirit beasts would be despised by the soul master community, he proceeded anyway.
Why didn't Tang Hao specifically target spirit-type spirit beasts but instead killed any ten-thousand-year spirit beast he encountered?
There were two reasons for this.
First, spirit-type spirit beasts were rare—even in the Great Star Dou Forest. Moreover, it wasn't guaranteed that a spirit-type beast would drop a head soul bone. Sometimes, with extremely low probability, strength-type or speed-type beasts—or even any type of beast—could drop a soul bone unrelated to their attributes. While this probability was even lower than the regular chance of dropping a soul bone, Tang Hao believed that if there was hope, he had to act. Besides, there was no danger in trying.
The second reason was that Tang Hao had reconsidered his plan. Originally, he intended to sacrifice himself after sending Tang San into the Killing City, allowing Tang San to return the two inherited soul bones to the sect upon his return.
But upon reflection, Tang Hao realized how foolish this plan was. After all, the combat strength of a Title Douluo far outweighed the value of two static soul bones.
If he was going to offer soul bones as compensation, why not choose high-quality soul bones to return to the sect? This would demonstrate his sincerity in atonement, and the effect would be the same.
Additionally, Tang Hao hoped to take this opportunity to search for a ten-thousand-year Blue Silver King in the Great Star Dou Forest.
Though it couldn't compare to the eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver King, Tang Hao believed that as long as it was a Blue Silver King, the effects of a ten-thousand-year one should be similar to that of an eighty-five-thousand-year one.
Unfortunately, Tang Hao was destined to be disappointed. Ye Wen, having already heard about the Blue Silver King, wouldn't leave any other Blue Silver Kings behind. They had all been relocated to the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well, where they served as guardians while providing vast amounts of Blue Silver life essence to support the Medical Alliance's operations—a perfect arrangement.
This time, Tang Hao was lucky—he didn't encounter Di Tian.
As for Di Tian…
During the Spirit Hall tournament, the reverse scale of the Silver Dragon King had reacted, but before he could locate Ye Wen, he was subdued by Ye Tianhun and another god-level entity.
Though Di Tian possessed spatial abilities and had once been a God King-level powerhouse, he was no match for two late-stage God Kings who far surpassed this era. He was instantly suppressed without causing even a ripple. Bibi Dong sneered triumphantly:
"Hmph, those little rabbits don't matter. But if this world's Gu Yuena were to climb into Wen's bed because of the sacrifice made by our world's Gu Yuena, that would be troublesome."
Regarding matters of the elders, Ye Tianhun didn't comment further, but from his expression, it was clear he didn't want more stepmothers complicating things.
Though Tang Hao hadn't encountered Di Tian, his widespread slaughter still drew the attention of the two openly acknowledged rulers of the Great Star Dou Forest.
Even the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which merely consumed spirit beasts within a small radius to enhance its cultivation, had prompted action from the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Ape. Tang Hao's reckless killing spree was far worse.
Upon locking onto Tang Hao, the Azure Sky Python and Titan Ape didn't waste time with words—they immediately attacked.
Sky Azure Annihilation Thunder!
Titan Sky Cannon!
A streak of azure and white soul force energy shot toward Tang Hao. Fresh from acquiring a thirty-thousand-year head soul bone, Tang Hao barely had time to rejoice before his expression changed. He redirected all his strength to activate Ring Detonation, narrowly avoiding the attacks.
Though he only detonated a ten-thousand-year soul ring, Tang Hao still felt his blood surge. Suppressing the urge to vomit blood, he coldly said:
"Two emperors of the Great Star Dou Forest, I've already obtained what I needed and won't cause further trouble. Please stop—I have no desire to fight you to the bitter end."
But during Tang Hao's brief speech, the Azure Sky Python and Titan Ape quickly closed the distance. Their response was the activation of their domains.
Slowing Domain!
Gravity Domain!
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