Eighteen Without Stopping, the Nineteenth Stop. A Titled Douluo Slays a God!

In the little house beside Village Chief Old Jack's home.

Su Mu was checking his status panel.

He was looking over his gains.

Name: Su Mu

Martial Soul: Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade (true form, Three-Headed Flood Dragon)

Soul Power: level 20

Soul Rings: none

Soul Skills: Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade: none

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Three-Headed Flood Dragon: none

Interception-bound person: 1. Tang San

Interception Points: 500

Functions: [Interception Shop] [Make It My Own 'Enhancement']

Ugh, Interception Points are so hard to earn.

The things in the shop are too tempting.

'Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Glue (no side effects), 400 Interception Points.'

'Soul Bone Enhancement Scroll, 600 Interception Points.'

'Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Upgrade Scroll, 500 points.'

'Random Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, 800 points.'

'Random Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, 1,600 points.'

Those are all good stuff.

After fleecing Xiaosanzi's Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Heaven Skill for two years, I've only gotten 500 points.

Two Martial Souls traded for 1,000 points.

Buying the 'Random Super Martial Soul' cost another 1,000 points.

Just as Su Mu was lamenting how hard it was to earn points,

a system notification sounded.

[Detected that Tang Hao is teaching Tang San the 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer'. Interception?]

Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer?

It was this cheat-like skill that let Xiaosanzi and his father fight above their level.

Interception. I have to intercept it.

Su Mu did not hesitate in the slightest, his face filled with delight.

He wondered what good thing he could get this time.

[Congratulations, host. Successfully intercepted 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer'.]

[Please choose: 'Exchange for Interception Points' / 'Make It My Own'.]

"Make it my own."

Although using this move required charging up while rooted to the spot,

its destructive power really was formidable.

It would be a bit of a waste to exchange it for Interception Points.

[Detected that the host has chosen 'Make It My Own'. Spend 100 Interception Points to perform 'Enhancement'?]

"Yes."

Last time, level 10 Innate Full Soul Power had been directly enhanced into level 20 Soul Power.

Although this enhancement cost a hefty 100 Interception Points, there was a reason for the price.

['Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer' enhanced successfully. Obtained 'Eighteen Stops'.]

Eighteen Stops?

Wasn't that a move from a novel in my previous life?

Su Mu had some recollection of it.

He remembered that this move was a deadly weapon for killing opponents above one's level.

'Eighteen Stops' did not require charging up while rooted to the spot like the 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer'.

In battle, after every attack, there would be a momentary pause.

And the next attack after the pause would be a few degrees swifter and fiercer.

In this way, the first layer stacked onto the second, and the second stacked onto the next in turn, all the way to the final nineteenth layer.

Su Mu was a little curious about what 'Eighteen Stops' would become in the Douluo World.

After taking a quick look at the move's description, Su Mu's eyes suddenly widened.

The last line of the description read, plain as day:

'Eighteen without stopping, the nineteenth stop. A Titled Douluo slays a god!'

That Chaotic Cloak could at most let a Titled Douluo contend with a demigod.

But with 'Eighteen Stops', a Titled Douluo could actually slay a god!

[Discounted Refund selection]

[Choice one: return 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer', 40.5 hammer strikes.]

[Choice two: return 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer', 20.25 hammer strikes.]

[Choice three: return 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer', 10.125 hammer strikes.]

Hearing the system notification, Su Mu calmed himself down.

When he saw the choices, Su Mu froze for a moment.

Then he understood.

This should be the upper limit of the 'Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer' that Tang San would be able to cultivate in the future.

10.125 hammer strikes. A number that long looks badass at a glance.

I'll choose this one.

Ah, I care for San without letting San know.

[Discounted Refund successful.]

At Tang San's home.

"Little San, did you see it clearly?"

Tang Hao stopped what he was doing in front of the smithing furnace and wiped away his sweat.

"Dad, I saw it clearly."

Tang San answered with complete confidence.

"Give it a try. Let me see how many hammer strikes you can swing."

Tang Hao handed the hammer in his hand to Tang San.

After Tang San took the iron hammer,

he drew a deep breath, his gaze instantly turning grave, and began swinging the hammer in his hand.

"Clang~ clang~ clang~ clang~"

In Tang San's hands, the hammer seemed to have come alive.

It flew up and down.

Tang Hao, watching from the side, was very satisfied by the sight.

Although his Soul Power was a bit trashy, his Martial Souls were Twin Martial Souls, a rarity seen only once in a century on the continent.

And he was such a quick learner, too.

He truly was his son.

Just after Tang San struck the tenth blow and raised his arm,

his arm swung down a short distance before coming to a stop.

Seeing Tang San like this, Tang Hao patted him on the shoulder and comforted him:

"Ten strikes. That's very good. You're only six years old; this takes practice over time."

"I wasn't asking you to learn it all at once. You just need to remember it."

Hearing Tang Hao's reassurance, Tang San felt somewhat at ease.

But he still felt that he should have been able to swing more times.

After obtaining 'Eighteen Stops',

Su Mu sprang off the bed with a carp kip-up.

His hands were itching to try it out. Who didn't have a dream of being a martial hero?

Before his Martial Soul Awakening, Su Mu had already been over 1.5 meters tall.

Because his Martial Soul had the characteristics of a beast-soul Martial Soul,

it had also strengthened his body, and Su Mu was now over 1.7 meters tall.

He was very sturdily built.

He was several sizes bigger than Xiaosanzi.

Su Mu came to the little courtyard and lightly curled his right hand.

The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade appeared in his hand.

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon seemed to sense the domineering spirit the words 'Eighteen without stopping, the nineteenth stop. A Titled Douluo slays a god!' had stirred in Su Mu's heart.

The blade trembled and rang without cease.

It seemed to be responding to Su Mu.

"Good!"

Su Mu gave a soft shout, gripped the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade tightly, and began swinging it according to the moves of 'Eighteen Stops'.

In an instant, the sound of the sharp blade slicing through the air howled through the little courtyard.

After every swing of the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade,

the next attack became a few degrees swifter and fiercer.

Just as the sixth stop ended and the seventh began,

Su Mu could no longer control the force.

The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade flew from his hand.

It flew toward the stone wall beside the wooden gate.

"Boom!"

The courtyard's stone wall collapsed with a crash, leaving a huge breach.

From the woods outside the gate came the continuous sound of trees snapping.

Some birds that failed to dodge in time were reduced to bloody pulp.

Su Mu looked at the wall with its great gaping breach and the trees leaning every which way.

He was panting.

Feeling the aching strain in both arms,

Su Mu felt a lingering fear, but even more than that, excitement.

In fact, after the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade left his hand, Su Mu had switched to the 'Three-Headed Flood Dragon' form.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the damage the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade would cause outside.

Rather, he felt that his arms could no longer withstand that immense force.

He could only switch to this form to protect himself.

What had actually damaged the stone wall and the woods was the force of a punch, delivered after changing the blade's momentum into a fist strike.

Half a move of the 'seventh stop'!!

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Su Mu couldn't help but marvel.

If that punch hit someone, they'd definitely be purple in patches.

My body is still too weak.

Looks like I can't save my Interception Points.

I have to get the Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.

Strengthening his body once with Whale Glue would also greatly increase the age of the Soul Rings he could absorb.

And a Soul Ring of a greater age would strengthen his body more noticeably.

At that thought, Su Mu did not hesitate.

With a thought, he opened the [Interception Shop].

"System, exchange for 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep-Sea Whale Rubber'."

[Confirm spending 400 Interception Points to exchange for 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Glue (no side effects)'?]

"Yes."

Su Mu did not hesitate.

If I can improve my strength but don't,

am I holding it back just to wait for someone else to beat me up?

I, Su Mu, am not in the habit of being bullied.