Da Wa Sets Out to Rescue Mother Qian Renxue

"If you're hungry... you can drink beast milk with these fellows. They have plenty, anyway."

Shi Bantian tried to persuade him, ignoring the resentful looks in the soul beasts' eyes.

"Hungry... I'm so hungry, Father. I don't feel full after drinking that anymore. I need to eat this to be full!"

Crunch!

As Shi Hao spoke, he stuffed another small piece of Gourd Shell into his mouth and bit down with a crisp crunch. Ever since awakening his martial soul and Soul Power, an intense hunger had immediately risen in his stomach, completely impossible to suppress.

The next moment... Golden Light erupted directly from Shi Hao's body, and his aura immediately grew a little stronger!

This was... the sign of Soul Power increasing!

"Could it be..."

Shock flashed through Shi Bantian's eyes. Could eating these Gourd Shells increase Shi Hao's strength? Shi Bantian slapped his forehead in regret!

That was right. After hatching, some birds ate their own eggshells, while some mammals ate their placentas. It was the fastest way to replenish nutrients.

"Eat... keep eating until you're full."

With that thought, Shi Bantian stopped trying to stop him and instead encouraged Shi Hao to continue eating the Gourd Shell.

Half an hour later, Shi Hao had directly risen to the level of a four-ring Soul Ancestor, gaining another black Soul Ring.

Shi Bantian's Soul Power had also reached... around level 27. The rate of improvement was comparable to riding a rocket.

"Father... I'm full. I'll eat the rest tomorrow."

Shi Hao rubbed his round, bulging belly and smiled with satisfaction.

Shi Bantian glanced at the remaining Gourd Shell. About ninety percent of it was still left; Shi Hao had only eaten a small portion.

Hiss...

Shi Bantian drew in a sharp breath. Just one-tenth of the Gourd Shell had raised him to a four-ring Soul Ancestor. If he ate all of it, wouldn't that be incredible?

And reality was much the same as Shi Bantian had imagined. After Shi Hao finished digesting it the next day, he immediately began eating the Gourd Shell again.

His Soul Power rose at a visibly rapid pace!

Level 42, level 43... level 45... level 50... level 60...

Shi Bantian's Soul Power was also quietly increasing!

Seven days later!

Shi Hao's Soul Power had reached the terrifying level of 75, the level of a seven-ring Spirit Saint. Shi Bantian had also reached level 48 Soul Power... just short of breaking through to the level of a Spirit King.

Shi Bantian was once again stunned by Shi Hao's talent. The gourds might truly have been a gift from heaven to Shi Bantian!

Late at night, inside the room!

Shi Bantian held a golden bracelet Qian Renxue had left behind and murmured to himself.

"Xiao Xue... do you know? I'm already a four-ring Soul Ancestor, and our child is already a seven-ring Spirit Saint. He's very cute... his brows and eyes look a lot like yours."

"My strength is growing day by day... Don't worry. One day, I'll reach the realm of a Titled Douluo too. When that time comes, I'll personally go to Spirit City and bring you back. Then our family can finally be reunited!!"

Shi Bantian's eyes were filled with tenderness. The existence of the Seven Gourd Babies had given him the genuine confidence to save Qian Renxue!

Perhaps he, Shi Bantian, could one day become a Titled Douluo and rescue Qian Renxue in grand fashion!!

Outside the door at that moment!

Six gourds of different colors swayed gently in the wind. They had long noticed Shi Bantian's expression just now.

"Father looks so sad... Is he thinking of Mother again?"

"Probably. Father has always been like this for so long..."

"I don't want to see Father so sad... I don't want Father to be sad!"

"We need to rescue Mother quickly!!!"

"Yes... rescue Mother!!"

Over the past month, they had often seen Shi Bantian grieving alone. The Gourd Babies had noticed long ago.

The gourds all turned their gazes toward Da Wa, Shi Hao. At that moment, Da Wa was the only one among them who could move freely!

"Eldest Brother... bring Mother back!!"

"Yes, only you can rescue Mother now... We still can't move."

The gourds spoke up. Da Wa, Shi Hao, stood and nodded, his face full of confidence!

"Brothers and sisters, don't worry... Leave rescuing Mother to me. I'll definitely bring Mother back!!"

At that moment, Shi Hao looked around seven or eight years old. Rather than continuing to grow a year a day as before, he seemed to have stopped growing at this age.

He had already made preparations over the past few days. His strength had reached the Spirit Saint level, and even Father Shi Bantian had said he was already very powerful, so Shi Hao was extremely confident.

"Yay... yay, rescue Mother, rescue Mother!!!"

The gourds shouted happily!

Shi Bantian inside the house knew nothing of what was happening outside. After a tiring day, he was already snoring.

The next morning!

Facing the sunlight, Shi Bantian slowly walked out of the room and called out almost instinctively.

"Little Hao... come eat!"

But there was no response. Not only that, Shi Bantian noticed that even one of the soul beasts guarding the door was missing.

Shi Bantian frowned slightly, and a very bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

"You... do you know where your brother went?"

Shi Bantian looked at the remaining gourds. They froze briefly, then frantically shook their heads.

"Don't know... ah, Father, we didn't see him."

"That's right, we didn't notice!"

"Eldest Brother told us not to tell Father... Father should stop asking, because we don't know."

Shi Bantian: "???"

The gourds all started playing dumb, but they spoke far too unnaturally. Shi Bantian saw at a glance that they were lying.

After searching inside and outside the house, as well as around the Gourd Vine, Shi Bantian finally found a letter!

Several large words were written on it!

Left by Da Wa Shi Hao, for Father Shi Bantian.

Shi Bantian frowned as he looked at the note Shi Hao had left behind. In crooked handwriting, it read: "Father, I've gone to Spirit Hall to rescue Mother. Don't worry... I'll definitely save Mother and bring her back!!"

"Then our family can finally be reunited!!"

Shi Bantian: "???"

When he saw those words, Shi Bantian's head began buzzing. Damn it, Da Wa had gone alone to Spirit Hall to rescue Qian Renxue!

Although Shi Bantian knew these little gourds shouted about rescuing Mother every day, he had never expected one of them to truly leave without saying goodbye.

Da Wa had only just reached the Spirit Saint level a few days ago. Though he possessed an overbearing martial soul and that powerful body... even Shi Bantian had no idea what level of combat strength Da Wa had truly reached!

He only knew that Da Wa should be very strong now, and not ordinarily strong at that. But no matter how heaven-defying he was... one person could not possibly be a match for the entire Spirit Hall!

Because Spirit Hall was even stronger. As the most powerful force on the entire Douluo Continent, its foundations were almost unfathomable!