First Arrival in Douluo

"Fuck, what's going on?!"

A violent force battered Xiao Han relentlessly. No howling gale came from the crown of his head; instead, an incomparably cool sensation spread through him. At once, the dizziness from crossing worlds rapidly faded from his mind.

Xiao Han looked around and discovered that he was standing beneath a waterfall. His feet were planted in a pool, while a waterfall dozens of meters high thundered down above his head.

"Damn!"

Xiao Han struggled through the pool, climbed ashore, and surveyed his surroundings. Before him stood a lush green forest.

The forest stretched beyond sight. Many of its towering trees reached over a hundred meters high. Xiao Han roughly estimated that he was likely inside a vast forest.

"Damn, don't tell me I'm still in the Demon Beast Forest?" Xiao Han clicked his tongue and called out, "System, answer me!"

"Ding!"

"The system reports to the host: the host is not currently in the Demon Beast Forest from the host's memories, but in the Star Dou Great Forest of the Douluo World."

"Damn, the Star Dou Great Forest?" Xiao Han felt both delighted and annoyed.

He was delighted because his second world was actually the Douluo World he had loved in his previous life. What annoyed him was that he had not crossed over to Holy Soul Village, where Tang San was, nor to any populated settlement, but into a terrifying forest crawling with soul beasts.

"System, are you trying to get me killed?"

Xiao Han could not help snapping, "The Star Dou Great Forest? What kind of place is this? This is a soul beast forest where hundred-year soul beasts roam everywhere, thousand-year soul beasts fill the skies, and ten-thousand-year soul beasts gather in heaps! You could have sent me anywhere, yet you had to send me into the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"Ding!"

"The system reports to the host: because this is the host's first crossing into the Douluo World, the destination is random. After the host uses the divine ability to cross worlds, the host may arrive in dangerous places, such as inside a demon beast's stomach, or perhaps on a goddess's wedding bed. The exact landing point is entirely random."

"What? I can even cross over onto a goddess's wedding bed?" Xiao Han did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Ding!"

"The system reports to the host: yes. When the host first arrives in a world, the landing point is random. From the second crossing onward, as long as the host sets a landing point, future crossings will accurately arrive at that point."

"Whew, so that's how it is."

Xiao Han understood at once. Looking down at his soaking-wet body, he could not help questioning, "System, sometimes I really wonder whether your slogan is wrong. Invincible Myriad Worlds? Damn it, look at this mess. Just one Amethyst Winged Lion King forced me into such a state. How am I supposed to get by like this? How about giving me an experience card to soothe my wounded heart? It doesn't need to be a Dou Zong one—just give me a Dou Zun one."

"Ding!"

"The system reports to the host: the system currently has no gifting function and cannot give the host gifts. If the host wants an experience card at the Dou Zun level or above, the host may obtain one by earning personal achievements or hunting high-level bosses to acquire high-tier treasure chests.

"Ding!"

"System reminder: high-tier treasure chests have a rather high chance of yielding experience cards."

"Uh... cheapskate."

Xiao Han pursed his lips and looked around.

It was midsummer. The blazing sun overhead baked the verdant forest before him. Looking ahead, the deep forest resembled the gaping maw of a monster, ready at any moment to swallow Xiao Han, the intruder about to enter.

"System, what realm am I equivalent to in the Douluo World right now?" Xiao Han asked the most crucial question.

This was the Star Dou Great Forest. Soul beasts could suddenly appear beside him at any time. Danger lurked everywhere.

"Ding!"

"The system reports to the host: the host's current cultivation is equivalent to a level-ten Soul Scholar in the Douluo World."

"A level-ten Soul Scholar? Does that mean I have Innate Full Soul Power?" Xiao Han rejoiced inwardly.

"Ding! Yes."

"Then what is my martial soul? Do I have Twin Martial Souls?"

Xiao Han was not a demon beast, but a living human who had crossed over from the Doupo World. Unlike Tang San, the protagonist here, Xiao Han had crossed over in his physical body.

However, Xiao Han was also somewhat similar to Tang San. Both Xiao Han and Tang San had once undergone soul transmigration, and both came from a world called Huaxia.

"Ding! The host has not yet participated in a martial soul awakening ceremony, so the system cannot determine what martial soul the host possesses."

"Right, come to think of it, I've never attended a martial soul awakening ceremony." Only then did Xiao Han understand. Realizing the environment he was currently in, Xiao Han asked again, "System, can you perform one?"

"Ding! No!"

"Damn, then I still have to find Martial Soul Hall?" Xiao Han clicked his tongue inwardly.

"Ding! Yes!"

"Then tell me, where in the Star Dou Great Forest am I right now? How far do I need to travel before I can leave the Star Dou Great Forest and reach the nearest village?" Xiao Han asked again.

Familiar with everything about Douluo, Xiao Han knew that even a village in the Douluo World had a branch hall of Martial Soul Hall. Every year, people from Martial Soul Hall would go to every village to test the children's soul power and awaken their martial souls.

In other words, as long as Xiao Han entered any village, he could awaken his martial soul.

A martial soul!

Thinking of this, Xiao Han's heart immediately stirred with a hint of excitement.

"Ding! The system cannot answer the host's question."

"What?"

"Ding! The system reports to the host: the system also does not know where the host is within the Star Dou Great Forest. Everything beyond seven hundred meters from the host is undeveloped territory. The system is currently only version 1.0 and cannot scan terrain outside its range!"

"Uh..."

Xiao Han clicked his tongue inwardly and asked another crucial question. "Then tell me, what era is this? More importantly, has Tang San crossed over to the Douluo Plane yet, or has he entered the Divine Realm?"

"Ding-dong! The system is unable to answer the host's question."

"Damn it, unable to answer again." Xiao Han could not help but snap, "System, I now have every reason to seriously suspect whether you're a fake system or not."

"Ding-dong!"

"The system reports to the host that this system is not a fake system, but the Invincible Myriad Worlds—the Hongmeng System—beloved by all, adored by flowers, and capable of giving cars flat tires at the mere sight of it!"

"Holy crap, here we go again!"

Xiao Han really wanted to roll his eyes at the system. "System, you're way too narcissistic. Sometimes, I really want to sell you!"

"Ding-dong!"

"The system reports to the host that once bound, the system cannot be unbound. Please forgive the system; it is unable to fulfill the host's request."

"Uh..."

Xiao Han was left both amused and exasperated by the system. But in the next second, his eyes fixed tightly on the bushes ahead.

The leaves on the trees there were rustling and trembling.