M-Mandala Snake? Kill It!

The sky was dim, but it did not affect their vision.

It was rather absurd. The area Zhu Rong and Tang Hao had entered by climbing over the wall happened to be where those two were conducting large-scale hunts of soul beasts.

This place was far from the entrance, and few soul masters usually made it this far. That was why they had chosen it as a place to "strike it rich."

The result went without saying. They had never imagined that someone would skip the main gate and climb over the wall...

With two Soul Elders working together, under normal circumstances:

Those stronger than them would hardly come to the Soul Hunting Forest.

Those weaker than them were "poachers," weren't they? Arrest them!

The two of them were Patrol Knights stationed here, certified by Spirit Hall!

"What kind of soul beast should we find for this kid's Mutated Sword Martial Soul?"

Tang Hao had not thought much about it before. He had believed that Zhu Rong only needed a soul beast with matching attributes for his Mutated Sword Martial Soul.

Sacred and fire attributes.

Fire-attributed soul beasts were easy to find, but the sacred attribute...

Strictly speaking, sacred was not an attribute. It was a sacred attribute formed from the light attribute combined with the concept of "justice" and "divinity."

Sacred was roughly equivalent to the light attribute.

But what troubled Tang Hao was that Zhu Rong's martial soul was not merely an issue of attributes!

His martial soul was, more precisely, two swords! Tang Hao knew what sort of soul rings a Sword Martial Soul required.

That alone would have been fine, but this kid's attack style was fucking long-range!

At this moment, even Tang Hao, a Title Douluo, felt somewhat at a loss.

If Zhu Rong's Mutated Sword Martial Soul had been a little weaker, Tang Hao could have simply brought him to absorb any suitable soul ring.

But Zhu Rong's Blade of Sanction was not weak! On the contrary, it was so powerful that even Tang Hao had to admit that it was a formidable martial soul on par with the Clear Sky Hammer!

How could Tang Hao have known that the Blade of Sanction was a divine artifact? What the hell was a mere Clear Sky Hammer...

Tang San and Zhu Rong both possessed Twin Martial Souls, yet Tang Hao treated them differently.

Blue Silver Grass... No matter how much Blue Silver Grass was cultivated, it would only amount to that much. What Tang Hao expected from Tang San was an unparalleled powerhouse with the Clear Sky Hammer and at least nine black soul rings.

Blue Silver Grass was merely a tool for breaking through the limits of Soul Power. He could absorb soul rings however he liked, as long as he did not die...

But Zhu Rong was different. Both of his martial souls were incomparably powerful!

Under such circumstances, he could not absorb soul rings carelessly!

Tang Hao scratched his head, a hint of conflict in his gaze as he looked at Zhu Rong. Forget it. He would take things one step at a time.

Under Tang Hao's stare, Zhu Rong had no idea what was going on. What? Had his earlier act been exposed by Tang Hao?

"Let's go. There are no soul beasts suitable for you within a thousand meters."

After saying that to Zhu Rong, Tang Hao headed off in one direction on his own, thinking about what kind of soul ring he should find for Zhu Rong!

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Zhu Rong said nothing. He rose from the ground and quietly followed behind Tang Hao.

Talk less, do more, make fewer mistakes.

There was a reason people said that trouble came from the mouth.

After walking for a while, Tang Hao spoke from ahead:

"Kid, only I, Tang Hao, am this dedicated. I'm helping you find a suitable soul ring. If it were someone else, with your measly eleven Gold Soul Coins, they'd just find some ten-year soul beast and send you on your way!"

Zhu Rong: ...

"Then when I need a soul ring next time, should I come find you again?"

Tang Hao: ...

Was that what he meant?

Even if Zhu Rong did not ask him to help hunt soul beasts, if Tang Hao found out, he would still follow in secret...

"We'll talk about it then."

Tang Hao waved his hand as he spoke.

He neither agreed nor refused.

More precisely, when Zhu Rong needed a soul ring next time, Tang Hao himself did not know where he would be.

Just then, Tang Hao made a gesture for him to stop!

Zhu Rong froze slightly, then stopped walking.

Tang Hao was a Title Douluo. Even if he did not cultivate spiritual power, he was not someone Zhu Rong, a pathetic level-ten soul master, could compare to.

At present, Zhu Rong's spiritual power could only cover an area within twenty meters centered on himself.

Tang Hao kept saying there were no soul beasts suitable for him within a thousand meters. Could his spiritual power cover a thousand-meter radius?

"It's only a four-hundred-year-old beast. Kid, it's yours!"

After Tang Hao said that, his figure vanished with a swish.

Zhu Rong: "???"

Zhu Rong's mind was filled with question marks. What the fuck was going on?!

But Zhu Rong soon understood what Tang Hao meant!

A dark green snake more than four meters long entered the area covered by his spiritual power.

It was extremely fast. In an instant, it crossed ten meters and stopped around ten meters in front of Zhu Rong.

"Hiss, that appearance, that size... This thing isn't a Mandala Snake, is it? The very one Tang San hunted for his first ring!"

Wait, wasn't the Soul Hunting Forest closest to Holy Soul Village also the Soul Hunting Forest closest to Nuoding City?

This was the Soul Hunting Forest Tang San had visited in the original story!

There was no time to think. Zhu Rong instantly summoned the Blade of Sanction, and two holy swords appeared in his left and right hands.

At that moment, Zhu Rong resembled a sacred, solemn deity, "looking down" upon the Mandala Snake before him.

A closer look would reveal that Zhu Rong had undergone some subtle changes.

His black pupils had turned golden. Among his glossy black hair, several golden strands appeared at his temples.

"Beast, let the Sacred Fire cleanse you!"

Zhu Rong went slow with his left hand, then slow with his right...

Both of Zhu Rong's hands moved at once. His hands holding the holy swords crossed before his chest, withdrew, then crossed again...

In the span of two short seconds, Zhu Rong attacked four times in succession!

An attack with one hand counted as one attack, while attacking with both hands at the same time counted as two. This was not a game—Zhu Rong had two holy swords!

When the Mandala Snake charged to a point just over ten meters from Zhu Rong, its speed sharply dropped, nearly coming to a complete stop.

When it saw Zhu Rong summon his martial soul, a trace of wariness appeared in its scarlet vertical pupils!

A snake's vision was different from a human's. What it saw was not the same!

The blazing "spikes" carried extraordinary heat.

As a cold-blooded creature, fire was also one of the things snakes feared most!

Before the Mandala Snake could decide whether to retreat, the human opposite it launched his attack.

Two golden flames appeared with perfect accuracy over the Mandala Snake's eyes, igniting without wind.

In an instant, the Mandala Snake's eyes were scorched by blazing flames. It rolled across the ground without stop, hissing and roaring.

Two more bursts of Sacred Fire appeared inside the Mandala Snake's mouth along with Zhu Rong's "swaying" attack.

"Hisss~"

"Hisss~ Hisss~"

"Bang~ Bang bang..."

The Mandala Snake kept slamming against the ground, but it was utterly useless against the Sacred Fire.

Its two vertical pupils lost their light in an instant. It was blind, yet the flames continued to burn!

Inside its gaping maw...