Tang San Is Forced to Absorb Ten-Year Soul Rings and Spirit Bones

Smack, smack, smack! Zhuang Xingyu stepped forward and gave Tang San several hard slaps.

He discovered that Yu Xiaogang's little brother was still in Tang San's rear passage, then kicked Yu Xiaogang away.

He took Tang San's hand and made him grip a dagger, killing the two ten-year soul beasts, the Fart Bird and Blue Silver Grass. Then, he used Soul Power to forcibly draw out Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer martial soul and guided the two soul rings for Tang San to absorb.

Before long, two white soul rings were wrapped around the Clear Sky Hammer.

Next, he took out six ten-year Spirit Bones and used Soul Power to forcibly fuse them into Tang San's body. In less than a quarter of an hour, Tang San had absorbed them all.

In the original timeline, Tang Hao had once said, "A Titled Douluo can make the Spirit Bones in their limbs fall off. For every piece removed, they must pay the price of losing ten levels of Soul Power. Skull bones and torso bones cannot be separated."

Now that Zhuang Xingyu existed, what were the chances of Tang San breaking through to Titled Douluo? He probably would not even reach Soul Douluo before dying.

And even if he could become a Titled Douluo, so what?

Tang San would never be able to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone or the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, meaning he would be unable to regenerate severed limbs.

The ten-year torso bone and Spirit Bones would remain with him forever. So what if he severed his limbs? Setting aside the price of losing forty levels of Soul Power, he would not be able to grow new limbs! Nor would he have any better Spirit Bones to replace them. Wouldn't that turn him into a human stick?

Of course, God Trials could also increase the age of Spirit Bones. But aside from the mastermind behind the scenes, what god would take a fancy to Tang San, who had ten-year Spirit Bones all over his body and two ten-year soul rings?

Did gods not care about their reputation? If word got out, would the other gods not mock them? For example: the heir chosen by so-and-so god has ten-year Spirit Bones all over his body, along with two ten-year soul rings. Truly, like master, like servant! Like attracts like! What kind of person finds what kind of heir.

Besides, gods were not stupid. With the time and effort needed to cultivate Tang San, wouldn't it be better to just find a superior heir?

"Hmm, hadn't Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill been crippled by me before? How could his Soul Power still have reached level twenty-one? That shouldn't be possible! No, I need to see whether he's hiding some secret."

With that thought, Zhuang Xingyu began examining Tang San's Soul Tool, Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.

Sure enough, he found a cultivation manual inside: "Little Sunflower Manual." Zhuang Xingyu knew its contents just from the name. After all, this cultivation method was famous throughout countless worlds.

"So that's how it is. No wonder! I never expected you, Tang San, to obtain such an opportunity."

Without hesitation, Zhuang Xingyu took both the cultivation manual and Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night. After all, this cultivation method took a different path and could be considered a treasure, while the Soul Tool was valuable as well.

Whether he could use them or not, anything valuable obtained from an enemy had to be taken away.

Zhuang Xingyu did not continue attacking Tang San. If he acted against him again, although the Chaos Bead could conceal it and prevent the mastermind behind the scenes from discovering who had done it, it would still eventually prompt an investigation. Moreover, Tang San still possessed some power of destiny.

What was more, two Hidden Forces had already appeared. If any more forces emerged, Zhuang Xingyu would truly lose his advantage of knowing the plot in advance.

He looked at Yu Xiaogang and felt genuinely nauseated. Because Tang San had often secretly injected him with ape hormones recently, his appearance, like Tang San's, had inevitably begun to resemble an ape's.

Zhuang Xingyu launched an attack and crippled Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power. "Since you enjoy researching theory, then devote yourself wholeheartedly to researching theory! Otherwise, if you still have to cultivate, how much time would that waste?"

In order to help Yu Xiaogang fulfill his dream and better dedicate himself to theoretical research, Zhuang Xingyu had truly gone to great lengths!

After completing the plan, Zhuang Xingyu and Murong Yunxue returned to the clan under cover of night.

Early the next morning, Tang San slowly woke up and rubbed his still-swollen cheeks.

"What happened to me? Wasn't I discussing 'knowledge' with Teacher? Why did I suddenly pass out?"

"Oh no, Teacher, Teacher, what happened to you? Why has all your hair turned white? You look decades older." Tang San hurriedly went over and helped Yu Xiaogang up from the floor.

At that moment, Tang San also noticed something wrong with his own body. With a thud, he dropped Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang hit the ground heavily and woke up from the pain as well.

Tang San clutched his head with both hands, his face full of agony as he sensed everything about his body.

"What is going on? How could this happen?! Why does my Clear Sky Hammer martial soul have two extra ten-year soul rings? And why does my body have six extra ten-year Spirit Bones? Where is my Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night? Where is my Little Sunflower Manual?"

"Ahhh! I don't believe it! This is fake, fake!" Tang San collapsed onto the floor in despair.

What drove him to despair was not merely that two soul ring slots on his Clear Sky Hammer had been ruined and his Spirit Bone slots had been wasted. What truly horrified him was that outsiders had learned the secret of losing his little brother!

He feared that if this matter was exposed, his reputation would be utterly ruined. He would be mocked and looked down upon. For Tang San, who had always been proud and arrogant, that was absolutely unacceptable.

Yu Xiaogang also heard Tang San's ape-like shriek and realized something had happened to him. He did not care about his own injuries and hurriedly crawled over to inspect him. It was not that he cared that much about Tang San, but that he feared his theories would be impossible to realize because of this.

"Little San, calm down, calm down! So what if your Spirit Bone slots are gone? In fact, many Titled Douluo do not have Spirit Bones, yet they still become the continent's strongest experts!

"Although two soul ring slots on your Clear Sky Hammer have been wasted, it still has seven soul rings! As long as your remaining seven soul rings are all over fifty thousand years old, you can still become one of the continent's strongest experts."

"Do you remember what Teacher once told you? There are no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters. Today, Teacher will give you two more sayings: there are no useless soul rings, only useless Soul Masters! There are no useless Spirit Bones, only useless Soul Masters!" Yu Xiaogang was quite skilled at fooling people.

However, Tang San was already on the verge of collapse. Losing his "little brother and two guards," losing two soul ring slots, having all his Spirit Bone slots wasted, and having the secret of losing his little brother discovered by outsiders—one blow after another had struck him. At this moment, he could not take in a single word Yu Xiaogang said.

"I'll kill everyone who knows I lost my little brother! Then no one will know."

Tang San was burning with rage as he stared at Yu Xiaogang with a dangerous expression.

"Little San, what are you trying to do? Don't forget, you were the one who wanted it first! You forced me!"

The murderous look in Tang San's eyes could not be hidden. Yu Xiaogang sensed Tang San's killing intent and hurriedly backed away.

"Teacher, this matter absolutely cannot be spread. I can't let anyone know. I hope you understand."

Yu Xiaogang was completely dumbfounded. You were about to kill me, and you were asking me to understand you? Understand my ass!

"Little San, Teacher swears to you that I will never tell anyone about your matter. As the old saying goes, one day as spouses brings a hundred days of affection. Have you forgotten the happy times we once shared?"

Hearing this, Tang San recalled their past happiness and froze for a moment.

Taking advantage of Tang San's distraction, Yu Xiaogang chose to make the first move,

Tang San instantly shuddered, began cooperating with Yu Xiaogang, and abandoned the thought of killing him.

The next chapter will probably be released around 7 a.m.