Tang Hao Arrives

The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Feng, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and several people from Canghui Academy entered the forest to hunt Soul Rings for Oscar and Canghui Academy's Level Thirty Soul Master.

This arrangement came about because Ning Rongrong wanted to spend more time with Lin Feng and build a good relationship for recruiting him in the future. Thus, she suggested that they hunt Soul Rings together. Of course, Soul Rings were not hunted for free—the two million was considered payment.

Lin Feng was dumbfounded when he heard that they were spending two million Gold Soul Coins to hunt a third Soul Ring. This was no longer ordinary price gouging. This was the textbook definition of having more money than sense.

He had to admit that when Ning Rongrong offered two million Gold Soul Coins to hire him to hunt a third Soul Ring, the thought of joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect flashed through his mind. However, he quickly suppressed it. He still had other things to do, and at the very least, he could not join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect now.

As for Ye Zhi Qiu and the others, they also needed Soul Rings. Furthermore, Lin Feng had no intention of handling everything himself, so he needed them to do the work. Lin Feng would only oversee things, stepping in only when they encountered powerful Soul Beasts.

Ye Zhi Qiu and the others had no objections. On the contrary, they gladly took responsibility for everything along the way, ensuring that Lin Feng only needed to stand guard.

Thus, the group traveled for two days. During those two days, Oscar encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and successfully obtained his third Soul Ring. Once Canghui Academy's student obtained his Soul Ring as well, they could leave.

However, while everyone was searching for a Soul Ring for that Canghui Academy student, a gigantic Man Faced Demon Spider suddenly appeared. Judging by its cultivation, it was at least a thousand-year Soul Beast.

In an instant, Ye Zhi Qiu's expression changed drastically.

A hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider was comparable to an ordinary thousand-year Soul Beast. Although the increase in strength diminished as its age rose, preventing a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider from reaching the level of a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, one over a thousand years old was still comparable to a seven- or eight-thousand-year Soul Beast.

A seven- or eight-thousand-year Soul Beast was no longer something Ye Zhi Qiu could deal with easily.

Without any hesitation, Ye Zhi Qiu was forced to unleash his first Soul Skill, Mystic Turtle Bodyguard; second Soul Skill, Mystic Water Freeze; and third Soul Skill, Mystic Water Surge, all at once. If the latter two Soul Skills had not required too much Soul Power for him to cast them instantly, he would have released them at the very first moment as well.

"Lord Lin Feng! Please intervene! I can't defeat the Man Faced Demon Spider!"

After unleashing three Soul Skills in succession, Ye Zhi Qiu immediately cried for help toward the rear. Several Wind Blades then appeared behind him, instantly severing several of the Man Faced Demon Spider's legs.

Looking at the Man Faced Demon Spider, which seemed unable to spit out any more webbing and appeared to have other injuries as well, Lin Feng frowned as he realized something.

Sure enough, not long after the Man Faced Demon Spider was subdued, three figures—two elderly people and a young girl—appeared. The two elders held a dragon-headed staff and a Serpent Cane respectively, while the girl held a Serpent Cane.

Lin Feng, who was familiar with the plot of Douluo Continent, naturally knew what was going on. These three were clearly Dragon Duke, Snake Grandmother Zhao Tianxiang, and their granddaughter, Meng Yiran.

He simply did not know what sort of butterfly effect had caused them not to act separately as they had at first in the original story, but to come directly for this Man Faced Demon Spider instead.

"Release my Man Faced Demon Spider right now, or my grandparents won't be polite with you!" Meng Yiran said, pointing her Serpent Cane at Ye Zhi Qiu. Since he was clearly the oldest among them, she had evidently mistaken him for the leading teacher.

Ye Zhi Qiu looked embarrassed. The moment he saw Snake Grandmother Zhao Tianxiang's two yellow, two purple, and two black Soul Rings, he knew he could not defeat her. Not to mention the oppressive force brought by Dragon Duke Meng Shu's two yellow, three purple, and three black Soul Rings.

He was merely a small Soul King without even a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. How could he dare oppose Spirit Douluos who were already close to the peak of the continent? Moreover, seeing the dragon-headed staff and Serpent Cane wielded by the two elders, he had already identified the two famous figures of the Soul Master world: Dragon Duke and Snake Grandmother.

"Are you two seniors Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Senior Snake Grandmother Zhao Tianxiang?" Ye Zhi Qiu cupped his hands toward them and asked cautiously.

"Hmph, so what if we are? So what if we aren't? Does a mere Soul King deserve to know this old man's name?" Dragon Duke slammed his dragon-headed staff into the ground. He did not use any Soul Skill, yet the powerful Soul Power immediately knocked Ye Zhi Qiu back.

However, just as he knocked Ye Zhi Qiu back and prepared to seize the Man Faced Demon Spider, a foot stepped onto the spider's body, interrupting his attempt to take it.

"Your granddaughter really cannot absorb this Man Faced Demon Spider." Lin Feng spoke slowly as he lightly waved his folding fan.

Ye Zhi Qiu nearly died of fright upon hearing this.

"L-L-Lord Lin Feng! Those two seniors are the Peerless Dragon Snake! Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Grandmother Zhao Tianxiang! The two of them possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, one that even Titled Douluos must fear! They are not comparable to Immovable Ming King Zhao Wuji! Please calm down!"

Ye Zhi Qiu trembled as he spoke. He truly feared that Lin Feng would start fighting Dragon Duke and Snake Grandmother. He was only a Soul King and had no desire to get involved in a situation beyond anything he could even imagine.

Before Lin Feng could say anything, Dragon Duke and Snake Grandmother were surprised.

They had originally been acting separately. However, Dragon Duke Meng Shu had accidentally heard that Immovable Ming King Zhao Wuji, a seven-ring Soul Sage, had been defeated. Learning that a powerful expert at least close to an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo was also in the Star Dou Great Forest, Dragon Duke immediately sought out Snake Grandmother and abandoned the idea of acting separately.

That was why they had not encountered the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and had instead come directly for this Man Faced Demon Spider.

They had long known that a powerful expert had come to the Star Dou Great Forest, but they had never expected that expert to be so young—young to an almost absurd degree.

Yet it was precisely because Lin Feng looked far too young that, after their initial shock, the two quickly stopped being surprised.

As a supernatural world, Douluo Continent might have been unimpressive, but it still possessed some methods for preserving one's appearance. Since Lin Feng's face clearly did not match the age at which one could become a powerful expert, the two automatically ignored his age.

"Hmph, so you defeated Immovable Ming King Zhao Wuji? You do have some ability. Very well, this old man will not bully you. Take three moves from me. If you can withstand them, then this Man Faced Demon Spider will be yours..."

Before Dragon Duke could finish speaking, a vast fluctuation of Soul Power suddenly entered his and Lin Feng's senses from afar. The two immediately turned their gazes toward the source of that immense Soul Power, only to see a middle-aged man carrying another middle-aged man through the air as he rushed toward them.

At the same time, nine Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red—appeared around that middle-aged man, displaying his terrifying cultivation.

"A-A Titled Douluo!"

Dragon Duke, Snake Grandmother, and the others were drenched in cold sweat at the sight of the newcomer's Soul Rings, while Lin Feng glanced at the middle-aged man being carried by him.

Once he saw that the man being carried was Immovable Ming King Zhao Wuji, the identity of the person carrying him became obvious.

Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao!