God-Slaying Douluo

Boom!

The flames filling the sky scattered, and Tang Hao was forced back a hundred zhang.

His face darkened as he looked toward the place from which the spear had flown.

Everyone else did the same.

But there was no one there.

Even so, they all cried out in surprise almost instinctively, as though they knew who had made the move.

"Grandpa Sword, who was it?"

Ning Rongrong asked curiously.

In truth, she wasn't the only one wondering. All the Soul Masters within a hundred li who were watching the battle were curious.

What kind of being could drive Tang Hao back with a single strike?

Sword Douluo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Once in a hundred years, a generation produces its talents. In our era, geniuses appeared in droves. The most dazzling among them were the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, but they were disciples of a sect, with their talents passed down through their lineage... Yet there was one person who appeared out of nowhere."

At that, the other Titled Douluo also looked grave.

Especially those who had lived in the same era as Tang Hao.

"Back then, a man appeared wielding a spear. No one knew where he came from. He challenged one hall, two empires, three sects, and twelve clans in a single day. The first time he appeared, he was a Soul King. At first, few people paid him any attention, since there were too many dazzling geniuses in those days.

"But two years later, when he appeared again, his cultivation had already reached the Soul Saint level. He once more challenged the strongest individuals of the same rank in each major faction.

"By then, his name had begun to ring throughout the Soul Master World."

After a pause, Sword Douluo turned his gaze toward Tang Hao.

"It was then that Tang Hao and the others fought him... In that battle, the man defeated Qian Xunji and Tang Xiao, and fought Tang Hao to a draw. And that was with Tang Hao relying on his higher Soul Power."

"After that, the man vanished for another five years. When he appeared again, he was already a Titled Douluo. He was only a little over thirty years old!"

The crowd erupted.

In those days, Tang Hao had been hailed as the youngest Titled Douluo after reaching that rank at forty. Who would have thought that before him, there had been an even more terrifying genius?!

At that moment,

whether they belonged to one of the factions or were ordinary people who had heard the story, everyone felt their hearts stir.

They truly wanted to see a genius like that.

No wonder he could force Tang Hao back with a single strike.

"Grandpa Sword, what was his name?"

"His name is unknown, but he had an arrogant title—God-Slayer!"

God-Slayer?!

Everyone sucked in a sharp breath.

What an arrogant title.

It was more than arrogant.

Everyone believed in the gods, yet no one had ever dared call themselves a God-Slayer. The gods were beings who controlled everything; such a title was practically blasphemy.

Everyone present, Soul Masters and commoners alike,

was shocked.

Tang Hao put away his Clear Sky Hammer, looking somewhat irritated. "That coward who hides his face."

Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at him. "Father, this God-Slaying Douluo..."

Tang Hao fell silent for a moment. "Until you're strong enough, stay out of his way if you see him. That man's a lunatic."

A lunatic?

Tang Hao hadn't bothered to lower his voice, so everyone present heard him clearly.

If even Tang Hao called someone a lunatic,

one could imagine how powerful he was.

But Tang Hao said nothing more. He flew away with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

The three major factions also left one after another.

Spirit Hall had wanted to recruit Shrek Academy, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gotten there first.

The Heaven Dou Empire was making plans too. It had no intention of letting Shrek Academy go. After all, if the academy could attract a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and Tang Hao's son, it must have something extraordinary.

"Sect Master Ning, I hope our presence here isn't in your way?"

Dugu Bo had arrived with people from the Heaven Dou Royal family.

Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "I came here only to bring my daughter home. I also hoped to recruit Shrek Academy while I was at it."

As he spoke, he turned toward Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy.

"Dean Flender, what do you think?"

"Well..."

Flender hesitated.

The Shrek students had now reached the level required to graduate. His original plan had been to join a faction, using its resources to grow his academy, and make a name for it at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

He hadn't expected something like this to happen.

Tang San and Xiao Wu had left.

It seemed Ning Rongrong was about to leave too.

How many students did his academy have left?

How could they compete in the tournament now?

Thinking this over, Flender shook his head. "Sect Master Ning, I have no intention of joining another faction, but you can ask my students."

At that, Ning Rongrong turned to Zhu Zhuqing. "Zhuqing, why don't you come with me to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

Zhu Zhuqing considered it, then glanced at Dai Mubai and shook her head. "Sorry, Rongrong. I want to make my own way for a couple of years. If I need anything after that, I'll come find you."

"All right~"

Ning Rongrong didn't press her.

Dai Mubai shook his head as well. "I'm going back to the Star Luo Empire."

Ma Hongjun and Oscar exchanged glances.

Oscar said, "I plan to train on my own for a few years too."

Ma Hongjun decided to stay at the academy.

In an instant,

the once-thriving Shrek Academy was left deserted, its visitors gone.

"Alas~"

Yu Xiaogang sighed.

Meanwhile.

Atop a mountain peak,

Li Xuan withdrew his gaze and chuckled. "Tang Hao has improved. He actually managed to take one of my casual strikes."

That was right.

The so-called God-Slaying Douluo was none other than Li Xuan.

After transmigrating to Douluo Continent, he hadn't awakened a golden finger. Even so, thanks to the quality of his God-Slaying Spear martial soul, he had stood out from the crowd and forced his peers to bow their heads.

Even Tang Hao had been wary of him.

What angered him was that not a single god had taken a liking to him.

Could it really be that anyone who didn't become a Titled Douluo before thirty wasn't worthy of inheriting a godhood?

Looking back over the history of Douluo Continent,

all of the Shrek Seven Devils had become Titled Douluo before thirty.

Qian Renxue had done the same.

Bibi Dong was the only exception.

But the conditions for inheriting her godhood were rather harsh: she had to devour someone who possessed a Six-winged Angel martial soul.

That wasn't an option for Li Xuan.

As for the remaining gods, apart from the Sea God, who had created his own godhood after thousands of years, no one else had become a god.

Li Xuan had wanted to create his own godhood too.

But he had no idea where to begin.

First, his Soul Power Level was stuck at level 95. Although he could break through, there was no way he could reach level 99 in a short time, so he couldn't come into contact with power approaching that of a god.

Second, he simply had no direction.

There were two ways to create a godhood: gather the power of faith, or condense a divine core through one's own strength.

Li Xuan had no idea how to do either.

"Forget it."

Li Xuan shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

"Now that I've got a system, why worry about all this?"

After all, he only needed to complete the Sky Screen's creation to obtain a godhood of his own.

Why worry about anything else?

"The godhood the system gives me should be at least God King level, right?"

"Best of all, I might be able to create my own Divine Realm. Then perhaps I could even contend with the Douluo God Realm for power and claim Douluo Continent for myself. Wouldn't that be more interesting than simply becoming a god?"

"Hmm. If I found a few more geniuses, perhaps I could even poach a few gods from the Douluo God Realm."

Thinking of this,

he selected the Secret Ranking Eighth entry in the system and put it on the Sky Screen.

Rumble!

The Sky Screen changed again.

Everyone looked up and saw several large words appear.

[Douluo Secret Ranking Seven: King of Slaughter!]