Soul Master Iron Law

"Chief!"

The Golden-Haired Youth was the first to recover. Seeing Meng Shenji, the chief Soul Fighting Master of their academy's Education Committee, had arrived, he hurriedly bowed first.

Ye Lingling and the others did the same.

Meng Shenji waved a hand. "We don't bother with empty formalities here. Tell me, what exactly happened?"

He had originally been meditating and cultivating peacefully at the academy when he suddenly sensed the aura of powerful fighters clashing in the distance.

Suspicious that someone had come to provoke Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he ended his meditation and rushed over ahead of everyone else.

But when he arrived, he found that the two powerful figures had vanished, leaving only the Imperial Fighting Team members from his academy standing there with their mouths agape in shock.

So he frowned at the Golden-Haired Youth and the others, asking what had happened.

What had happened?

The Golden-Haired Youth smiled bitterly and opened his mouth, while Ye Lingling and the others exchanged glances in silence.

Who could have known that their captain had done something so shameful?

And the target had even been Clear Sky Douluo.

What kind of mess was this?

Seeing the Golden-Haired Youth and the others still wearing bitter expressions, Meng Shenji frowned and scolded, "What's with those miserable faces?"

"If you have something to say, say it! If you need to fart, fart!"

"This is Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the strongest academy in the Heaven Dou Empire. With me, your director of instruction, and the vice chairmen here, we wouldn't fear even a Titled Douluo!"

"So what are you all sulking for? Speak already!"

Meng Shenji had always been impatient. Seeing these promising youths with miserable faces, too timid to say anything, he immediately began berating them.

If they did not even have the courage to tell him what had happened, why compete in academy matches at all? They might as well go home and get married early.

After being scolded, the Golden-Haired Youth did not feel embarrassed. Instead, his eyes lit up. So Heaven Dou Royal Academy was this strong—even Titled Douluo were nothing to fear.

"Chief, it was Clear Sky Douluo. The captain fought Clear Sky Douluo."

The traffic on the road suddenly fell silent. The Golden-Haired Youth raised his head in confusion and discovered that the chief of the Education Committee was looking at him as though he were an idiot.

He knew Dugu Aotian. Though he disliked his personality, the boy's talent truly was impressive.

But no matter how talented he was, he was only a Soul Elder in his thirties.

How could he possibly fight a Clear Sky Douluo in his nineties?

What kind of outdated Soul Master joke was that?

Or had it been so many years since he had taught students that the Golden-Haired Youth and the others thought the stick in his hand was no longer hard enough, or that his ruler no longer hurt?

But afterward, it was not only the Golden-Haired Youth. Even Ye Lingling, the Black-Clad Youth, and the coachman said the same thing.

Meng Shenji frowned, his expression turning solemn.

And there was also...

Elder Hui?

What strange thing was that?

A super Martial Soul capable of directly bypassing the Soul Master Iron Law that required one to reach level seventy before using a Martial Soul Avatar?

After teaching at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for so many years, he had never seen—or even heard of—anything that could bypass the Soul Master Iron Law.

Even in the Royal Secret Vault, with its vast collection of books recording countless ancient secrets, he had never seen any related records.

And it even involved Clear Sky Your Excellency!

Thinking of what Dugu Aotian had done, Meng Shenji's expression darkened as he said to the Golden-Haired Youth and the others:

"All of you, come with me to see His Majesty immediately. Remember, do not speak carelessly. You may only speak when I tell you to."

With that, he hurriedly waved his hand, swept the group along, and rushed toward Heaven Dou City.

As for his proud declaration before the students that they feared not even Titled Douluo, he had long since tossed it to the back of his mind.

Empty boasting was nothing compared to the Soul Master Iron Law being broken.

The atmosphere along the main road returned to silence. Meanwhile, dozens of kilometers away, inside an uninhabited cave.

Tang Hao let out a long breath of foul air and awoke from the pain wracking his body.

After using Explode Ring, his body would enter a period of weakness.

Thus, the injuries he had barely been able to suppress erupted all at once after the battle, growing fiercer and fiercer, nearly consuming his entire body in backlash.

Fortunately, after regulating his breathing with great effort, he managed to endure it.

Still, the pain when his injuries erupted had been unbearable, as though swords were scraping and churning inside his bones. Cold sweat streamed down his body from the agony.

Tang Hao bared his teeth. He truly did not want to suffer such pain again.

Not even the most seasoned corporate slave could withstand pain comparable to torture.

He had to heal quickly!

"Still, my body is too weak right now. I can't even use Soul Skills."

Tang Hao sensed his condition and sighed.

Explode Ring was not without side effects. Aside from causing a period of physical weakness,

its greatest side effect was that the Soul Skills of the exploded Soul Rings could not be used.

Only after three days, once the Soul Rings condensed again, could they be used.

During that period, he was essentially weak as a chick. Any Soul Fighting Master could deal with him easily.

"I should rest here first. Three days from now, I'll make a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."

After all, he was too weak right now. If he encountered Dugu Bo while heading to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,

then he would be like a meat bun thrown to a dog—gone for good.

And...

Thinking of how difficult his battle against Dugu Aotian had been, Tang Hao felt a headache coming on.

He had clearly been nothing more than a brat in his thirties, yet once he fought, his strength instantly soared to that of a Titled Douluo.

Tang Hao had even nearly suffered a reversal later on.

It gave Tang Hao a bad feeling. He suspected that the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might have already been picked by someone else.

Even he, someone who had never watched the Douluo Continent anime or read the original novel, knew that there were Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that could heal his body.

A young transmigrator surely knew even more than he did.

"Sigh, but even so, I still won't be satisfied unless I go take a look."

"At the very least, the transmigrator has already been killed by me. No matter how bad things get later, they can't get much worse."

"And besides, it's loot time now."

Tang Hao smiled and turned his gaze toward the spoils he had placed on the ground.

These were all spoils he had obtained from Dugu Aotian.

After all, if you transmigrated and did not loot the corpse, you would have transmigrated for nothing.

And Dugu Aotian's loot box was quite generous.

For instance, the stacks upon stacks of Gold Soul Coin cards on the ground added up to a full three million.

That was more money than he, a Titled Douluo, possessed.

There were also some special heavenly treasures.

For example, there was a thumb-nail-sized piece of emerald-green metal. Tang Hao had only touched it lightly before sensing a warm aura radiating from it.

It made his entire body feel warm, and even the injuries within him eased slightly.

That alone was enough for him to know it was a good thing.