Douluo: Martial Soul Mysterious Tortoise, Counterattack Armor Critical Strike

Tang Hao could not believe it. The next second, he suffered a massive backlash and spat out another mouthful of blood, which turned into a mist that filled the sky.

His body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, at incredible speed.

"Polar Stillness Domain!"

Just then, Gui Mei transformed into Ghostly Shadows and quickly arrived beside Yue Guan. They pressed back-to-back against each other, and an overwhelming power instantly surged from their bodies. The two terrifying forces merged into one and spread outward, dragging everything around them into a forcibly frozen domain.

Tang Hao's expression changed drastically again. Damn it. It seems I underestimated Spirit Hall this time! If I die here, I truly won't be able to rescue Xiao San. No! I have to leave this place and make plans for the long term! Ah Yin is still waiting for me to return! I can't die!

Yet the next moment, he felt his body stiffen. Everything around him seemed to have stopped at that instant...

No, it was still moving. It had not truly stopped; its speed had merely become incredibly, incredibly slow.

Tang Hao's face twisted viciously. He hurriedly mobilized every ounce of power in his body to clash against the force sealing him, and his body began to tremble within the frozen domain.

No matter what, he was no ordinary Titled Douluo now. As long as his power was strong enough, he believed he could break free!

"Quick! He's broken through to Titled Douluo, and he's in this berserk state. We can't hold him for long!!!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei urgently called out.

Golden Crocodile said calmly, "Your actions are somewhat unnecessary. This old man alone is enough to deal with him. You only need to block his escape routes from the side."

He had immense confidence in his own strength—a confidence bordering on arrogance.

Deep down, he believed he alone was enough to kill Tang Hao. Why would he need anyone else's help?

The next second, he unleashed his Soul Skill and charged forward. The enormous Golden Giant Crocodile became a streak that tore across the sky, crashing down toward Tang Hao's heart.

The other Douluos immediately followed the Second Worship's instructions. Since he wanted the chance to show off, they would naturally yield it to him. Wouldn't it be wonderful to watch from the sidelines?

Golden Crocodile had not fought in a long time. Now that he finally had the chance for a proper battle, he did not want it to end so quickly.

Tang Hao continued battering against the stillness domain. Feeling the approach of death, his expression changed drastically once more. No, if this continues, I'll die. Then Xiao San will never be saved.

Break for me!!!

At that moment, Tang Hao roared inwardly, his fury soaring beyond the heavens. The First Soul Ring on his body directly exploded!

Ring Explosion!

With a thunderous boom, terrifying power erupted once more.

Extreme power surged forth, and Tang Hao successfully broke through the seal.

"Pfft!!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei stared in disbelief as the backlash made them both spit out blood.

Tang Hao decisively activated the Soul Bone in his Right Arm, blocking Golden Crocodile's fierce, fatal strike.

However, it only held for an instant before Golden Crocodile's attack crushed through it.

Crack!

The next second, a crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

Then, a bloodied arm flew into the air.

"Aah!!!!!! Aahhh!!!!!"

The agony nearly split Tang Hao's eyes apart as he screamed wildly. His eyes bulged wide, blood vessels covered them, and his entire body shook as he flew backward.

Blood continued spraying from his severed arm and mouth.

His face was deathly pale, and his existing injuries became even more severe.

"No, I can't die here. Otherwise, Xiao San... Ah Yin is still waiting for me to return..."

At this moment, Tang Hao felt an overwhelming urge to retreat.

There were people he cared about. Now was not the time for him to die.

But he did not regret coming here today.

Golden Crocodile's gaze suddenly flickered. He quickly reached out and grabbed the bone before him, which glimmered with an unusual light.

"Soul Bone!!"

The other knowledgeable Douluos immediately cried out in shock. Their eyes gleamed with desire; this was no ordinary Soul Bone!

Even they might not have a Soul Bone on them.

With a Soul Bone, one's combat power would be entirely different.

Unfortunately, Tang Hao had terrible luck. He had actually encountered Golden Crocodile in person.

He had been utterly crushed!

Tang Hao gritted his teeth. That was Clear Sky Sect's inherited Soul Bone treasure. It absolutely could not be taken away by outsiders!

Otherwise, he would be even more ashamed before the Sect! He would have even less face to face them!

So he had to take it back!!

Golden Crocodile smiled faintly. "So you came to deliver a treasure. Not a bad Soul Bone. This item belongs to Spirit Hall now."

"Wishful thinking! Give it back!!!"

Tang Hao completely flew into a crazed rage and shouted.

Divine Slaughter's Domain erupted again and was directly pushed to its strongest state. Supporting his heavily injured body, enduring the searing pain from his arm, the Soul Rings all over his body began to show signs of cracking.

The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Soul Rings exploded in an instant!

Seven Rings Exploding in Succession!

He was willing to risk his life to seize the Clear Sky Sect Soul Bone back from Golden Crocodile.

This had already exceeded the limit his body could bear.

Now, he possessed only endless berserk fury, bloodlust, and madness.

"Ring Explosion!!!! All of you, die!!!"

Tang Hao swore that if he was suffering, these people would not have it easy either. He spat out blood again as the Great Sumeru Hammer manifested countless shadows, spiraling through the air and smashing toward everyone around him. Chaotic Wind Dance! Haotian Secret Art!! Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!!

He was forcibly using it while enduring the backlash ravaging his body.

Proxy Heavenly Dao Boroga's Selfishness

At the same time, within Douluo Star, inside the Heavenly Dao Consciousness Space.

A shining figure appeared. He had just returned from attending a meeting in the God Realm.

He was the Heavenly Dao of the current Douluo Star, as well as a genuine Second-rank God. Since the God Realm could not constantly watch over Douluo Star, he was responsible for secretly monitoring it most of the time.

After all, the universe was vast. Beneath the God Realm, Douluo Star was far from the only plane that required management, and the God Realm was short on manpower as well.

As a Second-rank God, Boroga had served as Douluo Star's Proxy Heavenly Dao for several thousand years.

Although he was Douluo Star's Heavenly Dao, Douluo Star's Heavenly Dao was not him.

For now, he was merely acting as its proxy.

Those several thousand years were calculated according to Douluo Star's time.

He had taken up the position after Poseidon became a God.

Ever since Poseidon, not a single person from Douluo Star's original world had become a God in all these thousands of years.

This had made his performance terribly poor.

That was right. In the God Realm, Second-rank Gods and First-rank Gods alike needed performance evaluations.

Their performance was determined by the number of people who became Gods within the regions under their management.

Yet now, a determined smile spread across his face.

Because at the meeting not long ago, it had been mentioned that if someone's plane produced one or even multiple Deities within the next five hundred years of the lower planes, including inherited Deities—

The first five would have a chance to receive an opportunity to advance to First-rank God and gain the qualification to retire from their Heavenly Dao positions.

The earlier it happened, and the greater the number, the more advantageous it would be.

The prerequisite was that Proxy Heavenly Daos were not allowed to intervene. Furthermore, a Proxy Heavenly Dao's Divine Position could not be inherited directly. Someone had to report to the God Realm and pass its tests before it could be inherited.

No matter what, once this performance reward was announced, every Second-rank God acting as Proxy Heavenly Dao over lower planes was stunned, then thrilled.

Advancing from Second-rank God to First-rank God might be called an opportunity, but it was more than enough to tempt anyone.

Once one entered the ranks of First-rank Deities, their authority would increase immensely, and both their divine power and divine rank would rise!

How could they not be tempted?

Boroga was no exception.

However, the other Second-rank Gods serving as Proxy Heavenly Daos for lower planes were deeply troubled, because none of them had discovered suitable candidates in their own planes.

Boroga, however, was different. Seeing the troubled expressions on those Gods' faces, he secretly laughed to himself.

Because before arriving, he had already sensed a Heaven-chosen person sent forth by Douluo Star's Plane Nexus.

Heaven-chosen people were also commonly known as Sons of the Plane—humans destined to become Gods!

Moreover, beside that shining light were several points emitting faint glows. This meant there was not merely one, but several!

Those people were all great-fortune and fate-blessed individuals selected by Douluo Star's true original Heavenly Dao Consciousness to assist the Son of the Plane!

At that time, he had been overjoyed.

Thus, he probed into the nexus and saw their appearances. They were all young little brats who needed time to develop.

As Proxy Heavenly Dao, while on Douluo Star, he could borrow the plane's power and possess the ability to contend with a First-rank God for a short time.

This was the strength of a Proxy Heavenly Dao. At the same time, through the Plane Nexus, he could vaguely glimpse a corner of the future and roughly learn how these people would develop.

Thus, he was in an extraordinarily pleasant mood.

"Hahaha, this performance reward was clearly prepared for me, Boroga!" Within the Heavenly Dao Will Space, Boroga was already laughing happily.

But suddenly, his smile froze.

The Plane Nexus had sent a reaction. He became excited, thinking that another Heaven-chosen person or fate-blessed individual had appeared.

He hurriedly summoned it to take a look. The next second, he was utterly dumbfounded.

One of the points of light in the Plane Nexus was actually flashing with the red glow of death.

"This! What is going on?! Why would this great-fortune person have such a sign?!"

Boroga's expression changed.

The one flashing with deathly red light was only slightly dimmer than the Son of the Plane's glow, ranked second among them.

He examined it closely. It belonged to Tang Hao's fate!

"The biological father of Tang San, the Son of the Plane?"

He immediately used his consciousness to investigate Tang Hao's current situation on Douluo Star.

His eyes seemed to pierce through All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, descending upon the outskirts of Spirit City.

He happened to see Tang Hao with one arm severed, in immense pain, having exploded seven Soul Rings in succession and preparing to strike Golden Crocodile.

"No, no, everything's in chaos. The original arrangement was never like this! How did it become this way?!"

"Is he fucking brain-dead? At this level, he came alone to Spirit Hall to throw his life away?!"

"And how can Spirit Hall's people be so lacking in martial virtue?! They actually deployed fourteen people, including a level ninety-eight Peak Douluo. This, this! Everything is completely messed up!!"

"No! Tang Hao absolutely cannot die now! Otherwise, my performance reward might be in danger!"

"If Tang Hao dies, who will serve as Tang San's protector along his future path of growth?!"

Boroga's expression kept changing. He did not understand what had happened during the time he left to attend the meeting. At this moment, he saw that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a great-fortune fate, along with Tang San, had both been locked inside Spirit Hall's Dungeon.

This was completely different from the scene he had glimpsed before!

The entire arrangement had been thrown into disarray!!

He firmly believed that the arrangement within the Plane Nexus could never be wrong!

If there was a problem, it could only lie with these people!

Or perhaps some kind of variable had appeared!