There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters!

Douluo Continent.

Soul Hunting Forest, Heaven Dou Empire.

A middle-aged man of medium build, looking slightly gaunt, was walking through the forest with a young boy.

They were none other than Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, who had entered the Soul Hunting Forest yesterday to hunt for a spirit ring.

At this moment, the two were walking through the depths of the Soul Hunting Forest.

Yesterday, they had encountered a ten-year spirit beast, a Lone Bamboo.

However, Yu Xiaogang had no intention of letting Tang San, a genius with Twin Martial Souls, absorb a ten-year spirit ring.

Thus, the two planned to continue searching for other spirit beasts to hunt.

In the evening, just after they had killed ten Nether Wolves, a blurred shadow suddenly lunged out from ahead.

"Damn it! Tang San, this is a Datura Snake over four hundred years old, run!"

Yu Xiaogang identified the spirit beast at a single glance.

As he spoke, he summoned Luo Sanpao and placed it between them and the Datura Snake.

"Fart like smoke!"

"Second Spirit Ability! Hypnotic Sleep Luo Sanpao!"

Luo Sanpao, looking like a cross between a pig and a dog, turned its rear toward the Datura Snake.

Then, a cloud of smoke erupted from its backside, enveloping the Datura Snake behind it.

Unfortunately, although the Datura Snake was shrouded in the smoke, it remained completely unaffected.

"Not good, its own toxicity is too high; it has masked Sanpao's hypnotic toxin."

"Tang San, run!"

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang grabbed Tang San and bolted.

Luo Sanpao was sent flying by a tail swipe from the Datura Snake, nearly falling into a faint.

"Martial Soul, return!" Seeing Luo Sanpao knocked away by the Datura Snake, Yu Xiaogang tried to retract his spirit.

But for some reason, no matter how he called out, Luo Sanpao would not return.

Furthermore, the toxins Luo Sanpao had been exposed to spread to him; his consciousness began to blur, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Teacher!"

Tang San hurriedly caught Yu Xiaogang.

He let out a sigh of relief only after discovering that Yu Xiaogang had merely been hypnotized into unconsciousness.

"You're asking for death!"

After laying Yu Xiaogang on the ground, Tang San turned to face the Datura Snake.

With the unconscious Yu Xiaogang in tow, he knew he couldn't escape, so he decided it was better to turn and face the Datura Snake.

Perhaps there was still a chance to kill it.

On the other side, a somewhat dazed Luo Sanpao quietly returned to Yu Xiaogang's side and stood upon his body.

"I've finally found my chance!"

"System, sever the Martial Soul connection with Yu Xiaogang!"

Luo Yan looked down at the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and spoke silently in his heart.

He had transmigrated into the body of Luo Sanpao two and a half years ago; this was only the second time Yu Xiaogang had summoned him, the previous time being just yesterday.

It was only through the information gathered while leading the way that he had confirmed his situation.

It was fortunate that he had awakened the system, otherwise, he would likely have been led around like a dog by Yu Xiaogang for the rest of his life.

As Luo Yan's voice echoed, a burst of light enveloped both him and Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San was still focused on confronting the Datura Snake and did not notice the anomaly behind him.

Suddenly, the formation surrounding Luo Yan and Yu Xiaogang turned red, beginning to extract wisps of blood essence from Yu Xiaogang's body and merging them into Luo Yan's.

Luo Sanpao's body began to solidify continuously.

Yu Xiaogang, meanwhile, started to convulse.

The formation forcibly extracted blood essence from his body, making him feel as if he had fallen into an anthill, with the sensation of ten thousand ants biting his flesh.

This forced Yu Xiaogang to wake up instantly.

However, trapped by the formation, he lacked even the ability to speak, forced to watch helplessly as events unfolded.

[An anomaly has occurred; Yu Xiaogang feels fear toward you, Resentment +500!]

[Realizing that the pain in his body is caused by you, Yu Xiaogang's hatred for you breaks all limits, Resentment +1086!]

[Feeling his body imprisoned by the formation, Yu Xiaogang feels fear toward you, Resentment +800!]

After Yu Xiaogang regained consciousness, Luo Yan harvested a massive amount of resentment points from him.

Like other transmigrators, Luo Yan also possessed his own system daddy.

The Negative Emotion Collection System allowed him to gain resentment points by causing others to experience negative emotions, and these points could be used for evolution.

Yu Xiaogang turned his head to look at Luo Yan, who was stepping on him, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

Noticing Yu Xiaogang's murderous gaze, Luo Yan let out a cold snort, transmitting his thoughts into Yu Xiaogang's mind through the remaining connection between their martial souls:

"There are no trash martial souls, only trash soul masters!"

"Yu Xiaogang, you have disappointed me so much during this time! You are truly a complete and utter failure; you haven't even reached level thirty after more than twenty years!"

"Since that's the case, let me teach you how to become a true powerhouse!"

[Yu Xiaogang has been stung by your words and has developed resentment toward you, resentment +500!]

[Yu Xiaogang discovered that you possess intelligence and is shocked by you, resentment +700!]

Unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang was currently being tortured by the magic array and could not respond at all.

"Teacher!"

Tang San finally noticed the anomaly over here and immediately shouted.

[Tang San discovered that his Yu Xiaogang was being suppressed by an unknown array and has developed murderous intent toward you, resentment +80!]

[Tang San is enraged by you suppressing Yu Xiaogang, resentment +100!]

Unfortunately, Tang San was entangled with the Datura Snake and could not break free to check what was happening to Yu Xiaogang.

Moreover, Tang San was distracted by this and was nearly ambushed by the Datura Snake.

Fortunately, he had the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, which allowed him to dodge the Datura Snake's bloody maw.

Due to the entanglement of the Datura Snake, Tang San had no choice but to withdraw his focus and concentrate on dealing with the creature before him.

By the time he killed the Datura Snake, the magic array shrouding Luo Yan and Yu Xiaogang faded, revealing the two of them.

Luo Yan's true form was still that of Luo Sanpao, though his figure appeared much more substantial.

As for Yu Xiaogang, a large amount of his blood essence had been drained, leaving him looking gaunt and skeletal, with his hands already resembling those of a corpse.

Luo Yan also noticed that Tang San had killed the Datura Snake. After stepping off Yu Xiaogang, he kept his left foot pressed firmly against Yu Xiaogang's neck.

He was certain that if he had no leverage, Tang San would definitely charge over and fight him to the death.

He could only use Yu Xiaogang to threaten Tang San now; otherwise, in his current state, he would certainly be unable to defeat Tang San, who possessed a full arsenal of Tang Sect martial arts.

He couldn't even outrun him!

Luo Yan did not want to be wiped out by Tang Buddha just after breaking the shackles on Yu Xiaogang's martial soul.

At this moment, Tang San also turned his head to look over.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's miserable state, his eyes were filled with fury, and he wished he could tear the Luo Yan on top of Yu Xiaogang into a thousand pieces!

Seeing that Tang San ignored the soul ring of the Datura Snake and was walking slowly toward them.

"Woof! Woof!"

Luo Yan wanted to shout at Tang San, but in his current Luo Sanpao form, he could not speak human language and could only let out two barks.

Luo Yan heard these two barks himself, and three black lines immediately appeared on his forehead.

He couldn't help but exert force with his foot.

Yu Xiaogang immediately understood Luo Yan's meaning and hurriedly stopped Tang San from advancing further: "San, don't come any closer!"

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San took a deep look at Luo Yan.

In the end, he stopped in his tracks.

Seeing that Tang San did not continue to advance, Luo Yan chanted in his heart:

"System, use the Humanoid Transformation Pill!"

He had received the system as soon as he transmigrated into this world, along with a novice gift pack.

It contained two items: a cultivation technique for the demon race, the Azure Heaven Dragon Emperor Art, and a Humanoid Transformation Pill.

Because of this technique, Luo Yan had initially thought he had transmigrated into a high-fantasy world and was quite excited.

He never expected it to be the Douluo Continent, the sewer of the fantasy genre.