Douluo: I Am Unrivaled Thief, Explosive King Returns

Unrivaled Thief curled his lips into a teasing smile. With his other hand, he grabbed Tang San by the hair and forced that pale face to look directly at Tang Hao. "Isn't this obvious enough?"

He was forcing Tang Hao to make a choice!

Either give up his greatest bargaining chip for revenge against Spirit Hall and watch his son die before his eyes!

Or take a gamble—see whether he could kill him first and save Tang San.

Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, and he panted like a bull. His knuckles cracked loudly as he clenched his fists.

As the Sun-Treading Douluo, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

After weighing the pros and cons, Tang Hao made his decision.

Tang San was merely a tool for his revenge against Spirit Hall and his return to the Clear Sky Sect.

If he died, he could slowly find another one.

For the sake of that pitiful dignity, the ant threatening him had to die!

"Kid, do you think this will make me hesitate? No matter what you do, you won't escape death today!"

Tang Hao sneered and continued walking forward step by step.

Unrivaled Thief narrowed his eyes. He had not expected Tang Hao to be such a heartless man.

"What deep father-son love! Since you want him so badly, I'll give him back to you!"

He suddenly hurled Tang San away and shot into the distance like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

Tang Hao remained unmoved. He wanted to kill the ant threatening him first.

Then his pupils suddenly constricted. The instincts of a Titled Douluo made his entire body tremble.

"Heh heh!" Unrivaled Thief chuckled softly, looking at him without the slightest fear.

Tang Hao thought of something, and his heart jolted.

Even a Soul Douluo could only obey orders. There had to be a Titled Douluo expert protecting him from behind.

With that thought, he stopped advancing. He swept Xiao Wu up from the ground, then turned and chased after the Tang San who had been thrown away.

Since he could not kill Unrivaled Thief, he would escape from here with the least possible loss.

Unrivaled Thief felt somewhat regretful.

If Tang Hao had attacked directly, Mighty Lion Douluo would have made his move.

Still, he was not discouraged. There would be plenty of chances to deal with Tang Hao in the future.

Just then, Zhao Wuji suddenly roared, "Dai Mubai, take Oscar and Ma Hongjun! We're escaping!"

"Escape?" Unrivaled Thief waved toward the darkness. "Did I say you could leave?"

The figure of a red-robed bishop flashed into view. A cold gleam flashed, and Zhao Wuji's left arm fell to the ground.

"Ah!"

Zhao Wuji cried out in pain, having never expected such a turn of events.

Dai Mubai was supporting Ma Hongjun and Oscar as they rushed out of the hotel. At the sight of this, his left foot tripped over his right, and he crashed to the ground flat on his face!

Unrivaled Thief looked mockingly at Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai. "You wrecked someone else's hotel and think you can leave without paying?"

"We'll pay! We'll pay right away!"

Seeing that even Tang Hao had retreated and that there was another Soul Douluo here, how could Zhao Wuji dare act rashly? He hurriedly took out all his Gold Soul Coins.

Dai Mubai also frantically searched for his money pouch.

"Can... can you let us go now?" Zhao Wuji endured the agony, his voice trembling.

Unrivaled Thief smiled disdainfully. "You can leave if you want. Just crawl until you're out of my sight."

Seeing their troubled expressions, Unrivaled Thief gave the red-robed bishop a look, and the latter immediately stepped forward.

"We'll crawl! We'll crawl right now!" Zhao Wuji no longer dared hesitate. Like a stray dog, he truly dropped to the ground and crawled away.

Dai Mubai cared even less about his dignity. Dragging Oscar and Ma Hongjun along, he crawled away in a sorry state.

As Zhao Wuji and the others crawled away like stray dogs, Unrivaled Thief looked in the direction Tang Hao had left and murmured softly.

"This is only the beginning. It isn't over yet!"

By Misfortune Comes Fortune, Tai Tan Will Appear

"Boss, why didn't we just kill them? It was such a good opportunity."

Rebel Son and the other two gathered around, their faces full of confusion.

Unrivaled Thief narrowed his eyes, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.

"The time isn't right yet. But..." He paused. "It'll happen within the next few days. Just endure a little longer."

Naturally, he had his own plans for showing mercy.

If they killed any member of Shrek, they would likely cancel their plan to hunt Oscar's third Soul Ring.

Without Xiao Wu as bait, how could they lure the Titan Giant Ape to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest?

Wouldn't the worshippers he had gotten from that old bastard Qian Daoliu make a wasted trip and return empty-handed?

Though the three were puzzled, they did not press further.

They only knew that their big brother would never harm them.

Unrivaled Thief did not continue the discussion. With a wave of his hand, he gathered the Gold Soul Coins on the ground.

It was not much, but there were still several hundred, perhaps even a thousand Gold Soul Coins.

He then led everyone back to the hotel.

However, by then, almost everyone in the hotel had left. Only the owner and a few attendants remained.

Unrivaled Thief slapped the Gold Soul Coins he had taken from Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai onto the table and said to the hotel owner.

"Boss, get us six single rooms and a table of your specialty dishes. Keep the extra Gold Soul Coins as payment for repairing the hotel."

Upon hearing this, the owner immediately sprang up from beneath the table.

"Yes, Lord Soul Master. I'll have someone arrange it for you right away."

Having run a hotel outside the Star Dou Great Forest, he was long used to scenes of fighting and killing.

It was just that this time, the commotion had been a little too great. Even a Titled Douluo had appeared.

Unrivaled Thief nodded, gave Rebel Son and the others some instructions, then returned to a single room by himself.

The instant he closed the door, he staggered and nearly fell. His face immediately turned pale.

"Whew. The Position Swap derivative of my third soul skill, Wind Seal, consumes too much Soul Power. It can catch people off guard, but I need to use it carefully."

Unrivaled Thief knew very clearly that this derivative soul skill, Wind Seal—Position Swap, could only be used by activating both Wind Domain and his third soul skill at the same time.

Moreover, the higher the target's Soul Power, the more Soul Power it consumed to move them.

That was why he was so determined to train Overlord Wind-Chasing Fist to the point where he could use it with an ordinary attack.

"Whew. In the end, my Soul Power is still too low. If I become a Soul Saint, all these problems will be solved!"

With that thought, Unrivaled Thief was no longer lost. He sat cross-legged on the bed to recover and review the battle.

This aimless fight tonight had not been without gains.

It had helped him further refine Wind Domain, while also giving him a new understanding of his physique.

Because of the Explosive King and Fire Dragon King martial souls, Unrivaled Thief's current physique was already no weaker than those Soul Kings with Beast Martial Souls.

Elsewhere, Tang Hao carried the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu, racing for a hundred li before finally stopping at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"That brat has a Titled Douluo protecting him. His background is definitely far from simple. I need to investigate him first, then decide how to deal with him!"

A gloomy glint flashed through Tang Hao's eyes. He was the kind of man who repaid every slight.

Though arrogant, he was not a brainless brute.

Given the current situation, rashly making enemies was hardly a wise move.

"My first priority is saving Xiao San." Tang Hao snorted and reached for the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges around Tang San's waist. "You're an important chess piece in my revenge against Spirit Hall. You can't die just like this."

On the Douluo Continent, storage Soul Tools had almost no protection. They were like whores—anyone could use them.

As Tang San's father, Tang Hao naturally knew what his son usually tinkered with.

He skillfully searched through the storage belt and quickly found several antidotes among a pile of bottles and jars.

"You came well prepared. But I don't know what poison you took, so if you drink them all, one of them is bound to work."

As he spoke, Tang Hao casually pulled the stoppers from the small jade-green bottles and poured all the medicine into Tang San's mouth.

Tang San truly deserved to be the chosen protagonist. After swallowing a pile of antidotes, he actually managed to neutralize the poison in his body.

Tang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. If Tang San died, his revenge against Spirit Hall would be delayed greatly.

"I've already paved the road for you. I hope you won't disappoint me."

He glanced at Xiao Wu, who lay not far away. She was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Transformation that even Titled Douluos dreamed of obtaining.

Although Tang San's life had been saved, nearly all the bones in his body had been broken. It would take quite some time for him to fully recover.

But that was no problem for Tang Hao. He took out a Spirit Bone glowing with faint blue light from his Soul Tool.

The Ten Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone!

Tang Hao did not hesitate. He forcibly fused the Ten Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone into Tang San's right leg.

Although Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had yet to awaken into the Blue Silver Emperor, this Spirit Bone belonged to his blood-related mother, so it was still a perfect match.

With Tang Hao's help, the fusion was completed in less than an hour.

The instant the fusion was complete, the Spirit Bone skill, "Wildfires cannot burn it all; when spring winds blow, it grows anew," activated.

Its powerful restorative ability rapidly healed Tang San's injuries. Even his broken bones reconnected.

His Soul Power also broke through from level twenty-nine to level thirty.

This was probably the treatment of a protagonist—turning misfortune into fortune.

Just then, Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai arrived in a miserable state, panting as they dragged Ma Hongjun and Oscar along.

"Pant, pant..."

Zhao Wuji's face was pale, and blood still seeped from the wound where his arm had been severed. His entire body swayed unsteadily.

Dai Mubai was even more disheveled, having long lost his usual overbearing demeanor.

Yet the moment they saw Tang Hao, they immediately forced themselves to straighten up and bow respectfully. "His Highness Haotian!"

Tang Hao glanced at them and snorted. "Although I saved you, I don't want Xiao San to learn my identity so soon. As for how you escaped, make up a reason yourselves."

Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai's mouths twitched involuntarily.

How had they been saved?!

They had clearly escaped by crawling like stray dogs!

But before Tang Hao, neither of them dared show the slightest dissatisfaction. "Yes, we understand."

Having received the answer he wanted, Tang Hao nodded and vanished into the shadows.

After quite a while, Xiao Wu was the first to awaken. She blankly surveyed the familiar yet unfamiliar surroundings.

"W-weren't we at the hotel? Where is this?! Where's Xiao San? Is he okay?"

"This is the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Teacher Zhao paid the price of one arm to get us out. Tang San was injured too. He's lying over there now."

Dai Mubai spent all day with women, so his skill at lying was naturally first-rate.

The moment Xiao Wu saw the unconscious Tang San, her delicate brows rose sharply. Pouting furiously, she said, "Those people are awful! They actually hit him so hard. This lady will definitely make them pay!"

Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai secretly shook their heads. Neither believed Xiao Wu had the strength to take revenge on Unrivaled Thief's group.

After all, they had a Soul Douluo-level expert protecting them.

However, they did not know that Xiao Wu truly had that ability within the Star Dou Great Forest.

The next day, Unrivaled Thief and his group arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest around noon.