Tang San Destroys the Tang Sect!

Heaven Dou City lay in the heart of the northeastern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire and served as its capital.

It was both an ancient city with a long history and one of the five most prosperous cities on the entire Douluo Continent.

The Tang Sect, once the continent's greatest sect, had been founded by the Sea God and was located in this city.

On this day, inside the Tang Sect.

A young girl poked her head out of a room, carefully observing her surroundings.

She had fair skin and looked about eight or nine years old.

She wore a blue outfit, and her large, lively phoenix eyes were framed by long black hair tied into a ponytail that fell down her back.

"Wonderful! Mom and Dad have both gone to a meeting, so I, Tang Ya, can go out and play again!"

Tang Ya's phoenix eyes curved into crescents. She expertly rose onto her tiptoes and crept along the wall, slowly making her way toward the distant gate.

Before long, Tang Ya reached the vicinity of the Council Hall.

The Council Hall was an important place in the Tang Sect. It was usually heavily guarded, and ordinary disciples were not allowed near.

But that had been true in the past...

The Tang Sect had been passed down for ten thousand years, but now it had fallen into decline. It had fewer than twenty disciples.

"Today's my lucky day!" Tang Ya thought happily, her steps growing lighter.

The Council Hall's door wasn't fully shut. A gap about three fingers wide remained between the wooden doors, and raised voices could be heard faintly from inside.

Tang Ya was about to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to sneak over without a sound, but her ears picked out a word from inside.

"Iron Blood Sect."

Tang Ya immediately grew interested. She knew of the Iron Blood Sect. She'd heard it was a newly established sect in Heaven Dou City, and its sect master was a Five-Ring Soul King, one rank above her parents.

She pressed herself against the door and perked up her ears.

"Sect Master Tang, are you sure you won't reconsider? I'm only trying to help you!"

"Tie Li! This is the foundation our Tang Sect has built over tens of thousands of years. How could we simply give it up?"

Another person coveting my Tang Sect's foundation!

Tang Ya was furious. She'd once heard her father tell her how glorious the Tang Sect had been in its heyday!

Back then, the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons had been sold all across the continent. Even three-year-old children had heard of its fame.

But now, Soul Tools had overpowered them, and not a single Hidden Weapon could be sold...

Tang Ya clearly had no intention of listening any longer. She used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and left in an instant, heading toward the gate.

Right now, only a whole day of carefree fun could dispel the discomfort in her heart...

Some time after Tang Ya had left, Tie Li emerged from the Council Hall, his face grim.

Tie Li paused outside the hall, then turned toward the man and woman seated in the seats of honor behind him. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Sect Master Tang, my Iron Blood Sect will remember what happened today."

"We'll meet again!"

After delivering his threat, Tie Li left without hesitation...

As he walked out of the Tang Sect, his eyes turned cold. "What a Tang Sect. I've said all there is to say. Don't blame me for what happens tonight!"

Suddenly...

A rock came flying from the sky, straight at Tie Li's head.

It was moving so fast that even he, a Soul King, had no time to react.

With a thud, the rock struck Tie Li squarely in the forehead.

"Who's there?! Who dares sneak up on me?!"

Tie Li clutched his swollen, reddened forehead and looked around, but couldn't spot a soul.

"Get out here, now! Otherwise, don't blame my fists for being blind!"

Another rock flew out, but this time it was much slower.

Tie Li reacted at once and dodged to the side. At last, he saw that the rock had come from a deep, shadowy alley on his right.

Tie Li was instantly enraged. He was the dignified sect master of the Iron Blood Sect, a Five-Ring Soul King. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?

"Looking to die!" he growled, then strode toward the alley at a run.

As soon as he entered, Tie Li spotted a man in a green robe, with several broken bamboo stalks sticking out behind him. The man was leaning against the wall, apparently waiting for something.

"Was it you, you bastard, who threw rocks at me?"

Feng Yan didn't answer. He simply looked to one side and spoke toward an empty patch of ground. "Tang San, someone's trying to steal the target of your Second Trial. What do you think?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a Man Faced Spider Emperor, about ten meters in diameter, gradually appeared on the ground where there had been nothing before.

"N-no... Impossible! How could there be a Soul Beast in Heaven Dou City?!"

Tie Li didn't know what species the spider was, but with a body that enormous, its cultivation had to be at least fifty thousand years.

"I hadn't planned to kill you, but since you've seen me, I can't let you live!" Tang San's voice brimmed with killing intent.

Before coming to Heaven Dou City, he had asked Senior Bamboo God about this world.

Feng Yan saw that the questions were nothing important, so he had simply answered them all without hiding anything.

And so...

Tang San finally understood something about this world. He also knew that he was currently a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the sort that could drive countless powerful beings mad...

Every hair on Tie Li's body stood on end. He was so shocked that he could barely think.

The spider... had spoken!

This was a legendary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

Tie Li had just turned to flee when a sharp spider leg shot through his chest, as fast as lightning.

Blood gushed out, and his consciousness gradually faded.

At the same time, Feng Yan quietly released a trace of divine power into Tie Li's body...

The instant Tang San caught the scent of blood, his appetite flared. It seemed... he hadn't eaten in a long time.

But humans... He truly couldn't bring himself to eat one.

As Tang San hesitated, a deep, magnetic male voice seemed to sound in his mind:

"Eat... Don't let yourself starve..."

"No! He's human... and so am I!" Tang San roared inwardly.

"You're a Man Faced Spider Emperor now, so... why should humans be the only ones you can't kill and eat?"

In the end.

Tang San still didn't take a bite. After confirming that Tie Li was dead, he withdrew the spider leg from his chest, then crawled toward the Tang Sect.

Only by quickly destroying this fake Tang Sect could he calm himself.

After Tang San left, Feng Yan glanced at Tie Li, who lay on the ground, barely breathing. The corner of his mouth curled up, and then he disappeared...

Before long, a strong smell of blood roused Tie Li.

"I... didn't die?"

Tie Li slowly got to his feet and looked down at his chest. There was a gaping hole through it, and he could hardly believe his eyes.

This was a fatal wound, yet he was still alive!

He had no time to think about it. Tie Li quickly left the area...

Inside the Tang Sect...

Tang San was slaughtering everyone in sight!

The Tang Sect's sect master and his wife, along with all the disciples, lay dead.

Now Tang San was ransacking the Tang Sect from top to bottom. He refused to let even one person remain alive in this fake Tang Sect!

Soon, he had searched the entire Tang Sect, but hadn't found a single living soul.

At last! He had confirmed that this counterfeit Tang Sect had been wiped out.

From the sect master down to the disciples, everyone who had inherited the Tang Sect Secret Arts was dead, without exception.