Red Peak Spear, Immortal Shield!

Tang Heng hid in the small grove, gasping for air.

He had just been attempting a five-element fusion and hadn't been paying attention to his surroundings.

To think he had been caught in such a state, and by that brat Xie Xie, no less.

This was the first time anyone other than his younger siblings had seen him like this, and he felt a rather subtle emotion.

It was almost like the feeling of being caught cross-dressing in secret, wasn't it?

Tang Heng couldn't quite put his finger on it; he snapped his fingers to use the water element to clean the dust off his hem, then entered the MC world.

Just as he entered the world, it happened to be nighttime, and the monsters hadn't respawned yet.

Tang Heng slipped into the bedroom and slept on the bed, quickly skipping the night while also replenishing the mental energy he had just consumed.

Time flew by like a shuttle.

He opened his eyes to a new day, and the mental energy and soul power he had exhausted while practicing elemental control the night before had mostly recovered.

This recovery speed was nothing short of terrifying.

One had to know that once mental energy was completely depleted, it was difficult to recover to its original state in a short time unless one was exceptionally gifted or used special means.

Although soul power was easier to recover than mental energy, it wasn't exactly simple either.

If one practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill or some other technique, the recovery speed might become faster.

But it was absolutely impossible for it to be as fast as Tang Heng's.

If he were ever forced into a war of attrition in the future and ran out of soul power and mental energy, he could just hide in the MC plane.

Hehe, Tang Heng didn't even dare to imagine the expression on the enemy's face.

Enemy: Critically wounded, one hit left!

Hides in MC to rest for a day.

Tang Heng steps back onto the battlefield at full status.

Enemy: "WTF! You're cheating, aren't you?!"

Domain Expansion, Unlimited Void!

When dealing with vicious enemies, one's so-called bottom line is simply their execution threshold.

Tang Heng recalled a manga from his past life called Jujutsu Kaisen, which featured a popular character named Gojo Satoru. If he truly had no bottom line, he could have Todo Aoi use Boogie Woogie to swap places with Sukuna, then hit him with a 200% Hollow Purple point-blank.

After opening the domain, he could have Yuta Okkotsu use a Cursed Speech technique to freeze him for a second; surely that would kill Sukuna, right?

Why fight one-on-one when you can gang up on them?

"But if I grow strong enough, I probably won't encounter an enemy capable of dragging me into a war of attrition anyway."

Tang Heng muttered to himself, then summoned his Soul Spirit, Gari.

After a year of training in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Gari was now a six-thousand-year soul beast, and influenced by his Gold Dragon King bloodline, there were faint signs of bloodline evolution.

He estimated that Gari's next stage would be the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the auspicious beast that carried the destiny of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Logically speaking, there should only be one Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the Douluo Continent, but ten thousand years ago, it had already been beautifully turned into Tang Yuhao's soul ring under the careful planning of the God King Tang.

If his own beast became an auspicious beast again, it should be recognized upon returning to the Douluo plane, right?

Gari rubbed against Tang Heng's palm, and after receiving his permission, a dazzling golden light erupted from its body.

Before long, a second purple soul ring appeared at Tang Heng's feet.

As the soul ring was added, his Gold Dragon King martial soul broke through to level twenty, and his soul power continued to soar until it stopped at level twenty-six.

Tang Heng checked the effect of his second soul ring and was quite satisfied.

Golden Dragon Bloodlust: All attributes increased by 50%. It was a high-tier percentage boost with no time limit; as long as he had soul power, he could maintain the buff.

He was the Gold Dragon King, after all; just stacking stats was enough. He could leave the mechanics to the Silver Dragon King.

High damage with the left fist, high damage with the right fist.

Where should he go hunting this time?

Tang Heng looked at the map, feeling stumped for a moment.

Ordinary hundred-year soul beasts could no longer provide a significant increase in soul power, and those below a hundred years barely added anything at all.

If he wanted a significant boost, he had to find places where powerful soul beasts frequently appeared.

Then he would go to the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The beasts that appeared there were basically ten-thousand-year soul beasts, with only a small number of thousand-year ones, and there was even a chance of ten-thousand-year soul beasts respawning.

Tang Heng weighed his current strength; counting the Spirit Sheath Silver Paper and his set of Protection IV enchanted diamond armor, fighting anything below a hundred-thousand-year soul beast shouldn't be a problem.

After all, as long as he didn't provoke them, those hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were neutral units, so he didn't have to worry about being ganged up on for no reason.

After choosing his target, Tang Heng's figure vanished from the spot.

The next second, the familiar scenery of the primeval forest came into view once again.

This place possessed an atmosphere that cities built of reinforced concrete lacked. Nature was truly wondrous; just walking through the forest made him feel much better.

However, this place was no scenic tourist spot.

Not far ahead, a Tiger Demon Cat with twenty-three thousand years of cultivation was strolling leisurely across the Grass Blocks, completely oblivious to the impending danger.

It viewed Tang Heng as a neutral entity and did not initiate an attack.

In battle, however, the side that seizes the initiative and strikes first often holds the advantage.

Tang Heng activated Martial Soul Possession, and a golden dragon claw lunged out, striking toward the head of the Tiger Demon Cat.

The blow was heavy and powerful, instantly draining one-fifth of its health bar.

The Tiger Demon Cat, having been attacked, quickly launched a counter-offensive, cyan whirlwinds rising beneath its feet.

As the Tiger Demon Cat retaliated, Tang Heng was not foolish enough to stand there and let it hit him; after all, being struck would genuinely hurt.

With a backward leap to create distance, Tang Heng pulled a Netherite Spear from his inventory, holding a shield in his off-hand.

Red Peak Spear, Immortal Shield!

The Tiger Demon Cat's attack landed on the shield with a dull thud, failing to inflict even a sliver of damage on Tang Heng.

Although the durability had dropped significantly, he had come prepared.

His inventory was stocked with a pile of shields; if one broke, he would simply swap it for another.

Tang Heng was quite confident in his hand speed.

After blocking the Tiger Demon Cat's strike, Tang Heng held the shield in one hand and the spear in the other, then thrust the spear out like a dragon, terrifying spear intent gathering at the tip.

Carrying overwhelming momentum, he charged at the Tiger Demon Cat.

The foolish soul beast did not know how to dodge and braced itself to take the hit, its health bar instantly emptying by more than half.

Over the past year, Tang Heng had elevated his technique to the realm of spear intent, and his mastery of the move Thousand Men Pointing had reached a sophisticated level.

Relying on this spear technique, combined with the formidable physique and blood energy granted by the Gold Dragon King martial soul, ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts were no match for him at all.

Even though the dying Tiger Demon Cat launched an even more ferocious assault, it ultimately lost to the despicable Steve, failing to even land a single scratch.

The corpse of the dead Tiger Demon Cat vanished, dropping no rare items like a soul bone, leaving behind only a black soul ring.

"Oh, oh, oh, it's here, it's here! Is this the feeling of power increasing?"

Killing a twenty-thousand-year Tiger Demon Cat had actually raised his Soul Power Level by a full level and then some; it seemed that before reaching level thirty, killing ten-thousand-year soul beasts would not incur much of an experience penalty.

What more was there to say?

I'm going to crush the Star Dou Great Forest all by myself!