Haolan Spell

The moment his third martial soul awakened, Tang Liu felt a surge of heat throughout his body, as if a shackle had been shattered. His soul power surged through his meridians, circulating in cycle after cycle.

At the same time, he heard the system's voice and saw these lines of text manifest before his eyes.

Seeing the effects of his first soul skill, Tang Liu nodded to himself, feeling that the result was quite good.

But when he saw his third martial soul, his face turned dark.

Setting aside the bizarre and haphazard name of this martial soul, what truly annoyed Tang Liu was that this Compendium of Haolan Spells was the very reason he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent!

In his previous life, during a short Mid-Autumn Festival break, he had nowhere to go as an orphan and stayed at school.

That was when the problem arose: when he returned to his dormitory as usual, he found an extremely old and primitive book sitting on his bed.

The cover and pages of the book were yellowed, looking as if they were from a long-lost era.

Driven by curiosity, he reached out to pick up the book, but the moment his hand touched it, the book suddenly exploded!

Of course, it wasn't an explosion filled with smoke and fire; it was just a figure of speech to describe how the book suddenly shattered into countless specks of dust, all of which drilled into his mouth and nose, poisoning him to death.

Yes, he died of poisoning.

He was poisoned by that book.

And he had only managed to see the name of the book clearly.

Compendium of Haolan Spells.

Then, he transmigrated.

However, he still remembered that on the cover of that book, the two characters "Haolan" seemed to have been added later, clashing completely with the subsequent characters "Compendium of Spells."

Looking at this description, it feels quite overpowered... Tang Liu thought silently after finishing the soul skill introduction.

First, the function of the mark was not worth mentioning, as he would only know what it could do after testing it.

What truly surprised him was the second soul skill, Teleportation.

To give an example, if he left a mark on Tang Hao, then while at full soul power, if he and Tang San encountered Dugu Bo, he could instantly ignore distance to teleport Tang Hao over, or directly bring Tang San to Tang Hao's side, ignoring all distance. The price he would have to pay was merely 99% of his soul power and a one-day period of weakness.

With such an ability, as long as he made preparations in advance, it would be almost impossible for anyone on this Douluo Continent to capture him; it could be called unsolvable. Furthermore, the condition for the mark was extremely simple: mere skin contact was enough.

At the very least, if I can't win, I can still run. Dying is pretty much impossible now... Tang Liu thought, then opened his eyes, his blue-black pupils shining brightly.

"How was it?" Seeing him wake up, Grandmaster asked hurriedly.

Tang Liu smiled, stood up, and released his martial soul, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.

Blue grass blades with golden veins grew slowly from the palm of his left hand, stopping after reaching about a foot in length. Then, a yellow soul ring circled the grass in his palm, rhythmically pulsing up and down.

"My first soul skill is called Ethereal Defense. It can designate a person, an animal, or even an inanimate object and grant it the Ethereal ability of a Ghost Cat for one minute," Tang Liu said, then the soul ring glowed, activating the skill.

The next moment, Tang San noticed a transparent blue vine slowly growing on his left arm, wrapping around it several times and clinging tightly. The vine looked exactly like Tang Liu's Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.

"Third Brother, don't dodge," Tang Liu chuckled, picking up a small stone and throwing it at Tang San.

Tang San naturally stood his ground and did not dodge, and then the three of them watched as the stone passed straight through Tang San's body, landing behind him.

Tang San looked behind him in astonishment.

Even though his body hadn't become transparent or ethereal like a Ghost Cat, the stone had still failed to hit him.

"Third Brother, try releasing your soul skill now?" Tang Liu watched Tang San happily.

Tang San nodded, released his Blue Silver Grass, and used Bind.

The Blue Silver Grass grew wildly around him, spreading and binding everything within a ten-meter radius.

"Now look at this," Tang Liu said, using his small knife to slash at the nearby Blue Silver Grass.

Just like the stone, Tang Liu's knife passed straight through the Blue Silver Grass without causing it the slightest bit of damage.

Seeing this, Tang San and Grandmaster were shocked.

"Your soul skill can even affect the soul skills of others?" Grandmaster asked in surprise.

Tang Liu nodded. "As long as Ethereal Defense is in effect, all of that person's innate abilities will carry the Ethereal effect, but it doesn't affect the original function of their soul skills. Just like Third Brother's Blue Silver Grass now. Although his grass is also etherealized under my skill, it can still bind others, yet external attacks on the grass will be nullified by the ethereal effect."

Grandmaster's eyes were filled with an unusual luster as he nodded repeatedly. "Excellent, this soul skill is excellent. If you and Little San coordinate, his Blue Silver Grass will be very difficult to destroy by external forces, greatly extending his control time. You just said this skill lasts for one minute?"

Tang Liu nodded. "Yes, but it can be improved in the future. It's just that this skill is a single-target effect; it can only be applied to one person at a time. Fortunately, I can dispel it at any time and apply it to someone else, or wait until the time is up to reapply it." As he spoke, Tang Liu released Ethereal Defense on Grandmaster as well.

The vine wrapped around Tang San's left arm vanished instantly, while a new vine slowly grew on Grandmaster's left arm.

"If that's the case, it will require you to have a very precise grasp of timing," Grandmaster said, looking at the vine on his arm. "By the way, what is the soul power consumption like?"

"The consumption is low; I could probably use it hundreds of times without an issue," Tang Liu said.

He wasn't bragging; the soul power consumption of Ethereal Defense was truly minimal for him.

"Good, very good," Grandmaster praised with a smile. "Alright, let's end this trip to the Soul Hunting Forest here. It's time to go back."

Tang San and Tang Liu nodded simultaneously.

Although they had learned a lot over the past two days, it had been extremely grueling.

Forget about not being able to eat hot food; they had spent the nights sleeping against tree trunks or lying on the ground.

Tang Liu had it slightly better, being able to use Tang San's thigh as a pillow, but how comfortable could that really be?