Haolan Spell

The moment his Third Martial Soul awakened, Tang Liu felt his body grow hot, as though he had shattered some kind of shackle. Soul Power surged through his meridians, cycling through them again and again.

At the same time, he heard the system's voice and saw several lines of text appear before him.

Tang Liu nodded to himself when he saw the effects of his first soul skill. He thought they were quite good.

But when he saw his Third Martial Soul, his face darkened.

Setting aside the bizarre and casually chosen name of this Martial Soul, what irritated Tang Liu was that this Haolan Spell was the very reason he had transmigrated to Douluo Continent!

One day in his previous life, he had entered a short Mid-Autumn Festival break. But since he was an orphan with no home to return to, he had stayed at school.

That was where the problem began. When he returned to his dormitory as usual, he discovered an extremely old and antique book lying on his bed.

Both the cover and pages of the book had yellowed, making it look ancient.

Out of curiosity, he had wanted to pick it up and read it. But the instant his hand touched the book, it suddenly exploded!

Of course, it was not the sort of explosion filled with smoke and flames. It was merely a figure of speech—the book suddenly burst into countless particles of powder, all of which entered his nose and mouth and... poisoned him to death.

Yes, he had died of poisoning.

Poisoned by that book.

And he had only managed to see its title.

Compendium of Haolan Spells.

Then he had transmigrated.

However, he remembered that the words "Haolan" on the book's cover seemed to have been added later. They did not match the words "Compendium of Spells" behind them at all.

Judging by this description, it sounds pretty awesome... Tang Liu thought silently after reading the Soul Skill's description.

First, there was no need to mention the mark's function, since he would only know what it did after testing it.

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

For example, if he left a mark on Tang Hao, then while at full Soul Power, should he and Tang San encounter Dugu Bo, he could immediately ignore the distance and teleport Tang Hao over. Or he could directly bring Tang San to Tang Hao's side, likewise ignoring the distance. The price he had to pay was merely 99% of his Soul Power and one day of weakness.

With such an ability, as long as he prepared in advance, almost no one on Douluo Continent could possibly catch him. It was practically unsolvable. Moreover, the condition for placing a mark was absurdly simple—skin contact was all it took.

At the very least, if I can't win, I can still run. Dying probably won't be an issue... Tang Liu thought as he opened his eyes. His blue-black pupils gleamed brightly.

"How was it?" Grandmaster hurriedly asked upon seeing him wake up.

Tang Liu smiled, rose to his feet, and summoned his Martial Soul, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.

Blades of blue grass streaked with golden veins slowly grew from his left palm. They stopped after reaching roughly a foot in length. Then, a yellow Soul Ring circled the grass in his palm, gently rising and falling.

"My first soul skill is called Ethereal Defense. It can designate a person, an animal, or even an inanimate object and grant it the Spirit Cat's intangibility for one minute," Tang Liu said. Then his Soul Ring flashed as he activated the skill.

The next moment, Tang San saw a translucent blue vine slowly grow from his left arm. It wound around his arm several times and clung tightly to it. The vine looked exactly like Tang Liu's Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.

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

Tang San naturally remained where he was without dodging. Then the three of them watched as the pebble passed straight through Tang San and landed behind him.

Tang San looked behind himself in surprise.

His body had clearly not become transparent and insubstantial like the Spirit Cat's, yet the stone still could not hit him.

"Third Brother, try using a Soul Skill now?" Tang Liu said cheerfully as he looked at Tang San.

Tang San nodded, summoned Blue Silver Grass, and then used Bind.

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

"Now look at this." As Tang Liu spoke, he used his small knife to slash at the Blue Silver Grass beside him.

Just like the pebble, Tang Liu's knife passed straight through the Blue Silver Grass without harming it in the slightest.

Tang San and Grandmaster were both stunned by the sight.

"Your Soul Skill can even affect other people's Soul Skills?" Grandmaster exclaimed in surprise.

Tang Liu nodded. "As long as Ethereal Defense is active, all of that person's inherent abilities gain the intangibility effect, but it does not affect the original effects of their Soul Skills. Just like Third Brother's Blue Silver Grass right now. Although his Blue Silver Grass has become intangible under my Soul Skill, it can still bind others, while outside attacks against the Blue Silver Grass are rendered ineffective by the intangibility effect."

Grandmaster's eyes shone with an unusual light as he repeatedly nodded. "Good, this Soul Skill is very good. If you cooperate with Xiao San, then his Blue Silver Grass will be much harder for external forces to destroy, greatly extending his control time. You said this Soul Skill lasts for one minute?"

Tang Liu nodded. "Yes, but it can be improved later. Still, this Soul Skill is single-target and can only be applied to one person at a time. Fortunately, I can release it at any time and apply it to someone else, or wait until the duration ends before adding another." As he spoke, Tang Liu also cast Ethereal Defense on Grandmaster.

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

"If that's the case, then your grasp of timing will need to be extremely precise." Grandmaster looked at the vine on his arm. "Right, how much Soul Power does it consume?"

"It doesn't consume much. It seems I could use it several hundred times without any problem," Tang Liu replied.

He was not boasting. Ethereal Defense truly consumed very little of his Soul Power.

"Good, good." Grandmaster smiled in praise. "All right, our trip to Soul Hunting Forest ends here. It's time for us to return."

Tang San and Tang Liu nodded at the same time.

Although they had gained quite a bit of knowledge over the past two days, they had also suffered greatly.

Not being able to eat hot food was one thing, but at night they had to sleep leaning against tree trunks or lying on the ground.

Tang Liu had it a little better, since he could rest his head on Tang San's thigh, but how comfortable could that really be?