Tang Liu thought Xiong Jun was the most likely culprit. That guy loved fighting the most; those bear claws of his had even dared to wound Di Tian. Had the Beast God's authority vanished, or had the Dragon God Claw become dull? He was just a blind bear—did he really dare challenge the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King? Wouldn't it be better to keep his head down and live peacefully?
Because the powerhouses of the Star Dou Great Forest were all asleep, the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape had become its publicly acknowledged overlords, guarding the Star Dou Great Forest.
Tang Liu even felt that having the Sky Azure Bull Python guard the Star Dou Great Forest had been Di Tian's order. After all, the Sky Azure Bull Python also possessed dragon bloodline, and on the entire Douluo Continent, aside from the Silver Dragon King, Di Tian's bloodline was currently the most noble and pure.
The trees within the Mixed Zone were even taller, giving it a sense of blotting out the sky and sun.
Very little sunlight filtered through, leaving the forest with a dark, gloomy feeling.
Yet the life energy here was undoubtedly incredibly rich, and the air was fresher than outside. Every breath was intoxicating, brimming with vitality.
Blue Silver Grass covered the ground. With their exceptionally tenacious life force, they could be seen almost everywhere.
Tang Liu smiled as he watched the Blue Silver Grass on the ground sway gently in the breeze. Sensing his aura, the stalks of Blue Silver Grass swayed toward him.
He had discovered during his first visit to the Star Dou Great Forest that Blue Silver Grass was especially fond of him.
That was because his mother was the Blue Silver Emperor, and his Martial Soul was also the Blue Silver Emperor—though it was the mutated Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor.
Thinking of this, Tang Liu suddenly froze.
He remembered that in the original story, Tang San had gained the Blue Silver Domain, the innate soul skill of the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, after awakening his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
His own Martial Soul was already the Blue Silver Emperor. Even if it was the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor produced by mutation, it should still possess the innate soul skill Blue Silver Domain.
Could it have disappeared because of the Martial Soul mutation?
Or had it become another innate talent that he had yet to notice?
Or perhaps this talent simply had not been awakened yet?
With that thought, Tang Liu unconsciously released his Martial Soul.
However, this time, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor did not grow from his palm. Instead, it shot up directly from beneath his feet, growing to around two meters tall in an instant.
To the naked eye, the slender vines of the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor resembled blue crystals patterned with golden veins. They were translucent and beautiful. Moreover, because the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor had no physical form and was illusory and transparent, it possessed an even more unreal sort of beauty.
The Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor's sole yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring continued to rise and fall around Tang Liu's body.
Before he knew it, Tang Hao had stopped walking. He stared blankly at the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperors constantly growing wherever Tang Liu passed. Some distant memories had been stirred, and he became lost in them.
"Ah Yin..."
Tang Liu continued forward as though he had not noticed anything happening around him. With every step he took, an Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor two meters tall grew from the spot where his footprint had been left.
Around these Ethereal Blue Silver Emperors, the ordinary Blue Silver Grass grew rapidly as though time had accelerated. They swayed in unison, radiating joyous emotions.
Led by the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor, stalk after stalk of Blue Silver Grass began to grow. Soon, all the Blue Silver Grass within fifty meters had sprung up over a foot high, swaying gently in a peculiar rhythm.
At the same time, blue motes of light slowly flew from the Blue Silver Grass, drifting through the air toward Tang Liu.
The closer these light motes came to Tang Liu, the faster they flew.
The light each stalk of Blue Silver Grass released was only the size of a soybean, but with so much Blue Silver Grass, the gathered motes formed wave after wave that swept toward Tang Liu before finally merging into his body.
The sight was unexpectedly magnificent, possessing a unique beauty.
At some point, Tang Liu had stopped walking.
He stood there with his eyes open, yet his gaze was utterly vacant, devoid of any light.
Strangely, although he was clearly standing there, he gave off no aura at all. Yet upon closer sensing, one would discover that his presence seemed to fill the entire fifty-meter radius.
After the blue tides of light converging on Tang Liu reached their tenth wave, the aura he emitted suddenly changed, slowly revealing a faint hint of majesty.
The next moment, a ring of blue light blossomed beneath his feet, spreading outward and expanding until it vanished only after extending beyond fifty meters.
The blue ring swept across all the Blue Silver Grass on the ground like a gentle breeze. Every stalk brushed by the blue light began growing wildly, as though it had received the finest nourishment.
Some of their blades of grass even began to lengthen, gradually transforming into vines.
This also meant that these Blue Silver Grasses had transformed from plants into Soul Beasts.
Although they were only the lowest-ranked ten-year Soul Beasts for now, given enough time, they would certainly be able to grow into hundred-year, thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, and even hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
This was the tenacity of Blue Silver Grass.
Under ideal conditions, they could certainly live to the hundred-thousand-year level. As for the two-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, apart from the Blue Silver Emperor clan, only the lucky few among the Blue Silver Grass could survive it.
The blue ring of light blossomed beneath Tang Liu's feet ten times. Then, Tang Liu regained consciousness, and his eyes were no longer vacant.
He raised his left hand, and the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor slowly grew from his palm. Behind him, the Ethereal Blue Silver Emperors that had grown earlier gradually faded away into the air.
"Is this the Blue Silver Emperor's innate domain? Mine seems somewhat different from the normal Blue Silver Domain."
Tang Liu looked at the Martial Soul in his palm and muttered to himself.
"The host's Ethereal Blue Silver Emperor innate domain should be called the 'Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain.' Unlike the ordinary 'Blue Silver Domain,' the 'Ethereal Blue Emperor Domain' possesses only five effects: activation, connection, regeneration effect, Breath Concealment Effect, and imperial might effect," the system spoke at that moment.
"So I can't use Blue Silver Domain skills like All-Encompassing Forest and All Rivers Run to Sea, right?" Tang Liu asked.
"Yes," the system replied.
Tang Liu smiled faintly, then withdrew his Martial Soul and turned toward Tang Hao.
"Dad, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, a pitch-black vine suddenly shot out from the side. It coiled around Tang Liu like a python and yanked him backward.
Something strange happened. In the blink of an eye, Tang Liu vanished together with that vine.
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