The Soul Ring Most Suitable for the Huang Tian Sacred Body

Tang San did not speak, his eyes releasing a thick, intense hatred as his expression remained cold and sharp.

He and the strange, disheveled man simultaneously released their Martial Souls: black forging hammers, identical in shape with only minor differences in detail.

Tang San's hammer was circled by five black Soul Rings.

The disheveled middle-aged man, however, possessed a full nine; beyond the standard configuration of two yellow, two purple, and four black rings, the final one shone with a deep, blood-red luster—it was a 100,000-year Soul Ring.

Before a single move was made, the aura emanating from their immense soul power energy was so oppressive it felt nearly impossible to breathe.

He was not only a Title Douluo, but his Soul Power Level was at least ninety-five.

While Xiao Wu was still in shock, Huang Tian's voice echoed in her mind.

"I will hold off the Title Douluo. You use that item. Once you break past Tang San, do not hesitate for a second. Get to Da Ming and Er Ming as fast as you can. Only if they arrive do I have any chance of surviving."

"But..."

"There are no 'buts.' Hesitation will only ensure that both of us die here for nothing."

Huang Tian's gaze held no fear, and no panic could be seen on his face.

An immeasurable golden light erupted from his entire body as he rose into the air, transforming into a golden giant over ten meters tall, as if cast from solid gold.

His six Soul Rings—three purple and three black—completed their charging the instant they appeared.

Among them, the fifth ring was completely different from a normal black one; it was a hazy grey, carrying a strong, evil aura that made one's mind feel under assault just by looking at it.

The sixth ring already had a faint, dull red light bleeding through the black, indicating it was extremely close to 100,000 years.

A massive panic gripped Xiao Wu's heart as if something were squeezing it tight.

She was not only panicked by the fate she was about to face, but at this moment, her heart was filled with an even greater panic born of loss and reluctance.

After a brief hesitation, she suddenly knelt and pleaded:

"If... if I am willing to offer a voluntary sacrifice, will you let Brother Tian go?"

Huang Tian's angry voice rang out in her mind once more.

"What kind of foolish nonsense are you spouting? What idiot would let a monstrously talented enemy like me live?

Are you tired of living, or do you think your nine generations have too much food to waste?

If it were me, I wouldn't let myself go either; I'd burn the corpse to ash and scatter it to the ends of the earth just to be sure.

Do as I say; this is our only chance."

As his words fell, a deafening explosion rang out, and endless white mist filled the entire field of vision, rendering everything invisible.

This white mist was permeated with a powerful form of spiritual energy, making it difficult even for spiritual power to penetrate very far.

Before Xiao Wu could react, a black-grey whirlwind sphere appeared out of thin air around her, wrapping her up and moving her rapidly toward the side.

She knew this was the ability of her boyfriend's second Martial Soul's fifth Soul Ring: mastery over wind and lightning.

Just as she escaped the range of the white mist, Xiao Wu instinctively looked back and saw Huang Tian's Huang Tian Sacred Body being struck by a massive hammer, sent flying diagonally into the air.

His left arm was broken and twisted, blood sprayed from his mouth, and the golden light on his body had dimmed by at least thirty percent.

Intense regret instantly filled her heart.

She knew it was her hesitation that had harmed her boyfriend.

If Huang Tian had unleashed an offensive or defensive skill instead of wasting his power to send her away, causing him to be caught off guard by the enemy, he might actually have been able to briefly contend with a Title Douluo.

Then, she couldn't help but think that if she had known it would come to this, she would have searched for her seventh Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest; chasing after the God Trials was far too ethereal.

If he had obtained his Martial Soul Avatar, Huang Tian's strength would have surely skyrocketed.

Not daring to dwell on it, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and sprinted toward the Star Lake, but before long, she saw an ape-man ahead of her with eight rings circling his body.

She used her secret weapon, a soul-guided cannon obtained from an ancient ruin, capable of unleashing power equivalent to the full-force attack of a 50,000 to 80,000-year Soul Beast.

But her soul power was too weak; it required at least a Soul Saint to fully activate, and in her haste, she couldn't charge it for long. While she did manage to wound the opponent due to the element of surprise, she failed to completely incapacitate him.

The ape-man climbed to his feet, trembling, his savage rage looking as if he wanted to devour her whole.

Yet, Xiao Wu smiled inexplicably, her face full of relief.

"Brother Tian, you can't blame me for this; I already ran away just as you wanted.

Let me tell you a secret: I had already thought about it—Invincible Golden Body and Charm are the most suitable 100,000-year skills for the Huang Tian Sacred Body; they are a match made in heaven.

And Void, Teleport, and Explosive Eight-Stage Throw can also serve as perfect supplements.

Goodbye, my love. Let me become a part of you forever; this is perhaps the destined mission of a Soul Beast."

It took only a moment to make the decision, and this time, she did not hesitate at all.

A brilliant red light erupted from her eyes, and from the deepest part of her consciousness to every corner of her limbs and bones, she began to shatter like porcelain.

The unimaginable, excruciating pain caused her to let out an instinctive scream.

"Ah~~~"

It was a sound that transcended normal volume and overflowed with an intensity of emotion that seemed to make the entire forest tremble along with her.

But before anyone could react, in the very next second, an even more blinding red light erupted and spread from the center of her brow, transforming into a tangible wave of red light that washed over everything in every direction.

Wherever the crimson light reached, the earth, the vegetation, the soul beasts, and even the smallest insects were all rendered in a blinding, blood-red hue, and everything was forced into a state of absolute stillness.

This included Tang San and that mysterious Titled Douluo, as well as the attacks that had already been launched and were mid-flight.

The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had reached the pinnacle of sublimation, its vast soul power burning violently to create an energy field capable of suppressing any power below the god-level.

Xiao Wu finally saw Huang Tian again; in this short span of time, he had endured countless attacks, his arms were completely shattered, and his golden body was covered in sunken hammer marks, yet his remaining gaze remained stubborn.

Within the cascading blood, a rich and pure life energy overflowed—this was the soul power of the Blue Silver Saint Emperor.

Without the heaven-defying recovery abilities of the Blue Silver Saint Emperor, a Super Douluo would likely have killed a Soul Emperor with a single hammer strike.

With her mind in turmoil, Xiao Wu suddenly thought of Yu Xiaogang.

Back then, Gangzi had been incensed that Huang Tian refused to become his disciple and even refuted his theories, so he had hidden his world-shaking wisdom regarding imbuing Blue Silver Grass with poison attributes, keeping it as a secret trump card to be taught only to his personal disciple, Tang San.

The advice he gave Huang Tian was to follow the common path, go with the flow, and pursue a life route he deemed ordinary, unpromising, and lacking in uniqueness.

Now, that very path had saved her boyfriend's life and left Tang San returning empty-handed.

As expected, trash is just trash.

Xiao Wu's body drifted gently onto the cheek of the Huang Tian Sacred Body, and she leaned down to press a soft kiss to his lips.

Immediately, her cracked body melted away, and blazing blood-flames erupted from within, until all the red light gathered and condensed into a massive blood-red ring that slowly shrank, settling around the Huang Tian Sacred Body.

It caused all his fractures and indentations to reverse in time, restoring him completely to his prime.