Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Hao Gets Beaten

Ah Yin had yet to realize that the contract she had signed with Li Ping'an was a master-servant pact.

Should she dare to defy Li Ping'an's orders, she would suffer the backlash of the contract.

Just moments ago, Li Ping'an had commanded that she was not to leave his body or appear before others without his permission.

This was a direct order; if Ah Yin dared to disobey, she would be met with that very backlash.

However, under the subtle, pervasive influence of the master-servant pact, she likely wouldn't even harbor thoughts of betrayal.

"Alright, let's leave this place."

Li Ping'an kindly returned Tang Hao's lead box to the cave at the top of the secret chamber.

He then went to the cave entrance, plucked a stalk of Blue Silver Grass, and replanted it on the small mound of earth.

Before departing, Li Ping'an restored the stones at the cave entrance, erasing any traces of his presence.

"Wind-Riding Technique is truly exhilarating, though it's a pity my soul power is too low to sustain flight indefinitely!"

Li Ping'an flew down from the waterfall and left the valley.

Soul bone skills also consume soul power, though less than soul ring skills.

Li Ping'an returned home quietly; even his parents were unaware he had left, assuming he was in seclusion for cultivation.

"After absorbing the soul bone, my martial soul and soul power seem to have undergone some kind of change!"

Only now did Li Ping'an dare to carefully sense the changes following the absorption.

He felt his soul power become more mellow and brimming with vitality.

His martial soul, the Blue Silver Grass, had also grown significantly thicker and more robust, appearing even more profound than Tang San's martial soul.

As Li Ping'an finished his cultivation and prepared to head out, he heard Ah Yin's voice.

"Li Ping'an, you are a human soul master; do you know of the Martial Soul Hall?" Ah Yin asked.

Having found hope in recovering as the Blue Silver Emperor, she wanted to inquire about Tang Hao.

Li Ping'an naturally knew what she was thinking and said, "You want to know about the Martial Soul Hall? Call me Master, and I'll tell you."

"What?" Having lived as a human for decades, how could Ah Yin not know what 'Master' implied?

Yet, she suddenly felt that her heart did not resist this title as much as she expected.

"Fine, Master, I want to know if any major events have occurred in the Martial Soul Hall over these years!"

Tsk tsk, is the influence of the master-servant pact really this strong? Li Ping'an thought to himself.

"There was one major event! Eight years ago, the previous Pope of the Martial Soul Hall passed away, and his disciple, Bibi Dong, became the new Pope!"

Given Li Ping'an's status, this was all he could know.

As for the conflict between the Martial Soul Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, how could a soul master in a small border town possibly know of such things?

Ah Yin knew Li Ping'an was only around level ten, so she didn't press for more.

"The Pope of the Martial Soul Hall is dead? Doesn't that mean he has forged a deep blood feud with the Martial Soul Hall?"

She knew the strength of the Martial Soul Hall all too well, even back when she was a soul beast.

"Eight years have passed; I wonder how he is now, and how our child is doing!"

Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Hao, whom Ah Yin missed so dearly, was here now, along with Tang San.

Tang Hao frowned as he watched two massive beasts charging toward them.

"The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python? Why would these two kings of soul beasts appear on the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"Damn it, they're heading toward Xiao San's direction!"

Tang Hao was startled. With the strength of Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the Academy Dean, how could they possibly be a match for two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?

"Could it be that transformed soul beast? Did they sense her aura?"

Tang Hao knew well that some soul beasts increased their cultivation by devouring others.

Therefore, the essence of a transformed soul beast was a potent tonic for certain creatures.

He had no way of knowing that the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python were Xiao Wu's subordinates, and having sensed her aura, they had rushed over to visit her.

"No, I cannot let them pass, or Xiao San will surely be caught in the crossfire!"

At this thought, Tang Hao no longer cared about hiding his presence; a two-meter-long giant hammer appeared in his hand.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red soul ring pulsed beneath his feet, radiating a formidable pressure.

Some of the weaker soul beasts nearby were frightened away, while others were pinned directly to the ground.

"A human Title Douluo?"

The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python were now drawn to Tang Hao.

"Damn it, we cannot let this human discover Big Sister Xiao Wu! Stop him!"

The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python exchanged a glance before heading toward Tang Hao.

As luck would have it, while they were thinking this, Tang Hao was thinking the exact same thing.

They had all misunderstood one another, each unwilling to let the other get close to Xiao Wu and Tang San.

With a thunderous BOOM, Tang Hao's martial soul transformed into a hundred-meter giant hammer, smashing toward the Titan Giant Ape.

Possessing ultimate strength, the Titan Giant Ape beat its chest and met the attack head-on; for a moment, the strength of the man and the beast were evenly matched.

However, Tang Hao was already nursing injuries, and as the man and beast locked in a contest of strength, he began to fall behind.

Just then, a bolt of cyan lightning descended from the sky, striking Tang Hao.

It was the Sky Azure Bull Python making its move; a single Nirvana Thunder was enough to severely wound an ordinary Title Douluo, and Tang Hao naturally could not withstand it.

"My injuries!"

Tang Hao had not expected these two kings of soul beasts to be so troublesome.

When he was young and full of vigor, he had even boasted to others that he had once wrestled with a Titan Giant Ape and gained the upper hand.

He never expected that the boast he made back then would come back to slap him in the face today.

Even after breaking through to become a Title Douluo, he was still unable to take down this Titan Giant Ape directly.

"I must drive them away!"

Tang Hao immediately channeled his sect's secret technique, the Great Sumeru Hammer, detonating his own soul rings to push his power to the absolute limit!

"This fluctuation! How could there be such a fluctuation on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Grandmaster and the Academy Dean were startled. As they looked toward the source of the disturbance, they saw a giant hammer soaring into the sky.

"It's Da Ming and Er Ming! Have they encountered a Title Douluo?"

Xiao Wu saw it too, along with two familiar auras; she knew her little brothers had come to pick her up.

Although she hadn't notified them, the two had sensed her presence.

"Is that the Title Douluo who has been monitoring me? I wonder who that person really is?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Wu asked, "Grandmaster, do you know what kind of martial soul that is?"

"Hmph! So you finally know to ask me?" Yu Xiaogang felt a sense of pride as Xiao Wu took the initiative to ask.

He smugly believed he had finally won Xiao Wu over.

"That is the number one tool martial soul under heaven, the Clear Sky Hammer!" Yu Xiaogang declared.

"The number one tool martial soul under heaven, the Clear Sky Hammer?" Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the Academy Dean exclaimed in unison.

"Can the Clear Sky Hammer really be cultivated to such a level?" Tang San felt a sense of awe.

He possessed the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul himself, but his hammer was tiny, not even a meter long.

The one in the distance was a full hundred meters tall, towering over most of the trees in this ancient forest.

"But why would a Clear Sky Hammer martial soul appear here?"

Tang San had an ominous premonition, for through his system, he knew that his biological father was a Title Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect.