Douluo: A Man Returns, the Heaven-Defying Seal Smashes Tang San to Death

Lu Yu came back to his senses, shook his head with a laugh, and turned to walk outside.

Wang Sheng suddenly called out, "Lu Yu! It's lunchtime! Aren't you coming to the cafeteria with us?"

Lu Yu waved a hand. "I'm not hungry. I'm going out for a walk."

With that, he walked straight out of the Seventh Dormitory.

He came to a secluded corner behind the dormitory building. After making sure no one was around, Lu Yu took a deep breath and pointed into the air.

A pale blue glow swirled around his fingertips before transforming into a translucent talisman!

Mysterious runes were traced across the talisman. A smile appeared on Lu Yu's face, and with a thought—

The talisman turned into a streak of light and landed directly on Lu Yu's body.

Lu Yu's entire body was immediately shrouded in silver-white light. It carried a metallic texture, giving off an indestructible feeling.

A closer look revealed that the silver-white light consisted of six layers!

"Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman! Success!"

A smile spread across Lu Yu's face. Then, using the Heavenly Talisman technique, he instantly dispersed the talisman's power.

The Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman was one of the nine strongest talismans.

Its purpose was to draw upon the power of heaven and earth, forming six layers of shields. Supported by one's Qi—Soul Power—it could continuously regenerate and restore itself even after being shattered.

The Heavenly Talisman had three formidable aspects.

The first was its ability to instantly condense talismans!

The second was that, once one mastered the Heavenly Talisman, one could use spiritual power to "draw talismans" out of thin air!

Otherwise, drawing a talisman and giving it great power required bathing, changing clothes, and many other tedious procedures. This was the process of setting up an altar and performing rites, concentrating one's essence, Qi, and spirit before infusing them into the talisman.

The more powerful the talisman, the greater its consumption of Qi.

But Lu Yu, who had mastered the Heavenly Talisman, did not need to worry about that at all. As long as his spiritual power was strong enough, he could "draw talismans" however he pleased!

The third was the talismans' power!

If talismans condensed through the Heavenly Talisman were further empowered with Qi—Soul Power—their might would undergo a qualitative transformation!

The more Soul Power poured into them, the stronger the talismans became!

This was especially true for the nine strongest talismans in the Compendium of Talismans. As long as there was enough Soul Power to support them, they could unleash unfathomable power!

Of the nine supreme talismans, three came from Zheng Zibu.

No one knew whether he had created them himself or inherited them from his predecessors.

Those three talismans had one thing in common: they consumed an utterly terrifying amount of spiritual power, yet were extremely powerful. Each also had tiers ranging from weak to strong.

Including the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, Lu Yu had now mastered four of the strongest talismans. One of them came from Zheng Zibu!

It was called the Eight Gates Heavenly Gang Talisman!

Its function was simple...

It opened the gates of heaven for the physical body. One gate, one new realm—the user's overall power could be multiplied!

For every heavenly gate the user opened, their overall power would double!

With all eight gates open, it would become eightfold!

However, condensing the Eight Gates Heavenly Gang Talisman consumed an enormous amount of spiritual power. Lu Yu's current spiritual power was comparable to that of a Soul Sage on Douluo Continent, yet he could only condense a Three Gates Heavenly Gang Talisman.

Moreover, this kind of talisman that forcibly enhanced one's strength placed a huge burden on the body.

With Lu Yu's current physique, he could only sustain it for ten minutes. If he did not disperse the talisman's power afterward, his body would be damaged.

The remaining two supreme talismans Lu Yu had mastered were the Giant Spirit Palm Talisman and the Heaven and Earth Divine Talisman.

The former was a purely offensive talisman, while the latter was used to restore one's energy and heal injuries.

"With my current strength, if I went all out, could I defeat a Soul Ancestor?"

Lu Yu muttered to himself.

If anyone heard him, they would probably think he had gone mad.

A child who had only just awakened his Martial Soul actually wanted to defeat a Soul Ancestor!

Lu Yu was not sure just how strong a Soul Ancestor was. Although the Heavenly Talisman allowed him to condense talismans without channeling Qi—meaning without consuming Soul Power—using spiritual power alone.

That could only bring out the talismans' basic power. Only by pouring in Soul Power could he unleash their greatest might.

But his current Soul Power cultivation was still too low to significantly enhance the talismans' power.

Furthermore, on Douluo Continent, the body continuously transformed as cultivation increased.

In the world of the Otherworldly, Lu Yu could use certain special offensive talismans to catch inner martial arts masters off guard and instantly kill them.

But on Douluo Continent, accomplishing that would be difficult.

Putting away his thoughts, Lu Yu turned and left.

"What? You want to go to the Soul Hunting Forest alone to obtain a Soul Ring?"

In the Academic Affairs Office, Director Su stared at Lu Yu in front of him, his eyes widening.

Just moments ago, Lu Yu had suddenly come to request leave. His reason was that he wanted to go to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a Soul Ring.

Lu Yu shook his head. "Director Su, my grandfather will accompany me. But I heard that three nobles must provide guarantees before one can enter the Soul Hunting Forest, so I'd like to ask the academy for help."

Naturally, the academy would help students obtain Soul Rings.

However, there were not many Battle Soul Masters at the academy. Most of the time, they would not personally help students hunt Soul Beasts, instead merely providing them with channels.

The Soul Hunting Forest was a place where Soul Beasts were kept in captivity. Outside it, there were usually teams specially hired to help kill Soul Beasts for Soul Rings. Their fees depended on the strength of the Soul Beast being hunted.

Those people were ruthless with their prices. Ordinary families could only afford to hire them to hunt Ten-Year Soul Beasts.

That was precisely why many ordinary Soul Masters' first Soul Rings were only Ten-Year Soul Rings.

As for going to a Soul Beast Forest to hunt alone?

Leaving aside the long journey, the danger alone was enough to deter many people.

"I remember that your enrollment records said you were an orphan, didn't they?"

Director Su frowned at Lu Yu. Lu Yu had only enrolled that morning, and he possessed Innate Full Soul Power, so Director Su remembered him clearly.

Lu Yu smiled. "I may be an orphan, but the Village Chief took me in and treated me as his own."

Director Su thought for a moment, then nodded. "All right. Our academy has certain privileges, so you don't need to seek guarantees from nobles. I'll write you a certificate. With it, you can enter the Soul Hunting Forest."

In his view, even if a village chief was poor, he could at least afford to hire someone to hunt a Ten-Year Soul Ring.

Ten minutes later, Lu Yu left the Academic Affairs Office with a certificate from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, thoroughly satisfied.

Going to a Soul Beast Forest would waste far too much time traveling back and forth, and Lu Yu knew very well how dangerous such forests were.

Ten-Year Soul Beasts and Hundred-Year Soul Beasts posed no threat to him, but he was not confident he could defeat some relatively powerful Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

If his luck was bad and he encountered a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, all he could do was run for his life!

One careless mistake could even cost him his life!

There were no Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, and very few Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, making it Lu Yu's preferred place to obtain his first Soul Ring.

With the certificate Director Su had written for him, Lu Yu left the academy, headed out of the city, and went straight for the Soul Hunting Forest beyond it.

Along the way, Lu Yu kept thinking about Soul Rings.

What kind of Soul Beast should he choose for his first Soul Ring?

No Soul Master with a Heaven-Defying Seal Martial Soul had ever existed on Douluo Continent, so Lu Yu had no precedent to draw from. He could only explore it himself.

But once a Soul Ring was chosen, it would remain with him for life. Naturally, Lu Yu could not make such a decision carelessly.

Upon reaching the Soul Hunting Forest, Lu Yu showed the certificate from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, turned down the hired teams, and entered alone.

The sight left both the hired teams and the guards responsible for protecting the Soul Hunting Forest utterly stunned.

How old was this child?

He looked only eight or nine years old, yet he actually dared enter the Soul Hunting Forest alone?

Because of his cultivation and training, Lu Yu had developed faster than children his age. From his appearance alone, it was difficult to tell that he was only six years old.

The hired teams and guards did not stop him. They merely gave him a warning. When they saw that Lu Yu insisted on going, they no longer paid him any attention.

After all, anyone who came to hunt a Soul Ring had at least Level 10 Soul Power. Ten-Year Soul Beasts had low intelligence, and with Level 10 Soul Power, intelligence, and weapons, even a child had a chance to kill one.

They simply assumed Lu Yu had no money and therefore wanted to hunt a Ten-Year Soul Beast by himself.

After entering the Soul Hunting Forest, Lu Yu remained alert to the movements around him while continuing to ponder the matter of his Soul Ring.

"In prehistoric novels, the Heaven-Defying Seal attacks by smashing things, and it specializes in smashing foreheads!"

"Judging from that, a strength-type Soul Ring should be more suitable..."