Meanwhile, by the fields of a small village outside Heaven Dou City, someone staggered to his feet.
When he saw that his left arm was missing, he let out an unwilling roar.
Then Tang San shouted:
"Tai Yi, if I, Tang San, do not avenge this, I swear I am not human!"
That was right. This was Tang San, who had been rescued by the Asura God.
After venting for a long time, Tang San finally calmed down. He wondered who had saved him and examined his condition. Although his Soul Power was still depleted, the stump of his arm and the wounds all over his body had completely healed. At present, only his Soul Power was gone.
Yet Tang San did not dare dwell on it. Xiao Wu had been captured, his father Tang Hao's screams still echoed in his mind, his teacher Yu Xiaogang had been killed before his eyes, and he could not forget his own helplessness before Tai Yi.
Thus, his instinct for survival told Tang San that he needed to follow Tang Hao's instructions. Tang San had once believed that, with the supreme techniques of the Tang Sect from his previous life, his path would be smooth sailing. Now, however, he had suffered a crushing blow.
Having lived on the Douluo Continent for twelve years, Tang San naturally knew of the Clear Sky Sect. Though Spirit Hall had forced it into seclusion, it was still one of the Upper Three Sects. Life there would be far easier than surviving on the Douluo Continent alone.
After asking around, Tang San learned that he was currently in a small village outside Heaven Dou City.
Tang San remembered that his father had told him to find Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City. She was his aunt, so he prepared to enter the city. But then he recalled that his family had become enemies with Spirit Hall, the most powerful force on the entire continent. If Spirit Hall discovered him entering the city like this, things would be disastrous. Therefore, after a series of disguises, Tang San waited until nightfall before heading toward Heaven Dou City's gates, draped in a black robe.
Normally, the guards at the city gates would not stop people entering Heaven Dou City. After all, this was the Douluo Continent, a place where personal strength reigned supreme. The guards understood one principle: there was no need to inspect the weak. Even if they entered the imperial city, they could not cause much trouble.
As for truly powerful people, those guards could not stop them even if they tried. Thus, under normal circumstances, they only made things difficult for commoners without Soul Power.
However, Tang San looked far too tense, and his entire body was concealed beneath a black robe. Naturally, he drew attention.
The gate guards had noticed Tang San, but seeing his outfit, they had not wanted to invite trouble.
But things rarely went as expected. Since Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy was outside Heaven Dou City, the academy's noble students had to pass through the gates when returning to the city. It was now evening, precisely when classes at the noble academy ended.
Thus, the highest-ranking noble among those students, Prince Xue Beng, had finished class and was preparing to return to Heaven Dou City with his lackeys from the academy.
When they arrived at the city gates, they naturally noticed the visibly nervous Tang San.
Seeing Tang San's appearance, and egged on by several noble youths beside him, Xue Beng shouted at the captain of the gate guards:
"Why aren't you inspecting that person wrapped up like that, acting all sneaky? What if he is a wanted criminal from outside the Heaven Dou Empire, or a spy sent by the Star Luo Empire?"
Upon hearing this, the captain hurried over to Xue Beng. As a Soul King, he actually looked down on this useless Fourth Prince, who could do nothing right. As a gate guard, he also knew that Xue Qinghe was currently the most likely heir to the Heaven Dou Empire's throne, not Xue Beng.
Moreover, because Xue Beng indulged in every sort of vice, Emperor Xue Ye did not favor him. Even so, Xue Beng was still a prince and represented the royal family's dignity. In addition, Prince Xue Xing stood behind him. Therefore, the captain still spoke respectfully:
"Your Highness is right to reprimand me. This lowly one will inspect him at once."
Then the captain turned and shouted at the guards by the city gate:
"What are you standing around for? Go inspect him!"
After saying that, he personally led the guards beside him to Tang San and shouted:
"Stop! Routine inspection!"
The group immediately surrounded Tang San.
Seeing this, Tang San froze in fear. Though his body was uninjured, he had only one arm left, and his Soul Power had yet to recover. He could not use Hidden Weapons, so he naturally feared these guards.
But in order to enter Heaven Dou City safely, Tang San forced himself to speak:
"No one else is being inspected. Why am I the only one?"
Hearing this, the captain replied directly:
"Why are you asking so many questions? We said inspection, so it's an inspection."
As he spoke, the captain yanked off Tang San's black robe.
Tang San was already emotionally unstable. His beloved Xiao Wu had been captured, his father's fate was unknown, and his teacher, whom he regarded as a father for life, had died before his very eyes.
Now, the guards' behavior made Tang San feel that he was being deliberately targeted. He gritted his teeth and said:
"Unforgivable!"
But the captain did not care about any of that. Seeing Tang San gritting his teeth and shouting, he grew angry as well. Being ordered around by a worthless prince had already left him displeased, and he had only intended to put on a show and be done with it.
He had not expected this person to be so tactless. Refusing to cooperate was one thing, but he even dared to bare his teeth.
The next moment, the captain slapped Tang San to the ground and said:
"We told you to cooperate. If you had just cooperated, would this have happened? Why are you acting so coy?"
Tang San naturally could not withstand that blow. The next moment, the captain signaled to the guards beside him, and they immediately understood his meaning.
In the next instant, the Storage Soul Tool at Tang San's waist was snatched away. Tang San naturally tried to resist.
But after losing his hand, eighty percent of his Hidden Weapon techniques could no longer be used, and his Soul Power had not recovered. Tang San's resistance only made the guards even angrier, so they beat him as a group.
In the end, they beat the somewhat proud and arrogant Tang San until he begged for mercy on the ground. Only then did the guards let him go.
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