Tang Xiao Admits Defeat

"Xiaogang, if you change your mind, ' Lingyun City ' will welcome you back anytime."

Beside a large, blood-red cocoon, more than two meters in diameter and nearly ten feet tall, Yu Xiaogang leaned against a broken stone slab, looking up at the ever-changing white clouds in the sky, and vaguely heard a sentence.

Glancing sideways at the blood-red cocoon that "Luo Sanpao" had transformed into, Yu Xiaogang's eyes were icy as he murmured softly, "Go back? There's no going back—"

As he spoke, he glanced down at his body, where a huge, bloody wound stretched from his left shoulder to his right waist and abdomen, with his internal organs writhing in the chest and abdomen area faintly visible.

Such injuries would likely be fatal for an ordinary Soul Master unless a highly skilled Healing System Soul Master intervened.

But Yu Xiaogang showed no sign of worry whatsoever.

The next second, Yu Xiaogang frowned slightly, not because of pain, but because of itching. The itching caused by the slow healing of the wound was even more unbearable than the pain.

To distract himself, Yu Xiaogang turned his gaze to the large, blood-red cocoon that throbbed and contracted like a beating heart, and began to ponder silently:

"The entire flesh and Soul Power of an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo should be enough for me to directly break through to the Soul Emperor level or above, and it can also promote the further evolution of ' Luo Sanpao '."

According to Ling Yi's plan, the advancement of "Luo Sanpao" mainly depends on the attributes and quality of the materials absorbed during the advancement process.

"To become the ' Radiant Holy Dragon,' nurture ' Luo Sanpao ' with the power of light and holiness; to reactivate the bloodline of the ' Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon,' fill ' Luo Sanpao's' missing essence with the power of thunder."

Therefore, the "Blood Shadow Demonic Dragon" likely relies primarily on absorbing blood energy and dark attribute power.

"Almost there! Once I successfully absorb Hannibal's power, I'll have the confidence to enter the Slaughter City! Tang Hao was able to enter the Slaughter City at the Six-Ring Soul Emperor level and ultimately win the hundred-victory championship in the Hell Slaughter Arena. If my Martial Soul successfully awakens the power of the ' Blood Shadow Demonic Dragon,' I'll have a natural advantage over Tang Hao in the Slaughter City of Slaughter, which is filled with bloodshed and slaughter."

"What Tang Hao can do, I Yu Xiaogang, can definitely do too!"

Time passed slowly until the sun was directly overhead. A loud dragon roar resounded throughout the ruins of Cold Stone Town, and the invisible sound waves even dispersed the thick clouds that had gathered above the town.

Golden rays of sunlight pierced through the clouds and fell upon the large, blood-red cocoon.

Several "crack" sounds rang out, followed by a series of cracking sounds, as if a signal had been released. The blood-red cocoon, covered with cracks, exploded open, revealing its true form.

The once lovable "Luo Sanpao," which resembled a fat dog or a plump pig, has disappeared, replaced by a purplish-red dragon beast nearly ten feet tall.

The dragon beast stood on its two thick hind legs, its appearance slightly ferocious. It had a pair of red and black fleshy wings on its back, which were a few sizes smaller than its body. Next to the fleshy wings were a pair of forelimbs with five sharp claws. The dragon's head resembled a lizard or a crocodile, with a mouth full of fine, sharp fangs and a black horn about a foot long on its head.

"Roar--!!"

Upon seeing the light of day again, "Luo Sanpao" immediately roared to the sky to release his previous frustration and repression, as well as the painful torment of his transformation.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang paid no attention to the throbbing pain in his eardrums, only looking at the drastically changed "Luo Sanpao" with a joyful expression, his face showing an unnatural, sickly redness. "This, is this Blood Shadow... Demon Dragon?!"

Although the appearance is different from the one Ling Yi once manifested with the Dragon Power "Blood Shadow Demonic Dragon", the aura is undeniable.

With a thought, "Luo Sanpao" was taken back into Yu Xiaogang's body. The next second, his expression suddenly changed, and the scabbed wounds on his chest and abdomen burst open again, with bright red blood flowing out once more.

However, Yu Xiaogang paid no attention to any of this. He sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

It could be felt that ever since "Luo Sanpao" returned to his body, a terrifyingly powerful Soul Power had appeared out of nowhere within him.

Therefore, he had to do everything in his power to control that enormous Soul Power, trying to tame it and make it his own.

The crimson Soul Power circulated repeatedly along the Soul Power channels within the body. Wherever it passed, the channels showed signs of cracking, but they were immediately covered by the crimson light emanating from the crimson Soul Power and quickly repaired.

After a long while, Yu Xiaogang opened his eyes, a flash of bright red light in his eyes, and his whole demeanor became somewhat sinister.

Feeling the surging power within him, Yu Xiaogang, whose face had been contorted with bitterness for over twenty years, revealed a rare, genuine smile of joy.

With an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo as his resource, he almost ascended to the heavens in one step, crossing what he once thought was an insurmountable chasm, saving him at least ten years of wasted time.

This deal was worth it!

Compared to that, what does it matter if "Luo Sanpao" devours the flesh and Soul Power of human Soul Master?

This was a Fallen Soul Master who had killed countless people and enjoyed eating human flesh. By devouring him, Yu Xiaogang asked himself if he had made a contribution to the peace of the Douluo Continent!

If he could become stronger, he wouldn't mind devouring more Fallen Soul Master!

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang turned his head to look at the ruins of the Spirit Hall Branch not far away:

"The Slaughter City, with even more Fallen Soul Master, blood offerings everywhere, and the Hell Road beyond the Hell Slaughter Arena, and the ' Deathgod Domain ' after passing through the Hell Road —!!!"

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up with light—a light of hope for the future!

In the distant ' Spirit City ', Ling Yi was unaware that the tool Yu Xiaogang had undergone a tremendous transformation.

This transformation is even more thorough than the metamorphosis that Yi Linlie underwent after absorbing the power of Title Douluo Soren's heart blood!

Of course, even if Ling Yi knew, he wouldn't care much.

The power of the "Blood Shadow Demonic Dragon" was synthesized by Ling Yi, Hannibal, an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo, was beaten to a pulp by Erlang. With the power of these two combined, even if Yu Xiaogang had some amazing encounter, as long as he did not break through the world barrier of the Douluo Continent, it would be difficult for Ling Yi to take him seriously.

Even if it's strong, can it be stronger than First-Level God? Or God King?

While everyone else in the Pope's Palace was too busy watching the battle between Chen Xin and the other two, Ling Yi turned his gaze to the great sun in the sky.

"If I detonate this star, could I kill the God King?"

The Constant Concentration state of mind that Ling Yi Meditative Trance did not cause his thoughts to fall into silence; rather, it made him more in line with the state of "unity of knowledge and action," and his original intention would never change.

Therefore, when this sudden idea popped into his mind, Ling Yi did not immediately dismiss it. Instead, he seriously considered its feasibility.

"At this stage, I'm most likely no match for the God King." Ling Yi made a fairly clear assessment of his own combat strength.

"Although, even at the very end of the Douluo I, the strongest being to appear from beginning to end was only the Asura God, the God Realm Enforcer, not the God King Asura God. Furthermore, judging from the fact that the Sea God was wary of, but not afraid of, the Asura God, the gap between the two was not insurmountable."

Therefore, under normal circumstances, I will not confront a being of the God -King Rank.

"As for the combat power of First-Level God, Tang San, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong, who have just broken through level 100, based on their combat power at the end of the original novel, are at most at the level of being able to shatter mountains and destroy cities with a single blow. How many levels are there for gods above that?"

"Tsk tsk, aside from Douluo I, I haven't read the later installments, which is a bit of a headache. As for fanfiction, I only read Douluo I fanfiction; I haven't even read the original novels for the later ones, let alone fanfiction."

"However, according to some comments, if God King can destroy a star, even if First-Level God cannot destroy a star, they should be able to cleanse it."

"Seriously, is the world of Douluo Continent really that amazing?"

"Tsk, character settings are something an author can change on a whim; they're more flexible than the bottom line of a sex worker."

"Let's set a small goal first: raise the level of Magnetic Field Rotation to one million horsepower, and at the same time refine the Douluo Star beneath our feet. If anyone shamelessly tries to run down, we'll give them a little surprise..."

"Um?"

As Ling Yi was Sea of Consciousness planning how to entertain some shameless gods, he suddenly heard a chorus of exclamations and his gaze fell from the sky to the high platform in front of him.

At first glance, you see three figures intertwined.

Chen Xin stood in a T-stance, holding the "Seven Kill Sword" in his right hand. The sword tip pierced through Tang Xiao's chest and appeared behind him. His left hand formed a sword with his fingers together, condensing into a huge, pale white light sword, which clashed with the "Clear Sky Hammer" in Tang Hao's hand, which had been enlarged to nearly ten meters.

Tang Xiao's hands were empty, but a massive, black hammer stood about ten meters behind him, its head smashed against the ground. His eyes were wide open, and he stared in astonishment at the longsword embedded in his chest.

Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging on his forehead and arms, and he was gritting his teeth. He had clearly used all his strength, but he still couldn't make Chen Xin's left hand retreat even half an inch. The pure white light sword, which was entirely formed from sword energy, didn't budge an inch either.

"Xiao'er—!" Tang Sheng's tiger eyes turned slightly red as he roared.

Seeing this, Qian Xunji remained indifferent, but a barely perceptible smile flashed in his eyes.

Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Dai Tianqi and others were the same. Xue Ye couldn't help but smile. If the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, he probably would have burst out laughing.

At the edge of the platform, Chen Jianjun stood with his hands behind his back, completely unmoved by the situation in the arena. He merely slightly raised the Soul Power within his body, guarding against Tang Sheng's possible outburst.

Fortunately, before the situation on the ground spiraled out of control, amidst the broken grass clippings on the platform, the small blades of grass that still maintained their vitality suddenly began to sway on their own, even without any wind.

The next second, tiny specks of pale green light rose from the blades of grass, and then, drawn by an invisible force, flowed one after another into Tang Xiao's body. Tang Xiao's weak breathing also began to stabilize.

Seeing this, not only did Tang Sheng on the sidelines loosen his grip on the metal handrail that had been crushed into soft mud, but the bloodlust in Tang Hao's eyes on the field also faded slightly.

"Swoosh!" "Bang!"

Two strange sounds appeared at the same time. It was Chen Xin who withdrew the "Seven Kill Sword" with his right hand and exerted force with his left hand to knock back the "Clear Sky Hammer" that was confronting the Senbai Light Sword, along with Tang Hao, several meters away.

By manipulating the life force of the "Blue Silver Grass" through the "Blue Silver Domain" to maintain Tang Xiao's injuries, and allowing Chen Xin to calmly sheathe his sword, Ling Yi slightly raised his right hand, and his fourth and Fifth Soul Ring simultaneously glowed.

Immediately afterwards, a white-gold beam of light and a blue-gold beam of light shot out from the "Azure Wood Blue Silver Emperor" in Ling Yi's hand, flying to a position seven or eight meters above Tang Xiao's head, where they transformed into a golden cloud and began to drizzle rain down on Tang Xiao.

Light, holiness, Life, nature... all sorts of beautiful auras emanated from the golden clouds and rain, greatly benefiting the "Blue Silver Grass" covering the ground. Some "Blue Silver Grass" that had been ravaged by external forces were visibly regenerating, becoming whole and even more lush!

Fourth Soul Skill: Holy Light Illumination + Fifth Soul Skill: Sweet Rain Descends from Heaven = Combined Soul Skill: Rain of Divine Grace

Under the influence of the Holy Light, the rampant sword energy and Sword Intent within Tang Xiao's body were quickly dispelled and extinguished, and the power of the Wood Life also repaired his pierced flesh and internal organs in the first instant.

In just ten breaths, Ling Yi stopped supplying Soul Power to the Soul Skill and dispersed the golden cloud above Tang Xiao's head.

"Big Brother!" Tang Hao rushed forward immediately, grabbing Tang Xiao's shoulder and staring at the wound on Tang Xiao's chest. "How are you?!"

Tang Xiao raised his right hand and placed it on Tang Hao's left shoulder, pushing him away slightly, and said in a deep voice, "I'm fine."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath, first turning to look at Ling Yi, who was still leaning back in his chair at the sidelines. Seeing that Ling Yi calmly withdrew "Azure Wood Blue Silver Emperor" from his body, he then turned his gaze to Chen Xin, who was not far away.

"Your Majesty Chen Xin is incredibly Gao Qiang. In this battle, my brother and I have lost, and Tang Xiao is completely convinced of our defeat!"

He was truly convinced. He thought that with his strength as an 88th-level Power Attack System Soul Douluo, the power of the "Clear Sky Hammer," and the many secret techniques of the Clear Sky Sect, he would have no problem facing a newly-broken Titled Douluo one-on-one. But who knew that his final Heaven-Surpassing Strike, "Soaring Strike," would not only have his "Clear Sky Hammer" easily knocked away by the opponent, but the sword thrust that followed was also unpredictable. He clearly saw it, but it was as if his mind was frozen, and he watched helplessly as the sword pierced into his body.

In other words, Chen Xin had no murderous intent. Otherwise, if the opponent had unleashed any Sword Intent or sword energy, the sword blade that pierced his body would have shredded Tang Xiao's heart, lungs, and other organs into dust.

With injuries like that, even a god might not be able to save him!

With this thought in mind, Tang Xiao looked at Chen Xin with a hint of inexplicable gratitude.

Feeling Tang Xiao's gaze, Chen Xin turned slightly to the side, feeling somewhat uneasy. He had a feeling that Tang Xiao had suddenly become strange.

It looks somewhat familiar, like the way he looked after Erlang had repeatedly beaten him up.

Tang Hao, standing beside Tang Xiao, was happy that his elder brother had fully recovered, but the look in his eyes as he looked at Chen Xin was filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.