The Blood Dragon Emerges

"Ha--!"

With a soft shout, Tang Xiao bent his knees slightly, squatted down a bit, and held the "Clear Sky Hammer" that was half a person tall in both hands. He raised it above his head and smashed it fiercely into the open space in front of him.

The moment the hammer fell, a pale gray humanoid phantom appeared around Tang Xiao, its movements mirroring Tang Xiao's.

"Boom--!"

The earth trembled beneath his feet, dust billowed up, and Ling Yi waved his hand, a strong wind swept through, clearing away all the dust and smoke. His gaze then fell upon the crater in front of Tang Xiao, which was more than ten feet in diameter and over two meters deep.

This is at the foot of a desolate mountain, about two hundred miles south of Heaven Dou City. The ground is barren with little soil and many stones, making it difficult for vegetation to grow.

At this moment, seeing the ground, which was mostly composed of rocks, achieve this effect with his basic attack, Tang Xiao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but smile.

This wasn't achieved using Soul Skill; it was merely an effect created by pure physical strength, the weight of the "Clear Sky Hammer" Martial Soul, and a touch of "Giant Spirit Intent."

"Good!"

Tang Xiao was happy, and Ling Yi was also satisfied. He was satisfied that Tang Xiao had actually figured out a path worth learning from under his guidance, and he was also satisfied with Tang Xiao's talent and comprehension, which had not been influenced by the conventional atmosphere of the Douluo Continent.

For Ling Yi, it's obvious which is more valuable: an apple or an apple tree.

Ling Yi's mind replayed the aura Tang Xiao exuded when he swung his hammer down, rapidly analyzing, comprehending, absorbing, and deducing as he praised Tang Xiao with admiration, "Right now, you've only grasped the initial essence of ' Giant Spirit Intent.' With the enhancement of this aura, the power you can unleash has increased by at least 15%, and the offensive power of the ' Clear Sky Hammer ' has also been further enhanced. Even without using your Soul Ring Soul Skill, or the various secret techniques of your Tang Family, you can now rival Power Attack System Seven-Ring Soul Sage with just the ' Clear Sky Hammer '!"

Hearing Ling Yi's words, Tang Xiao's face lit up with even more joy, but he quickly composed himself, calmly shook his head, and said, "It's not enough."

"A long time ago, when I mastered the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, I was able to unleash more than 90% of my power."

"After mastering Manifest Force), I can unleash tenfold, or even twelvefold, of my power!"

"I once thought I was about to catch up with my grandfather (Tang Chen) in terms of mastery of strength, because my grandfather once told me and Brother Hao that he could only unleash a little over 120% of his strength."

"Until Master Ling, you enlightened me."

At this point, Tang Xiao looked at Ling Yi, who was smiling and seemingly nonchalant, with a complicated expression. He took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, what we consider to be 100% or 120% is still our own power. It's just that we've developed our bodies more deeply."

"The so-called 120% is actually just a new 100%, which is all the power we can exert."

"But the ' Giant Spirit Intent is different!"

Tang Xiao's pupils dilated slightly, his expression becoming somewhat excited. He looked down at the "Clear Sky Hammer" in his hand and the dent in front of him, and said in an excited tone, "You're right. Compared to the limits of the physical body, the power that the human spirit can unleash is truly astonishing!"

"My current ' Giant Spirit Intent ' merely conjures a phantom of the ' Great Strength Gorilla,' yet it already amplifies my physical strength by 15% and enhances the offensive power of the ' Clear Sky Hammer.' If I delve deeper into the ' Giant Spirit Intent ' and fully manifest the 'Intent' of the ' Great Strength Gorilla,' I might be able to unleash two, three, or even more times the power I currently possess!"

After a pause, Tang Xiao's eyes lit up with longing as he said, "Master Ling, according to your plan, the ' Giant Spirit Intent ' can be divided into three levels. This is only the first level, ' Great Strength Gorilla's Intent,' and it's already this powerful. What kind of splendor must the second level, ' Titan Giant Ape,' and the third level, ' Giant Spirit God,' possess?!"

"Don't rush, take it one step at a time," Ling Yi reminded him at the right moment. "Remember, you can't be too hasty in comprehending the essence of a concept."

"After all, this involves the spirit, even the soul; if one goes astray, the consequences are unimaginable!"

"Yes!" Tang Xiao nodded solemnly in response to Ling Yi's good intentions. "Don't worry, Master Ling, I understand. I won't be overly ambitious or impatient for quick results."

"As you said, I will first thoroughly comprehend the essence of the ' Great Strength Gorilla ' Martial Soul of the Strength Clan, and then go to observe the ' Great Strength Gorilla ' Soul Beast..."

"That's good~" Ling Yi nodded to Tang Xiao first, but then changed the subject and asked, "Brother Xiao, are you sure you want to spend more time comprehending the ' Giant Spirit Intent ' now?"

"If I'm not mistaken, you're just one step away from Level 90. As long as you focus on your training for a while, you could break through at any time."

"However, if you expend your energy on comprehending the essence of the realm, it will inevitably delay the time it takes for you to reach the Titled Douluo realm!"

Is it worth it?

"Value--!"

Tang Xiao's answer was firm and resolute, filled with unwavering conviction, and his tiger-like eyes shone with an astonishing brilliance. "I also want to see the splendor of the peak that Grandpa has reached, and I want to try to see if I can surpass the peak that Grandpa has reached!"

"I had no choice back then," Tang Xiao stared intently at Ling Yi. "For decades, everyone told me that I could become Titled Douluo, but I could never reach the peak realm that my grandfather had reached."

"As I've come this far, I've gradually come to accept this fact."

"When Brother Hao was thirty, he achieved the Seven-Ring Soul Sage. At that time, I was forty-five and at level seventy-eight!"

"I'm fifty-three years old this year. With my Eighth Soul Ring and several ten- Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, I'm now an eighty-nine-level Soul Douluo. Brother Hao is thirty-eight years old and at level eighty-four!"

"I know my talent is inferior to Brother Hao's. Although I will become Titled Douluo before him, within ten years at most, Brother Hao's realm will catch up with, or even surpass, mine!"

"I'm happy that Brother Hao can inherit Grandpa's title of ' Clear Sky Douluo,' but how can I, Tang Xiao, the future ' Heaven-Howling Douluo,' let Brother Hao carry the reputation of the Clear Sky Sect alone?"

"You know, among the ' Clear Sky Twin Stars,' I'm the eldest!"

"Following the path my grandfather once walked, I know I will never reach his level, and I will eventually be overtaken by Brother Hao."

"Fortunately, with Master Ling's guidance, I've found a new path. Although the road ahead is still fraught with difficulties, I believe that as long as I persevere, I will surely reach the summit!"

Tang Xiao bowed deeply to Ling Yi: "Master Ling, thank you!"

Ling Yi accepted Tang Xiao's generous gift without hesitation.

At the same time, Ling Yi was not surprised by Tang Xiao's confession.

Tang Xiao is not a saint; he is just an ordinary person with flesh and blood. No matter how deep his brotherhood with Tang Hao is, he still has his own sense of resentment.

For people with dark intentions, this resentment can turn into jealousy, and in more serious cases, they may even resort to underhanded tactics.

In the world of the Douluo Continent, where emotions and feelings such as the seven emotions and six desires are imprinted into the rules of heaven and earth, whether it is love, friendship, or family affection, some people will take them as their life creed and adhere to this belief.

Therefore, when facing his younger brother Tang Hao, who surpassed him in every way, Tang Xiao always showed the love and care of an elder brother who was like a father to him.

Whether it was a coincidence or intentional, it was the same situation where three siblings traveled together to the Douluo Continent, the same situation where two older brothers developed feelings for the younger sister, and the same situation where the younger sister fell in love with the second brother. In the end, it was also the case that the eldest brother chose to step aside and expressed his blessings to the second brother and the younger sister.

This character design of Fei Yangyang is very similar to the cousin in the "Jin-style martial arts world", full of the mockery and comicality of fate.

Flender: "???"

Mid-April, 2625 of the Douluo Calendar.

In the northernmost part of the Heaven Dou, in an unnamed coniferous forest.

As time went by, the cold air from the Land of the Far North gradually subsided. Although the temperature in the entire northern part of Heaven Dou dropped by more than ten degrees, the often rampant cold wind finally stopped.

The warm sun shone brightly, bringing a negligible amount of warmth to the snow-covered coniferous forest.

It was this warmth that woke up a person who was sleeping in the snow.

He struggled to open his eyes, but before he could even see where he was, the surrounding white environment magnified the sunlight, making his pupils sting. He instinctively closed his eyes again.

After a long while, once his eyes had adjusted to the sunlight on the snow, the man opened them again, pressed his blood-stained hands against the pure white snow beside him, and propped himself up.

"Where is this...?" The disheveled, unshaven man, whose face was also covered in blood, looked around, his eyes filled with wariness and confusion.

Shaking his head, he focused his attention on the golden sun against the blue backdrop of the sky. He rolled over and lay face down, burying his face in the snow, feeling the icy friction against his skin and the biting cold. A hot tear seeped into the snow, and a murmur escaped his lips, "I'm out, I'm out, I'm finally out of that hellhole—!"

The sound started as barely perceptible, but later grew into a desperate, suppressed scream. After rubbing his face vigorously in the snow, the man finally raised his head.

Most of the bloodstains had been wiped away, and the remaining filth and messy beard could no longer conceal his facial features.

It's Yu Xiaogang!

Several hours later, following the direction of the Sun in the sky southward, Yu Xiaogang was unable to leave the coniferous forest.

Feeling his body temperature gradually decreasing, Yu Xiaogang decided to stop and find a place to rest.

Ideally, we could find some food, normal food!

Perhaps it was a stroke of good luck that his hardship had finally come to an end. When he stopped to travel and searched for a place to rest, he found a "Snow-Feathered Pheasant" and easily caught it. Not long after, he found a dead tree with a diameter of more than two meters.

Inside the hollowed-out tree cavity, dried tree shavings were ignited, and a white-feathered chicken, plucked and bled, and cleaned with snow, was placed on the fire to be roasted.

After only a slight roasting to remove the bloody smell from the chicken, Yu Xiaogang couldn't wait to grab the roasted chicken and start eating it, completely disregarding the scalding heat.

The whole chicken, after removing the feathers and blood, weighed about three pounds. Yu Xiaogang chewed it up and swallowed it, skin and bones included.

Feeling the warmth and fullness in his stomach, Yu Xiaogang finally felt a sense of being reborn.

He couldn't remember the last time he had eaten such cooked food.

During his two years in the "Slaughter City", everything he smelled, ate, and even dreamed about in his shortest dreams was filled with the stench of blood!

And in the final battle of the Hell Slaughter Arena not long ago, the scene of the Slaughter King sacrificing all the living people in the arena to open the Hell Road allowed Yu Xiaogang to witness the birth of a sea of blood.

After that, on the Hell Road above the Blood River, Yu Xiaogang walked on thin ice, fighting against swarms of Blood Bat, battling the "Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King Hell Three-Headed Hound," and playing a life-or-death race against the "Cerberus." In the end, relying on the ten-thousand-year-old torso bone and Soul Bone he obtained from Hannibal for defense, he withstood the "Hell Three-Headed Hound's" claw piercing his heart and narrowly escaped the Hell Road, falling into the exit cave located on the cliff.

Thinking of the chilling white light that enveloped him, Yu Xiaogang had an idea and summoned his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao.

No, the Luo Sanpao of today can no longer be called Luo Sanpao.

A viscous blood-red light burst forth, and a dark red shadow emerged from Yu Xiaogang's body, solidifying from Intangibility and growing larger until a ferocious beast, over ten feet tall, appeared on the snow outside the tree hole.

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle...!"

Drops of pale red saliva dripped from the ferocious beast's mouth, instantly corroding the snow layer on the ground and even rapidly melting the frozen soil beneath.

"Hold head high--!"

The ferocious beast roared, its enormous sound spreading rapidly in all directions. Within a radius of tens of meters, icicles hanging from the treetops shattered one after another. In the more distant woods, icicles, though not shattered, fell like dumplings, piercing holes in the snow on the ground.

At the same time, a chilling white light, distinct from the surrounding icy and snowy conditions, emanated from the brow of the ferocious beast, Luo Sanpao.

The Deathgod Domain —!!!

Although Luo Sanpao's appearance was ferocious, even hideous, Yu Xiaogang showed no disgust. He stepped forward, raised his hand to stroke the hard, dark red scales, and asked gently, "Are you hungry?"

"Roar--"

Luo Sanpao lowered his head, let out a low growl at Yu Xiaogang, and shook his enormous head up and down.

A genuine smile of joy appeared on Yu Xiaogang's lips. He reached into the storage bracelet on his wrist, and with a faint glimmer of light, he took out two items, one large and one small, and placed them on the snow beside him.

A giant bat with three heads and a dark gold body; a shriveled, yet ancient-looking, thick snake tail.

Patting his large head hanging in front of him, Yu Xiaogang said expectantly, "Eat up. After we finish eating, we should be able to break through to level 70."

Two years ago, before entering the "Slaughter City", Yu Xiaogang used his Martial Soul Luo Sanpao to devour the Eight-Ring Soul Douluo Hannibal, using the opponent's flesh and blood Soul Power as resources to forcibly break through to the Soul Emperor realm.

Two years have passed. Yu Xiaogang has experienced countless battles in the "Slaughter City", and Luo Sanpao has devoured countless Fallen Soul Master. Not only has Luo Sanpao's bloodline evolved once again, but his Soul Power has also reached level 69, and he is only one step away from level 70!