Foreshadowing, Must Read

Lin Hao raised his right hand and flicked his bangs with his index finger. Two yellow Spirit Rings rose from beneath his feet.

"My second soul skill turns my Talismans into water-element Talismans!"

The outermost of the two Spirit Rings rose upward.

Runic light blossomed, forming a blue Talisman.

The energy within the Talisman rippled outward in circles like waves on water.

With a flick of his wrist, the blue water-element Talisman at Lin Hao's fingertips suddenly erupted with dazzling watery light.

The air around him seemed to be stirred by an invisible force as moisture wildly gathered and coiled around him.

He thrust his arm forward.

"Go!"

The Talisman became a streak of deep-blue light and shot straight toward the towering tree not far away.

The streak of light did not explode violently as it flew out.

The runic light vanished, replaced by towering waves.

The invisible force of water was like a deep sea overturning. Surging waves rolled back, layer upon layer of water bursting forth wildly and turning into a raging tide that crashed fiercely into the tree trunk.

The surging water force relentlessly scoured and compressed the trunk. The thick branches shook violently under the immense force, their leaves trembling as great swaths of green foliage were swept away by the current.

Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye. He saw everything even more clearly than the two adults present.

The raging waves continued to surge and batter the tree. The surface of its trunk was eroded into slight depressions by the water, while rings of water-like energy ripples continuously spread outward, soaking the surrounding ground and washing the soil loose until it caved in.

The force of Sea Overturning did not weaken, and the waves continued piling atop one another.

Their power became increasingly heavy and fierce, as though an entire sea had been moved here from thin air. Under the sustained impact, there was a crack, and the tree trunk was swept away by the torrent.

All of this was completed in the span of a single breath.

What Tang San saw was slow motion, while what the dean and Yu Xiaogang saw was fast motion.

The dean nodded. "Not bad power."

The Spirit Ring came from a dragon subspecies.

The stronger a Soul Beast's bloodline, the greater the power carried by its Spirit Ring.

Tang San blurted out, "This ability reminds me of a phrase: overturning rivers and seas!"

Lin Hao smiled proudly. "Thank you for naming it. It's decided—my second soul skill will be called Sea Overturning!"

Tang San asked curiously, "What about its effect? Its specific effect?"

Lin Hao looked Tang San directly in the eye and answered, "Whenever my Soul Power Level rises by ten levels, the number of stacked waves increases by one layer."

"My Soul Power Level is currently over twenty, so you just saw two layers of waves!"

"If the attack power of the first wave is one hundred percent, then every additional layer increases the attack power by ten percent!"

Hearing this, Tang San could not help interjecting, "You're a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster now. If you become a Title Douluo and your Soul Power reaches over level ninety, wouldn't the ninth stacked wave reach ninety percent extra power?"

What did that mean?

A flash of surprise lit Yu Xiaogang's eyes.

It meant that Lin Hao had effectively gained the support of a Spirit Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.

No!

Yu Xiaogang shook his head slightly, correcting his own assumption.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul ignored the limit of one's own Soul Power and based its enhancement on the assisted person's Soul Power Level.

Once Lin Hao became a Title Douluo and received the support of a Spirit Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, the power of the ninth layer of his second soul skill would skyrocket to one hundred and eighty percent.

Lin Hao shook his head slightly and corrected him. "Not ninety percent. Each wave increases its power by ten percent based on the previous wave."

"The second wave is ten percent stronger than the first."

"The third wave is ten percent stronger than the second. It should be twenty-one percent stronger than the first."

"Calculating it this way, if I become a Title Douluo and my Soul Power reaches level ninety, then the power of my ninth wave should be... two hundred and fourteen point three six percent of the first wave's power!"

"Gasp!"

Yu Xiaogang sucked in a breath of cold air.

"That high?" Tang San was stunned inwardly.

The dean was clearly shocked by Lin Hao's words as well. Then he reached out and patted Lin Hao's shoulder, sincerely happy for him as he congratulated him. "The Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon is a dragon subspecies. The higher the rank of the Soul Beast, the stronger its soul skill. There's naturally a reason Spirit Masters pursue high-rank Soul Beasts!"

The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.

Yu Xiaogang glanced at the dead Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon on the ground. He was a discarded disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

For Yu Xiaogang, being abandoned by his family was the shame of his life.

Yu Xiaogang turned around and said indifferently, "We should head back!"

As an adult and Yu Xiaogang's friend, the dean understood Yu Xiaogang's feelings. He froze for a moment, glanced at the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon on the ground, and gave a bitter smile.

He truly had not meant to reopen Yu Xiaogang's wounds. Yu Xiaogang was simply overthinking it.

"Wait!"

"Wait!"

Lin Hao and Tang San spoke at the same time, looking at each other.

Tang San said, "The Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon is a high-rank Soul Beast. Its entire body is treasure. We should dissect it first!"

"That was exactly what I had in mind. There are four of us—how should we divide it?" Lin Hao looked toward the dean.

"I don't want any." Yu Xiaogang said.

"Neither do I. Leave it to you two children." the dean said.

"Then... I only want its marrow and some scales. Is that alright?" Lin Hao asked Tang San.

Tang San rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. "Its entire body is treasure, yet you only want its heart and some marrow. You're letting me take a huge advantage. Are you sure?"

If he had encountered someone who did not recognize the value of these things, Tang San would not have said such words.

The key was that Lin Hao did recognize their value. Lin Hao knew the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon's worth, yet he still voluntarily let Tang San take such a huge advantage. That made Tang San feel somewhat embarrassed.

Lin Hao smiled, draped an arm over Tang San's shoulder, and said warmly, "We're both from the same hometown. There's no need to be so formal with each other. Don't you think?"

"Then... you take yours first!" Tang San said.

"Alright." Lin Hao took out a dagger and walked over to the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon's corpse.

Marrow was where blood was produced.

Legend had it that the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon contained a trace of true dragon bloodline.

The Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon was already dead, so its blood, which had stained the ground red, could no longer be collected.

But its heart remained.

Lin Hao thought that if he brought its marrow to the Battle Through the Heavens Plane and found an Alchemist to refine it, he might gain something worthwhile.

As for the benefits of its scales, they went without saying. They could be refined into defensive equipment.

Lin Hao clumsily dissected the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon's corpse, taking half its scales and all its marrow. He then handed Tang San a bag containing the other half of the scales. "Tang San, this is the remaining half of the scales. Half for you, half for me. As for everything else, it's all yours!"

Yu Xiaogang fixed his gaze on Lin Hao, narrowing his eyes slightly as he thought, He clearly knows the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon's value, yet he still gave Xiao San the greater share. Earlier, he could have kept the specific effects of his soul skill to himself, but he told us anyway. Could it be... that I really was overthinking things?

"Thank you!" Tang San reached out and accepted the bag of dragon scales from Lin Hao, feeling slightly excited.

Any term related to dragons was synonymous with high value.

Tang San could naturally appraise the value of the dragon scales in his hands. Recalling Yu Xiaogang's earlier behavior, he rolled his eyes and glanced sideways at Yu Xiaogang, thinking, Teacher really was overthinking things. Lin Hao truly sees me as one of his own!