At the Start, Shi Hao Was Hunted by the Hypocrite Tang San and Called Upon the Willow Deity

Douluo Continent, Gengxin City

Gengxin City was one of the main cities of the Star Luo Empire. It was home to the Blacksmith's Association and was known as the City of Metal.

At night, Shi Hao walked out of the Main Spirits Palace in Gengxin City after finishing a day of menial work.

"Ugh..."

Shi Hao wore the black uniform of Spirit Hall. Looking at the pitch-black night, he could not help but sigh.

In truth, he was not a Spirit Master of this world. He came from a blue planet. One night, while staying up all night watching anime, he tragically died from overwork and was then reborn in Douluo Continent.

The body he had been reborn into happened to share his name, Shi Hao. He was quite satisfied with that, because his idol was also the Wild Heavenly Emperor Shi Hao.

And the anime he had watched that night had not been Douluo Continent at all. It had been Perfect World.

Even now, Shi Hao wondered whether something had gone wrong. He should have been reborn in Perfect World, yet he had ended up in Douluo Continent.

What was even more tragic was that, after being in this world for several years, he had not discovered any special abilities in this body, nor had he bound himself to any so-called system.

"Ah, since I didn't get any system after transmigrating, I can only obediently do odd jobs at the Main Spirits Palace and strive to retire early..."

The original owner of Shi Hao's body had been a lowly errand boy at the Main Spirits Palace in Gengxin City. At seventeen years old, his soul power had only just broken through level thirty-one. He was currently merely a level thirty-two Soul Elder battle Spirit Master.

With this kind of talent and strength, and without any system, Shi Hao naturally did not dare entertain thoughts of changing the plot. Staying alive was already good enough.

He knew that the Shrek Seven Devils of the same generation had all become Soul Kings or Soul Emperors by the age of seventeen or eighteen. By twenty, they had already gone to train on Sea God Island.

Knowing he could not hitch himself to the Shrek Seven Devils, Shi Hao had long since given up striving. He did not even know how far the plot had progressed.

Originally, he had only planned to coast along at the Main Spirits Palace in Gengxin City for a few years, save up one hundred thousand gold soul coins, and retire. Of course, he knew the Spirit Empire would ultimately be destroyed by Tang San.

With a gloomy heart, Shi Hao headed home as usual. Yet for some reason, he suddenly had an ominous premonition tonight...

"The night seems especially dark tonight!"

Just as he was wondering about it, he suddenly heard waves of screams coming from not far ahead.

Some of the voices sounded familiar...

Shi Hao took a few steps forward. When he clearly saw the figures lying in the darkness ahead, his eyes widened on the spot.

"Holy shit, is that... Tang San? Tang San is slaughtering the Spirit Masters from the Main Spirits Palace."

Shi Hao shuddered violently as a bone-chilling cold spread up from the soles of his feet.

That was right. The black-clad Spirit Masters who had fallen ahead were all guards of the Main Spirits Palace in Gengxin City.

Unlike Shi Hao, a menial apprentice, those guards were all elite disciples of the Main Spirits Palace. Only elite disciples counted as Spirit Masters of the Main Spirits Palace.

To become an elite disciple of the Main Spirits Palace, one's soul power had to reach at least level forty. Shi Hao did not meet that requirement at all, so he could only work as a menial apprentice at the Main Spirits Palace.

As for certain orders that elite disciples had to carry out, he, as a menial apprentice, knew nothing about them.

Only when Shi Hao saw Platinum Bishop Meers release his Soul Rings to prepare for Tang San's attack, while sharp Eight Spider Lances appeared behind Tang San, did he understand what was happening.

So this was that scene from the original story—the dark night of murder...

To seize the divine artifact, the Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor, Tang San had taken advantage of the night to slaughter every Spirit Master in Gengxin City, including Platinum Bishop Meers, and had stolen all the treasures and soul tools.

It had to be said that Tang San was already terrifyingly powerful at this point. He used hidden weapons to wipe out more than half of the Spirit Masters, then used the Zhuge Divine Crossbow together with the Blue Silver Thorn Formation to kill every Spirit Master below Soul King rank in the team within seconds.

Then, when Shi Hao saw those few Soul Kings die beneath Tang San's Eight Spider Lances as well, leaving only Platinum Bishop Meers alive, he finally reacted.

"Oh no. Tang San, that hypocrite, is especially bloodthirsty at this point. Once he discovers me, I'll definitely be dead. I have to run now."

His thoughts raced, and Shi Hao did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately turned and fled.

There was no helping it. He was only a level thirty-two Soul Elder. Tang San could finish him with a single hidden weapon.

Shi Hao did not know whether Tang San's spiritual power and Purple Demon Eye had noticed him just now. He could only hope Platinum Bishop Meers could hold Tang San off for a little longer.

Someone might ask why Shi Hao had not thought of this part of the plot earlier.

Come on, he had finished watching Douluo Continent more than a decade ago. How could he remember it that clearly?

Besides, before transmigrating, he had not been watching the Douluo Continent anime. He had clearly been watching Perfect World.

There was no time to think about that now. Knowing Tang San's nature, Shi Hao could only run for his life in the face of such a slaughter.

He secretly guessed that Tang San might have already discovered him with his spiritual power.

That was indeed the case. While attacking those Soul Kings just now, Tang San had already spotted the fleeing Spirit Hall disciple with his Purple Demon Eye, but he was in no hurry to chase him.

In Tang San's eyes, a Spirit Hall disciple whose strength had not even reached Soul Ancestor rank could never escape his grasp.

After Tang San activated Invincible Golden Body and successfully pierced Platinum Bishop Meers's body with the Eight Spider Lances behind him, he immediately deployed the Blue Silver Domain and began tracking the Spirit Hall Spirit Master who had been spying from the shadows.

Having committed such an utterly heinous act, Tang San naturally did not want to leave behind any witnesses. After all, he still had to maintain his hypocritical image.

Even if the person who witnessed him killing was not a Spirit Hall Spirit Master, he would silence them. Much less when the other party was a Spirit Master dressed in Spirit Hall attire.

Tang San would never let such a fish that had slipped through the net go.

"Heh, found you..."

After sensing Shi Hao's location through the Blue Silver Domain, Tang San immediately gave chase.

With the enhancement of the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone, Tang San's speed was astonishing. He flew swiftly through the night sky and caught up to Shi Hao in no time.

Looking down at the fleeing Spirit Hall Spirit Master, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Tang San's mouth. He raised the Zhuge Divine Crossbow in his hand, aimed at the Spirit Master's head, and spoke from above.

"Although you did not molest my beloved Xiao Wu like Platinum Bishop Meers did, as long as you wear the uniform of Spirit Hall, you have already earned the right to die... Go on your way obediently. I, Tang San, will give you a quick death."

With that, Tang San fired the Zhuge Divine Crossbow without hesitation.

"Whoosh..."

As the bolts of the Zhuge Divine Crossbow tore through the dark night, Shi Hao deeply realized in that moment that his life was about to reach its end.

He knew this was the Zhuge Divine Crossbow that had been enhanced by the divine craftsman Lou Gao.

With his current strength, there was no way he could withstand the power of this enhanced Zhuge Divine Crossbow.

Even in the final moments of his life, Shi Hao could not think of any way to fight back against Tang San, that bloodthirsty hypocrite.

Knowing he was about to die, he only felt an incomparable sense of grievance in his heart.

"Fuck, I, Shi Hao, share the same name as the Wild Heavenly Emperor, yet today I'm going to die at the hands of Tang San, that hypocrite and bottom-rung fantasy trash. I hate this..."

As the sound of rushing wind rang beside his ears, Shi Hao knew there was nowhere left to dodge. With no other options, he could only imitate Shi Hao from Perfect World and shout into the sky.

"Willow Deity..."