At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Star Dou Great Forest.
At its heart lay Star Lake.
The clear lake resembled an enormous emerald mirror, reflecting the towering ancient trees that blotted out the sky around it.
No soul beast dared approach. A suffocating silence hung over the entire area.
A figure in a tattered black robe staggered out of the dense forest and stopped at the lakeshore.
Tang Hao's face was sallow, and a faint trace of blood still lingered at the corner of his mouth.
To obtain high-quality soul bones quickly, he had forced himself to fight despite the old injuries that had accumulated in his body for years, hunting down several ten-thousand-year soul beasts in succession, only to come away empty-handed.
The six-month deadline Bone Douluo Gu Rong had given him drove him onward like a death warrant.
Tang Hao spat out a mouthful of stale blood and raised his hand. Dense black light gathered in his palm.
The Clear Sky Hammer appeared out of thin air. Nine soul rings pulsed slowly around him, the final Hundred-Thousand-Year Red Soul Ring radiating a dazzling crimson light.
"You two, come out and meet me."
Tang Hao's voice was dry and hoarse, carrying far across the lake.
Enormous ripples spread over the tranquil surface.
Boom!
Water erupted into the sky from the center of the lake, and a massive bull's head, a full four meters across, broke through the surface.
A dark blue-green serpentine body flickered in and out of sight beneath the water. Over forty meters long, it slowly coiled, its twin horns resembling curved blades piercing the heavens. Azure light swirled within its enormous eyes.
Da Ming, the Sky Azure Bull Python, looked down at Tang Hao on the shore, his deep, resonant voice echoing