The Godly Zhuge Crossbow? No, the Sea God Crossbow!

Shattered scales flew through the air, dissolving into sparkling motes of blue light.

At the center of the collision, Lin Hao could not withstand the shockwave and was hurled away. Still airborne, he raised a hand and activated Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, trying to draw back the Sea God Trident.

He had pulled it only halfway when his expression stiffened. Sea Dragon Douluo had raised a hand without a flicker of emotion and caught the Sea God Trident as it flew back.

The gap in their strength was still too great. Though Lin Hao had held every advantage just now, he had failed to inflict any serious injury on Sea Dragon Douluo.

He had not even made the man breathe hard.

As a divine weapon, the Sea God Trident weighed a hundred and eight thousand jin. Naturally, as a Martial Soul, it could not be that heavy.

Enhanced by two Soul Rings, it now weighed over three thousand jin. Calling it the most powerful weapon Martial Soul on the Douluo Continent would not be an exaggeration.

But three thousand jin was still a weight a Titled Douluo could move with ease.

"That move is powerful, but once an enemy catches your weapon, you lose the ability to fight back."

After warning Lin Hao, Sea Dragon Douluo tossed the Sea God Trident back to him.

Lin Hao wanted to point out that not every enemy he faced would have the strength of a Titled Douluo and be able to catch his Sea God Trident so easily.

Besides, he could dismiss his Martial Soul and summon the Sea God Trident again. Even Sea Dragon Douluo would gain nothing by holding on to his weapon then.

But Lin Hao chose not to explain. He nodded earnestly instead, committing every word of Sea Dragon Douluo's instruction to memory.

"We'll end today's fight here. To be honest, young master, your performance exceeded my expectations."

"Those three terrifying spear techniques in particular could not have come from the mortal world."

"If you practice diligently, young master, you will one day be invincible upon the seas and restore the Sea God's glory."

"I will train hard!"

With the battle over, the day's combat training finally came to an end.

Over the next three months, Lin Hao traveled across Sea God Island, training with each of the seven Sacred Pillars in turn.

He practiced spear techniques with Sea Spear Douluo, underwent the fiercest combat training with Sea Dragon Douluo, trained in the water with Sea Horse Douluo to master fighting at sea, cultivated in illusions with Sea Illusion Douluo, learned about poisons and stealth from Sea Ghost Douluo, studied defensive counterattacks with Sea Star Douluo, and pitted his mental strength against Sea Witch Douluo.

Each of the seven Sacred Pillars had a specialty. Together, they aimed to make Lin Hao a formidable fighter with no weaknesses.

One day, after finishing a bout with Sea Dragon Douluo, Lin Hao did not leave right away. Instead, he asked a question.

"Senior Sea Dragon, are there any craftsmen on Sea God Island?"

"Is there something you want made, young master? If you need materials, I can send someone out to sea to buy them." Sea Dragon Douluo looked puzzled.

"No, senior. I want to make something, and I need a group of skilled craftsmen."

"Sea Dragon City has the best craftsmen on Sea God Island. I'll fetch them now."

A short while later, Sea Dragon Douluo returned with a tall, middle-aged man dressed in purple.

"Kyle greets the young master!"

"Kyle is the finest craftsman on Sea God Island, and he's also a level seventy-two Soul Saint. Just tell him what you want, young master. He can make it."

Lin Hao took a set of Godly Zhuge Crossbow blueprints from his Soul Tool. He had drawn them in his spare time.

Having inherited Tang San's legacy, how could he not know how to make Tang Sect Hidden Weapons?

Sea God Island was already his domain. And because of their faith, its people would never betray him, the Sea God Successor.

So Lin Hao could strengthen Sea God Island without holding anything back.

Hidden Weapons were an excellent choice.

"I came across the design for this weapon by chance. It's called the Sea God Crossbow. It holds forty-eight bolts and can fire sixteen at once. Its attacks can pierce the defenses of Soul Masters below level forty, it fires extremely quickly, and it requires no Soul Power to operate."

Sea Dragon Douluo glanced at him.

The Sea God Crossbow?

Could the Sea God be passing down a divine weapon to protect Sea God Island through the young master?

That was exactly what Lin Hao wanted Sea Dragon Douluo to think. It was why he had renamed the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

Tang Sect Hidden Weapon? No. Divine weapon to protect Sea God Island? Yes.

"Brilliant, brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

"To think such an ingenious weapon exists! It can actually be powered by this mechanism. What a work of genius..."

Kyle had finished studying the blueprints. His face lit up with wonder as he spoke.

"Your blueprints are exceptionally detailed, young master. This will need to be made from Iron Essence, but give me three days and I can produce a working crossbow."

"Sorry for the trouble, Senior Kyle!"

"You honor me too much, young master. It's my privilege to serve you."

Kyle quickly turned to Lin Hao with a respectful, reverent expression. His face made his feelings plain.

Kyle hurried off with the blueprints, brimming with excitement. Sea Dragon Douluo looked at Lin Hao and said,

"Young master, you've taken the safety of everyone on Sea God Island to heart. You have my thanks."

"Senior Sea Dragon, Sea God Island is my home too. Of course I'll find ways to make everyone stronger," Lin Hao replied solemnly.

Seeing the seriousness in Lin Hao's eyes, Sea Dragon Douluo nodded, a pang of guilt stirring in his heart.

Three days later.

"I did it! I did it!"

The excited shouting came from outside. Lin Hao was with Sea Witch, "listening to a tune."

At the shout, his already furrowed brow drew even tighter.

Sea Witch belonged to the Mermaid Clan. She was breathtakingly beautiful, with a pair of large sky-blue eyes, while her enormous fish tail lay hidden beneath the waters of the Sea within the Sea.

Hearing the shouting outside, she stopped playing her flute and glared at Kyle as he burst in.

"Kyle, you'd better have a good explanation, or I'll throw you into the sea to feed the fish."

Sea Witch's icy voice jolted Kyle out of his excitement. He saw Lin Hao open his eyes, looking somewhat exhausted, and hurried to speak.

"Lady Sea Witch, I was making the Sea God Crossbow for the young master, and I finally finished it today. I got carried away. Please forgive me."

"Since it concerns the young master, I'll let you off this once. Don't let it happen again!"

"Hmph!"

Because it concerned Lin Hao, Sea Witch could not press the matter. She merely gave a cold snort, but it carried a pulse of mental strength and Soul Power that shook Kyle's sea of consciousness and nearly knocked him off his feet.

"Thank you, Lady Sea Witch!"

"Now, is the Sea God Crossbow finished?"

Lin Hao had recovered some of his strength by then. Sea Witch excelled at mental attacks, and he had been using the sound of her flute to train his mental strength.

Clashes of mental strength were the most perilous. Of all his training with the seven Sacred Pillars, his sessions with Sea Witch and Sea Illusion left him the most exhausted, though neither was among the strongest of the seven.

"Please take a look, young master!"

At Lin Hao's words, Kyle eagerly took out the finished Sea God Crossbow and handed it over.