"What? Soul Beast Transformation?"
Upon hearing Ruan Mei's words, Flender and the others all looked at Xiao Wu in surprise. Dai Mubai and Oscar stared wide-eyed; having spent so much time with Xiao Wu, they had never imagined that she might actually be a Soul Beast.
Xiao Wu's face turned pale, and she instinctively hid behind Tang San. Her worst fears had come true, and to make matters worse, it happened in Spirit City, where she had exposed her identity in front of so many powerful figures.
Yu Xiaogang frowned, then suddenly realized something. "According to ancient records, Soul Beast needs at least 100,000 years of cultivation to transform into human form. If Xiao Wu is truly Soul Beast Transformation, doesn't that mean she was originally a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
Flender gasped, and Zhao Wuji was speechless with shock. These Soul Master knew all too well what Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast meant. Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone were enough to drive countless Titled Douluo mad.
"Shut up, all of you!" God King Tang San suddenly stepped in front of Xiao Wu, his gaze sweeping warily over the crowd. "I don't care what you're thinking. Xiao Wu is my sister. Anyone who dares to lay a finger on her, don't blame me for being impolite!"
After speaking, he specifically looked at Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who was sitting next to Ning Fengzhi.
Of all those present, Chen Xin's strength was the most daunting to him. If this Titled Douluo really wanted to attack Xiao Wu, with his current strength, he wouldn't have much of a chance to fight back.
However, Chen Xin simply picked up her teacup, took a leisurely sip, and didn't even bother to look at him.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan waved his hand. "Alright, stop acting like someone's trying to steal your sister. This is Spirit City, you don't really think her little disguise can fool so many Titled Douluo in the city, do you?"
God King Tang San frowned, and Lin Yuan continued, "Her identity has been exposed eight hundred times already. The reason no one has captured her is because the Interastral Peace Corporation and the Xianzhou Alliance are both interested in the Soul Beast Transformation and want to study this aspect, so the Spirit Hall has not made a move against her. If they really wanted to capture her, would she still be here today?"
Xiao Wu was even more frightened after hearing this. It turned out that her identity had been discovered long ago, but those people had just not made a move. Was she going to be dissected and studied?
God King Tang San once again shielded her behind him, coldly saying, "No matter what your motives are, don't even think about harming Xiao Wu. This God King will never allow anyone to use her for experiments!"
Lin Yuan was too lazy to argue with him and walked towards the door. "Let's go, let's go to the research base first. If you were really capable of protecting her, you wouldn't have been frozen there by Ms. Ruan Mei just now, unable to move at all."
God King Tang San's face darkened at what he was being said, but he was unable to refute it.
He turned to look at Xiao Wu, reached out and took her small hand, his tone softening. " Xiao Wu, don't worry, whether you're human or Soul Beast, I will protect you. Anyone who dares to hurt you will have to step over my dead body first!"
Xiao Wu, who was initially frightened, was deeply moved upon hearing these words.
"Elder brother..."
But before she could finish speaking, another angry voice came from the depths of God King Tang San's consciousness.
"You bastard! Get your hands off me! That's my Xiao Wu, who gave you permission to hold her hand?"
God King Tang San replied nonchalantly, "You're at it again, kid. Xiao Wu and I will be together for hundreds of years in the future, what's wrong with holding hands?"
"That's the future! The Xiao Wu of today is mine! Give me back my body right now!"
Tang San was furious and desperately tried to regain control, and God King Tang San naturally refused to back down. As Xiao Wu was feeling touched, she suddenly noticed that Tang San's right hand abruptly released her, then grabbed her back. He then began to sway, and his facial expression kept changing.
" Xiao Wu, don't listen to him, I am the Tang San of today!"
"Shut up! You stay God King and behave yourself!"
"Shut up! Let go of my hand!"
The two Tang San started arguing again in front of everyone. Xiao Wu, who had been so moved she almost cried, could only watch Tang San argue back and forth, not even knowing how to help him up.
Flender shook his head, "If these two Tang San keep fighting like this, they'll ruin their health sooner or later."
Lin Yuan laughed heartily beside them until Ruan Mei urged them on, at which point everyone gradually left the reception room.
Soon after, the group arrived at the research base of Interastral Peace Corporation.
God King Tang San followed behind the group, constantly observing his surroundings. The spacious corridor was filled with various instruments on both sides, and staff members occasionally pushed devices past. Small mechanical devices also flew back and forth in the air.
As we passed through an automatically opening metal door, several patrolling mechanical guards walked by, their indicator lights flashing in turn.
God King Tang San frowned.
These things didn't exist in the Douluo Continent of his Remembrance. According to the original history, humanity was still developing using Soul Tool and the power of Soul Master; where had they ever seen such large-scale mechanical devices?
Unfortunately, he had already suffered losses in these areas several times before.
Lin Yuan, walking beside him, noticed him staring intently at the devices and asked with a smile, "So, God King, how does it feel? It's quite different from the Douluo Continent you Remembrance, isn't it?"
God King Tang San snorted coldly, "Just unorthodox methods. Soul Master ultimately rely on themselves for cultivation. No matter how powerful these external aids are, they can never replace true strength."
Lin Yuan smiled and didn't argue with him.
The group quickly entered a spacious laboratory. Ruan Mei had Tang San sit on the central testing table, then turned on the instrument next to her and retrieved the two sets of soul data that had been recorded earlier.
"The examination just now confirmed that you have two independent consciousnesses within you. The best way to ensure the survival of both souls is to separate them. However, one of the souls needs a new vessel; otherwise, even if the separation is successful, it will not be able to maintain stability in the long term."
Upon hearing this, the original Tang San immediately seized control of the body and hurriedly said, "I agree! I'll do anything to get him out of my body!"
God King Tang San immediately regained control, angrily shouting, "You agreed to my ass! When did I, God King, ever agree to let her do it?"
"How dare you say that!" Tang San snapped back, "Didn't you just say you weren't interested in my body? Now that there's a way to separate us, why aren't you willing?"
God King Tang San gritted his teeth, regained control of his body, and said coldly, "This God King is only worried that the new body is not suitable for cultivation! I possess the Twin Martial Souls of Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer. What if I just switch to a random body without these two Martial Soul?"
Tang San retorted, "After all that talk, you just can't bear to part with my body! And you say rebirth isn't about possession? I think you never intended to give it back to me in the first place!"
God King Tang San's expression was grim, but he did not continue to refute.
He truly didn't want to lose his Twin Martial Souls. Moreover, his cultivation experience, Tang Sect Secret Arts, and his future path to godhood all required a suitable body to be realized again.
After listening to their argument, Nguyen Mai simply nodded calmly.
"The issue of Twin Martial Souls is not difficult to include in a research project. We are currently experimenting with artificially constructing Martial Soul, and your Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer can serve as experimental subjects for the first batch of Artificial Martial Soul."
God King Tang San was stunned.
" Artificial Martial Soul?"
Ruan Mei continued, "If we can analyze the composition of Martial Soul and then attempt to artificially reproduce it, then even with a different body, it's not impossible to regain Martial Soul. Of course, this still requires experimental verification."
Yu Xiaogang was stunned.
He had studied Martial Soul for so many years, and had only ever heard of Martial Soul Awakening and Martial Soul Mutation. He had never heard of Martial Soul being artificially created.
God King Tang San was equally incredulous. "Absurd! Martial Soul are something one is born with, how could they be created out of thin air? I have roamed the God King Divine Realm for many years and have never heard of such a thing!"
Nguyen Mai ignored his questions, simply saving the relevant information in preparation for arranging the next step of the investigation.
Just then, the laboratory door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
A tall, burly man with blond hair and golden eyes walked in. He was wearing the uniform of Interastral Peace Corporation, had a work badge around his neck, and was carrying a thick stack of documents in his hand.
The man walked up to Ruan Mei and placed the documents on the table.
"Ms. Ruan Mei, the research materials you requested are all here. Those humans are too slow at organizing things; I have to make the trip myself."
Nguyen Mai took the documents and quickly flipped through a few pages.
"Thank you for your hard work. You can leave it here."
The blond, muscular man nodded and prepared to leave.
God King Tang San was still thinking about the Artificial Martial Soul when he heard someone come in, so he just glanced casually at the door.
However, the next moment, he suddenly stood up from the testing table, and even subconsciously took a step back.
That face, that blond hair, and those golden vertical pupils...
He absolutely cannot admit his mistake!
God King Tang San stared wide-eyed at the man in company uniform before him, and exclaimed in disbelief:
" The Golden Dragon King?!"