The Ultimate Cheating Artifact!?

"The thing you want is in the core region of the Heaven Dou Great Forest!"

Perhaps out of fear, or perhaps out of relief, Tang Hao revealed the location of the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone before drawing his last breath. Xiao Wu did not press down any further, because the sniper rifle really was all looks and no substance.

If he could have killed Tang San, Xu De would never have deliberately held back. The guy was practically a player with cheats: could you believe he had died at Jialing Pass, only for those people in the Divine Realm to force open a back door and bring him back to life?

Since he couldn't kill Tang San, the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone was undoubtedly the most important thing. There were precious few hundred-thousand-year soul bones currently known on the entire continent, and every one of them provided a tremendous boost to combat strength.

Not to mention that the Soul Beasts of the Sun Moon Continent were far weaker than those of the Douluo Continent, in both quality and quantity. Leaving the Star Dou Great Forest aside, even the Soul Beasts of the Far North and the deep sea far surpassed those of the Sun Moon Continent in strength.

Xu Tianxing, Dugu Bo, and the others nearby were beaming. This was wartime, and the merit of killing a Titled Douluo was undoubtedly immense, especially since the Sun Moon Imperial Family attached great importance to such things.

Dugu Bo was already a Titled Douluo, and he had earned merit by assisting in the kill. On top of that, he was the first person to join the Sun Moon Empire from the Heaven Dou Empire. Even if only to win people's hearts, the Sun Moon Emperor could not possibly treat him poorly. A dukedom was as good as his.

Xu Tianxing, meanwhile, was a member of the imperial family and had distinguished himself in the recent battles. His elevation to prince was already nailed to the board, and the forces under Xu De's command had received an epic upgrade. The Douluo imperial family had no rule of inheritance by the eldest legitimate son; Xu De had become crown prince with help from Xu Tianxing and his mother's family.

"De'er, this is wonderful! You've earned such great merit. Let's see what those old fellows have to say now!"

Xu Tianxing took out a Soul Tool shaped like a long saber and began dissecting Tang Hao's corpse. At the same time, he imagined the shocked expressions on the old fellows' faces when they saw what he had gained.

Six Soul Bones. This haul could be said to have changed the balance of power across the entire continent.

At present, aside from the Angel Soul Bone set in Qian Daoliu's possession, it seemed no one else had managed to assemble a complete set of Soul Bones. Only Tang Hao, with heaven-defying luck and by emptying the Clear Sky Sect's coffers, had barely managed to put one together. If Tang San hadn't been holding Tang Hao back, they might really have come to grief today. A thousand words and ten thousand phrases came down to one thing: thank you, Tang San.

"Senior Dugu, elders, please escort me to the Star Dou Great Forest!"

The people in Nuoding City had been excited, but when they heard Xu De's abrupt request, they all broke out in cold sweat and hurried to dissuade him.

"Your Highness, you absolutely must not! There are hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest!"

"Our lives are not worth mentioning, but your person is worth a thousand pieces of gold. How could you willingly put yourself in danger?"

The two elders spoke up one after the other. Dugu Bo opened his mouth as though to say something, but ultimately said nothing. The boy before him had brought him too many surprises. He had known him for only a day, yet it felt as though he had lived half his life in vain. What right did he have to think his ideas were better than the boy's?

"Elders, there's no need to worry. I have a backup plan, so rest assured."

As for Xu Tianxing, he was naturally focused on absorbing the two arm Soul Bones taken from Tang Hao. Despite being the fourth-ranking figure in the Sun Moon Empire, he had possessed only one Soul Bone. Now that they had acquired more, naturally their priority was to strengthen their own people.

Otherwise, were they supposed to save them and take them back for those imperial clan elders who had done nothing? Xu De wasn't absorbing them because his sights were set exceptionally high: only a hundred-thousand-year soul bone could catch his eye.

Of course, he wasn't venturing into danger without reason. After all, he had something beside him that could be called a cheat. With Xiao Wu at his side in the Heaven Dou Great Forest, as long as he didn't provoke those fellows inside, the protection of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python would be enough for him to swagger around unhindered.

It was just as well, since he needed to acquire his First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring. His first choice was a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger around a thousand years old. After all, he had been born with level-twenty Soul Power; surely he wasn't going to listen to a piece of trash like Gangzi and his theories and absorb a four-hundred-year Soul Beast.

"Xiao Wu, do you want to go to the Star Dou Great Forest?" Xu De casually asked her as he silently worked out his plans. He didn't think Xiao Wu would turn down the chance to see Da Ming and Er Ming.

"Yes, yes! I want to go!" Xiao Wu lit up at the thought of returning to the Star Dou Great Forest. The events of the day hadn't affected her much. After all, she still knew little about the Soul Master World, and in her eyes Tang Hao was just a somewhat stronger stranger.

"This is eastern team two. Nothing found here!"

"This is western team one. Nothing found here!"

More than ten teams of three to five people were scouring the Star Dou Great Forest. Naturally, they were the subordinates Xu De had brought with him. The forest was so vast that he couldn't very well wander around blindly on his own.

"This is Yu Xiaogang of cell team one. Nothing found!"

That was right: the reason Gangzi hadn't been speaking had finally been discovered. After he was cured, the first words he spoke in three days were, "Just tell me what you want me to do. I can do it all." Clearly, his spirit had been terribly battered over those three days. Perhaps it had a tiny bit to do with the guard Xu De had sent.

At the thought, Xu De couldn't help glancing at a middle-aged male Soul Master dressed in pink, his fingers curled delicately like orchid petals. At that moment, the man was gazing at Gangzi with deep affection.

He wondered whether Gangzi was still... today. Xiao Wu wasn't by his side either; he figured she had gone to see Da Ming and Er Ming.

When the sun was out, his Martial Soul gave his Sun God Eye and physical attributes a fifty-percent boost. When the moon was out, it gave his Yue Shen Eyes and Mental Power a fifty-percent boost.

It was already late at night. With his Yue Shen Eyes active and his Mental Power boosted, he could naturally sense two immense presences around him. Besides Da Ming and Er Ming, he figured there were no other Soul Beasts that powerful in the core region.

"If you haven't found it, change direction and keep looking until you do!" Although the two elders were displeased with the progress of their subordinate Soul Masters' search, they couldn't personally take action. Their foremost duty was to keep Xu De safe.

If anything happened to Xu De, Xu Tianxing really could kill them. That was no exaggeration.

Could Tang Hao have lied to me? They had found neither the Soul Bone nor the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Xu De couldn't help growing frustrated. He couldn't stay on the Douluo Continent for too long. The Sun Moon Empire was far from a solid sheet of iron, and the longer he delayed, the more complicated the situation he would face upon his return.

"Brother's finally met a human with a Mental Attribute Martial Soul! Brother can finally escape his cage!" Just as Xu De was lost in thought, a voice sounded in his mind without warning.

"Who's talking? Get out here!" Xu De roared. The two elders beside him jumped in fright instead, their Martial Souls appearing behind them as they prepared for a major battle.

"Don't be nervous. Brother won't hurt you. First, tell the two old men beside you to go away." The voice sounded in his mind again, but the two elders remained on guard, looking as though they hadn't heard a thing.

Only then did Xu De realize: the Star Dou Great Forest, the Mental Attribute, someone calling himself Brother, a cage, voice transmission?

Holy shit, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was here!? Huo Gua's ultimate cheating artifact had fallen into my hands!?