Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King to Screw Over Tang San

Gong Xue even threw herself at Gong Yu, wrapped her arms around him, and sobbed, "Big brother, you're finally awake! Do you know how worried we were? And do you know you turned into a huge fatty yesterday? I thought you'd never go back to normal!"

The other girls' eyes were wet with tears too. Only Na'er remained perfectly calm at the side.

Gong Yu patted Gong Xue's back and teased, "If I turned into a fatty, would you look down on me, Xiao Xue?"

Gong Xue immediately pulled out of Gong Yu's arms and said, a little worked up, "How could I? No matter what you turned into, big brother, I'd never look down on you."

"Really?" At that moment, a discordant voice belonging to someone who was always at odds with Gong Xue rang out. Who else could it be but Gong Miaomiao? She said, "What if the young master turned into a pile of shit? Would you still not look down on him?"

"Gong Miaomiao, what are you saying? Who compares a person to shit?" Gong Xue was genuinely furious at Gong Miaomiao's words and immediately moved to grapple with her.

Gong Yu's face darkened a little at Gong Miaomiao's comparison too, though he couldn't possibly get angry over such a small matter. Seeing Gong Xue about to pounce on Gong Miaomiao, he immediately held her back. He couldn't let them actually fight.

"Hmph... when you can't win an argument, you resort to fighting," Gong Miaomiao said defiantly, though her eyes darted away. Clearly, she felt a little guilty and knew her earlier words had been inappropriate. But she was just as proud, so how could she back down in front of Gong Xue?

Yet if they really fought, she didn't dare face Gong Xue. Though she was a three-ring Soul Elder, Gong Xue had the fire attribute, which was a natural counter to her chrysanthemum Martial Soul.

If Gong Xue's fiery temper truly erupted and things spiraled out of control until they fought, Gong Miaomiao would be the one to lose in the end.

So Gong Miaomiao promptly tried to smooth things over. "Hmph... I wouldn't look down on him. Even if the young master turned into... I still wouldn't. My Martial Soul is a chrysanthemum, after all."

Everyone froze at her words. Somehow, they all had the same thought. Gong Miaomiao, what kind of thing was that to say? Because your Martial Soul was a chrysanthemum, you didn't mind shit?

Gong Xue, who had still been a little agitated, seemed to imagine something after hearing Gong Miaomiao. She calmed down instantly, then looked at Gong Miaomiao with some disgust and said, "I'm never bickering with you again. You're disgusting, insisting on linking shit and chrysanthemums together."

Everyone burst out laughing, while Gong Miaomiao was the one driven to anger. She stamped her feet and said, "I meant that my Martial Soul is a chrysanthemum plant. Even if the young master turned into... he could still give me nutrients, so I wouldn't mind."

Gong Xue scoffed. "I don't care what you meant. You're disgusting anyway, and I don't want to talk to you."

Both of them huffed and turned their faces away, neither willing to pay the other any attention.

And so the little interlude passed.

Gong Xue was the only one still lacking a Soul Ring, so everyone continued onward.

After about ten minutes, they once again felt a powerful presence rushing toward them, just as they had the day before. This presence, however, was not filled with evil like yesterday's.

They soon saw many weak Soul Beasts. Large numbers had been shaken to death along the way, while those still alive were migrating in one direction. They didn't seem to be fleeing for their lives, but rather making way.

"Let me see what's going on." Gong Lan was the first to step forward. She communicated with the surrounding Blue Silver Grass and began sharing the view of the Blue Silver Grass within several li.

She soon obtained the information she wanted and said, "It's a gorilla as big as a small mountain. Standing on its head is the girl who transformed from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the one we saw at the Rose Hotel last time."

Gong Yu's expression shifted, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes. "That gorilla should be the Titan Giant Ape. It's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast too."

Gong Yu stroked his chin, looking thoughtful. Now that the Titan Giant Ape has appeared, Tang San's Third Soul Ring should appear soon too. His Third Soul Ring is nothing special, but the Eight Spider Lances are the main thing. I can't let that Little Scumbag get his hands on them so easily.

Gong Yu immediately came back to his senses and said to Gong Lan, "Lan'er, check whether there's a group of about seven people nearby, chasing after the Titan Giant Ape. See if there's a boy among them who was with that Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast last time."

Gong Lan nodded and communicated with the surrounding Blue Silver Grass again. This time, however, she didn't obtain the information she wanted. Her cultivation was still weak, after all, and seeing three or four li through the Blue Silver Grass was already her limit.

She shook her head and looked at Gong Yu. "I didn't find the seven people you mentioned, young master. I only found an elderly couple about four li away. They're with a girl around my age, and they seem to be chasing a Soul Beast."

After speaking, she thought back and seemed to remember something. "Oh, right, the couple were both leaning on walking sticks. Half the old woman's stick was blocked from view, so I couldn't see it clearly, but the old man's stick had a dragon's head."

"Could they be the Peerless Dragon Snake couple? Then the girl with them would be their granddaughter, Meng Yiran." Gong Yu pinched his chin and thought for a moment. "Forget it, never mind that. Let's follow them and have a look. If they really are the Peerless Dragon Snake couple, there's no harm in following them."

"Lan'er, lead the way. We'll follow that elderly couple."

Gong Yu gave Gong Lan the instruction.

Gong Lan nodded and led the way, and the group headed together in the direction of the couple she had mentioned.

After pursuing them for about half an hour, everyone stopped, because they could already faintly hear people talking ahead.

They continued for another few dozen meters and passed through dense bushes that blocked their view, soon emerging into a small hollow.

The area around the hollow was a mess, clearly bearing traces of a recent fight. Patches of green Soul Beast blood could be seen here and there on the ground.

Several figures had appeared not far ahead. They were facing off against an elderly couple and a girl of fifteen or sixteen.

Chapter 54: Tang San: How Could a Soul Ring Be More Important Than Xiao Wu?

"Grandpa, you have to stand up for me!"

She was a girl of fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen. She looked close to Gong Lan's age, though she was probably a little older.

Watching the powerful Soul Ring that had almost been hers slip away, the girl could barely contain the anger in her heart. She looked at the old man beside her and asked him in an almost pleading tone to stand up for her.

Eight Soul Rings, two yellow, three purple, and three black, pulsed up and down around the old man. He patted the girl on the head, signaling her to be patient.

Watching from a distance, Gong Yu guessed that the two elders and the girl were the Peerless Dragon Snake couple and their granddaughter Meng Yiran.

On the other side were Tang San and six others, seven in all. Their leader was a short-legged middle-aged man who looked as though he was too poor to own any accessories. Several coils of thick hemp rope were always wrapped around his left wrist.

The two sides exchanged words from time to time, but their voices rose and fell, making them difficult to hear clearly.

Seeing Tang San among the group, however, Gong Yu knew he had found the right place. He turned to the nine girls and said, "Come on, let's go take a look."

Gong Yu led the girls straight toward the two groups. As he walked, he said to Na'er, "Na'er, tell Zi JI and Bi Ji to get ready. We don't know whether a fight will break out. It would be best if there isn't one, but if there is, kill them all."

As for whether Tang Hao was nearby, who knew? Even if he was, so what? Could Tang Hao alone defeat Bi Ji and Zi JI together?

Besides, this was the Star Dou Great Forest, Na'er's home ground. With a single summons from Na'er, Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts could arrive in the blink of an eye. Even if three supreme experts arrived together, they would probably have to slink away, let alone a mere Tang Hao.

Na'er nodded and transmitted a message into the air.

Gong Yu and the others soon arrived not far from Tang San's group. Pretending to have stumbled upon them by chance, Gong Yu called to Tang San a few meters ahead, "Yo... isn't this Little Scumbag? It's only been a few days, and we meet again. What a coincidence!"

As he called out, Gong Yu led the girls onward without stopping, continuing toward Tang San and the others.

Both the Shitrek side and the Peerless Dragon Snake couple looked over when they heard Gong Yu's voice.

Dai Mubai dragged his feeble body along. When he saw Gong Yu and the others, he ground his teeth with hatred. If he could have beaten them, he probably would have rushed over and slaughtered them on the spot.

The bald little fat chicken, Ma Hongjun, quietly backed up a few steps and hid behind Oscar when he saw Gong Xue, as if afraid she would recognize him.

When Gong Yu reached the dead Man Faced Demon Spider, he deliberately gave it a couple of extra looks, then spread his hands as if measuring the length of its legs.

He glanced at the purple Soul Ring floating above the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse before deliberately saying, "Is one of you getting a fourth Soul Ring? A Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring may be high quality, but choosing one over two thousand years old for a fourth ring seems like more trouble than it's worth, doesn't it?"

Everyone was somewhat surprised by Gong Yu's words.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu suddenly asked, "Young friend, do you mean this Man Faced Demon Spider was at the two-thousand-year level?"

Gong Yu looked up at Dragon Duke Meng Shu, glanced at Meng Yiran beside him, then turned and swept his gaze over the Shitrek group. Feigning surprise, he said, "No way. Don't tell me none of you has reached your fourth ring, yet you're going to absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring.

"If that's really the case, I advise you not to court death. This Man Faced Demon Spider was no less than two thousand years old."

Tang San scoffed at Gong Yu's words. He even thought, Every one of you probably absorbed Soul Rings beyond the age limit. Yet when it comes to someone else, you advise them not to. Are you afraid they'll surpass you?

Although Gong Yu hadn't answered Dragon Duke Meng Shu's question directly, the Dragon Duke had gotten his answer from his words. He asked, "How did you determine that this Man Faced Demon Spider had two thousand years of cultivation?"

"Old man, you have eight Soul Rings beneath your feet, but I really have to wonder how you cultivated to the Soul Douluo level. You don't even know such basic information, yet you dare bring people here to hunt for Soul Rings."

Gong Yu put on an exasperated expression. "A Man Faced Demon Spider's cultivation is determined by the length of its legs. Don't you know that a thousand-year Soul Beast undergoes some obvious changes with every thousand years of cultivation? This Man Faced Demon Spider's legs are over three meters long, so its cultivation has clearly passed two thousand years."

"This..." Dragon Duke Meng Shu first exchanged a glance with Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang. He wasn't angry at Gong Yu's rude tone, however, and thanked him calmly. "If it's truly as you say, young friend, then my wife and I really must thank you for the warning.

"Fortunately, this Man Faced Demon Spider wasn't killed by our granddaughter, so she can't absorb it. Otherwise, if she only discovered the truth while absorbing it, I'm afraid it would have been too late. Thank you for the warning, young friend. It seems old things like us need to read more books when we get back. Otherwise, harming our descendants wouldn't be worth it."

Gong Yu smiled faintly. "Ah... you're too polite. We were just passing by and happened to see it, so I gave you a warning. As long as you don't think I was sticking my nose in.

"But you're hunting a spider-type Soul Beast for your granddaughter, right? On our way here, we saw a Soul Devouring Spider about fifteen hundred years old roughly four li away. Its quality is even higher than a Man Faced Demon Spider's. You could consider it."

"Really?" The Dragon Snake couple's eyes lit up. They naturally knew what a Soul Devouring Spider was. When this kind of Soul Beast reached the hundred-thousand-year level, it was called a Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, which was the Martial Soul of Bibi Dong, the Pope of Spirit Hall.

The Dragon Duke immediately pointed in the direction Gong Yu's group had come from and asked, "That way?"

Gong Yu nodded. "Yes, that's right. About four or five li in that direction!"

"All right, all right, thank you, young friend." The Dragon Duke smiled and looked at Meng Yiran. "Yiran, it seems you really weren't fated to have this Man Faced Demon Spider. But since we know where there's a better one, we might as well give this one up. Come on, let's go hunt the Soul Devouring Spider."

The Peerless Dragon Snake couple nodded to Gong Yu, then left with Meng Yiran.

Only then did Gong Yu turn to Tang San. "Little Scumbag, you're really something. I was wondering why you left that rabbit alone in the forest. Turns out you found a high-quality Soul Beast and brought people to hunt it for yourself, so you abandoned her."

Tang San immediately lunged over and grabbed Gong Yu's arm. "You mean you saw Xiao Wu?" he asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I saw her!" Gong Yu pointed in the direction of the trail the Titan Giant Ape had left. "That way. It's pretty far from here, but she didn't seem to be in danger. When we saw her, she was absorbing her Third Soul Ring."

"Xiao Wu is only level twenty-nine. How could she be absorbing her Third Soul Ring? You're obviously lying," Dai Mubai suddenly interjected. Clearly, he didn't believe it.

"That rabbit is sooo ugly, there's no way I could have mistaken her." Gong Yu spread his hands, looking unconcerned. "But believe it or not, it's up to you. She's not one of mine anyway."

Gong Yu was talking nonsense. Xiao Wu would be back soon anyway, and once she returned, she couldn't expose his lie without risking her own secret.

"No, I believe him. Xiao Wu's aptitude is no worse than mine. Since I could break through to level thirty in the middle of a battle, I believe she can too." Tang San smiled. For the first time, he felt that Gong Yu wasn't detestable. He then said to the Shitrek group, "I'm going that way to find Xiao Wu. What about you?"

Since Tang San was going to look for Xiao Wu, the Shitrek group couldn't let him go alone, so they ultimately decided to go together. Tang San didn't even care about the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring anymore.

Watching the Shitrek group leave, Gong Yu shouted, "Hey, Little Scumbag, don't you want your Soul Ring? This is a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring. What a waste if you don't take it!"

Tang San called back from a distance, "I don't want it. It's a Soul Ring beyond the age limit, so whatever happens to it, happens. Xiao Wu is more important."

A triumphant smile immediately curled Gong Yu's lips. He murmured, "If you don't want it, naturally I don't want it either, but..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence and looked at the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

Chapter 55: The Eight Spider Lances and Wind Thunder Wings

"Big brother, that smile of yours is so sinister. It looks just like a villain's smile after getting away with something bad." Watching Gong Yu smile for no apparent reason, Gong Xue suddenly blurted this out.

Gong Yu rolled his eyes. "Go on, go on. What do you know?"

He walked over to the enormous Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse and stomped on it twice. Looking up, he found the purple Soul Ring floating in the air a little irritating to the eye, so he used his Soul Power to shake it apart.

Yet although the purple Soul Ring had been shaken apart, it didn't dissipate. Instead, it turned into a purple current and slipped back into the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

Everyone marveled at the sight. None of them had ever seen a Soul Ring turn back into energy and return to a Soul Beast's corpse after being broken apart.

"You're all wondering why, right? Simple. Xiao Xue, come here. Burn the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse to ashes, then see what's left. You'll understand what happened."

No one else knew why, but Gong Yu had roughly guessed. Tang San's External Soul Bone should have taken the form of energy and merged with the Soul Ring. When Tang San absorbed the Soul Ring, the External Soul Bone would have fused with him too.

That could only be what happened, because Tang San hadn't dug the Soul Bone out of the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse. He only learned about the External Soul Bone when it grew out of him after he absorbed the Soul Ring.

In this life, however, Tang San hadn't absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring. Thus, when the Soul Ring dissipated, the External Soul Bone that had taken the form of energy and attached itself to the ring had nowhere to reside and could only return to the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

At Gong Yu's words, Gong Xue immediately unleashed a fierce blaze on the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.

Before long, the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse had been reduced to a pile of ashes. Then a clatter was heard, as though something had fallen to the ground.

Gong Yu went over and sent out a gust of force, sweeping the entire pile of ashes away. A Soul Bone soon appeared before their eyes.

"A Soul Bone?" The girls' eyes lit up, and they gathered around it.

Gong Yu nodded.

Looking at the oddly shaped Soul Bone, Gong Lan asked curiously, "But where would someone put a Soul Bone of this shape to absorb it? It doesn't seem to be a normal Soul Bone."

"It's an External Soul Bone," Gong Yu said calmly. "But this External Soul Bone came from a Man Faced Demon Spider. Lan'er, you seem to be the only one here suited to absorbing it. Your Blue Silver King Martial Soul has absorbed a spider-type Soul Ring, and you're skilled with poison. This External Soul Bone contains a deadly poison, so it's just right for you."

Gong Lan shook her head. Though it was her first time seeing an External Soul Bone, she had heard how precious they were. "Something this precious should go to you, young master. Your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass too."

Gong Yu said, "No need. It doesn't suit me, and I already have one."

With that, he stepped aside and, with a thought, a pair of black wings spread from his back. Two powers, wind and lightning, faintly swirled around them.

"Are those the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's wings?" Na'er blinked her large eyes, gazing in surprise at the pair of Wind Thunder Wings behind Gong Yu.

Gong Yu nodded. "After I finished absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, I felt something extra inside my body. But at the time, it seemed to still be gathering power and hadn't fully formed, so I didn't reveal it..."

He was interrupted halfway through by a voice that came from nowhere.

"No wonder you were so eager to persuade them not to absorb the Soul Ring. So you had your eye on the Soul Bone, brat. I don't know how you knew this Man Faced Demon Spider would produce a Soul Bone, but it was prey killed by my son. Everything on it naturally belongs to him too."

As soon as the unfamiliar voice fell silent, a man dressed in black and wearing a hood abruptly appeared not far from Gong Yu and the others.

Because of his hood, only the lower part of the man's face could be seen, covered in scruffy stubble. Combined with his filthy clothes, the stubble made him look no different from a beggar.

At the sight of the scruffy man in black, Gong Yu and the others immediately grew wary.

The man in black smiled disdainfully. He didn't take a few children seriously at all. He also noticed the wings behind Gong Yu and said, "I've taken a liking to those wings on your back too. I shouldn't be attacking a child, but who told you to be covered in treasures?"

Hearing this, Gong Lan stepped forward and stood in front of Gong Yu.

The moment the man in black saw Gong Lan, he froze and blurted out, "Ah Yin..."

But he immediately came to his senses and shook his head. "No, you're not Ah Yin. You look a little alike, and your presence is a little similar, but you're a human. You're not her."

Because Gong Lan had consumed Blue Silver Emperor juice over a long period, her hair had turned light blue. And because her Martial Soul had evolved, her appearance also bore some resemblance to Ah Yin's, so Tang Hao had mistaken her for Ah Yin for a moment.

Gong Yu gently pushed Gong Lan aside and said calmly, "Tang Hao, Tang Hao, you've finally decided to show yourself. I was wondering how long you'd keep hiding!"