An Unshakable Position

"Among the top three? Uncle Gui, can you tell me which three Tool Martial Souls originally ranked in the top three? How strong are they?"

Wang Feng eagerly moved closer to Gui Mei and asked with curiosity.

Gui Mei smiled faintly and looked at Wang Feng. "Then let me tell you which three Tool Martial Souls ranked in the top three!"

"Okay."

"Ranked first is the Clear Sky Hammer," Gui Mei said gravely. It seemed those three words alone were enough to frighten him, and fear flickered in his eyes.

Wang Feng was slightly startled. Just how strong was the Clear Sky Hammer, to make a Titled Douluo react like this merely by mentioning it? He glanced at Yue Guan, only to find the same expression on his face.

"Uncle Gui, what's wrong? How strong is this Clear Sky Hammer?"

Gui Mei looked at Wang Feng. "Very strong. It's the continent's universally acknowledged number one Tool Martial Soul. No one's Martial Soul can shake the Clear Sky Hammer's position. It's the Clear Sky Sect's inherited Martial Soul. Tang Hao, the youngest Titled Douluo in the Clear Sky Sect, once..."

"Wait, who did you say?" Wang Feng suddenly cried out, thinking he had misheard.

"Tang Hao. Why, do you know him?" Gui Mei looked at Wang Feng in confusion.

Wang Feng frowned deeply. He did know a Tang Hao, but he didn't know whether he was the same person Gui Mei was talking about. After all, he had never seen Tang Hao's Martial Soul.

But judging by the oppressive feeling of Tang Hao's presence back then, Tang Hao was stronger than Yue Guan. Clearly, Tang Hao was also a Titled Douluo, but Wang Feng couldn't be sure whether the man Gui Mei meant was the one he knew.

"Uncle Gui, does everyone on the continent with the surname Tang belong to the Clear Sky Sect?"

"Generally, yes, but there may also be others surnamed Tang who aren't from the Clear Sky Sect."

"Then how many Titled Douluo named Tang Hao are there on the continent?"

"One." Gui Mei nearly scolded Wang Feng. Just one had already kept Spirit Hall in fear for so many years. If there were another, Spirit Hall might as well close its doors.

"How strong is he?"

Gui Mei shook his head. "No one knows how strong he is now, because he vanished without a trace many years ago. But back when he had just reached Level 90 and become a Titled Douluo, he fought three Titled Douluo by himself. Two died and one was injured!"

"What!" Wang Feng was stunned. He was that strong?

"Wang Feng, what's wrong? Why are you so sensitive to the name Tang Hao? Have you met him?" Yue Guan suddenly came over to them and asked, looking at Wang Feng.

But Wang Feng shook his head. "I only vaguely remember hearing it somewhere. I can't remember the details."

He didn't mention Holy Soul Village, mainly because he was afraid those two might tell their teacher, who would then send people to seek revenge.

Although he desperately wanted revenge, he didn't want others to lose their lives because of him.

Besides, with the aptitude of his Triple Martial Souls, he was confident that once he became a Titled Douluo, no one under heaven would be his match. After all, he was a protagonist too!

"Right, what about the other two Tool Martial Souls?"

"Ranked second is the Seven Kill Sword, the Martial Soul of Sword Douluo, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Titled Douluo. In truth, the Seven Kill Sword is very close to the Clear Sky Hammer in strength. The Clear Sky Hammer is the number one Tool Martial Soul for explosive power, while the Seven Kill Sword is number one for attack power. But due to many factors, the Seven Kill Sword falls a notch short of the Clear Sky Hammer in overall strength."

"One is first in explosive power, and the other is first in attack power." Wang Feng was puzzled. He thought about it but couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "What factors keep them from sharing first place?"

"Hard to say." Gui Mei shook his head. He really couldn't give any details, so he could only say, "The Clear Sky Hammer is the inherited Martial Soul of a major sect, the Clear Sky Sect, while the Seven Kill Sword is passed down through a single line."

"I see." Wang Feng nodded. That was easy to understand. The Clear Sky Hammer was mass-produced, while the Seven Kill Sword was custom-made. If the two were on the same level, the Clear Sky Hammer would naturally have the edge.

"What about third?"

"Third is the Soul Breaking Spear, the Martial Soul of the Breaking Clan, a sect affiliated with the Clear Sky Sect."

"The Clear Sky Sect again? One sect holds two of the top Tool Martial Souls. Doesn't that make the Clear Sky Sect the overlord of Douluo Continent?"

"No! The Breaking Clan has now left the Clear Sky Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect has closed itself off."

"Oh!" Wang Feng's interest was piqued again. There had to be quite a story behind that. But instead of asking about it immediately, he said, "Then where would my Martial Soul rank among the Martial Souls of those three sects? Which of them could it rank above?"

"Well..." Gui Mei hesitated and looked at Yue Guan.

The two exchanged looks for quite a while before Gui Mei said, "Yue Guan and I once fought Sword Douluo Chen Xin, so we know a fair amount about the strength of his Martial Soul. Based on my preliminary assessment of your Martial Soul's strength, it's very likely above the Seven Kill Sword."

"Second place!" Wang Feng was surprised. That was somewhat unexpected, but he was also a little dissatisfied. Why wasn't it first? "What about the Clear Sky Hammer, then?"

Gui Mei shook his head and smiled wryly. "It's very difficult to surpass. Its position is unshakable!"

Of course it was. Qian Xunji, Spirit Hall's previous Pope, had been gravely injured when Tang Hao fought three opponents alone and had died afterward. That record was Spirit Hall's nightmare.

Qian Xunji's Martial Soul was Spirit Hall's inherited Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel. Qian Xunji had said that none other than the Six-Winged Angel deserved the title of the continent's number one Martial Soul, because it was a god-level Martial Soul.

Yet even so, Tang Hao, at Level 90, had killed two Titled Douluo in succession and gravely injured Qian Xunji, who was at Level 95. One could imagine how terrifying the Clear Sky Hammer was.

"All right!" Wang Feng began to ponder. He was still very excited, though he also knew very well that he couldn't take everything Gui Mei said at face value.

To know how powerful Martial Souls were, they had to be compared at the same cultivation level. Although many factors came into play, that was the most direct method.

For now, he lacked the strength to compare and determine just how powerful his Martial Soul was. But he believed that one day, he would let everyone know just how powerful it was. He would definitely put the Clear Sky Hammer's unshakable position among Tool Martial Souls to the test and see whose Martial Soul was truly number one under heaven!

Afterward, Wang Feng got Gui Mei and Yue Guan to tell him about interesting things on Douluo Continent. He was very interested in Tang Hao's fight against three opponents, but unfortunately, the two kept their mouths shut about it.

Cultivation was tedious, but for Soul Masters who pursued power, it was also full of enjoyment.

In the blink of an eye, another few months passed. Wang Feng sat cross-legged about two hundred meters from the tent.

By now, his Soul Power had reached Level 14. This was largely thanks to the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring he had absorbed. It contained a vast amount of Soul Power, and the power it fed back to him had already brought his Soul Power close to Level 14.

A faint rustle came from the distant forest. It would have been hard to hear without listening carefully.

Wang Feng kept his eyes closed and remained in meditation, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

He had long since sensed what was approaching him. It was a 1,700-year-old Soul Beast, a Ni Scale Demon Lion. A few days earlier, Wang Feng had provoked the creature under Yue Guan's protection.

It had come seeking revenge!