Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 440 Return to Haotian and Trials

After Tang San and Xiao Wu calmed down, Tang Chen told the others to go back and pack their things, preparing to return to the Haotian Sect together.

Hearing Tang Chen's words, the three of them naturally agreed without hesitation. Dai Mubai, whose arms were aching from waving, breathed a sigh of relief and ran back to the house first. Yu Xiaogang, whose expression kept changing, also silently went back to his room to pack his belongings.

Just as Xiao Wu was about to go inside, Tang San finally couldn't hold back and stopped her, his eyes filled with tears. His current imposing appearance even made Xiao Wu feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Third Brother, what's wrong?" Xiao Wu called out to Third Brother with a slight reluctance, her eyes still showing some embarrassment and discomfort.

"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, tell me, why were you in the same room with Dai Mubai just now? He, he..."

Tang San had many thoughts and even more things to say, but due to his overwhelming emotions, his left brain began to attack his right. Under this internal struggle, he could only utter a string of stuttering words. If Xiao Wu hadn't spent so much time with Tang San, she wouldn't have understood what he meant.

"Third Brother, you're overthinking it. The two of us are in the same room simply so we can look out for each other and avoid being ambushed."

"Then why wasn't the teacher with you?"

While practicing his ambidextrous fighting, Tang San subconsciously asked the question, but as soon as he spoke, he used the tip of his head to figure out the reason.

Now that his martial soul has been destroyed, Yu Xiaogang's digestive and excretory functions are disordered, and he cannot control his urination and defecation, resulting in a noticeable odor.
Being on guard in the same room with him, not to mention whether he, being a cripple, could be of any use, the smell alone would be unbearable.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Wu nodded, acknowledging Tang San's statement, and then returned to her room to pack her things. A few short hours later, the group had finished packing, changed their clothes, and prepared to depart with Tang Chen.

Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai initially thought Tang Chen was going to sneak back to the Clear Sky Sect with a few people. However, they saw Tang Chen lead a group of people directly to the nearest Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Merchant Guild. After revealing his Martial Soul and Soul Rings, he immediately ordered the local manager of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to prepare a carriage.

Less than an hour later, the caravan that originally belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School departed from the town. Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai sat in the magnificent carriage, feeling the huge difference in their circumstances, their minds blank. Only Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, watching Tang Chen's domineering actions, felt a pang of envy.

With Tang Chen's strength, there was absolutely no need for him to hide. Let alone taking people back to the Clear Sky Sect, even if Tang Chen directly revealed Xiao Wu's identity as a 100,000-year-old soul beast and took her on a tour of the entire continent, no one, except for those reckless individuals, would dare to have any ulterior motives.

After all, unlike a kind-hearted person like Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen really did exterminate clans and sects when he traveled the continent.

A level 99 Peerless Douluo could single-handedly wipe out the other six of the seven major sects. Only a lunatic would offend a Peerless Douluo.

Leaving aside Tang San's return to the Clear Sky Sect, at this very moment, within the secret realm, Chen Ming is sitting at the foot of Thunder God Mountain, carefully feeling the lightning striking his body from the sky. The Thunder God's Trial requires twelve hours of tempering the body with heavenly lightning at the foot of the mountain, while the God of Arrogance says it's best to double that, to twenty-four hours.

Now, Chen Ming's body is extremely strong, and the heavenly lightning at the foot of the mountain has very limited effect on his damage and training. Even for the sake of safety, he can stay in the secret realm for four hours a day, letting the heavenly lightning cleanse his body.

After completing his daily Thunder God Trial, Chen Ming would head to the neighboring Mountain of Power for further trials. However, unlike the smooth progress of his Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering, the trials on Mountain of Power were clearly much more challenging for Chen Ming.

The first stage requires 20 points, which doubles to 40 points. A Title Douluo-level phantom is worth 4 points, a Super Douluo 8 points, and a Limit Douluo 32 points.

With all his methods employed, Chen Ming could easily deal with the phantom of a Limit Douluo. However, Chen Ming didn't want to reveal too many of his hidden abilities, so he conducted the trial under relatively normal circumstances, challenging the phantoms of Super Douluos.

The purpose of the Phantom Trial of the Mountain of Power is to increase combat experience, much like a gentler version of the Trial of the God of Slaughter. Chen Ming can also take this opportunity to use skills that he rarely uses in his daily life.

Chen Ming unearthed and used rare combat techniques he had learned from his predecessors in the Douluo Palace plane, such as Elemental Domain, Sevenfold Judgment, and Evil-Slaying Claw, in the battle.

With the activation of his indestructible body, he guided his soul power through various hand seals, stirred his emotions, and gradually mastered various skills created based on novels from his previous life, which were then refined in actual combat.

With each battle against different opponents and by constantly using his various abilities, Chen Ming felt that his strength had improved considerably.

Aside from the very first few years, his basic attributes have never been a weakness. The only reason he hasn't been able to properly demonstrate his strength and fight others has been because his power increases so irrationally, coupled with the existence of the Asura God's pawns on the Douluo Continent. As a result, his combat experience is extremely lacking compared to others of the same level.

The Mountain of Power became a platform for Chen Ming to control his own power and all his knowledge. In addition to the poison he used, Chen Ming would also try to challenge himself with various elemental abilities or swordsmanship. He would even actively lower his attributes to a level close to that of the phantom before engaging in battle.

Under these circumstances, although Chen Ming's record was mixed, his improvement in strength far exceeded what he could have achieved by simply overwhelming opponents with his basic attributes and various abilities. As a result, Chen Ming vaguely felt that his future path had become clearer and more defined.

On this ordinary night, Chen Ming sat on the rooftop looking at the sky, trying to guide the power of the stars into his body to see if he could continue to explore its various uses, when the God of Pride appeared beside him like a ghost.

The God of Pride glanced at Chen Ming, who was channeling the power of the stars, but said nothing, simply sitting to the side. After waiting for Chen Ming to have dealt with his condition, the God of Pride looked intently at Chen Ming and slowly spoke, his words carrying a deeper meaning.

"I just went to that place you called the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire."

(End of this chapter)