Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 453 Tang San: A True Man Born Between Heaven and Earth
"Father, why?"

"You've gone too far!" Before Tang San could finish speaking, Tang Xiao immediately suppressed Tang San with his aura, then turned around, hugged Xiao Wu, and bowed to Ye Renxin.

"Senior Ye, I apologize. This junior was ignorant."

"I think it's not that the younger generation is ignorant, but that your Haotian Sect has always been ignorant. First it was Tang Hao, and now it's Tang San. I really don't know what deep-seated hatred there is between my Nine Heart Begonia and your Haotian Sect."

"I saved your lives once, and it's one thing if you don't remember the kindness, but I don't know when I became your enemy."

Even though Tang Xiao was a level 97 Title Douluo, with Dugu Bo protecting him, Ye Renxin didn't even bother to give Tang Xiao a kind look. After giving a cold reply, she left without looking back.

At that moment, Tang Xiao felt that everyone in the arena, whether ordinary people, soul masters, or high-ranking figures, looked at him with icy eyes.

Although no one directly insulted the Clear Sky Sect or the two of them, Tang Xiao could clearly sense that everyone harbored malice towards him and Tang San.

The controversy surrounding Tang Hao's unprovoked attack on the Nine Heart Begonia a while ago hasn't died down yet; it's only been somewhat suppressed because Tang Chen returned. People on the mainland still remember this incident.

Ye Renxin's intervention to save the Elephant Armor Sect members is perfectly acceptable to everyone, since Nine Heart Begonia has always done it this way.

When Tang San came to Tang San's rescue, Ye Renxin chose to ignore it, which everyone present could understand. After all, he had just been attacked and was holding a grudge.

Tang San's unhesitating action of taking out a strange object to attack Ye Renxin was also noteworthy.
Let alone ordinary people, even soul masters can't understand it. Even Tang Xiao couldn't understand why Tang San was so impulsive!

Tang Xiao felt as if his own Clear Sky Hammer had struck him hard on the head for committing such a heinous act in public.

Yes, with Grandfather Tang Chen's return, the Haotian Sect has regained its status as the number one sect in the world. But even the number one sect in the world can't be said to be completely devoid of human relationships and shame.

Tang Xiao bowed to Ye Renxin's back, then immediately lifted Tang San off the ground, holding Tang San in one hand and Xiao Wu in the other, and hurriedly disappeared to who knows where.

No one knows how Tang Xiao dealt with Tang San after he returned. However, when Tang San reappeared, a full week had passed, and his eyes clearly showed a gloomy expression. The once close relationship between him and Tang Xiao had also developed visible cracks.

Even in front of others, Tang San no longer addressed Tang Xiao as "Father," but as the cold "Sect Master." This confrontational attitude even prompted Tang Xiao to return to the Clear Sky Sect and casually send a Soul Douluo to lead the team again.

Logically, one of the rules of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is that no casualties are allowed. Teams that suffer casualties must not only provide compensation but also withdraw from the competition. However, after learning about this incident, Tang Chen, who was waiting for news within the Clear Sky Sect, had to step forward and go to great lengths to ensure that the Blue Tyrant Academy team was not disqualified.

However, because of this, when facing Tang San later, Tang San's opponents either forfeited before the match or chose to forfeit after the match was slightly disadvantaged, unwilling to compete with Tang San, a guy with a powerful background who was also ruthless.

Despite encountering Huo Wu in later matches, whose Blue Silver Grass was completely burned to ashes by the flames of the Huo Ying martial soul, and then being frozen solid by the martial soul fusion technique of the Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er sisters, and finally being exhausted by Feng Xiaotian's thirty-six consecutive slashes of the Gale Wolf, he still managed to defeat her.
Relying on its infamous reputation and strength, the Blue Tyrant team still barely made it into the second round.

By this point, no one believed that Tang San had any chance of winning the championship of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Even Tang San himself, who had been beaten up several times in a row, did not think so.

Upon learning the news, Tang Chen's Shura God consciousness immediately became agitated again. He was determined to use any means necessary, even if it meant forcing Tang San's growth, to elevate Tang San's strength to the point where he could win the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and seize the opportunity.

During the brief interval between the qualifiers and the finals, Tang Chen returned to the City of Slaughter. In a daze, he received several soul bones that had been refined by the power of the Asura God from the God of Slaughter, Hypnos. Following his "memory," he went to the underground of the City of Slaughter and found a blood-red vine.

That is an evil thing called Blood-Draining Vine. After using it, all basic values ​​will be greatly improved, and even the speed of soul power cultivation will increase at a visible speed. However, it also has extremely terrible side effects.

After use, the user's life force will deplete at an accelerated rate. Initially, it might only consume a fraction of a second of life force per minute, but as time passes and life force gradually dissipates, the rate of depletion will increase rapidly. Even on the last day, several years of life force will be consumed.

Even if a soul beast were to consume it, it would quickly be drained of its life force and die. It is a forbidden poison, and only a body that has reached the level of a demigod can counteract its side effects.

Although this Blood-Draining Vine was modified by the God of Asura, and its side effects were somewhat mitigated, it only slowed down the rate at which the plant would eventually die. If it weren't for the fact that winning this competition was crucial to his plan, the God of Asura would never have allowed Tang Chen to feed Tang San such a thing.

Tang Chen had Tang San absorb a pair of ten-thousand-year-old leg bones he had retrieved from the City of Slaughter, and then he fed him the Blood-Extinguishing Vine, raising his soul power to level fifty. Afterwards, Tang Chen took Tang San directly to the Star Dou Great Forest to begin hunting soul beasts for him.

First, he obtained a Hell Vine as the fifth spirit ring for the Evil Blue Silver Grass. Then, he added four top-level spirit rings of strength attribute to the Clear Sky Hammer at once, forcibly improving Tang San by sacrificing the future prospects of his twin martial souls.

After absorbing the soul bone, the Bloodthirsty Vine, and five soul rings, and using the Demon Spider Devouring Skill to consume the essence of flesh and blood from many high-age soul beasts, Tang San's strength was forcibly increased to level 58.

Because of his rapid advancement, which was entirely due to external forces, Tang San's thinking became increasingly chaotic. Spider-like black hairs grew on his arms, his eyes constantly held a bloodthirsty aura, and he could not properly conceal his soul power. Even the meridians throughout his body were throbbing with pain.

(End of this chapter)