Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 284, Section 303: Losing Xiao Wu, Losing Everything

Tang San said stiffly, "I know you're angry. It's okay, I've changed my mind. Let's go back. A silverback gorilla or a Cangming swamp bull will do. I just need a strength-type soul beast with enough years of experience."

"So you want those spirit beasts to make spirit rings now?" Hai Ge sneered at Tang San and said, "With your pointy mouth and monkey face, you don't deserve it. I've changed my mind. Today, you have to kill this slug and absorb its spirit ring for me."

"Brother Hai, don't forget, my spirit is the Clear Sky Hammer, and behind the Clear Sky Hammer is the Clear Sky Sect." Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, trying to intimidate Brother Hai with its reputation.

"Yo yo yo, you little bastard, trying to intimidate me with the Clear Sky Sect?" Hai Ge sneered. "You think I'm afraid of a rat hole that was forced to close its doors by the Spirit Hall? You can't escape this slug today. Absorb it for me."

"Brother Hai—" Tang San roared, his eyes bloodshot and his breath coming in ragged gasps, "Are you planning to destroy my martial soul?!"

“You little punk, you’re absolutely right. After wandering around this forest with you, I’m really angry right now—” Hai Ge picked his nose and flicked a big piece of booger onto Tang San’s dark face: “So, I’m going to fucking destroy your Clear Sky Hammer today. You slug on the ground, kill it and absorb its spirit ring.”

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, how dare you humiliate me, Tang San, today? Aren't you afraid I, Tang San, will settle scores with you in the future? Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future—" Tang San wiped the boogers off his face and roared angrily.

"The future is the future, and the present is the present. If you keep treating the future as the present, how can you say you'll become a god and punish me in the future?" Hai Ge said with a wicked smile. "But you little punk, you're just a weakling right now. If you're a weakling, you should be more self-aware and listen to me, understand?"

Tang San, with his eyes and ears open, knew he couldn't do anything to Hai Ge, nor was he willing to absorb a slug as his first spirit ring and destroy his Clear Sky Hammer. His only option now was to flee.

"You little punk, don't you know your current situation?" Hai Ge said calmly, "This forest is very large and complex, like a maze. Without a guide familiar with the way, you might wander around here for months and still not be able to get out, not to mention the other dangers that exist inside the Star Dou Great Forest."

Without you? Tang San snorted coldly. In my previous life, I could enter and leave the Star Dou Great Forest as if it were my own home.

But soon, Tang San suddenly realized that in his previous life, when he was weak, he was able to enter and exit the Star Dou Great Forest with the help of Zhao Wuji, Xiao Wu, and others.

Then, once he becomes powerful enough, he can fly into the air to confirm his location and then leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

Back then, after becoming a god, he stole—or rather, took away—the growing Tree of Life from the Lake of Life deep in the Star Dou Great Forest while the Silver Dragon King and the other murderers were asleep. He intended to use it for his mother's possession and to establish it as the foundation of Shrek Academy. He had locked onto the destination and teleported there instantly.

After becoming a god, he also descended upon the Star Dou Great Forest several times. For example, he once divided his daughter's soul into three parts, stuffing one part into a mythical beast to possess it and thus plotting against the fate of the Star Dou Great Forest. The reason it went so smoothly was because his own body was in the God Realm, where he had opened his divine vision and could see the entire situation inside the Star Dou Great Forest.

Apart from that, Tang San never bothered to learn about the internal structure of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Now that he's so weak, if he leaves Brother Hai, he'll really get lost in this vast forest.

"So, without me, you can't leave this forest." Hai Ge sneered. "If you want to leave, there's only one condition: absorb this slug." "Does it really have to be this ruthless?" Tang San asked, his eyes red and his breath coming in ragged gasps.

"You little punk, you've really annoyed me. Now that I think about it, how come you, with your charcoal head, have twin martial souls and such a powerful martial soul as the Clear Sky Hammer? Today, I'm going to destroy you. Even if a god came, it wouldn't help."

Tang San: "."

Tang San now only hopes that the God of Asura in the God Realm can lend him a hand, but no miracle has occurred.

“Based on my estimation, even if you don’t encounter any ferocious soul beasts on your way out of the forest and rely on hunting for a living, it will still take you several months. You are a participant in the Soul Master Competition, right? In those few months, the round-robin and final rounds will have already passed, right?” Hai Ge said.

Tang San fell even more silent. Without a miracle, he would be trapped in this forest throughout the entire competition, and his mother's soul bone, as well as Xiao Wu's mother's soul bone, would be lost.
"Hey kid, I heard you're still pursuing a cute girl, right? If you disappear for a few months, do you think your lover might run off with someone else?" Hai Ge said.

These words, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, shattered Tang San's inner defenses.

Now everything is connected. If he doesn't absorb the slug soul beast, then he will be abandoned in the Star Dou Forest by that despicable Hai Ge. Without a miracle, it will take him several months to get out on his own. If he wastes these few months, the round-robin and final rounds of the Continental Soul Master Tournament will be over. During this time, Yu Tianheng will take the opportunity to win Xiao Wu's heart and eventually gain the recognition of the Asura Demon Sword.

Then, Xiao Wu, the Asura Godhood, and everything that belongs to her will be taken away by that scoundrel Yu Tianheng.

Then, everything he saw in the illusion would become reality. Thinking about what was happening in the illusion, Tang San's hand mechanically pushed forward and pulled back, pushed forward and pulled back.
Tang San abruptly withdrew his hand. No, this must not be allowed to happen. Tang San's eyes turned red, and he said to Hai Ge, panting heavily, "Okay, I'll absorb it."

As he spoke, Tang San walked up to the slug, picked up his knife, and ended the slug's life. A purple spirit ring appeared on the slug's corpse.

Tang San stared blankly at the purple spirit ring, his mind wavering. He hoped to stall for time, he hoped for a miracle, such as his father appearing, or the Asura God punishing Hai Ge.
But the miracle ultimately did not happen.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and absorb it. I'll count to one. If you haven't absorbed it by then, you can stay in this forest. Five, four, three," Hai Ge urged.

"No, I'll absorb it, I'll absorb it." Tang San quickly drew the spirit ring over.

Fortunately, the Clear Sky Hammer, when cultivated to its final form, relies on the Clear Sky Nine Techniques and the Great Sumeru Hammer, so the requirements for spirit rings are not very high. Tang San comforted himself with this thought, then took a deep breath and drew the spirit ring over to absorb it.

(End of this chapter)