Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 266 The Death of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff

Brigitte remained smiling as she watched the battle below, surprisingly calm in the face of the golden-haired lion's inevitable death.

She is indeed kind, but she is by no means a saint; otherwise, she wouldn't have grown up to where she is today.

As a jade swan, if she hadn't encountered Di Tian right after birth, she might have ended up like the rest of her kind—at best, she would have been used as a ruthless healing tool, and at worst, she would have been secretly killed and used as nourishment for her cultivation growth.

As for the so-called love and respect from the Star Dou Soul Beasts, that was after she truly became a Star Dou Ferocious Beast and Di Tian established the majesty of the Beast God. Before that, the Emerald Swan Clan was just a mascot and a powerful pill that allowed her to break through her cultivation at crucial moments.

Brigitte's indifference towards the golden-haired lion mastiffs was for a simple reason: the emerald swans had a grudge against them.

Regardless of whether the soul beasts gathered around the Emerald Swan are coveters or pure protectors, it means that their clan is never short of powerful soul beasts. Powerful soul beasts are a great temptation for the Golden Lion Mastiff. As for how to arouse the fighting spirit of those powerful soul beasts, isn't a glaring weakness right there?

Thus, the Emerald Swan was doomed when the Golden Lion Mastiff clan ran rampant. After all, other soul beasts were hard to find, and it was easy to target the Emerald Swan. I don't care whether the soul beasts gathered around the Emerald Swan were purely protecting her or lusting after her body. As long as I kill her, I will definitely absorb all the hatred.

It was precisely because of this bizarre reason that, when faced with the impending demise of what was likely the last golden-haired lion mastiff on the entire continent, Brigitte remained remarkably calm and showed no intention of stopping it.

Even the kindest Brigitte didn't speak up to stop it, let alone the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

As for Gu Yue, she is the ruler of all soul beasts, not their caretaker. She follows the law of survival of the fittest. The fall of the golden lion mastiff was inevitable, and given how uncontrollable their race was, she had no interest in recruiting a race that would disrupt the overall harmony into her ranks.

Roar!

The golden light shattered space, and huge spatial rifts appeared around Xiong Jun's palm. The crisp sound of bones breaking rang out from the huge, millstone-like bear paw. The golden-haired lion-mastiff's body, like a golden meteor, crashed helplessly to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"You bastard!"

The bear let out a deafening roar, its enormous paws blocking out the sunlight, and it looked like it was about to strike with destructive force.

"Bear Lord, stop!"

Biji's soft shout, imbued with soul power, instantly echoed in Xiong Jun's ears, causing Xiong Jun, whose eyes were filled with murderous intent, to freeze in his tracks. He took a deep breath and barely managed to regain a sliver of clarity.

"Hmph! You're lucky you didn't die by my hand."

As Xiong Jun cursed angrily, his voice shook the surrounding air and echoed throughout the entire island. His hundred-meter-tall bear body swayed and transformed back into a burly man who was two meters and four inches tall and as strong as an iron tower. With a single step, he instantly appeared in front of Tang Shan's group in the air.

"Bridget, please heal my wounds."

The fierce glint in Xiong Jun's eyes had not completely faded. He spread out his bloodied and mangled right palm and waved it in front of Bi Ji, his tone tinged with impatience.

Tang Shan's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the broken metacarpal bones and the twisted, outward-facing fingers, his heart filled with unease.

He never expected that the dying golden-haired lion-mastiff's final blow would inflict such a severe injury on Xiong Jun. If it weren't for Brigitte's healing abilities, it might have taken many years to recover from this injury.

"Kid, once I'm healed, I'll take you to retrieve that guy's soul ring."

Xiong Jun's face, full of fat, twitched, revealing a ferocious smile.

"Thank you so much for your help, Senior Xiong. I'm really sorry that you were injured because of it."

Regardless of any grudges the other party might have against the golden-haired lion-mastiff, the fact remains that they helped him hunt down this powerful spirit beast, even while sustaining injuries themselves. Tang Shan bowed respectfully, his tone full of sincerity.

"It's nothing, this little injury is nothing."

Xiong Jun waved his hand dismissively. Indeed, every time he provoked Di Tian, ​​he would be beaten half to death. Not to mention fractured metacarpals, he had suffered fractures of the bear's head and even large areas of his body. As long as he was still alive, Bi Ji could heal even the most serious injuries. Today's injury was nothing to worry about.

A rich, emerald-green healing power poured from Bi Ji's palms, flowing like a stream into Xiong Jun's right palm.

Card wipe!

The crisp sound of bones realigning kept coming from Xiong Jun's palm. Despite the excruciating pain, his expression remained unchanged, and he didn't even frown.

Gu Yue paid no attention to Xiong Jun's injuries, but gently rubbed the head and belly of the three-eyed golden lion, clearly liking its soft fur.

The three-eyed golden lion let out a comfortable hum and rubbed its head against Gu Yue's palm, clearly enjoying the caress.

A moment later, Xiong Jun, who had fully recovered from his injuries, waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Boy, come down with me!"

Tang Shan allowed his body to be pulled by the domineering soul power, and landed steadily next to the golden-haired lion mastiff lying on the ground, barely breathing.

Xiong Jun stepped forward, examined and pondered for a moment, and then reached out to brush aside the coarse fur on the golden-haired lion mastiff's neck.

"Kid, find something handy and shove it in here."

Tang Shan's lips twitched slightly, but he still did as he was told. He summoned the power of the amethyst within his body, condensing it into a small dagger. He tensed and contracted the muscles in his arm, and thrust it forcefully towards that spot.

Tear!

A series of sparks burst forth at the junction of the dagger and the fur, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly appeared on the amethyst dagger before it shattered and quietly dissipated into specks of purple light.

Tang Shan's expression was strained; he was already on the verge of death, yet the defense was still so formidable.

"Kid, just use your Martial Soul to smash it to death!"

Xiong Jun was also speechless, and gave Tang Shan a suggestion in a rather irritating manner.

Tang Shan remained silent for a moment, then, without further hesitation, summoned his martial soul. Three purple soul rings slowly emerged from beneath his feet, and his second and third soul skills lit up simultaneously. His body swelled at a visible speed, his muscles bulged like a rock, and his limbs became strong and powerful. A layer of amethyst armor then covered his entire body.

In just a few breaths, Tang Shan's body swelled to a massive 7.5 meters.

"Wow! My sister, what kind of soul skill is that? It looks so powerful!"

Still held aloft by Biji's soul power, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at the enormous changes in Tangshan, its eyes widening instantly, and it tugged at Gu Yue's sleeve with great curiosity.

"This is the innate soul skill of the super soul beast, the Primal Mammoth, called 'Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth'."

Gu Yue looked down at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and answered softly.

"Primitive mammoth?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion tilted its head, completely unfamiliar with the name. Bi Ji looked at the changes in Tang Shan and said with a touch of emotion, "The Primal Mammoth is a top-tier existence among super soul beasts. It is said that it can briefly contend with legendary soul beasts of the same age by relying on the Dharma Body and Heaven."

"Really? That's amazing!"

The three-eyed golden lion's eyes were filled with disbelief. Today's battle between Xiong Jun and the golden-haired lion not only refreshed Tang Shan's understanding but also completely overturned her understanding of power as an imperial auspicious beast. After all, when she was born, legendary soul beasts had already become extinct, and soul beasts did not have the habit of passing on their history. Therefore, her understanding of legendary soul beasts was actually not much different from Tang Shan's.

She only knew that legendary soul beasts were extremely powerful, but she had never had a direct understanding of it until today, when she witnessed a 20,000-year-old golden lion-mastiff holding its own against a bear king for a long time. Only then did she truly understand the power of legendary soul beasts. But now she was shocked to hear that among the super soul beasts of the same age, there was one that could fight against a legendary soul beast.

"It was just a forced exchange. If a legendary soul beast were to get serious, the outcome would be decided in just one or two rounds."

Brigitte spoke softly.

……

The amplification of the power of the amethyst origin was complete, and the physical changes of the Dharma Image World were completely stabilized. Tang Shan swung his fist, which was the size of an iron pot, with immense power, and smashed it down on the head of the golden-haired lion-mastiff without hesitation.

Faced with this fatal punch, the golden-haired lion-dog with bloodshot eyes did not react at all, letting the fist fall heavily.

boom!

The strong recoil force came through the fist, but Tang Shan easily neutralized it. His arms were like a fully drawn bow, and he instantly unleashed his power, completely enveloping the golden-haired lion-dog's body, and his fists fell like raindrops.

Boom boom boom!

Blood, soul power, and spiritual power fused wildly within his body, and immense power surged through his limbs and bones before pouring out onto the golden-haired lion-mastiff's ferocious, ghost-like head.

After an unknown amount of time, accompanied by a crisp "snap," the golden-haired lion mastiff completely lost its life. From beginning to end, its scarlet eyes stared calmly at Tang Shan without the slightest ripple, only the fighting spirit of never giving up still faintly lingered around its body.

As the golden-haired lion-mastiff fell, specks of pitch-black soul power emanated from its body, swirling and gathering above the corpse like fireflies. The light grew stronger and stronger, gradually outlining the shape of a soul ring, eventually transforming into a jet-black, solid, and heavy ten-thousand-year soul ring. Dark golden patterns flowed around the ring, and a rich and domineering soul power fluctuation spread out, carrying an aura of tyranny.

"Let's begin when you're ready."

Xiong Jun looked at the ten-thousand-year-old soul ring and said in a deep voice.

Tang Shan sat down cross-legged, quickly circulating his soul power to recover from the consumption of his soul skill, and then nodded to Xiong Jun.

"Absorb with confidence. If anything unexpected happens, I will interrupt you immediately."

Xiong Jun's voice was deep, yet it carried a reassuring power.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Protector."

Tang Shan bowed in thanks, then closed his eyes and, following his intuition, slowly channeled his soul power to draw the jet-black soul ring floating in mid-air towards him. Before absorbing it, a thought flashed through his mind: What a pity, it's just an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul ring.

The jet-black ten-thousand-year soul ring slowly floated to the top of Tang Shan's head, then suddenly contracted, slowly falling along his body, and began to merge with his martial soul.

Before anyone knew it, Gu Yue, Bi Ji, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had landed and quietly surrounded Tang Shan, looking at him with different expressions.

Gu Yue's eyes held a serious and inquisitive look. She clearly remembered that Tang Shan had truly caught her attention because he had inadvertently violated the rules related to spirit rings in the Douluo Continent. She hadn't had a chance to observe when Tang Shan absorbed his third spirit ring, but now that he was absorbing his fourth, she naturally wouldn't miss such a golden opportunity.

Chapter 267 The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's Revelation

Splash!

The golden sea was vast and boundless, its depths unfathomable, like a slumbering abyss. Layer upon layer of golden waves relentlessly lapped against the edge of the spiritual sea, constantly expanding and rising outward, making the entire golden sea area ever more expansive and profound. Tangshan's spiritual power also grew rapidly in this expansion.

Since his original martial soul awakened to the second level at the gold level, the water in Tang Shan's spiritual sea changed from bright silver to light gold. After all, his original martial soul is his entire body, including his brain, and is also related to his spiritual power, so this change did not surprise him.

Although the second awakening at the Gold level brought about a transformation and improvement in Tang Shan's mental strength, there is still an extremely long gap between his mental strength and that of the Spirit Realm.

After all, the spiritual power of the Spirit Realm is equivalent to being able to condense a spiritual core through spiritual power and obtain a spiritual domain that belongs to oneself. It is not so simple to achieve this.

The surging waves converged and coalesced in the center of the sea of ​​spirit, forming a pale golden figure. Tang Shan remained expressionless, quietly waiting for something.

hum!

Golden rays of light poured into Tangshan's spiritual sea from the outside world, transforming into a lion-bodied, demon-faced soul beast—the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff.

Tang Shan was not surprised to see the other party appear. After all, the fusion of soul rings had already begun, but no violent soul power had entered his body. It was really strange. Thinking of the soul shock of the ten-thousand-year soul beast and the special nature of the legendary soul beast, everything seemed to have a reasonable explanation.

Upon seeing the other party appear, Tangshan's spiritual body formed hand seals, preparing to unleash a Heaven-Opening Seal to suppress the opponent quickly and begin absorbing its own soul rings.

"Wait a moment!"

A hoarse yet deep voice rang out, causing Tang Shan to instinctively stop what he was doing.

"You can actually speak?"

"Yes, my intelligence is already comparable to that of humans. If it weren't for the limitations of my cultivation years, I would have been able to speak human language long ago."

His hoarse, deep voice was devoid of any emotion.

"What is your intention in stopping me? Do you perhaps want me to spare your life?"

Tang Shan wasn't in a hurry; instead, he asked out of curiosity.

He had already sensed that if the spiritual power of the soul beast in front of him were converted to the level of a human soul master, it would be equivalent to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm. With his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power, plus the home ground of the Spirit Sea, it would be easy for him to crush the opponent. There was nothing to fear.

"Heh! We golden-haired lion mastiffs never beg for mercy, much less wag our tails and beg for mercy."

The golden-haired lion mastiff's spirit paused slightly, then lingered in Tangshan's spiritual sea, its voice filled with obvious curiosity and exploration.

"I just want to see what makes a human who can fuse the soul bones of a Titan and a Behemoth so extraordinary."

"So, can you see it now?"

Seeing that the other party didn't seem particularly hostile, Tangshan decided not to rush and started chatting with them.