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

A powerful surge of soul energy erupted from Su Yuan's body, finally attracting the attention of the thousand-year-old ant.

It turned around, glanced at Su Yuan, and continued to crawl toward the iron pot on its own.

Faced with the other party's disregard, Su Yuan displayed a temper that was completely opposite to his usual refined and easygoing demeanor.

"You little brat, how dare you look down on me!"

With the flamingo possessing him, four soul rings—two yellow and two purple—fluctuated rhythmically up and down on Su Yuan's body.

Scales and feathers also emerged from his bare skin.

First Soul Skill: Flame Burst: Increases own fire attribute by 50%.

As he lunged forward, enormous wings unfurled from his back, and his second spirit ring flashed.

Second Soul Skill: Wings of Fire: The wings on the back spread out, granting the ability to fly and increasing all attributes by 15%.

The blazing flames enveloped its entire body, and the tremendous flapping of its wings stirred up a gust of wind.

call!

A ball of flame shot out from Su Yuan's mouth, rapidly enlarging and engulfing the entire Thousand-Pound Ant.

This is not a spirit ring or spirit skill, but simply Su Yuan's most basic development of his own martial spirit.

The blazing flames not only engulfed the black ants but also set a cluster of trees ablaze.

Tang Shan looked at the fire that had begun to spread to the surrounding area and felt somewhat worried.

"Dad, won't this cause a forest fire?"

Su Haichao didn't pay attention to the spreading flames, but instead focused on the battle between humans and soul beasts while remaining vigilant about the surrounding environment.

He didn't care at all when Tang Shan asked him.

"Shanzi, don't underestimate plant-type soul beasts. Even though they have low intelligence and can't move, ordinary flames can't ignite them at all. On the contrary, these flames might even be extinguished by them."

It turned out to be the case.

Tangshan observed carefully and discovered that all the grass and trees that were lit did not burn for long before going out, and there were relatively tall or special plants around those grass and trees.

Presumably, they are plant-type soul beasts, and it is indeed inconspicuous when they are fused with ordinary plants.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield changed once again.

Su Yuan's flames seemed to have truly enraged the Thousand-Pound Ant, and with a muffled thud, bang!

A dark shadow suddenly rose from the ground, breaking through the flames and crashing into Su Yuan.

Splash!

With a powerful flap of his fiery wings, Su Yuan dodged and weaved through the air. A dark shadow swept past him, and strands of his hair were whipped about by the raging wind, demonstrating the immense power contained in the Thousand-Pound Ant's attack.

boom!

The black ant fell to the ground unharmed; even though its entire body was engulfed by flames, its carapace remained completely intact.

Such high defense! The strength of this Thousand-Pound Ant is quite normal, but its defense is excessively high.

As Su Yuan flew high in the sky, his brows furrowed as his wings flapped. No one knew better than him just how powerful his flames were combined with the effects of his two amplified soul skills, yet he hadn't managed to inflict any damage on this soul beast. Its defensive power was truly exaggerated.

"Old Su, speed things up, you're making a bit too much noise."

Hearing Su Haichao's urging, Su Yuan also decided to stop dealing with the other party.

"I wanted to conserve some soul power, but now it seems unlikely."

A purple aura emanated from the third spirit ring, and blazing flames surged forth from Su Yuan's body like a flood, rapidly gathering in front of him.

The fireball, the size of a fist, began to expand rapidly as flames poured in.

At first, it only grew to the size of a coconut, then it swelled to the size of a basketball.

With the frenzied outpouring of soul power, a giant fireball, half a meter in diameter, appeared before everyone's eyes.

The third soul skill, Fireball: Flames condense in front of the body, forming a huge fireball that expands, compresses, and explodes, possessing terrifying attack power.

boom!

The ant's forelegs slammed into the ground again, and a surge of power poured into its feet, propelling its black body into the sky once more.

However, what greeted it was a white fireball that had been compressed back to the size of a fist, its heat distorting the surrounding air.

Boom!

A deafening roar echoed through the surrounding area, and a wave of heat erupted from the sky. The group from Tangshan clearly felt the temperature around them rise significantly.

The flames expanded into a sphere of light, enveloping the ant-like creature and making the surrounding night sky shine like daytime.

Is this the strength that a Soul Sect should have?

Tang Shan's mouth gaped slightly, speechless with shock.

"Shanzi, snap out of it. Get ready to make your move. Old Su is going all out this time. If we wait any longer, that ant might be dead."

Su Haichao watched as the black ants fell to the ground and quickly reminded Tang Shan, who was standing next to him.

"it is good!"

Tang Shan took a deep breath, took out a huge iron hammer from his storage ring, and, led by Su Haichao, quickly ran towards the Thousand-Pound Ant.

At this moment, the Thousand-Pound Ant was on its last breath. Its supine body, slowly waving its limbs, showed its poor condition.

Without hesitation, Tang Shan leaned forward, raised the hammer high, and smashed it down on the other man's head.

Card wipe!

Cracks appeared on the opponent's carapace, but it did not break immediately.

Come again.

He swung the sledgehammer and smashed it down with all his might.

The shell was broken, and the skull was dented.

The ant, now completely lifeless, trembled instinctively a few times before ceasing to move.

Points of purple light gradually condensed above the corpse, eventually transforming into a pale purple soul ring.

"Take this soul beast away first. There was quite a commotion just now. I'm afraid many nocturnal soul beasts are on their way. Let's find another place to break through."

Su Haichao lifted the corpse of the Thousand-Pound Ant with one hand, signaled the three to follow, and then headed towards the outer edge of the Soul Hunting Forest.

The three of them followed without saying a word.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, and confirming that they had left the area of ​​their previous camp, the group stopped.

"Shanzi, come on."

Su Haichao put the soul beast down, and Tang Shan also walked to the soul beast's side and sat down cross-legged.

Su Yuan's eyes were fixed intently on this historic moment. The first ring in a thousand years—if not that there would be no one like it in the future, it was almost certain that there would be no one like it before.

Su Yuntao was also a little apprehensive. He would most likely have to absorb a thousand-year soul ring himself, so he wanted to see how his younger brother absorbed it first and hopefully provide some experience for reference.

Su Haichao stood to the side, silent, his eyes somewhat dazed, as if he were dreaming of that deserted alley from several years ago.

"Now that you have a name, child, you will be called Tangshan. May your future be as bright and glorious as the 'Twin Stars of Haotian' that have just become famous on the mainland."

"Shanzi, is the height of Haotian Douluo really your limit?"

The beautiful wishes of the past seem to be gradually coming true, and even surpassing the initial expectations.

A gentle expression appeared on Su Haichao's face.

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Chapter 26 The exaggerated effects of the Millennium Soul Skill, Gods appearing with both hands

Activating his martial spirit, as his body rapidly expanded, waves of abundant power surged through his limbs and bones.

Tang Shan, who had swelled up to a whole size, was not in a hurry. He first entered a state of cultivation to restore his soul power to its best before following his intuition and drawing on the purple soul ring not far away.

"The key to absorbing a soul ring is to completely refine the energy that surges into your body. If it is not refined in time, it will at least impact your body and damage your meridians; at worst, it will trigger an energy storm and cause you to explode and die."

Recalling the key points of absorbing spirit rings taught by Su Haichao, Tang Shan waited calmly.

The purple spirit ring slowly detached from the Thousand-Pound Ant, floated above Tang Shan's head, and then quickly descended.

The intense heat surged into the body and began to wreak havoc within.

Fortunately, Tang Shan was prepared. He mobilized pure soul power from his dantian, carrying the heat flowing into his body, and circulated it throughout his body.

After a full cycle, the heat dissipated somewhat, and the soul power further increased.

Unfortunately, the refining speed was still somewhat slow, and most of the energy originating from the soul ring was still rampaging through his body.

At this moment, the superior physical fitness played its due role, allowing the energy to rage unchecked without causing any damage to the body.

The soul power continued to circulate, frantically refining the energy of the soul ring.

At this time, Tangshan realized the importance of a good exercise manual.

The basic cultivation technique he obtained from the Spirit Hall could only be circulated within two meridians. Even though it could incorporate more spirit rings and spirit power, the refining speed always had an upper limit due to the limited circulation path.

If one has a good cultivation technique, one can increase the speed of refining soul power. In this way, even if one's physical fitness is not up to standard, one only needs to endure the impact from the soul power slightly, and the time to completely absorb external energy is not long.

In other words, even if the improvement is not significant, a good cultivation technique can still allow one to absorb soul rings beyond a certain age limit.

Tang Shan was slightly distracted, but then focused his attention back on his internal body and continued his cultivation breakthrough.

Fortunately, my physical condition is strong enough that even though my cultivation technique is much worse, I can still gradually absorb this thousand-year-old soul ring by letting the energy impact it.

With focused thoughts and unwavering will, while channeling soul power, only one thought remained in his mind: control of power.

The invisible bottleneck was quietly broken through, and the compressed soul power was suddenly released. Although the quality decreased sharply, the level of one's own soul power increased rapidly.

Click!

The flesh and blood are nourished by the soul power, and the body is tempered by the soul power. The invisible martial soul further merges with the body, and the origin of the martial soul is strengthened and increased.

After breaking through the bottleneck, the refining speed increased even further. About an hour later, the thousand-year soul ring was completely absorbed.

……

"A very stable situation."

Su Yuan, who had been observing the breakthrough process from the sidelines, exclaimed in amazement when he saw Tang Shan easily withstand the energy of the thousand-year soul ring after it was pulled onto his body with just a slight sway.