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

"Very likely." Tangshan's affirmative answer delighted Su Haichao.

In fact, Tang Shan was not lying. Putting aside the immortal herbs in the "Ice and Fire Hot Pot," with Su Yuntao's current talent, the ability to improve the compatibility between his martial soul and himself through "Martial Soul Fusion," the level increase brought by normal absorption of soul rings, and the cultivation techniques derived from his martial soul and bloodline, the realm of Title Douluo is not out of reach for him, even though it is far away.

Moreover, Tang Shan suspected that his elder brother was very likely a born combat genius. Although he was not as abnormal as the sword fanatic in the second era of the Douluo Continent, who would fall into deep meditation as long as he fought an evenly matched opponent, it was enough to show that he had outstanding comprehension.

If he encounters a bottleneck in the future, he can find an opponent of similar strength to fight and perhaps break through. Combined with the immortal herbs that he is likely to obtain in the future, Su Yuntao's path to becoming a Title Douluo has already been paved by himself and Tang Shan.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like I'm just a tool.

The carriage slowly came to a stop. The sun was high in the sky; it was noon.

"It's noon, Shanzi, let's get out of the car and rest for a while."

Tang Shan nodded, and Su Haichao simply lit a campfire, took out a pot from his soul tool, and heated the food he had brought.

Tang Shan found an open space, and his fists and feet created a violent explosion of air.

clap clap clap!

The punches and kicks generated a gust of wind, containing considerable power; as the muscles and bones resonated, the Ming Jin (a type of internal energy) burst forth.

Ming Jin is a pure force, not energy. It can be used to temper the skin, flesh, and tendons. Now his skin and flesh have been tempered to their current limit, with no more potential to be explored. His major tendons have also been tempered to a near-complete degree. At most, he will be able to complete the tempering in another day or two.

Reflecting on his gains over the past few days, Tang Shan was quite satisfied. Although his soul power level had not broken through, his overall strength was still improving rapidly. Every day, he could clearly feel the progress in his physical fitness, and the soul power within his body was becoming increasingly active due to the strengthening of his body.

Without using any soul skills, Tang Shan took a deep breath, let his hands hang naturally, and then suddenly his right hand exploded.

Pfft!

Silently, his right hand imprinted itself on the tree trunk beside him. After withdrawing his hand, the tree trunk appeared unharmed, but upon closer inspection, one could discover that it was covered with tiny holes.

Hidden strength!

A smile appeared on Tang Shan's face. During this period, he had already mastered the method of releasing hidden force by using his first soul skill. He just didn't want to be distracted before, so he didn't practice more.

Now, Ming Jin has been perfected, and only the final tempering of the body is needed. Once the tempering is completed, An Jin can be used to cleanse the bones and internal organs. At that time, internal strength will drive external strength, and physical fitness can leap forward again.

When one reaches the Transformation Realm, one can also cleanse the marrow and bones through the resonance method.

Even after the marrow cleansing is completed, he will definitely reach level 20, and after absorbing the second soul ring, his overall qualities will surely be improved again.

Chapter 44 The Wolf Steals from the Corpse Heap, the Evil Soul Master, Poised to Strike

As Tang Shan walked back to the campfire, before he could even sit down completely, a subtle fluctuation of soul power emanated from the carriage beside him.

Su Haichao and Tang Shan exchanged a glance, knowing that Su Yuntao had finished meditating. The two quickly got up and walked briskly towards the carriage.

"Yuntao, how are you feeling?" Su Haichao asked quickly, looking at Su Yuntao whose eyes seemed somewhat vacant.

Su Yuntao looked around in confusion and asked, "How did I end up in a carriage?"

“Brother, you just finished using your self-created soul skill and then fell into a deep meditative state. In order not to delay our journey, we have no choice but to lift you onto the carriage.”

Upon hearing Tang Shan's explanation, Su Yuntao finally noticed the wooden board under his buttocks and gently shifted his body.

"Brother, how are you feeling?" Tang Shan asked again.

"I feel very comfortable, but also a little weak."

Hearing this, Tang Shan breathed a sigh of relief. "Brother, you've entered a deep meditative state, so it's normal that you feel comfortable. As for weakness, you haven't eaten or drunk anything for several days, so it's normal to feel a little weak now."

"Are you able to move? Do you need a hand?" Su Haichao asked straightforwardly.

"No need, no need, I'm not that weak." Su Yuntao quickly waved his hand and stood up. Although he swayed a little when he stood up, he quickly recovered after taking a few steps away from the carriage.

The hot water on the campfire was bubbling and steaming. Tangshan added some vegetables and seasonings to it, and soon a fresh and fragrant aroma filled the open space.

"Yuntao, how did you fare this time?" After confirming that Su Yuntao was not in any major physical condition, only a little weak, Su Haichao asked about his gains from this deep meditation.

Before Tangshan told him about the concept of deep meditation, Su Haichao had never heard of it before, which made him even more impressed by his son's extensive knowledge.

"I have basically mastered that set of soul power cultivation techniques, and my soul power level has also increased by one level. I have also gained a lot of new insights into combat in the state of martial soul possession." Listening to Su Yuntao list out his cultivation achievements one by one, Tang Shan, who was sitting to the side, fell silent once again.

Tang Shan had just let his elder brother slowly study the cultivation technique derived from the combination of martial spirit and bloodline, and then Su Yuntao had completely mastered it; what made Tang Shan even more speechless was that Su Yuntao had just broken through to level 23 not long ago, and in less than ten days, he had broken through to level 24.

Even though it's clear that deep meditation can accelerate cultivation, and that the accumulation of soul power at the Great Soul Master stage doesn't require much, such a rapid advancement is still a bit too fast.

"My son Yuntao is worthy of an official title." Su Haichao couldn't help but feel happy for Su Yuntao, his tone full of pride.

Tang Shan's hand trembled involuntarily, and he almost dropped the chopsticks into the pot.

Perhaps neither I nor my older brother are the main characters; we might even be the villains.

Tang Shan was still not completely immune to Su Haichao's boastful words. After all, the power of the "mysterious rules" contained within them was truly terrifying. Even though he knew this was the Douluo Continent, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"Alright, you can eat now." After a while, Tang Shan invited Su Haichao and Su Yuntao to eat. Su Yuntao plopped down next to Tang Shan, a smug look on his face: "Little brother, don't worry, I'll definitely take care of you when I become successful."

Tang Shan shoved a freshly heated homemade roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) into Su Yuntao's hand with a disgruntled tone: "Eat up, who knows who will take care of whom in the future."

……

The carriage continued its journey along the official road. Su Yuntao leaned halfway out of the carriage, his eyes slightly closed, carefully recalling the feeling of releasing his self-created soul skill. The next moment, his martial soul possessed him, and all his soul power was concentrated in his left hand, where sharp claws suddenly appeared, radiating a chilling light.

The soul power was absorbed by the left arm, circulating along a special route, and the left arm further transformed into the shape of a wolf's forelimb. In an instant, the arm's phantom image flashed by, and a huge wolf claw phantom slashed across, leaving five claw marks of varying depths on the yellow earth.

"What a powerful self-created soul skill!" Tang Shan watched the whole thing from the sidelines and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after seeing the entire process of the soul skill being used.

“It’s stronger than my second soul skill.” Su Haichao made a simple comparison and came to this conclusion.

"That's all thanks to the ideas provided by your soul skill, Father." Su Yuntao was delighted, but he didn't get carried away and sensibly praised Su Haichao.

"Screech—" The carriage suddenly braked, but fortunately the shock absorption was quite good, and the three people inside only swayed slightly.

Before the three could even ask anything, the coachman's panicked voice came from the front: "Soul Master, there are many corpses ahead, they seem to be the work of wolf bandits!" Hearing this, the three exchanged a glance and quickly got off the carriage. They saw the old coachman standing in front of the carriage, trembling, clearly terrified.

"You should go to the carriage and take shelter there," Su Haichao said to the coachman.

"Thank you, Soul Master." The coachman was quite clever; knowing he couldn't offer any help from the outside, he bowed to the three men in thanks and then scrambled into the carriage.

At this moment, Tang Shan also saw the tragic scene before him. One after another, creatures that looked like both humans and wolves lay on the ground, their skin dry and wrinkled, as if all the moisture in their bodies had been drained. There was not much blood on the ground, and only a few red spots could be seen occasionally.

Tang Shan carefully confirmed that all the half-human, half-wolf creatures had lost their vitality before proceeding to investigate them in detail.

These creatures are covered in gray fur, with large skeletons and sparse fur that reveals their raw skin. Their heads are a hybrid of human and wolf heads, giving them a somewhat eerie appearance. Their overall physique combines the agility of a wolf with the flexibility of a human, but their muscles are withered and atrophied, as if they have been weathered for a long time.

There were quite a few of these corpses, at least a dozen.

"Father, are all the corpses of wolf bandits like this after they die? It feels a bit eerie." Tang Shan turned to Su Haichao and asked.

"I don't know. When I was young, I encountered mostly evil Soul Masters. My mission was to eliminate them completely. In addition, the area around Notting City is relatively peaceful. This is the first time I've encountered wolf bandits."

Tang Shan suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked back to the carriage, and asked the coachman in a low voice, "Old man, are you sure those corpses belonged to the wolf bandits?"

“Absolutely right. I’ve encountered a gang of wolf bandits before when I was driving for other noble lords. Although they weren’t as strange as these, they looked pretty much the same.”

"Something's strange." Tang Shan keenly grasped the key point in the old groom's words.

"Yes, Soul Master." The coachman nodded, a hint of doubt on his face. "I remember the wolf bandits I encountered before were all muscular, burly, and incredibly fierce. Even in death, they exuded a terrifying aura. I don't know why these ones I just saw are so withered."

Tang Shan nodded, ignoring the description of the so-called terrifying aura and ferocity, and extracted the key point of the other party's words: "The wolf bandits you saw before were very muscular, right?" The coachman nodded vigorously to indicate his affirmation.

"I'm afraid this is a bit troublesome." Tang Shan, who had returned to Su Haichao's side, frowned and subconsciously became more vigilant about his surroundings.

"What's wrong?" Su Haichao was also curious about what Tang Shan had gotten from the coachman.

"I suspect these wolf bandits may have encountered an evil spirit master, otherwise there wouldn't be so few bloodstains and such atrophied muscles among so many corpses."

Upon hearing the words "evil soul master" and considering the scene before him, Su Haichao's expression immediately turned serious. He said in a deep voice, "Get ready to get in the car. Let's see if we can take a detour."

No one understands the dangers of evil spirit masters better than Su Haichao, the master of the Spirit Hall in Notting City. One of the responsibilities of the Spirit Hall in each city is to search for information on suspected evil spirit masters and then immediately report it to the Spirit Hall through specially laid communication channels. Subsequently, the Spirit Hall will specially dispatch a judgment team to search for and kill them, striving to eliminate them completely.

If a truly powerful evil soul master is encountered, such as a Soul Saint, a Title Douluo will be dispatched to hunt them down; if a Soul Douluo-level evil soul master is born, two elders from the Hall of Worship will be sent to join forces, aiming for absolute crushing and leaving the opponent no chance to resist.

Of the three of them, one was a Soul Master, one was a Great Soul Master, and one was a Soul Master. They were no match for the threat of the Evil Soul Master. Su Haichao was not blinded by greed and would never think of fighting the Evil Soul Master head-on. At most, he would just inform the local Spirit Hall of the matter after arriving in the next city.

Su Yuntao reacted quickly, turned around and entered the carriage, pulled the coachman out, and sat with him at the front of the carriage: "Prepare to turn around and leave. I'll be with you in front, don't be afraid."

Tangshan and Su Haichao also boarded the vehicle. Tangshan cautiously observed the surrounding environment from the outside, while Su Haichao adjusted his own state, ready to deal with any crisis at any time.

He is the strongest of the three, and if danger is encountered, he will be the main force. He must always be in the best condition.

Although the coachman was filled with fear, Su Yuntao beside him gave him a sense of security. Trembling, he picked up the whip, took a deep breath, and slowly drove the carriage around the pile of corpses.

"Help! Someone, please help me!" As his martial spirit gradually merged with his body, Tang Shan's five senses became increasingly acute. His ears twitched slightly, and he was the first to hear the cry for help.

By this time, they were quite a distance away from the pile of corpses they had seen before.

"Big Brother," Tang Shan called out to Su Yuntao. Su Yuntao subconsciously turned around and saw his younger brother's face turn cold, his eyes filled with a chilling killing intent.

At this moment, Su Haichao's voice transmission rang in his ear: "Shanzi must have heard the cries for help. This must be the enhancement of the five senses by the main body's martial soul. I just heard it too. Keep an eye on the person who is calling for help. If we find anything wrong, the three of us will immediately go all out."

The three then communicated their strategy using telepathy and prepared to act. Tang Shan got out of the car first, and his martial spirit immediately possessed him, causing his body to expand rapidly, but no spirit rings appeared.

In this appearance, Tang Shan is just a burly young man with no signs of beast transformation and no weapon in his hand. Even if someone realizes that he is a Soul Master, they will not doubt that he has released his Martial Soul.

After all, once the main body martial soul is activated, there is not much difference in appearance. Tang Shan is a full-body main body martial soul, and after activation, apart from being taller and stronger, there is nothing else remarkable about him.

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Chapter 45: A sudden outbreak of killing intent, one after another leading to death.

In fact, the three of them had considered bypassing this trouble or choosing to stand by and do nothing, but after careful consideration, they realized that it was unlikely.

The carriage was still moving at high speed. If the other party was really an ordinary person or an ordinary soul master, they should have missed their carriage.

Tang Shan's keen senses allowed him to clearly perceive that the cries for help were still gradually approaching, indicating that they had most likely been targeted by the enemy.

Regardless of whether the other party is an evil spirit master or not, such a close pursuit is clearly not a good thing. Rather than acting on a whim, it is better to make thorough preparations in advance and "eliminate the threat before it occurs".

……

call!

The enormous bat wings spread out behind it, as if it wanted to take flight and escape, but the hideous wounds on them rendered the wings' owner powerless.

Della felt incredibly unlucky. All she did was slaughter a small village for cultivation, but after only a few days of cultivation, the Spirit Hall's Judgment Team came knocking on her door.

After a fierce battle, he barely managed to escape. He wanted to recover from his injuries by consuming blood, but he was afraid of making too much noise and alerting the Spirit Hall, so Dela had no choice but to target these wolf bandits.

Fortunately, the blood of these wolf bandits had an unexpectedly good effect. However, he never expected that there was a powerful figure hidden among these wolf bandits. After a fight, he was injured a second time, and his injuries were even more severe than before.

"It's like a persistent ghost."

Sensing the three relentless auras chasing after her, Della stuck out her bright red tongue and carefully licked the corner of her mouth, her eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty light.

"Damn it, why didn't you just become food for me to recover from my injuries? Why did you have to resist?"

His figure darted swiftly through the dense, overlapping forest, occasionally fluttering his bat wings to narrowly dodge the trees blocking his way.