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

Puff puff!

Blood blossoms bloomed, and before the unfortunate sea spirit beasts could even react to what was happening, their bodies were pierced by the Blue Silver Emperor. Some of the Blue Silver Emperor even used their flesh and blood as soil to bloom and grow directly inside their bodies.

Without looking back, Tang San and his group sped forward, propelled by Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Wings. Land was not far away, and passing the Divine Trial was just around the corner.

"You dare to harm my people? Then let me punish you." A beautiful figure quietly appeared on the sea surface, her long, snow-white hair flowing naturally. She was none other than Xiaobai, the patriarch of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan.

She looked to be only about twenty years old, with an exquisite face and beautiful features, but now her delicate face held a chilling murderous intent, and the air around her was icy cold.

Although Xiaobai couldn't directly kill Tang San and the others, she could still make a move within the limits allowed by the Divine Trial. Watching the six people rapidly approaching, she curled her lips into a cold smile and lightly patted the sea with her fair hand.

Amidst surging waves and towering billows, a lifelike great white shark, formed from pure seawater, soars through the air.

"There's trouble ahead! Everyone, don't stop! Go all out and force your way through!" Tang San's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the demonic soul great white shark formed from seawater. His mind raced, and he immediately gave the order.

The Shrek Seven Devils still had considerable trust in Tang San's decision. Flames blazed fiercely on Ma Hongjun's body, eventually condensing into the phantom of a giant firebird around him. He then removed the chains from his body and took the lead, heading towards the giant demon soul great white shark.

"White Tiger Blazing Light Wave!" Dai Mubai knew very well that the scattered attacks of the White Tiger Meteor Shower wouldn't cause much damage, so he simply activated his second soul skill and maximized his soul power output, not caring at all even if the surging soul power put a huge burden on his meridians and even caused damage.

A thick yet extremely concentrated beam of energy shot out from his mouth, striking the great white shark made of seawater first.

Whoosh!

Water splashed everywhere as the Demon Soul Great White Shark blasted a hole, which was then repaired by the surging waves. The White Tiger's fierce light wave continued uninterrupted, and the repair and destruction continued incessantly.

The next second, the giant firebird that Ma Hongjun had transformed into collided violently with the demon soul great white shark. A large amount of seawater was evaporated in an instant, but the surging waves made up for the loss in an instant. The phantom of the giant firebird on Ma Hongjun's body withered rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, most of his soul power was consumed.

"Everyone, charge forward! Don't stop! Charge straight in! That Demon Soul Great White Shark isn't that tough!" Tang San had seen all the results of his companions' battles. While giving the next instructions, he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer again and fearlessly charged towards the Demon Soul Great White Shark.

Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai unleashed their full power, directly standing in front of Oscar and Ning Rongrong, determined to take the brunt of the attack for them.

Having already penetrated deep into the body of the Demon Soul Great White Shark, Ma Hongjun heard Tang San's indistinct words. His somewhat weakened phoenix flames blazed up again, frantically evaporating the surrounding seawater as he slowly broke through.

"A little clever, but if my moves were that simple, wouldn't I have wasted my 100,000 years of life?" Little White, who had been hiding underwater and watching the Shrek Seven Devils' movements, sneered. He clasped his hands together, and the seawater inside the Demon Soul Great White Shark began to rotate irregularly and rapidly, forming hundreds and thousands of whirlpools inside.

Things happened so fast, and crossing the ring-shaped sea area basically allowed no time to stop. Ma Hongjun, who was the first to notice something was wrong, didn't have time to warn anyone before Tang San, who was right behind him, crashed right in.

Without the evaporation of flames, Tang San, flying at top speed, was essentially crashing his flesh and blood into the seawater. Even though he was prepared, his internal organs were still impacted, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Before Tang San could recover from the shock to his internal organs, the rapidly spinning vortexes in different directions greatly reduced his speed and tore his body in many directions.

The heavy Clear Sky Hammer stirred up the undercurrents, barely dissolving some of the seawater whirlpools. Tang San dared not linger for a moment, continuing to move forward inside the Demon Soul Great White Shark, his goal being the land that was faintly visible through the seawater.

Chapter 564 Overdoing

Splash!

Tang San and his companions forced their way out of the demonic soul great white shark formed from seawater. Ma Hongjun's phoenix flames were about to go out, but he used the momentum from his previous charge to quickly bring Tang San and the others closer to land.

"Interesting. Then take my final move." Xiaobai sneered. Seeing that Tang San and the others, who were covered in wounds, were about to land, she clenched her delicate fist. The Great White Shark of the Sea Demon Soul, which had just turned around, exploded with a bang. A huge amount of seawater condensed in the air into thousands of sharp blades, which shot towards Tang San and the others from behind with a piercing whistle.

"Be careful!" Tang San, with the superior mental power brought by his Purple Demon Eye, was the first to sense the sudden killing intent behind them. However, at this moment, everyone's soul power was almost exhausted. All he could do was shout a warning and rouse a layer of soul power as a shield to barely defend.

Pfft!

Tang San's voice still echoed in their ears when the Shrek group felt cold objects piercing their bodies. Due to the speed of the water blades, the pain had not yet reached their minds. At present, they only felt a foreign object inside their bodies, and their movements were restricted.

Xiao Bai ignored Tang San and his group, took a deep look at the Seagod Mountain deep within Seagod Island, and with a surge of her soul power, she vanished into the deep sea, disappearing without a trace.

Thump thump!

The sounds of bodies crashing onto the ground echoed one after another. Tang San and his six companions finally completed the second test. At the same time, pain surged into their minds, and blood spurted from their wounds, quickly staining a patch of ground crimson.

Their strength and vitality were rapidly drained from the wounds, and without timely treatment, they would most likely bleed to death.

With barely managing to squeeze out some soul power, Tang San used it to press acupoints on his body to quickly stop the bleeding. He then struggled to his feet and looked at his other companions.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Tianheng are in relatively good condition. After all, they are offensive-type Soul Masters and their bodies are quite strong. Even though their Soul Power is currently depleted, they can temporarily stop the wounds with their muscles. Once Tang San or their own Soul Power recovers a bit more, they will be out of danger.

Ning Rongrong and Oscar were much weaker. Support-type Soul Masters are inherently physically weaker, not to mention that they were at the very back of the group and suffered the most attacks from the water blades.

Now, one of them is as pale as snow, and the other is as pale as paper; both appear to have suffered severe damage to their health.

With difficulty, Tang San stood up without pausing for a moment. He tore Oscar's clothes off the back and then took out a pot of water to rinse his wounds, preventing seawater from getting inside.

Oscar, who was somewhere between unconsciousness and shock, had already lost the ability to think. He let Tang San treat his wounds and finally stop the bleeding by applying pressure to his acupoints.

Thanks to the ever-renewing nature of the Xuan Tian Gong, Tang San's soul power was constantly recovering slowly. Even though acupoint striking consumed some energy, he could barely maintain a balance.

Walking up to Ning Rongrong, Tang San suddenly stopped what he was doing, completely unsure of what to do next. Should he do what Oscar did and just rip off her clothes?

"Tang San, don't hesitate any longer. We're all brothers and sisters. Are you really going to just watch Rongrong bleed to death?" Ma Hongjun noticed Tang San's hesitation first and said weakly.

Dai Mubai turned his head and examined Ning Rongrong's wound, which was bleeding profusely. His voice was hoarse as he said, "Tang San, do it. Human life comes first. There is no difference between men and women. If it really comes down to it, then be a man and take responsibility to the end."

"The one I love is always Xiao Wu, and it will only ever be Xiao Wu. There is no other possibility." It seemed that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's words had moved Tang San. He said this seriously, as if talking to himself, or as if speaking to them. Then he squatted down to treat Ning Rongrong's wounds.

The sound of clothes tearing and what he saw stirred up waves of emotion in Tang San's heart. Forcibly suppressing the agitation in his heart, he quickly treated Ning Rongrong's bleeding wounds.

Tang San plopped down on the grass, letting out a long breath. His forehead was covered in cold sweat. He glanced at the sleeping woman, his expression complex: "Xiao Wu, don't blame me. I had no choice. If I hadn't saved Rongrong, she would have bled to death. I've always loved you. Besides, didn't you admit you once had feelings for Brother Yu? If you can have it, why can't I? Anyway, I haven't done anything to betray you."

The torment in his heart was greatly relieved through self-persuasion, and Tang San's ugly expression also eased somewhat.

……

The blazing furnace raised the temperature in the entire forging chamber several degrees. Tang Shan stood inside the forging chamber, staring intently at the iron block being heated.

"We had previously considered whether we could reduce the manufacturing process of the soul guide shell and directly melt it down at high temperatures. To this end, we specially researched a special soul guide device, and in the end, we were halfway to success."

Kong Qi pointed to the furnace that was spewing out a stable flame: "This is a heating soul guide, specially designed to soften rare metals. It is much more convenient than stabilizing the furnace fire with firewood and bellows."

While watching the metal gradually soften, Tang Shan asked with interest, "What about the second half? Why do you say it's half successful?"

Kong Qi sighed softly: "In the latter part, we thought of directly melting the metal raw materials into a liquid state, and then directly manufacturing the outer shell of the soul tool through various molds. At that time, the whole casting process went smoothly, but when the final product came out, we found that the outer shell made of all rare metals lost its original characteristics."

"So that's how it is," Tang Shan suddenly realized, understanding where the problem lay with the soul tool Kong Qi wanted to create—many rare metals in the Douluo Continent have their own unique internal structures. These structures are forged by blacksmiths and can be perfectly preserved as long as they are not maliciously destroyed. If the forging skills are advanced enough, the properties of the forged rare metals can be further enhanced.

However, the method used by the pore tool, which directly melts the rare metal completely, will definitely destroy the internal structure of the rare metal and completely destroy its properties. Unless the required soul tool shell does not require the properties of rare metal, this method of melting metal to cast the shell is useless.

"We abandoned the equipment used for casting the outer shell of the soul tool, leaving only the heated soul tool in front of you. However, it is much more convenient than the previous furnace, since a stable flame is also very important for forging."

The sound of the forging machine rang in his ears, but Tang Shan paid no attention to it. His attention was entirely focused on the ordinary metal in front of him that had reached the right temperature. He picked up the forging hammer beside him and prepared to strike.

There are two core issues to solve in order to create battle armor: the design blueprints and the presence of spirit metal.

The former is a piece of cake for a level nine soul master; at most, it involves placing more soul guidance arrays to amplify soul power. However, the latter is more troublesome. Tang Shan asked Gu Yue, and it turns out that there is currently no so-called spirituality inside the metal.

Fortunately, there is a solution. Gu Yue, who controls the concept of elements and the divine nature of creation, can easily imbue metal with spirituality.

Sure enough, the emergence of the Battle Armor was probably influenced by the Soul Spirit System developed by Huo Yuhao and his teacher, the Deathly Saint God. Fortunately, I met Gu Yue 20,000 years ago, otherwise the Battle Armor project would probably have died in the womb.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and in reality, Tangshan also picked up a forging hammer. The forging hammer, weighing dozens of kilograms, felt as light as a feather in his hands.

His spiritual energy spread out, completely enveloping the metal on the furnace, and imprinting all the patterns and directions into his mind.

Raise your arm, swing the hammer, lean your body slightly backward, and a force starts from the soles of Tangshan's feet, spreads from his legs to his waist, and then surges all the way up.

Without the need for passive muscle traction, relying solely on his own control of his body, Tangshan can perfectly concentrate his power into the forging hammer in his hand with just a simple arm raise.

With a downward slam, his body slightly bent, sparks flew, and a large chunk of metal dented downwards.

Tang Shan hadn't touched forging for over ten years, as he had devoted himself entirely to his own cultivation. Now, as he picked up forging again, the first hammer blow felt completely natural.

As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood. Tang Shan is now a peerless Douluo standing at the pinnacle of the continent. His spiritual power has reached the Spirit Realm, and his internal martial arts have been cultivated to the level of indestructible Vajra. He has gained a further grasp on his physical body.

With a combination of favorable conditions, even though it was the first time in more than a decade that Tangshan's forging industry had made rapid progress, the number of times metals had been forged accumulated.

The forging system 20,000 years later has several realms: Hundred Forging, Thousand Forging, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and Heaven Forging. Leaving aside Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and Heaven Forging, which require the metal's spirituality and even the laws of heaven and earth, the principles of Hundred Forging and Thousand Forging are the same. To put it simply, it is to fold the metal and forge it repeatedly to remove as many impurities as possible from the metal.

Five or six hammer blows in Tangshan are enough to forge a piece of metal once, and in less than an hour, a piece of metal that has been refined to a hundred times was forged by him.

The heatwave enveloped Tang Shan's entire body, but his pores remained closed, and not a drop of sweat escaped. The intense exercise seemed to have vanished; his breathing remained even, and his hands continued their movements without pause, except that the force gathered on the forging hammer increased slightly.

Kong Qi frowned as he carefully observed the rhythm of Tang Shan's entire body. As the first level nine soul master in the Moon Kingdom and even the entire Sun Moon Continent, his forging ability had naturally reached the limit of the current plane—a thousand forgings.

Even though he had forged a lot of metal a thousand times, and countless metals a hundred times, he still couldn't achieve the effortless and carefree forging of metals like Tang Shan.

It's not a matter of insufficient strength. Even support-type Soul Masters, once their Soul Power breaks through to the Title Douluo level, can easily defeat ordinary offensive-type Soul Saints simply by leveraging the amplification of their bodies with Soul Power.

What Kongqi lacked was the ability to control force. With each folding and forging, the force that the metal could withstand would inevitably increase, but the amount of increase would vary slightly even if the metal was the same. Kongqi dared not increase the force too much directly after each forging, and could only test it little by little.

The problem of drilling tools is a piece of cake for Tangshan. He can easily find out how to control the force and the limit of the metal's load-bearing capacity with a single hammer blow.

Ping Pong Pong!

Sparks continued to fly, and the steady flames made Tang Shan's face glow red, but his eyes remained calm, like a stagnant pool.

While "hundred-times forging" and "thousand-times forging" may seem like folding and forging, their essence is actually the purification of impurities. As long as all impurities can be removed, it is considered "thousand-times forging," regardless of how many hammer blows were used.

However, currently, there is no such thing as metallic spirit within the metals of the world, so it is probably impossible for top blacksmiths to achieve the level of a hundred or a thousand forgings in one hammer blow 20,000 years from now.

Without the assistance of the metal's spiritual essence, the blacksmith wouldn't know where the impurities were in the metal; he could only explore little by little and gradually purify it.

The force was transmitted layer by layer, and eventually, Tangshan simply picked up the forging hammer with his left hand as well, and began to strike alternately.

With both hands working together, the forging speed more than doubled, and the metal, which was originally forged a hundred times, rapidly advanced to the level of forging a thousand times.

……

Boom!

Like a bolt from the blue, the city gate of the giant city, one of the important border towns of the Star Luo Empire, was smashed. The city guards, who were originally watching the Tian Dou army in the distance with vigilance, were stunned. Standing on the city wall and looking down, they saw a giant club rapidly enlarging in their eyes.

Boom!

The earth trembled, dust collapsed, and a few drops of yellow liquid flowed from the gaps in the armor of the city guards, dripping onto the ground.

He was so scared he wet himself, which was understandable. Just a meter away from him, a giant pillar with dragon patterns smashed down the twenty-meter-high city wall, revealing a huge gap.

As the Demon-Slaying Douluo felt the surging soul power within the soul core in his chest, a rare hint of excitement appeared on his face: "What a wonderful soul core! With this surging soul power, the power of the Panlong Staff can be further displayed. There's no need for soul skills at all; the combined burst of soul power and martial soul alone is enough to crush my previous self."

After completing the divine test, she found herself in the same boat as Qian Renxue, and without much hesitation, she mobilized a large army to the border of Xingluo.

In order to minimize losses, Qian Renxue chose a strategy of having top experts lead the attack while the rest of the soldiers clean up. It has to be said that in a fantasy world, the influence of the strong on a war is still too great.

Facing the Demon-Slaying Douluo, whose cultivation had broken through to level 98 after condensing his soul core, the Star Luo Empire's thick city gates and walls were no different from paper; they could be destroyed with a single blow.

He opened the most difficult city gate to breach directly, and the Demon-Slaying Douluo did not leave immediately. Instead, he floated in the air, waiting for the Heavenly Dou army while dealing with the Soul Masters who came to their deaths.

If the Star Luo Soul Masters choose to stand by and watch, Demon-Slaying Douluo will not take action. But if someone is brainless and seeks death, Demon-Slaying Douluo will not mind sending them on their way.

The terrifying pressure of soul power suppressed the broken city gate and the collapsed city wall. The Demon-Slaying Douluo retracted the Panlong Staff to its original size, but the pressure of soul power that was close to that of a Limit Douluo gave everyone a suffocating sense of oppression.

As the Heavenly Dou army was about to enter the city, the Demon-Slaying Douluo's aged yet powerful voice resounded throughout the surrounding area: "I remind you, just take good care of this city. If you cause trouble in the city's bustling areas, you will bear the consequences." As his voice fell, the coiled dragon staff in his hand grew larger in the wind and swept out horizontally.

Boom!

Not far from the city wall, a small hill a hundred feet high crumbled under his earth-shattering blow.