Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

"Sister Lingyuan, something's up."

Noticing Xiao Ha's unusual behavior, Tian Hao patted Ling Yuan's back to signal him to be on guard.

The words "something's wrong" made Ling Yuan freeze, and she immediately opened her mouth and bit the boy's shoulder hard, drawing blood.

Tian Hao's body stiffened for a moment before he lifted the limp aunt and jumped off Xiao Ha, while continuing to envelop himself with the shadow soul power of his leg bones and warily watching his surroundings.

He had been using shadow energy to envelop himself and the aunt in his arms, so he wasn't afraid of being seen, which is why he acted so recklessly.

"Little Ha, find a water source first."

Seeing that there was no movement around, Tian Hao gestured to Xiao Ha.

It's not a good time to fight now; I need to clean myself up.

Little Ha naturally wouldn't refuse, raising its head to sniff and occasionally listening intently before running towards the side forest, with Tian Hao carrying Ling Yuan in his arms following behind.

They soon arrived at a stream. Although the water was cold, it didn't bother them.

"If this continues, I'll have to give birth to a big, fat boy for you before we even reach Sunset Forest."

While washing herself, Ling Yuan complained.

"But you're the one who always starts the war."

Tian Hao, who was massaging his aunt's legs, felt helpless; he was always the one passively responding to her requests.

How can you blame me?

And he would bite me every time, so now the teeth marks on my shoulder are overlapping.

As for why we massaged the aunt's legs and feet, it's mainly because the position she was in was a bit difficult, and it could cause some side effects if it lasted too long. Massaging her legs and feet would help her recover faster.

It must be said that Auntie's feet were very beautiful, fair as jade, delicate and warm, and her long legs were also very alluring, making him understand why there was a phrase like "legs to play with for years" in his previous life.

"I don't want children right now. I want to cultivate to level 99 and evolve my martial soul to its limit so that I can leave the best martial soul bloodline for our children."

Ling Yuan has her own plans: the evolution of her martial soul will drive the evolution of her martial soul bloodline, allowing her descendants to awaken martial souls with greater potential.

It's important to know that even among the same martial souls, there are differences in potential. For example, with the Clear Sky Hammer, the innate soul power of the sect leader's lineage can often reach level nine, or even full innate soul power.

Even if an ordinary member of the Haotian clan awakens the Haotian Hammer, their innate soul power is only at level six or seven.

This is the benefit of parents having a high level of martial soul evolution, allowing their offspring to have a better starting point.

Now that she has those secret techniques from the young man, she is confident that she can cultivate to level ninety-nine and then have children.

Most importantly, becoming a Title Douluo can extend one's lifespan, and cultivating certain secret techniques can even grant eternal youth—this is the most crucial point.

"As you wish!"

Tian Hao readily complied with his aunt's advice and did whatever she said without any objection. He didn't want to have children so early anyway, as he wanted to focus more on his cultivation.

Once you become a Title Douluo, your lifespan will be extended, and you can have as many children as you want, even one child every year.

After washing and dressing, the two followed Xiao Ha through the mountains and forests to the unusual place.

Before we even arrived at the location, we could smell a strong, pungent odor of blood.

"I can smell it from this far away, it looks like a lot of people have died."

Tian Hao's expression turned solemn as he realized that they might have encountered bandits who were robbing them, and that a conflict had occurred that resulted in many deaths; otherwise, there wouldn't be such a strong smell of blood.

The two slowed their pace, using the cover of the trees to sneak past, and soon arrived at the scene of the incident.

Even with Tian Hao's mental fortitude honed as an executioner, the scene there made his stomach churn.

Hundreds of corpses lay scattered about, all in extremely gruesome states, their heads all severed and piled up.

Among them were the corpses of many women, whose disheveled state suggested they had suffered inhuman humiliation before their deaths, and even the bodies of several children.

"There are traces of soul skills; it should be a beast martial soul."

After inspecting the area, Ling Yuan returned with a cold and hard expression, clearly also angry.

Tian Hao remained silent, took out an iron shovel from his storage soul tool, and started digging by the roadside.

It took him a full hour to dig a large pit, then he placed the corpses inside one by one, and buried the heads according to their skin texture, color, and the shape of their severed wounds. This was the only thing he could do for these people.

"It's a pity that the first time the Sword of the King has seen blood was the blood of those trash."

Tian Hao summoned the Sword of Meeting the Ruler from his spiritual sea and gestured to Xiao Ha.

Xiao Ha understood, and with its powerful sense of smell, Tian Hao and Ling Yuan followed closely behind.

As night fell, the two arrived at the foot of a mountain. Looking up, they saw scattered lights on the mountainside, indicating that the bandits' stronghold was located there.

"Same as always, Sister Lingyuan, you set fire to trap them, and I'll go in and start the slaughter."

After observing the shape of the mountain and the general layout of the stronghold, and then sneaking up to capture a bandit and interrogate him, Tian Hao and Ling Yuan devised a simple plan.

In fact, they had already wiped out several of these bandit hideouts. A year ago, on their way out of Wuhun City, they encountered them several times and wiped them out on the spot.

However, this time the scale is larger, and there are also Soul Masters present.

Be careful!

Ling Yuan glanced at Tian Hao, who had already taken out and put on his armor, gave him a reminder, and then leaped towards the mountain stronghold to clear out the visible and hidden sentries along the way.

After putting on his armor, Tian Hao carried his thousand-forged tungsten steel sword and went up the mountain path.

He was not a traditional Soul Master, so when he left Spirit City, he had a set of armor made of special metals, all of which were of the thousand-times-forged level.

The forearm guard is made of high-quality tungsten steel, the same material used in the forging hammer and the sword.

This thing is extremely hard; it can withstand even soul skills with a lifespan of a thousand years without any problem.

The armor he wore was less durable, but it was very lightweight.

On the other side, Ling Yuan, who had already infiltrated the mountain stronghold, saw Tian Hao enter the stronghold and no longer hid, releasing her soul skill to set the area around the stronghold ablaze.

The flames of the soul skill were extremely hot, and with the addition of a massive amount of soul power from Ling Yuan, the power far exceeded the soul skill itself. In no time, the entire mountain stronghold was engulfed in flames, and the hundreds of bandits inside were thrown into chaos.

In the midst of the chaos, a figure controlled a long dragon that raged and crisscrossed, shredding everything around it. Neither the mountain bandits nor the burning buildings could withstand the annihilation of the sword energy.

This indiscriminate killing quickly attracted the attention of the bandits. A long spear shot out at great speed and at a very tricky angle, striking Tian Hao in the back.

"when!"

A dull thud echoed, the spear was deflected, Tian Hao steadied himself on the balls of his feet, and turned to look at the one-eyed man with a bare upper body.

Chapter Fifty-Four: Heavenly Dou Capital

Tian Hao didn't care about being attacked from behind, because the armor on his back was the thickest. He was worried about the tragic fate of a certain Konoha Dancing King, who was killed by being attacked from behind twice, so he made the back armor extra thick.

He even had a shield hanging on his back, though it was barely noticeable because of his cloak.

"Are you with that caravan?"

The bandit leader narrowed his one eye slightly, trying to guess Tian Hao's identity.

The other party couldn't have come to kill us without a reason; it must be related to the caravan we slaughtered during the day.

Are they in cahoots?

Tired of wasting words, Tian Hao took the opportunity to catch his breath before controlling the sword energy dragon to charge forward.

"court death!"

Seeing that Tian Hao did not respond, the bandit leader's anger and killing intent intensified. He roared and activated his martial soul, his body swelled up a lot, and three soul rings, one white and two yellow, appeared under his feet, clearly indicating that he was a three-ring soul master.

Although it wasn't the best soul ring configuration and its martial soul was just an ordinary tiger, it was still powerful.

The soul pressure alone put a certain amount of pressure on Tian Hao, but fortunately most of the soul pressure was cut and blocked by the Seven Kill Sword Intent, and Tian Hao was able to withstand the remaining soul pressure on his own.

"Tiger claws rip out the heart!"

The third spirit ring flashed, and the bandit leader's speed suddenly increased by nearly half, his sharp claws extending out from his hands.

Although it's unknown what material the kid's armor is made of, his third soul skill is almost a thousand years old, capable of crushing even a piece of steel, let alone armor.

The sharp tiger claws tore the sword energy dragon apart and swiftly grabbed at Tian Hao's vital heart.

Instead of backing down, Tian Hao went even further, letting the bandit leader grab his chest armor, the sharp tiger claws scratching sparks across the armor.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tian Hao suddenly rammed into her, his body crashing into her arms, and he held her tightly in a "hug and kill" move.

The sword energy dragon, which had been floating outside, suddenly contracted and began to spin rapidly.

The bandit leader's heart skipped a beat when his attack was thwarted and his body was locked in place. When he saw the rapidly shrinking sword energy dragon, his expression changed drastically.

Just as he was about to unleash his second soul skill, a sharp pain from his testicles being crushed struck him, causing him to almost faint.

Before they could react, the sword energy dragon contracted and began to spin rapidly around Tian Hao and the bandit leader.

"Chichichi..."

"Ding ding ding..."

Two different sounds rang out, the different sounds of sword energy striking the armor and body.

"You really think my armor is something ordinary?"

Releasing the bandit leader, who was now nothing but a skeleton, Tian Hao curled his lip.

That's how Soul Masters are. Even Soul Masters with Beast Souls are inherently fragile. Without defensive Soul Skills, they still can't withstand the cutting power of sword energy.

With a thought, the sword energy dragon receded, and countless fragments coalesced into a complete sword blade, which he swung to continue slashing.

The only Soul Master in this stronghold was its leader; the rest were just ordinary people with strong bodies, who had no power to resist Tian Hao at all.

And so he continued, sword in hand, sword in hand, for an unknown period of time, until he could no longer see a single person standing, and only then did Tian Hao stop.

Ling Yuan had already rescued the poor women who had been kidnapped and imprisoned by the bandits, and at the same time, she had forced them to reveal the bandits' secret stash of money, making a considerable gain.

"Take this money and go home. If you don't want to go home, or if you have nowhere to go, you can go to Wuhun City. There will be people there to take care of you and let you start a new life."

Ling Yuan was already very skilled at distributing a portion of the bandits' money to the dozen or so poor women.

"Waaaaah..."

The women, who had been numb, finally broke down in tears when they saw the burning mountain stronghold and the corpses of bandits scattered all around them.

Is their tragedy finally coming to an end?

Tian Hao stood silently to the side. This was not an exception, but a common occurrence in this world. Some bandits even cooperated with the powerful and wealthy, or were supported by them, to help with things that could not be done openly.