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

After quickly refining that spirit ring, Tang San felt that Flander's previous physical examination calculations were somewhat conservative. Based on his feeling just now, his true limit should be 25,000 years, not 20,000 years.

Thinking about it this way, he felt he had lost a little money refining this spirit ring, but what he felt was even more of a loss was the third spirit ring.

Because the refinement of the third spirit ring required going to the Star Dou Great Forest, the teacher did not accompany him; instead, he went with the dean and others. At that time, he had a little scheme in mind and chose a human-faced demon spider that was a bit too old.

I was smug about it at the time, but looking back now I realize how stupid I was.

Based on his physical condition at the time, if he had gone all out, he could have refined a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Even his first two spirit rings could have started at a thousand years, yet he still followed that theory of limits. How stupid of him.

Of course, he secretly resented himself, since he had deliberately concealed it, and the teacher was unaware of it.

Moreover, the third spirit ring also comes with an external spirit bone, so it's not a bad deal when you think about it.

"Fortunately, it was only the first three spirit rings that were not chosen well. We can fix them later."

He silently reminded himself that the past could not be changed, so he could only be more careful in choosing spirit rings in the future.

"We've caused everyone worry; we'll leave as soon as possible."

Standing up, Tang San didn't say much, gestured to everyone, and then prepared to leave.

Dai Mubai was right. This is, after all, an area where ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts roam. It's just that the Titan Giant Ape's passage had startled all the soul beasts, which is why it has been relatively peaceful.

But those soul beasts will eventually recover, and then it will be difficult for them to leave.

If they encounter another troublesome creature like the Cave Spider, their entire team will be in great danger.

"Let's go home!"

Dai Mubai, who had been waiting for this, gave the order, and the group set off in the same formation they had used when they first entered Sunset Forest, quickly returning along the same route.

They reaped considerable rewards this time. Oscar and Ma Hongjun both obtained their fourth spirit rings, Tang San refined the spirit ring of the Earth Demon Spider, and Xiao Wu refined a spirit ring from somewhere with skills that were incredibly difficult to counter.

In addition, Ning Rongrong obtained two spirit rings and an unknown number of spirit bones from the vice dean of Canghui Academy, and her spirit power also increased by more than ten levels.

The trip was very fruitful, but Zhu Zhuqing's soul power level was still only level 37, which was still quite a distance from level 40, so she had to return first.

Having escaped the area inhabited by the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts without any major incidents, the group breathed a sigh of relief upon arriving at the area inhabited by the thousand-year-old soul beasts. However, before they could even relax, another unexpected event occurred.

A huge black shadow suddenly appeared and pounced on Tang San in the group.

"Blue Silver Cage!"

Tang San, who had been using the Purple Demon Eye, immediately used the newly acquired skill Blue Silver Cage, which formed a cage of Blue Silver Grass that enveloped the huge black shadow.

Only then did everyone realize that it was a spider no smaller than the previous cave spider. Most importantly, its eight legs were almost identical to Tang San's Eight Spider Spears, only the size was different.

It was clearly a human-faced demon spider, and one that was at least ten thousand years old.

However, it was precisely because it was a human-faced demon spider that it attacked Tang San directly, because Tang San not only had a human-faced demon spider soul ring, but also a soul bone, which was the greatest temptation for this ten-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider.

As expected of a top-tier soul beast, the Human-Faced Demon Spider swung its scythe-like legs at the front, forcefully cleaving open the Blue Silver Cage.

Although the Blue Silver Cage originated from the Earth Demon Spider with 20,000 years of cultivation, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was too poor, which actually hindered this soul skill. It's normal that it was cut in this way.

However, this was enough for the team to react. Ma Hongjun immediately activated his Martial Soul and three external Soul Bones. The scorpion tail on his back merged with his first Soul Ring and shot out a fire pillar with a diameter of one meter, which hit the Human-Faced Demon Spider and blasted it back into the Blue Silver Cage.

"White Tiger Meteor Shower!"

Dai Mubai also unleashed his strongest attack skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower, bombarding the area. This attack was amplified by Ning Rongrong's soul skill, and it forcefully shattered the Blue Silver Cage created by Tang San.

Tang San's face darkened at this sight. He knew that when Dai Mubai attacked the spider web cage of the Cave Demon Spider before, he failed to destroy it, but now he was able to destroy his own Blue Silver Cage.

It's not that Dai Mubai has become stronger, but rather that his Blue Silver Cage is inferior to the Spider Web Cage of the Cave Demon Spider; clearly, the Blue Silver Grass has begun to hold him back.

"Things have definitely changed."

Tian Hao, who had been following closely behind and observing from the shadows, chuckled lightly, not surprised at all.

Unlike the original trajectory of his destiny, in the original trajectory, Tang San was the child of the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, and his inherited martial soul was the Blue Silver Emperor. Even if it was not fully awakened, it was still incomparable to the ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

Now, influenced by himself, Tang San's mother has become an ordinary woman with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and she is not even a Soul Master, lacking innate Soul Power.

Even with the support of the Blue Silver Emperor's leg bone, which awakens it into a twin martial soul, it is still just an ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul without the support of the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline.

Although Tang San cultivated his spirit to the Soul Master level with the blessing of innate full soul power, it was still just an ordinary Blue Silver Grass spirit.

Soul rings and soul skills are formed by the fusion of a soul beast's innate abilities and a soul master's martial soul. For example, the Earth King's Magma Earth-Splitting Strike was refined by Ma Hongjun and became Phoenix Roaring Strike, which incorporated the original power of the Phoenix martial soul and significantly amplified the soul ring skill.

But what kind of enhancement can Tang San's ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul provide to his spirit rings?

The first three spirit rings were not very noticeable, but the fourth spirit ring was too old, directly crushing the essence of the Blue Silver Grass spirit and preventing it from gaining any boost; in fact, it even hindered its progress.

Because the Blue Silver Cage is essentially made of Blue Silver Grass, not the spider silk carefully crafted by the Cave Spider, it is inherently inferior.

This is the main reason why low-level martial soul masters can never defeat high-level martial soul masters; they are fundamentally inferior to them.

However, while the Blue Silver Cage was not very effective, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's attack power was very strong, especially with Ning Rongrong's soul skill amplification.

"Triple Phoenix Roar Strike!"

Ma Hongjun unleashed his final burst of power, using his fourth soul skill for the first time, and with the support of the two external soul bones on his hands.

After a clear phoenix cry, Ma Hongjun soared into the sky, then turned and swooped down, slamming his fists heavily into the ground in front of the human-faced spider. A shockwave exploded outwards, causing the human-faced spider to become dizzy.

Before it could even regain its senses, a thick pillar of magma erupted and engulfed it completely.

Phoenix Roar Strike is a ten-thousand-year soul ring skill. With the addition of the skills from two ten-thousand-year soul bones, it becomes three ten-thousand-year soul skills. Not to mention the amplification from Ning Rongrong, its destructive power has exceeded the limits that the Human-Faced Demon Spider can withstand.

Of course, this kind of consumption was not small, leaving Ma Hongjun with almost no soul power, and his chubby face turned pale.

It was quickly smashed down by the human-faced demon spider that had soared into the sky. Its originally purplish-black body turned fiery red, like a boiled shrimp. Although it was not dead yet, it was almost dead.

"Don't kill it, let me do it."

Sensing the pulsation of the Eight Spider Lances, Tang San stopped Dai Mubai, who was about to unleash the White Tiger Blazing Light Wave to deliver a fatal blow. He leaped over and landed on the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the Eight Spider Lances on his back piercing into the spider's body.

As if resonating with the same power, the Eight Spider Lances' devouring properties were brought to their limit, frantically absorbing the power of the Human-Faced Demon Spider.

It wasn't just the blood and qi, but also the primordial power. In the end, it even prevented the human-faced demon spider from condensing its soul rings, as they were all devoured by the eight spider spears and quickly and perfectly fused together.

After devouring an entire ten-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider, the Eight Spider Spears underwent significant changes. Their purplish-black color became even deeper, and they grew much thicker. Their devouring ability and toxicity were greatly enhanced, and their essence was elevated to the ten-thousand-year level.

"I feel that Third Brother's Eight Spider Lances are no worse than my Scorpion Soul Bone."

Having just recovered from the shock of the giant sausage, Ma Hongjun watched with great interest, and then suddenly felt that his three scorpion soul bones were no longer appealing.

His scorpion spirit bone needed to be constantly nurtured and improved by his own phoenix flames, but Tang San's Eight Spider Lances spirit bone directly relied on devouring to rapidly soar to the ten-thousand-year level.

At this rate, while others will upgrade their Eight Spider Lances to the 100,000-year level, my Scorpion Soul Bone will probably still be stuck at the 10,000-year level!

It's true what they say: comparisons are odious!

"It's you again, Tang San!"

Just then, a figure suddenly landed in front of everyone, gritting his teeth and staring intently at Tang San, who was standing on the human-faced demon spider.

It was a young girl wearing snake-scale armor, her beautiful eyes fixed on Tang San as if she harbored deep hatred.

"An external soul bone? Little kid, you've got some good luck!"

An old woman landed after the girl, her eyes also fixed on Tang San, or more precisely, on the Eight Spider Lances on Tang San's body. Her voice even carried a hint of gritted teeth, clearly indicating that she was up to no good.

"Be careful, he's at least a Soul Saint!"

Dai Mubai, who had the highest soul power level, felt the old woman's soul pressure and inwardly groaned.

"No, that was a Contra Master."

Ning Rongrong, with the strongest perception, secretly reminded everyone through a mental link, causing everyone's hearts to sink.

Although they consider themselves geniuses, they believe that they can easily defeat a Soul Saint in team battles, and even against a Soul Douluo, as long as it is not a top-tier martial soul, they can still put up a fight.

However, both Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun have exhausted their soul power due to their previous all-out attack against the Human-Faced Demon Spider. Ma Hongjun, in particular, has almost exhausted his soul power and is unlikely to be able to fight.

In this state, there is absolutely no chance of winning against a Soul Master.

"elder brother!"

Realizing that the two were targeting Tang San, Xiao Wu flashed to Tang San's side and joined him in confronting the old woman.

"The external soul bone of the Human-Faced Demon Spider! Young man, you didn't settle the score last time."

Chao Tianxiang glared at Tang San with a sinister look, even revealing a hint of murderous intent.

Sensing the killing intent, Tang San and his companions felt a chill run down their spines, knowing that things would likely not end well, and they all prepared for battle.

Dai Mubai and the others were even more annoyed. It was obvious that this was another trouble caused by Tang San. Couldn't that guy just shut up for once?

"A peerless dragon and snake, its fragrance reaching the heavens."

Tian Hao, who was hiding behind, laughed. Fate really knows how to play tricks, actually bringing this grandfather and grandson face off against Tang Shenwang again.

At the same time, a question arose in his mind: what was Tang San's mentality when he accepted Meng Yiran's first kiss in the original course of his life, considering that Tang San was supposed to save Xiao Wu at that time?

This plot doesn't quite fit with the pure and innocent character of Tang Shenwang.

In addition, there's the future Fire Dance. With Tang Shenwang's reaction speed, he should have been able to avoid it, but she just didn't.

These two plot points are fine on their own, but when combined with the phrase "pure and innocent," they feel quite awkward.

Leaving aside someone's tedious inner thoughts, another figure leaped over – a tall, elderly man holding a four-meter-long dragon-headed cane.

"Peerless Dragon and Serpent!"

Seeing the dragon-headed cane in the old man's hand and then the snake-headed cane in the old woman's hand, Ning Rongrong gasped softly, recognizing their identities.

"The little girl does have some knowledge."

Upon hearing the exclamation, Chao Tianxiang glanced at Ning Rongrong in surprise, then stared wide-eyed as if she had discovered something.

"Soul King?"

Looking closely with uncertainty, Chaotianxiang was filled with doubt and suspicion.

"It is indeed the Soul King."

Meng Shu, the Dragon Lord beside her, also turned his gaze to Ning Rongrong, confirming her soul power level, and his expression became much more solemn.

A Soul King wouldn't have shocked him so much; what truly shocked him was the girl's age.

He looked no older than his granddaughter, but he had already reached the Soul King level. No matter how he achieved it, it was still an amazing achievement.

This not only proves the other party's qualifications, but also the powerful forces behind them.

Ordinary families can't raise such a genius.