Tang San, hurrying towards the Star Dou Great Forest, followed the instructions given by Tang Sui before her departure, heading towards its very center. On a lake, he finally reunited with Xiao Wu after five years.
The Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape were also at the lake.
After a brief reunion, Tang San informed them about the Spirit Hall's plans to attack the Upper Three Sects and Xiao Wu, attempting to persuade the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape to evacuate with them.
The Azure Ox Python pondered for a moment and agreed to retreat, planning to head to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Tang San had mentioned.
However, accidents are often sudden. As they had just left the central area of the Star Dou Great Forest, they collided head-on with a powerful soul master searching for them from the Spirit Hall.
Even though the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape fought together and dealt with the Soul Douluo-level expert, the opponent, being a Soul Douluo, managed to send out a flare signal before being smashed to death by the Titan Giant Ape's Mighty Fist, alerting others in the Spirit Hall.
A desperate escape began. The first to arrive were, as expected, the Titled Douluo, Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
Upon realizing that their main target was Xiao Wu, the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape immediately stopped their flight and engaged Gui Mei and Yue Guan in a fierce battle, allowing Tang San to escape with Xiao Wu.
Gradually, they had exited the territories of the two great soul beast kings, and the presence of soul beasts began to appear around them.
This was definitely not good news for Tang San and Xiao Wu.
At their current speed, if they were delayed by even a moment by soul beasts, their pursuers would quickly catch up.
"Xiao San," Xiao Wu called out softly, knowing this.
Tang San held her close, his gaze resolute, "As long as I am alive, I will never let them harm you."
After saying this, Tang San's speed suddenly decreased. He surged forward and abruptly stood upright, raising four of his eight spider legs to embed them into the trunks of two towering ancient trees in front of him. He moved like a giant spider across the tree trunks, traversing several trees in just a single breath.
He was heading in a specific direction, circling around.
The soul masters pursuing them from behind were closing in, forming a fan-shaped semi-encirclement.
By maneuvering and evading, they would avoid facing everyone's assault immediately.
"Buzz—"
A blue halo suddenly radiated from Tang San, and the Blazing Blue Silver Grass on the ground began to grow wildly.
In the Star Dou Great Forest, which was filled with Blazing Blue Silver Grass, Tang San's strength could undoubtedly be maximized.
As Tang San had anticipated, they ran into the first few agile soul masters who were pursuing them.
Despite not seeing each other for five years and a long period without cooperation, their tacit understanding remained undiminished. Even injured, they managed to eliminate those five agile soul masters who were not to be underestimated.
Everything seemed to be developing in a positive direction, if... if it weren't for a Man-Faced Demon Spider, over fifty thousand years old, blocking their path, consuming their precious time until it was almost gone. Everything seemed to be manageable.
But in the end, man proposes, and heaven disposes.
Yan, engulfed in flames, along with eight non-agile Soul Saints, had them tightly surrounded in an open clearing. All the powerhouses present focused their auras on Xiao Wu.
"At the end of your rope, why struggle pointlessly?"
More than ten Soul Saints formed a circle around Tang San and Xiao Wu. Yan stepped on a blooming nameless flower, and a vibrant plant beneath his foot turned into mud.
He glared intently at Tang San, whose appearance and demeanor had changed drastically. From Tang San's use of the Blazing Blue Silver Emperor and hidden weapons, he naturally recognized his identity.
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The opponent's exceptional talent filled him with both envy and hatred.
The traces of battles he had seen along the way were shocking.
Four of their Spirit Hall's agile Soul Saints had perished at the hands of Tang San and Xiao Wu.
And these were four Soul Saints!
Moreover, to catch up with Tang San and the others, they had all used their Martial Soul True Bodies to pursue and attack, yet they all died in the hands of these two.
Among them, two had even dissolved into pus, their bodies utterly destroyed!
The air was so dense it felt like it could drip with water.
At Yan's roar, Tang San, supported by Xiao Wu, and the dozen or so Soul Saints led by Yan moved simultaneously.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Body!"
A formidable aura erupted instantly. Tang San, outwardly calm but inwardly circulating his Profound Heaven Skill frantically, opened his left hand, and the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his palm out of thin air.
"Screech!"
The lower four of the eight spider legs on his back dug deeply into the ground. Under the effect of the Blazing Blue Silver Domain, the Blazing Blue Silver Grass around Tang San grew wildly.
Before Xiao Wu could even react, Tang San pulled her into his embrace with a forceful move, shielding her tightly.
The Killing God Domain and the Blazing Blue Silver Domain were unleashed to their maximum extent. The combined power of more than ten Soul Saints exerted immense pressure, forming a cage of condensed soul power that descended slowly from above.
Tang San tightly protected Xiao Wu, utilizing the domain's effect to weaken the pressure from these Soul Saints as much as possible.
Concurrently, he retracted the Clear Sky Hammer, and the Blazing Blue Silver Emperor surged forth. His eight spider legs overlapped on his back, acting as a shield.
The frantically surging Blazing Blue Silver Emperor quickly entangled him and Xiao Wu into a large cocoon, its entire body shimmering with a blue-gold luster.
Facing this fatal threat, Tang San's bottleneck, between level 59 and 60, was finally broken. His soul power surged within him, and the burst of energy that erupted actually caused—
Tang San's reaction was incredibly swift. Faced with a fatal threat, he finally broke through. His soul power surged instantly, shattering the bottleneck between level fifty-nine and sixty.
The others watched in astonishment as the soul power cage they had formed was dispersed and nullified by the blue light that erupted from Tang San's promotion. Yan's face turned as black as iron, incredulous that at this critical juncture, the opponent could still break through in soul power!
For Tang San, this sudden increase in soul power undoubtedly became a bargaining chip for survival. However, he understood even more clearly that with his current soul power, the two of them had no hope of escaping.
"Attack together!"
Seeing the Spirit Hall members launching a group assault, Xiao Wu watched the soul power rushing towards them, stepped forward two paces to shield Tang San, and raised her hand to use her fourth soul skill.
However, the moment Xiao Wu stepped forward, Tang San also moved. Instead of attacking the Spirit Hall members, he swiftly pressed her acupoints.
Xiao Wu, who had not yet used her soul skill, was silenced, her eyes widening in fear.
She couldn't move!
"Xiao Wu, you go first!" Tang San unleashed his accumulated power. With a twist and turn, most of his newly recovered soul power was directed at Xiao Wu, throwing her forcefully into the sky.
"No—!"
Realizing what Tang San was about to do, Xiao Wu's eyes widened in horror, and tears streamed from her eyes, scattering in mid-air.
—Author's Note—
I just got home. Mo Li will sleep early tonight and will try to update more tomorrow and the day after.
Good night, my dears!