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Seeing Tang San return to the Holy Soul Village, Old Jack couldn't contain his joy, especially when he saw Tang San bringing back another beautiful girl. He was even more ecstatic.
Lan Yinzi smiled knowingly, looking at Tang San with a playful expression.
Mother?
Sister?
The relationship had become completely chaotic!
Xiao Wu, who had noticed some clues, pulled Tang San towards the blacksmith shop and asked, "What's the deal with Lan Yinzi? Is she really a Spirit Beast transformed after hundred thousand years?"
"Well, not entirely." Tang San nodded first, then shook his head. "She's a Spirit Beast who took over someone else's body... Originally, she was the hundred thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor, sacrificed herself for rebirth, but during her growth process, she was plucked by someone, eaten, and then her soul slowly influenced the person who ate her, eventually taking over their body and completing a new life."
"There's such a thing?" Xiao Wu widened her eyes.
"Her situation is rather unique and not common," Tang San sighed. "And, she actually has some connection to me. Her previous self was my biological mother."
Lan Yinzi...
Mother...
Blue Silver Emperor...
Xiao Wu's mind stalled for a moment, but she quickly thought of something and guessed roughly, "So, your mother sacrificed herself to your father, then was reborn, eaten by someone, and then, took over the other person's body for rebirth?"
"That's about it." Tang San nodded. "She confessed this to me before. But calling a girl who's around my age, or even younger, my mother, feels a bit strange..."
"Indeed, if I had to call her mother-in-law, I'd also find it a bit strange," Xiao Wu muttered.
"Huh?"
"I mean, does she have the ability to condense soul rings herself?" Xiao Wu quickly changed the subject, asking about Lan Yinzi's soul rings.
"I'm afraid not. After all, she's just a soul taking over someone else's body. She doesn't have the cultivation base of a hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast herself. Wasn't her fourth soul ring obtained by hunting soul beasts?" Tang San shook his head. "Even if she could, the energy to condense soul rings cannot be generated out of thin air."
After their private conversation, when they returned to Old Jack's house—
Sure enough, Old Jack took Lan Yin Zi as his granddaughter and admonished Tang San to treat all his sisters equally.
Tang San and Xiao Wu looked at each other in speechless agreement.
Lan Yinzi giggled: ╮(╯▽╰)╭
Guang Ling: ???
After staying in the Holy Soul Village for half a month, Tang San decided to set off for the Spirit Hall City.
There were still many books waiting for him to read there.
"San Ge, are we not taking the usual route to Spirit Hall City?" Xiao Wu asked in confusion as they walked a different path.
"Reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles," Tang San had his reasons. "The Spirit Hall City is built on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Let's take a detour from the peripheral cities around the Star Dou Great Forest and experience different scenery. How about that?"
"Sounds good." Xiao Wu readily agreed. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest was her home, with everything she was familiar with. Even though the core area had been occupied by several annoying ghosts, it didn't affect her nostalgia.
Of course, if she had to choose between human society and the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest now, she would definitely choose human society.
For Xiao Wu, besides having a bit more natural energy, there were hardly any advantages to the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest. It was far less lively than human society.
She was already a human.
Guang Ling, on the other hand, looked like a follower, saying, "Wherever San Ge goes, I'll go."
Lan Yinzi seemed to be pondering, "The Star Dou Great Forest? Honestly, I've never been there. This time, it's a good opportunity to take a look."
"We're just traveling around the peripheral cities, not going into the Star Dou Great Forest," Tang San corrected. "After all, none of us need to hunt for soul rings."
"I know, no need to remind me. I'm just saying," Lan Yinzi felt a bit aggrieved. This child didn't seem to know how to consider his mother's feelings. Why was he being so serious? It was completely different from how he used to coax Tang Hao... Ah, it must be because he inherited my mother's wisdom... I kind of miss the big and brainless Tang Hao. At least he was cute...
Meanwhile...
Tang Hao, who had been nagged by Lan Yinzi twice, was currently crazily leveling up in the City of Slaughter.
Because of the domain of the God of Slaughter, he could use soul skills within this city created by the gods, making him invincible. Even the King of Slaughter would find it difficult to resist.
The King of Slaughter was Tang Chen, but during the assessment by the Asura God, under the influence of the Rakshasa God's divine sense, he lost control when facing the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
And the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King was not the original owner of this body, so it couldn't fully utilize Tang Chen's unmatched power. It couldn't even use the Hao Tian Hammer Martial Soul.
After parasitizing, the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King instinctively eroded Tang Chen's physical body, causing it to continuously decay—the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King couldn't even stop this.
As Tang Hao continued his slaughter, he found that the domain of the God of Slaughter was evolving rapidly, and his own soul power was also increasing.
When his soul power reached the peak of ninety-sixth level, the domain of the God of Slaughter, after absorbing thousands of killings and bloodthirstiness, evolved into the Domain of Slaughter, and the patterns engraved on the Hao Tian Hammer became even more complex.
Even the entire Hao Tian Hammer turned blood red, emitting a strong killing intent, like a true God of Slaughter in the world.
Therefore, in the situation where his own strength was weakened and the enemy was strengthened, the King of Slaughter in Tang Hao's hands could only resist, and even made the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King have the idea of leaving the City of Slaughter.
After all, the guy in front of him was just a madman!
"Slaughter God! Why do you want to destroy the City of Slaughter? We have no grievances against each other!"
The King of Slaughter clawed open the Hao Tian Hammer with a single blow, causing Tang Hao's entire body to shake. The crimson wings on his back suddenly flapped, avoiding the attack that Tang Hao had launched with the force from his claw.
The King of Slaughter was also familiar with using borrowed strength, after all, this body belonged to Tang Chen, and he had experienced the ultimate technique of the Haotian Sect.
But unable to use the Haotian Hammer, he didn't know how to use those techniques with the body of a bat.
"Die!"
Tang Hao didn't even bother to reply, he vigorously swung the giant hammer, smashing towards the King of Slaughter.
After the domain of the God of Slaughter on the Hao Tian Hammer evolved into the Domain of Slaughter, Tang Hao had a feeling deep within: as long as he killed the King of Slaughter in front of him, he would gain tremendous benefits, perhaps even allowing the Hao Tian Hammer to evolve further!
He chose to believe in this feeling!
"You're truly insane!" The King of Slaughter dared not resist head-on and could only continuously evade. With wings, he was faster than Tang Hao.
But regarding Tang Hao's actions, the King of Slaughter also had some guesses after seeing the domain of the God of Slaughter on the Hao Tian Hammer.
After all, as the ruler of the City of Slaughter, he knew exactly what kind of existence had built this place.
The Asura God!
Compared to the inheritance of other deities, the selection process by the Asura God for its inheritors was extremely strict—
Due to its dominion over slaughter, even without the interference of the Rakshasa God's divine sense, this place would not become a gathering place of faith like the domains of the Sea God or the Angel God.
Therefore, the only criterion for selecting inheritors by the Asura God was to obtain the domain of the God of Slaughter and evolve it to the level where it could open the trials of the Asura God...
Removing Soul Bones—
Cutting off limbs along with them would result in demotion (referring to the original Tang Hao). However, direct removal wouldn't (referring to Tang San removing his soul bone during the Sea God's ninth trial, where his soul power didn't decrease). This is also one reason why soul bones inherently contain energy that can increase soul power levels.
The first drop (from a soul beast) absorbs and enhances soul power.
The second drop (from a human) absorbs and only enhances physical strength.
(End of this chapter)