As they walked along the road, Tang Hao suddenly asked, "Do you know the function of the Killing God Domain?"
Tang San's eyes flashed with a sharp glint as he replied in a deep voice, "It's momentum."
"That's right, it's momentum. The momentum and pressure created by killing intent can prevent your opponent from exerting their full strength.
"You now possess the most basic level of the Killing God Domain. In the future, when you use it in battle, you can weaken your opponent while simultaneously strengthening yourself. Moreover, this domain will continue to grow as your martial spirit improves.
"In other words, with this domain, your future prospects are limitless."
Hearing this, Tang San's spirits immediately lifted, and a newfound confidence bloomed within him.
The person walking beside him was the elder he respected and admired the most, so he would never doubt his judgment.
After a brief hesitation, Tang San took the initiative to ask, "Dad, when can we start preparing to take formal revenge against the Spirit Hall? And my mother, she..."
Through the years of tempering, he had already grown into an eighteen-year-old young man.
The transformation in his strength, the growth in his demeanor, and the potential impact of his Clear Sky Hammer martial spirit combined with the Killing God Domain had changed him considerably.
Compared to the past, the improvement in Tang San's spirit power was only secondary; the key was that he had finally regained the feeling of being the top of his generation and his confidence.
"And Xiao Wu, at the very least, I need to retrieve the spirit bone that belongs to her..."
He silently added in his heart.
On the other side, when Tang Hao heard Tang San mention Ah Yin, he paused, a flash of darkness flickering in his eyes as the scene from their parting years ago resurfaced in his mind.
But he quickly composed himself and said indifferently, "It's not the right time yet; you haven't met my requirements."
Tang San was stunned by this response. "What do I need to do to meet the requirements?"
After achieving a hundred victories in the Slaughter Arena and successfully passing the Hell Road trial, Tang San believed he was already strong enough.
Perhaps there was still some gap between him and the titled Douluo who stood at the pinnacle of the continent's power, but at least compared to geniuses of his generation like Su Cheng or Qian Renxue, he didn't feel much inferior.
If he added his trump cards and prepared all the hidden weapons from the Tang Sect, who could say who would win or lose?
To this day, Tang San still vividly remembered the humiliation he suffered two years ago.
The lost Mysterious Heaven Skill and the dignity of a Tang Sect disciple—this time, he would reclaim them all.
"Your aura is still too restless; you need to refine yourself further. Only when the time is right can I decide on the next step for the future."
"Refine myself?" Tang San was puzzled. "Are we about to start a new phase of training?"
As he said this, a hint of joy arose in his heart.
"Not with me. I'm going to take you to meet someone." Tang Hao shook his head.
After a moment of silent thought, he decided to reveal part of his plan to Tang San. "After I settle you down, I need to make another trip to the Blue Silver Grass Forest. If your Blue Silver Grass martial spirit can awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor, it will greatly benefit your future.
"I can tell you that the Blue Silver Emperor martial spirit also has its unique innate domain.
"Moreover, the innate domain of a martial spirit is not subject to the restriction that twin martial spirits cannot be used simultaneously."
At this point, his voice paused. He couldn't help but recall the battle in Spirit City years ago, when Su Cheng used two martial spirits simultaneously and even formed a unique martial spirit fusion skill.
That guy was a freak.
Does his son really have a chance to surpass him...
Tang San, however, wasn't thinking about that day. At the time, his mind had been completely occupied by Xiao Wu, and he had lost his usual observational skills and judgment.
He merely responded with a puzzled look, "Do you mean that if a person with twin martial spirits has two innate domains, they can use them simultaneously? How do you know this?"
Tang Hao stopped walking and turned to look at him. "Because a similar situation has occurred in another person. She also has the Killing God Domain."
Tang San's eyes flickered violently.
There were only two other people besides himself who possessed twin martial spirits.
But it was obvious that Tang Hao couldn't be referring to Su Cheng.
Su Cheng was around the same age as him, and aside from their clash in the Slaughter Capital two years ago, they hadn't encountered each other since.
It was clear that Su Cheng hadn't participated in the training in the Slaughter Arena.
So the identity of the person Tang Hao mentioned was obvious—
"Pope Bibi Dong?!"
In that instant, Tang San believed he had figured out many things.
No wonder the Spirit Hall allowed the Slaughter Capital to exist without destroying it, no wonder so many Spirit Hall members like Xie Yue and Hu Liena could enter it for training...
That bloodthirsty, evil place was indeed meant to be destroyed!
Tang Hao nodded, confirming his guess, "But from now on, there will be three people with this domain."
Tang San, however, didn't feel particularly pleased this time.
From his father's words, it was clear that Bibi Dong had two innate domains, while he only had one.
Besides...
"But Dad, didn't the Blue Silver King say that my martial spirit couldn't awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor?"
"It's just a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast; its words may not be reliable. Besides, even if it can't happen, I want to understand the reason behind it."
What Tang Hao didn't say was that he also wanted to ask the Blue Silver King more about Ah Yin.
Whether Tang San's inability to awaken was related to Ah Yin's current condition, and whether the Blue Silver King knew anything about Ah Yin's resurrection.
Even if it turned out to be fruitless, he would at least inform the Blue Silver King that their Blue Silver Grass clan's king had been captured by the Spirit Hall, and perhaps they could join forces to rescue her.
This was something he had wanted to do for a long time, but he had been unable to act because Tang San was tied up with training. If his son, whom he saw as his hope, couldn't truly grow, the cards in his hand wouldn't stand a chance against the deeply entrenched Spirit Hall.
Now, he could finally start preparing.
However, what neither father nor son knew as they continued their journey was that Tang San's wanted poster had already been plastered across the Heaven Dou Empire and the various cities in the northern continent, truly making his name known to the world.
Ten days later, in Heaven Dou City.
Tang Hao was leading Tang San into the city.
Though the father and son dressed in a low-key, modest manner, they still attracted some attention.
Tang Hao still looked like the same downtrodden figure, but the real issue was with Tang San.
Even though his face was covered with a mask, hiding the intense bloodthirst that couldn't be concealed between his brows, the invisible cold killing intent emanating from his body still sent chills down people's spines.
At that moment, the conversations among the surrounding passersby unknowingly reached the ears of the two men.
"… An eighteen-year-old Spirit King, that's a rare genius spirit master, but who would have thought he would turn out to be such a person."
"The Spirit Hall has never taken such drastic action before, has it? Issuing a nationwide manhunt for just one person?"
"Is it aimed at the Clear Sky Clan?"
"It shouldn't be. The Spirit Hall isn't that petty. The warrant doesn't target any specific clan. But this matter doesn't really concern us."
"How does it not concern us? Just look at Tang San! He's a beast among beasts! If we're not careful, you could be the next one to suffer."
"Actually, it's not surprising. Like father, like son. His father, Tang Hao, was a madman who not only killed the previous Pope but also caused his own clan to seal themselves away for decades."
"Come to think of it, even though the Spirit Hall has been hunting Tang Hao all these years, they never put this much effort into it, did they?"
"That's because the two of them are on different levels of danger. No matter how mad Tang Hao was, he only targeted spirit masters. He never harmed ordinary people like Tang San does. It's no wonder; they say he's a hybrid between a human and a beast…"
"?!"
Upon hearing this discussion, Tang Hao and Tang San exchanged a frown, immediately realizing that some unexpected events must have happened recently.
But after all, this was the empire's capital, filled with powerful figures, and the Spirit Hall was nearby. Although their hearts were boiling with anger and even murderous intent, they didn't dare to act rashly.
Killing people in a fit of anger was easy, but escaping safely afterward without leaving any trace or attracting further pursuit would be much harder.
"A warrant…"
"We'll know once we take a look."
Tang Hao cut off Tang San's murmur, leading him directly toward the city square where a large crowd of citizens had gathered.
In all the major cities where the Spirit Hall had branches, Tang San's portrait was already plastered everywhere, let alone in the core square of Heaven Dou City.
Naturally, the Heaven Dou authorities were displeased with this, but this was a warrant issued personally by the Pope, and the Spirit Hall wasn't going to back down.
Faced with this situation, Emperor Xue Ye could only let it be. After all, Tang San and the others had little to do with the empire's factions and had never truly joined their ranks.
While this did harm the empire's dignity, it wasn't worth directly clashing with the Spirit Hall over something like this.
Moreover, the more intense the conflict between Tang San and the Spirit Hall became, the more it pleased them.
In front of the giant bulletin board in the square, a large crowd of people had gathered, making it impossible for those in the back to see the contents of the wanted notice.
Noticing this, a member of the Spirit Hall in the front began reading the notice aloud, sparking a buzz of discussion among the crowd.
"This Tang San is truly inhuman, not even sparing spirit beasts!"
"Sigh, I saw his portrait elsewhere before. He looked decent, but who would have thought he'd secretly engage in such bestial acts, and with an old mother rabbit no less…"
"Better keep an eye on your own backyard. See what's written here? That guy is a master of poison."
"So what if he uses poison?"
"Isn't your family in the pig-farming business? Why ask such a silly question?"
"What! Doesn't he only target spirit beasts?"
"Of course not! He was born in Holy Spirit Village, where there was once a horrific poisoning case. A dozen old sows screamed all night, terrifying the villagers, who thought a pack of wolf thieves had come."
"Even wolf thieves wouldn't be this extreme, right?"
"Who says they would? Even wolf thieves wouldn't go after so many old sows…"
"…"
Listening to the long list of crimes the Spirit Hall had pinned on him, the young man standing at the back of the crowd, wearing a mask, was so enraged that he was trembling uncontrollably.
His eyes were bloodshot, and the surging killing intent within him was almost bursting out of his body.
If someone were to remove his mask, they would recognize him as Tang San, currently labeled the most depraved person in the northern half of the Douluo Continent.
At this moment, if Tang Hao hadn't been by his side suppressing him, he might have already lost control and gone berserk.
"… Spirit! Hall! You've gone too far!!"
Even after being dragged away by Tang Hao, the anger and killing intent in Tang San's heart refused to subside.
The way the bystanders callously discussed Xiao Wu, with one referring to her as a "mother rabbit" and another as a "beast," drove him to the brink of madness. He wanted nothing more than to tear these people to pieces.
As for the "wolf thieves" they mentioned, they were actually a special kind of non-human, non-spirit beast creatures.
They were hybrids of Gale Demon Wolves and human bloodlines, possessing a similar physique and intelligence to humans, along with some of the vile characteristics of Gale Demon Wolves.
These creatures weren't individually powerful, but they were pack animals and had a vile nature, often abducting human women to use as breeding tools. It's safe to say that all humans despised them.
Furthermore, when these wolf thieves raided a human village, they left only the women alive, slaughtering everyone else, regardless of age, showing extreme cruelty and malice.
Now, Tang San had been degraded to a level even lower than these wolf thieves, so it was no wonder he was losing his mind.
After his ordeal in the Hell Road, Tang San's mind had already been severely worn down, and now this new provocation even caused his blood to start boiling.
Not even the intense killing intent Tang Hao directed at him could fully calm him down.
The exaggerated content of the wanted notice would leave even Su Cheng himself speechless.
In fact, a good portion of the unsolved cases and crimes committed by evil spirit masters across the continent over the years had now been pinned on Tang San.
If it weren't for the fact that he had never appeared in the Star Luo Empire, he would likely not only be the number one pervert in the North but also the most notorious villain in the history of the Douluo Continent.
In reality, most of the content in the wanted notice wasn't even written by Su Cheng himself.
He had only provided a rough template, leaving it to his subordinates to embellish it. Little did he expect them to come up with something so outrageous.
Whether Bibi Dong had any say in this, or if there was some other ulterior motive, was unclear.
However, the Spirit Hall had always enjoyed a stellar reputation among the populace, serving as a symbol of authority. So, even though the content of the wanted notice was exaggerated and the portrayal of Tang San's perverted actions was extreme, few people actually doubted it.
With everyone repeating the same lies, it would be nearly impossible for Tang San to clear his name anytime soon.