Chapter 191: Arrival at Martial Spirit City

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In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed in haste.

Spirit City was now within sight.

It was rumored to be the oldest city on the continent, established by divine beings.

"Captain, do you think this legend is true or false?" Yu tianheng, hailing from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, naturally had some knowledge of the legend of the Angel God. However, no one in the clan believed it; they all thought it was just the Wuhun Hall glorifying itself.

Moreover, some elders in the clan claimed that the Wuhun Hall had declined.

After all, in the past, every Pope of the Martial Spirit Hall had been from the Angel lineage, but now, it was Bibi Dong, who was not of Angel descent, who had taken over. Wasn't this a sign of decline?

Despite the expansion under Bibi Dong's leadership in recent years, with the scale and influence of the Spirit Hall growing, some elders in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan still believed that since the position of Pope was now held by other Martial Spirit possessors, it was definitely in decline, and they began to look down on the Angel lineage from the bottom of their hearts.

"Whether it's true or not isn't that important," Tang San's words were ambiguous, not giving a clear answer.

Was Martial Spirit City established by the original Angel God?

Unclear.

There were no clear records in the public documents released by the Spirit Hall, only a vague legend describing the glory of the Angel God.

But the Angel God did indeed exist, and would reappear in the not-too-distant future—barring any accidents.

As they spoke, the team led by Tiandou had already arrived at the gates of Martial Spirit City.

Compared to Tiandou City, the gates and walls here were even taller, reaching nearly two hundred meters in height, and the thickness of the walls exceeded one hundred and fifty meters. It was said that there was a spacious interior space, which could accommodate the guards and soul masters of Spirit City for resting, living, and dining.

Passing through the spacious passage, everyone truly entered Spirit City.

The architecture here combined the common advantages of the Star Luo and Tiandou Empires, towering and orderly; the ground was paved with a kind of bluish-gray stone, extremely hard. It was rumored that each piece was three meters thick and tightly compacted together, making it difficult for even a Soul Saint to cause significant damage.

However, what truly caught Tang San and Guangling's attention were the various living soul tools.

Compared to the living soul tools of Tiandou City and Star Luo City, the styles of the living soul tools here were more diverse, indicating that there were indeed people researching them. However, from Tang San and Guangling's observations, the internal soul guide structures were not much different from those of the two great empires; it was just that the outer appearance was more luxurious.

The so-called research mainly focused on exterior design.

Apart from soul tools, what also drew the attention of soul masters present were the residents living within this Soul Guide City.

Except for children whose martial souls had not yet awakened, everyone else possessed soul power. Among adults, out of every ten, five were soul masters, and the remaining five also had soul power at level five or above.

It was said that the population of soul masters in Spirit City exceeded fifty thousand.

It could be said that this was a city gathering the most soul masters on the continent.

"No wonder Spirit City is the holy land that most soul masters on the continent yearn for, because it has the largest number of soul masters in the world," Xiao wu remarked, sensing the faint soul power fluctuations emanating from the people nearby.

"Indeed, in this regard, no force can compare," Huo Wu sighed. "In terms of the number of soul masters, the Martial Spirit Hall is the greatest. Moreover, in terms of the number of powerful soul masters, the Martial Spirit Hall also leads, after all, the Wuhun Hall is the force with the most known titled Douluos on the surface, and it also has a very mysterious Elder's Hall, which consists solely of titled Douluos above level ninety-five."

"Titled Douluos above level ninety-five." In the past, Xiao wu felt that she wouldn't dare to come to such a place no matter what, but now, with her ability to disguise her soul beast aura and conceal her hundred thousand-year cultivation base, once transformed, her body had already completely become human, and titled Douluos above level ninety-five wouldn't be able to discern her identity.

After entering the city, the Martial Spirit Hall, to show sincerity, personally dispatched a titled Douluo to receive them.

"Hmph! Old Chrysanthemum, didn't expect it to be you."

Seeing this old opponent guarding beside the Emperor Xue Ye, Dugu Bo snorted coldly, not particularly fond of Chrysanthemum Douluo, but at this time, it wasn't appropriate to start a conflict— the Elite Continental Tournament was about to begin, with the Emperor Xue Ye personally going to Martial Spirit City, and Dugu Bo was also considered to be standing on the side of Tian dou, so he had to come and maintain appearances.

"Old Snake, why did your hair turn white? Getting old?" Chrysanthemum Douluo, upon seeing his old adversary, also sneered.

However, both knew that now was not the time for conflict; otherwise, both the Tiandou Empire and the Martial Spirit Hall would lose face.

Therefore, after a few sarcastic remarks, they fell silent.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo arranged for the Emperor Xue Ye and the various academies from the Tiandou faction to settle into their respective lodgings, he left, obviously not wanting much interaction with Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo then found Tang San to discuss matters regarding the Martial Spirit Hall's team.

"I've obtained some information. The Spirit Hall's team now has two Spirit Kings and one Spirit Emperor," Dugu Bo's expression was grave. "The Spirit Emperor has recently broken through, reaching level sixty-one, while I have definite information that the two soul Kings have already reached level fifty-nine in strength, just a step away from breaking through to Spirit Emperor. It's possible that they'll reach level sixty during the competition, which is the worst-case scenario."

"Being just a Soul Emperor isn't enough to be my opponent," Tang San spoke calmly.

"Indeed, a Soul Emperor can't compare to you, who possesses hundred-thousand-year soul rings," Dugu Bo chuckled. "By the way, what level is your soul power now? Soul Masters tend to slow down their cultivation speed once they reach the Spirit King stage."

"Fifty-five," Tang San stated a number.

"Fifty-five, quite fast... Wait, what? Fifty-five?" Dugu Bo realized, his face filled with astonishment. "You've increased by five levels in a year. How did you cultivate?"

"My third soul skill, called Photosynthesis, allows me to gather energy from the sun and moon, condensing the energy of heaven and earth to accelerate cultivation."

This was just one of the keys to Tang San's rapid cultivation. The remaining factor was the Golden Tree of Life located deep in the heart of the Infinite Abyss, which provided Tang San with a continuous stream of pure energy.

Most of Tang San's time was spent discussing with Electrolux how to build more efficient energy circulation paths between the three major energy centers and refining his Jade Bone Golden Body Divine Skill to strengthen his qi and blood. Otherwise, he could easily break through to Soul King, Spirit Emperor, or even Soul Saint.

"You're truly a monster," Dugu Bo sighed with emotion. "After mastering the Soul Core Condensation Technique and resolving toxins, accumulating steadily, the bottleneck disappeared. Later, I befriended many celestial herbs and obtained quite a few leaves and petals that could improve my physique from them. After taking them, my energy was replenished, and my soul power has only increased by three levels, reaching level ninety-five. But you, without consuming any celestial herbs, can increase your soul power by five levels. You really don't seem human."

Tang San chuckled, saying nothing.

Being able to obtain leaves and petals from those already intelligent celestial herbs was also Dugu Bo's skill.

"Let's not talk about this. Anyway, with your talent, becoming a Titled Douluo is just a matter of time. This Elite Continental Tournament is simply a stage for you to showcase your strength to the world," Dugu Bo could already imagine Tang San's future achievements and then asked a question, "There's one more thing. In this Elite Continental Tournament, the three main teams from Tiandou, Star Luo, and the Martial Spirit Hall will also participate in the qualifying rounds and advance rounds, but it won't count for points; they'll be directly promoted to the finals. When do you plan to debut and reveal your martial soul and soul rings?"

"Of course, it will be in the first match," Tang San replied without hesitation.

He wanted to announce to the whole continent: he had arrived in this world!

As for the other transmigrators...

It wasn't arrogance on Tang San's part but the fact that he now had the strength to rival Titled Douluos.

This was also a warning and a declaration of war to those transmigrators: he, Tang San, was here!

If capable, they could come challenge him!

He, Tang San, would take them on!

"You're indeed... confident."

He originally wanted to say "arrogant," but considering Tang San's strength, Dugu Bo felt, wasn't that the truth?

"The most important thing for a person is confidence," Tang San smiled. "Being timid will get you nowhere. Of course, you also have to consider your own abilities and the social environment."

"I don't understand these tricks, but after the Elite Continental Tournament, the Spirit Hall will definitely extend an invitation to you. Will you join?" Dugu Bo asked curiously.

"Old Poison, do you have any objections to the Martial Spirit Hall?" Tang San suddenly asked.

"No, it's just that Chrysanthemum Douluo and I have some grudges," Dugu Bo understood Tang San's thoughts when he asked so. "Also, Xue xing saved my life, and this kindness must be repaid."

"No need to be so pessimistic," Tang San detected a hint of despondency in Dugu Bo's tone and smiled. "Who can say what the future holds?"

"Yeah, who can predict the future?" Dugu Bo laughed heartily. "Anyway, I'm just a guest of Xue xing. Even if a major war breaks out in the future, I don't necessarily have to stand on the Tiandou side; saving his life would be enough."

Status and power.

Dugu Bo looked down upon them.

True friendship was the most valuable.

At least, Tang San was currently one and a half friends to him. The other half was Chrysanthemum Douluo. Despite their grievances, they could barely be considered half friends.

Tang San gave Dugu Bo a deep look and said, "It seems you know a lot."

"Haha, what kind of person do you think I am?" Dugu Bo laughed heartily. "After living so many years, haven't I seen everything? The Martial Spirit Hall has branches in cities across the continent; isn't it the best intelligence gathering station? If I were in the Pope's position, I'd also want to make a move against the other two empires."

"Now, the war hasn't broken out yet because the two major empires still have some reserves, and the Martial Spirit Hall can't find a suitable legitimate reason."

"Just these two points."

Tang San believed that people of insight within the two major empires could see through this, and they were more vigilant against the Spirit Hall than ever.

However, the Spirit Hall ultimately hadn't truly revealed its ambitions, and the sacred and majestic angelic faith didn't allow the Spirit Hall to start an unjust war, which contradicted its governing principles.

Unless someone wanted to destroy the Spirit Hall, destroy the glory of the angels...

Therefore, the mutual vigilance between the two major empires was stronger than vigilance against the Spirit Hall.

As for the original work...

It could only be said that Bibi Dong had completely gone mad in the later stages, disregarding the righteousness and justice that the Spirit Hall had built up over the years. She had shifted her thoughts of revenge against the Angel Clan to a desire for revenge against the entire world, the entire society.

After parting ways with Dugu Bo, Tang San returned to the team and informed his teammates about the strength of the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall: two Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor, at levels fifty-nine and sixty-one respectively.

"Soul Kings and a Soul Emperor!" Yu Tianheng exclaimed, "They must be the three people we encountered when hunting down fallen souls, all formidable opponents."

"What's there to fear? We have four Soul Kings," Huo Wu crossed her arms, "They may have higher soul power, but with Captain Tang San, Xiao Wu, myself, and you recently breaking through to Spirit King, we're not inferior to them. Even if it's a Spirit Emperor, two of us can hold one down."

"However, you still need to be vigilant. From what I know, among those three, Hu leina and Xie Yue are siblings, and they have a martial soul fusion technique between them, which belongs to the three major martial soul classifications I delineated. One is at level fifty-nine, and the other at level sixty-one. When they fuse, they can unleash a power close to that of a Titled Douluo. It's not impossible," Tang San warned.

For Tang San, dealing with Titled Douluo-level opponents was manageable, but for Huo Wu and Yu Tianheng, it would be troublesome.

Although both of them had made breakthroughs in their self-created soul skills, especially Huo Wu, who could unleash devastating power, their martial soul fusion couldn't be treated as ordinary Titled Douluo.

"Close to Titled Douluo-level martial soul fusion?" Huo Wu showed no fear, but rather rubbed her hands eagerly, "This tournament is going to be very exciting."

At this moment, Yu Feng rushed in from outside the meeting room, saying, "I have some important news!"

"What news?"

"The prize for the champion of this competition is soul bones, and they are all over ten thousand years old!" Yufeng exclaimed excitedly. "They are the Explosive Incineration Flame Right Arm Bone, the Swift Pursuit Wind Left Leg Bone, and the Wisdom Head Bone."

"Especially the last one, the Wisdom Head Bone, is said to be over fifty thousand years old!"

Soul bones were extremely rare items.

Soul bones over ten thousand years old were priceless treasures!

Upon hearing this news, except for Tang San, Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, and Blue Silver Emperor, all the members of the Tiandou team were excited.

"Captain, aren't you interested in soul bones?" Yufeng noticed Tang San and the others' calmness and was curious.

"Hmm~" Tang San pondered for a moment and made a suggestion, "The names of these three soul bones are quite long."

Yufeng: "······"

Yu Tianheng and others: "······"

Seriously, is that your focus?

"Cough! Soul bones are indeed good, but there are only three of them, right? It might be difficult to distribute them later," Tang San pointed out the key issue.

"Indeed, there are only three, not easy to distribute."

After everyone calmed down, they also realized this.

"Especially the Explosive Incineration Flame Left Arm Bone is suitable for Vice Captain Huo Wu. As for the remaining two, none of us here have a spiritual or wind attribute martial soul. However, we have Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, Oslo, and Xiao Wu, who are all agility attack types," Yu Tianheng began to analyze.

Xiao Wu was the first to speak, "I don't want it."

As a hundred thousand-year-old shaped spirit beast, what use did she have for ten thousand-year-old soul bones? Besides, after practicing the Jade Bone Golden Muscle Divine Skill, what significance did soul bones hold?

Tang San stopped everyone from discussing the allocation in advance and said, "The qualifying rounds haven't even started yet, and we're already discussing the allocation. Isn't it a bit too early?"

Yu Tianheng and others reacted and smiled awkwardly.

"Indeed, it's a bit too early to discuss now."

"If others hear about it, they might make fun of our team members."

"O(∩_∩)Ohaha~"

However, when everyone was self-reflecting, Tang San spoke up again, saying, "But if we really win the championship, can I make arrangements for those three soul bones? Don't worry, I will give each of you benefits worth no less than that of a ten thousand-year-old soul bone."

"Captain, there's no need for you to be so polite. If you want them, just take them," Huo Wu said with a hearty smile, hooking her arm around Tang San's neck. "The value of the self-created soul skills you guided us to create is probably no less than that of a hundred thousand-year-old soul bone."

"Yeah, Captain, there's no need for you to be so polite," Yu Tianheng also agreed. "We all know that you and Guang Ling are researching soul tools, and in your eyes, soul bones are also materials for making soul tools... Although we don't understand it and even feel that using soul bones as material consumption is quite wasteful, soul tools like the Soul Guidance Camera, the Soul Guidance Photographic Box, and the Mother-Child Soul Guidance Photographic Ball have created considerable wealth."

"Soul bones, in essence, are mainly for increasing physical strength and providing a soul bone skill," Oslo shared his thoughts, "With your help, Captain, we will definitely move towards the direction of self-created soul skills in the future. The strongest means will definitely be self-created soul skills, and soul bone skills are more of a luxury."

"Having too many skills, if not used properly, is also a waste," Yufeng said.

The rest of the group also expressed similar sentiments, stating that mere soul bones were not worth mentioning and that Tang San could use them as he pleased.

"Well, thank you very much. But I promise to give you benefits worth no less than that of ten thousand-year-old soul bones. I won't let you work hard in battle for nothing," Tang San assured them.

With everyone's agreement, Tang San felt much more relaxed.

Over the next two days, the teams from the Tiandou Empire and the Star luo Empire's academies rested and adjusted, awaiting the real start of the competition. After all, even though they had traveled without much trouble on the way to the Spirit City, long-distance travel was exhausting for both people and soul masters, even when sitting down. They needed time to recuperate.

Two days later, the competition officially began!

The venue for the competition was the Martial Soul Great Arena in the center of the Spirit City. Its architectural design was not much different from the Roman Colosseum, consistent with the style of the martial soul arenas within the two empires, only larger in size and more spacious inside.

It was said that this arena could accommodate over a hundred thousand people watching at the same time.

I wonder if that's an exaggeration...

"This is actually not the venue for the finals; it's just the arena for the qualifying rounds and the advancement matches," Qin Ming explained as the members of the Tiandou team entered.

Personal speculation: The inheritance of the Rakshasa God may distort the mentality of the inheritors. Those gods who appeared in the divine realm seemed to have some personality issues. Especially in terms of good and evil, they directly refused to participate in order to experience love...

(End of this chapter)