boyutpedia Chapter 9 Tang Long's Ambition! First Encounter with a Soul Beast
Chapter 9 Tang Long's Ambition! First Encounter with a Soul Beast
Chapter 9 Tang Long's Ambition! First Encounter with a Soul Beast
Three days passed quietly.
Over the past three days, the news that "Tang Niu was unfortunately killed by a soul beast while trying to save Tang Yeming" has spread rapidly within the sect.
The story spread like wildfire, and in the eyes of the crowd, Tang Niu had become a great hero who sacrificed himself to save others.
At Tang Niu's funeral, countless outer disciples and inner disciples alike expressed their admiration and sighed with emotion.
At the same time, a surge of anger rose in everyone's hearts.
These beasts actually dared to come near their sect and hunt down their Haotian Sect disciples!
That's practically suicide!
When the atmosphere reached its peak, the deputy head of the Punishment Hall announced the start of the operation to eliminate the soul beasts!
Led by inner disciples, a group of outer disciples drove out all the thousand-year-old soul beasts within a ten-mile radius of the Haotian Sect!
It's not that we don't want to expand the scope, but the Haotian Sect is now dwindling in number, and even with disciples from affiliated sects within a ten-mile radius, we're still struggling to make ends meet.
In a small village at the foot of the mountain, Tang Long looked at the dozens of disciples in front of him, his face full of high spirits.
After the Haotian Sect went into seclusion, Tang Xiao lost interest in handling sect affairs, and his power grew increasingly greater!
If this continues, the position of sect leader of the world's number one offensive weapon spirit will surely belong to Tang Long!
This cleanup operation was also his idea. Avenging Tang Niu was a minor matter; more importantly, he wanted to gain more influence within the sect.
"Now, three of the five elders in the sect support me! With my father's approval, what can Tang San possibly use to take my position?"
Tang Long looked at the group and raised his hand, saying, "Let's go! Ten people per group, clear out the soul beasts!"
"yes!!"
The crowd below responded in unison, and under Tang Long's command, they entered the Ancient Scar Hills from several directions.
Each group consisted of two inner disciples and several outer disciples. Some groups also included several menial disciples dressed in gray robes.
These menial disciples all possessed soul power at level ten and were using this opportunity to acquire their first soul ring in preparation for the outer disciple assessment!
Ye Ming was also among these teams.
His group was led by Tang Yu, a level 54 Soul King, along with six outer disciples who were level 20+ Great Soul Masters, and one inner disciple who was level 40+ Soul Sect Master.
This setup was more than enough to protect him and the remaining servant disciple named Tang Yanran in the group on the outskirts of the forest.
However, the atmosphere within the group is clearly not very harmonious at the moment.
Six outer disciples surrounded Tang Yanran, each acting like a protector, vying to show off their skills.
Tang Yanran thoroughly enjoyed the attention she received, but she spent most of her time trying to please Tang Yu and the inner disciple.
Occasionally, when her gaze fell on Ye Ming, it was with disdain and resentment!
Ye Ming knew in his heart that Tang Yanran probably had a good relationship with Tang Niu, so she hated him as a result.
But what does this have to do with him?
"You'd better not mess with me, or I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and might want to improve my aptitude!"
Shrugging, Ye Ming followed the group with a carefree attitude, heading towards the forest.
Over the past three days, he has been constantly adapting to his own power and the combined use of various Gu worms, and he is eager to try it out!
At present, the abilities of the Gu worms still need to be concealed within the Haotian Sect, otherwise it will be difficult to explain.
However, it doesn't have much of an impact when using physical techniques!
With the White Pig Gu's power gradually increasing, plus the power gained from the spiritual spring's cleansing and empowerment, it's probably feasible to kill a Grand Soul Master with a single punch.
……
Half an hour later, the group followed the edge of the mine and entered the Ancient Hen Hills.
As soon as they entered the forest, team leader Tang Yu called out, "Everyone, stay alert! Be careful!"
"Millennial soul beasts are not so easy to deal with!"
As a Soul King, he could easily handle ordinary ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts.
But this time there are too many people in the team who need his care!
Soul beasts have diverse abilities that are impossible to defend against. Even he has to be careful!
Upon hearing Tang Yu's words, the group composed themselves and began to advance into the hills.
The inner disciple led the way, while several outer disciples, under Tang Yu's instructions, protected Ye Ming and Tang Yanran in the very center of the group.
He himself stayed at the back of the team to ensure that he could support any team member in case of any unexpected situation.
"Our goal this time is to drive the thousand-year-old soul beasts out of the sect's territory," Tang Yu said to everyone. "But Yanran and the others need to obtain their first soul rings. Once they encounter a suitable soul beast, prioritize letting them obtain their soul rings!"
They all nodded.
"call out!!"
Just then, two long green vines shot out from the forest and headed straight for one of the outer disciples in the group.
"Be careful!"
The leader of the inner disciples, Tang Qingyi, suddenly had the Clear Sky Hammer appear in his right hand, and four spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and purple—floated up and pulsed around his body.
At the same time, he stomped his right foot on the ground, leaped into the air, and blasted towards the two long vines!
The Haotian Hammer in his hand made a "whooshing" sound in the air, directly knocking down the two flying long vines.
The two outer disciples behind him reacted quickly and charged straight towards the direction from which the long vine was coming.
In their hands, identical Haotian Hammers instantly appeared.
The two pushed aside the bushes, and a blood-red vine, as thick as a bowl, was constantly lashing out its tendrils, trying to kill them.
"There's an 800-year-old Blood Demon Vine here!"
Tang Yu was somewhat surprised, as they had only entered this forest not long ago, and it was already on the outer edge of the hills.
In this area, outer disciples of the sect also come to pick some fruit.
This 800-year-old plant-type soul beast could easily kill a level 10 soul master like Tang Yanran.
Tang Yu's gaze sharpened. "This plant-like soul beast can't move. Kill it!"
This is within the territory of the Haotian Sect; no more casualties among its disciples are allowed!
The outer disciples didn't stop moving. They directly swung their Haotian Hammers to break through the Ghost Blood Vine's attacks, and then attacked the Ghost Blood Vine one after another.
"Boom!!"
The Ghost Blood Vine didn't even cause a ripple; it was directly blasted in half by the hammer!
In a short while, a yellow spirit ring slowly floated out from its corpse.
This plant-type spirit beast is not suitable for a domineering, offensive spirit like the Clear Sky Hammer, so Tang Yu didn't bother with Ye Ming and the other, and continued leading the team forward.
Ye Ming stroked his chin, observing the scene with great interest.
He discovered that the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul was indeed very powerful!
With the enhancement of soul skills and the driving force of terrifying power, even Moonlight Gu's attack was somewhat lacking compared to its opponent.
He then thought of his forging hammer martial spirit and couldn't help but wonder, "If I could get my hands on a celestial herb, perhaps I could bring it back and allow it to mutate into the Clear Sky Hammer?"
As for what kind of magical herb he needed, he really didn't know.
Although he has already opened his aperture and can follow the path of a Gu Master, why not take the opportunity to obtain a Soul Ring and have another path?
He was already looking forward to his first spirit ring.
"In the Douluo Continent, Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings based on their physical attributes. Given my current physical abilities, I shouldn't be inferior to a Soul Master, right?"
Ye Ming's gaze swept across the crowd, eager to find a Soul Master to compete with.
However, there is clearly no such opportunity at the moment.
After killing the Ghost Blood Vine, Tang Long led his team forward.
They encountered several hundred-year-old soul beasts along the way, but they posed no threat, so the group didn't bother to attack.
Before they knew it, the group had almost reached the dividing line they had set earlier.
To this day, Ye Ming and Tang Yanran have not been able to obtain their first spirit ring.
Tang Long was also somewhat troubled.
(End of this chapter)