Douluo Dalu: Volume 21: Tang San’s Third Spirit Bone

by Tang Jia San Shao

  The powerful Eight Spider Lances brought Tang San shooting through the air, the astonishing leap making Tang San clearly feel the surrounding scenery swiftly sweep past him.

  Watching that narrow road below become smaller and smaller, and his upward speed gradually falling, he knew that he was about to reach the apex of the Eight Spider Lances leap.

  Right now, while forcefully operating Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San’s back was to the ceiling of the cave, and he also didn’t know how high this leap was, but he had to act to be able to make his leap reach even higher, to get as close as possible to the top as possible.

  Two deep blue lights shot out of Tang San’s eyes, and with a flash of light, a heavy explosion struck the ground beneath him. This one attack was made with Tang San’s full spiritual force, without holding anything back.

  Even if the force of the Purple God Light couldn’t reach its greatest degree because of his consumption from before, that attack power was still frightening.

  Amidst the loud explosion, the narrow road below disappeared almost completely. The terrifying Purple God Light actually struck that blood plasma and formed a blood red whirlpool. And Tang San took advantage of the counterforce of this attack to gain another twenty meters or so of altitude.

  It was time. Turning in the air, Tang San threw out the Blue Silver Grass twisted around the Flying God Claw

  The moment he turned around, Tang San’s nervous mood relaxed. Because he clearly saw that his distance from the roof of the cave was less than a hundred meters. In other words, Eight Spider Lances previous leap had unexpectedly pushed him a hundred meters high.

  Without any suspense, the Blue Silver Grass already approached the roof of the cave in the blink of an eye. With a sonorous sound, Tang San used the other twisting Blue Silver Grass to operate the Flying God Claw’s mechanism. The sharp and piercing Flying God Claw penetrated the rock at the top of the cave, suspending Tang San and Hu Liena in the air.

  Basically without need to use strength, Tang San swiftly controlled the Blue Silver Grass to withdraw, pulling him closer to the ceiling.

  After he gripped the Flying God Claw, and again withdrew its mechanism, he was pulled up to the pitch black rock of the ceiling.

  The Eight Spider Lances took over responsibility, the spear sharp lance points thrusting into the rock like tofu, suspending Tang San and Hu Liena. Once the Eight Spider Lances thrust into the rock, Tang San’s heart finally relaxed. With the control of the Eight Spider Lances, he knew he was finally safe.

  Delaying in this place was no doubt inviting trouble. Transferring the Mysterious Heaven Skill inner strength within him, resisting the pain from substantially overusing his spiritual force, Tang San controlled the Eight Spider Lances to swiftly crawl towards the exit, hanging upside down from the ceiling.

  The roof of the cave was pitted and uneven, but that was no threat to the Eight Spider Lances. Hanging upside down from the ceiling, Tang San easily crossed the thousand meter distance as if walking on level ground, finally reaching the end.

  Climbing down, the exit was before him.

  Tang San suddenly discovered that the killing intent around him seemed to be pulled by a particular force.

  Turning around and giving a final glance to the Hell Road he had just walked, Tang San knew that these two years of sharpening in Slaughter City was an experience he would never forget in a lifetime. But he even more didn’t want anyone else to come experience this terrifying world in the future.

  Perish, this was the wish he left for Slaughter City.

  With a sou sound, Tang San finally fled into that white curtain of light.

  Everything around him seemed to change. The instant Tang San entered that white light, he immediately felt as if he had entered a special world.

  Around him was a snow white nothingness, and the Blue Silver Grass he released was restrained by an unknown force, forcibly pressed back into his body. Hu Liena in front of him consequently also separated from his embrace.

  In this world of boundless white, he couldn’t use a bit of strength. All he felt, was ice cold.

  Part 3 (TL by Bagelson)

  It was as if immeasurable cold aggregated towards him, and also like immeasurable cold exuded from his body. In this white nothingness, Tang San endured that frightful pain alone.

  A cold he should feel still appeared. That wasn’t a true change in temperature, but rather the chill produced by killing intent. The purest slaughter intent swiftly invaded Tang San, and with each part entering, Tang San would tremble.

  As that cold gradually made his heart stiffen, his consciousness and senses also gradually began to grow distant. But at this moment, Tang San was certain of Slaughter City’s legend. Indeed, this was a domain, a domain condensed from killing intent. Of course, this domain was far, far too formidable compared to his Blue Silver Domain. Within the domain, he was like a rootless duckweed.

  After an indeterminate length of time, as Tang San awoke from the pain, he felt as if he had been dreaming.

  He lay within blue silver grass, and this blue silver grass was sending him trace after trace of warmth and nourishment. All his pain was already gone, the only feeling he had was of relaxation and the familiar fluctuations of spirit power, as well as the feeling of spirit abilities once again filling his body.

  When he wanted to turn over and sit up, Tang San discovered that his left arm was somewhat heavy. As he turned his head to look, he unexpectedly saw the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.

  When he glanced at the Clear Sky Hammer, he was certain that it was impossible for that to have been a dream. On that Clear Sky Hammer, on top of the hammer head, there was a layer of white veins.

  Those veins looked like the blood pattern on the ground of the Hell Slaughter Arena when the Hell Road opened, only much smaller. And moreover white.

  As Tang San tried to sense that white veined pattern, instantly, a surging white light quietly filled the air. The white light discharged from the Clear Sky Hammer, but very soon, that white light became colorless, and Tang San’s perception of the surrounding world immediately became different. Even the blue silver grass that was closest to him were trembling in this incorporeal current.

  Deathgod Domain. This was Deathgod Domain? Tang San knew he should be excited, but having just left a place like Slaughter City, he couldn’t be. Two years of hellish sharpening had had an enormous influence on his mindset.

  Despite always trying hard to resist it, right now Tang San was not only pale, but even the space between his eyebrows revealed an unconcealable evil spirit.

  At this moment, suddenly, an incorporeal killing intent approached in a flash. Like an invisible object, it heavily struck the Deathgod Domain Tang San released.

  Tang San shook, swiftly turning to look in that direction.

  A few dozen meters away stood a charming silhouette. At some point she had already dressed neatly, covering that beautiful delicate body. And her eyes were also watching him, an indescribable mood flickering within.

  ‘She woke up before me?’ This was Tang San’s first thought, unable to keep his back from breaking out in cold sweat. Of course he knew what it meant that Hu Liena woke up first. It meant that she had ample time to kill him.

  ‘This woman really is cunning.’ Tang San thought with some annoyance. Her spirit power was stronger than his, but on that final stretch of the road, it was he who brought her out. Her exhaustion was naturally less than his. If she wanted to kill him, perhaps he would never have woken up.

  Hu Liena walked towards Tang San step by step, with a faint smile on her charming face.

  “Do you feel it? We possess the same innate domain.”

  The heavenly voice resounded in Tang San’s ears.

  Tang San didn’t open his mouth, only watched her quietly.

  He was astonished to discover that with the ability to use spirit abilities returned, Hu Liena’s eyes had now unexpectedly become incomparably clear, without a speck of bewitching ele
ment.

  If she could be described as a rose brimming with attraction before, then right now she seemed like a fresh and clean lily.

  “I put my life in your hands once, you also put your life in my hands once. Shouldn’t we be even?”

  Hu Liena finally reached Tang San, only stopping when she was just a meter from Tang San. Looking at him, her gaze became incomparably soft.

  Tang San still didn’t open his mouth, only watching her silently. He still didn’t know what this woman was thinking, but for some reason, he felt that she didn’t have any menace towards him.

  A trace of distress emerged on Hu Liena’s charming countenance. Attentively watching Tang San, her touching face unexpectedly displayed helplessness,

  “Why am I from Spirit Hall, and you from Clear Sky School?”

  Raising both hands, very naturally placing them on Tang San’s shoulders, Hu Liena pulled close the distance between her and Tang San by one more step, her mournful eyes undoubtedly brimming with even more intense attraction, her whole body collapsing into Tang San’s embrace.

  However, her movement didn’t finish, because Tang San supported her shoulder with one hand.

  Deathgod Domain and Clear Sky Hammer withdrew simultaneously, and Tang San looked indifferently at Hu Liena.

  Hu Liena gave a sad smile,

  “You really have a heart of stone?”

  Tang San’s gaze became a bit gentler. He couldn’t deny that this woman was perfect, but his heart had long since no room for one more person. To say nothing of the two of them being people of two worlds.

  Patting her shoulder, he pulled away her hands from his shoulders,

  “Next time we meet, perhaps we will be enemies.”

  Leaving behind these simple words, turning, no longer looking at her, Tang San stiffened his heart and left in large strides.

  Silent tears rolled quietly down a perfect delicate face. This was the first time in her life that Hu Liena cried for a man. And the image of this man, could no longer be separated from her heart.

  Tang San seemed to feel his mood lighten somewhat with each step forward. He naturally wouldn’t have any feelings for Hu Liena. But he also had a somewhat favorable impression of this girl. Leaving through the Hell Road was the result of the two of them working together. When Hu Liena let him knock her unconscious, Tang San could no longer raise any enmity towards her.

  “Little San.”

  A deep voice echoed by Tang San’s ears. Tang Hao had at some point already quietly appeared, standing on the road in front of him.

  In the two years they hadn’t seen each other, he seemed to have aged even a bit more. Tang San’s extremely acutely sensed the same characteristic as he had himself from his father’s body.

  “Dad.”

  Quickly stepping forward, reaching his father, Tang San’s gaze was still ice cold. That was the residual effect of two years in Slaughter City,

  “Don’t you also possess the Deathgod Domain?”

  Tang Hao nodded, his face revealing a trace of a smile,

  “You’ve done well in these two years. You haven’t let me down. Let’s go.”

  Finished talking, he took the lead to walk forward.

  Tang San swiftly caught up without saying anything else. His father’s appearance had made a small crack appear in his ice cold heart, warm affection undoubtedly the best treasure to dissolve the vicious currents within.

  “Do you know what the effects of the Deathgod Domain is?”

  Tang Hao suddenly asked.

  A light flashed in Tang San’s eyes,

  “Imposing manner.”

  Tang Hao nodded slowly,

  “That’s right. It’s imposing manner. Imposing manner and pressure formed from killing intent can frequently leave your opponents unable to display their full strength, but you yourself can exhibit one hundred twenty percent. The effect of the Deathgod Domain is the same. You possess the most basic Deathgod Domain. In the future, within this Domain, your opponents’ strength will automatically weaken by ten percent, and you yourself display one hundred ten percent of your power. As your spirit grows, this proportion will also increase. Remember, spirits’ innate domains won’t suffer the restrictions of twin spirits, unable to be used simultaneously.”

  Tang San stared blankly a moment,

  “How do you know?”

  Even he who possessed twin spirits couldn’t be certain of this.

  Tang Hao halted, turning to look at him,

  “Because, the same circumstances appeared for another person.”

  The expression in Tang San’s eyes fluctuated violently once. He suddenly understood his father’s meaning. That person Hu Liena spoke of, was Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong. In this world, besides his father, Bibi Dong should also possess the Deathgod Domain.

  Tang Hao said calmly:

  “Right now the number of people with this domain has increased to four. You will gradually get to know the effect of the Deathgod Domain in the future. Its uses are just as marvellous as your Blue Silver Domain, in different circumstances, it can have enormous effect.”

  “Dad, shouldn’t you tell me about what happened in the past now?”

  After four years of sharpening himself on the grindstone, Tang San had already gone from a not yet fifteen years old juvenile to an almost nineteen years old youth. His strength had grown, his temperament had changed, the second awakening of Blue Silver Grass had caused all sorts of influences, all making him seem to mature a lot. Compared to four years ago, the present Tang San was in no way as simple as just having raised his spirit power ten something ranks. He had already truly begun to step into the world of those known as powers.

  Tang Hao said:

  “It still isn’t the time. You still haven’t met my requirements.”

  Tang San stared blankly a moment,

  “Then how will I be considered to have met them?”

  Having gained two great Domains, Tang San believed he should have been able to gain his father’s approval.

  Chapter 142: Moon Pavilion, Aunt

  Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)

  Tang Hao said indifferently:

  “With the current changes in your aura, how can you hide in the Spirit Master world? The moment you’ve cleansed yourself[1], I will tell you everything. It’s also only at that time that I can decided my future.”

  Cleansing? Tang San was somewhat lifeless. But he didn’t ask anything, having no choice but to follow his father away.

  ……

  Wiping dry her tears, Hu Liena quietly walked down the mountainside. Putting her mind in order, her face gradually calmed. She knew that she didn’t have the privilege to act impetuously.

  After becoming orphans as children, it was Spirit Hall that raised her and her big brother. It was Spirit Hall that nurtured them. Let them possess everything they now had. Hu Liena knew very clearly how much her teacher had invested in her.

  This kindness alone was something she couldn’t repay in a lifetime.

  Therefore, on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, she had already sworn that she would devote her life to Spirit Hall.

  Feelings like these were an extravagant luxury for her. To say nothing of that man being from Clear Sky School.

  She didn’t dare think further, it was also only by keeping herself from recalling the brief time they walked the Hell Road that her heart could calm down.

  “Girl.”

  A somewhat sharp voice echoed ahead.

  Hu Liena raised her head to look at the two people standing quietly, waiting for her.

  Seeing these two, Hu Liena was unconsciously moved. After two years, she finally didn’t need to seek survival in slaughter.

  “Elder Ghost, elder Chrysanthemum.”

  These two were Ghost Douluo Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. That the Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong sent these two great Title Douluo to wait for Hu Liena here, showed how much she valued her.

  Ghost Douluo smiled:

  �
�Congratulations, girl. You could successfully leave. That is the greatest success. Once back to Supreme Pontiff Palace, we’ll celebrate you.”

  The Ghost Douluo still seemed illusory. Stepping forward to rub Hu Liena’s head, he said:

  “Let’s go. Supreme Pontiff Palace is always waiting for you. In these two years, she came three times. Each time she left, her eyes were full of hopelessness and concern. I think she’ll definitely be very happy to see you back.”

  Hu Liena’s eyes warmed. Thinking of all that her teacher was to her, her emotions for Tang San were finally suppressed, and she was practically impatient to follow the two Title Douluo towards Spirit Hall.

  What she didn’t know was that after she and Tang San left, all of Slaughter City had been washed in terrifying blood.

  ……

  Ten days later, Heaven Dou City.

  Despite ten days already having passed, Tang San still hadn’t recovered from the ambience of Slaughter City. Two years of vigilant living had made him cultivate a habit of doubting everything.

  Despite all the accumulated killing intent already being condensed into the Deathgod Domain in the Clear Sky Hammer, he was still constantly in an extremely nervous condition.

  Tang San himself knew this wasn’t good, but how was it so easy to give up on a habit formed over two years living in a world of darkness?

  Reaching Heaven Dou City once again, the heart that Slaughter City had turned to ice gradually recovered somewhat. Only, he didn’t understand why his father would bring him to the Heaven Dou Imperial capital.

  Fortunately, by now his physical changes were so large that even his acquaintances in Heaven Dou City might not recognize him if they met.

  Tang Hao brought Tang San into the city, the combination of father and son seeming somewhat strange. Even though Tang San also wore simple clothes, he still very easily drew people’s attention after the changes in his temperament and appearance.

  Handsome appearance, somewhat conspicuously pale features, the noble temperament within still imperceptibly distributing an ice cold energy, all were things people would pay attention to.

  But Tang Hao still had that worn down appearance. He had never once decorated his appearance. If he was carefully observed, one could detect a deathly stillness within those yellowed eyes. Tang Hao’s heart had already died as early as when Tang San’s mother passed away.