Douluo Dalu - Volume 01-48

by Tang Jia San Shao

  Tang San’s mind now brightened, he clearly felt that the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King wasn’t bowing to him, but rather to the golden trident brand on his forehead. In his heart he seemed to have caught on to something, but right now he didn’t dare be certain. However, the crisis could also be said to have passed. It seemed the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King didn’t dare attack him again.

  Having spoken, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King looked around her, then looked up at the sky. Discovering nothing abnormal, she then heaved a sigh of relief. The way she looked all around was unexpectedly like she’d done a mischief, and the Shrek Seven Devils couldn’t help feeling like wanting to laugh when they saw it. Was this still the hundred thousand year spirit beast that had almost killed Tang San just now? How come she looked more like a little girl that had just made a mistake?

  Patting her chest and heaving a long sigh, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King stood, looking at Tang San with a cold snort, the killing intent that had just disappeared reappearing,

  “Don’t think I have no means to deal with you with the lord Seagod’s shelter. To dare take us hundred thousand year spirit beasts for spirit rings and spirit bones, and even enslave her body. Once you’ve finished all the trials, I’ll still find you to settle accounts.”

  Tang San frowned,

  “I think, you might have misunderstood.”

  While speaking, he again released Xiao Wu from the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse. Faint red light flashed past. Even though he couldn’t use his spirit abilities, that didn’t stop Xiao Wu’s soul from appearing. Red light flashed, and the blankness in Xiao Wu’s eyes disappeared, her soul returning.

  The Devil Spirit Great White Shark King clearly sensed the changed in Xiao Wu, and couldn’t help staring blankly, stupidly saying:

  “You, you’re still alive?”

  Xiao Wu looked unimpressed at her,

  “You carelessly attacked without making clear the circumstances? THat’s right, he has my spirit ring and spirit bone, but I’m the one who sacrificed them for him. You’re a hundred thousand year spirit beast, you should understand just what that means.”

  “You, what did you say? Sacrifice?”

  The Devil Spirit Great White Shark King’s eyes opened wide. With her understanding, she couldn’t imagine a hundred thousand year spirit beast actually sacrificing herself for a human.

  Xiao Wu lowered her voice:

  “That’s right, sacrifice. Because my body took a special medicine it afterwards it stayed alive. Imagine you’re even a hundred thousand year spirit beast, but actually still so rash. If I hadn’t already chosen to reincarnate as a human, I’d definitely fight you.”

  The Devil Spirit Great White Shark King blinked, her slender hands gathering her somewhat disorderly hair, muttering:

  “This…… don’t tell me I made a mistake? Really. Hey, why didn’t you say it earlier?”

  The last words were clearly to Tang San.

  Seeing the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King’s reproachful expression, Tang San couldn’t help being a bit angry,

  “When did you give me the chance?”

  The Devil Spirit Great White Shark King looked distracted,

  “Yeah. Seems I didn’t. I was rash. True, you are the lord Seagod’s chosen person, how would…..”

  Speaking up to here, she clearly saw the golden trident brand on Tang San’s forehead flash once, and hastily shut up in fright. Patting her towering chest,

  “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, lord Seagod, I didn’t intentionally divulge it. My mistake.”

  Her not explaining was still fine, this explanation undoubtedly gave Tang San a lot of useful information. Tang San’s eyes also couldn’t help glinting. His thoughts moved like lightning, and some incomprehensible matters seemed to link together in his mind.

  Seeing the trident brand clearly show a tendency to grow in intensity, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King hastily said:

  “My mistake, I apologize to you all. Treat what I just said as if you didn’t hear it. You absolutely didn’t hear it. Damn, damn, how could I make such a low level mistake. But, I won’t relax your second trial. In order to make it up for you, I can tell you that I will only stop you from passing the ring sea, but not directly attack you. My power is a lot greater in the sea than on dry land. Work hard. I’m leaving.”

  Speaking, she turned her head and left towards the ring sea.

  “Wait a moment.”

  Tang San quickly called out.

  The Devil Spirit Great White Shark King looked distracted a moment,

  “What?”

  Tang San said:

  “I have a question. You’re clearly in a hundred thousand year spirit beast form, but how can you transform into a human?”

  “That?”

  The Devil Spriti Great White Shark King pointed to herself,

  “Very simple. Haven’t you heard of mermaids? After we sea spirit beasts have cultivated for a hundred thousand years, if we go onto land we will be weakened thirty percent, but we can also subsequently take human form. Of course, there’s a time restriction. If we don’t return to the water for two hours, our bodies will gradually weaken, until we die. Among hundred thousand year spirit beasts, we’re also a special case. I didn’t have the courage to cultivate human form. Moreover, I’m still guarding the Seagod Island. I’m leaving. Oh, right, I can tell you my name, I’m called Xiao Bai[1], previously the lord Seagod called me Xiao Baibai.”

  Finished speaking, under everyone’s dumbstruck gazes, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King Xiao Bai leapt up, entering the ring sea with a whooshing sound and transforming into her original form, reaching the depths of the sea in the blink of an eye.

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  [1] Xiao Bai - (小白) “Little White”

  Chapter 231: Evil Fire Phoenix’ Spirit Avatar

  “Xiao Bai? Even Xiao Baibai? The ‘bai’ as in ‘idiot’[1]. It really is an appropriate name.”

  Oscar couldn’t help saying in a low voice.

  Dai Mubai saw Xiao Wu with an ill expression, her eyes still with an ice cold light. Coughing slightly, he pulled Zhu Zhuqing over to one side. Fatty and Oscar also immediately retreated, Oscar pulling Ning Rongrong, Fatty calling out to Bai Chenxiang in the sky. In Tang San’s eyes, this group of treasonous fellows had swiftly retreated to the side, only leaving behind Tang San and Xiao Wu standing there.

  Xiao Wu currently didn’t seem like a beauty, but rather like a volcano that could explode at any time. Tang San’s spiritual force was formidable, and he could clearly sense Xiao Wu on the verge of erupting. Heart twitching, he imitated the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King Xiao Bai’s previous tone:

  “My mistake, I apologize. I’m sorry, Xiao Wu. You know, I…….”

  Xiao Wu suddenly returned to her senses. Seeing Tang San’s apologetically smiling appearance, she couldn’t keep her expression tight, and burst into giggles.

  Seeing her laughing, Tang San’s heart immediately relaxed. Laughing was good. He hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand.

  Xiao Wu took a step back, avoiding his hand. Her smile vanished, once again transforming into an ice cold expression,

  “Don’t touch me. Did you forget what I said to you last time?”

  Tang San smiled:

  “Xiao Wu, don’t be like that, don’t I know I did wrong? It’s not that I didn’t want to let you bear it together with me, it’s just that in those circumstances, I was nervous! Nervous, so I……”

  At this point, even he himself couldn’t keep explaining. The facts were there, and Tang San was never good at sweet words. He could only look awkwardly at Xiao Wu.

  Xiao Wu suddenly stepped forward, grabbing Tang San’s right adm and bringing it to her mouth, then bit down hard on his forearm.

  Tang San grimaced from the pain, but didn’t dare make sound, obediently letting Xiao Wu bite and also controlling his spirit power to not react.

  Just like Tang San didn’t
know how to explain it to Xiao Wu, even though Xiao Wu was angry, she didn’t know how to punish Tang San. Tang San didn’t let her appear in the midst of danger in order to protect her. Therefore, she also could only use a method like this to show her displeasure with him.

  When Xiao Wu let go, Tang San hastily put away his grimace, looking at Xiao Wu as if it was nothing, asking with concern,

  “Xiao Wu, are your teeth alright?”

  Xiao Wu stared blankly. Seeing Tang San’s fawning appearance, she finally couldn’t help laughing again, throwing herself into his arms and forcefully beating his chest,

  “Big idiot, damn you. I’m ignoring you.”

  Tang San dim-wittedly let Xiao Wu beat him, his heart relaxing. Each time he faced Xiao Wu, no matter how intelligent he was in a fight, his mind turned to porridge.

  “I’m going back.”

  Xiao Wu seemed tired of beating him, and bit Tang San’s chest again. In a flash of red light, hse returned within him. Xiao Wu’s body naturally also returned to its previous vacant appearance.

  Tang San held Xiao Wu’s body, secretly heaving a sigh of relief and rubbing his chest. Looking at the vacant Xiao Wu in his arms, his heart ached. He’d prefer to be bitten by Xiao Wu every day, to see her angry, than to see the emptiness in her eyes now.

  Softly kissing her forehead, holding her tightly, he secretly swore that, once they were finished with the trials on the Seagod’s Island, no matter what, he would resurrect Xiao Wu first. Seventy sixth rank. There were still another fourteen ranks to restoring Xiao Wu.

  “Coaxed her?”

  Ma Hongjun stuck his head out from behind.

  Tang San turned around to look. The five devils and Bai Chenxiang were already gathered, each and every one with looking like they were holding back laughter, apparently in need of a spanking. He snapped:

  “You treasonous fellows.”

  Dai Mubai coughed once:

  “Little San, you can’t blame us for this. Yes. Xiao Wu has managed to return to her body to be affectionate with you, we can’t go interrupting you!”

  Oscar immediately displayed his formidable ability to change the topic,

  “Little San, that little idiot just now said you were the lord Seagod’s chosen person, what did that mean? Have you thought about it?"

  His subject change was extremely successful, Tang San’s expression immediately brightened, lowering his voice:

  “I still can’t be sure of the true answer, but from the name of my trials, as well as what that Xiao Bai said, I believe the trials we face should be even more difficult than originally. As for that Seagod, whether it exists or not, even though I can’t guess why it would treat me so, it shouldn’t be maliciously. That can be proven by that golden light protecting me just now. Since he has no ill intention, and the enormous help these trials are to increase our strength, we don’t need to think too much about it right now. It’s enough as long as we do our best to increase our strength. Once we leave this place, our goal is the eightieth rank. When we return to the mainland then, we’ll at least have the strength to defend ourselves, and won’t have to worry about fighting Spirit Hall powers.”

  Dai Mubai asked:

  “Then what do we do next?”

  Tang San said without the slightest hesitation:

  “Besides Fatty continuing to work hard to attack the seventieth rank, the rest of us will constantly go into the water, and try to fight there. The drag of the seawater is quite large, and further adding the strange energy, it’s also a kind of pressure to us. Moreover, constantly trying to break through the blockade led by the Devil Spirit Great White Shark King, fighting it, our fighting strength in the ocean will constantly rise. Even Xiao Bai herself said that she won’t attack us directly. Under such circumstances, don’t you think she’s the best sparring partner for us? Let’s not think about how to pass the test, first practice how to fight under water while she blocks, that’s equal to learning how to fight in an environment like a domain.”

  Zhu Zhuqing said:

  “That’s right, if we can all cooperate in the sea, then wouldn’t that make our teamwork on land even faster, and even more invulnerable?”

  Ma Hongjun said:

  “Third brother, how about I go train together with you. Anyway, there’s no suitable spirit beast here to become my spirit ring, I won’t be able to break through even if I cultivate to the seventieth rank.”

  Tang San said:

  “Who said there’s no suitable spirit beast so you can’t have a seventh spirit ring? Don’t mind anything else right now. Cultivate assiduously and break through the bottleneck, at that time I’ll have ways for you to obtain a seventh spirit ring.”

  “Ah?”

  Ma Hongjun looked distracted, but he didn’t ask anything else, directly choosing to trust in Tang San. Actually, not just him, the other six of the Shrek Seven Devils all had a close to blind faith in Tang San. Tang San would never speak without thinking, and his character was absolutely completely trustworthy.

  Zhu Zhuqing said:

  “Third brother, when do we start?”

  Dai Mubai laughed out loud:

  “Why ask that? Time is tight and the mission urgent. Something like finding a hundred thousand year spirit beast isn’t easy. Further one that won’t attack directly. Naturally we’ll recover our spirit power, and start right away.”

  Everyone smiled at each other, agreeing by chance to sit down crosslegged and start cultivating, recovering the spirit power they expended before. Oscar even more put his energy into starting to remake his clone mirror sausages.

  Tang San still didn’t teach his internal respiration method to the others, because the spirit power cultivation techniques of this world had major differences with his Mysterious Heaven Skill. He had studied with Grandmaster for so many years, and naturally knew this bit. It was very difficult for everyone’s spirit power to conduct internal respiration like him. But each person’s spirit was different, and they also had different methods.

  Starting from this day, the ring sea that had surrounded and protected Seagod mountain for countless years grew lively. Every day there were violent fluctuations like great waves and stormy seas, from time to time came bursts of intense light, and whirlpools constantly appeared in the seawater.

  Something like swimming ability had very many techniques, but just like cultivating spirit power, there weren’t any big shortcuts, only practice making perfect. Even though the Shrek Seven Devils party were all non swimmers, along with playing in the water every day, as well as their formidable strength, they very soon grew accustomed. Their swimming ability grew stronger almost every day. Even though they still couldn’t be described as fish in water, at least they wouldn’t be too hindered in the sea.

  Even Xiao Wu returned to her body for a time every day to go into the water with everyone. Making everyone else envious was that the Devil Spirit Great White Shark Xiao Bai would never attack Xiao Wu, so much so that she would even take care to avoid Xiao Wu when launching attacks.

  What Xiao Bai said after that battle really wasn’t empty words. The true significance of its strength could be displayed in the ocean. A hundred thousand year sea spirit beast in the sea was a terrifying existence. Tang San could be sure that even four or five Title Douluo might not be her opponent in the sea. Fortunately, she really did start off leniently. Even though everyone were frequently beaten until they were covered with cuts and bruises, Xiao Bai would only drive them out of the ring sea and then stop attacking. Moreover, she never harmed them in any true sense.

  Through constant battle in the sea, everyone clearly understood that their opponent was not only the sea spirit beasts. It was also the ring sea. Under Xiao Bai’s control, each drop of seawater became their enemy, rejecting them. Besides Xiao Wu, Xiao Bai’s attacks to Tang San were the gentlest, perhaps because she was apologetic over the mistake that day. But she absolutely wouldn’t throw the game. To her, she was the everyone’s second trial examiner, and this
authority and duty was assigned by the Seagod. No matter how powerful she was, she absolutely didn’t dare show private considerations.

  However, as the days went by, as everyone were trampled by Xiao Bai in the ring sea each day, they gradually also started to feel trampled. Everyone admired Xiao Bai’s strength, but Xiao Bai was also very curious about them. In her eyes, after these land spirit masters gradually adapted to fighting in the ocean, they also gradually revealed how extraordinary they were. Even though they were still far from her opponents, if she wanted to rout these people on dry land, she would also have to pay a considerable price, possible even her life. Of course, that was under circumstances where Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor spirit abilities could be used. As examiner, she of course knew how Tang San was restrained. He couldn’t use two hundred thousand year spirit abilities, and two great domains were unable to show their full strength, such restrictions were quite severe.

  In the blink of an eye, three months had passed. Half a year since the start of the second trial.

  “Aaaah——, Xiao Bai, be a bit gentle! Girls should be gentle!”

  Oscar was sent out of the ring sea by a deep current, falling firmly on the beach. The sudden ache all over his body almost made him unconscious, and he couldn’t help grumbling loudly.

  However, immediately after him, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu were also sent out of the ring sea one after another. Any one as bad as the next, all cutting sorry figures.

  Xiao Bai’s shark head stretched out of the water, spitting out human words at Oscar:

  “Little Ao, big sister here is already very gentle. If I wasn’t, I’d already have beaten your butt into eight pieces. Ah, Rongrong! I really don’t know what part about this fellow you like. He’s so vulgar. And what Erect Golden Fly, are all males among you humans this obscene[2]? I’d best introduce you to a handsome sea Spirit Master. A lot purer than him.”

  “......”

  Ning Rongrong looked speechlessly at Oscar, her eyes brimming with smiles. Due to her being a support Spirit Master, Xiao Bai was quite considerate to her. Even when incarnating as a human woman, Xiao Bai still didn’t have the the property of human women to be jealous of others’ beautiful features, and on the contrary was quite close to the three girls of the seven devils. Of the three women, only Xiao Wu refused her affection, due to her almost killing Tang San. Even though Zhu Zhuqing was cold and detached, she would still occasionally exchange a few words with her in the gaps between battles. Instead it was Ning Rongrong who had the best relationship with Xiao Bai, and they became good friends when not fighting.