"How did you know?" Tang Hao looked at Xiao Yan in surprise. The shock in his heart was no less than the inexplicable injuries he had sustained.
Thinking that even his transformed soul beast identity had been exposed in Xiao Yan's eyes, Tang Hao gave a dry laugh and removed the black cloth from his face, revealing his aged face.
But at this moment, Tang Hao's appearance, besides being old, was also deathly pale, devoid of any color.
"That's right, with your intelligence, you must have guessed everything long ago."
"I also bear some responsibility for Xiao Wu's death." Xiao Yan closed his eyes, then continued, "But you can't shirk responsibility for the Clear Sky Sect's affairs.
If you were just a lone wolf, and you were with a transformed soul beast, it wouldn't matter. But you have a sect behind you, the Clear Sky Sect. It seems they have been greatly implicated because of you. I will take you back to the Clear Sky Sect and let them judge your crimes!"
"Xiao San, you are indeed very strong, stronger than many geniuses on the continent." Tang Hao lowered his head, took a breath, and slowly stood up. His tone suddenly changed, "But you want to subdue me? You're still far from it!"
Tang Hao raised his left arm, and a bright, reddish-yellow light flickered violently. "Earth Demon Bear Left Arm Soul Bone Skill: Gravity Field!"
The dense yellow light instantly enveloped a hundred-meter radius around Xiao Yan.
Covered by this light, Xiao Yan felt the weight on his body increase more than twofold in an instant, and this weight was still continuously increasing. His bones creaked under the pressure.
He was already wearing clothes weighing almost ten thousand jin, and the weight had suddenly increased by more than twenty thousand jin.
Such a massive increase would have crushed him instantly, potentially even killing him, if his physical strength wasn't so formidable and if ten thousand jin wasn't his limit.
"You practice with weighted clothing; encountering a skill like my Gravity Field will only bring you suffering," Tang Hao said simply, then turned and left.
His soul bone skill could amplify gravity fivefold or reduce it fivefold within a short time.
If Xiao Yan removed the weight of his clothing, he would be able to use his Clear Sky True Body and force a draw. However, he was seriously injured currently.
After Tang Hao left, Xiao Yan fell to his knees with a thud, spitting out a mouthful of hot blood.
Forcibly using the not-yet-mastered Six Vein Convergence, he had already suffered a backlash. Moreover, the void had only eliminated half the power of the soul force attack; he had merely pretended to be tough.
Six Vein Convergence required the mobilization of internal energy from six meridians in an instant, condensing and exploding it.
Currently, he could only skillfully wield two sword techniques, managing to mobilize two meridians. He was still a considerable distance away from the Six Vein realm.
Only when he achieved Six Vein rotation could he truly use Six Vein Convergence with ease.
Already injured, and now suppressed by the Gravity Field, he could no longer conceal his injuries.
The two girls also struggled to maintain their forms, reverting to spirit rings and merging back into Xiao Yan's body.
His palm brushed over his storage jade belt. Xiao Yan took out a delicate jade bottle, his fingers trembling as he pulled out the stopper. He poured out a pill the size of a bean, reddish-yellow in color, and swallowed it.
Sitting cross-legged on the grass, Xiao Yan slowly circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, dissolving the medicinal power and repairing his injuries.
This pill was made with rare medicinal herbs collected during his vacation, and it had excellent effects on both internal and external injuries.
White mist rose above Xiao Yan's head. About an hour later, color returned to his face, and he slowly opened his eyes.
By this time, the Gravity Field had already dissipated.
"Tang Hao is really something else! I didn't expect that even with the three of us working together, we couldn't even force him to use his spirit rings or soul skills. If it weren't for my Silent Sword being more bizarre and powerful than the Six Vein Convergence's six sword techniques, it would have been difficult to seriously injure Tang Hao!"
Xiao Yan simply lay down on the grass, covered in wounds.
"And Tang Hao's final Gravity Field... The soul skills in this world are really unpredictable. If my strength hadn't been strong enough, I might have been crushed by my own soul skill."
After lying there for a while, Xiao Yan got up and headed towards Holy Soul Village.
Although this battle proved that he still had a considerable gap with Tang Hao, he wasn't discouraged.
How many years had Tang Hao cultivated? How many years had he cultivated?
Back in Holy Soul Village.
The sky was already tinged with the first light of dawn. Looking at the spot in front of the blacksmith's shop where Xiao Wu had met her end, Xiao Yan's mood was complicated.
In fact, he had already confirmed that Xiao Wu wasn't human, but a transformed soul beast, as early as when she obtained her second soul ring.
However, at that time, his modifications to the Mysterious Heaven Skill were at a critical juncture…
"Now that the technique has advanced a level, but…" Xiao Yan sighed, squatted down, and picked up the only remaining rabbit ear hairpin from the ground.
This time during the holiday, he had planned to completely reveal everything to Xiao Wu, and then have her cooperate with him to research the condensation of soul rings.
If soul masters could independently condense soul rings, it would undoubtedly be the greatest innovation in the Douluo Continent.
Even after thousands or tens of thousands of years, even if soul beasts were extinct, soul masters could still continue to advance through their own power.
Damn it, I didn't account for that old dog, Tang Hao!
Xiao Yan built a simple cenotaph for Xiao Wu on the hillside outside Holy Soul Village.
He arranged her favorite Spicy Rabbit Head, Braised Rabbit Meat, and Cold Tossed Blue Silver Emperor, and then sat quietly to the side.
After a moment of mourning, Xiao Yan circulated his inner energy. The two blood-red soul rings on his body flashed simultaneously, and two graceful young girls appeared almost instantly.
The purple-haired girl formed by his first soul skill resembled Shao Siming, while the pink-clad girl formed by his third soul skill looked only about ten years old, pure and adorable.
The pink-clad girl stretched languidly, the curves of her figure suddenly becoming fuller, and said lazily, "Master, why did you summon me again?"
"Hmm?" Xiao Yan's expression changed, and he asked in surprise, "You can speak?"
The girl thought about it for a moment and said, "Master, of course I can speak. Is that strange?"
This is so strange!
Xiao Yan looked at the purple-haired girl, who was veiled: "Can you speak?"
The purple-haired girl elegantly shook her head.
"Sister, can't you speak?" The pink-clothed girl asked, hugging the purple-haired girl's slender waist, which seemed as if it could be broken with a single hand.
The purple-haired girl gently nodded.
What's going on here? Xiao Yan raised his hand and touched his nose.
The only difference between the two of them was their spirit rings.
It seemed the problem lay with the spirit rings.
This girl who looked like Shao Siming came from himself; she had just advanced to the 100,000-year level.
The pink-clothed girl, however, came from Xiao Wu's soul ring and could speak. It seemed Xiao Wu's cultivation was even more profound.
A soul ring was the essence of a soul beast.
It not only contained the energy accumulated by the soul beast over many years of cultivation, especially those exceeding 10,000 years, but also the remnant soul of the soul beast.
Compared to the soul rings he had condensed himself, Xiao Wu's 100,000-year soul ring was obviously much stronger.
"Can you eat?" Xiao Yan pointed at the Spicy Rabbit Head, Xiao Wu's favorite food before she died, and asked.
The pink-clothed girl waved her hand in front of her nose with extreme disdain. "Master, what is this? It smells numbing and spicy... I don't like it."
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