The next second, Master was like grabbing the last straw, his voice sharp and distorted from excitement and an unspeakable humiliation, pointing at the maggots and roaring:
"There! Erlong! Quick! Grab those maggots! Quick!!!"
Liu Erlong looked in the direction Master was pointing.
She first froze at the sight of the white worms wriggling on the rotting flesh, then immediately understood Master's intention. Her face instantly lost all color, and her stomach churned.
But looking at Tang San, who was on the verge of complete collapse.
She still gritted her teeth, a determined glint in her eyes.
"Damn it, I don't care anymore. Better to live badly than to die well!"
With a low shout, Liu Erlong's Soul Power surged slightly, and with an aerial grab, the dozen or so plump white maggots were enveloped by an invisible force, struggling as they were levitated in front of Tang San.
"Little San! Quick! Kill them! Absorb their insignificant ten-year spirit ring! Quick!" Master's voice was tearful and filled with a desperate madness.
At this moment, Tang San had completely lost consciousness, his breathing as faint as a thread, having lost even the strength to lift a finger, let alone personally kill those wriggling ten-year Soul Beast maggots.
"Erlong! We can't worry about that much! A Soul Beast's spirit ring can only be absorbed by the killer, that's an iron rule! But Little San... he's almost gone! Quick! Quickly pry open Little San's mouth!"
Seeing no movement from Tang San for a long time, Master's last bit of color drained from his face. He suddenly looked at Liu Erlong beside him and urged her anxiously.
Liu Erlong trembled at the insane command. Looking at Master's almost frenzied eyes, and then at the barely breathing Tang San, she instantly understood what Master wanted to do.
He was preparing to force these white ten-year Soul Beasts into Tang San's mouth, to kill them in the most primitive and unconventional way, and then absorb their spirit rings!
"Xiaogang! This..."
Even with Liu Erlong's fierce personality, she felt a strong sense of physiological discomfort and hesitation at this moment.
"Hurry! It'll really be too late if you wait any longer! Do you want to watch Little San die?!" Seeing Liu Erlong hesitate, Master roared, then pushed his wheelchair and lunged forward... On the other side of Sunset Forest.
The dense emerald green poisonous miasma acted like an impassable chasm, completely isolating the chaos and clamor of the outside world.
Outside the poison array, the Soul Beasts driven by panic were like waves crashing against a reef. The moment they touched the poisonous miasma, they let out piercing screams, their bodies rapidly corroding and dissolving, turning into pus and blood.
This sight terrified the Soul Beasts behind them, making them retreat in horror, only daring to roar and pace anxiously around the periphery of the poison array, not daring to cross the line.
Dugu Bo stood with his hands behind his back at the edge of the poison array, looking at the scene before him, stroking his beard proudly, and smiled at Tang Chuan beside him:
"See, kid, I told you, with this old man's poison array here, let alone these irrational beasts, even if a Titled Douluo came, they'd have to think twice before trying to break in! These two little fellows absorbing their spirit rings will definitely be foolproof, impossible to be disturbed in the slightest."
His gaze first swept over the chaotic scene outside the poison array, then fell on the Shi Brothers who were safely absorbing their spirit rings inside the array. Tang Chuan finally nodded in approval.
Dugu Bo's mastery of poison was indeed unparalleled, and the defensive capabilities of this poison array were beyond doubt.
However, Tang Chuan's brows did not relax; instead, they furrowed even tighter.
He suddenly looked up, his gaze sharp as an eagle piercing through layers of dense forest, looking towards the direction of the previous Soul Beast riot, where the uneasy roars of Soul Beasts still faintly echoed.
"Old Poison, you guard here to prevent any other unforeseen circumstances. I'll go over there and take a look." After a moment of contemplation, Tang Chuan looked at Dugu Bo, his tone carrying a hint of solemnity.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo's relaxed expression also somewhat receded, and he said in a deep voice:
"You suspect there was a problem with the Soul Beast riot just now?"
Nodding slightly, Tang Chuan's eyes were a little profound, and he said seriously:
"Such a large-scale, multi-species Soul Beast panic and riot simultaneously doesn't seem like a natural disaster, nor does it seem like something ordinary Soul Beast conflicts could trigger."
"I always feel that this is very likely man-made."
Upon hearing this, a hint of understanding flashed in Dugu Bo's emerald eyes. He knew Tang Chuan's caution and strength well, so he didn't ask further, only solemnly reminded him:
"Be careful. The depths of Sunset Forest are full of hidden dangers. If you encounter a strong enemy, or if there are other changes, immediately release a signal flare, and this old man will rush over at the first opportunity."
"Understood." Tang Chuan responded faintly.
As his words fell, a dazzling blue-gold light instantly burst forth from his right foot. Immediately after, his entire being seemed to break free from the earth's gravity, hovering lightly in place. This was precisely the flying skill granted by his blue silver emperor right leg bone!
There was no delay whatsoever.
Tang Chuan's figure moved, transforming into a swift blue-gold streak of light, like a meteor tearing through the twilight, shooting towards the origin of the commotion deep within the forest... On the other side.
In the air, heavy with the scent of blood and a faint, elusive stench of decay, Tang San let out a weak groan. His eyelids trembled with difficulty a few times, and he slowly opened his eyes.
His vision was blurry at first, then gradually cleared.
Then, Tang San saw Master and Liu Erlong pacing anxiously not far away.
The next second, his throat felt dry and itchy, and he couldn't help but cough lightly.
Hearing this sound, Master and Liu Erlong suddenly turned their heads, their faces filled with worry and tension, and even a hint of panic, then immediately gathered around him.
"Little San! You're awake! That's great, you're finally awake!" Master's voice carried unconcealed joy, but beneath this joy, a deeper unease was hidden.
At this moment, he was carefully observing Tang San's complexion.
"Teacher, I... it seems my Clear Sky Hammer's first spirit ring was successfully absorbed?"
Tang San felt his body was still weak and powerless, as if emptied, but the intense pain of imminent explosion had disappeared. He shook his still somewhat muddled head, speaking with a hint of confusion.
As soon as these words were uttered, Master and Liu Erlong's bodies stiffened simultaneously. The two quickly exchanged glances, their expressions becoming extremely unnatural. Their lips moved, but neither spoke.
Tang San keenly caught the strange atmosphere and their grim expressions. His brows immediately furrowed, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart. He asked in confusion:
"Teacher, what's wrong with you two? Could it be my Clear Sky Hammer..."
He stopped mid-sentence, as if he had only now fully sobered up, immediately recalling the dying pain and chaotic memories of forcibly converting spirit rings before he fainted.
The next second, Tang San's face instantly turned pale, his pupils contracted slightly. Immediately after, he eagerly spread out his left palm!
A surge of dark light erupted, and the Clear Sky Hammer, with its heavy aura, slowly emerged.
However, when Tang San's gaze fell upon his Clear Sky Hammer.
He was struck as if by lightning, his body instantly stiffening!
On the hammer body, which should have been as black as ink, heavy and domineering, there was now... a pale, dim, almost transparent white spirit ring coiled around it!
The light on this white spirit ring was pitifully weak; rather than a spirit ring, it was more like a blurred, indistinct white halo.
Within it, there were even faint, unstable, and nauseating grayish auras mixed in.
What made his scalp tingle and almost made him vomit was on the surface of the Clear Sky Hammer's body.
Streaks of ghastly white light, like wriggling fat maggots, flashed intermittently.
These lights, like living things, snaked and flowed across the dark hammer surface, making the entire Clear Sky Hammer appear incredibly bizarre, sinister, and even... filthy!
"This... what is this?!"
"My spirit ring... my Clear Sky Hammer... how could it become like this?!!!"
Gazing at the scene before him, Tang San's face instantly turned ashen, gasping for breath like an ox, and he cried out in alarm.
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