Chapter 278: Three Soul Bones

Xue Qinghe left in disappointment.

Although Dugu Bo's reassurance had put her slightly at ease, she could not help but feel anxious in her heart as long as she did not see Nan Feihuang emerge from Slaughter City.

Dugu Bo did not have time to pay any more attention to her; he pushed his speed to the maximum and disappeared without a trace, turning into a streak of green light.

Meanwhile, Tang Hao had just returned to the place where he trained Tang San.

During this period, Tang San's cultivation speed was far inferior to that of the original timeline; previously, because his physique and soul power were insufficient to support his true form, he had forcibly activated his Tool Spirit True Form, nearly destroying himself, and had to lie in bed for several months before barely recovering.

It was also because his physique was not strong enough that his progress in practicing the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique was very slow; in the original timeline, he would have already mastered the Nine-Nine Return to One and gone to challenge Slaughter City by this stage.

But now, he found it difficult even to stack fifty hammers quickly, let alone achieve the Nine-Nine Return to One.

Tang Hao would not feel at ease letting him head to Slaughter City before he mastered the Nine-Nine Return to One.

In that place, one could not use soul skills and had to rely on powerful self-created soul skills or excellent soul bones to gain an advantage.

For this reason, Tang Hao was doing everything in his power to collect soul bones all over the continent, all to improve Tang San's physique.

"Xiao San, when practicing with the wooden hammer, you must pay even more attention to your force-generating method. Lifting the heavy as if it were light is simple, but lifting the light as if it were heavy is an entirely different realm." Beside the waterfall, Tang Hao was giving instructions to Tang San.

"Yes, Father!"

Practicing the hammer technique was not only in preparation for his Clear Sky Hammer, but also to use the waterfall to temper his body, so that his physique would be sufficient to absorb more soul rings without being burst by his Twin Spirits.

Tang Hao currently faced three difficulties: first, his son's martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, was still too weak; he had to have Tang San awaken it a second time into the Blue Silver Emperor to become a top-level spirit, and then obtain his fifth soul ring.

It was just a pity that the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone had been snatched away by Lan Xue; otherwise, that soul ring would have been produced by the Blue Silver Emperor itself and would be of the same origin as A Yin's soul bone. If absorbed together, it would be equivalent to the soul ring and soul bone of the same spirit beast being absorbed by the same person, maximizing the effect. At that time, Tang San would be able to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor's formidable self-recovery ability, which would be extremely helpful in overcoming the difficulties of his Twin Spirits.

Second, the rate at which Tang San's level was increasing now was simply not fast enough; although he had already surpassed the vast majority of people in the world, it was completely insufficient to deal with the Spirit Hall.

The third was the true ultimate technique of the Clear Sky Hammer, the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes; he was not qualified to teach it to Tang San, as it could only be taught with the consent of the Sect Master and the Elders. Although the Clear Sky Sect had expelled Tang Hao from the sect, in Tang Hao's heart, he was always a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, so he could not violate the sect's rules.

This resulted in Tang San only being able to practice this Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, which was somewhat mediocre in actual combat.

"Sigh, Xiao San's soul power improvement speed is not fast enough now. I originally wanted to wait for him to reach level 50 within five years, send him to Slaughter City for training, and then return to the Clear Sky Sect to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the sect. Now it seems that such a short time is simply not enough," Tang Hao sighed.

Tang San finished today's training and jumped from under the waterfall to stand before Tang Hao.

His current spirit, energy, and essence were very good, with absolutely no aftereffects from forcibly using the Tool Spirit True Form; this was all thanks to the soul bones Tang Hao had given him, which had significantly strengthened his physique.

Tang Hao had previously hunted high-level spirit beasts in large numbers, and a total of two soul bones had dropped.

One was a 40,000-year Violent Demon Ape Right Arm Bone.

The other was an even higher 70,000-year Thunder Leopard Left Leg Bone.

Both were top-tier soul bones, even better than those offered by the Spirit Hall at the Soul Master Tournament.

By absorbing these two soul bones, Tang San's physique had been greatly improved; not only had his injuries fully recovered, but his soul power had also increased quite a bit.

"Xiao San, I have some new gains from returning from the edge of the continent this time; absorb this soul bone." Tang Hao took out another soul bone, this time a right leg bone, and introduced it, "This was dropped by a wolf bandit leader when I hunted the wolf bandits. It is called the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone, and I estimate its age to be over 20,000 years."

"Father, you have really worked hard." Tang San looked at Tang Hao with emotion; for over a year, his father had been running around outside for his sake, which was truly too hard.

But his efforts were not in vain; the soul bones he brought back gave Tang San great confidence.

He believed that at this rate, he would soon achieve the feat of having a full set of soul bones, and at that time, he would dare to cultivate his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.

With a Clear Sky Hammer configured with all ten-thousand-year soul rings, plus his Tang Sect techniques, Tang San was confident he would become a top-level powerhouse in the world.

Even if that Flying General was stronger than him now, his Fangtian Halberd martial soul was only slightly better than a standard soul ring configuration; could it really defeat the world's number one Tool Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer, with all black soul rings?

"Xiao San, you must work hard. You are my only hope. In the battle against the Spirit Hall back then, although I won, I accumulated extremely heavy hidden injuries. Over these years, I have fought repeatedly against that Profound Ice Douluo, adding injury to injury, and I no longer have the strength I once had. Let alone taking revenge on the Spirit Hall, I cannot even find Lan Xue to take back A Yin's soul bone." Tang Hao patted his son's shoulder, "These can only be left for you to do."

"When your cultivation progress reaches a certain level, I will send you back to the Clear Sky Sect. As long as you successfully acknowledge your ancestors and return to the sect, I will be able to teach you the true ultimate techniques of the Clear Sky Sect."

"At that time, I believe that as long as your Clear Sky Hammer is successfully cultivated, neither the Spirit Hall nor the Gu Lei Kingdom will be your match!"

Tang Hao spoke with great passion, as if he had already seen the arrival of the strongest Clear Sky Hammer in history.

The power of the Great Sumeru Hammer under the detonation of all high-level soul rings was something even he could not judge.

Tang San nodded solemnly, "Yes, don't worry, Father. The Spirit Hall has a path to death, and the Gu Lei Kingdom does too; I will not let any of them off."

Tang Hao was gratified by his son's determination, "Good, then you continue to practice here; I have one more place to go."

Tang San was anxious, "Father, where are you going?"

Tang Hao had just said his injuries were serious, yet he hadn't been back for even half an hour before he was going out again.

Without any rest, running around outside every day, how could such hidden injuries not accumulate?

"Although you have a third soul bone on your body, it is still not enough. Besides killing spirit beasts and wolf bandits, there is another way to obtain soul bones. I will go and get you one or two more. Sigh, it is just a pity that A Yin's soul bone was snatched away; otherwise, that piece would have been the greatest improvement for you." Tang Hao sighed and flashed away.

Looking at Tang Hao's weary back, Tang San could not help but clench his fists.

Profound Ice Douluo, it was all her fault.

If she hadn't snatched away his mother's soul bone, why would his father need to toil and run around like this?

With his father's current injuries, his running around was not consuming physical strength, but simply sacrificing his lifespan, and all of this was to let him become strong quickly.

One day, he would personally seek justice for his father and mother.

(End of chapter)