Chapter 298: Luosha Conflict

At Jialing Pass, Tang San and Bibidong fought with unparalleled ferocity, the clash was immensely grand, and the two seemed to be fighting for their lives.

Actually, ever since they first made contact, they sensed something off between them.

Although their martial souls differ, even the types are vastly different—Bibidong's Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor are top‑tier Beast Souls, while Tang San's Blue Silver Grass is a Plant Martial Soul and Clear Sky Hammer is a Tool Spirit.

However, when they truly began to spar, they found their soul power attributes were strikingly similar.

Normally, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass embodies the ultimate life attribute, but after absorbing too many poison and dark soul rings—especially after Clear Sky Hammer took in a Dark Demon Evil Tiger soul ring—its influence began to affect his body.

This caused Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, when absorbing the Ninth Soul Ring—a divinely bestowed soul ring—to automatically adapt its soul skill to the optimal attributes of the martial soul and his body, ultimately gaining dark and bloodthirsty properties, evolving into Dark Blue Silver Grass.

As for Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer, after consecutively absorbing several dark and evil soul rings, it began to change, shifting from pure force attributes toward evil and dark attributes.

In contrast, whether Bibidong's Soul Devouring Spider Emperor or Death Spider Emperor, both are exceptionally evil soul beasts, possessing tremendous devouring power as well as potent toxins.

After truly sparring, they discovered each other's soul power attributes were completely alike.

It seemed they had uncovered something unbelievable; given their talents and strength, reaching this level required not only hard work and fearlessness but also the Inheritance Examination.

After undergoing certain test content, both have acquired some Luosha God attributes.

Moreover, if it weren't for the Luosha God, Tang San couldn't have become so powerful so quickly, nor could he have absorbed so many soul rings in such a short time.

Know that since Tang San entered the Star Dou Great Forest, only a few months have passed; during that time, he rose from Level 87 to Level 96, absorbing eight soul rings and many soul bones.

Know that Bibidong has cultivated for many years, and reaching Title Douluo took at least ten or twenty years, yet the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor has only absorbed seven soul rings, because there is a certain repulsive force between the two martial souls.

Theoretically, Tang San would also experience repulsion between his dual martial souls; no matter how robust his body, the martial soul attributes ultimately cannot be compatible.

However, after Tang San absorbed two Dark Demon Evil Tiger soul rings, he began to be courted by the evil God King; the Dark Demon Evil Tiger's effect on Tang San's body even far exceeds that of ordinary ten‑thousand‑year evil‑attribute soul rings.

Bibidong let out an angry shout: "You little brat, how dare you covet my Luosha God inheritance! Today I'll tear you to pieces so you know I am the true inheritor of the Luosha God."

Tang San's eyes showed a hint of disdain: "Bibidong, drop that lofty attitude. The world's greatest treasures belong to the worthy; I am favored by the evil God King, something a mere Luosha God inheritor like you cannot match."

Bibidong roared in fury: "Tang San, you think I only have this much power? Today I will make you pay, no matter what, I will see you die."

Tang San said: "Is it you who wants me to pay, or am I the one seeking revenge? Back then, your Spirit Hall harmed my mother, attacked my Clear Sky Sect, forced the sect to retreat, and ultimately led to its decline."

"You even killed Xiao Wu's mother back then; whether for yourself or for Xiao Wu, I will claim the blood debt from you."

In the war between the Clear Sky Sect and the Spirit Hall, the real orchestrator was Bibidong, who single‑handedly forced the Clear Sky Sect into retreat, making him the Clear Sky Sect's greatest enemy.

Bibidong also leveraged those achievements to, as an outsider, ascend to the Pope's throne of the Spirit Hall, becoming the only Pope in its history not born of a Six‑Winged Angel martial soul.

Tang San and Bibidong met like sworn enemies, employing every tactic, trying every way to kill the other.

Of course, the others only saw their fierce battle, unaware that upon entering the battlefield, both faced new test content, all stemming from the Luosha God inheritance examination.

Although Tang San accepted the evil God King's invitation, the one who actually imposed the test was the Luosha God, and there is no information about the Luosha God in the world; even when Tang Chen was controlled by the Luosha God, its existence was unknown.

Tang Chen always believed the issue stemmed from the Shura Shen Kaokao, never realizing his own test failure was caused by the Luosha God's meddling, so he gave Tang San no special briefing nor any way to assist him.

When Tang San and Bibidong's battle grew extremely brutal, their killing and evil attributes gradually matched the battlefield.

The Blue Silver Grass possesses ultimate devouring ability and extreme dark attributes; in this endless killing field, it began to absorb the battlefield's blood and corpses, the energy flooding his body, and among all that energy lay a certain special mental power.

Dark Blue Silver Grass is formidable, but after ingesting those blood and souls, Tang San's entire body seemed increasingly affected, becoming more blood‑thirsty and murderous, and more uncontrollable, just like Yang Xiong when he emerged from the hellish slaughter field.

Bibidong originally wielded the Killing God Domain; the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor also has ultimate devouring power, capable of consuming not only the dead but even the living.

Their fight grew fiercer, the battlefield increasingly out of control, with constant use of various soul skills.

In the end, Bibidong's strength prevailed; after all, Bibidong is at the Ninety‑Eighth Level peak, while Tang San is at Ninety‑Six. Even Tang San's Dark Blue Silver Grass's toxicity cannot match the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's innate poison.

By evening, they had fought a full day; even exhausting all strength, neither side could gain a decisive advantage.

The Heaven Dou Empire, relying on its massive army, could only contend with the powerful Soul Master Corps and could not breach Jialing Pass.

The Spirit Empire's Soul Master Corps is strong, but it has two fewer Title Douluo than the Heaven Dou Empire; even with many Soul Douluo, lacking the support of Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, it cannot choke the Heaven Dou army.

Seeing this become an endless war of attrition, if it continued, both sides' main forces would be depleted, making any claim to dominate the world impossible; even self‑preservation would be hard, especially with the formidable Star Luo Empire on the opposite side opposing the Spirit Empire.

When both sides sounded the retreat signal, Tang San and Bibidong, though unwilling, could only end the fight.

At this moment Tang San was seriously wounded, and a lingering deadly poison remained; the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's massive claws were not only razor‑sharp but also highly agile and powerful, shattering countless Dark Blue Silver Grass, leaving a terrifying wound on his shoulder with threads of black aura.

Bibidong fared slightly better, yet his body also had many bones shattered by Clear Sky Hammer; Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer is even more domineering than Tang Hao's.

When both sides' troops fully withdrew to their original camps, everyone lamented the battle's brutality and were grateful to have survived.

This battle was the largest Soul Grandmaster war in nearly a millennium and the most brutal in recent years; both sides suffered countless casualties, and even many top fighters fell.

Even the surviving Title Douluo were all wounded; even the Sword Douluo endured several blows from the Golden Crocodile Douluo, his normally composed, meticulous face now stained with blood.

As for ordinary soldiers, casualties were even higher.

The Heaven Dou Empire mobilized a full 1.6 million troops this time, with total Soul Grandmasters exceeding eight thousand, including over three thousand from the Three Great Sects.

Yet after this war, forty hundred thousand ordinary troops were killed or wounded, and even the eight thousand Soul Grandmasters lost about two thousand, with the Three Great Sects suffering losses over twenty percent; even the smallest in numbers, the Clear Sky Sect, lost many.

Among the younger generation, Ning Rongrong and others performed exceptionally well.

Simply regarding support ability, Ning Rongrong already surpasses Ning Fengzhi; without Ning Rongrong's powerful control and her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's massive boost, the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Grandmaster losses would have been far greater, and it could not have matched the Spirit Empire's Soul Master Corps.

Even the many Title Douluo that could contend with the Spirit Empire's Title Douluo did so thanks to the full support of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Grandmasters.

And the Spirit Empire, to counter the massive support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's many Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Weapon Soul Grandmasters, many Soul Grandmasters recklessly launched attacks; fortunately, Yang Wei, Qin Shuang and others were extremely powerful, and even Feng Xiaotian and others fully protected Ning Rongrong and the others.

Now both sides' troops are beginning to value the Heaven Dou Empire's younger generation; these youths perform so outstandingly that they are only a hair's breadth from true top masters.

Among the Heaven Dou Empire's young generation, Tang San can still match Bibidong, and Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Yang Wei, Qin Shuang, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan—these are far stronger than the Spirit Empire's young generation.

Especially the Body Sect; now everyone sees the brilliance of its next generation, not to mention that the Body Sect Sect Leader Yang Xiong has yet to appear, who would be the universally recognized top young master.

In contrast, the Spirit Empire's war also suffered heavy losses.

The Spirit Empire originally had a total of 1.2 million troops, with a full 800 000 at Heavenly Gate Pass on the Star Luo Empire battlefield, and only 400 000 plus 40 000 Soul Grandmasters at Jialing Pass.

This time the Spirit Empire repelled the Heaven Dou Empire's assault thanks to its strong Soul Master Corps, yet the loss was severe: 400 000 troops lost about thirty percent, leaving fewer than 300 000 troops now.

Of course, the Spirit Empire also has its most crucial asset: the Spirit Hall's Fifth Offering, Guangling Douluo.

The Guangling Douluo is the world's only long‑range Title Douluo; its Guangling Bow deals tremendous battlefield damage, a single arrow can easily pierce a Soul Douluo's defense, even Title Douluo dare not underestimate it.

Even Tang Hao and Tang Xiao were nearly hit by ice arrows; the Guangling Douluo acted like a battlefield sniper, deterring the entire field.

However, despite the Soul Master Corps' strength, it still lost a full five thousand Soul Grandmasters.

This is still under the protection of Jialing Pass's towering city walls; otherwise the losses would be greater.

(End of chapter)