Chapter 475: Return to Shilake City

Upon receiving such momentous news, the two's originally leisurely morning mood was completely blown away.

They are now full of vigor, eager to increase their strength.

In this final half-day, they did nothing particularly romantic or exciting, merely taking a casual walk around Star Net City.

The weather that day was not particularly good; not long after they left Huo Yun'er's grave, clouds covered the sun and a light drizzle began.

Tang Wulin bought an umbrella; the two sheltered under it shoulder to shoulder, watching the beautiful city in the rain.

"Wulin."

"Hmm?"

"We must stop the Ri Yue Di Guo; we cannot let them destroy this city where my mother is."

"Hmm."

In the afternoon, the two returned to Shilake Academy together.

They did not immediately go find the strong ones gathered by the Shilake Summons; instead, after notifying their companions and the senior elders, they entered the underground chamber of the Sea God Pavilion used for secluded cultivation, took out one of the remaining three Primordial Chaos Pellets, and began to absorb it together.

When Tang Wulin originally said the time to head to the Tianhun Empire would be late at night, the two actually still had a few hours left.

They wanted to use this remaining time to boost their strength once more before the war officially began.

Before, they often absorbed the Primordial Chaos Pellet together with Tang Sect companions, numbering nearly twenty, so the energy they could actually absorb was only about one-tenth of a pellet.

But this time, they did not share it with others; only the two of them absorbed it, and the resulting energy far exceeded their imagination.

Tang Wulin was fine, but Huo Yutong struggled; if her body had not been made extremely tough by being nourished with life divine power, she might not have been able to hold up.

Fortunately, after three hours, they finally finished absorbing it.

When they opened their eyes again, they both saw delight in each other's eyes.

Previously, absorbing the energy of a Primordial Chaos Pellet usually took only ten-odd minutes; this time it took three hours, showing how immense the energy was.

No wonder it's a divine pellet that lets Song Lao break through from level Soul Power 97 to 98 with just a third—it's amazing.

Tang Wulin hurriedly asked, "Yutong, what is your Soul Power Level now?"

"Level Soul Power 90."

"Me too."

They smiled at each other.

Their eighth soul rings are both at the ferocious beast level; after Tang Wulin absorbed his eighth soul ring, his soul power reached level 83, while Huo Yutong, having absorbed two soul spirits and countless Eternal Mystic Ice Marrow, broke through to level 86 in one go; with the help of a whole Primordial Chaos Pellet, their cultivation instantly leapt.

As long as they condense their second soul core, they can immediately break through the level Soul Power 90 bottleneck and reach the Honored Douluo realm.

Keep in mind Huo Yutong is only nineteen this year, and Tang Wulin has a few days left before turning eighteen; even without considering their ability to fight above their level, their rate of advancement is absolutely unprecedented in Douluo Continent history.

At this pace, they might possibly break through to the Honored Douluo realm before the age of twenty.

The two rose and left the underground.

At this point, outside it was already dark; the Sea God Pavilion was packed with strong ones from all over the Douluo Three Kingdoms, heads bobbing, all ready to depart. As soon as Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong emerged from underground, a green figure shot forward, fingertips stabbing toward Tang Wulin's neck.

Tang Wulin raised an eyebrow, lifted his hand, and easily caught the opponent's hand.

"Song Lao, what time is it now?"

Having said that, he released Song Lao's aged hand.

Song Lao moved his wrist and replied, "We're only ten minutes away from departure; you really cut it fine."

She looked at Tang Wulin with eyes full of emotion.

"You are stronger than before; now, even if Mu Lao were reborn, he likely could not defeat either of you."

Her earlier move was just probing Tang Wulin's current strength; the result exceeded her expectation.

She could guess that Tang Wulin would easily block her attack; after all, without even invoking his Martial Soul True Body, she hadn't even attached her martial soul—if she couldn't block an attack of this level, Tang Wulin could go back to forging.

But what surprised her was that Tang Wulin's act of grabbing her was actually faster than hers; indeed, his hand reached to protect his neck before her hand did.

Evidently, her pride in speed has been surpassed by Tang Wulin.

Don't forget she is the Douluo Continent's sole level Soul Power 98 agile attack Super Douluo; as far as she knows, besides Tang Wulin, no other human expert in this world can surpass her in speed, not even a Limit Douluo.

And Tang Wulin is still a strength-oriented assault system soul master; his power is only greater than his speed.

Tang Wulin smiled faintly, saying nothing.

Although his strength has temporarily been surpassed by Huo Yutong, this does not mean his improvement during this period was insignificant.

Just in this past week alone, he has experienced three major advancements: absorbing his eighth soul ring, breaking through the Fourteenth Seal, and absorbing a Primordial Chaos Pellet.

After becoming his soul spirit, the Blue Silver Emperor, nourished by the Natural Son's power, successfully broke through a two-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck, officially becoming a ferocious beast-level soul spirit; the boost a ferocious beast-level soul ring gives a soul master is all-around.

The energy contained in the Fourteenth Seal is greater than he had anticipated, even more than the Twelfth and Thirteenth Seals combined; it's conceivable that the total energy of the first thirteen seals together could only match the Fourteenth Seal; now his inner body has completely turned golden, absolutely the world's strongest.

Moreover, the Primordial Chaos Pellet afterward gave him a boost of nearly ten levels—this is a ten-level increase at the Soul Douluo stage—and Tang Wulin feels his soul power and blood essence totals have multiplied several times over.

Now, facing his self from a week ago, he could easily crush that opponent with one hand.

He is confident that, even without Huo Yutong assisting him, he is fully capable of defeating experts at the Limit Douluo level.

Song Lao laughed, full of emotion:

"Since you're done, we can go too; come on, let's prepare to depart for the Tianhun Frontline."

"Wait a moment."

She was about to step out of the Sea God Pavilion when Huo Yutong called her back.

Facing Song Lao's doubtful gaze, Huo Yutong placed something in her hand and quietly told her how to use it.

(End of Chapter)