After the gathering of the Four Single Attribute Families, although Tang San was unwilling, he had no choice.
Originally, Tang San planned to absorb the Three Single Attribute Families, and then he could greatly expand the Tang Sect. At that time, the Tang Sect would have thousands of Soul Masters plus several top experts, becoming a massive sect.
Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. The Four Single Attribute Families broke apart on the spot, and even the two brothers, Titan and Niu Gao, completely fell out.
However, upon receiving an order for two thousand Zhuge Divine Crossbows from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, he immediately became full of confidence again.
Crown Prince Xue Qinghe clearly stated that this order was just an initial one. If the power of the Tang Sect's hidden weapons was confirmed, he would then report to the Emperor Xue Ye, and the empire would re-evaluate and place a large order.
At this moment, Tang San felt as if he saw a broad road ahead, believing that the Tang Sect was about to rise.
So, Tang San and Titan left Heaven Dou City without stopping, preparing to go to Gengxin City to purchase a large amount of raw materials and even planning to recruit some excellent blacksmiths.
Unfortunately, when the two of them arrived in Gengxin City, they were greatly disappointed.
Niu Gao and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elder Ning Fengyuan had already arrived in Gengxin City a week earlier.
These two were like nouveau riche, buying everything in sight throughout Gengxin City.
Especially Ning Fengyuan, who was also a Soul Saint with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, possessed very strong detection abilities, capable of detecting various rare metals.
Neither of them lacked money, especially Ning Fengyuan, who was likely instructed by Ning Fengzhi and carried a card with over a hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
The two stayed in Gengxin City for a full five days. The metal raw materials on the market were completely swept away by them, and the various weapons in each blacksmith shop were also completely cleared out. They even recruited a large number of blacksmiths to leave with them.
Of course, some people thought these two were big fat sheep and wanted to cause trouble, but they ended up hitting a big nail.
Niu Gao was a dignified Titled Douluo expert. As soon as he showed a little strength, no one dared to say any more nonsense.
And Ning Fengyuan, as an elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, was equally shrewd and capable, with extremely strong detection abilities. Even treasures hidden deep could be found by him.
After the two left Gengxin City satisfied, Tang San and Titan arrived in Gengxin City two days later.
At this moment, Gengxin City had long been swept clean, leaving only some ordinary iron ore with extremely low cost-effectiveness. Even though Tang San was exceptionally intelligent and Titan held a high position in the Blacksmith Association, Gengxin City couldn't produce more raw materials, nor were there many treasures left for them to pick up.
In the end, Tang San and Titan had no choice but to purchase some raw stones that were left over by Niu Gao and Ning Fengyuan.
As for the matter of recruiting blacksmiths, even Tang San didn't have that much time and energy anymore.
Because the news that Spirit Hall had hidden Xiao Wu in Shrek Academy spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent, even in Gengxin City, countless people were talking about Xiao Wu, and their eyes almost lit up when they talked about a hundred-thousand-year-old transformed soul beast.
Tang San was immediately shocked. Although Shrek Academy had his teachers and Dean Flander, the Soul Masters' covetousness towards a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast was not something two Soul Douluos could dispel.
Therefore, Tang San was eager to return home, wanting to go back and protect Xiao Wu as soon as possible, and didn't spend too much effort on other things.
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Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, in Ning Fengzhi's secret chamber, this was the absolutely hidden and safe place of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
At this time, in addition to Yang Xiong, there were also Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Sword Douluo, Dugu Bo, Lin Gong, and Meng Shu. Even Yang Wudi had specifically rushed back.
And at this moment, Yang Xiong held a dark green bead in his hand, which was Dugu Bo's Poison Pill.
Yang Xiong specifically sought out Dugu Bo because he wanted to borrow his Poison Pill for a while. For this, he even specifically asked Dugu Bo about the method he used to condense the Poison Pill back then.
Dugu Bo was extremely helpless at this moment: "Little monster, what nerve have you hit? My Poison Pill was condensed unintentionally when I broke through to Titled Douluo. You're cultivating perfectly fine, why do you also want to condense some kind of Poison Pill?"
Yang Xiong smiled slightly: "Thank you, Senior Poison Douluo. I've actually been thinking about this for a while. Perhaps it can truly enhance my strength and also solve a very big problem."
Everyone present stared at Dugu Bo with eyes like knives. If Dugu Bo hadn't created some damned poison pill, why would Yang Xiong be so interested now, wanting to condense a poison pill of his own?
Dugu Bo felt a tingling sensation on his scalp. "Little monster, I've told you everything I know. Don't blame me if something really happens."
Yang Xiong quickly spoke up, "Senior Poison Douluo, I'm grateful to you! Perhaps your poison pill is the greatest discovery in the Soul Master world."
In fact, Yang Xiong had always had a question. Although Dugu Bo was known as invincible in group battles, his soul power level was at the bottom among Titled Douluo. Even after becoming a Titled Douluo for so many years, he hadn't improved at all.
But he possessed extremely powerful large-scale destructive capabilities, and even Titled Douluo couldn't do anything to him. Besides the special nature of his martial soul, it was probably also because he had a poison pill. Among Soul Masters of the same level, his soul power should be deeper and more suitable for large-scale use.
Yang Xiong had carefully observed this poison pill for several days. Although it looked like a simple sphere, its interior was intricate and complex.
This poison pill not only contained half of Dugu Bo's strength, but it was also produced when Dugu Bo's martial soul evolved from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. It contained too many things.
Only after Yang Xiong had a general understanding of the process and method of condensing the poison pill did he decide to condense a soul core for himself.
In the entire Douluo world, the soul core was the greatest change that truly transformed the Douluo world. Only after truly possessing a soul core could a large number of Titled Douluo appear in the Soul Master world, and the strength of Titled Douluo would also significantly increase.
Similarly, only after condensing a soul core would the cultivation of Titled Douluo not be truly affected, and it could even allow ordinary Titled Douluo to advance to a higher realm.
Also, due to the appearance of the soul core, many top Soul Douluo who were stuck at a bottleneck could advance to the Titled Douluo level through the soul core. Unfortunately, if they advanced this way, it would be difficult for Soul Masters to improve again after entering the Titled Douluo realm.
It could be said that in the entire Soul Master world, the soul core was the thing that truly changed everything, and the Poison Douluo's poison pill was the prototype of the soul core.
The reason why Titled Douluo cultivated slowly was that their soul power had undergone a qualitative change, transforming from its original liquid state to a solid state. Therefore, after becoming a Titled Douluo, it was very difficult to increase soul power by even one level.
Although Yang Xiong did not have Huo Gua's twin martial souls, he was very confident in condensing his first soul core because he possessed Ultimate Strength and also an ultimate attribute.
Yang Xiong closed his eyes tightly and sat cross-legged in the center of the secret room. He instantly summoned his martial soul, and his entire body turned blood-red, with dense golden patterns appearing simultaneously.
Yang Xiong's strength increased to the extreme. Every cell, every muscle fiber, every inch of bone marrow seemed to be boiling.
Immediately after, the soul power within his body began to circulate in a special way, which was precisely Dugu Bo's method of condensing the poison pill.
Body martial souls are different from other martial souls. Many martial souls can condense their martial soul origin in their palms, but because the body martial soul is one's entire body, it cannot be condensed out.
But as he raised his martial soul to the extreme, Yang Xiong's body and martial soul seemed to gradually separate. A blood-red figure appeared around his body. This figure looked exactly like Yang Xiong, but it was more fierce and powerful.
As Yang Xiong gradually controlled it, all the soul power in his body flowed like a surging river, circulating rapidly throughout his body.
As time passed, a blood-red figure gradually appeared in front of Yang Xiong, as if his body martial soul had been completely stripped away.
At this moment, Yang Xiong's spiritual power seemed to have reached its limit, and all the soul power in his body was released, gradually beginning to condense in front of him.
Yang Xiong planned to condense a Strength Soul Core as his first soul core, gathering all his strength together. This was also the strongest aspect of his body martial soul at this stage.
As time passed, Yang Xiong's soul power was consumed extremely quickly. When his soul power was almost half depleted, the martial soul phantom in front of him seemed to gradually begin to condense.
At this moment, Yang Xiong seemed to have exerted his strength to the extreme. This strength did not originate from a specific place, but from every inch of Yang Xiong's muscles, every drop of blood, as if he was draining all his strength.
And the blood-red figure in front of Yang Xiong gradually began to change at this moment. It was originally just a gaseous and virtual figure, but at this moment, it gradually began to solidify. The blood-red figure gradually began to disappear, turning into a rapidly rotating liquid sphere.
Yang Xiong did not dare to be careless in the slightest. Condensing the first soul core was much more difficult than he had imagined, especially due to the special nature of the body martial soul.
But at this moment, Yang Xiong had no retreat. The strength throughout his body seemed to be almost exhausted, not just strength, but also his vitality, and even the strength of his bones, etc. These were the key components of Yang Xiong's Ultimate Strength.
The blood-red sphere in front of Yang Xiong rotated faster and faster, especially as more and more of Yang Xiong's soul power was injected into it. It was rotating at high speed and could not be stopped.
After an unknown amount of time, when Yang Xiong's entire body's strength seemed to be almost exhausted, and his spiritual power and soul power were also close to depletion, the blood-red soul core gradually began to evolve from a liquid state to a solid state, looking like a blood-red bead.
If one were to observe closely, this blood-red bead was very similar to Dugu Bo's poison pill. Not only were the surface patterns very similar, but even the internal structure was also very similar.
At this moment, Yang Xiong was enduring immense pain. Not only was he injecting a large amount of soul power and spirit into the soul core, but even the energy from the soul bones on his body began to gradually merge into the soul core.
Just as Yang Xiong's spiritual power was about to be completely exhausted, his entire head instantly turned blue. The Blue Silver King Head Soul Bone also seemed to have pushed its strength to the extreme, supporting Yang Xiong's last bit of spiritual power.
At this moment, the soul core gradually became a solid sphere. Within the sphere, in addition to possessing ultimate strength, a blood-red figure seemed to gradually appear on the surface of the sphere, looking incredibly ferocious.
Yang Xiong was overjoyed at this moment. It's done, I've finally successfully condensed the first soul core.
And next was the most crucial part: gradually integrating the soul core with his body and martial soul. This way, the soul core could operate independently, quickly absorbing energy from the air, thereby increasing his cultivation speed.
At this moment, everyone present stared intently at the soul core in front of Yang Xiong, their eyes filled with awe, surprise, and even a hint of fear.
Everyone felt that the soul core contained extremely terrifying power. It was likely the culmination of all of Yang Xiong's strength, and even his vital energy. If this soul core were to explode, its power would be absolutely unimaginable.
And the energy in the air seemed to be attracted by this soul core, rapidly entering it, like a giant whale devouring the energy within hundreds or even thousands of meters around, far exceeding the cultivation speed of a Titled Douluo.
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