Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

He rushed toward Sunset Forest as fast as he could.

But soon, he found something wrong.

Because the three soul masters had no intention of attacking him at all, but instead continued to follow him.

This puzzled him greatly. Logically, this was the best opportunity, and they shouldn't have given it up, unless there was only one possibility: that these people's target wasn't him at all.

He suddenly stopped thinking about this.

Upon careful consideration, it seemed that the target was indeed not him, because when he discovered that someone was watching them, they were already fifty miles away from Tiandou City. In other words, these people did not come from Tiandou City, but had been here all along.

It wasn't an ambush.

Stroking his chin, Di Hong seemed somewhat confused.

If those people in the shadows weren't targeting him, then who were they?

Is there any other target worth assassinating here? If it's just a soul beast, then they don't need to do this. He doesn't think the other party's target is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Although Ning Fengzhi is in Tiandou City, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School isn't here.

Moreover, as the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi would inevitably have powerful protectors by his side.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is not yet protected by the Sword and Bone Twin Douluos.

It seems that Chen Xin has not yet reached the level of a Title Douluo, after all, his father is still alive.

Although Chen Jianjun himself is low-key, he has long been famous throughout the continent. After all, he has been seeking out strong people to challenge for many years. Some people have praised him as the number one person after Tang Chen, the sect master of Haotian Sect, and Qian Daoliu, the pope of Wuhun Hall, and also the number one offensive titled Douluo on the continent.

In the eyes of other forces, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which lacks a titled Douluo, is truly unworthy of its name.

During his few days in Tiandou City, he gained some understanding of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

The old sect leader is already very old and is also suffering from a serious illness, so he is not long for the future. It can be said that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is now in a predicament both internally and externally.

If it's not me, and it's definitely not the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, then who could it be?

There are quite a few sects and families within Tiandou City. Apart from the four major single-attribute clans affiliated with the Haotian Sect, there are other forces of varying sizes.

But he didn't notice anyone coming here.

After he stopped, the eyes that had been secretly observing him disappeared.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out who it was, so he simply stopped thinking about it. It was a good thing that no one was trying to assassinate him, and it saved him from having to fight someone.

Honestly, he's developed a bit of paranoia. Ever since his martial spirit awakened, he's always felt like someone wants to harm him.

After confirming the situation, he was certain that the hidden Soul Masters were not targeting him, so he slowed down and made his way towards Sunset Forest at a leisurely pace.

As he approached Sunset Forest, he smelled a strong, pungent odor of blood.

Why is there a smell of blood here?

This place isn't even the Sunset Forest yet; it's highly unlikely that any spirit beasts from there will come out.

Following the scent of blood, he found several corpses lying not far away, along with several dead soul beasts.

The corpses were all dressed in the same clothes, making them appear to be from the same group.

Di Hong walked over to a corpse and squatted down to examine it.

"Killed by a soul beast."

After examining the wounds on his body, he was certain that they were inflicted by spirit beasts. The corpses of the spirit beasts around him were all thousand-year-old spirit beasts. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any thousand-year-old spirit beasts in this place.

After searching the bodies, they finally found something that could prove the identities of the dead.

"Haotian Sect?"

Looking at the sign in his hand, Di Hong was somewhat surprised.

"How come there are disciples of the Haotian Sect here?"

The Haotian Sect is a full three hundred miles away from Tiandou City. How could there be people from the Haotian Sect here, and why were they attacked by soul beasts?

The Clear Sky Sect is not yet in seclusion, so it's normal for people to be out and about. But this is only the outer edge of Sunset Forest, and we haven't even entered the forest yet. How could there be soul beasts attacking people here?

Driven by curiosity, he ventured deeper into the forest.

He hadn't gone far when he saw two more corpses, also from the Haotian Sect, but this time there were no soul beast corpses.

Along the way, traces of battle could be seen from time to time, and even remnants of soul power could be seen. Trees that had been broken due to battles were everywhere.

"Tire tracks?"

He saw several tire tracks on the ground, but they were quite faint, indicating that the battle had been going on for a considerable time, at least an hour.

"It seems this is specifically targeted at the Haotian Sect."

The deeper they went into the forest, the more traces of the battle they found, and they also saw some corpses, including those of Haotian Sect disciples and soul beasts.

Starting from the outer edge of the forest, he discovered more than a dozen corpses of Haotian Sect disciples, both men and women.

"Who's so bold as to not be afraid that Tang Chen, a level 99 peerless Douluo, will come to their door and try to reason with them?"

Di Hong suddenly became interested. Someone actually dared to offend the number one sect in the world. He could take his time finding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, but he definitely had to go and see this.

Chapter 17 The Request of the Haotian Sect Disciple

In the Sunset Forest.

A group of people were running quickly, glancing back every now and then as they ran. A carriage was being protected by them.

Not far behind them, a dozen or so soul beasts were rapidly approaching them. The youngest of these soul beasts was at least two thousand years old, and there were even two ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. The strongest of the dozen or so people who were fleeing was a level 56 Soul King.

They never expected to be attacked by soul beasts on their way back.

"No, if this continues, none of us will be able to leave." The leader of the Clear Sky Sect Soul Kings was extremely anxious; they simply couldn't shake off these soul beasts.

Suddenly, the ground in front collapsed, and a soul beast resembling a pangolin emerged from underground.

"Oh no, it's a five-thousand-year-old pangolin beast."

The pangolin is best at digging burrows and has extremely strong defenses.

A massive pangolin blocked their path. Two disciples of the Clear Sky Sect wielded their black hammers and charged forward without hesitation to fight the pangolin. However, at this moment, the soul beasts chasing from behind had already caught up with them.

In desperation, the Soul King of the Clear Sky Sect said to a female disciple, "Tang Lin, you take the young lady and leave. We'll hold off these soul beasts."

"Yes." The female disciple bowed and then drove away along a side road. Taking this road was a last resort, as it led to the depths of Sunset Forest, the exact opposite of their route.

But now this is the only road we can take.

The carriage sped towards the depths of Sunset Forest, and Tang Lin frantically lashed the horse with her whip, hoping to make it go even faster.

However, not long after they ran out, a ghost tiger suddenly pounced out of the bushes, crashed into the carriage, and overturned it.

The carriage was overturned heavily, and Tang Lin, who was driving it, was also thrown out and crashed into a tree.

Standing up, ignoring the pain in his body, he walked to the carriage and opened the door. Inside, a beautiful young woman in a silver dress was lying in a rather unseemly position.

After pulling the girl out, Tang Lin shielded her behind her and released her martial soul, with three soul rings—two yellow and one purple—pulsating rhythmically around her.

Not far away, the ghost tiger stared fiercely at the two of them. In its eyes, the two were like prey. Tang Lin stared intently at the ghost tiger. If it weren't for protecting the girl behind her, she would have rushed up and fought the ghost tiger long ago.

This is Sunset Forest, and who knows how many spirit beasts there are.

The protected girl was in pain all over her body; she was not as physically strong as those Soul Masters.

After observing for a while and confirming that there was no threat, Ghost Tiger roared to the sky.

"Roar!"

Then, it suddenly pounced on the two of them.

"Run!" With that, Tang Lin gripped the Haotian Hammer tightly in her hands and charged forward.

Knowing that staying there would be pointless and only a burden, the girl turned and continued running deeper into the forest.

After half an hour.

Di Hong followed the trail and found his way here.

Before them lay a pile of corpses, including soul beasts and disciples of the Haotian Sect.

At this moment, he saw a Haotian Sect disciple lying under a tree covered in blood. He went over to check on him and found that the disciple was still alive, but was on the verge of death.

Just as Di Hong was wondering if he could save him, the disciple suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes shooting out a sharp light as he stared intently at Di Hong.

"Who are you?" he asked in a strained voice.

Di Hong said calmly, "I'm nobody. I just happened to be passing by and found a lot of corpses, so I came here. Everyone has curiosity."

"You are from the Haotian Sect, aren't you?"

Despite the large number of corpses, for some reason, Di Hong felt no discomfort or nausea. On the contrary, he seemed quite indifferent, as if he were used to seeing corpses. Even the pungent smell of blood did not affect him.

However, he could actually smell a faint fragrance amidst the pervasive stench of blood in the air.

"Yes," the man said, barely clinging to life.

Do you need me to save you?

"No need, I won't live much longer." The man shook his head, his breath growing weaker and weaker.

He had several deep, bone-revealing wounds on his body, the longest of which ran from his abdomen to his chest, and there were even several other places where he was pierced through.