Astral Douluo

"Let's go and take a look," Xie Xie worriedly said.

"You guys can't act like this! Not at all! This is how I make my living!" said a scared and angry Uncle Li. The four of them could already hear Uncle Li's voice.

Xie Xie was at the front and was thus able to quickly force his way through the crowd.

The cooking table beside the stewed beef shop's entrance had been overturned. Beef broth streamed out from the countless shattered jars that lay on the ground. The steamy aroma coming from the meat only added to the disarray.

Uncle Li lay collapsed in the doorway of the shop. He was bleeding from the corner of his mouth and had a swollen eye, which only contributed to the look of grief and indignation on his face.

Three burly men stood before the doorway of the shop. The leader of this trio was a bald man, bare-c.h.e.s.ted despite the cold weather, showing off the dragon tattoos on his arms.

The other two were also quite tall and were obviously bad people from the look of their scowls.

The argument was already at the end of its flight. Uncle Li was already about to fight the bald man in the middle before he heard a familiar voice.

"So just because you're a Soul Master, you have the right to bully people?" Xie Xie angrily rebuked from the sidelines as the quartet squeezed past the crowd. Xie Xie quickly rushed over to Uncle Li's side and supported him. The bald man was met with Tang Wulin and Tang Xingxi's angry glare.

Guang Long was stunned for a moment before he began laughing hysterically at the sight of this child. "This street really doesn't have anyone left after all! Even a child dares to get in me, Guang Long's way. He truly is a calf that does not know how to be afraid of the tiger. Beat it! This daddy doesn't like to hit children."

Tang Wulin had been born into an ordinary family. To him, he found the idea of the strong bullying the weak to be absolutely unacceptable! He approached Guang Long with large strides and said, "How could you treat Uncle Li like this!? Are you even human!?"

Guang Long responded with a cold snort, "Can kindness be eaten? He does this in order to provide for his wife, could it be that I don't need to provide for my mother? Screw being honest! Hurry up and get lost brat; don't delay my business any longer."

He raised a hand as he finished speaking, moving to push Tang Wulin's shoulder.

A light flashed within Tang Wulin's eyes as he ferociously threw a punch at the oncoming palm.

With a 'bang,' Guang Long was sent staggering back. Tang Wulin, however, was similarly stunned. 'This guy had been caught off guard, yet he was able to defend. He's strong!'

"Fine then boy, it seems you actually have some strength," Guang Long said as he tried to brag Tang Wulin's shoulders as the dragon tattoos on his muscular arms grew taut, revealing a fierce appearance.

Tang Wulin raised his fist again and sent another punch flying.

Another muffled sound rang out, but this time, Tang Wulin was the one who fell back. He felt as if Guang Long's palm was like cast copper, and even with his astonishing strength, he was still at a disadvantage. Tang Wulin was pushed back two steps.

Guang Long was also given a fright. He had already put quite a bit of strength into that grab of his just now, yet the power behind that child's punch had actually been able to make him tremble and miss the grab.

"Good, boy! Your strength is nothing to laugh at!" Guang Long advanced another step forward and attempted to grab Tang Wulin once again.

Right at that moment, a strand of Bluesilver Grass shot out from Tang Wulin's right hand and in the blink of an eye, Bind was used on Guang Long. The ground beneath his feet turned to mud. Guang Long was unable to exert any of his strength at all. Then two figures soared into the sky towards him and landed. One of them had its feet suspended over his shoulder, a dagger threatening him at his neck. The other had a hammer which was ready to break his ribs open at any given time.

Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie, while not having a complete understanding of each other, had already began to understand each other. As soon as they saw Tang Wulin losing out in strength, Gu Yue and Xie Xie simultaneously launched their assault in order to support him.

"Apologize to Uncle Li and pay for the damages. If not, I'll kill you!" Xie Xie said with incomparable iciness. His heart had immediately filled with wrath the moment he saw the good-natured Uncle Li being bullied,

"Don't be impulsive now, little brother. Let us talk things out properly." The two burly men on the sidelines finally reacted. These sorts of murky situations needed exceptional judgement when being handled. If the one holding the knife had been an a.d.u.l.t, then they wouldn't be nearly as frightened. After all, not many people dared to kill someone. Children, however, were quite troublesome in this regard. Due to their young age, it was very easy for them to disregard the consequences and act on their impulses.

Xie Xie coldly said, "Nothing good will come out from talking to sc.u.m like you. Compensate for Uncle Li's losses and his medical fees, otherwise, I'll kill this baldy."

"And if this baldy can survive a cut to the neck, a.k.a. decapitation, I'll break his ribcage," Tang Xingxi responded, giving an angry glare at the two.

Guang Long suddenly laughed. "Little brats, so you're one ring Soul Masters. Do you think I've been able to control this street all these years without any ability? Do you think I'd be able to collect protection fees like that? Do it then. I want to see how you'll kill me."

Xie Xie was stunned. At his age, he still wasn't able to comprehend something like being fearless in the face of death. When he had threatened Mu Xi previously, she'd quickly compromised!

The Light Dragon Dagger pressed down on Guang Long's neck, but Xie Xie still hesitated at the thought of killing someone. Despite this, his loathing for Guang Long had already made him unable to think clearly.

When he pressed the Light Dragon Dagger down on Guang Long's neck, however, Xie Xie discovered that his neck was actually extremely hard! His Light Dragon Dagger wasn't able to cut him!

"Be careful!" Tang Wulin and Xingxi reminded Xie Xie as Gu Yue shot a fireball towards Guang Long.

His right hand was struck fiercely, the resulting explosion separating Guang Long from Xie Xie.

As this happened, two brilliant rings appeared beneath Guang Long's feet. Shockingly, he had two soul rings; one white, the other yellow. His n.a.k.e.d skin took on a metallic sheen and metallic scales protruded out of his neck one after another.

Xie Xie backflipped out of range of Guang Long's punch, only to see a powerful aura explode forth from Guang Long's body.

'Two rings! A Soul Grandmaster! This guy's strength actually surpassed rank 20 and he's a two-ring Soul Grandmaster!"'

Two little spirit souls appeared atop Guang Long's shoulders. One was an earthen-yellow lizard, while the other was a metal-grey lizard and clearly a bit larger.

The strength disparity of a single soul ring between Soul Masters was huge. Regardless of whether it was their soul power or their soul rings, a difference of rank or ring was significant.

In the wake of these soul ring's appearance, Guang Long's body expanded by a whole circle. His muscles grew to a ridiculous level, and those scales now made it look like he had metal grey skin. His appearance became much more vicious.

"I never expected you brats would be Soul Masters too. No wonder you dared to meddle in my business. It seems I'll have to let you witness how powerful this daddy is." As he spoke he violently stomped with his right foot, launching himself towards Tang Wulin.

"Wulin, be careful!" Gu Yue cried out in alarm. A radiance emitted from her hand as she attempted to control the ground beneath Guang Long.

However, after Guang Long released his martial soul, his entire body's essence had undergone a qualitative change that made him much more frightening. He easily broke free of the swamp that appeared beneath his foot. When Gu Yue released an elemental attack on his body, his tough skin was able to defend against it with similar ease.

'Is this guy's martial soul actually a powerful existence? He shouldn't be a simple, mere Soul Grandmaster… His soul power is probably above rank 25!'

Guang Long's martial soul was actually an Armored Dragon; a type of land dragon. Land dragons excelled in power and defense, moreover, Guang Long was actually blessed with innate divine strength. In other words, he surpassed Tang Wulin in physical strength!

Guang Long was currently using his first soul skill, Armored Body, to block Gu Yue's attack. As for Xie Xie's Light Dragon Dagger, it was impossible for it to penetrate his defenses.

If it was a one versus three, his strength would have completely suppressed Tang Wulin's trio! However, it wasn't.

"Hey! Big Guy! Pick on someone your own size!" Tang Xingxi said before punching Guang Long straight in the face. Through the impact of the blow, Guang Long was sent back all the way to the other side of the street!

"Haaaah. You know kid, you really shouldn't be messing with Daddy!" said an enraged Guang Long as he stood up from the rubble. Rushing towards Tang Xingxi, while activating his second soul skill he suddenly heard a voice and stopped right in his tracks. "Halt!" said Tang Xingxi, activating his Dragon God Bloodline.

Walking over to Guang Long, Tang Xingxi met his eyes with a disdaining look on his face. Seeing that Guang Long was still trying to resist, Tang Xingxi spoke, prideful and condescending, "Ignorant Peasant, KNEEL BEFORE YOUR GOD!"

All the people with around Tang Xingxi, save for Uncle Li was hit with immense pressure, urging them to kneel before Tang Xingxi as if he were a king. Those with dragon-based martial souls felt even more than pressure as they also felt an immense suppression. Even the non-soul masters kneeled as their spirits were dragon-based and bowed when feeling the aura of their lord.

Meanwhile, Tang Wulin began to feel the suppression. Then, he heard a snap.

His consciousness became hazy and heard a dragon's constant roaring. Scorching heat suddenly enveloped his body, causing his entire being to start trembling. His brows were knitted as if he were in extreme pain.

Darkness. It was pitch-black darkness. Nothing could be seen through this darkness. Tang Wulin discovered that he had arrived in a pitch-black world.

Suddenly, a golden and blue light appeared off in the distance. The golden light was simply too dazzling, and the blue one, too mysterious. He couldn't help but give them all of his attention.

The lights drew closer and closer, causing their enormous size to become more apparent the closer it came. When Tang Wulin could finally and clearly see what it was, he was shocked to discover that both of them were gigantic dragons.

The Dragons had five claws. One of them was golden and had their entire body covered in large golden scales. A pair of horns sprouted from its head, and its form serpentine.

The other had pitch-black scales with a grey underbelly. It had tribal markings in colours of blue and white. Faint thunder gathered as it flapped its wings, and the tribal markings on its body seemed to hold the essence of space and time.

[Tang Xingxi POV]

"Scram! Scram before I accidentally step on you!" I ordered Guang Long. Doing so immediately, he fled leaving a cloud of dust behind.

Recollecting my aura, I asked, "Are you okay?"

Taking a while to recover from the shock of my actions, everyone eventually bowed their heads before me and said yes while thanking me for taking care of Guang Long.

Looking towards my brother, I saw him struggling with something in his mindscape. Having an idea of what was going on, I used the Library of Heaven's Path and said in my mind, 'Flaws'

Instantly, a book doc.u.menting everything about my brother popped up in my head. Reading through, I saw that the situation was as expected. He was meeting with Tang Wulin's sliver of Divine Will…Hold on, two entities and bloodlines? Let's see the other bloodline…

Reading in my mindscape where time flew 100,000 to 1 in the real world, I facepalmed myself after reading the second bloodline who my brother was meeting with. (Am going to use [] for Library of Heaven's Path text)

[Acnologia Tempest; The fusion of Veldora Tempest, the ruler of storms and wind, able to investigate and see through all, and Dragon Slayer Acnologia, killer of dragons, master of time and space, devourer of all.]

In my mindscape, I screamed out, "Come on god! I ASKED FOR THE ORIGINAL STORY! NOT A F***ING FANFICTION!"

--------Somewhere in the divine realm--------

"Achoo!" sneezed god.

Wiping his hand on his nose, he thought to himself, 'Who's talking about me?'