Douluo's Gourd

Tiandou City, the imperial capital of the Tiandou Empire, is the most prosperous city in the entire empire. The amount of people passing through it every day reaches a terrifying number.

At night, the towering city is hidden in the darkness, with dense lights scattered around like fireflies.

Casinos, Yingchunyuan, and the Grand Fighting Arena. These entertainment venues welcomed far more visitors than during the day.

In this atmosphere of decadence and extravagance, a small area market in the northern part of the city quietly opened.

This market is not large in scale, but the security is stricter than that of the big fighting spirit arena. There are sentries and guards in the darkness, which can keep an eye on every movement in the entire market.

Under the hazy cover of the night, it was crawling here like a ferocious beast, faintly releasing a somewhat creepy and strange oppression.

However, in the spacious marketplace, people's figures flashed by, and all kinds of shouting and cursing, as well as the sounds of swords clashing, gathered together, dispelling a lot of the lingering cold feeling.

In the center of the market, stands an inconspicuous three-story building, exuding a sense of vicissitudes.

In this place where every inch of space is fought over by vendors, there is a large open space around the small building where no one is setting up stalls. Even pedestrians passing by here walk in a hurry and dare not stay for too long.

Lobby.

Many people sat quietly inside, looking at the old man at the first seat with fear in their eyes, not daring to make any unusual noise.

The old man was dressed in a black robe with exquisite cloud patterns painted on it. He had white hair, but his face had a faint and delicate luster, and he looked like a young man. His eyes were slightly closed, and occasionally a sharp light flashed across them. Anyone who inadvertently looked at him would feel as if a sharp blade was stabbing them, and would immediately break out in a cold sweat and quickly look away, not daring to look directly at him.

The old man reached for the teacup on the table, but put it down halfway. "It's strange. I don't know why I feel uneasy today. Could something have happened?"

The guards below dared not say a word.

However, a young man among the guards responded in a carefree manner: "Uncle Bai Fu, you are worrying about nothing again. You just said this yesterday. With your great power, who would dare to come here to seek death? If you ask me, you have stayed in this corner for too long. You are feeling suffocated. You should go out and change your mood."

The old man called Bai Fu seemed to be quite close to the young man, so he did not blame him for his disrespectful tone. He shook his head and refused, "The transport team will be here in an hour, and the goods on top must not be lost."

The black market would move every three days, and the rare treasures collected during these three days would be sent to auction houses and other places along with the transport team for proper laundering, and then sold at high prices.

This is the main source of income for the black market, and there must not be any mistakes.

The young man's eyes rolled and he immediately came up with an idea: "Why don't you go out and inspect the post to see if there are any suspicious people. If you see any, you can nip any signs of danger in the bud."

"You."

Bai Fu tilted his head slightly, and wherever his eyes passed, everyone in the hall couldn't help but straighten their bodies.

"Well, I'll go for a round of inspection. Lei Du, Lei Sha, after I leave, the two of you will lead the team to guard this place. We can't let anything slip." Bai Fu glanced at a corner of the hall and said in a low voice.

"As ordered!"

Hearing Bai Fu's shout, two old men who had remained silent in a corner of the hall quickly stood up and responded respectfully.

Although the two old men were extremely low-key, it was obvious that their strength and status were not low among the crowd.

The young man looked at the two old men who stood up and said with a smile, "Haha, we have two Soul Emperors and ten Soul Kings here. Even if some Soul Douluo dare to cause trouble, with this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, I don't think they can cause much trouble."

Hearing his somewhat arrogant words, Lei Du and Lei Sha also smiled and then looked at each other.

Young people really don't know their place. They can even say such arrogant words. Soul Emperor and Soul King seem to be only two or three levels away from Soul Douluo, but the gap between them is even bigger than that between an ant and an elephant.

They thought that they had to draw a clear line between themselves and those who lacked reverence and did not recognize their own strength, so as to avoid being implicated for no reason. Once they left this place, no one would care about their identity.

After giving instructions, Bai Fu stood up from the soft chair, waved his hand, and said, "Since that's the case, everyone should do their job."

Hearing Bai Fu's words, everyone in the hall nodded quickly, then stood up, bowed to Bai Fu, and watched his figure disappear in the hall.

After Bai Fu left, the pressure on everyone's hearts was relieved a lot. The young man said casually: "Uncle Bai Fu has cultivated to such an extent, but he is still as cautious as before. It's too boring."

As he spoke, he took out a packet of white powder from his pocket, took out a flint and lit it. When the powder came into contact with the heat, faint green smoke wafted out.

The young man took a light sniff and immediately showed a comfortable expression.

This is a powder called nectar powder, which is generally used as an analgesic. However, some people have recently discovered that the smoke produced when nectar powder is burned can cause people who inhale it to have mild hallucinations and a feeling of euphoria. This novel experience has suddenly become popular among young nobles.

This is not the first time that the young man has done such a thing while on duty, and everyone has long been accustomed to his behavior. After all, he has a strong background and is usually generous, so everyone just turns a blind eye and pretends not to see it.

As the night deepened, thick fog that came from nowhere gradually enveloped the entire market.

As the powder burned out, the young man woke up from his hallucination, only to find that he had been dragged into a corner without him knowing when.

Surrounded by their own men, Lei Du and Lei Sha stood at the front, while confronting them were two mysterious men in black robes whose faces and body shapes could not be discerned.

The atmosphere was tense.

"I'm afraid you two have come to the wrong place." Lei Du looked at the mysterious man in front of him with a gloomy face and said coldly: "Just leave now, we can pretend nothing happened, otherwise, when Director Bai comes back, you will all die!"

The mysterious man didn't even look at them. He tilted his head slightly and seemed to be communicating, but didn't make any sound.

This move undoubtedly shows that they are not taken seriously.

Suddenly, an angry shout came from the crowd: "Master Lei, why are you talking so much to them? They don't even dare to show their true faces to others. They are just jumping clowns. Watch me capture them and take credit for it from Uncle Bai Fu!"

As he spoke, five gorgeous spirit rings emerged from his body one by one, and a ferocious giant axe was tightly grasped in the young man's hand.

As the purple thousand-year soul ring merged into the axe body, the one-meter-long axe suddenly tripled in size. The young man gathered his strength and jumped over everyone's heads, splitting the mysterious man with all his might.

"watch out!"

Seeing the young man rushing towards the man in black robe, Lei Du and Lei Sha wanted to curse him. Did this guy take too many drugs? How come he has no eyesight at all?

Not seeing the combined momentum of more than a dozen people, he couldn't even contend with the other side. All the energy was completely suppressed back into his body, not being able to overflow at all.

Their momentum was suppressed to this point. It was obvious that the opponent was much stronger than them. The best thing to do was to restrain the opponent and buy time to wait for Bai Fu to come back.

But this completely disrupted their plans. But there was nothing they could do. They couldn't just watch this stupid boy go up and die. Otherwise, even if they escaped from the mysterious man, the furious Bai Fu would not let them go.

Now, I can only bite the bullet.

Lei Du's sweeping eyes stopped at the black-robed man standing in the front. Seeing him facing them sideways, as if he was completely defenseless, he suddenly shouted, "Come on together!"

The colorful soul rings filled the space, and the surging soul power gushed out in all directions like a raging wave, even the small building made of fine iron was shaken slightly.

A chuckle came from under the hood. "He does have some reckless courage."

The black-robed man clearly reacted only after their attack, but his attack was faster than those who had summoned their martial spirits and used their spirit skills first.

Only a sharp sound of breaking wind was heard, and the next moment, countless thick gourd vines broke through the half-meter thick steel plate. The tips of the vines flashed metallic silver light and stabbed the dozen guards from all directions.

Agile soul masters create clones to dodge, defensive soul masters use soul skills to resist, and strong soul masters use soul skills with extremely destructive power.

Everyone responded in the same way that they were best at.

But at the moment when the soul skill was activated to its peak, the soul power in everyone's body suddenly became insufficient.

Most of them had less than one tenth of their soul power left, while others had already seen their soul skills backfire. It was just a moment of distraction before sharp spikes pierced through their chests with a deep red color.

"How dare you, you brat!" A voice filled with suppressed anger came from far away, and at the same time as the voice arrived, the figure of the owner of the voice also arrived.

Eight soul rings of yellow, purple, black and black burst out along with the terrifying pressure, and then wrapped around a double-edged axe. The words "Po Tian" could be vaguely seen on the thick blade.

The shock wave, a mixture of soul power and momentum, tore apart all the surrounding furniture and decorations, but when it was about to reach the man in black robe, two light curtains, one blue and one red, blocked it in front of him.

boom!

Following a dull sound, ripples appeared in the void. The powerful energy with a bit of heat made the black robe rustle, revealing the childish face under the hood.

"Heaven-Breaking Axe, Li Baifu? It seems that the bounty offered by the Xingluo Empire for you is still a bit low. Level 82 cannot release such strong soul power oppression."

Seeing that his probing methods could not even force the opponent's martial spirit to come out and were easily resolved, he knew that the opponent's strength was definitely not inferior to his own. Bai Fu suppressed his anger and said with a gloomy face: "I don't remember when a strong man like you appeared in Tiandou City."

The man in black robe took out a test tube from the gourd on his waist, poured out the liquid inside and poured it on the bottom of the vine. "Indeed, compared to my teammates who shined in the elite competition and became famous all over the continent, I am not famous at all, so even a nobody dares to step on me."

"Elite Competition." Bai Fu was obviously stunned for a moment after not hearing this word for a long time. Then his eyes stayed on the latter's face that looked a little too young. After a moment, his eyes suddenly swept across the gourd that was inadvertently exposed from the waist of the black-robed boy. A thought flashed through his mind, and the memory that had been covered up for three years was finally grabbed out by him.

"You... you are Wang Xiaofeng?!" A voice mixed with shock and disbelief came out of Bai Fu's mouth.

When Shrek Academy won the championship, it shocked the entire Tiandou Empire. The data of everyone in the team was dug up by all major forces, especially Wang Xiaofeng, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, three civilian soul masters with no background. From top sects like the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to ordinary small families, all extended olive branches to them. But except for the news that Oscar joined the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, there was no subsequent news about the other two.

As the person in charge of the black market in Tiandou City, Bai Fu was in charge of all matters, big and small. Naturally, he knew why Wang Xiaofeng appeared here. What shocked him was that the other party had reached such a high level of strength in just three years.

So if we give him three to five years, how much can his strength grow?

Bai Fu didn't dare to think about it any further.

"Do you want to declare war on the black market?" Bai Fu said with a dry throat, his lips moving slightly.