I Can See Your Combat Power

Carrying the two girls, Tang Luo casually strolled through the Blood Prison full of “Divine Sons” of the Tang Clan, the place was brimming with Blood Beasts. The Tang Clan only raised humanoid Divine Sons, but there seemed to be hundreds of other kinds before his eyes.

They came in all shapes and sizes, perhaps the only commonality being the ‘3000’ label on their heads, signifying their equal levels of power. As he walked, Tang Luo was wary, noting that some of the Blood Slaves were exceptionally strange and small-sized, seemingly perfect for ambushes.

Although he wasn’t afraid, he decided to remain cautious. After a short walk, they reached the Underground Palace. “Open the door!” he declared.

Behind the door of the Underground Palace, besides Ji Ming who was pressed against the door listening intently, the remaining three young captives of Tang Clan were sprawled on the ground with a look of utter despair on their faces.

They had been in this state since they got here, because they knew that even if they could survive in the Palace, they had no idea how to deal with the swarm of Blood Beasts outside.

They could barely hold their ground while running from the crimson tidal wave of beasts. The idea of wiping out so many beasts was unfathomable to them.

They had no way to address these supposedly immortal creatures. Not knowing when the Minor Spiritual Realm Gate would return to normal, the three of them were losing their last bits of hope. The sense of despair was overwhelming; they just wanted to go home.

Just then, they heard a knock from outside the Palace gate, causing them to momentarily pause in disbelief. Tang Xing shot up and ran towards the gate, a look of pure joy on his face.

“Was that a knock?” Tang Xing couldn’t believe his ears; against all his despair, he had heard his elder brother’s voice. He turned to Ji Ming for confirmation.

Ji Ming, with his ear pressed against the gate, confirmed that he had heard a knock too. But he wasn’t certain that it was Tang Luo at the door. Seeing Tang Xing so excited, he whispered, “Who was that?”

“Hurry up and open the door!” Tang Xing exclaimed excitedly: “It’s my brother!”

He had no idea how his brother managed to get through the swarm of beasts to get to the door. But Tang Xing was undeterred because he knew if his brother was here, there would be no problems they couldn’t face. After all, his brother was the top young prodigy of Xiling!

“Don’t be a fool!” Ji Ming retorted coldly: “Your brother is at the peak of the Mortal Realm. If he wants to enter the Minor Spiritual Realm, he would have to reduce his power to the Mortal Level. Do you think your clan would let a prodigy who’s at his peak lose all his power just to save a few mortal level warriors?”

Throughout their journey, Ji Ming had been annoyed at the three spoil brats of Tang family, who travelled as if they were on vacation. At the sight of tens of thousands of beasts surrounding the palace, the boys happily wanted to open the door because they heard a familiar voice outside – such stupidity! This world had no place for fools.

Caught off guard by Ji Ming’s harsh truth, Tang Xing struggled to voice a rebuttal. He started to cry. The truth was devastating; even if his elder brother wanted to save him, the clan elders would not allow it. Because no one would risk a prodigy’s bright future for a handful of mortal level warriors.

Anxiously, he continued to hope that it was his brother at the door because he was terrified!

Tears welled up in the eyes of the petrified boy. At that moment, the little bit of hope that Tang Zheng and Tang Man had started to muster vanished under Ji Ming’s cold words.

Meanwhile –

Tang Luo stood at the motionless door of the Underground Palace with the two girls, in a rather awkward position. He placed Tang Fengran down on the ground and waved his hand in front of her face: “Wake up, hurry and tell me the correct password.”

He had foolishly tried to ask the team inside to open the door by just knocking. If the guys inside had really opened the gate on hearing his knock, Tang Luo wouldn’t know how to face years of elite education that the Tang Clan had provided him.

Whenever a team ventured into an unfamiliar environment, it would normally have a set of secret knocks, sometimes sounding like animal calls, sometimes specific poundings. He was sure that the two teams must have a secret knock in place to signal safety — all that was needed was for Tang Fengran to knock it out.

But the poor girl was so petrified. The river of blood and piles of corpses smothered Fengran’s psyche, leaving her petrified.

If one had enough valor, he could withstand the aura even if there was a one or two-level difference. However, the kids were too young and lacked the experience of real combat, causing frustration in Tang Luo. He gently put Tang Zhen down by the door too, and started to pat Tang Fengran’s face lightly to wake her up.

Otherwise, the uncomfortable feeling of blood beasts at their back would be hard to bear.

“Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap

After a round of slaps, Fengran’s eyes finally regained focus, and the first thing she saw was Tang Luo’s smiling face.

“Don’t be afraid. You’re safe now. Turn around and knock on the door. Tang Zheng and the others are waiting for you inside,” cooed Tang Luo, his deep and gentle voice calming her down.

Fengran stared at Tang Luo’s face, trying to avoid glancing at the river of blood in her peripheral vision. Shaking with fear, she turned and started to knock on the door of the Underground Palace.

“Knock- Knockknocknock- Knockknock!”

Upon hearing the knocks, the people inside stood up excitedly. Especially the young child, who was crying at the door. He was sure that he had heard the voice of Tang Luo again.

The three men quickly moved to pull down the gate mechanism and slowly raised the door of the Underground Palace a tiny bit. Immediately, a surge of bloodlust scent stormed into the Palace and they could see endless numbers of beasts outside.

Unfortunately, the gate was already opening. All they could do now was to huddle together and make a defensive formation, waiting for the surge of beasts.

However, the wave of attack they were expecting never came. Instead, a towering figure entered the Palace, creating a huge shadow, and the howling beasts didn’t advance even a step.

The large shadow was Tang Zhen and Tang Fengran, the colossal figure dragged them into the palace and then took a step forward. Everyone could see his face clearly – it was Tang Luo.

Even after seeing the familiar face, the four children remained on guard, clenching their Combined Attack Technique.

Tang Luo ignored the reactions of everyone. He pushed the gate mechanism into place, and the door of the Underground Palace slowly descended, blocking out the deafening roars and heavy smell of blood from outside.

Just as everyone was trying to figure out what just happened, the towering figure suddenly appeared in front of Ji Ming, grabbing him by the skull.

Seeing the man, who looked so much like Tang Luo, launching an attack, Tang Zheng and the others hurriedly launched the Wind Attack Thrice in his direction; the three spiral force was headed straight towards his chest..