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"Once that thing is fully equipped in the military, quantitative changes will inevitably lead to qualitative changes."
Xuan Hao picked up his water glass and took a sip.
"Moreover, the extreme environment of war itself will greatly promote the iteration of weapons.
Once Tang San's hidden weapons are put into actual combat, their design and power will inevitably be amplified again in the war."
"Who knows, if someone were to combine these mechanical hidden weapons with those lost ancient soul guidance device technologies in the future... then, let alone Soul Kings and Soul Emperors, even the high and mighty Title Douluo would be worn down to death facing thousands upon thousands of Zhuge Crossbows firing in a hail of arrows!"
Xuan Hao scanned the horrified faces of the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Never underestimate the terror of 'firepower coverage.'
Human strength has its limits, and even the soul power of a Title Douluo is not limitless.
But once these killing weapons, which can be mass-produced through assembly lines and equipped to ordinary people, are truly operating at full power, they will be terrifying."
"Of course, this is only a simulation of combat capabilities based on the main battlefield."
Xuan Hao shrugged, then changed the subject:
"After all, old monsters who can cultivate to the Title Douluo level wouldn't be so stupid as to go and fight to the death with tens of thousands of troops on the plains.
If they can't win, they can run away, they can infiltrate behind enemy lines to carry out a decapitation strike and directly assassinate the enemy's commander-in-chief."
"While powerful standard weapons can certainly sweep everything on the front lines, what makes high-level Soul Masters most fearsome is never their strength on the front lines, but rather their extraordinary mobility and their all-pervasive single-target destructive power."
"Even so, once Tang San's hidden weapons are exposed, the impact on the balance of the entire Douluo Continent will be revolutionary. So, you should be aware of this and not spread the details of those things. If you can control the information, try to keep it within a small circle."
Hearing Xuan Hao's serious admonition, Liu Erlong, who had been sitting opposite him, suddenly looked somewhat uneasy.
She hesitated for a moment, her eyes flashing slightly, and said, "Um... about controlling the information, I'm afraid... it's already out of control."
Xuan Hao stopped what he was doing and looked at her in confusion:
"What's wrong? Has Tang San already sold the blueprints to someone?"
"I didn't sell it, but..." Liu Erlong sighed, rubbing his temples with a headache,
"A few days ago, Tang San and the others had just joined Blue Tyrant Academy when they got into a fight with a student named Tai Long and beat him up."
"It's not a big deal for kids to fight, but when the younger one gets involved, the older one comes too.
Taino from the Power Clan comes straight to the academy to stand up for his son.
Tang San is pushed to the limit, so he uses his poisoned hidden weapons, which immediately wounds Taino so badly that he almost loses his life."
Liu Erlong recalled the scene, her expression growing increasingly grave:
"This wasn't the end of it. After Tainuo was seriously injured, the patriarch of the Power Clan, that old Titan, personally came to take him away and took Tang San away directly."
"At that time, Old Titan was furious, and Flander and I couldn't stop him at all.
However, Flander went over and whispered something to Old Titan, and when he came back, he told me not to worry and that Tang San would definitely be fine."
"The next day, Tang San returned to the academy unharmed.
And the strangest thing was that Tai Long, who had been fighting him to the death before, was now like a lackey, following Tang San around every day, calling him 'Young Master' more affectionately than anyone else."
Liu Erlong looked at Xuan Hao, her tone revealing deep worry:
"I didn't think much of it at first, just assuming that Flander had mediated between them.
But after listening to your analysis just now, I realized that something was wrong."
"That old Titan of the Power Clan is one of the three most famous master craftsmen on the continent!
He's spent his whole life forging iron. If Tang San really did demonstrate those hidden weapon mechanisms to him..."
Liu Erlong took a deep breath: "With Old Titan's insight, there's absolutely no way he couldn't see the terrifying value hidden behind Tang San's hidden weapons!"
Upon hearing Liu Erlong's words, Xuan Hao stroked his chin, his expression immediately becoming somewhat unnatural.
"So they've gotten involved with the Power Clan?"
"Flirting? What do you mean?" Ning Rongrong keenly caught the subtext in his words and leaned closer with a curious look on her face.
"What kind of relationship could Tang San, a Soul Master from a commoner background, have with the Power Clan?"
Xuan Hao glanced at everyone and said, "Tang San actually has twin martial souls.
His second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer."
Upon hearing this, the entire dining table fell into a deathly silence.
"The Haotian Hammer?!"
Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan exclaimed in surprise at the same time, their eyes wide with disbelief.
As successors of the three upper sects and the Poison Douluo, they knew all too well the weight these three words represented in the Soul Master world.
That is the inherited martial spirit of the direct lineage of the number one sect in the world—the Haotian Sect!
"How is this possible..." Even the well-informed Liu Erlong was completely dumbfounded.
"His surname is Tang... Could he be..."
"That's right." Xuan Hao nodded and revealed Tang San's background without any hesitation.
"Tang San is actually the famous Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao's biological son."
Everyone gasped again, their minds buzzing.
This boy, whom they always regarded as a commoner genius, actually had such a powerful background!
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Xuan Hao continued to explain unhurriedly:
"Titan, the patriarch of the Power Clan, was originally a trusted confidant of Tang Hao.
It was precisely because that old man recognized Tang Hao as his master that the Power Clan, out of love for Tang Hao, chose to join the Haotian Sect and become one of their four affiliated clans."
"You've probably heard what happened next. Tang Hao severely injured the former Pope of the Spirit Hall and was ruthlessly expelled from the Clear Sky Sect.
The Power Clan also suffered an undeserved calamity and eventually broke away from the control of the Clear Sky Sect."
Xuan Hao shrugged. "To put it bluntly, the Power Clan has never truly recognized the Clear Sky Sect; they only recognize Tang Hao as a person.
As far as that stubborn old man Titan is concerned, since Tang San is Tang Hao's son, he is naturally the rightful young master of their Power Clan. With this status, how could Titan possibly bear to harm a single hair on Tang San's head?"
Ning Rongrong was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized her mistake:
"But... how could Tang San be Tang Hao's son?
Didn't Xiao Wu say before that he grew up in that remote little place called Notting City?"
"The ins and outs of this matter are very complicated, and I'm too lazy to tell you all about the feuds between wealthy families from the beginning."
Xuan Hao waved his hand, "However, you only need to know one thing—Tang Hao is nothing like the fearless, upright hero that people outside say he is.
Take off that filter, and that guy is actually a complete idiot."
"Tang Hao completely neglected his biological son Tang San from childhood to adulthood, leaving him to fend for himself.
He has no right to call himself a father."
At this point, Xuan Hao glanced at Xiao Wu beside him, and Xiao Wu nodded in agreement.
"Xiao Wu also knows very well that Tang San has never experienced the warmth of a family since childhood, so he yearns for family affection deep down."
Xuan Hao steered the conversation back on track, looking earnestly at Ning Rongrong.
"That's why he's so obsessively protective of his teacher, Yu Xiaogang.
Because when Yu Xiaogang was at Notting Academy, he truly gave him that kind of care and support that was like that of a teacher and a father."
"So, Rongrong, if you still want to represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to discuss cooperation on hidden weapons with Tang San, you must be careful to handle the interpersonal relationships involved."
Xuan Hao solemnly reminded him, "You must handle Yu Xiaogang's matter with care.
You may look down on him, but you must never show any contempt for Yu Xiaogang in front of Tang San.
Otherwise, once you touch Tang San's sore spot, no matter how high the price you offer, he will absolutely not cooperate with your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
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