Chapter 113: Lan Xue Battles Tang Hao Again

Compared to the solitary Tang Hao, the ones currently at a disadvantage in terms of momentum were actually Lan Xue and Dugu Bo.

This is also a characteristic of Tang Hao; no matter what kind of opponent he faces, he starts with momentum suppression. Even if they truly begin to trade blows and the opponent's strength is greater than his, he still exerts a powerful, offense-only pressure.

Ordinary people seeing such an opponent are often intimidated at the start, their hearts filled with apprehension.

Lan Xue is, after all, a woman, and she was once severely wounded and left near death by a hammer strike from Tang Hao, so it is inevitable that she harbors some psychological trauma.

She can feel that their soul power is on par, yet she also understands that the gap in their combat strength at this moment is likely even greater than it was back then.

Because the Tang Hao of that year did not yet have a full set of soul bones, nor did he have a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

And after all these years, it is likely his Ring Detonation has become even more proficient than it was back then, allowing him to take on three enemies at once, defeat Ju and Gui, and severely wound the Pope, Qian Xunji.

While she herself has consumed two Immortal Herbs, it is precisely because the medicinal power of the two herbs was truly too strong that it caused her to absorb them extremely slowly; she has only absorbed a small portion now, and the strengthening of her body is not obvious, far inferior to a full set of soul bones.

"No, if I continue to be suppressed by the Killing God Domain like this, I will lose without a fight. No matter what, I must have a battle with him," Lan Xue said, holding her Halberd horizontally. "Tang Hao, today let me try your Clear Sky Unique Skill once again."

"Come ahead!" Tang Hao had no choice but to fight with all his might; after all, no matter what, Lan Xue was a Title Douluo.

If he did not show a bit of his skill, it would likely not be easy to make her give up on the ten-thousand-year transformed Spirit Beast right before her eyes just by using his mouth.

Lan Xue swung her Halberd in a fierce attack, while Tang Hao raised his hammer to block it head-on.

The moment the Halberd and hammer collided, accompanied by a loud explosion, the surrounding scene completely changed with the two of them at the center.

Behind Lan Xue, the ground was directly wiped into a wasteland, as if it had been plowed by hundreds of oxen.

And behind Tang Hao, it was a sheet of frost; the mere remnants of the two's power were enough to kill a Spirit Douluo.

"This woman, what a strong talent. Hasn't she only just reached the Title rank a few years ago? Why has she reached Level 95?" Tang Hao's expression did not change in the slightest, but he was actually horrified inside. The reason his own level could break through so quickly was due to the benefit of the Sacrifice and the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

The Spirit Ring obtained from a Sacrifice is more compatible with a Spirit Master than one obtained from hunting, and the soul power within the ring had almost no loss. The powerful soul power contained in the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring had been gradually absorbed by him over these years, which was why his level had risen so quickly.

But what did Lan Xue rely on?

"Fifth Soul Skill: Profound Ice Break!" Lan Xue did not have as many thoughts as Tang Hao at this moment; she was fully immersed in the battle and did not intend to use those hundred-year or thousand-year soul skills from the first to the fourth; at the very least, she had to start with a ten-thousand-year soul skill.

A huge ice dragon roared out.

"Sky-Surpassing Strike!"

Tang Hao smashed his hammer out, striking the center of the giant dragon's head. The terrifying power spread throughout the dragon's entire body, instantly turning the dragon into sky-filling shattered ice.

"Not bad ice power, but it's a pity, your path has gone astray!" Although Tang Hao did not know about things like Extreme Ice, he could clearly feel how immense the potential of Lan Xue's ice attribute was.

She clearly had not configured many ice-attribute soul rings, yet all the soul skills she unleashed carried a strong freezing power, which showed that the inherent strength of her freezing power was truly something to be wary of.

It is a pity that no matter how strong the ice-attribute ability is, it has been constantly filtered and influenced by other attribute soul rings; even if they were not attributes that clashed with ice, it was inevitable that it received interference.

Lan Xue's ice had long since lost the powerful might to freeze all things; the attacks she unleashed were just ordinary ice, and this kind of ice could not yet pose a great threat to Tang Hao.

Lan Xue frowned; her soul skill had been broken so easily, and of course, she was not reconciled. In fact, after advancing to Title Douluo, she had also felt that her ice was originally so powerful, but now that original, source-level cold ice with Extreme power, while not completely gone, seemed like a recessive gene, sleeping deep within her body.

She very much hoped to awaken it once again; as long as she could use that power, she was confident she would not lose to Tang Hao.

It was just that this was not a matter of a single day or night; in any case, today, she would be unable to use Extreme Ice to deal with Tang Hao.

"Tang Hao, don't be arrogant, don't forget that I am still here!"

Following behind Lan Xue's ice dragon was a Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

"Hmph, Dugu Bo, it seems you do not understand the gap between an ordinary Title Douluo and a true Super Douluo. You have no room to intervene in today's battle," Tang Hao said coldly, and black shields already covered the area around his body. "Clear Sky Protection!"

Soul power transformed into a protective shield, enveloping Tang Hao.

The virulent poison sprayed by Dugu Bo was completely unable to penetrate inside.

"Damn it, his soul power is surging yet dense, with no flaws at all; the poison cannot enter Tang Hao's body at all!" Dugu Bo was secretly shocked; Tang Hao's integration of offense and defense was actually this perfect.

After detoxifying, he had learned new virulent poisons, and Dugu Bo considered his poison to be enough to pose a threat to a Title Douluo.

But the prerequisite for being a threat is to let the venom or poisonous gas enter the opponent's body.

Now his poison was completely blocked outside the body surface by Tang Hao's soul power, so what effect could it have?

A true Level 95 and a self-proclaimed Level 95 like the Chrysanthemum Douluo were indeed worlds apart.

Another hammer strike came, aimed directly at the seven-inch mark of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor that Dugu Bo had transformed into. If this strike landed solidly, Dugu Bo would be severely wounded if not killed.

After all, apart from poison, his other physical attributes were among the lowest of all Title Douluo.

The Golden Body Art he practiced could make up for this shortcoming, but it was a pity that the time he had practiced it was truly too short.

Daoist martial arts emphasize gradual progress. If Dugu Bo wanted to practice the Golden Body Art to the point of covering his body in golden light for battle, or even to the realm of being indestructible, it would be impossible without ten to several decades of time.

Lan Xue hurriedly pounced forward, struggling with her Mysterious Ice Halberd to hold off the Clear Sky Hammer, saving Dugu Bo. "Mr. Dugu, please stand aside and guard for me; I will deal with Tang Hao!"

Dugu Bo immediately retreated a hundred meters away. He knew deeply that Lan Xue's words just now were giving him face.

If the toxins could not enter Tang Hao's body, it meant his role in this battle was extremely limited; the gap between Level 95 and below Level 95 was truly too great.

Furthermore, the effect of him and Lan Xue joining forces might not be one plus one equals two; on the contrary, if he became Tang Hao's main target during the battle, Lan Xue would have to be distracted to help him defend, unable to attack with full force.

The help he could possibly provide was his eighth and ninth soul skills, as well as Medusa's Gaze.

But the Ninth Soul Skill could not be used recklessly. The small town where Nan Feihuang and the others lived was not too far away. The Green Phosphor Divine Light was a super-large-scale attack; once it spread, even Dugu Bo himself could not control it. By then, the whole city would be filled with a ghostly green, that small town would become a dead city, and Nan Feihuang, Dugu Yan, and the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team would not be spared either.

Only the eighth soul skill, Time Solidification, and the soul bone skill, Medusa's Gaze, were the support he prepared to make.

Both of these moves were control-type soul skills, which were extremely particular about the timing of activation and could not be used rashly.

Dugu Bo hid in the rear, watching the battle between Lan Xue and Tang Hao, secretly accumulating soul power, determined to unleash it only at the critical moment.

(End of chapter)