Chapter 228: Tang Hao Appears: The Clear Sky Hammer's Ninth Soul Skill

"It's over. Am I to lose my life here today? Father, Xiao Wu." Tang San's eyes were filled with despair.

No matter how confident he was, at this moment he was merely a Soul Ancestor; facing two Title Douluo, he had no way out.

"It's time, isn't it?" Nan Feihuang suddenly spoke.

"A chrysanthemum, a little ghost. You dare to harm my son? Get lost." Just then, a low voice suddenly rang out, as if exploding in the air. The voice was not loud, but the dominance it contained made both the chrysanthemum and the ghost tremble involuntarily.

Hearing this voice, the previously despairing Tang San suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with a radiant surprise. On the other side, the expression of the Pope, Bibi Dong, instantly became grave as she looked toward the sky.

Amidst a low, explosive boom, the bodies of the two Title Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Guimei, were actually sent flying back like cannonballs. Their expressions changed drastically; how could they not remember this voice?

In the sky, a figure stood in the void.

"Tang Hao!" Bibi Dong shouted sharply, her eyes staring at Tang Hao in the sky with venomous hatred, almost spitting fire.

This look of hatred was quite a convincing act.

While Bibi Dong certainly wanted to kill Tang Hao, it was because Tang Hao was destined to be an enemy of her Spirit Hall; as for how much she truly hated Tang Hao, that was not necessarily the case, for without Tang Hao, she could not have easily avenged her great grudge.

However, those with profound cultivation could perceive that the target of Tang Hao's hammer was not the chrysanthemum and the ghost.

Dugu Bo and Lan Xue watched with extreme envy; there was a world of difference between a Title Douluo with a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and one without.

The momentum alone when Tang Hao raised his hammer firmly suppressed the two Douluo, the chrysanthemum and the ghost.

Bibi Dong said in angry shock, "Tang Hao, you dare!"

Having said that, she also revealed her Spirit Rings. The Spirit Rings of her first martial soul, the Death Spider Emperor, were exactly the same as Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.

However, to the outside world, the Pope had died at the hands of Tang Hao. If she, Bibi Dong, did not display sky-high rage upon seeing the murderer of her master, wouldn't the Pope persona she inherited from her master collapse?

Therefore, he did not use those two moves, turning instead to his Ninth Soul Skill; the Ninth Soul Skill of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was also not to be underestimated.

The Ninth Spirit Ring, that red ring, rose quietly. Nowadays, because Tang Hao suffered from hidden injuries, he had to avoid Ring Detonation as much as possible.

Without Ring Detonation, the power of the Great Sumeru Hammer was also quite limited.

Tang Hao raised the Clear Sky Hammer, "Xiao San, watch closely. This is the true Clear Sky Avatar. Our Clear Sky Hammer is the strongest Tool Spirit in the world."

It was just a pity that this Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring came from a Spirit Beast with a life attribute like the Blue Silver Emperor, and it was not that compatible with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Although Lan Xue had basically recovered her Extreme Ice, she believed she could fight two or three levels above her own as a Super Douluo with the same configuration, but once she encountered experts with red spirit rings or numerous soul bones, it was still difficult to fight; she could only say she was not at a disadvantage, but had no guarantee of victory.

Otherwise, the power of the Ninth Soul Skill could have been increased even more.

Bibi Dong raised the Pope Scepter and flew up. The two Douluo, the chrysanthemum and the ghost, activated their Spirit Avatars and followed closely behind; the three decided to join forces to block this hammer from Tang Hao.

"Hmph, I'll accompany you to the end!" Tang Hao let out a roar and put all his strength into slamming this hammer down.

And the true target of this hammer was the Pope Palace.

Attacking what the enemy must defend, Bibi Dong and the two Douluo, the chrysanthemum and the ghost, used all their strength to block the hammer of Tang Hao's Ten-Thousand-Year Ninth Soul Skill. But after they defended against the full force, they realized that Tang San had disappeared without a trace under the eyes of everyone.

Just like in the original story, Tang Hao used attacking the Pope Palace as bait to force Bibi Dong and the others to return to defend, while he took the opportunity to take Tang San away.

A great battle was dissolved into nothingness.

But Tang Hao's arrogant actions today could be said to have caused the Spirit Hall to lose all face.

Except for the Spirit Hall, everyone else was very satisfied.

The people from the Gulei Kingdom—Nan Feihuang, Xun Yu, Lan Xue, and Dugu Bo—were spectators watching a show from beginning to end. Anyway, the Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, and the Tang Family were none of their own people; whether they fought to the death or not, they were happy to see it happen.

For Ning Fengzhi, Tang Hao had finally come out of seclusion completely, and although Tang San did not kill Dai Weisi, he had killed Zhu Zhuyun; this hatred was no better.

For Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuyun was dead, and Dai Weisi was isolated and helpless. Now, as long as he returned to Star Luo and joined forces with Zhu Qing, there was hope of reversing the situation and winning. At that time, the supreme position of the Star Luo Great Emperor would be his.

Yet he completely failed to notice the sadness in Zhu Qing's eyes; her sister had been killed, so how could she have the mood to consider these things now?

In fact, she knew that at least when she was young, Zhu Zhuyun truly loved her. Even later, when she fled the Star Luo Empire alone, if Zhu Zhuyun had really wanted to kill her, with her meager strength as a Great Soul Master at the time, she would never have reached the Heaven Dou Empire.

Zhu Zhuyun had always wanted to leave a way out for this younger sister.

At this moment, Zhu Qing felt no joy at the hope of survival, but walked slowly to Dai Weisi, who was holding her sister's corpse, and cried, "Brother-in-law, I'm sorry, I didn't know the ending would turn out like this!"

She truly hadn't expected that Tang San, under the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, would be so crazy. She only wanted to win; she never thought about harming her sister.

"Zhu Qing, it's not your fault." Dai Weisi shook his head. Even if he was angry, he knew that no matter how he blamed things, he couldn't blame Zhu Qing. "I will remember the grudge with the Tang Family! Zhu Qing, after the competition ends, come back with me. I will hold a funeral for Zhu Zhuyun. Zhu Zhuyun would definitely want you, her only sister, to see her off on her final journey."

Dai Weisi wanted to win over Zhu Qing; from this moment on, the situation in the Star Luo Empire had undergone a huge change.

It could be said that Zhu Qing's attitude could largely influence the future direction.

She was the only girl left of this generation of the Zhu Family; whichever side she was willing to help would possess the advantage of the Nether White Tiger.

Although Zhu Qing was nominally Dai Mubai's fiancée, Dai Weisi also knew that there was friction between the two. In this competition, they hadn't even used the Nether White Tiger once; this was clearly not because they were unwilling to use it, but because they couldn't.

A Spirit Fusion Skill requires mutual trust and a meeting of minds to be used.

And back then, Dai Mubai abandoning Zhu Qing alone in the Star Luo Empire and fleeing to Heaven Dou alone had already left her with resentment.

After arriving in Heaven Dou, he did not practice very hard, but spent his days in debauchery, mingling among different beauties, which only deepened Zhu Qing's disappointment in him.

Dai Weisi knew that he must take advantage of the situation now and let Zhu Qing fill Zhu Zhuyun's position; otherwise, without Zhu Zhuyun, he would inevitably be at a disadvantage in the coming battle for the throne.

"Okay!" Zhu Qing nodded. She hadn't thought that much, but seeing her sister off on her final journey was something she should do, both in terms of emotion and reason.

(End of this chapter)