Chapter 547: Nine-Nine Return to One, the Lion Falls in Battle

"Boom!"

In the sky, a fierce battle was unfolding, and everyone watched this battlefield with nervous hearts.

Especially on the side of the Spirit Hall, after all, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu had not come, while the other side had Tang Chen holding the field.

Only one side had a nuclear weapon for deterrence; that was the situation. At this moment, the Star Luo Empire had the ability to flip the table at any time, and once Golden Crocodile Douluo and Lion Douluo could not withstand Tang Xiao's eighty-one hammers.

The Spirit Empire would be in misery; these hundreds of thousands of troops could very likely be completely wiped out by Tang Chen.

It was a pity that the situation was currently very unfavorable; under the reinforcement of the Haotian Formation, Tang Xiao's strength had risen to a level comparable to Level 97.

Meanwhile, Golden Crocodile and Lion had a portion of their power restricted by the Slaughter Domain; one was reduced to Level 96, and the other to Level 97, and they were completely unable to use soul skills.

Even without using soul skills, the Clear Sky Sect was on an entirely different level from other forces.

The exquisite moves and precise force application of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, combined with the stacking of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, made Tang Xiao's hammer technique stronger with every strike.

Even while fighting two, Tang Xiao held a great advantage.

At first, Lion Douluo and Golden Crocodile Douluo were still defending quite calmly, but the further it went, the more strenuous it became for the two of them.

Tang Chen praised with satisfaction, "Heh, Xiao'er is worthy of being the current Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect. Although he has not learned Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer, his level of Mastery in the Chaotic Wind Cloak and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes is likely among the best in the history of the Clear Sky Sect. He has actually managed to fuse two types of martial arts; the force application of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and the stacking force of the Chaotic Wind Cloak—this is practically already a new Clear Sky supreme art."

"Penetration Absolute." Tang Xiao's main target was Lion; one must pick the soft persimmon to squeeze.

Lion's strength at this moment was not even as good as Level 96; was this not the perfect opportunity to take his life while he was sick?

The Penetration Absolute could drive force into the opponent's body, piercing the opponent's internal organs. Although the Flame Lion martial soul integrated attack and defense, no matter how he trained, it was impossible to train his lungs and viscera to be extremely tough.

Moreover, at this moment, Tang Xiao had already swung more than thirty hammers, and the stacked power was extremely immense.

Lion's arms were covered in flame-condensed shields to block Tang Xiao's hammer, but the result was that the shields shattered immediately, and the bones and meridians of his right arm were nearly pulverized.

"Old Four!" Golden Crocodile rushed over to rescue him.

Tang Xiao turned back with another hammer, "Quake Absolute!"

This was not an offensive move, but a control-type one, primarily based on shock.

As soon as Golden Crocodile Douluo flew over, he was shocked back several hundred meters by a hammer from Tang Xiao.

Then, he continued to Pounce toward Lion Douluo.

"Uncle has chosen a very correct tactic!" Tang San nodded; Tang Xiao's goal was very clear: take out Lion Douluo first.

Even if Golden Crocodile Douluo had his soul rings restricted and his attributes lowered, his strength was still not much inferior to Tang Xiao's, and he was fully equipped with six great soul bones, one of which was a hundred-thousand-year one.

Going head-to-head with him, even with the Haotian Formation's reinforcement, Tang Xiao did not have absolute certainty of defeating him within eighty-one hammers.

"Break Absolute!"

Another hammer; this hammer struck directly at Lion Douluo's lower back, and the force was stacked to over thirty-five hammers.

The waist was the best point of force application for many animals; injured here, Lion Douluo found it painful even to catch his breath, making it even harder to launch a counterattack.

"Forty hammers, forty-one hammers, forty-two hammers..."

Tang Xiao's offensive became increasingly fierce; Lion Douluo could not parry at all. Although Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to support him several times, Tang Xiao's combat proficiency was too high, and he always forced him back with the Quake Absolute just as he approached.

Golden Crocodile Douluo's combat power lay in his soul ring skills; this was the norm for the vast majority of Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent. Losing his soul rings, his combat power dropped by at least sixty percent, and he was only relying on the physical quality of his six soul bones to resist Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer.

Soon, Tang Xiao had stacked the force of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to seventy-seven hammers; this hammer struck Lion Douluo directly in the chest.

Lion spat out a large mouthful of blood, his body swaying and on the verge of collapsing.

"Old Four!!! Tang Xiao, this old man will definitely make you pay the price!" Golden Crocodile Douluo was furious; Offerings and Elders were different.

Those Elders were merely his subordinates, but the Offerings were different; they were brothers.

"Don't be impatient, Golden Crocodile Douluo, it's your turn next!" Tang Xiao continued to accumulate power; the seventy-eighth hammer was so strong that even Golden Crocodile Douluo found it difficult to parry.

Finally, only three hammers remained, which were also his three strongest hammers, stronger than the seventy-plus hammers that had hit Lion Douluo combined.

He prepared to break the golden armor with one hammer, injure the lungs and viscera with one, and take the crocodile's life with the last.

"You are finished, the eighty-first hammer, Nine-Nine Return to One!" After the first two hammers, Tang Xiao condensed all his strength to deliver the hammer of his highest level.

"This hammer is comparable to this old man's Ninth Soul Skill at full power!" Golden Crocodile Douluo said in shock; he had not expected that Tang Xiao, a mere Level 97 Title Douluo, could deliver such a powerful blow.

If he were in his prime, he could still resist, but now, he could not use his Ninth Soul Skill at all, and having been hammered repeatedly and being injured, he was actually helpless and could only watch as the final hammer smashed toward him.

"Second Brother!"

Just at this moment, accompanied by a huge Roar, Lion Douluo ignored his own injuries and flew over rapidly.

He used his body to knock Golden Crocodile Douluo away, taking the place of him to withstand Tang Xiao's strongest hammer, the Nine-Nine Return to One.

He was already severely injured, and without the full-body soul bone physique of Golden Crocodile, how could he withstand this hammer?

Under the blow, the bones, meridians, and internal organs of his entire body finally shattered completely, and his life force vanished rapidly.

"Old Four!!!"

"Lord Fourth Offering!"

Golden Crocodile roared, and the people of the Spirit Hall were shocked; they had not expected that the first Title Douluo to fall in this continental war would actually be the Fourth Offering of the Spirit Hall.

Lion Douluo had one last breath left; he raised his head and smiled grimly, "Tang Xiao, Tang Chen, the eighty-first hammer, this old man has taken it; this bet, we have won!"

After saying this, Lion Douluo could no longer hold on; his body fell downward, and his aura vanished completely. Golden Crocodile flew forward to hold Lion Douluo's corpse, forcing himself to suppress his anger as he said, "Tang Chen, this old man is still alive; the bet is over, right!"

He certainly wanted revenge, but now he had to prioritize the big picture; he was no match for Tang Chen at all, and he was doubly restricted by the Haotian Formation and the Slaughter Domain.

To continue fighting would only mean Old Four had sacrificed himself in vain.

Tang Chen said with admiration, "The Fourth Offering of the Spirit Hall, facing Death as if returning home; this old man will naturally keep his promise. Withdraw!"

At his command, while he withdrew his own Slaughter Domain, the disciples of the Clear Sky Sect also dismantled the Haotian Formation.

With his power restored and his soul rings returned, Golden Crocodile truly wished he could strike back with a Ninth Soul Skill to take revenge, but in the end, he suppressed the impulse in his heart.

With Tang Chen present, any action he took would be useless.

At this time, the most important thing was to ensure the retreat of the Spirit Empire's army.

(End of chapter)