Chapter 13: Tang Hao Attacks, Wants Me to Be a Dog? Get Lost! Eat My Phoenix Yang Flare!

It was late at night, and he was about to fall asleep.

Suddenly, Ma Hongjun sensed a powerful hostility locking onto him, causing him to wake up abruptly from his meditation.

"Such strong hostility. Could it be that the old scoundrel Tang Hao is coming for me?"

Ma Hongjun's first thought was of that wretch Tang Hao.

Ever since he slapped Tang San, he had been on guard against his old man.

He had assumed the other party wouldn't make a move, but he hadn't expected that he would still come for him.

Zhu Zhuqing, nearby, also noticed something amiss. After awakening her Nether Phoenix, she seemed to share a telepathic connection with Ma Hongjun and could sense his emotional fluctuations. Now, feeling his unease and not understanding the cause, she awoke from practicing the Nether Heart Sutra.

The Nether Heart Sutra was a cultivation technique inherent to the Nether Phoenix, and it was perfectly suited for her.

After practicing it, her cultivation speed had reached an unprecedented level!

"Hongjun, what's wrong?" Zhu Zhuqing asked softly; she only ever showed this side to Ma Hongjun, a privilege no one else had.

"I've been targeted," Ma Hongjun said in a deep voice.

"Could it be that Dai Mubai sent someone to take revenge?" Zhu Zhuqing said, a trace of disdain appearing in her eyes.

Can't win, so he starts calling his parents?

Dai Mubai was fifteen this year; to be unable to beat a twelve-year-old and then call an adult to bully him was truly disgusting, making her despise him even more.

However, Ma Hongjun shook his head: "It's not him."

He said: "That profiteer, the Shrek Academy Principal, is a level 78 Spirit Saint, which must be the strongest combat power there. If he appeared, I would be able to sense his aura, but this aura locking onto me is not his. I suspect it's not someone from Shrek Academy."

"It couldn't be that blue-clad boy, could it?" Zhu Zhuqing asked.

The scene of Tang San being slapped by Ma Hongjun flashed through her mind.

It was indeed quite miserable; he had spun three times in mid-air before hitting the ground. Just looking at it, one knew how painful it was, with the red palm print imprinted on half his face.

But she felt the other party was born of common roots; what powerful backing could a Blue Silver Grass martial soul have? "I can't rule out that possibility. Wait for me here. As long as I'm not dead, I can find you through our bloodline connection, and you can find me using this ability too," Ma Hongjun said.

"Then be careful yourself; I won't hold you back." A trace of worry flashed in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes, and she blamed herself for only being a Soul Elder, feeling too weak to help him at all.

If she followed him, she might even distract Ma Hongjun and cause his downfall.

"Alright, don't worry, I won't die. I also have the Rainbow Transformation Technique; as long as I want to run, no one in this world can catch me." Ma Hongjun gave her a reassuring smile, then spread his wings and flew directly out the window.

"You must not be hurt," Zhu Zhuqing prayed silently in her heart as she watched his retreating back.

At this moment, she realized that, unknowingly, Ma Hongjun had already taken a place in her heart, and a very significant one at that.

The night wind blew. A man wearing tattered robes, looking like a beggar, stood in the forest, gazing at the red figure flying toward him from afar, his eyes cold and surprised.

Although he wore rags, the aura he emitted was anything but tattered; it had even reached the level of a Title Douluo.

"Senior, why do you have hostility toward this junior?" Flying in the sky, Ma Hongjun stared at the figure below, his keen nose faintly catching a foul stench.

He knew that the person before him was the old scoundrel Tang Hao.

He hadn't expected him to be so shameless as to bully a twelve-year-old junior.

"Young, with decent talent."

"It's a pity, you are too impulsive; you are destined not to go far."

"After hitting the young one, naturally the old one must come out to seek justice."

"I don't like looking up at people. Get down here!" Tang Hao said coldly, a terrifying aura erupting from his body as nine Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red—rose beneath his feet.

Especially when the last red Spirit Ring, representing a Ten Thousand Year one, appeared, Tang Hao's aura soared to its absolute peak!

A rusted blue hammer emitting thunder appeared in his hand and slammed into the ground, full of imposing power.

At this moment, Ma Hongjun's brow furrowed even deeper.

He realized he had still underestimated the strength of a Title Douluo.

So much for the "fantasy sewer"—the moment he became a player in the game, it could still threaten his life!

Under the terrifying pressure, his Phoenix Martial Soul appeared, and the five fiery-red Spirit Rings on his body rose in unison. As a giant Wutong Tree manifested behind him and bloomed, the entire region turned into a world of fire.

The pressure on him instantly decreased by forty percent! Ma Hongjun felt much better.

Seeing this, Tang Hao showed a look of surprise: "This phoenix is not simple. Could it be a God-level Spirit?"

"Red Spirit Rings? Could they be Ten Thousand Year ones? No, the aura is different. These are definitely not Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings. Then what kind of Spirit Rings could they be?"

"Could he not be human, but a transformed Spirit Beast?"

A flash of murderous intent and burning greed crossed his eyes.

If that were true, this person must have a Title Douluo backing him.

Since he had already offended him, he might as well kill him directly to prevent future trouble! It would also count as removing a major future enemy for his son!

"The blue-haired boy you hit is my son. Seeing that you are young, I cannot bear to kill you. I can give you a chance to live: as long as you go and apologize to my son, let him slap you back, and from now on become his guardian, I will not kill you. How about it!?" Tang Hao still felt a trace of hesitation in his heart. Compared to killing the other party, if he could pull him into his own camp to become his son's guardian, then he would have a powerful trump card for confronting the Spirit Hall in the future!

He had seen the other party defeat the Spirit Saint-level Flender!

He had seen the entire previous battle with his own eyes!

"Such vast and fierce power from a hammer; only the Clear Sky Hammer of the Clear Sky Sect could be capable of this. You must be the legendary Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, who hammered the former Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, to death!" Ma Hongjun sneered in his heart: "A dignified Title Douluo coming to bully a twelve-year-old Soul King like me? Have you no shame? If this gets out, where will your face and the face of the Clear Sky Sect be?"

"It is indeed me. As for whether it will get out, how could a dead person pass on a message?" While admitting his identity, Tang Hao also revealed a thick sense of threat.

"You don't have much time. Answer me!" he said in a deep voice.

"Impossible! Although you are a Title Douluo, wanting me to be a dog is absolutely impossible!"

"How about you be a dog for me instead?"

Ma Hongjun mocked: "Negotiations... over!"

The next second, he decisively summoned his Fifth Soul Skill.

"Fifth Soul Skill! Phoenix Yang Flare!"

He had to strike first to catch the other party off guard.

Nine high-temperature suns with the power to burn the heavens and boil the seas appeared in the sky, arranged in a nine-star alignment. The air was incinerated, life within the range evaporated, and the world fell into a silent realm shrouded by a terrifying sea of solar flames.

A gigantic Phoenix stood firm in the firmament, transforming into the greatest sun and firing a high-temperature beam with powerful destructive explosive capabilities! Each time it passed a sun, its power, temperature, and speed would instantly double! The final flare beam locked onto Tang Hao and descended, impossible to dodge! "You are courting death! You ignorant brat!" Hearing Ma Hongjun humiliate him, Tang Hao was enraged, but after sensing the terrifying soul skill in the sky, his expression changed drastically! "What!?"

"Clear Sky True Body!!!!! Appear!!!!!!"

Tang Hao was also shocked by this move; a look of terror flashed within his eyes. This terrifying high-temperature beam actually brought him the threat of death! He could not be careless!!!!!!!

Alarm bells rang loudly in his heart!

He unleashed the Clear Sky True Body in time to defend against it! (End of chapter)