Chapter 227: The Madness of Tang Hao

Within Zhu Zhuqing's icy cheeks, a bone-chilling coldness and murderous intent radiated.

With a push of her legs, her sharp claws suddenly pierced toward Tang Hao's back. At this moment, Tang Hao was still in the state of backlash from his Ring Detonation soul power, and coupled with the existing injuries within his own body, he had no time to react at all.

The terrifying knock-back effect of the Explosive Killing Eight-Stage Stab was manifested; Tang Hao's body was directly sent flying into mid-air by this strike.

Yet, Zhu Zhuqing's figure was like a flexible ball, rebounding back to the ground. The next second, her entire person flew out again as if she were a spring, once more stabbing explosively toward Tang Hao.

Tang Hao only felt a sharp pain in his back, and a cold, sinister soul power continuously surged into his body. Following that was a sensation of the world spinning. Before he could even react, another sharp pain came from his back. Just as he was preparing to counterattack, her figure had already vanished, and his own figure in mid-air was spinning once again.

In a situation where he could not use his martial soul, he could only spread his soul power across his entire body as much as possible to protect himself. However, the next second, the sharp impact directly pierced through his soul power.

Shi Quan, watching from afar, could not help but shrink his pupils, because he discovered that Zhu Zhuqing's Explosive Killing Eight-Stage Stab could actually step on the air, borrowing force in mid-air to counter-stab. No wonder it was said that as long as the first hit landed, it was very difficult to dodge afterward. With the speed stacking, she could attack from every angle, making it impossible to guard against, and naturally impossible to dodge.

Tang Hao was, after all, Tang Hao. Facing the gap in soul power, when the sixth stab came over, the seventh soul ring around Tang Hao's body exploded with a boom, and dark red flames erupted from his entire body, scattering outward.

Although the Clear Sky Hammer could not be used, the profound meaning of Ring Detonation was not affected. Without the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao could only rely on his own physical body to endure the heavy energy impact brought by the Ring Detonation.

The terrifying energy surged from all directions of Tang Hao's body. Under the all-encompassing attack, Zhu Zhuqing had nowhere to hide. While launching the seventh stab at Tang Hao, a brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from her body.

Ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit soul bone skill: Invincible Golden Body.

After the powerful penetration and attack ability pierced through most of that energy impact, which resembled red flames, the powerful impact force within the energy immediately sent Zhu Zhuqing flying away.

Although Invincible Golden Body could grant immunity to damage, it could not grant immunity to the effects of the impact force, which also caused Zhu Zhuqing's figure to fly backward directly.

Just at this moment, the attacks of the two women, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, also finished charging.

A scorching flame erupted from Dugu Yan's body, transforming into a Fire Dragon King. The power of weaving flames condensed into a dragon soul. Behind her, it seemed to transform into a blazing sun. The dragon soul stared, and while letting out a roar, it raised its sharp claws to grab toward Tang Hao. The extreme flame, like a blazing sun, also transformed into a beam of light and smashed toward Tang Hao.

Fire Dragon King Torso Bone soul skill: Blazing Sun Dragon Soul Break!

Ye Lingling, on the side, possessed a force that was the exact opposite. The bone-chilling coldness transformed into nine ice dragons condensing. Though called ice dragons, these ice dragons were as if formed from masses of swirling flowing water. The nine dragons intertwined and circled, like a tornado, heading toward Tang Hao from the left and right along with Dugu Yan.

Water Dragon King Torso Bone soul skill: Nine Nether Ice Dragon Burial!

One left, one right; one water, one fire.

The reason the three women had not made a move all this time was first because of Tang Hao's domain; once they left the range of Shi Quan's domain, they would only be picked off one by one by Tang Hao.

Afterward, when Tang Hao detonated his rings, Shi Quan had the three women charge their attacks separately.

The power of the Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King torso bones was not something the two women could fully unleash with their current strength. After a period of charging, coupled with the situation of exhausting their soul power, the two women finally released the attack soul skills of these two great torso bones.

With the terrifying power of water and fire intertwined, the two's all-out strike was not the least bit weaker than a strike from a Title Douluo.

Without the support of his martial soul, the power of Tang Hao's Ring Detonation was directly weakened by a large margin, and he could only rely on the power of the Killing God Domain to collide with it.

With the blood light and energy on his body intersecting and erupting, Tang Hao's eighth soul ring also exploded at this moment.

A full nine soul rings; at this time, only that final blood-red ten-thousand-year soul ring remained beneath Tang Hao.

The massive blood-colored flames caused even space to distort. Following a roar from Tang Hao, both hands moved together; one hand parried the Fire Dragon's blazing sun on the left, and one hand parried the Ice Dragon's entanglement on the right!

The terrifying killing intent condensed into substance, like blades cutting and slashing toward both sides.

The fire dragon and the ice fire were also forcibly brought to a halt by Tang Hao. His hands were bent, fresh blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with madness.

"Break!"

Tang Hao roared out loud. In the roar filled with deterrence, the blood color in his hands transformed into a vortex. The massive killing intent carried a terrifying energy fluctuation as it rose, transforming into two blood-colored beams of light, forcibly breaking through the two women's all-out strike.

With a parry and combined force, the strike was swift and broke through.

One of the Haotian Nine Absolutes, the Break character technique.

The Haotian Nine Absolutes were actually nine unique methods of exerting force. Even without the Clear Sky Hammer, they could be used, but in terms of power, they were naturally far inferior.

And now, without the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, this was already Tang Hao's final means.

Also at this moment, the little hammer in front of Tang Hao slowly recovered into the appearance of the Clear Sky Hammer.

Dugu Bo, who had been blasted away by Tang Hao's hammer, also rushed over, and Shi Quan caught the blasted-away Zhu Zhuqing.

Holding the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, Tang Hao's posture also recovered to be upright once again. Although only that final ten-thousand-year soul ring remained, the more it reached this final stage, the more terrifying and dangerous Tang Hao became.

The entire battle up to this point was inseparable from Shi Quan's deliberate planning. With Tang Hao's strength, if it dragged on, he would most likely be the winning side.

But from the start of the battle, Shi Quan did not give Tang Hao the slightest chance to delay. Facing a strong enemy, he did not retreat but attacked instead, directly erupting with the strongest offensive.

He forced Tang Hao to only be able to counterattack with all his might, letting the entire battle directly skip to the white-hot stage.

Because Shi Quan was clear that there had always been injuries within Tang Hao's body, especially when he hammered seven at the Pope Palace back then, which further aggravated Tang Hao's injuries.

Knowing this point, Shi Quan decisively chose to go head-to-head. Under such intense collision, the injuries within Tang Hao's body would inevitably be triggered.

Looking at Tang Hao's upright posture, Shi Quan could feel that the vitality within Tang Hao's body had long since been in extreme chaos.

If Tang Hao really detonated this final ring, the power of a ten-thousand-year soul ring, even if released, would inevitably cost Tang Hao his life.

Now was undoubtedly the best time to kill Tang Hao, but what he was facing would be the final crazy strike of the Clear Sky Douluo.

The three-in-one martial soul fusion skill was no small consumption for Shi Quan. At this time, Shi Quan was panting heavily, his eyes staring fixedly at Tang Hao, and Dugu Bo's expression held only solemnity.

Fighting to this point, it was impossible for either side to have any fatigue in their momentum; both sides strangely stopped the movements in their hands.

"Tang Hao, in your current state, if you detonate this last ten-thousand-year soul ring, you will surely die too!" Shi Quan said this fact with a cold gaze.

Tang Hao sneered, "Before that, you will definitely perish under my Clear Sky Hammer first!"

"That's hard to say!"

Shi Quan sneered, and the second soul ring beneath him lit up.

Spirit Soul Martial Soul second soul skill: Dream Illusion.

Looking at the changing scenery around him, Tang Hao's hands gripped slightly. Very quickly, his eyes became blood-red. He stared fixedly at the familiar scenery around him with blood-red eyes, looked at Shi Quan in disbelief, and roared: "It's you! What did you do to A Yin!"

The scenery around them was exactly the cave where Tang Hao had buried A Yin and hidden the soul bone.

Shi Quan sneered, and his voice rang out in Tang Hao's mind, "Of course, I devoured her. And that piece of ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, I also want to say thank you to you."

"And Xiao Wu, this ten-thousand-year-old rabbit, I also helped you accept her. You Tang family are truly good people. After sending the ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, you even sent a ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit soul ring and soul bone."

"Oh, right, and the Blue Silver King, you should have gone to look for him too, right? He also sacrificed himself to me, otherwise, how do you think my Blue Silver Emperor came to be?"

While speaking, the fourth soul ring of the Spirit Soul Martial Soul lit up at some unknown time.

Fourth soul skill: Dream World!

The Dream World evolves into an illusory dream world; within this world, the enemy's emotions are amplified, and their five senses are disrupted.

"Scoundrel! Die!"

Tang Hao roared madly, his entire being seemingly plunged into madness, the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand raised abruptly as a violent aura surged forth.

Shi Quan's voice pierced into Tang Hao's heart like sharp blades.

Endless rage nearly drowned him: the vengeance for his murdered wife, the hatred for the theft of his bones, the severing of his son's future path, and the killing of his son's beloved.

Every single matter was, to him, an unforgivable sin!

The blood-red Ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring shattered directly; Tang Hao spat out a mouthful of blood, his upright figure trembling violently, yet the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand did not pause in the slightest, turning completely blood-red.

Boom!

A massive pillar of blood-colored light shot into the sky, the dense blood-red glow causing even the Star Dou Great Forest to pale in comparison.

Tang Hao looked at the empty pit before him in astonishment, his eyes somewhat dull.

Were Shi Quan and the others from just a moment ago actually an illusion!?

Tang Hao was ultimately too confident; beyond the special effects of the Dream World itself, it also provided a certain degree of amplification to Shi Quan's first three soul skills, especially the Second Soul Skill, Dream Illusion, which was no longer false, but appeared as if it truly existed.

He had seen the second soul skill of Shi Quan's Spirit Soul Martial Soul before, and his failure to launch an attack the moment Shi Quan released his second soul skill was a result of habitual thinking; in his consciousness, he felt this soul skill posed no threat to him at all, and coupled with Shi Quan using the illusion to change the cave, Tang Hao believed Shi Quan's purpose in using this soul skill was merely to enrage him.

Tang Hao knew clearly that Shi Quan was deliberately provoking him, and although he was angry to the extreme, he still did not let himself completely lose his reason.

But unfortunately, in the end, because of this oversight, Tang Hao made a wrong judgment, causing his attack to deviate and fail to truly strike Shi Quan!

(End of this chapter)