He Actually Dodged the Clear Sky Douluo's Strongest Strike

"Elephant Armored Sect!"

The Elephant Armored Sect was already buzzing with excitement. Seeing their sect master break through to become a Titled Douluo, they had practically been knocked senseless by joy.

"Our Elephant Armored Sect will not participate in the remaining matches."

Having successfully entered the Upper Three Sects, even if only at the bottom, Hu Yan Zhen was already satisfied. After all, he simply could not defeat either of the remaining two.

As Hu Yan Zhen stepped down from the arena and withdrew from the ranking contest, only the Clear Sky Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect remained.

"Tang Zhen, do you dare fight? The title of the world's number one sect should belong to my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

Bone Douluo suddenly flew up from the stands and slowly descended onto the arena.

To seize the title of the world's number one sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had spent generations of sect masters striving for it. Today, they had to give it everything they had.

Now that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was no longer capable of competing, Bone Rattan could go all out without reservations. Even if he merely exhausted Tang Zhen, the Clear Sky Sect's sole remaining pillar, it would count as a victory.

He did not believe Tang Zhen could fight one against two, especially against both him and Sword Douluo, two Titled Douluo who were far from weak.

"Bone Rattan, the position of my Clear Sky Sect is not for some support sect like yours to take!"

Being challenged with Bone Rattan pointing at his head made Tang Zhen feel insulted. If his father were still alive, how would these people dare provoke the dignity of the Clear Sky Sect like this?

"Hmph, today, the position of the world's number one sect truly should belong to my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

Hearing Tang Zhen look down on their support sect, Bone Rattan's temper flared as well.

Watching the two Titled Douluo already spark with hostility, Qian Xunfeng did not stop them. After all, he wanted to see whether Ning Fengzhi would still shamelessly seek an alliance with the Upper Three Sects after the Clear Sky Sect looked down on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect this much.

"Bone Dragon Transformation."

Bone Rattan shouted, and his body gradually began to expand. Two yellow, two purple, and five black Soul Rings surrounded him.

"Martial Soul Avatar."

To guard against any surprises, Bone Rattan immediately unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar.

As Bone Rattan's body swelled dramatically, his limbs transformed into sharp bone dragon claws, while the flesh on his body turned into snow-white dead bones. Gray deathly energy radiated from him, and a bone dragon more than ten meters long coiled atop the arena.

Seeing Bone Rattan unleash his Martial Soul Avatar, how could Tang Zhen fail to see through his intentions? He merely intended to exhaust Tang Zhen with all his strength before letting Sword Douluo take over.

After all, among the former Upper Three Sects, only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possessed two Titled Douluo.

"Even against two opponents, my Clear Sky Sect will not yield in the slightest."

With that, the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Tang Zhen's hand. Nine Soul Rings emerged, and the aura around him was far more powerful than that of the bone dragon Bone Rattan had become.

"Eighth Spirit Ability: Bone Dragon's Breath."

"Eighth Spirit Ability: Haotian Sky Breaker."

As the saying went, the one to strike first gained the advantage. Bone Rattan beat his bony wings, and his eighth Soul Ring flashed as a stream of dark-blue dragon breath burst forth.

The collision of the two attacks produced a deafening boom, leaving the spectators' ears ringing.

"Haotian True Body."

"Haotian Bodyguard!"

"Haotian Nine Absolutes: Collapse!"

Perhaps afraid of being worn down for too long, Tang Zhen stopped holding back. He repeatedly swung his massive Clear Sky Hammer at the bone dragon in the sky.

He was naturally confident he could defeat Bone Rattan, but he did not dare claim the same certainty against Sword Douluo afterward. He had to end this quickly.

"Bone Spikes!"

After using Haotian True Body and the Haotian Nine Absolutes, Tang Zhen's aura multiplied several times over. He continuously hammered the bone dragon in the sky as it controlled bone spikes without pause.

It had to be said that the battle between the two surprised Qian Xunfeng. Both of them were truly stubborn to the extreme.

They fought head-on without any tricks. Bone Rattan was even more outrageous. Flying in the air and facing the incoming hammer, his first reaction was not to dodge, but to directly withstand it with the bone dragon's powerful body.

On the Soul Fighting Platform, Bone Rattan had already fallen into a disadvantage after taking several hammer strikes head-on. The bones on his body had begun to crack.

"Ninth Spirit Ability: Haotian Ten Thousand Jin Hammer."

Boom!

The enormous hammer crashed down, smashing the entire bone dragon to the ground.

Even the specially reinforced floor of the Soul Fighting Platform shattered into pieces.

"Congratulations. Tang Zhen of the Clear Sky Sect has won."

With Tang Zhen's victory, the Clear Sky Sect Disciples watching finally let out a sigh of relief. They had won at last.

Having been forced back into his original form, Bone Rattan limped back to Ning Fengzhi's side with a shameful expression.

"Ah, I never expected the Haotian Nine Absolutes to be so powerful. Even I couldn't withstand five moves."

You used your head to take the hits. Of course you couldn't withstand them.

Ning Fengzhi shook his head helplessly. He had never expected Bone Rattan to defeat Tang Zhen in the first place. After all, the Clear Sky Hammer's power was obvious to all.

"Old Sword, whether we can become the world's number one sect depends on you."

Though injured, he quickly recovered almost completely under the treatment of several Healing Soul Masters.

"Don't worry. I'm not as useless as you, you worthless bag of bones."

Sword Douluo patted his close friend on the shoulder and spoke calmly.

"Hmph, don't get cocky and bite your tongue."

Bone Douluo snorted and returned to his seat in a huff.

The rest period passed in the blink of an eye. Tang Zhen had recovered only seventy to eighty percent of his Soul Power, making his chances of victory against Sword Douluo at full strength even slimmer.

The moment both sides entered the arena, Tang Zhen used Haotian True Body. His fighting style was exceedingly aggressive.

"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hammer blows and metallic clashes rang out as each strike aimed at Sword Douluo grew stronger than the last.

With every hammer strike, Tang Zhen's aura grew a little more powerful.

He was charging up, and it was an absurdly long windup.

Seeing this, Qian Xunfeng could not help feeling speechless. The windup before this hammer attack was so long—just how had his father lost?

Couldn't he simply interrupt it or dodge it?

As Tang Zhen completed all eighty-one hammer strikes, waves of air surged around him and the heavens and earth seemed to change color. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand appeared to rumble with thunder.

"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Eighty-First Strike!"

When the hammer fell, Sword Douluo, who had been dealing with the assault with ease, suddenly sensed the aura of death and cursed inwardly.

This was only a ranking match, yet that old dog Tang Zhen actually wanted to take his life!

"Man-Sword Unity, Second Spirit Ability: Spirit Sword Guard, Ninth Spirit Ability: God-Demon Dual Slash."

The collision of the two auras caused Soul Power to erupt violently, leaving the Soul Masters closest to the arena struggling to breathe.

"Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Nine-Nine Returns to One."

Facing the incoming sword energy, Tang Zhen, whose mind had long been clouded by his determination to defend the Clear Sky Sect's honor, did not dodge. Even after allowing the sword energy to slash into his body, he still unleashed his decisive strike.

"Explode Spirit Rings, All Nine Rings Explode!"

As the nine Soul Rings around Tang Zhen exploded, his aura surged dozens of times stronger. The Clear Sky Hammer, wreathed in rolling lightning, came crashing down in an instant.

"Not good, he actually intends to kill!"

Cold sweat beaded on Sword Douluo's forehead. He could not understand why Tang Zhen would disregard his own life, endure his sword strike head-on, and unleash his strongest move.

"If that hits me, I'll die without a doubt."

What had originally been an ordinary ranking match had now become a fight to the death.

At the very instant the Clear Sky Hammer descended, Sword Douluo lost his nerve. He did not dare take it head-on and instead accelerated with all his strength, dodging aside.

For a moment, everyone on the stage changed expression. Even the Referee cried out in shock:

"What! Sword Douluo actually dodged the Clear Sky Douluo's strongest strike!"

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