Twin Swords Ring in Unison Displays Its Might; Tang Hao Backs Down, Begs for Mercy, and Acknowledges a Master

"You made me waste a life-saving trump card so soon."

"Tang Hao! You've already courted death!"

[Twin Swords Ring in Unison!!!]

Lin Yan let out a low shout, and both swords blazed with light.

Black flames roared with the wind like war drums, while leaping arcs of lightning shrieked like a thousand birds.

The next instant...

Tang Hao's vision blurred, and the Thunderclap Sword was already buried in his chest.

Honestly, a level 99 Limit Douluo fighting Tang Hao as he was now was like "an old man toying with a naughty child"!

Before Tang Hao could even react, the battle was already over.

Pwah!

Lightning arcs rampaged through his meridians, fully aggravating Tang Hao's long-standing hidden injuries.

A mouthful of blood sprayed across the night sky, and Tang Hao's imposing presence instantly wilted.

This power has long surpassed mine. It's even almost on par with my grandfather Tang Chen back then. Just who is this brat?

Tang Hao was horrified, and at the same time, it suddenly dawned on him that the kid before him was definitely not a fucking normal person!

"Stop... stop! We can talk this over!"

"Only now do you know fear? Too late!"

Having already wasted a life-saving trump card, Lin Yan could no longer let Tang Hao go.

"Amaterasu!" (Amaterasu!)

"Die~"

Black flames that would never go out appeared out of thin air, engulfing Tang Hao's entire body in an instant.

Lin Yan followed up with a kick that sent Tang Hao to the ground, pulling the Thunderclap Sword free at the same time.

"Urrgh, aaagh!"

Tang Hao rolled around on the ground, letting out agonized screams as he tried to put out the black flames.

But how could a few slaps possibly extinguish the black flames?

After several fruitless attempts, Tang Hao decisively forced himself to regain a little composure. Enduring the burning pain, he summoned his Soul Power again.

"Divine Slaughter's Domain!"

Useless!

The black flames burning his soul made him completely unable to summon Divine Slaughter's Domain.

"Ring Detonation!!!"

That was useless too!

The black flames not only burned the soul and body, but also damaged the target's meridians.

Seeing Tang Hao struggle again and again, Lin Yan hovered in the air and spoke down to him.

"An ant looks up at the sky, unaware of how high it is."

"Under the burn of Amaterasu's black flames, you can't summon any Soul Power at all."

"And you still want to use Ring Detonation? Ridiculous!"

Hearing this, Tang Hao stopped wasting Soul Power and placed his last hope in Lin Yan instead.

"I was wrong! I know I was wrong!"

"Please spare me. I won't dare do it again."

"Save me, save me!"

As much as Tang Hao had looked down on Lin Yan and as arrogant as he had been just now, he was just as miserable and humiliated at this moment.

Lin Yan let out a scornful laugh.

"You don't know you were wrong. You know you're about to die!"

With that, Lin Yan slowly floated down in front of Tang Hao.

"Don't! Please don't!"

"I'm Tang Hao, a member of the Clear Sky Sect! You can't kill me..."

"Oh, come on. You, a member of the Clear Sky Sect?"

"Over a Soul Beast, you angered your own father to death and forced the number one sect under heaven to seal its mountain and retreat from the world. And now, after all that, you still want to use the Clear Sky Sect's name to save your life?"

"Hahaha!"

Lin Yan laughed with unbridled arrogance, his eyes full of mockery. With every word, he peeled open the scars Tang Hao was unwilling to mention, inch by inch, tearing him to shreds.

But Tang Hao had no mind for any of that. His only thought now was to stay alive!

Seeing that Lin Yan had already aimed the sword tip at his head while speaking, he had a sudden idea. Enduring the agony, he immediately knelt before Lin Yan.

"Wait! Wait!"

"I can swear on my Martial Soul to be loyal to you and become your servant. Please spare my life."

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Lin Yan suddenly paused.

A Titled Douluo servant?

Lin Yan pondered in secret...

He had only two Limit Douluo experience cards left.

With Tang Hao around, he indeed wouldn't need to waste another card if he encountered a threat below the Soul Douluo level.

But...

He had no idea how binding an oath on one's Martial Soul was to a Soul Master on the Douluo Continent.

If Tang Hao suddenly turned against him one day...

Wasting an experience card would be a small matter. The real fear was that the man would suddenly strike and kill him outright.

No, he couldn't keep someone like Tang Hao around, a man who could even betray his own wife and anger his own father to death.

But before killing him, he could take care of something else!

That was to find Ah Yin and that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

All right, I'll pretend to spare him first!

Once I've found Ah Yin, I'll kill him outright.

With that thought, Lin Yan withdrew Amaterasu's black flames, though a trace of impatience appeared on his face.

The next second...

The Thunderclap Sword's light cut through the dark night, and Tang Hao's left arm fell clean off.

"Urrgh, aaagh!"

"My hand, my hand!"

Tang Hao screamed in agony, but Lin Yan was like a demon god in charge of punishment in hell. Without a trace of mercy in his eyes, he planted a foot on Tang Hao's lower leg.

Crack!

The lower leg, already burned by the black flames, was crushed underfoot on the spot.

"Urrgh, aaagh!"

Tang Hao could no longer hold back. His agonized screams rang throughout Nuoding Academy, and even the lightning and thunder in the sky could not drown them out.

But Lin Yan acted as though he had done nothing at all.

With a calm expression, he waved his left hand, and Amaterasu burned away all the flesh on the two severed limbs.

Two dark red Soul Bones were laid bare in the air.

"A seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone? And a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone!"

"As expected of the number one sect under heaven, its foundation really is deep enough."

That was right!

What Lin Yan had taken out were the two inherited Soul Bones of the Clear Sky Sect, the most precious ones on Tang Hao.

"I'm not an unreasonable person. Take me to the cave where the Blue Silver Emperor is hidden."

"Once this is over, I'll spare you!"

Lin Yan finished speaking.

But Tang Hao was dumbfounded.

"Wh-what?"

"Who are you, really? How do you even know about Ah Yin?"

Lin Yan glanced at Tang Hao and said,

"One more word of nonsense, and you die!"

At this moment, Lin Yan displayed everything a powerful man should be to the fullest.

In the face of absolute strength, the weak were like ants, unworthy of any human rights.

If Tang Hao wanted to live, he had to obey absolutely!

"Your Majesty, I really know I was wrong. Please spare me!"

"I won't ever dare again..."

Pfft!

Lin Yan turned and drove his sword into Tang Hao's shoulder.

Agony struck, and Tang Hao's old face instantly looked worse than if he had eaten shit.

"I said... if you dare talk nonsense again, you die!"

"Now take me to the cave where the Blue Silver Emperor is hidden. Do you understand or not?"

"Yes! I understand!"

"I'll take you there right now, I'll take you there right now."