Farewell, Clear Sky Douluo

Under Qian Daoliu's fierce attacks, Tang Hao, who had yet to recover from his injuries, quickly fell into a disadvantage.

(Tang Hao's injuries from Ring Detonation had never fully healed even after more than ten years. If not for the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, Tang San's later antics would have gotten himself killed long ago.)

Already suppressed by the difference in levels, Tang Hao was not given any chance by Qian Daoliu to build momentum for the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. Even the Haotian Nine Wonders were ineffective against Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu: "What a joke. I was already fighting your grandfather back when you didn't even exist."

(Tang Chen: Birdman, make yourself clear. Who was beating whom back then?)

Even with Divine Slaughter's Domain added in, he could only barely keep himself from being beaten to death by his opponent.

No, if this continued, he would not be able to leave today.

"Haotian Avatar!" Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer horizontally, forcibly driving Qian Daoliu back. Then, his seventh soul ring suddenly lit up. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand began to expand rapidly, soon growing to nearly a hundred meters long. Blood-red patterns emerged across the hammer, lending it an air of grim slaughter.

"Who? Who is it?" Tang Hao, who had been preparing to risk his life, suddenly sensed that the restriction he had set had been disturbed.

No, absolutely not. Once the truth of that matter came to light, both his and the Clear Sky School's reputations would suffer a devastating blow. This absolutely could not happen!

Nothing there could be allowed to leave alive, whether man or grass.

Two yellow and two purple soul rings appeared in Tang Hao's hand. As he clenched them tightly, the soul rings shattered and fused into the Clear Sky Hammer. The hammer, empowered by four detonated rings, was first dyed yellow before swiftly being overtaken by purple. Tang Hao's aura immediately surged once more.

Grasping the hammer's handle in his large hand, he swung it with all his strength. The massive Clear Sky Hammer came crashing toward Qian Daoliu with a piercing howl.

"It's Ring Detonation!" Subduing Demon Douluo cried out from the outskirts. With such terrifying momentum, even he likely would not be able to block it completely—and these were merely hundred-year and thousand-year soul rings being detonated.

On the way here, Qian Daoliu had already explained to them why Tang Hao had managed to escape from him back then.

This secret technique could only be learned by Clear Sky School Disciples who had inherited the title of Clear Sky Douluo. Very little information about it circulated outside the school. Compared to the iconic Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Haotian Nine Wonders, there was practically no information at all about the Great Sumeru Hammer.

"Heh, do you think this will let you escape?" Qian Daoliu sneered.

They were only hundred-year and thousand-year ring detonations. Back then, if not for detonating a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, Tang Hao, who had only been level 95, could never have escaped from his grasp.

So many years had passed, and he thought detonating just his first four soul rings would be enough to force him back?

"Angel's Roar!" Immense Spiritual Power struck Tang Hao's soul, leaving him dazed and nearly unable to hold onto the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.

At the critical moment, Tang Hao bit his tongue hard and forcibly pulled himself together. However, the Clear Sky Hammer's momentum had already faded, and it completely failed to achieve the effect he had anticipated.

Tang Hao gritted his teeth. Even if he died here today, he could not allow that matter to come to the surface!

Two black soul rings were crushed. Pure power surged into the Clear Sky Hammer, which flashed with a deep black radiance. An especially terrifying fluctuation of aura burst forth from Tang Hao.

The violent Soul Power even tore through Tang Hao's skin. Strands of blood seeped from his body, turning him into a blood-soaked figure.

"Get the hell out of my way!"

With no time to react, Subduing Demon Douluo directly activated his Martial Soul True Body. "Subduing Demon Dragon Coil!" A gigantic red dragon head shot through the air, meeting the Clear Sky Hammer head-on under the enhancement of Ring Detonation. Though it could not completely block the attack, it still weakened most of its force.

The other Imperial Supporters also activated their Martial Soul Avatars one after another. There was no point talking honor with someone like this—just gang up on him.

Golden Crocodile Douluo's muscles and veins swelled in an instant, transforming his entire body into a colossal crocodile more than fifty meters long.

Azure Phoenix Douluo transformed into an Azure Phoenix bird with magnificent feathers and a Deep Blue body. Every beat of its enormous Wings made the air quake violently.

Mighty Lion Douluo transformed into a gigantic lion wreathed in flames, its two crimson eyes radiating a chilling light.

(To be honest, I think the original description of Golden Crocodile Douluo's Martial Soul Avatar was pretty ridiculous. Why could Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer reach a hundred meters, while Golden Crocodile's avatar, despite him being higher-level than Tang Hao, was only over ten meters long? Golden Crocodile's martial soul was also a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, not some random trash Beast Martial Soul. Even if it was inferior to the Clear Sky Hammer, it should not have been that much worse, so I Modified it a bit here.)

Before the lingering force of the previous Ring Detonation had faded, Tang Hao immediately detonated his final two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings together.

He spat out a mouthful of blood and swung the Clear Sky Hammer with every ounce of his strength.

Accompanied by a thunderous roar, the Clear Sky Hammer knocked back all the Imperial Supporters charging at him.

Tang Hao himself used the recoil to rush rapidly toward the waterfall.

Back at the waterfall, after the Blue Silver King broke the restriction—

Ye Kai summoned his martial soul, releasing a Life Aura as blue-green Life Energy flowed toward Ah Yin.

Bathed in the Life Energy, Ah Yin's leaves trembled, visibly becoming more spirited.

Ye Kai pulled her from the ground and held her in his hands, continuing to inject Life Energy into her as he spoke to the Blue Silver King.

"Senior, you should leave at once. I believe the one behind all this will arrive soon."

"Then what about you and my Emperor..." the Blue Silver King asked hesitantly.

"I have my own methods."

As he spoke, Ye Kai expanded his spiritual detection to its limit, searching for Tang Hao.

When Tang Hao entered the range of his spiritual detection, Ye Kai stepped out of the stone chamber, leaped onto the top of the waterfall, and activated Teleportation.

As Tang Hao sped toward the waterfall, he saw Ye Kai above it and the Blue Silver Emperor in Ye Kai's hands. In an instant, he understood everything.

Why had he remained hidden for so many years without incident, only to suddenly be discovered?

So the Spy had long since entered his home.

With his eyes nearly splitting apart, Tang Hao resolutely crushed the hundred-thousand-year soul ring that had come from Ah Yin.

Red fragments surged into Tang Hao's body and the Clear Sky Hammer, staining the hammer—already marked with red patterns—with the blood-colored hue unique to a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

He swooped down with a howl, intending to smash that damned Little Thief and Ah Yin to pieces together.

It was then that Tang Hao saw the Little Thief actually dare to smile and wave at him. At the same time, his lips silently formed a sentence.

With his exceptional eyesight, Tang Hao made out what Ye Kai had said: "Farewell forever, Clear Sky Douluo."

Then that Little Thief actually vanished into thin air?

The Clear Sky Hammer smashed the waterfall and the nearby hills flat with tremendous force, yet it failed to hit the true target.

"It seems you have no other tricks left," Qian Daoliu's calm voice came from behind Tang Hao. "When you reach hell, remember to send my regards to my son."

As he spoke, he thrust his sword through Tang Hao's heart. To prevent any unexpected complications, he struck again, turning Tang Hao into "Xingtian."

After returning to Nuoding City, Ye Kai sensed the Soul Power fluctuations over there disappear and knew that the matter had been completely resolved.

Now that the biggest matter here was settled, it was time to continue his journey to Heaven Dou City and teach Little Angel how to play the games of power and palace intrigue.

What Ye Kai failed to notice was that, despite being nourished by Life Energy, Ah Yin in his hand appeared somewhat listless, no longer as spirited as she had been when she was first nourished.

Ah Yin was now mired in profound shock and doubt.

When Ye Kai's Life Energy began nourishing her, Ah Yin's consciousness had been awakened by that pure energy.

As she greedily absorbed the Life Energy, everything that had happened during the years she had been unconscious gradually surfaced in Ah Yin's mind.

Other than a pitch-black stone chamber, damp air, a small handful of soil, and a restriction, there had been nothing else.

Along with those memories came the weakness and hunger she had endured during those years.

Even while being nourished by Life Energy now, Ah Yin still felt trapped in endless weakness and hunger.

Tang Hao had occasionally appeared in the stone chamber during that time, but he had neither cared for nor helped her. He merely stayed for a short while before leaving.

Why?

She had clearly told Tang Hao so much about Blue Silver Grass. Why would he still do this?

Ah Yin could not understand. She was clearly his wife—why would he do this?

Did he think she was already dead?

Then why did he plant the seed at all?

He planted the seed but did not carefully tend to it. Had he intended to leave her to fend for herself?

Before Ah Yin could figure it out, she felt the child who had been supplying her with Life Energy carry her out of that dark stone chamber.

The long-lost sunlight brought Ah Yin a wave of comfort. Then she saw Tang Hao's murderous gaze, as well as her own Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring undergoing Ring Detonation.

An attack that seemed capable of shattering even the heavens came crashing down upon the child.

Tang Hao had not cared in the slightest that she was still in that child's hands.

P.S.: Before the child, isn't this more exciting than simply beating him to death?